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Luigi Mangione to appear in Manhattan court to face state charges in death of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Dec. 23, 2024 03:54 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — The man accused of fatally shooting the CEO of UnitedHealthcare is expected to be arraigned in a Manhattan court Monday on murder and terror charges in a state case that will run parallel to his federal prosecution. Luigi Mangione, 26, was formally charged last...

New York City police apprehend suspect in the death of a woman found on fire in a subway car

Dec. 22, 2024 19:01 PM EST

New York City police announced Sunday they have in custody a “person of interest” in the early morning death of a woman who they believe may have fallen asleep on a stationary subway train before being intentionally lit on fire by a man she didn't know. Transit police apprehended...

Louisiana often holds inmates past their release date, DOJ lawsuit claims

Dec. 22, 2024 12:47 PM EST

Louisiana’s prison system routinely holds people weeks and months after they have completed their sentences, the U.S. Department of Justice alleged in a lawsuit filed Friday. The suit against the state of Louisiana follows a multiyear investigation into what federal officials say is a pattern of...

Germans mourn the 5 killed and 200 injured in the apparent attack on a Christmas market

Dec. 21, 2024 18:46 PM EST

MAGDEBURG, Germany (AP) — Germans on Saturday mourned the victims of an apparent attack in which authorities say a doctor drove into a busy outdoor Christmas market, killing five people, injuring 200 others and shaking the public’s sense of security at what would otherwise be a time of joy. ...

Real estate brothers Oren and Alon Alexander remain in custody on sex trafficking and rape charges

Dec. 21, 2024 15:43 PM EST

MIAMI (AP) — Prominent real estate broker Oren Alexander and his twin brother Alon will remain in custody following their initial court appearance in Miami on Friday. The brothers had sought bond on charges of sex trafficking and gang rape. But federal prosecutors argued that they...

Ex-OpenAI engineer who raised legal concerns about the technology he helped build has died

Dec. 21, 2024 14:36 PM EST

Suchir Balaji, a former OpenAI engineer and whistleblower who helped train the artificial intelligence systems behind ChatGPT and later said he believed those practices violated copyright law, has died, according to his parents and San Francisco officials. He was 26. Balaji worked at...

German Christmas market ramming is the latest attack to use vehicles as deadly weapons

Dec. 21, 2024 08:59 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — A car-ramming at a Christmas market in Germany, which police are treating as an attack, is the latest in a grim series of events in which vehicles have been used as deadly weapons. There have been a spate of such attacks over the past decade, some committed by groups...

11 people, including Venezuelan gang members, facing potential charges in abduction, police say

Dec. 20, 2024 20:16 PM EST

DENVER (AP) — Eleven people, including some members of a Venezuelan gang, are facing potential criminal charges in connection with the violent abduction and beating of a couple this week at an apartment complex in a Denver suburb, police said Friday. Eight of those suspects were...

Guatemala authorities raid ultra-orthodox Jewish sect's compound after report of abuse

Dec. 20, 2024 19:02 PM EST

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemalan authorities searched the compound of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect Friday, taking at least 160 minors and 40 women into protective custody after reports of abuse. Interior Minister Francisco Jiménez said the National Civil Police and...

Report alleges Coast Guard leaders kept sexual assault investigation secret

Dec. 20, 2024 18:39 PM EST

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Former top Coast Guard officials hid a yearslong investigation into sexual assault and harassment at the service's academy from both Congress and the public after leaders debated the fallout from a potential disclosure, according to a U.S. Senate committee report released...