Hello Australia! - Police name a suspect in the killings of 14 people in Southern California - Britain bombs Syria - Presidential impeachment proceedings in Brazil are not what they appear to be - And more in your CareerSpot World News Briefs:

Police in San Bernardino, California have killed two suspects and reportedly detained a third suspect in the killings of 14 people at an office Christmas Party.  This began at 11:00am local time at the Inland Regional Center, which provide services to developmentally disabled people in the desert community an hour east of Los Angeles.  The building rents out its auditorium, and it was being used by the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health for a holiday party when the attackers burst in and opened fire with assault weapons.  In addition to the 14 people killed, 17 are injured. 

Authorities quickly swooped in on the building and locked-down the neighborhood, but the attackers appeared to have gotten away - until the afternoon, when cops caught up with the large, black SUV used by the suspects in a residential neighborhood.  A firefight ensued, and police surrounded the SUV with their tactical units, which are basically armored cars adapted for carrying cops instead of cash.  Two suspects, a man and a woman, were found dead inside.  A third suspect was caught several minutes later.

Authorities released the name Syed Farouk as a suspect in the mass murder, America's worst such crime since the massacre at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut back in 2013.  The name is shared by a restaurant inspector employed by the health department, and police used robots during a search of a nearby home listed as belonging to Mr. Farouk.  The motive for an attack on an obscure group of local, suburban government bureaucrats remains unclear - But it seems rather unlikely that international jihadis would target the gathering, especially since Los Angeles is just an hour away.

Shortly Britain's Parliament approved air strikes on Islamic State terrorists in Syria, four Tornado GR4 warplanes took off in pairs from the RAF Akrotiri Base in Cyprus on their first bombing runs.  Each had a trio of 500 pound Paveway bombs when they left, and each was empty when they returned.  After several hours of debate, 66 Labour MPs sided with the government to vote for bombing in Syria.

North Korea is digging a new tunnel for a nuclear weapons test.  The 38 North blog run by Johns Hopkins University's school of advanced international studies in Washington reports that satellite imagery caught significant construction at Punggye-ri.  Three nuclear tests were already conducted at that site on North Korea's remote east coast.  There is no sign that another test is imminent.

Nicaraguan volcano spews ash and gas.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says she is "outraged by the decision" of the lower house of congress to open impeachment proceedings against her.  "I haven't committed any wrongful act," she told viewers of a televised speech.  The speaker of the lower house Eduardo Cunha claims Ms. Rousseff might have broken Brazil's fiscal responsibility laws by borrowing money from state banks to make up for budget shortfalls.  But Cunha is himself facing charges for allegedly lying about a secret Swiss bank account, and an ethics committee had been debating whether to dump him from the speakership.  Either way, Rousseff's ruling party has the majority in congress, and there's little chance of Cunha's charges going anywhere.