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Students return to Brown University amid questions over security policies that enabled mass shooting

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Students return to Brown University amid questions over security policies that enabled mass shooting

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Brown University began a new semester on Tuesday morning as the campus still remains shaken by a mass shooting that took the lives of two students and sent nine injured students to the hospital. 

Questions remain surrounding the security of Brown’s campus after controversial security measures allowed a killer to successfully carry out a deadly shooting, and a failed immediate apprehension let the gunman go on to take the life of an MIT professor days after the attack at the Ivy League school.

Jack DiPrimio, a graduate student at Brown University, says being back at school for the spring semester has presented challenges following the shooting.

“Being back at the place where [this incident] transpired a month ago, it feels so fresh and raw,” DiPrimio told Fox News Digital. “The memorials are beautiful, but they’re also really hard to walk by because I get emotional seeing [Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov] and [Ella Cook’s] faces. It’s weird to see your friend’s [face] in a memorial.”

Visitors pause at a makeshift memorial for the victims of Saturday’s shooting, at the Van Wickle Gate at Brown University, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, in Providence, R.I. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

EVIDENCE SHOWS DEADLY BROWN, MIT SHOOTINGS MAY BE LINKED, SOURCES SAY: REPORT

Claudio Manuel Neves-Valente, a 48-year-old Portuguese national, was the gunman authorities say was responsible for the shootings. The Department of Justice released a transcript of a recording Neves-Valente made following the attack, which reveals he had been plotting the shooting for some time.

“It’s done. It was, it was six months, man. Not six months, six semesters. Uh. I had already planned this for a little more,” the transcript reads. “It was all a little incompetent but at least something was done.”

Nuno Loureiro, a professor at MIT, and Brown University students Ella Cook and Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov were victims of Neves Valente’s multiple attacks.

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Brown University faced intense scrutiny over how the shooter escaped local authorities, and how his identity was mainly discovered due to an interaction with a homeless man who was living on campus. 

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Interior view of Barus and Holley Room 166 on the campus of Brown University in Providence, R.I. On Saturday, December 13, at about 4 p.m., a man with a gun entered a review session in Barus & Holley Room 166 for ECON 0110: “Principles of Economics” and opened fire, shooting 11 students. (Kenna Lee/The Brown Daily Herald)

The homeless man, known by the pseudonym John, had been living in the basement of Brown’s Barus and Holley engineering building. When police could not identify him themselves, they asked the public via social media to help locate someone who had been near the actual person of interest.

It is unclear whether the man is still living on the Ivy League campus.

The security policies put in place by Brown were criticized by the Trump administration. 

“Brown’s campus surveillance and security system may not have been up to appropriate standards, allowing the suspect to flee while the university seemed unable to provide helpful information about the profile of the alleged assassin,” a Dec. 22 press release from the Department of Education reads. 

“Additionally, many Brown students and staff reported that the university’s emergency notifications about the active shooter were delayed, raising significant concerns about their safety alert system. If true, these shortcomings constitute serious breaches of Brown’s responsibilities under federal law,” the statement continues. 

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Brown University president Christina Paxson issued a statement the week after the shooting with details on updated security measures, and the university said it plans to implement a stricter ID card policy.

“In addition, Barus & Holley lecture halls 166 and 168, eight immediately adjacent and proximate classrooms (155 through 165), and the immediately adjacent hallways, restrooms and entrances to that area of Barus & Holley will be closed and inaccessible to everyone,” the school’s administrative officials wrote to the Brown community in a Jan. 16 email obtained by Brown Daily Herald.

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Providence, RI – December 13: Brown University President Christina H. Paxson speaks during a press conference after a mass shooting prompted a lockdown on campus on December 13, 2025.  (Getty)

Paxson said that there would also be a rapid response team designed to focus on safety, an after-action review to assess the events leading up to the shooting, and conduct an external security assessment of the “perimeter of buildings, access points, cameras and technology, and other infrastructure conditions” in a statement made the week after the shooting.

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DiPrimio hopes that the university will learn from the previous incident, and noted he has seen changes on campus. 

“There’s a lot of new emergency resources, emergency buttons on campus. I’m seeing a lot more security, physically on the ground,” said DiPrimio. “I hope Brown can learn and move forward from this. I hope that we come together as a community, and we don’t tear each other apart.”

A photo of Claudio Neves-Valente from the neck up, showing him with a receding hairline, brown eyes and a cleft chin

Federal prosecutors in Massachusetts released this image showing the man identified in deadly shootings at both Brown University in Rhode Island and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge. (Justice Department)

As Brown University students return to campus, some have decided to organize a new group called “Students Demand Action at Brown University.” The group will gather for its first meeting of the semester on Wednesday, Jan. 21, according to the group’s social media.

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“I want to understand the strategy moving forward to piece together what specific actions can be taken in Rhode Island or New England,” said DiPrimio. “I want to see changes federally on magazine capacity laws, but I think we need to start with piecemeal. Changes we can actually accomplish in a bipartisan way.”

Fox News Digital reached out to Brown University but did not receive a response in time for publication.

Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News. Story tips can be sent to Preston.Mizell@fox.com and on X @MizellPreston

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AI startup raises $480 million at $4.5 billion valuation in earlier gains

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AI startup raises $480 million at $4.5 billion valuation in earlier gains

AI startup raises $480 million at $4.5 billion valuation in earlier gains

The new AI startup “Humans&” has marked good gains at the initial stages.

As reported by Reuters, Humans& raises $480 million at $4.5 billion valuation in seed round.

The round was led by Ron Conway’s SV Angel and co-founder ⁠Georges Harik, while ‌Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, Alphabet’s VC arm, GV, among other venture capital investors, also participated.

The new AI startup Humans& is a new AI startup founded by xAI researcher Eric Zelikman and other top AI talent, aiming to create “human-centered” AI.

It deeply understands and collaborates with users, focusing on personalized systems that learn preferences and goals, rather than just general intelligence, with plans to raise significant funding at a high valuation, noted for its ambitious goal of human-machine synergy.

Nvidia has emerged ‍as a key backer of AI startups as demand for its chip’s surges, taking stakes in companies that rely heavily on its computing hardware.

Moreover, Humans& said it intends to develop AI systems that ‌can plan and learn over longer periods of time, work alongside other AI systems and remember past interactions while closely linking its research work with the products it builds.

The startup’s founding team includes researchers and engineers from major AI labs and ⁠institutions such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Meta.

Humans&-collaboratively founded by OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind and Meta researchers, raises $480 million at $4.5 billion valuation in seed round,says report

Harik was Google’s seventh employee and played a central role in the company’s early growth. He worked on the launch of ‍Gmail, initiated Google ⁠Docs and led Google’s acquisition of Android.

Eric Zelikman, co-founder and CEO, previously worked at Elon Musk’s xAI, where ⁠he contributed to training data for Grok-2.

His research background includes work ‌on reasoning-focused reinforcement learning methods.

The tech community is eyeing for its big success after new gains.

Cooper Manning reveals whether Arch was ever entering draft, if he could pull uncle Eli’s antics next year

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Cooper Manning reveals whether Arch was ever entering draft, if he could pull uncle Eli's antics next year

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Before the college football season started, Arch Manning was in the conversation to be the No. 1 pick of this year’s draft, despite just three starts under his belt.

Well, that chatter died out quickly, as Manning and the Longhorns struggled.

Texas and the former five-star recruit found their way late, but ultimately, it was not enough to earn a trip to the College Football Playoff.

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Arch Manning of the Texas Longhorns warms up before the game against the UTSA Roadrunners at Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium on Sept. 14, 2024 in Austin, Texas.  (Tim Warner/Getty Images)

After the season, Manning announced his intention to stay in school, but his father, Cooper, said that decision was made a long time ago.

When asked in a recent interview whether Arch was “always staying in school,” the father answered, “Yes.”

“I grew up listening to my parents talking about how great college was, I still love my years in college, Eli was there for five years, Peyton was four. It’s such a fun, special time in your life. The idea of hurrying it up and trying to get out of there seems kind of silly to me,” Cooper continued.

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Arch Manning (left) chats with his father Cooper Manning prior to Big 12 football game between the TCU Horned Frogs and the Texas Longhorns on Nov. 12, 2022 at Darrell K Royal – Texas Memorial Stadium in Austin, Texas. (John Rivera/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)

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“I know how challenging that next level is. So savor every moment of college. If you’re lucky enough to go to the University of Texas and hang out in Austin, Texas, where people like you and get to play football and go to these great SEC towns and compete on the highest level with your teammates and with your great friends, shoot, why would anybody want to hurry up and get out of that?”

In all likelihood, Manning will be getting out of that in 2027, and he figures to be right at the top of the draft board, just like his uncles.

One of those uncles in Eli, though, played his hand, refusing to play for the San Diego Chargers, who had the No. 1 selection. The Chargers drafted him anyway, but sent him to the New York Giants.

Could Arch do the same thing?

“I have no idea,” Cooper said.

Arch Manning warms up before Mississippi State game

Texas quarterback Arch Manning (16) warms up before an NCAA college football game Mississippi State in Starkville, Mississippi, Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025.  (AP Photo/James Pugh)

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“Anything beyond spring football right now is too far away to even think about. He’s enjoying the big win over Michigan and seeing some new players come in, saying goodbye to some guys in this portal and looking forward to making some new teammates, great friends and vice versa. So we don’t look too far out in the world of football. Keep it simple and keep your head down, and it should all shake out OK.”

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Audi F1 team launch debut livery | The Express Tribune

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The Audi Formula One team showed off their debut livery on Tuesday to set the clock ticking on a five-year plan to challenge for championships by 2030.

Bosses spoke also of the need for hard work and humility at the Swiss-based outfit that previously competed as Sauber and finished ninth of 10 teams in their last season under that name.

“We are just at the beginning of our journey, it’s a starting point,” project head Mattia Binotto told guests in the Kraftwerk Berlin former power station launch venue as fans watched online worldwide.

“We are conscious that there are a lot of challenges ahead of us but… we are ready for it, we are ready to face that challenge, we are ready to grow, to build and to continue to learn.”

Team principal Jonathan Wheatley, who had plenty of success working for Red Bull previously, said the launch was a statement of intent.

“We’re not here to mess around,” the Briton said confidently.

“We know where we’re starting from but we know where we want to go and we want to get this team ready, we want Audi Formula One team to be the most successful Formula One team in history but we have to start where we are.”

Five-year plans have not always played out well in Formula One, with Renault-owned Alpine finishing last in 2025 — four years after setting out an ambitious 100-race pathway back to the top.

Others, such as reigning champions McLaren, have turned things around in rapid time.

Audi are making their own engine, exclusive to their titanium and red R26 car, but face established opponents in the likes of Ferrari and Mercedes who between them supply seven of the 11 teams.

The season marks a watershed as the start of a new engine and aerodynamic era for the sport, with all teams going into private testing next week with big question marks over their reliability and performance.

There have been suggestions that Red Bull and Mercedes may have a power advantage by exploiting the rules on engine materials and compression ratios.

Experienced German Nico Hulkenberg and young Brazilian Gabriel Bortoleto form an unchanged line-up from Sauber last season and both were eager to get started in their new uniform.

“We’re very aligned. Positive, healthy atmosphere. We get along really well. It’s going to be fun,” said Hulkenberg, who will be starting his 251st race in Australia on March 8.

“Obviously this is only the starting point. But where will we be in five years and what will have happened between now and then?

“That’s obviously the very important and meaningful stuff. But I think we have all the right ingredients.”

Farmers in Himachal are using ice in their apple orchards: Know the reason behind and what’s happening | – The Times of India

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Farmers in Himachal are using ice in their apple orchards: Know the reason behind and what’s happening | - The Times of India

The rolling hills of Himachal Pradesh’s apple belt are typically shrouded in a delicate morning mist during winter, a signal that the season’s chill is settling in. For generations, this cold has served as nature’s guarantee: apples will grow crisp, plentiful, and affordable in the months ahead. But this year, the familiar snow-laden landscape has largely failed to appear. Many orchards are seeing bare branches where frost would normally cling, prompting farmers to resort to unprecedented measures to protect their crops. Farmers in several villages have turned on sprinklers and foggers to coat apple tree branches with a thin layer of ice, attempting to replicate the natural winter chill that is missing. For urban shoppers, this may appear as a curious spectacle, but the implications are profound: the approach adopted by farmers today could directly influence how many apples make it to markets and the price we pay.

Understanding why apples need winter chill

Apple trees, unlike other plants, need dormancy in winter. Apple tree dormancy is not merely waiting for time to pass or for winter to come and go. Apple tree dormancy is essential and plays a crucial role in making it healthy and productive. Apple tree dormancy is characterised by certain biochemical reactions in an apple tree. This phenomenon involves the notion of “chilling hours.” These refer to hours that contain temperatures ranging between 0° and 7°. This allows the tree to experience dormancy, thus suppressing growth as internal hormonal levels control the time for flushing buds. The role here involves Abscisic Acid (ABA), whose aim is for growth inhibition in the initial stage, and Gibberellic Acid (GA), whose purpose in the latter stage involves awakening and blooming. The balance will not work properly without sufficient hours of chilling. The flowers may not develop in an equal manner. The production of the fruit will decrease. The end crop may not be healthy. The traditional occurrence that will provide the trees’ needed cold is snow.

Rise of artificial frosting

Erratic winters have led some farmers to experiment with artificial methods to compensate for missing cold. Sprinklers and foggers are being used to create a thin layer of ice on apple branches, in the hope that it mimics the effect of snow. This practice, however, is controversial. As per reports, this approach may be more harmful than helpful. Farmers who resort to artificial icing are axing their own feet. There is a fundamental misunderstanding about how chilling works. Surface frost is not equivalent to the consistent cold the tree needs internally.

Hidden dangers of artificial frosting on apple trees

The consequences of artificial frosting are not limited to immediate tree damage. When a tree is suddenly exposed to freezing ice instead of steady ambient cold, it experiences shock. Buds may die, flowering may be irregular, and the risk of disease increases. Over time, this can reduce yields significantly and compromise the orchard’s long-term health. The artificial icing to flipping an ON/OFF switch in the tree’s natural biochemical processes. Dormancy is a carefully timed sequence spanning two to three months; interrupting it can have cascading effects on growth, fruit development, and survival through subsequent seasons.

“Queer Eye” cast addresses member’s absence and reflects on legacy of show

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The cast of the series “Queer Eye” talks to “CBS Mornings” about a member of the show’s absence, the series’ legacy ahead of its 10th and final season and how it has impacted them.

Billie Eilish speaks out against authority: ‘It’s very strange’

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Billie Eilish makes strong political speech

In the wake of polarization in the United States, Billie Eilish, who is known for her activism, speaks out against those in power.

Her speech slams a series of injustices she describes as being meted out to Americans, particularly after Donald Trump’s victory in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.

“It’s very strange to be celebrated for working toward environmental justice at a time where it feels less achievable than ever, given the state of our country and the world right now,” she says while accepting the Martin Luther King Jr. Beloved Community Award for Environmental Justice in Atlanta.

The lovely hitmaker points out that space for peaceful protests is shrinking, that violations of civil rights are on the rise, and that funding for climate issues is on the decline.

“We’re seeing our neighbors being kidnapped, peaceful protesters being assaulted and murdered, our civil rights being stripped, resources to fight the climate crisis being cut for fossil fuels and animal agriculture destroying our planet, and people’s access to food and healthcare becoming a privilege for the wealthy instead of a new basic human right for all Americans.”

This is not the first time Billie has spoken against what she saw as inequality in society. She called out high-net-worth persons for not redistributing their wealth enough to bridge the gap between the rich and the poor.

Fernando Mendoza celebrates national title win with Indiana priests

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Indiana Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza had God in his heart and faith on his mind as he helped the team to its first college football national championship on Monday night.

Mendoza may have needed some divine intervention against the Miami Hurricanes as he was bruised and battered throughout the night. He helped the Hoosiers extend their lead when he ran the ball into the end zone on 4th down about midway through the fourth. He leaped from the 2-yard line and did a full-body stretch to get the ball across the goal line.

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Fernando Mendoza #15 of the Indiana Hoosiers celebrates after defeating Miami Hurricanes 27-21 in the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship at Hard Rock Stadium on January 19, 2026 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

Through it all, he gave “glory to God” in his postgame interview with ESPN’s Holly Rowe.

Furthermore, Mendoza had the outstanding performance in front of two pastors from the campus of Indiana University. Father Patrick Hyde and Father Ben Keller of Saint Paul Church were among the thousands of Hoosiers fans in attendance.

ESPN caught them and Mendoza celebrating after the Hoosiers wrapped up the win.

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Fernando Mendoza #15 of the Indiana Hoosiers celebrates after defeating Miami Hurricanes 27-21 in the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship at Hard Rock Stadium on Jan. 19, 2026 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

“For this team, for this young man, and for this experience, I give thanks and glory to God!” Hyde wrote on X on Tuesday morning.

Mendoza was also seen hugging his family members on the field as Hoosiers players celebrated the 27-21 victory.

The Heisman Trophy winner has been open about his faith throughout the season.

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The Indiana Hoosiers huddle during the fourth quarter of a game against the Miami Hurricanes in the 2026 College Football Playoff National Championship at Hard Rock Stadium on Jan. 19, 2026 in Miami Gardens, Florida. (Megan Briggs/Getty Images)

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“The only reason I’ve gotten to this point is because there’s so many different people helping me in my journey, and [the Saint Paul priests] have been one,” he said, via Church Leaders. “They’ve done so much to help me, whether it’s confession or just to be able to talk or just Mass every Sunday. So I really give a lot that I have accomplished this season to the Lord, and we give thanks to God.”

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Ryan Gaydos is a senior editor for Fox News Digital.

Gold is displacing Treasurys as preferred global asset as Trump sows chaos

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Netflix amends Warner Bros. Discovery offer to all cash

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Netflix amends Warner Bros. Discovery offer to all cash

A Netflix building in Hollywood, California, Dec. 17, 2025.

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Netflix has adjusted its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming assets to an all-cash bid, according to an SEC filing Tuesday.

Netflix now plans to pay $27.75 per WBD share entirely in cash to acquire WBD’s streaming platform HBO Max and the Warner Bros. film studio. The two companies initially reached a deal in December, composed of a combination of cash and stock at an equity value of $72 billion.

“The WBD Board continues to support and unanimously recommend our transaction, and we are confident that it will deliver the best outcome for stockholders, consumers, creators and the broader entertainment community,” said Ted Sarandos, co-CEO of Netflix, said in a release on Tuesday.

“Our revised all-cash agreement will enable an expedited timeline to a stockholder vote and provide greater financial certainty at $27.75 per share in cash, plus the value from the planned separation of Discovery Global,” Sarandos said in the release.

CNBC’s David Faber and other media outlets reported last week that Netflix was likely to make the adjustment as Paramount Skydance continues to build up pressure in its hostile takeover attempt for the entirety of WBD, which also includes cable TV networks such as CNN and TNT.

With the offer amendment, the timeline for shareholder approval could shift to as early as late February or early March, Faber reported last week, citing sources familiar with the matter. Previously, shareholders were expected to vote on the deal in the spring or early summer.

WBD’s board unanimously accepted the amended Netflix offer, according to Tuesday’s filing. The board has twice recommended that shareholders reject Paramount’s hostile bid in favor of the Netflix transaction.

Paramount recently sued for information in its hostile pursuit of WBD and has also launched a proxy fight, informing WBD shareholders that it intends to nominate directors for election to the Warner Bros. Discovery board at the company’s annual 2026 meeting.

On Tuesday WBD also filed a preliminary proxy statement seeking shareholder approval for its deal with Netflix. If the deal were to be approved, WBD’s cable TV networks would be spun off into a new, publicly traded entity known as Discovery Global.

If the deal were to be approved, the separation is expected to be completed in six to nine months, prior to the closing of the transaction between Netflix and WBD.

Netflix reports earnings after the bell Tuesday, and investors will be looking for further updates on the sale process.

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