31 h. ago Shooter who killed Brown students and MIT professor planned attack for months, says DOJ

The U.S. Department of Justice reveals that Claudio Neves Valente, the shooter who killed two Brown University students and an MIT professor, had planned the attack for at least six semesters

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5 d. ago Switzerland resort fire ‘likely started by sparklers in champagne bottles’, says attorney general – live updates

Officials say 40 people were killed and 119 injured, with some in hospital still unidentified due to ‘horrific’ injuriesItaly’s ambassador to Switzerland Gian Lorenzo Cornado has said that all bar five of the 112 injured have been identified now, reports Reuters. Swiss officials are yet to give an update on this and have not shared the names of any victims or injured.Six Italians are still missing and 13 hospitalised, he added. Three Italians were repatriated on Thursday and three more will follow on Friday, he said.It’s the grief, as if we have all lost a loved one. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Switzerland resort fire live: ‘horrific’ injuries leave some survivors still unidentified; new image appears to show moment bar caught fire

More than 100 people still in hospital after fire in Le Constellation bar in Crans-Montana that killed at least 40; first victim named as Emanuele GaleppiniItaly’s ambassador to Switzerland Gian Lorenzo Cornado has said that all bar five of the 112 injured have been identified now, reports Reuters. Swiss officials are yet to give an update on this and have not shared the names of any victims or injured.Six Italians are still missing and 13 hospitalised, he added. Three Italians were repatriated on Thursday and three more will follow on Friday, he said.It’s the grief, as if we have all lost a loved one. Continue reading...

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5 d. ago Switzerland resort fire live: first victim named, as new video shows attempts to extinguish bar ceiling fire

Fire killed about 40 people who were celebrating at a New Year’s Eve party in the ski resort of Crans-Montana at the town’s Le Constellation barHundreds of mourners gathered in silence in the freezing night in Crans-Montana on Thursday evening, laying flowers and lighting candles to remember those killed in a blaze as they celebrated the new year.Our picture desk has created this gallery with some of the photographs of those paying tribute: Continue reading...

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2 w. ago My daughter was in the Brown University library, hiding under the desk | Sarah Ruhl

This normalization of gun violence in the US – who is it serving? Why can we not collectively make this not normal again?On her first day of fourth grade, wearing her magenta spectacles, my daughter Anna arrived to the Big School where she couldn’t reach the drinking fountains. She was small for her age, in terms of stature, though she had big ideas.I went to pick her up that afternoon, the first day of school, and I looked eagerly at all the young faces streaming out the door, but no Anna. The high schoolers flooded out, then the middle schoolers. Still no Anna. I started to get that mother panic vibration thing in my belly and I called the lower middle school office.Sarah Ruhl is a playwright, essayist, teacher, mother of three and Brown University graduate. Her most recent book is Lessons from my Teachers, from preschool to the present. Her collaboration with A Great Big World, the musical Wonder, is at American Repertory Theater in Boston through February Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Hundreds mourn Brown University sophomore Ella Cook, killed in campus shooting

Hundreds of Alabama funeralgoers mourned a Brown University sophomore killed in a recent campus attack

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2 w. ago MIT scientist poised to upend fossil fuel industry before assassination linked to Brown University shooter

The murdered MIT professor, Nuno Loureiro, was leading a potentially world-changing effort to upend the fossil fuel industry when we was fatally shot Monday.

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2 w. ago Insane twist of fate for homeless hero who cracked Brown shooter case amid hapless feds' FIVE

The tipster, known under the pseudonym John, who cracked the Brown University shooter case is no longer living on the streets and 'being taken care of' by the feds.

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2 w. ago Brown University shooting suspect died two days before body discovered, autopsy shows

Suspect killed himself after allegedly killing an MIT professor and two Brown University studentsAn autopsy report on the suspect in the mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor in Massachusetts has shown that he died from by suicide two days before he was found in a storage locker on Thursday.The New Hampshire attorney general’s report estimates that Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national who had been living in the US, died on 16 December, the same day that his fellow countryman, MIT nuclear physics professor Nuno Loureiro died at a hospital in Massachusetts. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago ‘Reddit Detective Agency’ learned from past mistakes before crucial Brown University shooter tip

The latest AI-powered surveillance was of little use in the early search for the Brown University shooter

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2 w. ago How a Reddit post helped police find vital clue in Brown University shooting

An amateur detective was the one who helped police in the huge manhunt for the Browns University shooter in Rhode Island - as he posted a tip off on Reddit of his encounter with the man

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2 w. ago Suspect in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing was once a physics student

Authorities have identified Claudio Neves Valente as the suspect in a mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor

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2 w. ago Investigators seek motive for shootings of MIT professor and Brown students

Suspect Claudio Manuel Neves Valente was found dead in New Hampshire storage facility after five-day manhuntInvestigators turned on Friday to the search for a motive in the murders of two Brown University students and a physics professor in Massachusetts in separate but linked attacks, after the prime suspect was found dead from an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound.The body of Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, a Portuguese national and formerly very briefly a student at Brown, was discovered in a New Hampshire storage facility on Thursday night after a five-day manhunt. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Pictured: Homeless hero 'John' who blew Brown University case open as he reveals his chilling interaction with the shooter

John encountered gunman Claudio Neves Valente in the bathroom of the engineering building just hours before the deadly attack

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2 w. ago Tipster hailed for helping authorities identify suspect in Brown shooting

Man known as ‘John’ expected to be eligible for $50,000 reward from FBI for providing details on the suspectThe authorities dealing with the mass shooting at Brown University hailed on Friday a member of the public who came forward with information that helped crack the case and lead to the suspect.A man known publicly so far only as “John” posted key information on the Reddit platform about an encounter with the suspect that caught the attention of investigators, while Reddit users urged him to go to the police with his tips. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Disturbing noises Brown University shooter made as he gunned down students as FBI slammed for 'self

There are still 'a lot of unknowns' in regard to motive, but some witnesses have now claimed Claudio Neves Valente made a 'barking noise' before he gunned down Brown students.

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2 w. ago Trump says war with Venezuela is possible – US politics live

President says ‘I don’t rule it out’ when asked about the possibility of conflict during NBC interviewThe Trump administration announced on Thursday it will suspend a green card lottery that allowed a man believed to be behind both a mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor into the United States.Claudio Neves Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national, is accused of bursting into a building at the Ivy League school on Saturday and opening fire on students, killing two and wounding nine. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Trump suspends green card lottery program that allowed Brown University and MIT shootings suspect into the US

In a post to X, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said President Trump has directed to suspended a green card lottery program

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2 w. ago Suspect in mass shooting at Brown University found dead after six

Claudio Neves Valente, 48, was discovered on Thursday evening at a storage facility in New Hampshire

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2 w. ago Trump suspends green card lottery program after Brown University shootings

The diversity visa program makes up to 50,000 green cards available each year by lottery

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