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5 Things to know for Dec. 22: MAGA civil war, Venezuela tanker, 60 Minutes controversy, Moscow car bombing, 2028 election

By Tricia Escobedo, Andrew Torgan, CNN A detailed tip on Reddit helped lead investigators to the gunman behind the deadly Brown University shooting. Whether the person who posted it will ever receive the $50,000 reward is unclear — partly because of the way the FBI worded the offer. Here’s what else you need to know

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A high school football coach wanted for child pornography offenses has been missing for over a month. Here’s what we know

By Alaa Elassar, CNN (CNN) — For more than a month, a Virginia high school football coach accused of child pornography offenses has remained missing after vanishing from his home without a trace. His sudden flight and consequent disappearance has left behind a stunned community — including his wife, children and the team he once

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Former classmates describe accused Brown shooter as ‘brilliant’ but arrogant and difficult

By Duarte Mendonca, Allison Gordon, Tim Elfrink, CNN (CNN) — As investigators work to find a motive behind the mass shooting at Brown University and the slaying of an acclaimed MIT professor, former classmates of the accused killer described him as a brilliant but exceptionally difficult student. Claudio Neves Valente, the 48-year-old suspect who police

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Events leading to the killings of Brown University students and MIT professor spanned decades

By Andy Rose, CNN (CNN) — The discovery of the body of Claudio Neves Valente in a New Hampshire storage facility Thursday night capped days of terror following two deadly shootings on two separate major university campuses. But the story, investigators say, began decades earlier. Here is a timeline of the 48-year-old suspected gunman’s movements

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Angie Sullivan (left) and Jennifer Welch speak at a GLAAD event in June in New York. Welch moved to the city this year after spending most of her life in Oklahoma City.

The ‘I’ve Had It’ hosts’ review of 2025 is profane and on point

By Scottie Andrew, CNN (CNN) — In 2025, despondent and angry Democrats wanted to hear from likeminded pundits who wouldn’t feign politeness or objectivity. And there, waiting for them, were Jennifer Welch and Angie “Pumps” Sullivan, co-hosts of the political, profane podcast “I’ve Had It.” Welch and Sullivan, formerly an interior designer and attorney, respectively,

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5 things to know for Dec. 19: Brown University suspect, Gun buy-back plan, North Carolina jet crash, Vaccines, Putin

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN President Donald Trump announced the first-ever “Patriot Games,” a youth athletic competition celebrating America’s upcoming 250th anniversary. Some Democrats have mocked the idea, comparing it to “The Hunger Games” — the dystopian book and film franchise in which children are forced to fight to the death in televised arenas. Here’s

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5 things to know for Dec. 19: Brown University suspect, Gun buy-back plan, North Carolina jet crash, Vaccines, Putin

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN President Donald Trump announced the first-ever “Patriot Games,” a youth athletic competition celebrating America’s upcoming 250th anniversary. Some Democrats have mocked the idea, comparing it to “The Hunger Games” — the dystopian book and film franchise in which children are forced to fight to the death in televised arenas. Here’s

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5 things to know for Dec. 19: Brown University suspect, Gun buy-back plan, North Carolina jet crash, Vaccines, Putin

By Alexandra Banner, CNN President Donald Trump announced the first-ever “Patriot Games,” a youth athletic competition celebrating America’s upcoming 250th anniversary. Some Democrats have mocked the idea, comparing it to “The Hunger Games” — the dystopian book and film franchise in which children are forced to fight to the death in televised arenas. Here’s what

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Claudio Neves Valente

How investigators zeroed in on the Brown University shooting suspect and linked him to the killing of an MIT professor

By Holmes Lybrand, Evan Perez, John Miller, CNN (CNN) — Five days after an extensive manhunt began, law enforcement closed in on the Brown University shooting suspect after the emergence of apparent ties between the attack Saturday at the Providence, Rhode Island, school and the killing two days later of an MIT professor at his

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Amanda Cockerham was driving on a nearby road when the plane crashed shortly after 10:15am on Thursday morning. “30 seconds sooner and it would have t-boned us

Former NASCAR driver and 6 others dead after private jet crashes in North Carolina

CNN By Devon M. Sayers, Pete Muntean, Dianne Gallagher, CNN Statesville, North Carolina (CNN) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating after seven people – including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle – died when a small private jet crashed shortly after takeoff in Statesville, North Carolina, this week, investigators said Saturday. Biffle, his wife

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Providence Mayor Brett Smiley speaks as the manhunt for the gunman continues following a shooting at Brown University.

Brown University has over 1,200 surveillance cameras. Why that wasn’t enough to capture video of the shooting suspect

By Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — In March 2021, a Brown University doctoral candidate wrote an op-ed in the school paper criticizing Brown’s increasing use of surveillance cameras and lack of transparency. “In the span of two decades, Brown University quietly deployed an expansive surveillance apparatus, unbeknownst to many in the community; it’s well past

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Amanda Cockerham was driving on a nearby road when the plane crashed shortly after 10:15am on Thursday morning. “30 seconds sooner and it would have t-boned us

Former NASCAR driver and 6 others dead after private jet crashes in North Carolina

By Devon M. Sayers, Pete Muntean, Dianne Gallagher, CNN Statesville, North Carolina (CNN) — The National Transportation Safety Board is investigating after seven people – including former NASCAR driver Greg Biffle – died when a small private jet crashed shortly after takeoff in Statesville, North Carolina, this week, investigators said Saturday. Biffle, his wife Cristina,

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