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Police · Rhode IslandBrown University is moving forward with a series of safety and security steps following the deadly shooting on campus this month that left two students dead and nine others injured.
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Brown University police chief placed on leave after mass shooting
73% Center coverage: 110 sources
Rhode Island Politics · Rhode IslandBrett Smiley, the Democratic mayor of Providence, R.I., is asking the FBI to issue a reward to the anonymous Reddit user whose tip led to the suspect in last week’s Brown University shooting.
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Providence Mayor: ‘Hero’ Tipster that Led Officials to Brown Shooting Suspect Should Get Full $50K
46% Center coverage: 26 sources
Republican Party · Rhode IslandAmerica’s 465th mass shooting in 2025, this one at Brown University in Rhode Island, should remind us all that it’s insane that the GOP passed and George W. Bush signed into law the so-called Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act (PLCAA) in 2006 that largely gives immunity from liability lawsuits to the gun industry (and only the gun industry).It’s time to end the predator-state coalition in America, of which this is just one glaring example…See the Story
A Hell of a Campaign Slogan for Dems Running Next November
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