Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Rylan Barton.

Prosecutors are charging Nick Reiner with murder for the deaths of his parents,

Director Rob Reiner and Michelle Reiner.

The couple were found stabbed to death in their home in Los Angeles Sunday afternoon.

Here's L.A. District Attorney Nathan Hockman.

These charges carry a maximum sentence of life in prison without the possibility

parole or the death penalty. No decision at this point has been made with respect to the death

penalty. Nick Reiner publicly struggled with mental illness and drug addiction. Prosecutors say

any evidence relating to his mental state will come out during

court proceedings. Police say Nick Reiner was arrested in a public area near the University of

Southern California campus without incident. President Trump is expanding his travel ban to five

additional countries, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, South Sudan, and Syria. In June, President Trump announced that

citizens of 12 countries would be banned from visiting the U.S. The weekend attack on a Hanukkah

celebration in Australia that killed 15 people, along with a separate attack in Syria that killed

two U.S. service members and a civilian, are believed to have been inspired by the Islamic

State Group. NPR's

Scott Newman reports the incidents are raising questions about a resurgence in the extremist group.

Aaron Zelen, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, says the

Islamic State has been severely weakened since its peak a decade ago when it controlled vast

territory across Iraq and Syria

and carried out brutal killings broadcast on social media.

But he says ISIS has continued to use social media to incite and encourage attacks in the West.

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