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Today — 19 December 2025NYT | Top Stories

What We Know About the Shootings at Brown and M.I.T.

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By: Francesca Regalado
19 December 2025 at 15:07
A single suspect carried out the shooting at Brown University and the killing of an M.I.T. professor, and was later found dead in New Hampshire, authorities said.

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A memorial at the Barus and Holley building on the campus of Brown University, in Providence, R.I. on Tuesday.

How the Army Caused Alarm in the Washington Skies Years Before a Fatal Crash

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By: Kate Kelly
19 December 2025 at 18:00
An aged helicopter fleet and inexperienced pilots from nearby Fort Belvoir had raised “widespread concern” among local pilots before a midair collision killed 67 people.

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Helicopter helmets and a model of a Black Hawk helicopter on display in the home of Austin Roth, who served two decades in the Army, including as an instructor at Fort Belvoir in Virginia. The helmet on the top left is one Mr. Roth used while assigned to the 12th Aviation Battalion.

Trump’s Attacks on Rob Reiner and Others Characterize an Uninhibited 2nd Term

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By: Peter Baker
19 December 2025 at 13:00
Many of President Trump’s supporters love his professional-wrestling style of leadership. But some of his recent attacks have sickened even some of his own political allies.

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Mr. Trump’s brash personality has been an element of his appeal to supporters, who find it bracingly authentic in contrast to cookie-cutter politicians.

F.D.A. Turmoil Keeps Spotlight on Its Commissioner

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By: Christina Jewett
19 December 2025 at 18:01
The agency’s high-level turnover and conflicting policy decisions on drug oversight have fueled concerns about the leadership of Dr. Marty Makary.

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Dr. Marty Makary, the F.D.A. commissioner, has faced intense criticism as the agency undergoes top-level turnover in critical areas like drug approvals.

Trump-Appointed Judge Flays ICE Over Conditions in Long Island Lockup

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By: Santul Nerkar
19 December 2025 at 16:00
A detainee and eight others were held in a tiny room with an open toilet in freezing, filthy conditions.

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Erron Anthony Clarke was detained by ICE in November, and held in detention at the Alphonse M. D’Amato U.S. Courthouse in Central Islip, N.Y.

Falling Enrollment, Money Woes: The New School Seeks a Path to Survival

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By: Sharon Otterman
19 December 2025 at 16:00
The New York City university has embarked on an overhaul that some professors and students say imperils its standing as a bastion of the liberal arts.

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Students and faculty members at the New School, including Danielle Twiss, a doctoral student studying Marxist political economy, rallied over budget cuts prompted by the university’s budget woes.

After the Louvre Heist, Museums Look for Lessons to Help Stop Thieves

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By: Graham Bowley
19 December 2025 at 18:00
Museums and the consultants who advise them have been busy reviewing their own precautions in the aftermath of the brazen daylight break-in at the Louvre.

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A member of the security staff at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Experts say U.S. institutions are reviewing the Louvre heist to ensure they do not share similar vulnerabilities.

U.S. Will Pay $450,000 to Wildfire Fighters With Cancer

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By: Hannah Dreier
19 December 2025 at 18:03
They will be eligible for a one-time payment as well as college tuition for their children. The effort is part of a legislative push to address the dangers of working in toxic smoke.

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Members of a wildfire crew last August in San Luis Obispo County, Calif.

NASA Webb Telescope Discovers Lemon-Shaped Planet, the ‘Stretchiest’ Ever Seen

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By: Jonathan O’Callaghan
19 December 2025 at 10:32
An unusual object orbiting a rapidly spinning star might be a new phenomenon in the universe.

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An artist’s impression of the lemon-shaped world, which astronomers say would be red because of dust and soot from the carbon in its atmosphere.

Florida Executed A Record 19 People in 2025. He Witnessed Them All.

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By: Patricia Mazzei
19 December 2025 at 18:00
John Koch, a radio reporter, witnesses every execution in Florida to keep close tabs on what he considers one of the most consequential actions the state takes.

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For John Koch, the rapid pace has meant watching an execution by lethal injection roughly once every two weeks over the past several months.

A Reddit Post Led to a Breakthrough in the Brown Shooting Investigation

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By: Ashley Ahn and Qasim Nauman
19 December 2025 at 14:45
A Reddit user provided information that helped identify Claudio Manuel Neves Valente as not only the suspect in the campus shooting, but also the murder of an M.I.T. professor.

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A vehicle is loaded onto a tow truck outside the storage facility in Salem, N.H., where the Brown University shooting suspect’s body was found on Thursday.

What We Know About the Suspect in the Brown and M.I.T. Killings

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By: Pooja Salhotra
19 December 2025 at 14:25
Officials identified a man from Portugal as the suspect in the deadly shooting at Brown University and the killing of an M.I.T. professor. The police said on Thursday he died from a self-inflicted gunshot.

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Law enforcement officers outside a storage facility on Hampshire Road in Salem, N.H., on Thursday night.

Australia Announces Plan to Buy Back Guns in Wake of Bondi Attack

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By: Yan Zhuang and Damien Cave
19 December 2025 at 13:57
The program is expected to take hundreds of thousands of firearms out of circulation, the prime minister said on Friday.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, right, at a news conference in Canberra, Australia, on Friday. He announced a nationwide gun buyback plan on the heels of a deadly mass shooting in Sydney last weekend.

Trump Administration to Appeal Harvard Funding Case

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By: Alan Blinder
19 December 2025 at 13:19
Facing a deadline to appeal, the Justice Department told the courts late Thursday that it would try to overturn a judge’s ruling in favor of Harvard.

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The Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Mass.

Putin Reaffirms Broad Military Goals for Russia in Ukraine

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By: Ivan Nechepurenko and Paul Sonne
19 December 2025 at 18:50
President Vladimir V. Putin spoke at an annual news conference that highlights his grip over Russia and often sets the Kremlin’s tone for the next year.

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President Vladimir V. Putin at his annual year-end news conference in Moscow, on Friday. He said Russia was not ready to settle the Ukraine conflict diplomatically unless its demands were met.

‘A Singularly Turbulent Time’: Deeper Uncertainty in Store for Global Economy

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By: Patricia Cohen
19 December 2025 at 13:00
A reordering of the rules of trade, set on top of transformational change in technology, demographics and climate, is remaking jobs, politics and lives.

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A furniture factory in Vietnam. Chinese exports are surging not just into Europe but even more sharply into Southeast Asia.

Britain Is Preparing for Attacks on Its Soil. Critics Say It Must Move Faster.

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By: Lizzie Dearden
19 December 2025 at 13:01
As military officials sound the alarm over Russian hybrid attacks, the chair of Parliament’s defense committee said the government’s progress on ramping up home defense was “glacial.”

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British soldiers during an exercise in Smardan, Romania, in February. In June, the British government published a strategic defense review that said the country must move to “war-fighting readiness.”

Trump Signs Order to Ease Restrictions on Marijuana

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By: Luke Broadwater and Ashley Southall
19 December 2025 at 12:25
Marijuana’s classification as one of the most dangerous and habit-forming substances has long drawn criticism.

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President Trump said the move would allow for more research to be done with cannabis.

Bank of Japan Raises Interest Rates to Highest Level in 30 Years

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By: River Akira Davis
19 December 2025 at 11:28
The Bank of Japan moved to slow inflation as the prime minister is borrowing more to fund an ambitious effort to build up industry and support households.

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The rate increase is widely viewed as an attempt to ultimately help cool inflation and give wages a chance to keep up.

Takeaways From the Trial of Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan

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By: Julie Bosman
19 December 2025 at 11:05
The Milwaukee judge was charged with obstructing federal immigration agents, who were trying to arrest a man who had appeared before her on a battery charge.

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Judge Hannah C. Dugan, right, outside the federal courthouse in Milwaukee earlier this week.

Judge Convicted of Obstructing Agents as They Sought Undocumented Immigrant

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By: Julie Bosman
19 December 2025 at 10:54
The Wisconsin state judge, Hannah C. Dugan, was accused of ushering a man to a side door as federal agents waited outside a courtroom.

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Judge Hannah C. Dugan entered court on the first day of her federal trial.

Several Billion Dollars Were Lost to Fraud in Minnesota, Prosecutors Say

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By: Ernesto Londoño
19 December 2025 at 09:39
Federal prosecutors said they were now investigating fraud worth billions of dollars in 14 social services programs in the state.

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Federal agents executed a search warrant as part of a fraud investigation in Minnesota.

New Judges Take Charge of Sept. 11 Case at Guantánamo

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By: Carol Rosenberg
19 December 2025 at 08:58
The long-running case had been on hold for nearly a year because of higher court appeals and the retirement of the military judge.

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Lt. Col. Michael Schrama was a student at Georgetown University on Sept. 11, 2001. He is now the fifth judge to preside in the military commission case of defendants in the terrorism attacks.

Democratic State Lawmakers Vow to Unite and Push Back on Trump’s Deportations

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By: David W. Chen
19 December 2025 at 08:15
Lawmakers from a half-dozen states said Thursday they will use legislation next year to thwart the tactics of federal law enforcement carrying out immigration policies.

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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and other federal law enforcement officers conducted a street raid in New York in October.
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