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❤️ Donate Wednesday, January 21, 2026 🌤️ Slightly cloudy, with a high around 27. Good Morning Boston, Today is the first day of classes for most students at Brown University since a shooter killed two and injured nine on the Providence campus last month. The Ivy League university says it's stepping up security for the spring semester, including more officers, security cameras and stricter key card requirements for buildings. Brown President Christina Paxson also announced yesterday that the school is planning a memorial service for the victims on Feb. 7. (You can read her full letter about the new semester here .) Now, to other local news: Off track: CRRC, the Chinese company that's building new Red Line cars for the MBTA, says it will furlough about 40% of the workers at its Springfield plant — 161 people, to be exact — for at least two months starting in March. The reason: CRRC says its car shells and other parts imported from ...