Nick Reiner is due in court Tuesday to face murder charges in the deaths of his parents, filmmaker Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner.

Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman is expected to announce new case developments at a news conference outside the Los Angeles courthouse shortly before Reiner’s scheduled pretrial appearance.

The judge could also set a trial date during Tuesday’s hearing.

Reiner, 33, has remained jailed without bail since December on two murder counts.

Authorities say Rob Reiner, the acclaimed film director, and Michele Reiner were fatally stabbed at their home in Los Angeles’ affluent Brentwood neighborhood on Dec. 14. Their son was arrested within hours of the killings and formally charged two days later.

A grand jury indictment unsealed last month added an allegation that Reiner lay in wait before the killings. He has entered not guilty pleas to every charge filed against him.

The indictment moves the case significantly closer to trial, allowing prosecutors to bypass California’s preliminary hearing process, which typically brings evidence into public view.

Under California law, an allegation of lying in wait asserts that a suspect concealed themselves or waited for victims in order to carry out an ambush, a claim prosecutors use to establish premeditation. If a jury finds Reiner guilty of murder and finds the lying-in-wait allegation true, he could become eligible for the death penalty. Prosecutors have not yet said whether they will pursue that punishment.

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“This case is absolutely headed for trial,” legal expert Neama Rahmani said. “I think there’s no world where Nathan Hochman and the district attorney’s office offers any type of discount. This is a potential death penalty case.”

Reiner is represented by a public defender and is seeking access to more than $500,000 that he says is owed to him through a trust fund. He has said he wants to use the money to pay for his defense.

Just last month, Nick’s older brother, Jake Reiner, spoke exclusively to ABC7 in his first sit-down interview since his parents were killed.

He talked about the night of his parent’s killings, his brother’s arrest, his parent’s humanitarian work and how he’s been trying to move forward since the tragedy.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

The names of jurors in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial will remain sealed indefinitely after the presiding judge pointed to safety risks and the intensely polarized public interest surrounding the case.

In an order issued Monday, Judge William Sullivan said the public is ordinarily entitled to access jurors’ names. But he determined there is a “real and present” danger to those who served, ordering that the full list remain impounded unless the court later decides otherwise.

Sullivan said his decision was influenced by instances in which jurors and details of their private lives had been identified without their consent.

“Some of the empaneled jurors have come forward and spoken to the media after the declaration of a mistrial on September 4, 2026. However, the majority of the jurors, deliberating and alternates, have maintained their anonymity, despite multiple requests to give statements,” Sullivan wrote. “The Court concludes that there is a risk of immediate and irreparable injury should the list be made available to the public at this time.”

Clancy, 36, was tried on three first-degree murder charges stemming from the January 2023 deaths of her children: 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan. The children were found strangled inside the family’s home. Sullivan declared a mistrial on Sept. 4 after the jury was unable to reach a unanimous decision, with jurors divided 11-1.

Paula Devlin, 65, one of the jurors who has publicly identified herself, rejected claims that the panel’s deliberations were affected by bias in comments to News Media.

“We didn’t know what was going on outside of that room, but we knew that we had a chance to get a conversation started that could change something, that could maybe stop this from ever happening again,” Devlin said. “I think that’s one of the reasons why we feel — or I feel — so strongly about this is that I hope that no other woman or husband has to go through this.”

Devlin said there were “holes” in the prosecution’s case after reviewing the evidence.

“In the biggest piece of the whole case, the whole thing was based on mental health. How can you have bias if only women can go through postpartum depression? Only women can go through postpartum psychosis. Only women can deliver a baby. That’s not biased. That’s just a fact,” she said.

Clancy is due back in court on Sept. 29 for a status hearing, at which more information about the future of her case may be revealed. The Plymouth County District Attorney’s Office hasn’t made a decision on whether the case will be retried.

Tiger Woods has returned to the driving range, marking his first public practice session since his DUI arrest in Florida earlier this year.

Footage shows the golf legend working through shots at Liberty National Golf Club in New Jersey on Tuesday morning.

It was Woods’ first known range appearance in months following his March 27 arrest in Jupiter Island, Florida.

The 50-year-old recently entered a no-contest plea and reached an agreement with prosecutors that includes a five-year driving ban.

Following the arrest, Woods received court approval to travel to Switzerland, where he spent several months at a rehabilitation facility.

Woods has not competed in a professional tournament since the 2024 Open Championship at Royal Troon, where he failed to make the cut.

Woods changed his plea during a court appearance in early September, a move that prevented the case from proceeding to trial.

According to police, Woods was driving at a high speed along a beachside road when his Land Rover clipped a tractor-trailer truck and rolled onto its side, causing about $5,000 worth of damage to the other vehicle. 

He was able to crawl out of the car without any injuries before later admitting to officers he was looking at his phone and changing the radio at the time of the collision. 

A Breathalyzer test did not reveal any alcohol in Woods’s system, but he refused a urine test, according to police.

The Sheriff’s report obtained by the Daily Mail said deputies found opioids in his pocket and he showed signs of impairment.

A previous hearing was held on August 4, following a July ruling that allowed prosecutors to obtain Woods’ hospital records that were connected to the crash. 

Martin County circuit court judge Darren Steele approved an agreement between the State Attorney’s Office and Woods’ legal team that allowed prosecutors to request records from the hospital that treated the PGA legend following his crash.

Back in May, Steele approved a similar agreement granting prosecutors access to Woods’ prescription medication records from his Palm Beach pharmacy between January 1 and his March crash.

Prosecutors and Woods’s attorney have agreed to a protective order that limits the release of any hospital or prescription records to the State Attorney’s Office, law enforcement, state experts and the defense.

Woods was closing in on a return to golf and was widely expected to compete at The Masters in the days before the crash.

The 15-time major champion’s legal problems have since been put into perspective by Vanessa’s cancer diagnosis. She revealed her bout with an unspecified form of breast cancer back in May. 

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The March crash marked the fourth major driving-related incident of Woods’s adult life. 

Five years earlier, when Woods rolled another SUV down a steep embankment in California, he did not face any accusations of driving under the influence. Instead, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department claimed Woods was driving at around 80mph, nearly twice the legal limit, at the time of the crash. 

Witnesses told TMZ that Woods appeared agitated and impatient while leaving a golf tournament parking lot in the moments before the crash.

Woods was never charged in 2021, but he wasn’t so lucky in 2017, when he was found by Jupiter police about 15 miles from his home. Officers said they found him unconscious in his Mercedes-Benz, which was parked awkwardly on the roadside at around 3am.

Upon closer inspection, they noticed damage to his vehicle.

Woods didn’t have any alcohol in his system, but later tests found the active ingredient for marijuana, two painkillers, Vicodin and Dilaudid, the sleep drug Ambien and the anti-anxiety drug Xanax.

He later claimed he had been self-medicating for pain caused by his fourth back surgery and insomnia. Woods did not specifically address the marijuana issue and he wasn’t found with the drug in his possession.

Woods pleaded guilty to reckless driving and received a year of probation, a $250 fine and was ordered to undergo 50 hours of community service. He was also banned from drinking alcohol during the probation.

In July 2017, Woods completed a private program to address his dependency on painkillers.

‘I will continue to tackle this going forward with my doctors, family and friends,’ he tweeted at the time. ‘I am so very thankful for all of the support I’ve received.’

Woods’ most notorious car crash took place in 2009, when he rammed his Cadillac Escalade into a fire hydrant, tree and several hedges near his home.

He was treated for minor injuries and received a ticket for careless driving, but while he thanked his then-wife Elin Nordegren for getting him out of the car, there were lingering doubts about the story. After all, it was only days earlier that the National Enquirer claimed he’d had an affair with Rachel Uchitel, a 9/11 widow and New York nightclub manager.

The alleged details of the November 27, 2009 crash were ultimately included in the best-selling biography by Jeff Benedict and Armen Keteyian, titled Tiger Woods.

Bill Gates has warned that governments around the world are dangerously unprepared for the global challenges posed by artificial intelligence, adding his voice to a growing chorus of technology leaders urging faster action as AI capabilities accelerate.

The 70-year-old Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, long regarded as an advocate for AI’s potential, said in a new Reuters interview that the technology could also eliminate jobs, fuel cyberattacks, deepen economic inequality and become addictive for users.

“I don’t think any government is nearly as deep on this as they have to be…Governments are way behind on this one,” Gates said. His comments came after several prominent tech executives called on President Trump and world leaders this week to work together on tougher AI industry safeguards.

Gates said he has raised his concerns in conversations with Trump and members of his administration. He also hopes to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping later this year as he pushes for international cooperation on AI regulation.

Comparing artificial intelligence to a threat from science-fiction films, Gates said the technology could force countries to find common ground. “There’s all sorts of movies where some aliens are coming, and magically the US and China and everybody comes together to solve the problem,” Gates said. “AI is kind of like this alien intelligence. It’s here, and we better do like it shows in those movies.”

Fresh concerns about the dangers of advanced AI emerged over the weekend after Jacob Coxon, a researcher formerly employed by Anthropic and OpenAI, left his position and warned that artificial intelligence “could kill us all by the end of the decade.”

Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei later released a lengthy essay urging competing AI companies to ease the pace of development. He cited concerns over recursive self-improvement, or RSI, a scenario in which AI systems become capable enough to enhance themselves independently. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and SpaceX founder Elon Musk supported Amodei’s appeal.

Even with those warnings, Gates stressed that AI could bring major benefits, particularly by helping improve living conditions for some of the world’s poorest communities.

The Gates Foundation on Tuesday committed at least $1 billion over the next two years to broaden access to AI worldwide and examine how the technology can be used to reduce social inequality. The initiative is part of the nonprofit’s previously announced plan to spend $9 billion each year.

The funding will support partners working in education, health care and agriculture. It will also go toward strengthening the data used to train AI systems, with the goal of helping large language models function in every language spoken around the world.

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“For health it’s hard to overstate what the potential is,” said Gates, who called out the ability to help frontline health care workers and discover new drugs and vaccines.

Gates also acknowledged public backlash over his ties to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, saying it has not had any effect on his foundation’s work.

“In terms of having access to government leaders, or you know, journalists being willing to interview me, I don’t see any diminishment,” he said, adding that requests to work with the foundation on reducing child deaths and ending malaria has not reduced “even one iota.”

In sworn testimony to Congress in June, Gates admitted to having affairs with two Russian women, claiming Epstein had tried to use the infidelity to blackmail Gates into reconnecting after they cut ties.

Gates testified that he was introduced to Epstein in 2011, three years after the disgraced financier pleaded guilty to soliciting a minor for prostitution and four years after Epstein reached a controversial non-prosecution agreement.

Gates said the relationship ended by December 2014.

The Microsoft co-founder and some staffers at the Gates Foundation had been named in the Department of Justice’s Epstein files – a trove of hundreds of thousands of files showing the sex criminal’s communications with powerful pols, celebs and financiers.

Gates has not been accused of any crimes and has apologized for his relationship with Epstein, calling it a “grave error in judgment.”

An external review at his foundation found no payments to Epstein or links to criminal activities.

Thomas Matthew Crooks, the Pennsylvania man who killed one bystander and critically injured two others during his failed attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump, reportedly had no friends as a teenager and used the alias “Bob Dole” to receive suspicious packages. Federal documents reviewed by News Media also indicate that an anonymous donor later covered the cost of his cremation.

Records provided to the Senate suggest Crooks’ actions stunned his family, while investigators have yet to determine a clear motive for the July 2024 attack.

Crooks, 20, would generally pick up packages sent under the Dole alias before his father, who often worked late, returned home.

He was killed by law enforcement after firing on a Trump campaign rally in July 2024. According to the documents, a lawyer representing the family told investigators that Crooks was cremated soon afterward, with the expense paid by an unidentified donor.

The documents were assembled during the investigation into the shooting at Trump’s Butler, Pennsylvania, rally. They include an interview with Crooks’ father, who told FBI agents that his son “never identified anyone as a friend throughout middle school and high school.”

During an interview with Crooks’ parents one day after the shooting, his father said his son spent time with classmates but maintained that they were not friends.

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