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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens. Residents around Brown University are being asked to check their home security systems for images of a possible mass shooter. Police are still trying to find a suspect in the attack that killed two Brown University students and injured nine others last weekend. Meanwhile, Providence Police Chief Oscar Perez says the FBI has released a clearer surveillance video of a person of interest in the case.
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There are enhanced photos. There's enhanced video footage. And so we're asking the public to ensure that they can see here that you want to focus on the body movements, the way the person moved their arms, the way they carry their weight. I think those are important movement patterns that may help you identify this individual, which is extremely important.
The FBI has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to a suspect. Nick Reiner has been charged with murder and the killings of his parents, director Rob Reiner and producer Michelle Reiner. Steve Futterman has the latest from Los Angeles.
The first degree murder charges include a special circumstance enhancement because more than one person was killed. L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hockman says that impacts possible penalties.
These charges carry a maximum sentence. of life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty.
Hockman said no decision has yet been made on whether to seek the death penalty. Nick Reiner remains in a downtown L.A. jail. At the moment, this is a no-bail case. He could make his first court appearance as early as Wednesday. The district attorney said he is aware of Reiner's history of struggles with addiction and mental health. He said that will come out in court. For NPR News, I'm Steve Futterman in Los Angeles.
More than a dozen states are suing the Trump administration for freezing money for electric vehicle chargers. As NPR's Camilla Dominovsky reports, the plaintiffs allege that the move violates the separation of powers.
Billions of dollars for EV chargers have been stuck in limbo, unspent, which these mostly Democratic-led states say is unconstitutional. Here's California Attorney General Rob Bonta.
These programs were created by statute. Federal agencies have a duty to faithfully execute those statutes. That means spending the money.
Even, he says, if the president disagrees with the statute. A similar coalition of states previously sued over a freeze on funds for EV chargers along highways. That suit was a success, and those funds have been unfrozen. The funds in the new suit aren't just for highway chargers, but things like neighborhood chargers, heavy truck chargers, and charger maintenance. Camila Dominovsky, NPR News.
President Trump says he's ordering a complete blockade around all sanctioned oil tankers into Venezuela. The move comes a week after the U.S. seized a tanker off the South American nation, saying that the vessel had been used to fund drug trafficking and other crimes. You're listening to NPR. Families of those killed in a mass shooting in Sydney, Australia, are preparing funerals for their loved ones. Two gunmen killed 15 people during a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday. Dozens more were hospitalized with injuries. One suspect was killed at the scene. and the other is facing 59 counts, including murder. The Australian government is calling the attack a terrorist incident inspired by ISIS. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says the warming of the Arctic region is having global impacts.
As Barbara Moran from member station WBUR reports, NOAA's findings detail the Arctic's warmest and wettest year ever.
What happens up in the Arctic doesn't always stay up in the Arctic. Its warming directly influences global sea level rise, weather patterns, and wildlife migrations, says Matthew Druckenmiller.
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