Kimberlee Kruesi

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rhode island

No more Mr. Potato Head license plates: Rhode Island mulls revenge after getting ditched by Hasbro

By Kimberlee Kruesi and The Associated Press

brown

‘He blew this case right open’: Reddit tipster identified only as ‘John’ had a strange encounter at Brown University

By Kimberlee Kruesi and The Associated Press

Brown, MIT

Manhunt in Massachusetts ends after mass shooter, MIT murderer found dead inside storage facility

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

A police vehicle rests at an intersection near crime scene tape at Brown University, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025, in Providence, R.I., following a Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025 shooting at the university. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Police have person of interest in custody over Brown University shooting that killed 2, wounded 9

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Jennifer McDermott, and others

Emergency personnel gather at Hope and Waterman Streets at Brown University in Providence, R.I., Saturday, Dec. 13, 2025, during reports of a shooting. (AP Photo/Mark Stockwell)

At least 2 killed and 8 injured hurt in shooting at Brown University with suspect still at large

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Alanna Durkin Richer, and others

Summers

Larry Summers takes leave from teaching role at Harvard after students catch his last classroom appearance on video

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Holly Ramer, and others

This combo shows Jeffrey Epstein, left, and U.S. economist Larry Summers. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP/Michel Euler)

Harvard students capture Larry Summers insisting ‘it’s very important to fulfill my teaching obligations’

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Holly Ramer, and others

A customer walks into a bakery as a SNAP EBT information sign is displayed at the front door in Chicago, Sunday, Nov. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Trump administration to partially fund SNAP this month after judges order use of emergency reserves

By Geoff Mulvihill, Kimberlee Kruesi, and others

A volunteer prepares meals at the Philabundance Community Kitchen in Philadelphia, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Judges order Trump administration to use emergency reserves for SNAP payments during the shutdown

By Michael Casey, Geoff Mulvihill, and others

Graham Platner, a democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, points to a cover-up tattoo that had previously been an image recognized as a Nazi symbol, during an interview on Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in Portland, Maine.

U.S. Senate hopeful Graham Platner says he’s covered up his tattoo after learning it was a Nazi symbol: ‘I wanted this thing off my body’

By Kimberlee Kruesi, Patrick Whittle, and others

Graham Platner

Maine oyster farmer running for Senate tries to explain Marine tattoo that appears to be a Nazi SS ‘Totenkopf’ symbol

By Thomas Beaumont, Kimberlee Kruesi, and others

The outside of a Planned Parenthood

A federal judge just dealt a blow to RFK Jr.’s strategy to defund Planned Parenthood

By Kimberlee Kruesi and The Associated Press

Michael Pimentel, center, a resident at the Gabriel House assisted living facility, in Fall River, Mass., receives assistance from an emergency medical worker, right, outside a temporary shelter, Monday, July 14, 2025, in Fall River, following a fire that started late Sunday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Residents at Massachusetts assisted-living facility say staff fled without helping them during fire that killed 9

By Michael Casey, Kimberlee Kruesi, and others

Search and rescue firefighters speak to a resident in a flooded neighborhood on Sunday, April 6, 2025, in Frankfort, Ky. (AP Photo/Jon Cherry)

Kentucky 9-year-old boy caught by a flood on the way to his school bus is one of 18 dead in South after days of unrelenting rain

By Jon Cherry, Kimberlee Kruesi, and others

Personnel from Urban Search and Rescue Utah Task Force 1 continue to search for victims of the Impact Plastics tragedy in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, in Erwin, Tenn.

Lawsuit: Employee killed in Hurricane Helene wasn’t allowed to leave work as disaster struck

By Kimberlee Kruesi and The Associated Press