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And victims at Brown University are remembered and mourned.
But first, to the deaths of filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, photographer Michelle Singer Reiner.
Yesterday, the Los Angeles Police Department said they made an arrest in the case, one of Reiner's sons.
Here's LAPD Chief Jim McDonnell.
The case now goes to the L.A.
County District Attorney's Office today.
While many details remain unconfirmed or unaddressed by authorities, tributes poured in for Reiner yesterday, including everyone from former President Obama to Stephen King.
The range of voices highlighted Reiner's iconic standing in American culture.
He was an actor on the sitcom All in the Family and the director of movies like The Princess Bride, This is Spinal Tap, and When Harry Met Sally.
But also, Reiner's years supporting progressive politics and the Democratic Party.
The Los Angeles Times notes that Reiner was a co-founder of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which successfully mounted the effort to overturn Proposition 8, a ballot measure in California that banned same-sex marriage.
In an interview with the outlet Midas Touch on Monday, California's Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom reflected on his relationship with Reiner, who he said supported him during his time as mayor of San Francisco.
So it just breaks my heart.
Newsom is referring to the time when he defied California state law to allow for same-sex marriages.
In recent years, Reiner was an extremely harsh critic of President Trump, calling him, quote, mentally unfit at one point and saying that the atmosphere under the administration's leadership is, quote, beyond McCarthy-era-esque.
President Trump initially reacted to Reiner's death by suggesting that it had something to do with his, quote, obsession with the president.
His statement on Truth Social was condemned by a number of conservatives and Republican members of Congress.
Later on Monday, Trump was asked about that social media post by reporters at the White House.
Yesterday, fans laid flowers at Reiner's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
One note read, RIP Meathead, referencing Reiner's role as Michael Stivic, the liberal student and Archie Bunker's son-in-law on All in the Family.