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Officials in Providence, Rhode Island say they're releasing the person of interest who was detained in connection with Saturday's shooting at Brown University.

Mayor Brett Smiley made the announcement less than an hour ago and offered reassurance to residents.

Police say it's been a very complex investigation into the shooting.

Two students were killed when a man entered an engineering building on the school's campus and opened fire.

Nine others were injured.

A debate over gun loss in Australia is beginning following another shooting, this one on Sydney's Bondi Beach this weekend, that left at least 15 people dead and dozens more injured.

Phil Mercer is a journalist in Sydney.

He says the situation during the shooting was chaotic.

The attack took place during the Hanukkah celebration.

and officials are calling it a targeted attack on Jewish Australians.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Sunday signaled that Kyiv is willing to give up ambitions to join NATO.

His comments came ahead of talks with U.S.

envoys and European leaders in Berlin.

But as Esme Nicholson reports, Zelensky is still refusing to cede eastern Ukraine to Moscow.

Tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Rio de Janeiro on Sunday to protest a bill that would reduce the prison time of former President Jair Bolsonaro.

He was sentenced to a 27-year prison term for attempting a coup.

The measure was passed on Wednesday in that country's lower congressional house.

It's now with the Senate.

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