We have the latest from Brown University and Bondi Beach.

Jimmy Lai, the publisher of a Hong Kong tabloid, was convicted of national security charges on Monday after spending decades supporting the city’s now vanquished pro-democracy movement.

The director’s family said that he and his wife, Michele, had died on Sunday. The police said they had found two bodies at the Reiner home in Los Angeles.

Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, mixed into fentanyl has sent thousands to hospitals, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities.

For the second day running, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was set to meet in Berlin with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, two key Trump aides.

Falling in love with her inspired the director Rob Reiner to give “When Harry Met Sally…” a new ending. The Reiners went on to work together on movies and political causes.

Plus, the hunt for the gunman in a shooting at Brown University.

José Antonio Kast, who was elected president on Sunday, is the latest conservative to rise to power promising strict law and order measures.

The Milwaukee County judge faces federal charges, but she has maintained her innocence.

Advocates fear damage to labor protections if the Supreme Court upholds the president’s move to control federal agency staffing.

Across the arts, these 10 performers took a leap of faith this year and stuck the landing in a big way.

A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals.