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Live from NPR News, I'm Jail Snyder. Speaking with reporters this morning, Providence, Rhode Island police chief Oscar Perez confirmed that a person of interest is in custody following the shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and injured nine others. The next process for us is what we do best in our detectives is to coordinate with the prosecutors, to collect evidence, to conduct interviews, and then from there we'll be able to, when it's appropriate and accurate to share more details with you all. The shooting yesterday afternoon happened in Brown's engineering building during final exams.

Providence's mayor says of the nine people who were injured, one remains in critical condition, seven are stable, and one person has been discharged from a hospital. Israeli leaders are condemning a mass shooting at a popular Australian beach where a group of Jews were celebrating the first night of Hanukkah. At least 12 people are dead, dozens injured in what Australian authorities are calling a terrorist. attack. Jerome Sakalowski reports from Tel Aviv. Hundreds of Jews were at Bondi Beach in Sydney for an event called Hanukkah by the sea. The gunman opened fire from a bridge nearby. Israeli foreign minister Gidonsar drew a link between the attack and protests in Australia

against the war in Gaza. He says calls at those protests to, quote, globalize the intifada incited the attack. President Isaac Herzog said Israel has repeatedly called on Australia to take action against what he called an enormous wave of anti-Semitism there. And Yadvashem, the National Holocaust Museum, says the tragedy reflects the growing and very real threat facing Jewish communities not only in Australia, but around the world. Jerome Sokolovsky, NPR News, Tel Aviv. To Washington State now, which is beginning to assess damage from historic flooding, Scott Greenstone with member station KUOW, has been following local leaders.

After days of rain and clouds, mists burned off to blue skies this weekend in Monroe, north of Seattle, allowing responders to take helicopters up and begin to see how far the waters reached. Democratic Congresswoman Kim Schreier represents part of the flooded area. It was practically unfathomable to think near where we were standing, there was water that would have been five feet over my head. She took a bus tour with other officials through soggy dairy fire. farmland. While damage is widespread, so far the only fatality was outside the flood zone. A kayaker swept over a dam in Seattle by swollen currents. For NPR news, I'm Scott Greenstone in

Monroe. The Pacific Northwest remains on guard. Another round of wind and rain is set to move into the region. Meanwhile, a blast of Arctic air is spreading into the U.S. Extreme cold warnings are up today for portions of Illinois and Indiana. Forecasters say temperatures as far south as Alabama could dip into the 20s later tonight. This is NPR. A Communist Party politician and far-right candidate are facing off today in the second round of Chile's presidential election. John Bartlett reports from the Capitol, Santiago. Although communist Janet Hatter took a narrow first round victory last month, her far-right rival, Jose Antonio Caste is predicted to win the presidency by attracting the vote of the other right-wing candidates he beat. Cast, the ultra-conservative,

Catholic father of nine has gone to great lengths to avoid discussing his controversial moral agenda. Rather than talking about his opposition to same-sex marriage, abortion, and the morning after pill, he has focused his campaign almost entirely on crime, border security and illegal immigration. It is an agenda which is likely to win out over Hara's focus on affordability and social justice. For NPR News, I'm John Bartlett in Santiago, Chile. Hong Kong's last opposition party has voted to disband. Hong Kong's Democratic Party has been the city's biggest pro-democracy party for more than 30 years. But the party chair said today that the vote to disband and enter liquidation was overwhelming

and that it is the best way forward. Both Reuters and the Associated Press are quoting party members as saying some were warned of consequences that the party did not shut down. Indiana quarterback Fernando Mendoza is this year's Heisman Trophy winner, the first Indiana player to ever win. College football's most prestigious prize. He led Indiana to a perfect regular season, beating Ohio State in the Big Ten championship game. Indiana will play a college football playoff quarterfinal game in the Rose Bowl on January 1st. I'm Jail Snyder. This is NPR News.