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Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Shea Stephens. State and federal authorities say the man wanted in Rhode Island for the mass shooting at Brown University was has been found dead in New Hampshire. 48-year-old Claudio Neves Valente had been the subject of an intense manhunt And the FBI offered $5 million reward for information leading to a suspect. FBI Special Agent Ted Dock says Valente apparently died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Even though the suspect was found dead tonight, our work is not done. There are many questions that need to be answered. There's a lot of evidence that needs to be processed. And most importantly, the victims and their families deserve special care. in consideration.
Investigators say there may be a link between the attack that left two people dead and nine others injured at Brown University and the murder of an MIT professor in Massachusetts on Monday. The House of Representatives has voted to ease red tape holding up permits for new projects in the U.S. The so-called SPEED Act still needs Senate approval, and it's a big step for a topic that's been hotly debated for years. More from NPR's Camilla Dominovsky.
Permitting reform sounds kind of dry. But if you've ever seen a community fight over a proposed pipeline or a solar farm or a data center, then you know that permitting inspires passion. And it can halt projects in their tracks. Democrats want to make it easier to build wind and solar. Republicans want to make it easier to build pipelines and power plants. That's hypothetically the opening for a bipartisan deal, but many efforts have failed. The latest attempt at permitting reform, the SPEED Act, delighted the oil industry and frustrated renewable groups. It managed to pass the House. The debate now heads to the Senate. Camila Dominovsky, NPR News.
TikTok has reached a deal to sell its U.S. operations to a group of investors that includes Oracle, run by billionaire Larry Ellison. As NPR's Bobby Allen reports, Ellison is a longtime ally of President Trump.
After more than five years of intense debate, TikTok's U.S. operations have been sold to a consortium of investors. That group includes software and data center company Oracle, private equity firm Silverlake, and MGC, an investment company backed by the United Arab Emirates. Yeah. Yeah. Bobby Allen, NPR News.
U.S. futures are virtually unchanged in after-hours trading on Wall Street. On Asia Pacific markets, shares are higher, up 1 percent in Tokyo. This is NPR. The Department of Health and Human Services is issuing new rules on what type of care hospitals may provide. The new rules ban Medicaid reimbursements to doctors and medical facilities providing gender-affirming care to minors. HHS says hospitals would lose all government funding if they perform those type of procedures. Pope Leo XVI has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks as the next Archbishop of New York. Hicks will replace Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who led New York's 2.8 million Catholics for over 16 years. NPR's Sarah Ventry has more.
Currently serving as the bishop of Joliet, Illinois, Hicks grew up in South Holland, just down the road from Pope Leo's hometown. Also like Leo, he served in South America. For Hicks, it was five years in El Salvador, years he says were formative. Speaking at a press conference at St. Patrick's Cathedral, Hicks addressed members of the media in both English and Spanish.
I was really formed by the Latino church, and I have a great heart for the Latino community.
Hicks also spoke about the recent announcements of funds the archdiocese has set aside to help resolve sexual abuse claims. He says that while the work is difficult, he hopes it will continue to help with accountability. The archdiocese in New York is the second largest in the U.S.
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