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A father and son pair of gunmen killed at least 15 people in a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, according to officials. At least 42 people have been hospitalized. Police shot and killed the 50-year-old elder gunman, authorities said. His 24-year-old son was wounded and remains hospitalized. Authorities have not yet charged him in the case.
Authorities are still searching for the gunman who opened fire inside a Brown University academic building two days ago, killing two students and injuring nine others. This comes after officials determined yesterday evening that they had no basis for holding a man in his 20s, whom police had briefly held as a "person of interest" in the case.
Director Rob Reiner and his wife, producer and photographer Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead at their Los Angeles home yesterday, according to law enforcement. Rob Reiner spent decades directing films, including When Harry Met Sally and A Few Good Men.
Pap smears can be uncomfortable and even deeply upsetting for people who have experienced sexual or medical trauma. The procedure involves doctors collecting a sample of cells from the cervix and is important for detecting early signs of cervical cancer. Now, a new approach is becoming available: You can get tested for HPV, which causes cervical cancer. New American Cancer Society recommendations say patients can safely swab their own vaginas to collect samples for the test, which means they can avoid an invasive pelvic exam. However, the new approach is not yet widely available. Here's what you need to know.
December holiday activities can quickly fill your calendar. When they're piled on top of your normal day-to-day tasks, you may swiftly move from feeling festive to frazzled. Psychotherapist Niro Feliciano, author of All is Calmish: How to Feel Less Frantic and More Festive During the Holidays, offers practical tips to reduce stress and foster deeper connections around this time of year. She shared with Life Kit that many tips only require a small shift in the way you view the holidays.
For tips on how to be less frantic during the holiday season, listen to this episode of NPR's Life Kit. Subscribe to the Life Kit newsletter for expert advice on love, money, relationships and more.
This newsletter was edited by Suzanne Nuyen.
