Jimmy Lai, the publisher of a Hong Kong tabloid and democracy campaigner, was convicted of national security charges on Monday in a city where even minor dissent is now whispered.

Two men toting long guns opened fire on hundreds of people who were celebrating Hanukkah on Bondi Beach in Sydney, the core of the Australian city’s Jewish community.

Jimmy Lai spent decades criticizing China’s rulers. He faces up to life in prison after a court found him guilty of national security crimes.

Plus, the hunt for the gunman in a shooting at Brown University.

We have the latest from Brown University and Bondi Beach.

The director’s family said that he and his wife, Michele, had died on Sunday. The police said they had found two bodies at the Reiner home in Los Angeles.

Medetomidine, a veterinary sedative, mixed into fentanyl has sent thousands to hospitals, not only for overdose but for life-threatening withdrawal. It is spreading to other cities.

For the second day running, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine was set to meet in Berlin with Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, two key Trump aides.

Falling in love with her inspired the director Rob Reiner to give “When Harry Met Sally…” a new ending. The Reiners went on to work together on movies and political causes.

José Antonio Kast, who was elected president on Sunday, is the latest conservative to rise to power promising strict law and order measures.

The Milwaukee County judge faces federal charges, but she has maintained her innocence.

Advocates fear damage to labor protections if the Supreme Court upholds the president’s move to control federal agency staffing.

Across the arts, these 10 performers took a leap of faith this year and stuck the landing in a big way.

A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals.

Sometimes Trump’s unconventional foreign policy just works.