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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Police responded to an active shooting Saturday on campus at Brown University in Providence, according to the school’s alert system. Police said there were multiple gunshot victims. Officials initially said a suspect was in custody, before saying that was not in fact the case and police were still searching for a suspect or suspects.The incident was reported near the Barus & Holley building, a seven-story structure that houses the School of Engineering and Physics Department, according to the school’s website. It includes 117 laboratories, 150 offices, 15 classrooms and 29 labs.A police officer warned members of…
A woman is facing felony charges in Evansville, Indiana over a DoorDash delivery in which she allegedly sprayed the food with a substance that made the customers vomit. In a press release, the Vanderburgh County Sheriff’s Office said that it was contacted on December 7 by a man who said that he and his wife vomited and experienced a burning sensation in their mouth, nose, throat, and stomachs after eating fast food ordered through DoorDash. The man told NBC News that he noticed something red had been sprayed on the delivery bag, so he checked footage from their doorbell camera.…
Fueled by the second biggest sales day in 35 years, small group tour operator, G Adventures, is celebrating its most successful Black Friday/Cyber sale of all time with an over 30 percent increase in global sales and 37 percent in U.S. and Latin America sales.The demand was so strong for travelers eager to lock in 2026 trips at unbeatable prices that G Adventures rolled out an extended Cyber Week to December 5. Ben Perlo, chief executive officer at G Adventures, said in a statement, “It’s been a massive year for G Adventures with incredible innovation and record-breaking performance and, to end…
The robot swerved through the cafeteria of Rivian’s Palo Alto office, shelves adorned with chilled canned coffees — until it didn’t. Five minutes later, a man carefully pushed it out of everyone’s way, the words “I’m stuck” flashing yellow on the poor droid’s screen. It was an inauspicious start to Rivian’s “Autonomy & AI Day,” a showcase for the company’s plans to make its vehicles capable of driving themselves. Rivian doesn’t make the cafeteria robot and isn’t responsible for its abilities, but there was a familiar message in its foibles: this stuff is hard. Hours later, as I rode in…
Anna Tretter (Photo Credit: Anna Tretter)Travel Advisor Success Stories focus on savvy advisors and how they achieved success. Here’s a look at Anna Tretter, CEO of Tretter Travel. How did you get your start as a travel advisor?I started Tretter Travel after years of planning my own trips, sometimes in partnership with luxury advisors, and still feeling like something was missing. It wasn’t the hotels or destination selections that fell short; it was the planning process in the months and sometimes years before the trip. With my background in management consulting, I was used to running complex projects with precision.…
Driverless cars are no longer restricted to the realm of sci-fi thanks to companies like Waymo deploying commercial robotaxi services in multiple cities. And a number of automakers, big and small, are trying to bring that same level of autonomy to personally owned vehicles over the next few years. If that happens, what kinds of things could you do with a personal AV? Maybe you’ll be able to send it to pick up food or run errands — the hope of a company called Autolane. Or, if you’re Tesla CEO Elon Musk, you think owners will want to deploy their…
by Brian Major Last updated: 12:10 PM ET, Fri December 12, 2025 Dominica’s Ministry of Tourism and the Discover Dominica Authority have announced a major expansion in airlift for the 2025-2026 season. The expansion includes increased service from United Airlines, American Airlines, LIAT, British Airways, Virgin Atlantic and Caribbean Airlines. The new flights expand visitor access across the country. For example, United Airlines now offers a combination of daily and nonstop options. The carrier operates twice weekly nonstop flights from Newark, New Jersey and daily one-stop service via San Juan, Puerto Rico or St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. This expanded schedule improves…
A company that makes photo booths is exposing pictures and videos of its customers online thanks to a simple flaw in its website where the files are stored, according to a security researcher. The researcher, who goes by Zeacer, alerted TechCrunch to the security issue in late November after reporting the vulnerability in October to Hama Film, the photo booth maker that has franchise presence in Australia, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States, but did not hear back. Zeacer shared with TechCrunch a sample of pictures taken from Hama Film’s servers, which showed groups of clearly young people…
ChatGPT, OpenAI’s text-generating AI chatbot, has taken the world by storm since its launch in November 2022. What started as a tool to supercharge productivity through writing essays and code with short text prompts has evolved into a behemoth with 300 million weekly active users. In 2025, OpenAI has battled the perception that it was ceding ground in the AI race to Chinese rivals like DeepSeek, all while the company has tried to shore up its relationship with Washington, pursued ambitious data center projects, and laid the groundwork for one of the largest funding rounds in history. Most recently though,…
Southwest Airlines has added dozens of new flight options for football fans in anticipation of this month’s College Football Playoff and bowl season.Many of the flights are scheduled on routes not currently served by Southwest, with the help of the airline’s point-to-point network. In total, 41 new flights are now available to take fans to up to eight different games. The low-cost carrier, which is the official airline of the Southeastern Conference, has added flights between Birmingham, Alabama, and Oklahoma City for the first-round playoff matchup between Alabama and Oklahoma on December 19.Southwest has also added flights for bowl games…