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A timeline of the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and search for his killer

Dec. 09, 2024 22:58 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — After days of searching through security footage, following up on a deluge of tips and even sending scuba divers to the bottom of a lake, police on Monday announced the arrest of a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel last week. ...

Key details to know about the arrest of a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO

Dec. 09, 2024 22:54 PM EST

Police arrested a 26-year-old man on Monday in the Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after they say a Pennsylvania McDonald's worker alerted authorities to a customer who resembled the suspected gunman. The suspect, identified by police as Luigi Nicholas Mangione, had a...

The Latest: New York prosecutors charge suspect in United Healthcare CEO's killing with murder

Dec. 09, 2024 22:31 PM EST

Police arrested a “strong person of interest” Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer who was found with a weapon and writings linking him to the ambush. The...

New York prosecutors charge suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing with murder, court records show

Dec. 09, 2024 22:29 PM EST

ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — Authorities arrested a suspect and charged him with murder Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald’s customer in Pennsylvania spotted a man who officers found with a gun, mask and writings linking him to the ambush....

New York prosecutors file murder charge against suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing, according to court records

Dec. 09, 2024 22:23 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — New York prosecutors file murder charge against suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing, according to court records.

A gang leader in Haiti is accused of massacring older people to avenge his son's death

Dec. 09, 2024 19:56 PM EST

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — A gang leader who controls a key port in Haiti's capital is accused of massacring older people and Vodou religious leaders in his community to avenge his son's death, according to the government and human rights organizations that estimate more than 100 were killed. ...

Passenger who tried to force Mexican plane to fly to US said he was under threat by criminals

Dec. 09, 2024 16:20 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A passenger on a domestic flight in Mexico who tried to divert an aircraft to the United States by force said that he was under threat by criminals who had kidnapped one of his relatives, authorities said. Mexico's Public Safety Department said late Sunday the...

Judge dismisses charges against Karen Read supporter who scattered rubber ducks and fake $100 bills

Dec. 09, 2024 15:40 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts judge dismissed criminal charges Monday against a backer of Karen Read who admitted placing dozens of yellow rubber ducks and fake $100 bills around town in support of Read. Richard Schiffer Jr. had argued in Stoughton District Court that he had a...

Veteran Daniel Penny is acquitted in NYC subway chokehold case over Jordan Neely's death

Dec. 09, 2024 15:05 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — A Marine veteran who used a chokehold on an agitated subway rider was acquitted on Monday in a death that became a prism for differing views about public safety, valor and vigilantism. A Manhattan jury cleared Daniel Penny of criminally negligent homicide in Jordan...

A 26-year-old has been arrested with a weapon 'consistent with' gun used in CEO's killing, police commissioner says

Dec. 09, 2024 13:49 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — A 26-year-old has been arrested with a weapon 'consistent with' gun used in CEO's killing, police commissioner says.