PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Authorities say they will release person of interest detained in Brown University shooting that killed 2 and wounded 9.

“If £1b were to suddenly appear in their bank account, would euthanasia still be necessary? “If the answer is no, that's not euthanasia; it's social murder.”

Do not assume that everything they set out to do is inevitable. They have been successfully fought on multiple fronts, from courtroom wins that have actually stuck to city and state governments that haven't backed down, to activists in the streets organizing against their violence.

One citizen said that federal agents in Idaho pointed guns at her children, ages 6 and 8, and dragged her 14-year-old daughter out of a truck and zip-tied her. The mother told investigators that an agent threatened to “fucking blow your head off.” By @nicolefoy.bsky.social

JUST IN: The person of interest detained in the deadly Brown University shooting has been identified as a 24-year-old Wisconsin man, multiple sources tell CNN.

This is just upscaled abuser behavior. My ex used to stand over me and tell me very blatant lies that we both knew weren't true, because he knew that I would just go along with it so he wouldn't blow up and terrify the baby. It was a display of power and impunity that he got off on.

Pilot narrowly avoids ‘midair collision’ with US air force plane near Venezuela

This is fucking grim. Somebody invented a white guy, an "IT professional" named Edward Crabtree, who stopped the Bondi shooting and spread it all over the internet, which was picked up by AI agents and slop aggregation sites. The real hero is a fruit stand owner named Ahmed el Ahmed.

UPDATE Australia’s New South Wales Police Force say that 16 people have been killed in the Bondi Beach massacre and 40 people remain hospitalized.

The GAO probe found that even though the FDA has long been empowered to force manufacturers to pull defective devices from the market, the agency has only done so four times. The last time was in 1992.

Hong Kong’s last major opposition party disbands amid Chinese pressure

A person of interest is in custody in connection with the Brown University shooting, Providence mayor's office says. Follow live updates. https://cnn.it/3Mz4q1S

Bystander tackles and wrestles gun from alleged gunman during Bondi beach mass shooting

The VA already slashed 30,000 jobs earlier this year as part of an agency-wide reorganization.

Two in custody, reports of injuries after gunshots reported at Sydney's Bondi beach reut.rs/4oRng1q

“No, WE didn’t forget the mother in this situation. YOU did. You voted for this… it was ok until it happened to YOU.” #ForcedBirthNation

Police search for suspects after shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island – latest updates

A pastor in Louisiana has been convicted of sexually abusing a minor in his church. Milton Otto Martin III, 58, faces 7 years in prison. Members of his congregation showed up in large numbers to support him at his trial.

Their release comes as authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko seeks to improve relations with Washington. In exchange for sanctions relief, Lukashenko pardoned 123 prisoners, the Belta state news agency reported.

The morning that Cmdr. Elizabeth Nakagawa was scheduled to have a D&C to remove fetal tissue after losing a very wanted pregnancy, she learned the surgery had been canceled because the military’s health insurance plan refused to pay for it. (Published Dec. 2024)

25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.

Q: At the end of this year, those extended Obamacare subsidies expire. What's your message to those 24m Americans who will see their premiums go up? TRUMP: Don't make it sound so bad. Obviously you're a sycophant for Democrats. You're obviously a provider of bad news for Republicans.

*screams* www.instagram.com/reel/DRd2ldW...

Stop following this piece of shit.

Adm. Alvin Holsey, the commander of US Southern Command who reportedly clashed with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over the legality of US military strikes in the Caribbean, officially retired in a ceremony in Florida where he handed the reins of the command to his deputy. https://cnn.it/3KZpPRl

Yesterday, Canada listed four new terrorist entities under the Criminal Code: ISIL-Mozambique, 764, Maniac Murder Cult, and Terrorgram Collective. This is an important, if symbolic, move to counter and prevent terrorist activity: 🧵

We had an Overwhelmingly Positive score on Steam, then these two reviews rolled in Why does Valve allow this?

President Donald Trump officially launches his “gold card” visa, an immigration pathway that will allow foreigners to pay $1 million to expedite their visa application: https://cnn.it/3XOwIHZ

The Trump EPA has nearly doubled the amount of formaldehyde considered safe to inhale compared with a Biden-era assessment, which had already significantly underestimated the dangers of the chemical, a ProPublica investigation found. By @fastlerner.bsky.social

Multiple U.S. citizens have been arrested during ICE operations. The forcefulness, lack of communication, and unlawful practices displayed by federal agents will not be tolerated in Minnesota.

Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O'Hara to US citizen detained by ICE: "I apologize that this happened to you in my city with people wearing vests that say 'police.' That's embarrassing."

I have a feeling that a lot of my comments get hidden by the BS automod because I refuse to do ludicrous TikTok-style self-censorship. God forbid we fail to sand down every fucking thought in our heads until they can pass through the world without creating any friction whatsoever.

An incredible admission at how top down the right is and how the oligarchs propagandists view their followers as lemmings to manipulate through social media rage bait. Now they're upset that they have lost control of the manipulation machine.

Trump on the president of Colombia: "He's gonna have himself some big problems if he doesn't wise up ... he better wise up or he'll be next. I hope he's listening. He's gonna be next."

Reporter: What happens to the oil on that ship? Trump: Well, we keep it, I guess... I assume we're going to keep the oil.

Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds

Reporter: Has Hegeth told you why he hasn’t released the video of the second strike? Trump: I thought that issue was dead, you must be CNN. Are you CNN? Reporter: I am Trump: You know you work for the Democrats? You're basically an arm of the Democrat party.

This is INSANE www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/t... and these are our closest allies!

EXCLUSIVE: Federal tax prosecutions fell to their lowest level in decades this year, declining more than 27% from the year before as the Trump administration cut the ranks of attorneys and agents who pursue those cases, a Reuters examination has found. www.reuters.com/world/tax-pr...

I need everyone that can get to Union Station at around 11 am this morning being to show up!! This is how you can thank me! Be peaceful and document! The 1st amendment is first for a reason. www.fox5dc.com/news/us-park...

Well, no right-to-repair for the Army, I guess… theintercept.com/2025/12/09/c...

Eileen Higgins will be the next mayor of the city of Miami, according to a projection from CNN’s Decision Desk, breaking a nearly 30-year Republican streak in holding the nonpartisan seat. https://cnn.it/3KKGzLX

Trains were cancelled in Lancaster, UK, after an AI-generated image that seemed to show major damage to a railway bridge was posted on social media following an earthquake. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Every legal story now is either Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach or In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

From The Archives: Why American Hubris Will Never Catch Up To Us

They're using the confinement box, one of the most horrific methods of CIA torture in the post-9/11 black sites, against migrants now. This is the direct result of the lack of consequences for the architects of the torture program. Either there will be criminal penalties for this or it will expand.

"[...] some men decided to turn the Earth into a graveyard. Into it, they shoveled all of their reason, their logic, their knowledge, but worst of all, their conscience. And the moment we forget this, the moment we cease to be haunted by its remembrance, then we become the gravediggers." - R Serling

One officer was accused of spreading a nude photo of a woman he knew. Another was found responsible for acts of domestic violence and sexual assault. In spite of their disciplinary records, the Chicago Police Department promoted both of them. With @invisible.institute

TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque: "This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".