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American Lindsey Vonn missed the podium coming in fourth.
On Friday, though, Vonn became the oldest World Cup winner at age 41.
She came in second at another downhill event yesterday.
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder.
Speaking with reporters this morning, Providence, Rhode Island, Police Chief Oscar Perez confirmed that a person of interest is in custody following the shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and injured nine others.
The shooting yesterday afternoon happened in Brown's Engineering Building during final exams.
Providence's mayor says of the nine people who were injured, one remains in critical condition, seven are stable, and one person has been discharged from a hospital.
In Australia, authorities have declared the Bondi Beach shooting a terrorist attack.
The two gunmen opened fire at killing at least 11 people.
Police say one of the gunmen was also killed.
Scott Mayman reports that authorities say Sydney's Jewish community was targeted on the first day of Hanukkah.
President Trump's special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, are in Berlin today and tomorrow to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European leaders to discuss a ceasefire in the Russia-Ukraine war.
Here's NPR's Rob Schmitz reporting.
Hong Kong's last opposition party has voted to disband.
Hong Kong's Democratic Party has been the city's biggest pro-democracy party for more than 30 years.
But the party chair said today that the vote to disband and enter liquidation was overwhelming and that it is the best way forward.
Both Reuters and the Associated Press are quoting party members as saying some were warned of consequences if the party did not shut down.
California is suing the Trump administration over its decision to cancel more than $33 million in federal grants for the state's commercial vehicle safety programs.