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1 hour ago Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to shooting US health insurance chief as death penalty sought

Prosecutors have formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty against Luigi Mangione.

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3 h. ago Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal murder charge in UnitedHealthcare case

Brian Thompson was shot outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4, 2024

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3 h. ago Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder of health insurance CEO after prosecutors seek death penalty

Mangione accused of murder of Brian Thompson in fatal shooting outside Manhattan hotel

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3 h. ago Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to all charges as his fans, including a notorious whistleblower show up in court to support him

Luigi Mangione pleaded not guilty to all charges Friday in the federal case brought against him alleging he killed United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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3 h. ago Luigi Mangione pleads NOT GUILTY for UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting as he faces death penalty

Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson dead in New York City, has entered a plea of not guilty as prosecutors say they are seeking the death penalty

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3 h. ago Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to insurance CEO's murder as supporters descend on court

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4 h. ago Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to federal murder charge in killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO

Luigi Mangione has pleaded not guilty to a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, as prosecutors formally declared their intent to seek the death penalty against him

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Would the legendary American writer have welcomed the publication of her therapy notes? It seems unlikelyJoan Didion entered the fray on the publication of Ernest Hemingway’s unfinished final manuscript in an essay titled Last Words in 1998: “You think something is in shape to be published or you don’t, and Hemingway didn’t,” she wrote. You believe a writer’s unpublished work is fair game after their death or you don’t, and Didion – it would seem – didn’t.Debate about the ethics of posthumous publication has been ignited once more, this time with Didion at its centre. After the writer’s death in 2021, about 150 pages were found in a file next to her desk. These were meticulous accounts of sessions with her psychiatrist, from 1999 to 2003, focused mainly on her adopted daughter Quintana, who was spiralling into alcoholism. Addressed to her husband, screenwriter John Gregory Dunne, this journal has been published under the title Notes to John. “No restrictions were put on access,...

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4 h. ago Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty in federal court to murdering healthcare CEO

Suspect, charged separately in state court, could face death penalty if convicted over Brian Thompson deathLuigi Mangione on Friday pleaded not guilty to Manhattan federal court charges that he stalked and murdered the UnitedHealthcare chief executive, Brian Thompson, late last year.Mangione, 26, walked into court just before 1pm. He was wearing tan jail garb with a white long-sleeved undershirt. He chatted with his lawyers, who sat alongside him, and at one point appeared to smile; he could be seen flipping through papers on the table. Continue reading...

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5 h. ago FBI arrests Wisconsin judge and accuses her of obstructing immigration officials

Hannah Dugan apprehended in courthouse where she works after agency says she helped man evade authoritiesUS politics live – latest updatesThe FBI on Friday arrested a judge whom the agency accused of obstruction after it said she helped a man evade US immigration authorities as they were seeking to arrest him at her courthouse.The county circuit judge, Hannah Dugan, was apprehended in the courthouse where she works in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at 8.30am local time on Friday on charges of obstruction, a spokesperson for the US Marshals Service confirmed to the Guardian. Continue reading...

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