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CNNThe suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO killer planned his attack well – but made crucial mistakes, experts say
At first glance, the assassin seemed too meticulous to be an amateur and too careless to be a professional.
- Bloomberg
Mahathir ready for criminal probe over Singapore island dispute
Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said he is ready to face any potential criminal probe over his handling of a sovereignty dispute with neighbouring Singapore over an island.
- People
How Police Closed in on Man Suspected of Shooting United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson
Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested in Altoona, Pa., in connection with Brian Thompson's fatal shooting on Dec. 4, in New York City
- People
Who Is Luigi Mangione? What We Know About the Ivy League Grad Suspected of Shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson
Luigi Mangione was detained in a Pennsylvania McDonald's five days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's death
- People
Tiger Kills Zoo Janitor in ‘Extremely Violent’ Attack After He Leaves Security Door Open: Reports
The 52-year-old man was reportedly killed after he failed to correctly follow safety protocols
- Cinema Online
Pace Wu denies rumours of boyfriend committing money laundering
The actress releases a statement through her lawyer demanding the media to retract such articles
- The Independent
US woman who wanted to be clown jailed for entering Australia with 24-carat golden gun
Liliana Goodson told the court she brought the pistol for her protection
- The Hill
McDonald’s customer who spotted Luigi Mangione details encounter
A McDonald’s customer who spotted Luigi Mangione, the 26-year-old man suspected of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week, described the moment when he saw the suspect in the restaurant Monday. The man, identified only as Larry, told Fox News that he was with a group of friends in the McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., when…
- BBC
Rapist who filmed attack jailed for 18 years
Tabarik Hussain secretly filmed himself having sex with a woman while she was asleep, a court hears.
- The Telegraph
World-renowned Jaguar restoration expert dies after being attacked in his home
A world-renowned Jaguar restoration expert has died after being attacked in his home.
- AFP News
Thai police detain 124 people in 'drug party' bust
Police in Thailand detained more than 120 people found in their underwear at a drug-fuelled party in Bangkok, officers told AFP Monday.Police Colonel Pansa Amarapitak told AFP that they were tipped off about a "drug party" in a room at a hotel in central Bangkok early on Sunday morning.
- Associated Press
Polygamous sect leader gets 50 years in prison in scheme to orchestrate sex involving children
A polygamist religious leader who claimed more than 20 spiritual “wives” including 10 underage girls was sentenced to 50 years in prison on Monday for coercing girls as young as 9 years old to submit to criminal sex acts with him and other adults, and for scheming to kidnap them from protective custody. Samuel Bateman, whose small group was an offshoot of the sect once led by Warren Jeffs, had pleaded guilty to a yearslong scheme to transport girls across state lines for his sex crimes, and later to kidnap some of them from protective custody. Under the agreement, Bateman pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit transportation of a minor for sexual activity, which carries a sentence of 10 years to life imprisonment, and one count of conspiracy to commit kidnapping, which is punishable by up to life imprisonment.
- The Guardian
‘Gruesome discovery’: passerby finds woman’s body wrapped in plastic near Sydney airport
Investigators say woman may have been dead for weeks and body hidden in bushes was ‘in severe state of decomposition’
- People
2 Teens Shot a Wash. Dad They'd Never Met in Front of His Young Son. How Victim 'Knew It Wasn't Random'
The shooting of Baron Li is covered on a new episode of 'People Magazine Investigates,' premiering Dec. 9 at 9/8c on Investigation Discovery
- The Independent
1,000 bottles of baby oil and ‘freak offs’: Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs and the rise of his ‘criminal enterprise’
More than three decades after Sean Combs named his label Bad Boy Records, he’s been arrested on federal racketeering and sex trafficking charges, accused of everything from arson to kidnapping. As authorities outline the shocking activities allegedly carried out at Combs’ direction by his “criminal enterprise,” Sheila Flynn charts the star’s epic fall from grace
- CNN
CNN goes inside Syria’s ‘slaughterhouse’ prison as desperate families look for missing loved ones
As Syrians rejoiced across the country this week, many began the frantic search for missing loved ones who had been forcibly disappeared under Bashar al-Assad’s brutal dictatorship – with crowds descending on the notorious Saydnaya prison that had become synonymous with arbitrary detention, torture and murder.
- CNN
Woman arrested with 10 kg of meth wrapped as Christmas presents at New Zealand airport
A Canadian woman has been arrested for allegedly attempting to smuggle drugs into New Zealand — by disguising them as Christmas presents.
- The Wrap
Luigi Mangione, Suspect in UnitedHealthcare Shooting, Charged With 5 Crimes, Denied Bail
The 26-year-old Ivy League grad accused of killing CEO Brian Thompson was arrested in Pennsylvania earlier Monday The post Luigi Mangione, Suspect in UnitedHealthcare Shooting, Charged With 5 Crimes, Denied Bail appeared first on TheWrap.
- People
How Was Night Stalker Richard Ramirez Caught? All About the Angry Mob That Captured the Serial Killer in 1985
After he failed to steal a car, four men beat and held down serial killer Richard Ramirez until police arrived
- Fortune
Monopoly money was found in a backpack believed to be worn by the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killer in what could be another cryptic message
The backpack, which was found in Central Park, contained a Tommy Hilfiger jacket and Monopoly money. But it didn’t contain a gun.