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A person is in custody after deadly Brown University shooting

Police in Rhode Island say they have a person of interest in custody after a shooting at Brown University killed two students and wounded nine others.

The incident happened Saturday afternoon in a classroom during final exams.

The shooting paralyzed the Providence campus, with students sheltering in place for hours. Nine students with gunshot wounds were taken to the hospital, with one in critical condition. One student was later released, said university President Christina Paxson.

Bystander shown in videos disarming gunman during Australian beach shooting commended for bravery

SYDNEY (AP) — A bystander seen in a widely circulated video disarming a gunman during a deadly shooting rampage at a popular Australian beach is being heralded as a hero who saved lives.

Video footage posted to social media shows a passerby dressed in a white T-shirt and dark pants crouching behind a parked car before sneaking up behind a gunman, grabbing him and wrestling away his firearm. The bystander then points the weapon at the gunman, who falls to the ground.

Trump pledges retaliation after 3 Americans are killed in Syria attack

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — President Donald Trump said Saturday that “there will be very serious retaliation” after two U.S. service members and one American civilian were killed in an attack in Syria that the United States blames on the Islamic State group.

“This was an ISIS attack against the U.S., and Syria, in a very dangerous part of Syria, that is not fully controlled by them,” he said in a social media post.

A misunderstood wolf from a French supermarket ad moves viewers worldwide

ARIS (AP) — A French supermarket’s humble Christmas advert is doing something most global brands can only dream of: connecting deeply with millions of people around the world, without a single frame of generative AI.

The two-and-a-half-minute film, “Unloved” or “Le mal aime,” made for Intermarche, tells a simple yet powerful story: A lonely wolf, feared and avoided by other forest animals, chooses to change.

Instead of hunting, he learns to cook vegetables and brings a homemade dish to a Christmas feast, gradually earning friendship and acceptance.

New York is the 8th state found to have improperly issued commercial driver's licenses to immigrants

New York is the eighth state found to routinely issue commercial driver’s licenses to immigrants that are valid long after the immigrants are no longer legally authorized to be in the country, U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday, and he threatened to withhold $73 million in highway funds unless the system is fixed and any flawed licenses are revoked.

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