Brown University Shooting Suspect Found Dead, and Trump Eases Marijuana Restrictions

19 Dec 2025, 11:00 by https://www.nytimes.com/by/tracy-mumford, https://www.nytimes.com/by/will-jarvis, https://www.nytimes.com/by/ian-stewart · NY Times

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A single suspect carried out the shooting at Brown University and the killing of an M.I.T. professor, and was later found dead in New Hampshire, authorities said.
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