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TIME’s new cover: Two gunmen opened fire on hundreds of people celebrating Hanukkah at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens. Officials are calling the deadliest mass shooting to hit Australia in 30 years a terror attack, prompting calls

The manhunt for the shooter who opened fire in a final exam study session at Brown University on Saturday, killing two students and wounding another nine, remains ongoing https://t.co/NL5inxsQ7m

The burning question was whether American support for Israel’s offensive in Gaza, and Canberra’s close alliance with the U.S., was putting Australian Jews in danger https://t.co/H0eb1MW8al

Here’s the attack unfolded, based on videos posted online https://t.co/gogisSHNVZ

Daniel Naroditsky’s death exposes an existential threat to chess, writes Jordan Himelfarb

Tributes pour in for Rob Reiner and Michele Singer Reiner

Meet Zacky, TFK's December Kid of the Month. He's using his voice and working with lawmakers to protect kids with food allergies (like him!): https://t.co/NB6p6vDDKz 📣 Read all about Zacky, and much more, in the latest issue of TIME for Kids.

Rob Reiner and wife Michele Singer Reiner found dead in "apparent homicide": Here's what we know so far

How the final episode of the prequel series connects to Andy Muschietti’s ‘IT’ movies

Plasma is used in life-saving treatments, but the practice of paying donors has raised ethical questions

America treats belonging as something Latinos must earn—rather than something they already possess, writes David Alvarado

Five years ago, Sandra Lindsay became the first person in the United States to receive the first FDA-approved COVID-19 vaccine. The pandemic "taught me the importance of public health and hope," she writes. https://t.co/FoJcos2eGu

The assumption of safety under which Australians operated, that their schools and beaches were almost assuredly gun-free, has been shattered. https://t.co/hSjzpoPUhw

A terror attack targeting people attending a Jewish holiday event at Sydney's Bondi Beach has left at least 12 people dead. Here's what we know so far. https://t.co/s0zBovgf88

Two U.S. soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed during an anti-ISIS mission in Syria on Saturday. But there are conflicting reports about who is behind the attack. https://t.co/ORJeyF5RM6

Republican lawmakers in both the House and Senate are breaking with their party and supporting measures to extend subsidies for health coverage. Here's who they are https://t.co/AaMUNNOalE

A long-awaited study shows that screening for breast cancer with annual mammograms may not always be the best way to catch the disease https://t.co/mTi5xxDISS

The powers that be have blessed us with "Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery," in which Josh O’Connor plays a feisty but dedicated priest https://t.co/C7CVbZhqQv

"After surviving a religiously motivated attack, everything feels different. Heavier. Sharper," writes a survivor of the Grand Blanc church shooting https://t.co/BLam9XCS5h

We break down the ending of "Little Disasters" here https://t.co/tNeYAVuYwz