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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. At least two people are dead and nine injured after a mass shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island. The suspect remains at large. Ben Burke with Ocean State Media has more.
Rhode Island Hospital was on lockdown Saturday night, limiting entry to staff, patients, and the parents of injured students. Authorities and faculty say the shooting took place in a classroom in an engineering and physics building on campus. In a press conference, Brown University President Christina Paxson said 10 of the 11 people shot were students.
This is the day that one hopes never happens, and it has.
A video released by the city of Providence shows a suspect wearing dark clothing turning a nearby corner. More than 400 law enforcement personnel are assisting with the investigation, including the FBI and ATF. For NPR News, I'm Ben Burke in Providence.
Police in Australia say two people are in custody following reports of multiple shots fired at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach. Multiple people have reported injured and Australia's Prime Minister is calling the incident shocking and distressing. The shooting happened during a Hanukkah event on the beach. Videos online show people scattering. Police are still urging people to avoid the area.
President Trump says the U.S.
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Chapter 2: What happened during the mass shooting at Brown University?
will respond after two U.S. service members and an American civilian were killed in an attack in Syria Saturday. Three other people were injured, and the Pentagon says a gunman was also killed. Here's NPR's Sage Miller reporting.
Before departing on Marine One to the Army-Navy football game in Baltimore, Trump said he is mourning the loss of those killed in the ambush. He also told reporters that he blames ISIS for the attack. He added that it's an attack on Syria and the United States, and Trump doesn't plan to sit idly by. We will retaliate. He did not specify how the U.S.
would retaliate, but Trump did say the three injured, quote, seemed to be doing pretty well. Sage Miller, NPR News, the White House.
The Pacific Northwest remains on guard following severe flooding from a string of atmospheric river storms that dumped a foot or more of rain over several days. Reid Wolcott is a National Weather Service meteorologist in Seattle.
The bottom line is we're not done. You know, this event is basically partway through at this point in time.
Walcott says residents should be prepared for additional flooding, tree damage, and power outages as another round of wind and rain is set to move into the region. The flooding has forced thousands to flee their homes. Also, a blast of Arctic air is spreading into the U.S.
Extreme cold warnings are up today for portions of Illinois and Indiana, and forecasters say temperatures as far south as Montgomery, Alabama could dip into the 20s later Sunday night. This is NPR News. Voters in Chile are going to the polls today in a presidential runoff election. The communist candidate representing the ruling center-left coalition won November's first round.
But voters are expected to turn to hard-right former lawmaker Jose Antonio Cast as Chile's next leader. Cast is a hardliner who's been calling for mass deportations. He lost the past two presidential elections, but polls show him leading his rival this time around. Results are expected soon after polls close this evening.
A California woman is celebrating the successful delivery of an incredibly rare full-term abdominal pregnancy. Kevin Tidmarsh, Member Station LAS reports.
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