Epstein Files Drop, Manhunt in Brown Attack Ends, and TikTok Lives On

Epstein Files Drop, Manhunt in Brown Attack Ends, and TikTok Lives On

Author: NBC News December 20, 2025 Duration: 19:50

A five-day search for the Brown University shooting suspect has ended with 48-year-old Claudio Manuel Neves Valente found dead in a New Hampshire storage facility from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Authorities say the suspect is also connected to the fatal shooting of an MIT professor this week – a connection they made after a Reddit user posted a crucial clue. NBC News National Law Enforcement and Intelligence Correspondent Tom Winter explains how it all went down. And your doom-scrolling is safe: After years of uncertainty, Chinese parent company ByteDance has signed a binding deal to create a joint U.S. venture for TikTok, brokered by the Trump administration. The U.S. version will be majority-owned by American investors, effectively saving the app from a ban. NBC News Now Anchor and TikTok aficionado Savannah Sellers breaks down what this means for users. Plus: The DOJ has started releasing thousands of documents from the Epstein Files.


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