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Trump administration investigates Brown's security after shooting

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The Department of Education said its Office of Federal Student Aid would investigate if Brown University violated the Higher Education Act in connection with...

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  1. Brown University shooting: 2 killed, suspect still at large – DW

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  2. Brown University students recall barricading on campus during shooting, say they feel unsafe with suspect still at large

    Headline from CBS News ·

  3. Uh Oh: Brown University Student Claims School President Is Lying About This Part of the Shooting

    Headline from Townhall ·

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    Trump administration investigates Brown's security after shooting

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  1. Deutsche Welle

    Brown University shooting: At least 2 killed – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Officials said the suspect in the shooting was still not in custody. Brown University has urged people to shelter in place until further notice.

  2. Fox News

    Brown University student describes harrowing hours-long lockdown after deadly campus shooting (opens Fox News)

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    Brown University senior Ben Marcus describes losing a close friend in a campus mass shooting that killed two people and injured nine others.

  3. Al Jazeera

    Brown University shooting: What we know so far (opens Al Jazeera)

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    A massive police operation was under way following the latest deadly attack at a US educational institution.

  4. NBC News

    Brown University students describe uncertainty and fear in lockdown after shooting (opens NBC News)

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    First-year Brown University Benjamin DiBella was in the Sciences Library at the Providence college Saturday afternoon when someone yelled that there was an active shooter on campus

  5. Rolling Stone

    Brown University Shooting: Everything We Know (opens Rolling Stone)

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    A person of interest is in custody in connection to a shooting at Brown University, where at least two students died and nine others were wounded.

  6. NPR

    What we know so far about the Brown University shooting investigation (opens NPR)

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    Journalist Paul C. Kelly Campos of Ocean State Media on the continuing investigation into Saturday's shooting at Brown University that left two people dead and at least nine more wounded.

  7. Deutsche Welle

    Brown University shooting: 2 killed, suspect still at large – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    Deutsche Welle's feed description

    At least 2 people were killed and 9 wounded in a shooting at the Ivy League university. All of the victims are students. A manhunt for the suspect is ongoing.

  8. Townhall

    Latest Brown University Shooting Update Is Wild...and This Story Has Become a Total Circus (opens Townhall)

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    Brown University shooting leaves two dead and eight injured; suspect still at large.

  9. Local News 8

    An aspiring neurosurgeon and a ‘faithful bright light:’ What we know about the two students killed in the Brown mass shooting (opens Local News 8)

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    By Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — As college students across the country wrap up their fall 2025 semesters, finishing grueling finals and preparing to head home for the holidays, students at Brown University in Rhode Island ended theirs abruptly after a mass shooting on campus Saturday killed two of …

  10. RedState

    Is It Me, or Is There Something Seriously Off About the Brown University Shooting Investigation? (opens RedState)

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    Concerns grow over the Brown University shooting investigation

  11. CBS News

    Brown University students recall barricading on campus during shooting, say they feel unsafe with suspect still at large (opens CBS News)

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    One Brown student recalled barricading for four hours in the Sciences Library building after a gunman shot and killed two students at a nearby engineering building on Saturday.

  12. PBS NewsHour

    Students, community frustrated with official response after Brown University shooting (opens PBS NewsHour)

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    The effort to find a man who walked onto Brown University’s campus and shot nearly a dozen students in a crowded lecture hall has raised serious questions about the school’s security systems and the urgency of the investigation itself.

  13. Local News 8

    ‘Scared is the only way to put it’: Brown campus remains on edge with killer on the loose (opens Local News 8)

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    By Eric Bradner, Nicky Robertson, CNN (CNN) — Students and staffers at Brown University described a deep sense of fear and anxiety Monday as police continued searching for the shooter who killed two and injured nine Saturday on the university’s campus in Providence, Rhode Island.

  14. AmmoLand Shooting Sports News

    CNN Cites Long Debunked Anti-Gun source in Brown University Mass-Shooting Story (opens AmmoLand Shooting Sports News)

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    The horrific shooting that occurred at Brown University Saturday afternoon that left two students dead and wounded nine more evidently wasn’t enough for the staff at CNN, which sought to use the deadly attack to promote their anti-gun beliefs.

  15. PJ Media

    Authorities May Be Covering up a Key Detail About the Brown University Shooting (opens PJ Media)

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    Authorities may be covering up key details about the Brown University shooting.

  16. Fox News

    Brown grad who’s survived two campus shootings recounts terror after police release detained suspect (opens Fox News)

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    Brown University graduate student Sachi Gandhi, who survived campus shootings at both Brown and UNC, expresses disbelief after shooting suspect was released.

  17. Newsweek

    Donald Trump blasts Brown University after shooting: "Doesn't get worse!" (opens Newsweek)

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    Donald Trump has criticized Brown University for what he said was too few security cameras after a shooting at a Providence campus building.

  18. New York Post

    Brown mass shooting raises massive questions about how $8B college had no cameras in area (opens New York Post)

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    Questions are swirling about how Brown University's vast array of security cameras failed to capture so much as a fleeting glimpse of a suspected gunman who remains at large after murdering two students on Saturday, plunging New England into fear.

  19. PJ Media

    Is Brown University Protecting a Suspect in the Campus Shooting? (opens PJ Media)

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    Brown University faces scrutiny over its handling of a campus shooting investigation.

  20. Fox News

    Brown University shooting probe faces hurdles after campus empties out as witnesses scatter: former FBI agent (opens Fox News)

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    Two students, Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, were killed in a shooting at Brown University's engineering building, prompting officials to send students home.

  21. RedState

    Brown University Shooting No Longer the Story — Now It's the Bumbling Leftist DEI-Ridden Investigation (opens RedState)

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    Investigation into the Brown University shooting reveals serious incompetence and absurdity.

  22. Fox News

    Brown University, MIT shootings: Are elite US universities prepared for targeted violence? (opens Fox News)

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    Brown University faces criticism over lack of surveillance video after campus shooting that killed two students before gunman traveled to kill MIT professor.

  23. Townhall

    Uh Oh: Brown University Student Claims School President Is Lying About This Part of the Shooting (opens Townhall)

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    Brown University shooting raises questions about campus security and honesty from officials.

  24. NBC Chicago

    Trump administration investigates Brown's security after shooting (opens NBC Chicago)

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    The Department of Education said its Office of Federal Student Aid would investigate if Brown University violated the Higher Education Act in connection with...

  25. Local News 8

    The feds are investigating Brown University’s safety after this month’s shooting. Here’s what’s at issue –– and at stake (opens Local News 8)

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    By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — With questions swirling about Brown University’s security after this month’s fatal shooting on the Providence, Rhode Island, campus, the Department of Education on Monday announced it would probe whether the school violated federal law.

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