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Brown University Shooting Suspect Found Dead - MIT Professor Also Killed

After a six day manhunt authorities found the suspect in the Brown University classroom massacre dead of an apparent self inflicted gunshot in a New Hampshire storage unit; investigators say the same suspect is tied to the killing of an MIT professor

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€105bn - EU leaders agree loan package to fund Ukraine for two years

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"No one is above the law" — FBI Director Kash Patel

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Suspect in Brown University shooting found dead by self inflicted gunshot

The manhunt for the Brown University shooter ended when authorities found the suspect dead in a New Hampshire storage unit. Investigators are linking the suspect to a separate killing of an MIT professor and forensic evidence is under scrutiny.

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