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What happened Police arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, Monday after identifying him as the suspect in last week’s fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a New York City hotel. Manhattan prosecutors charged Mangione …

What happened A New York City jury Monday found Daniel Penny, a former Marine and architecture student, not guilty of negligent homicide in the 2023 choking death of Jordan Neely. Penny, 26, had put 30-year-old Neely, a Black homeless subway …

What happened A Nevada commissioner denied a request by Rupert Murdoch and his oldest son, Lachlan, to amend their family’s irrevocable trust so the patriarch’s other three eldest children — Prudence, Elisabeth and James — have no control over the …

This fall brought a bounty of funny, educational and insightful podcasts that helped podcast fans power through the autumn season. They include hilarious expert advice on life’s strangest questions and exposes on both New York’s finest and American college campuses. …

The insurance industry was rattled on Dec. 4 by the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The 50-year-old was gunned down in Manhattan on his way to a health care conference; police believe his death was a targeted assassination, with …

‘Is there a right to die? Don’t look to liberals for an answer.’ Shadi Hamid at The Washington Post The “assumption is that more individual autonomy is automatically better,” but the “desire to extend and expand the scope of euthanasia …

Nestled about an hour east of Crete’s Heraklion airport lies the sleepy town of Elounda. More of a coastal village, really, it’s stretched out around a quiet, sweeping bay, protected from the wind and sea by a couple of islands …

All across America, people are turning off the news. Some of them are liberals still traumatized by the election, for whom the idea of hearing about President-elect Donald Trump’s latest ALL-CAPS pronouncement is just too triggering. Some are right-leaning bros, …

Springdale, Utah (Image credit: Courtesy image) Ten minutes from Zion National Park, this three-bedroom contemporary lodge is surrounded by red-rock mountains. The furnished house features an open great room with 10-foot-high glass pocket sliders, stained-concrete floors, and striated-stone fireplace surround; …

About two-thirds of Greenland lies above the Arctic Circle, so while it remains a popular tourist destination for cold-weather lovers, getting there has never been easy. Until now. The territory unveiled a renovated airport in November that will serve as …

A former anchor for the far-right One America News Network (OAN), Natalie Harp, will serve in a key, though yet-to-be-specified communications role for the Trump White House. She is thought to already be a critical information gatekeeper to President-elect Trump …

What happened Donald Trump discussed his plans for the beginning of his presidency on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday, saying he would pardon most Jan. 6 Capitol rioters on his “first day” in office and try to end constitutionally guaranteed …

What happened Taylor Swift performed the final show of her Eras Tour Sunday night in Vancouver, Canada. Since the tour opened in March 2023, Swift has performed 149 concerts in 51 cities on five continents. Who said what “Vancouver, I …

‘How JD Vance could become the most powerful VP in American history’ Jeff Mayhugh at The Hill J.D. Vance “might be the most powerful vice president in American history,” says Jeff Mayhugh. Vance “could use his intellectual prowess, congressional and …

Christmas party season has arrived but that doesn’t have to mean knocking back the booze. A YouGov survey earlier this year revealed that 44% of 18 to 24-year-olds occasionally or regularly order low or non-alcoholic drinks, with 39% drinking no …

The sudden and dramatic fall of Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria is a “historic opportunity” but also a moment of “risk and uncertainty”, Joe Biden has warned. Once the euphoria subsides, containing the reprisals and score-settling that have built up …

A Romanian court has annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election after Russia allegedly ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right outsider who won the first round. The “momentous” move from Romania‘s constitutional court “effectively voids …

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Amsterdam is one of the most popular destinations in Europe, with more than 9 million visitors staying there for at least one night in 2023. But, while it may be well-known as a hotbed of indulgence, there is much more …

Nearly three years after the invasion of Ukraine, Russia’s economy is stumbling. The ruble is falling, inflation is rising and sanctions are taking their toll. What does all this mean for Vladimir Putin’s war effort? The crisis comes at a …

What happened The Assad family’s 54-year rule of Syria came to an abrupt end Sunday when President Bashar al-Assad fled Damascus as rebels approached. Led by the Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the Free Syrian Army raised its flag …

Italy recorded a grim new milestone this week as it was confirmed that a 21-year-old man has become the 85th inmate to take their own life this year, surpassing the previous record of 84 deaths by suicide in 2022. The …

For well over a year, Israeli forces and Hamas militants have been engaged in a brutal, totalizing conflict. This war has left tens of thousands of Palestinians dead, huge swaths of the Gaza Strip reduced to rubble and Israeli society …

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Conservative Christians backed Donald Trump’s presidential campaign solidly and vociferously; many even suggested that he had been chosen by God. Weeks before the vote, Franklin Graham, son of Billy and one of America’s most famous preachers, prayed aloud for him …

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After Ukraine fired British-made Storm Shadow missiles at military targets inside Russia last month, President Putin asserted his “right” to attack the UK and its Western allies in response. But the truth, said Simon Tisdall in The Observer, is that …

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