Manhattan prosecutors charged Luigi Mangione with murder on Monday night in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, along with other charges, according to court documents reported by the Associated Press.
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A woman who had her breasts removed at age 14 as part of medical gender transitioning sued the California doctor and others involved in the transition.
Kaya Clementine Breen, who is now 20, sued Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy last week for medical negligence for putting her on puberty blockers, male hormones, and having a surgeon perform a double mastectomy. Breen has since “detransitioned and no longer identifies as a male.”
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Cheatham Middle School in Ashland City, Tennessee on Monday announced its students are now “The Musketeers” following a survey conducted after the University of Cincinnati (UC) ordered the school to drop its previous “Bearcats” mascot the Ohio university claimed too closely resembled its own.
Cheatham County Schools Athletic Director Jeff Hobbs confirmed the mascot change to The Tennessee Star on Monday, when he explained the rivalry between the Xavier University Musketeers and the UC Bearcats prompted serious consideration after it was suggested on the social media platform X.
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Police say a handwritten document was found with Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man arrested as a person of interest in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York, during his arrest in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday.
After the Altoona Police Department confirmed it arrested a person who a McDonald’s employee said matched the description of Thompson’s killer, New York Police Department (NYPD) Commissioner Jessica Tisch confirmed in a press conference on Monday that Altoona police arrested Mangione, finding weapons and clothing consistent with those worn by the killer, as well as a “handwritten document” that allegedly explains Mangione’s motivations.
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Luigi Mangione, the person of interest who has been arrested on gun charges and held in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, appeared in court in Pennsylvania on Monday night for a preliminary arraignment.
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A newly-elected state lawmaker in Missouri has introduced a bill that will award a bounty of $1,000 to any citizen who reports an illegal alien to the authorities.
As reported by Fox News, the bill introduced by State Senator-elect David Gregory (R-Mo.), SB 72, would see citizens receive their reward only after an illegal has been arrested. Such tips would be processed through “an information system for people to report violations of this act which shall include a toll-free telephone hotline, e-mail, and online reporting portal.” The system would be implemented and managed by the state’s Department of Public Safety.
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The unexpected fall of the Assad regime in Syria to a ragtag team of Islamist insurgents plunged the Middle East into a new era of uncertainty and opportunity while putting the world on notice that Donald Trump’s return to power was already uprooting decades of interventionist foreign policy in America.
Trump signaled the shift in dramatic fashion, yawning at the Islamist rebels’ final push into Damascus to oust Bashar al-Assad as not a battle America needed to fight and then using its aftermath to urge Russia, long a backer of Assad, to focus instead on seeking a peaceful end to its war against Ukraine.
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The Los Angeles Times is preparing to unveil a “bias meter” to appear on news articles and columns on the news outlet’s website, according to the news outlet’s owner.
The bias meter, which could launch as early as January, will be operated by Artificial Intelligence (AI).
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The U.S. Department of Defense announced a new round of nearly $1 billion in U.S. taxpayer money for Ukraine as the conflict with Russia continues. Total U.S. taxpayer funding for Ukraine now totals $62 billion since the war began.
The latest package will provide Ukraine with munitions for rocket systems, Unmanned Aerial Systems, and maintenance and repair programs to sustain and bolster its combat power.
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The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a case challenging Boston Public Schools using a student’s ZIP code as a factor for admission in an attempt to admit more nonwhite students.
The case alleges white students were unfairly discriminated against after several prestigious schools within the district created a quota for admitting students from different ZIP codes rather than basing admission on the students’ academic performance, leading to decreased white enrollment. Several schools have created alternative admissions policies in an attempt to sidestep the Supreme Court’s 2023 ruling that banned the use of race as a factor for admission into schools.
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The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is considering removing diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) language from its accreditation standards.
The accreditor is responsible for overseeing the entire University of California (UC) system, the California State University system and several religious institutions. The proposed update to the standards would remove language requiring universities to commit to DEI in order to receive accreditation.
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President-elect Donald Trump vowed to work with Congress to pass a bill implementing reciprocal trade protections with other nations as part of his economic plan.
The bill called the Trump Reciprocal Trade Act would empower the president to impose reciprocal tariffs on goods from foreign countries if those countries’ tariffs on American-made goods are higher than the tariff imposed by the U.S.
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Washington Examiner Police arrested a suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday. Luigi Mangione, 26, was described as a “person of interest” by New York City Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch at a news conference Monday afternoon. She added that Mangione had multiple items on him, including a firearm with a suppressor, a fake ID, and a “handwritten document that speaks to both his motivation and mindset,” when he was arrested by local police in Pennsylvania on local firearms charges. Mangione was discovered at a McDonald’s and was recognized by an employee, according to officials. She said that NYPD detectives were on their way to Pennsylvania to question him. READ THE FULL STORY
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Breitbart Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that he’s open to the potential deployment of Western troops in Ukraine to guarantee the country´s security as part of a broad effort to end the almost three-year war with Russia. The deployment would be a step toward Ukraine joining NATO, Zelenskyy said in a post on his Telegram channel. “But before that, we must have a clear understanding of when Ukraine will be in the European Union and when Ukraine will be in NATO,” Zelenskyy said. READ THE FULL STORY
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Axios China is launching an antitrust investigation into AI giant Nvidia, triggering fears of an escalating international dispute entangling one of America’s most vital tech companies. The move may be seen as a retaliation over the U.S. imposing restrictions on the sale of advanced AI chips and technology to China. China’s State Administration for Market Regulation — which investigates monopolies — is probing Nvidia’s acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, according to multiple reports. READ THE FULL STORY
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Donald Trump Jr. has called on House Republicans to pass the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), sponsored by U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), after the bill was recently revised in coordination with X. Corp.
Read the full storyNew York Post A Manhattan jury has cleared Daniel Penny of criminal wrongdoing in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a crowded subway — a caught-on-video killing that sparked fierce debate over the city’s mental health system and crime underground. The panelists acquitted Penny of criminally negligent homicide — which could have put him behind bars for up to four years — in Neely’s chokehold death aboard a crowded uptown F train in May 2023. Manslaughter, the top charge against Penny, was tossed on Friday after jurors twice said they couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict. READ THE FULL STORY
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Lara Trump, President-elect Trump’s daughter-in-law, announced she’s stepping down as Republican National Committee co-chair while her name remains in the mix for to fill the Senate seat currently held by Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla.
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A new version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), created by Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), was announced on Saturday by Linda Yaccarino, the CEO of X, who said she collaborated with the senators to create legislation that would prioritize youth safety while preserving the First Amendment.
Revealing the new legislation in a post to X, Yaccarino noted the company, which was formerly known as Twitter, vowed it would help Congress establish new laws to protect children during a January appearance in Congress alongside Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok CEO Shou Chew.
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State Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis) confirmed on Friday that enforcement of his legislation prohibiting Tennessee judges from considering a defendant’s ability to pay when setting their bail was allowed by a federal judge.
The judge made the decision despite determining the lawsuit brought by restorative justice organization Just City against Tennessee over the law will proceed.
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