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Police are now investigating a potential link between Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT nuclear engineering professor on Monday night, multiple outlets reported on ...

The manhunt for the gunman who killed two students and wounded nine in a shooting at Brown University entered its fifth day on Wednesday after police in Providence, Rhode Island, released a new image ...

The face of the man who officials believe killed two students was not visible in newly released footage, but they hoped he might still be recognized as the manhunt stretched past 48 hours. Mark ...

Claudio Manuel Neves Valente, 48, was found dead in a storage facility, officials said. He was a physics student at Brown in 2000 but had no current affiliation, officials said. This live blog has now ...

Around a dozen gunmen opened fire at bar patrons, the police said. A manhunt for the unknown assailants was underway. By Zimasa Matiwane and Jin Yu Young Zimasa Matiwane reported from Johannesburg.

Three days after the mass shooting at Brown University on Saturday, Dec. 13, the gunman remains at large and several private schools have announced closures. On Sunday night, the "person of interest" ...