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Today — 17 December 2025NYT | Top Stories

Nick Reiner Formally Charged With Murdering His Parents

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By: Matt Stevens and Jill Cowan
17 December 2025 at 08:50
Prosecutors said that Mr. Reiner killed his parents, Rob and Michelle Reiner, using a knife. He has not yet entered a plea.

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If convicted, Nick Reiner could be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty.

Trump Expands Travel Ban and Restrictions to 20 More Countries

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By: Tyler Pager and Hamed Aleaziz
17 December 2025 at 08:49
People from Syria, South Sudan and those with documents issued by the Palestinian Authority are included in the latest restrictions. More than 35 countries are now under U.S. travel restrictions.

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Beyond the travel restrictions, the ban could have major ramifications for nationals of those countries already in the United States.

Jared Kushner’s Affinity Partners Pulls Out of Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery

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By: Lauren Hirsch
17 December 2025 at 08:09
Affinity Partners, Mr. Kushner’s private equity firm, played a small financial role in Paramount’s $108 billion offer, but it had attracted political attention to the deal.

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Jared Kushner, President Trump’s son-in-law, founded his investment firm, Affinity Partners, shortly after the end of Mr. Trump’s first term.

What We Know About Nick Reiner, Accused of Killing Rob and Michele Reiner

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By: Derrick Bryson Taylor
17 December 2025 at 08:01
The son of Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner, who has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder, has long struggled with drug addiction.

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Rob Reiner’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday.

Mayor Adams’s Farewell To-Do List: Praise Himself, Undermine Mamdani

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By: Jeffery C. Mays
17 December 2025 at 07:04
Before jetting off to Mexico, Mayor Eric Adams held an unusual news conference that included a time capsule, a new theme song and a defense of his one-term tenure.

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Mayor Eric Adams is leaving for Mexico, his fourth international trip in the last three months.

Remixing Trump’s Economy Speech, Vance Strikes a Different Tone

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By: Shawn McCreesh
17 December 2025 at 06:26
Vice President JD Vance pleaded with everybody to just hang in there a little longer, saying the economy would improve.

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Vice President JD Vance, on Tuesday in Allentown, Pa., said of the economy, “I know that there is so much more progress to be made.”

At Many Top Law Schools, Black Student Enrollment Continues to Drop

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By: Stephanie Saul
17 December 2025 at 05:21
The New York Times examined data from 18 of the nation’s top law schools and found that first-year Black enrollment had increased at only four, including at Harvard.

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Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass.

India Charges Pakistan-Based Groups in April Terrorist Attack in Kashmir

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By: Pranav Baskar
17 December 2025 at 05:32
India claims that Pakistan sponsored the terrorists responsible for killing 26 people in the disputed region, an accusation Pakistan denies.

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People mourn one of the victims killed in an attack in Pahalgam, Indian-administered part of Kashmir, in April.

Sydney Attackers Motivated by “Islamic State Ideology,” Officials Say

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By: Victoria Kim， Yan Zhuang， Livia Albeck-Ripka and Thomas Fuller
17 December 2025 at 05:01
Investigators said they were also looking into a trip to the Philippines that the father-and-son attackers took last month.

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The family of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who was killed in the attack on Sunday, at a memorial service on Tuesday in Bondi Beach.

A Second Doctor Is Sentenced in Matthew Perry Ketamine Case

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By: Matt Stevens
17 December 2025 at 05:10
The doctor, Mark Chavez, who had used fraudulent prescriptions to acquire the drug and conspired to sell it to Mr. Perry at inflated prices, was sentenced to three years of supervised release.

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Mark Chavez and another doctor, Salvador Plasencia, worked together to supply the actor Matthew Perry with ketamine at a steep price hike, prosecutors have said.

Hegseth Declines to Show Lawmakers Boat Strike Video

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By: Robert Jimison and Megan Mineiro
17 December 2025 at 04:01
The defense secretary joined the secretary of state on Capitol Hill to deliver the first classified briefings to include all members of the House and Senate on the maritime attacks.

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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth briefed lawmakers on Tuesday on the military’s strikes on boats in international waters.

Wrong Turns and Long Nights: Inside the Search for the Brown University Attacker

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By: Mark Arsenault and Mitch Smith
17 December 2025 at 03:50
After determining that a man they had detained was not the killer, Rhode Island officials have searched for more evidence and released photos of a possible gunman.

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Two people were killed and nine were injured in a shooting on Saturday at Brown University in Providence, R.I.

U.S. Is Seeking Exemption From a European Climate Law, Officials Say

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By: Lisa Friedman
17 December 2025 at 03:32
Diplomats told E.U. officials that the bloc’s law on methane, a potent greenhouse gas, would hurt American oil and gas companies.

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A liquified natural gas tanker. This year the Trump administration signed a deal with the European Union in which Europe pledged to buy American gas in exchange for tariff relief.

Heart Association Revives Theory That Light Drinking May Be Good for You

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By: Roni Caryn Rabin
17 December 2025 at 02:40
The American Heart Association report runs contrary to recent studies — and the group’s own guidelines — that found any amount of alcohol to be harmful.

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While there is no dispute that heavy drinking is harmful to health, the question before experts is whether light to moderate drinking provides more protection from cardiovascular disease than not drinking at all.

France Passes Welfare Budget Law, Giving Government Rare Win

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By: Catherine Porter
17 December 2025 at 02:36
Sébastien Lecornu, the third French prime minister in less than a year, succeeded where his two predecessors failed — at least for now.

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Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu, at France’s National Assembly on Tuesday, seems to have succeeded after a false start.

M.I.T. Professor Is Fatally Shot in His Home

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By: Michael Levenson
17 December 2025 at 04:10
The professor, Nuno F.G. Loureiro, was pronounced dead at a hospital on Tuesday morning. The authorities said they had opened a homicide investigation.

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The professor, Nuno F.G. Loureiro, was the director of M.I.T.’s Plasma Science and Fusion Center.

White House Dismisses Rise in Unemployment

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By: Tony Romm
17 December 2025 at 02:03
The Trump administration looked to recast elements of a dour jobs report Thursday as a sign of strength.

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The White House insisted on Tuesday that the economy remained strong under President Trump’s watch.

U.S. Threatens Penalties Against European Tech Firms Amid Regulatory Fight

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By: Ana Swanson， Adam Satariano and Jeanna Smialek
17 December 2025 at 02:10
The Trump administration singled out European tech firms by name and promised economic consequences Tuesday unless the E.U. rolls back tech regulation and lawsuits.

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The Office of the United States Trade Representative, led by Jamieson Greer, said that the European Union had “persisted in a continuing course of discriminatory and harassing lawsuits, taxes, fines, and directives” against U.S. companies.

Arctic Report Card Marks Record Temperatures and Rainfall in Arctic

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By: Eric Niiler
17 December 2025 at 01:27
A yearly checkup on the region documents a warmer, rainier Arctic and 200 Alaskan rivers “rusting” as melting tundra leaches minerals from the soil into waterways.

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A tributary of the Kugaaruk River in northern Alaska turning orange from elevated heavy metal concentrations.

Rob Reiner Gave Us Great Reasons to Go to the Movies

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By: Manohla Dargis
17 December 2025 at 01:19
“This Is Spinal Tap,” “When Harry Met Sally …,” “Misery”: Reiner delivered an incredible number of accessible, original and adult movies that we still cherish.

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The director Rob Reiner, in 1989, on the set of “When Harry Met Sally …”
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