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This message comes from Bayer. Science is a rigorous process that requires questions, testing, transparency, and results that can be proven. This approach is integral to every breakthrough Bayer brings forward. Innovations that save lives and feed the world. Science Delivers.com Live from NPR News, I'm Dale Wilman. At least two people were killed and nine others injured at Brown University today in a shooting that is shocked the Rhode Island School. The shooting took place during final exams.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley says the suspect remains at large. We have two priorities right now as a community. One, to bring the individual responsible to justice, and two, to pray for the full recovery of those affected. The Brown community's heart is breaking, and Providence's heart is breaking along with it. We're a week and a half away from Christmas, and all of us are getting calls from concerned families, parents, employees. Police have released a video showing the suspect who was last seen leaving the school's engineering building. A shelter-in-place order is an effect for the campus as well as people living near the school. President Trump is vowing to retaliate after an ISIS gunman killed two

American service members and one U.S. civilian in central Syria today. As MPR's Lydia Kalitri reports, the Pentagon says the soldiers were supporting a counterterrorism operations in the region. The attack, which took place in the city of Palmyra, comes just over a year after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Defense Secretary Pete Hegset, says the gunman was killed by partner forces. Three other service members were injured in the attack. Before boarding Marine 1, President Trump told reporters, The new president of Syria is, as they told me, and I'm not surprised, he's devastated by what happened. It was an ISIS attack on us and Syria. Trump says the U.S. will retaliate

against ISIS. Lydia Kulitri, NPR News, Washington. House Republicans are unveiling a health care policy package that they say will reduce health costs. But as NPR's Jude Jaffe Block reports, Democrats are blasting the proposal for not extending the Affordable Care Act tax credits. The enhanced tax credits are slated to expire at the end of the year. And when they do, the out-of-pocket costs for millions of Americans who buy their insurance on the Affordable Care Act marketplace will skyrocket. House Speaker Mike Johnson says the GOP proposal instead, tackles, quote, the real drivers of health care costs. It will allow small businesses to band together to buy health insurance plans. It also attempts to lower drug costs by imposing new

requirements on pharmacy benefit managers. A Democratic bill to extend the tax credits for three years failed in the Senate, as did a Republican proposal. Members of Congress are running out of time to address health care costs before the holiday recess at the end of the week. Jude Jaffe Block, NPR News. Arctic temperatures are spreading across the northern U.S. this evening, bringing dangerous wind chills to Chicago and Minneapolis. On Saturday, Grand Forks, North Dakota felt like it was minus 36 degrees, and winter advisories are reaching as far south as Alabama and Georgia. In the Pacific Northwest, meanwhile, people are watching for possible landslides as floodwaters

there begin to recede. This is NPR News. Israel says its military has killed a top Hamas leader during a strike on a civilian vehicle in Gaza. The strike came after an explosion. explosive device detonated in southern Gaza and wounded two Israeli soldiers. Military officials say Raid Sad was killed in the strike. They claim he was an architect of the October 2023 attack that led to the war with Hamas. Hamas has not confirmed the death.

Hollywood icon Dick Van Dyke's birthday is today. He's 100 years old. Van Dykes starred in everything from Mary Poppins to diagnosis murder, and as he celebrates the start of his second century, and Pierre's Bob Mandelao reflects on his. his beginnings. On Broadway, 65 years ago, he was doing his best to prompt a smile. Gray skies are going to clear up, but on a happy face. He took a week off from Bye Bye Birdie to audition for a TV sitcom Carl Reiner was cooking up. The Dick Van Dyke Show. And once that was

established, Disney tapped him to play a chimney sweep opposite Julianne. Van Dyke would star in dozens of other projects, from Bednobbs and Broomsticks to a guest appearance on Days of Our Lives a couple of years ago at 97, but as he told NPR's, wait, wait, don't tell me. All of us involved say the Dick Van Dyke show was the best five years of our lives. It was, we were like authors at play. Dick Van Dyke, still playing at the age of 100. Bob Mandelao, NPR News.

Navy beat Army on Saturday, 17 to 16, winning the Commander-in-Chief trophy. Blake Horvath threw an eight-yard touchdown pass to Eli Heidenreich in the fourth and six and with six and a half minutes left for the winning score. I'm Dale Wilman, NPR News. This message comes from Wise, the app for using money around the globe. When you manage your money with Wise, you'll always get the mid-market exchange rate with no hidden fees. Join millions of customers and visit Wise.com. T's and Cs Apply.