Last Saturday, two people were killed and nine others wounded at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, after a gunman dressed in black entered the Ivy League school's engineering building during final exams and began firing.

The mass shooting at Brown University has shoved Providence Mayor Brett Smiley into the national spotlight, causing some people, largely outside of the state to ask who he is.

Gov. Dan McKee said that President Donald Trump was very "empathetic" on the phone as they talked about the university shooting.

The Rhode Island Community Food Bank has received a $3 million donation from longtime philanthropic supporters Cathy and Thomas Lawson, the organization announced. “Tom and I have long believed that no person should go hungry,

With the Brown University shooter still at large, several schools in Providence have canceled school on Monday, Dec. 15.

Providence Mayor Brett Smiley has been thrust into the national spotlight following the mass shooting at Brown University that killed two students and injured nine more.

Fear is gripping the city of Providence, Rhode Island, as the Brown University gunman remains on the loose. Six local private schools have closed or switched to remote learning and four local colleges have joined Brown University in canceling classes.

Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha (D) on Monday said the FBI “got over their skis” after a person was arrested and then released in connection with a shooting at Brown