2 dead, 9 wounded in shooting at Brown University; suspect still at large  —  Brown professor says shooting happened in a study session for her economics class  —  Two people were killed and and at least nine others were injured by a gunman on the Brown University campus on the East Side …

3 Americans Killed in ISIS Attack in Syria, Trump Says, Vowing to Retaliate  —  Two soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed while supporting counterterror operations, the Pentagon said.  They are the first U.S. casualties in Syria since the fall of the dictator Bashar al-Assad

Active shooter on campus, no suspects in custody, Department of Public Safety reports  —  The alert and call were sent to students immediately by DPS following the incident, urging students to hide, run or evacuate until further notice.  —  At least 20 victims were reportedly injured near Barus …

Big Advertisers Appear Wary of CBS News' Bari Weiss Town Hall Format  —  During a Saturday-night town hall led by Bari Weiss, the recently named editor in chief of CBS News, most of Madison Avenue sought an off-ramp. … He was assassinated during one of the organization's events at Utah Valley University …

OU Faculty Senate raises concerns with policy suspending faculty members who receive student complaints  —  Emails reveal OU Faculty Senate is working to challenge the formalization of a policy by university leadership to suspend any faculty member who receives a student complaint.

Trump Isn't Certain His Economic Policies Will Translate to Midterm Wins  —  In interview, he says his efforts to secure investments in the U.S. haven't fully taken effect and 'I cannot tell you how that's going to equate to the voter'  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump conveyed uncertainty …

Portable nuclear device  —  The plan was to spy on China, which had just detonated an atomic bomb.  Stunned, the C.I.A. dispatched the climbers to set up all this gear — including the 50-pound, beach-ball-size nuclear device — on the roof of the world to eavesdrop on Chinese mission control.

Times Investigation: Ex-Trump DOJ lawyers say ‘fraudulent’ UC antisemitism probes led them to quit  — 16 min Click here to listen to this article  — Nine former DOJ attorneys investigating UC antisemitism told The Times they felt pressured to conclude that campuses had violated the civil rights of Jewish students and staff.

Cuba denounces US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuela's coast as ‘piracy’  —  Cuban foreign ministry called US military action ‘maritime terrorism’ under a policy of ‘economic suffocation’  —  Cuban officials have denounced the US seizure of the Skipper oil tanker off Venezuela's coast on Wednesday …

Belarus releases political prisoners including Nobel winner  —  Minsk has released jailed Nobel laureate Ales Bialiatski along with another 122 political prisoners.  The move comes as Belarus seeks to mend ties with Washington and the US lifts some sanctions.

Higher cost, worse coverage: Affordable Care Act enrollees say expiring subsidies will hit them hard  —  For one Wisconsin couple, the loss of government-sponsored health subsidies next year means choosing a lower-quality insurance plan with a higher deductible.  For a Michigan family, it means going without insurance altogether.

If He Builds It, Tear It Down  —  The foremost task occupying the attention of United States President Donald J. Trump is the construction of an enormous ballroom.  Like Trump himself, the project is tacky, grandiose to the point of stupidity, and can exist only by destroying a treasured part of America's history.

Appeals Court Says Trump Must End Los Angeles Deployment by Monday  —  While the decision did not remove the National Guard troops from the president's control, it blocked him from using them in the nation's second-largest city.  —  The Trump administration must remove California National Guard troops …

Maria Kalesnikava, hero of Belarus opposition, freed after more than 5 years  —  When Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko used the full force of his security apparatus to smash mass demonstrations in 2020, Maria Kalesnikava became an icon of the protest movement.

Party's over, Paris: Fearful French cancel NYE concert on Champs-Élysées as migrant violence grows  —  The normally proud and defiant French are waving the white flag in the face of migrant terror.  —  Paris has shockingly decided to dim the lights on its annual …

FBI agent Steve Friend, who blew whistle on Jan. 6 investigation, is fired from agency after veiled threat to Director Kash Patel  —  WASHINGTON — A former FBI agent who was suspended under the Biden administration and was reinstated under President Trump to much fanfare has been ousted again, The Post has learned.

ICE Holding Chinese Man Who Documented Uyghur Camps  —  Congressman and activists warn of risks to citizen-journalist if returned to China  —  A Chinese citizen who fled the country after gathering evidence of alleged human-rights violations against the nation's Uyghur population is at risk …