By REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Portuguese suspect in the Brown University and MIT shootings came to the United States through a little-known pathway called the diversity immigrant visa. That program makes up to 50,000 green cards available every year by lottery to people from countries that weren’t well represented in the numbers of immigrant admissions to […]
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Motive still unknown after suspect in the Brown attack and MIT professor’s killing is found dead
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press Investigators on Friday were trying to sort out why a former Brown University student allegedly opened fire on the campus decades after he dropped out and later gunned down an esteemed Massachusetts college professor he attended school with in Portugal in the 1990s. Claudio […]
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High winds force vehicle restrictions on Newport Pell and Jamestown Verrazzano bridges
The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority implemented Level II wind restrictions on two major Narragansett Bay crossings Friday afternoon, barring most commercial vehicles from the Newport Pell and Jamestown Verrazzano Bridges. The restrictions, announced just after noon, permit only automobiles, pickup trucks, flatbed trailers, and commercial buses to cross the spans. High-profile vehicles such […]
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What’s up this weekend in Newport County: Dec. 19-21
Discover all that’s happening for live music, entertainment, and events this weekend in and around Newport. Organizing an event? Add it to What’sUpNewp’s event calendar. Live Music & Entertainment Friday, December 19 Busker’s Irish Pub: Live music at 8 p.m. Johnny’s Restaurant: Stephen Hodgman at 7 p.m. Narragansett Cafe: Live music at 8 p.m. Newport Blues […]
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How 1 anonymous tipster cracked the Brown University shooting case
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Information from a tipster who had a strange encounter with another man on a sidewalk outside Brown University was key to police identifying the suspect they believe killed two students at the school and then two days later gunned down a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor. Known only as “John” in a Providence […]
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Man suspected in Brown University shooting and MIT professor’s killing is found dead, officials say
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER, ERIC TUCKER and HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press A frantic search for the suspect in last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University ended at a New Hampshire storage facility where authorities discovered the man dead inside and then revealed he also was suspected of killing a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor. Claudio Neves […]
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Newport Mansions launching live music video series filmed inside historic properties
The Preservation Society of Newport County is debuting a new video series next month that pairs live acoustic performances with some of the nation’s most significant historic architecture. The series, titled “Sessions,” features invited musicians recording stripped-down sets inside or on the grounds of Newport Mansions’ 11 historic properties, seven of which are National Historic […]
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Newport seeking volunteers for Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee
The city is seeking residents, business owners and community stakeholders to serve on an advisory committee that will help shape Newport’s long-term planning vision. The Newport Comprehensive Plan Advisory Committee will support Newport 2037, the city’s update to its Comprehensive Plan, which serves as the primary planning document guiding decisions on land use and policy. […]
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Newport School Superintendent discusses school safety, regionalization progress
Newport Public Schools Superintendent Colleen Burns Jermain provided updates on multiple district initiatives during her monthly conversation with What’sUpNewp Thursday, including ongoing safety measures following a recent incident at Rogers High School and progress toward potential regionalization with Middletown. Burns Jermain confirmed that an independent investigation into an assault at Rogers High School remains ongoing, […]
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Police are investigating link between Brown shooting and killing of MIT professor, AP sources say
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities said Thursday that they’re looking into a connection between last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University and an attack two days later near Boston that killed a professor at another elite school, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. That is according to […]
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What’s up in Newport: Thursday, December 18
Here’s a look at what’s coming up on Thursday, December 18, 2025, in Newport. Weather Wind Advisory in effect from December 19, 04:00 AM until December 20, 01:00 AM Today: Sunny, with a high near 51. Light and variable wind becoming south 5 to 10 mph in the morning. Tonight: A chance of rain, mainly […]
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Superintendent Colleen Burns Jermain joins WUN for a one-on-one conversation on Dec. 18
Newport School Superintendent Colleen Burns Jermain will join What’sUpNewp for her monthly one-on-one conversation on Thursday, December 18, at 1:30 pm. Have a question for the Superintendent? Ask It Here.
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Neighborhood cameras capture potential shooter’s route around Brown University
By MATT O’BRIEN and MINGSON LAU Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The shooting at Brown University on Saturday happened inside an engineering building at the eastern edge of campus, where the Ivy League school blends into a residential neighborhood. Hours before the attack, security camera footage captured a person of interest police say may have been […]
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Photos show memorials for those killed in shooting at Brown University as investigation continues
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The search continued Wednesday for the shooter who killed two students and wounded nine others at Brown University on Saturday as students were studying for a final exam on the Ivy League campus. Investigators have been hobbled by the lack of clear eyewitness accounts of the shooter and few, if any, […]
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Brown University Health moves to ‘Status Yellow,’ requiring masks at all facilities
Brown University Health will require masks at all of its facilities in Rhode Island and Massachusetts starting Thursday due to high community transmission rates of influenza and other respiratory viruses. The move comes as Rhode Island Department of Health data shows respiratory virus activity increasing sharply across the state. Flu-related emergency department visits have surged […]
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Middletown names winners of sixth annual Holiday Card Art Contest
The Town of Middletown has announced the winners of its sixth annual Holiday Card Art Contest, selecting four designs that will grace the community’s official holiday cards this season. Two Gaudet Middle School students — sixth grader Hawkin Powers and eighth grader Ella Cochran — along with adults Elizabeth Brassard and Vanessa Ellerman were recognized […]
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Investigators seek older video that might show the Brown campus shooter days before the attack
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities searching for a shooter who attacked students Saturday at Brown University are asking for tips from people who might have video of the shooter potentially casing the area the week before. Authorities have released several videos from the day of the attack, which left two […]
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Newport Classical names Oliver Inteeworn as new executive director
Newport Classical has appointed Oliver Inteeworn as its new executive director, the organization announced Wednesday Inteeworn, who brings 25 years of leadership experience in the nonprofit performing arts sector, will begin the role Jan. 5, 2026. He succeeds Gillian Fox, who served as executive director from 2020 to 2025, and interim director Eric Gershman. Most […]
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South County Health offers free childbirth classes to support growing families
Preparing to welcome a new baby is one of life’s most exciting—and sometimes overwhelming—moments. To help parents feel confident, supported, and ready for their childbirth experience, South County Health offers free childbirth education classes, now available in Newport. Newport area courses are held at the Newport County YMCA in Middletown and led by Victoria Gatling, […]
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School shootings dropped in 2025 – but schools are still focusing too much on safety technology instead of prevention
James Densley, Metropolitan State University Active shootings represent a very small percentage of on-campus university violence. But among those that do happen, there are patterns. And as law enforcement officials continue to investigate the Dec. 13, 2025, Brown University shooting, similarities can be seen with other active shooter cases on college campuses that scholar James […]
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What’s up in Newport: Wednesday, December 17
Here’s a look at what’s coming up on Wednesday, December 17, in Newport. Weather Forecast Today: Mostly sunny, with a high near 46. Southwest wind 14 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 36 mph. Tonight: Mostly clear, with a low around 31. Northwest wind 5 to 13 mph, with gusts as high as […]
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What to know about the search for the Brown University shooting suspect
By PATRICK WHITTLE and LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — With the Brown University shooter still on the loose Tuesday, authorities released new video of a suspect and police fanned out to Providence schools to reassure parents, kids and teachers as investigators pushed for new evidence that might help them crack the case. Here’s a […]
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Brown mourns the loss of an aspiring doctor and campus leader to the campus attack
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH and KATHY McCORMACK Associated Press A makeshift shrine of flowers and condolence cards has gone up outside of the Brown University building where a gunman killed two students and wounded nine others, with the Ivy League school and surrounding community trying to make sense of the tragedy. As investigators pursue clues about the gunman, who remained at […]
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Christine Baranski narrates `A Christmas Carol’ before returning for new `The Gilded Age’ season
By RONALD BLUM Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Christine Baranski was in the playground outside St. Matthew’s Church in Bedford, New York, about three years ago when she came across Matthew Guard, artistic director of the Grammy-nominated Skylark Vocal Ensemble. “I love choral music,” she told him. An Emmy- and Tony-Award winning actor, Baranski went on […]
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USC and Brown cancel men’s basketball game after mass shooting on RI campus
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The men’s basketball game between Brown and Southern California scheduled for Sunday in Los Angeles has been canceled. So has the women’s game against Monmouth, which was set for Sunday in Rhode Island. Brown athletic officials announced both cancellations Tuesday. USC said the schools mutually agreed on the decision following the mass […]