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Our top stories. A shooting at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, left two people dead and eight critically injured.

Police were searching for a man dressed in black and had not yet made an arrest.

Students were ordered to shelter in place as officers swept the campus.

Three Americans, two soldiers and a

civilian interpreter were killed in central Syria. According to the Pentagon, they had been

supporting operations to counter the Islamic State Group, IS, when they came under fire from a lone gunman

who was subsequently killed. Three other American service members were wounded. Local reports also say

that two Syrian soldiers were injured. President Donald Trump vowed to retaliate against IS.

Israel said it had killed a senior Hamas commander in a strike on Gaza city. The target,

Raid Sad, is believed by Israel to have played a key role in the attacks of October 7,

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