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Brown University Suspect Found Dead, Epstein Files Deadline, Kennedy Center Renamed

Brown University Suspect Found Dead, Epstein Files Deadline, Kennedy Center Renamed

Up First from NPR
Dec 19, 2025 13 min
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<p dir="ltr">The suspected gunman behind the shooting at Brown University and the killing of an MIT professor has been found dead. The Justice Department faces a deadline to release files related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. And the board of the Kennedy Center has voted to change the name of the cultural hub to the Trump Kennedy Center.<br><em>Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? <a href="https://www.npr.org/newsletter/news"target="_blank" >Subscribe</a> to the Up First newsletter</em><br/><br/>Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Robbie Griffiths, Megan Pratz, Jay Vanasco, Lisa Thomson and Alice Woelfle. <br/><br/>It was produced by Ziad Buchh, Nia Dumas and Christopher Thomas. <br/><br/>We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange.<br/><br/>And our Executive Producer is Jay Shaylor.<br/><br/>See <a href="https://pcm.adswizz.com">pcm.adswizz.com</a> for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy">NPR Privacy Policy</a>

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