America is on a killing spree

Editor's note: Nuno F.G. Loureiro, a 47-year-old renowned MIT professor of nuclear science and engineering, director of the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, and recipient of the 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers, was fatally shot multiple times in the entrance of his Brookline, Massachusetts, apartment on Monday evening. The Portuguese-born physicist was rushed to a hospital but pronounced dead early Tuesday morning, prompting an active homicide investigation by authorities, who have identified no suspects or motive as of yet.

Who was Nuno Loureiro? MIT professor gunned down in apartment near university

Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of acclaimed Hollywood director and actor Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner, has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder with a special circumstance of multiple murders in the stabbing deaths of his parents. The couple, aged 78 and 68, were found dead in their Brentwood, Los Angeles home on Sunday, December 14, 2025, after a medical aid call; their daughter Romy discovered the bodies. Nick, a screenwriter with a history of struggles with drug addiction, was arrested without incident later that evening in a nearby park and is being held without bail as the case proceeds.

Rob Reiner's son Nick arrested in connection with deaths of his parents

Four days after a masked gunman opened fire in a Brown University engineering building on December 13, 2025, killing two students—Ella Cook, vice president of the campus College Republicans, and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov—and wounding nine others during a review session, the shooter remains at large amid a widening manhunt involving local police and the FBI. Authorities have released enhanced surveillance footage of a person of interest casing the area for hours beforehand, but critics, including online commentators cited on platforms like ZeroHedge, point to mounting "bizarre anomalies" like low-quality video despite extensive campus cameras, evasive press conferences, and the rapid scrubbing of a student's online profiles fueling speculation that the incident might have been staged or mishandled to obscure a potential motive. As the investigation continues with no arrests or identified suspect, questions persist about eyewitness inconsistencies and whether the attack was truly random, leaving the Providence community on edge.

Four Days Later: Brown University Shooter Still At Large As Bizarre Anomalies Mount In Investigation

Grammy-nominated baritone Jubilant Sykes, a celebrated opera and gospel singer known for his powerful performances in works like Leonard Bernstein's "Mass" and roles at the Metropolitan Opera, was fatally stabbed in his Santa Monica, California home on December 8, 2025. The 71-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene after suffering critical stab wounds, with police recovering a weapon and launching a homicide investigation. His 31-year-old son, Micah Sykes—who has a reported history of mental illness—was found at the residence and arrested on suspicion of murder, later charged and held without bail as the family and music community grapple with the shocking tragedy.

Son arrested after Grammy-nominated singer Jubilant Sykes stabbed to death at California home