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(NEW YORK) -- The anxiety level among Rhode Islanders "has risen" since a person of interest was released from custody amid a manhunt for an assailant who fatally shot two Brown University students on Saturday, Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said.As the investigation to identify a suspect stretched into its third day, the person initially detained in connection with the Brown University mass shooting has been "effectively cleared," the Rhode Island […]

(DEDHAM, Mass.) -- Brian Walshe, a Massachusetts man accused of killing and dismembering his wife, the mother of their three children, has been found guilty of first-degree murder.His wife, Ana Walshe, went missing on Jan. 1, 2023, at the age of 39. Brian Walshe pleaded guilty last month, ahead of the trial, to lying to police following her disappearance and improperly disposing of her body, though he denies he killed his wife […]

Person holding Powerball ticket ((Photo by John Carl D'Annibale/Albany Times Union via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A $1.1 billion Powerball jackpot could provide someone with plenty of spending money just 10 days before Christmas.The total would be the sixth-largest jackpot in the game's history, and the 12th-largest in U.S. lotto history including Mega Millions. The drawing will be just before 11 p.m. ET on Monday.While the annual payment is worth $1.1 […]

(NEW YORK) -- One of the victims killed in Saturday’s shooting at Brown University has been identified as Ella Cook, a Brown student and a parishioner at the Cathedral Church of the Advent in Birmingham, Alabama.The church’s Rev. Craig Smalley announced Cook’s death in his service on Sunday morning, calling Cook “incredibly grounded and generous and faithful” and a “bright light” in the church and in her community.“Many of you […]

Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan walks into the Milwaukee Federal Courthouse on May 15, 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- The federal trial is set to start on Monday for a Wisconsin judge accused of concealing an undocumented man to prevent his arrest by immigration authorities.Milwaukee County Circuit Court Judge Hannah Dugan was charged in a two-count federal indictment that alleges she obstructed official Department […]

(NEW YORK) -- Federal and local law enforcement officials in Rhode Island were continuing their search early on Monday for an assailant who fatally shot two Brown University students on Saturday in an academic building in Providence.A person of interest in the case, who had been taken into custody early on Sunday, was released later in the day, after authorities said that there was no basis to continue detaining them."Tonight, […]

Washington Dulles International Airport. (J. David Ake/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- One of the engines on a United Airlines flight taking off from Dulles International Airport in Virginia failed as it lifted off Saturday, sparking a fire near the runway, officials said.No one was injured and the plane later landed safely, according to U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.It happened on United Flight 803, a Boeing 777-200ER jet with 275 passengers and […]

(NEW YORK) -- Security is being ramped up for the first night of Hanukkah in New York City and Los Angeles as law enforcement agencies went on high alert following a mass shooting at a Jewish celebration in Bondi Beach, Australia, Sunday that killed 11 people in what New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said was an attack "designed to target Sydney's Jewish community on the first day of Hanukkah."The […]

(NEW YORK) -- A person of interest was taken into custody early Sunday in connection with the fatal shooting at Brown University, according to Kristy DosReis, a spokesperson for the Providence Police Department.The person in custody was caught about 3:45 p.m. at a hotel in Coventry, R.I., about 28 miles south of Providence, according to law enforcement sources and Coventry police.At the time the person was detained, the individual was […]