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Lisa Licera
The manhunt now across three states. I'm Lisa Licera. FOX News. As police continue to search for the suspect in the mass shooting at Brown.
CB Cotton
University last Saturday, Rhode Island, Salem, New Hampshire, and also Massachusetts because we're told all of this is tied between a link that investigators are trying to dig more on. They believe the Brown University campus shooting could be connected to the murder of an esteemed MIT professor just outside of Boston.
Lisa Licera
Fox's CB Cotton in Providence. Police in Salem, New Hampshire, have entered a storage facility where it's believed the suspect's car was abandoned. TikTok's Chinese parent company, ByteDance, has signed an agreement to sell its US entity to a joint venture controlled by three American investors to make sure the app can continue operating in the US Australia will launch a national gun buyback program after the weekend attack on Bondi Beach. Prime Minister Anthony Albanet is saying they expect hundreds of thousands of firearms to be collected. Fifteen people were killed, many more hurt when authorities say a father and son opened up fire on a Hanukkah celebration.
Unnamed Reporter/Narrator
On that day of carnage and evil. There were also heroes of different shapes and sizes, including a 14 year old girl dressed, trying to hide from the bullets. She heard a stranger call out. A woman, a mother with two small children who had been shot in the head, bleeding, begging for someone to save the children. The girl, Kaya answered the call, shielding them with her body. She took a bullet to the leg.
Lisa Licera
Fox's Steve Harrigan in Sydney. The father was shot and killed by police. The son was wounded. Retired NASCAR driver Greg Biffle, his wife and children among seven people who died in a plane crash near Charlotte, North Carolina. America's listening to FOX News.
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Lisa Licera
SimpliSafe. This is a FOX News alert. Fox News is now telling us that there is suspected shooter in the Brown University mass shooting from last Saturday was found dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound. Once again, Fox News is told that that's a suspected shooter in the Brown University shooting from over the weekend has been found dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound. We'll have more information as we get it. A French doctor who poisoned 30 patients, killing 12 has been jailed for.
Jonathan Savage
Life. French anesthetist Frederic Peschier contaminated infusion bags with substances that caused hemorrhages and cardiac arrest. His youngest victim was 4 years old. That child survived two cardiac arrests during tonsil surgery. Others were not so lucky. Pescier denied wrongdoing but was found guilty of 30 poisonings. The prosecutor called him Dr. Death who had turned the clinic into a graveyard. The 53 year old has been given a life sentence and will spend at least 22 years in prison. Jonathan Savage, FOX.
Lisa Licera
News. The mayor of Atlantic City, New Jersey found not guilty on charges he endangered and abused his teenage.
Chris Foster
Daughter. Atlantic City mayor Marty Smalls Sr. Was accused of beating his now 17 year old daughter two years ago, once with a broom until she was unconscious and later of trying to influence her testimony. He's found not guilty on all charges, endangering the welfare of a child, assault, making terroristic threats and witness tampering. He and his daughter both took the stand. She described the alleged abuse. He denied it and says he never hit her with a broom. He was defending himself and she fell and hit her head. His wife Laquetta, small Atlantic City public school superintendent faces similar charges and goes on trial next.
Lisa Licera
Month. Fox's Chris Foster. And repeating the breaking news, Fox News is told the suspected shooter in the Brown University mass shooting last Saturday has been found dead of a self inflicted gunshot wound. I'm Lisa Licera. This is FOX.
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Date: December 19, 2025
Host: Lisa Licera (with correspondents and guest reporters)
This episode provides rapid-fire news updates on an ongoing multi-state manhunt related to the Brown University mass shooting, developments linking that incident to another murder, updates on a high-profile gun buyback in Australia following a tragic attack, the resolution of a French serial poisoning case, a not guilty verdict for the Mayor of Atlantic City in an abuse trial, and the breaking news about the Brown University suspect’s death. The tone is urgent and informational, maintaining a serious and neutral delivery throughout.
Manhunt Expands Across Three States
Storage Facility Search
TikTok/ByteDance Sale
Australia’s National Gun Buyback
Plane Crash near Charlotte, North Carolina
French Doctor's Life Sentence
Atlantic City Mayor Acquitted
On the multi-state manhunt:
"They believe the Brown University campus shooting could be connected to the murder of an esteemed MIT professor just outside of Boston."
— CB Cotton, 00:11
On the Australian attack heroism:
"The girl, Kaya answered the call, shielding them with her body. She took a bullet to the leg."
— Unnamed Reporter, 01:13
On the ‘Dr. Death’ conviction:
"The prosecutor called him Dr. Death who had turned the clinic into a graveyard."
— Jonathan Savage, 03:30
On the mayoral verdict:
"He was defending himself and she fell and hit her head."
— Chris Foster, 04:11
Breaking News Repeated:
"The suspected shooter in the Brown University shooting from over the weekend has been found dead from a self inflicted gunshot wound."
— Lisa Licera, 02:58 and 04:41
The episode maintains the fast pace, direct language, and journalistic tone associated with hourly radio news updates. The language is clear, factual, and at times, sensitive—especially when highlighting victims and heroic actions. Attributions are frequently given, reinforcing the authority and verification of the news.
For listeners seeking a concise but complete update on major US and global stories with up-to-the-minute breaking news, this episode provides a wide-ranging snapshot of significant events in law enforcement, international policy, legal proceedings, and acts of both tragedy and heroism.