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Members of the New York police crime scene unit pick up cups marking the spots where bullets lie as they investigate the scene outside the Hilton Hotel in midtown Manhattan where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot on Dec. 4.

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  • National

Police say gun found with suspect matches casings at UnitedHealthcare CEO crime scene

The New York police commissioner also said investigators matched Luigi Mangione's fingerprints with those found on items near the scene where the UnitedHealthcare CEO was fatally shot last week.

December 11, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise
After The Onion was named the winning bidder for Alex Jones' assets at a bankruptcy auction last month, the losing bidder tried to stop the sale, saying the process was rigged and "fatally flawed."

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  • National

Bankruptcy judge rejects The Onion's bid for Infowars

The bidder that lost last month's auction of conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' assets had complained that the process was rigged and "fatally flawed."

December 11, 2024
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By:
  • Tovia Smith
Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing on Tuesday in Hollidaysburg, Pa.

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  • National

Luigi Mangione contests extradition in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing

Luigi Mangione, the man facing charges in the New York City shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, was denied bail in Pennsylvania on Tuesday.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Ayana Archie and
  • Alana Wise
Jay-Z arrives before the Super Bowl game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Las Vegas.

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  • Music

Lawsuit accuses Jay-Z of raping a 13-year-old with Sean 'Diddy' Combs in 2000

Shawn Carter, known professionally as Jay-Z, was added as a defendant on Sunday in a lawsuit first filed in October. The anonymous accuser said the assault happened at an MTV music awards after-party.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Emma Bowman
The Department of Justice building

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  • Law

Trump-era Justice Department subpoenaed congressional staffers, watchdog finds

But the department's internal watchdog found no evidence of political motivation by federal prosecutors.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Ryan Lucas
Thomas Homan, then a senior official performing the duties of the director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, speaks during a press conference in 2017.

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  • Politics

Trump's border czar will be in White House, not an agency. Here's why that matters

Tom Homan's perch inside the White House will give him a global view, but also pose challenges for immigration policy.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo
Broward County State Attorney Harold F. Pryor stands in the back of the gallery during the penalty phase of the trial of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz at the Broward County Courthouse in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Aug. 1, 2022.

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  • Law

Florida prosecutor seeks to overturn convictions in cocaine sting operation

A Florida prosecutor says he will seek to vacate as many as 2,600 convictions of people who bought crack cocaine made by the Broward County Sheriff's Office for sting operations between 1988 and 1990.

December 10, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
Kash Patel during the 2024 Conservative Political Action Conference in Fort Washington, Md. on Feb. 23, 2024. President-elect Trump has nominated Patel to lead the FBI even though the agency's current director, Christopher Wray, has more than two years left on his term.

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  • Politics

How Kash Patel has used children's books and podcasts to promote conspiracy theories

Trump's pick to head the FBI has parlayed his time serving in various national security roles in the first Trump administration to building a brand promoting pro-Trump conspiracy theories.

December 10, 2024
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  • Jude Joffe-Block,
  • Lisa Hagen,
  • and 1 more
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a press conference after the arraignment of shooting suspect Luigi Mangione on Monday evening in Hollidaysburg, Pa.

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  • National

New York prosecutors charge suspect with murder in death of UnitedHealthcare CEO

Manhattan prosecutors Monday night filed murder and other charges against Luigi Mangione, 26, in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO last week, according to online court documents.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Alana Wise
In this handout photo released by the Altoona Police Department, Luigi Mangione is seen in a holding cell after being taken into custody on Dec. 9, 2024, in Altoona, Pa.

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  • National

What we know about Luigi Mangione, the suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing

Manhattan prosecutors filed murder and other charges against Luigi Mangione Monday night. Earlier in the day Mangione was arraigned on firearms and forgery charges in Pennsylvania after his arrest.

December 10, 2024
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones says if his Infowars show is shut down, he'll move to his back-up studios and website and continue posting a live feed on his usual satellites and stations and on X.

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  • National

Bidders are back in court battling over the auction of Alex Jones' Infowars

A U.S. bankruptcy judge is hearing arguments for and against selling the show to The Onion, the satirical news site named the winning bidder. Host Alex Jones says the auction was rigged.

December 09, 2024
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  • Tovia Smith
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Boston's school admissions policy

The court's action was the second time the justices declined to intervene in an admissions program based on geography since their 2023 ruling invalidating affirmative action in higher education.

December 09, 2024
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  • Nina Totenberg
The U.S. Supreme Court

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  • Law

Supreme Court rejects challenge to Hawaii gun licensing rules -- for now

At issue was a Hawaii State Supreme Court decision that allowed the state to prosecute a man carrying a loaded pistol without a license.

December 09, 2024
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Sean "Diddy" Combs, seen here in Atlanta in 2023.

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  • Music

Here's everyone caught in the web of the Sean 'Diddy' Combs allegations so far

Since last November, 12 lawsuits have been filed against Sean 'Diddy' Combs for sexual and physical assault. Here's who is officially involved in the allegations.

December 09, 2024
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By:
  • Isabella Gomez Sarmiento
President-elect Donald Trump takes the stage before he speaks at the FOX Nation Patriot Awards on Dec. 5 in Greenvale, N.Y.

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  • Politics

Trump focuses on tariffs, immigration in first network TV interview

President-elect Trump lays out plan for his first 100 days during interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press."

December 09, 2024
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  • Luke Garrett
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