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officials to be affiliated with ISIS.
And nearly a year ago, a man drove his car into a crowd in New Orleans, killing 14 and injuring many more.
He had claimed allegiance to ISIS and reportedly had a flag on his car.
Colin Freeman is a foreign affairs correspondent for the UK's Telegraph.
He told us how the nature of ISIS has changed.
In Syria itself, the attack this past weekend was believed to be the first with fatalities since the fall of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad a year ago.
Freeman said that since the toppling of his government, militants may be trying to exploit some instability.
Authorities in Rhode Island continue to search for a suspect in the mass shooting that left two students dead and nine others injured on the campus of Brown University.
Yesterday, police released a new photo of a person of interest and a new video timeline showing the movements of that person before the shooting took place.
At a press conference Tuesday, the Providence Police Chief Colonel Oscar Perez spoke about what they think that person was doing in the time before the shooting.
Meanwhile, a lot of residents and students in the Providence community have been left wondering, how did this person shoot nearly a dozen people and is still not in custody?
Some have expressed frustration over the urgency of the investigation and larger concerns over campus security.
Jennifer McDermott is a reporter for the Associated Press based in Providence.
Rhode Island's attorney general attributed that to the building being older.
The AP reports that the lack of footage left authorities scrambling to find new leads after an initial person of interest was released.
Police have been canvassing areas near the school searching for physical evidence and asking local residents and businesses for any additional footage from their security cameras.
One student from a nearby college told the AP that it was frustrating that there wasn't an answer in such a, quote, surveillance state.
A spokesperson for the Providence Police Department said that at no point did police slow down in their investigation.
Another concern was a recent change to an emergency alert system for residents of Providence that caused some people to miss notifications about the incident.
McDermott reports that hundreds of students have now signed a petition demanding more security at Brown, saying the school needs to step up its efforts to protect the university.