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NPR News Now

NPR News: 12-19-2025 7AM EST

19 Dec 2025

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Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?

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Support for NPR and the following message come from the estate of Joan B. Kroc, whose bequest serves as an enduring investment in the future of public radio and seeks to help NPR produce programming that meets the highest standards of public service in journalism and cultural expression.

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18.188 - 20.992 Corva Coleman

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman.

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Chapter 2: What happened during the mass shooting at Brown University?

21.232 - 44.303 Corva Coleman

Federal authorities say the person responsible for the mass shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island last weekend was found dead last night in Massachusetts. Officials say he died by suicide. Two people were killed and nine others wounded in the university attack. Prosecutors have also linked the shooter to the Boston area killing last Monday of a professor at MIT.

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44.723 - 48.128 Corva Coleman

From Ocean State Media in Providence, Ben Burke has more.

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48.108 - 65.529 Ben Burke

Investigators say they found Claudio Neves Valente's body in a storage unit in Salem, New Hampshire, after a Reddit post led to a breakthrough in the case. A witness described seeing the suspect near a rental car in the neighborhood next to Brown, which helped authorities identify Valente and track his movements. The U.S.

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Attorney for Massachusetts, Leah Foley, says Valente is also responsible for the murder of an MIT professor two days later in Brookline, Massachusetts.

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There is a video footage of him entering an apartment building in the location of the professor's apartment.

81.804 - 87.435 Ben Burke

Officials say they believe Valente acted alone. For NPR News, I'm Ben Burke in Providence.

87.455 - 103.283 Corva Coleman

Online video sharing app TikTok has reached a deal to sell its U.S. operations to a group of investors. That group includes the big tech company Oracle, run by billionaire Larry Ellison. NPR's Bobby Allen reports Ellison is a longtime ally of President Trump.

103.584 - 117.568 Bobby Allen

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.

117.548 - 130.666 Bobby Allen

Under the terms of the deal, which were confirmed by NPR, current ByteDance investors will keep about a third of the entity, and Beijing-based ByteDance will hold a minority stake. Backers don't expect American users of TikTok to notice any major changes.

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