December 15, 2025

Rob Reiner and his wife found dead; Dick Van Dyke turns 100

17 minutes

On today's episode:

Rob Reiner and his wife found dead in Los Angeles home.

Authorities say they will release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting.

A visiting NFL team lodged nearby the Brown University shooting before Sunday’s game at New England.

Landslide win for Kast gives Chile its most right-wing president in decades.

Crowd gathers at site of deadly shooting at Bondi beach to pay respect to victims.

Attacker who killed US troops in Syria was a recent recruit to security forces, official says.

Affable comedy acting legend Dick Van Dyke turns 100 years old.

King Charles III says his cancer treatment is being reduced as he promotes benefits of screening.

Washington flooding forces an entire city to temporarily evacuate as rivers top historic highs.

Tumbling tech stocks drag Wall Street to its worst day in 3 weeks.

A three-time Super Bowl MVP and a two-time All-Pro suffers ACL tears, Denver and Los Angeles clinch NFL playoff berths and an eight-time Pro Bowl QB returns, Indiana’s star quarterback wins college football’s top honor and an American skiing star misses the podium in Switzerland.

A visiting NFL team lodged nearby the Brown University shooting before Sunday’s game at New England.

Former Hong Kong pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai convicted in landmark national security trial.

Zelenskyy offers to drop NATO bid for security guarantees but rejects US push to cede territory.

Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski tells AP of Belarus prison ordeal in first interview after release.

Hamas confirms the death of a top commander in Gaza after Israeli strike.

Pope criticizes prison overcrowding during special Mass for inmates, guards and families.

Myanmar military claims armed opposition groups used hospital hit by airstrike as base.

Fighting rages on Thai-Cambodian border despite Trump's ceasefire claim.

UK police won't probe claim former prince asked bodyguard to investigate Virginia Giuffre.

—The Associated Press

About this program

Host Terry Lipshetz is managing editor of the national newsroom for Lee Enterprises. Besides producing the daily Hot off the Wire news podcast, Terry conducts periodic interviews for this Behind the Headlines program, co-hosts the Streamed & Screened movies and television program and is the former producer of Across the Sky, a podcast dedicated to weather and climate.

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