Deadly Violence, Extreme Winter Weather & Historic Heisman Win - Monday, December 15, 2025
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 15 December 2025
⏱️ 13 minutes
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The news to know for Monday, December 15, 2025!
Unfortunately, we have to tell you about multiple tragedies, from mass shootings to targeted attacks.
And some stories of heroism that have emerged from the horror.
Also, what's in the latest batch of "Epstein Files" and how it involves some of the most prominent men in politics, entertainment, and business.
Plus: where a cold snap could break temperature records today, how much it could cost to attend a World Cup game in the U.S., and who just made history by winning the most prestigious prize in college football.
Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, December 15th. Unfortunately, we have to tell you about multiple tragedies that |
| 0:05.2 | happened from mass shootings to targeted attacks and some stories of heroism that have emerged |
| 0:10.6 | from the horror. Also, what's in the latest batch of Epstein files that has to do with some of the |
| 0:15.0 | most prominent men in politics, entertainment, and business. Plus, where a cold snap could break |
| 0:19.6 | temperature records today, how much it |
| 0:21.7 | could cost to go to a World Cup game in the U.S., and who just made history by winning the most |
| 0:26.4 | prestigious prize in college football. Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:33.0 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes. I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:38.3 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:39.9 | Let's do this. |
| 0:45.0 | Well, sadly, there were two mass shootings over the weekend we have to tell you about. |
| 0:49.6 | But first, a news story has been developing, and details are coming in early this morning, |
| 0:53.7 | even as we're publishing. Legendary actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife were found dead in their home, and it's believed they were murdered by their son. Reiner is known for directing movies like When Harry Met Sally, A Few Good Men, Princess Bride, Stand By Me, and many more. He also starred in All In the Family and had acting roles in movies |
| 1:11.4 | like Sleepless in Seattle. Then yesterday, he and his wife were found dead in their home. |
| 1:15.8 | Reports say it looks like they were killed in a knife attack, and sources have named their son |
| 1:19.9 | as the suspect, who is apparently being interviewed now. Detectives are now investigating this |
| 1:24.6 | as a homicide. Two students were killed in a shooting at Brown |
| 1:30.6 | University over the weekend. Nine others were hurt. It happened during a final exam review for an |
| 1:35.9 | economics class on Saturday. A teaching assistant told the New York Times, a masked man carrying a |
| 1:41.0 | rifle came into the classroom, yelled something he couldn't understand, and started shooting. |
| 1:45.5 | Since then, students have told stories about helping each other survive until first responders could get there. |
| 1:51.0 | A man was taken into custody, but now authorities say they're going to release him without pressing charges, |
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