Top Stories • December 16, 2025

In Providence, Rhode Island, the search for the Brown University shooter entered its fourth day after police released photos and video of a person of interest in the campus attack that killed two students and wounded nine others. Authorities say the suspect remains at large as investigators follow new leads. In Los Angeles, police arrested the 32-year-old son of filmmaker Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner, accusing him of fatally stabbing both parents at their Brentwood home. The investigation remains active as the entertainment industry reacts to their deaths. Economically, a delayed jobs report shows the U.S. added 64,000 jobs in November but lost 105,000 in October, pushing the unemployment rate to a four-year high of 4.6 percent and highlighting uneven labor market conditions. In Washington, White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles drew attention with unusually candid remarks about President Trump’s leadership, acknowledging a failed effort to rein in what she described as political “score settling” in prosecutions of his opponents. On the global stage, European leaders signed a treaty creating a Ukraine war-damages body as talks with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy continue. Zelenskyy said a “very workable” peace plan could be finalized and presented to Russia within days as diplomatic efforts intensify to end the nearly four-year war.