What happened in the Rhode Island mass shooting case?
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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.
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