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PeopleHow 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
- The Guardian
Monk abused children for decades on Welsh island ‘in plain sight’, review says
Thaddeus Kotik groomed, raped and sexually assaulted boys and girls on Caldey Island despite repeated complaints
- 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
- CNN
The 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.
- 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
- 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 Telegraph
Rats, pigeons and water buffaloes massacred in world’s largest animal sacrifice
Blood oozed across the dry, dusty earth as the high priest of Gadhimai raised his traditional khukuri knife and beheaded the five animals before him, triggering a frenzy of killing in the early hours of a foggy Sunday morning.
- 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.
- 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 Daily Beast
‘Rats in the Kitchen’: McDonald’s That Snitched on Luigi Mangione Is Bombarded With One-Star Reviews
Google has taken down scathing reviews of the McDonald’s where the alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was nabbed by cops on Monday. Luigi Mangione, 26, was taken into custody at one of the fast food chain’s restaurants in Altoona, Pennsylvania after an employee spotted him and alerted law enforcement, police said. Soon after, the suspect’s online supporters unleashed a flood of fake reviews. “This location has rats in the kitchen that will make you sick and your insurance isn’
- 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
- 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’
- 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.
- BuzzFeed
13 Hard Truths About America That Europeans Are Finally Ready To Admit To Us, And Sheesh, They Didn't Hold Back
"As a European, it never ceases to amaze me how little the US invests in this for its citizens."
- LA Times
Impersonators are claiming laptops at Apple stores before real owners can pick them up
The crime, reported to several media outlets in Southern California, occurs when consumers order Apple laptops online but find that when they arrive at the Apple stores to pick up the computers, they have already been claimed and taken.
- 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.
- People
How the 'Jigsaw Murders' Revolutionized Crime Investigation, After Jealous Doctor Dismembered Wife and Maid
Dr. Buck Ruxton thought he could get away with killing his wife and their maid, but a transformative advancement in forensic science led to his conviction
- People
McDonald’s Employee Called 911 After Seeing United Healthcare CEO Shooting Suspect: ‘The Real Hero’
"As a father, as a husband, he did not deserve to die like this on the sidewalk in New York City," Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said of the victim, Brian Thompson
- CNN
A mass animal sacrifice festival is underway in Nepal. Activists say it needs to stop
Animal rights activists have urged the Nepali government to stop what they’ve called “an appalling bloodbath” after they claimed thousands of animals were killed as part of a festival held every five years that traditionally ends with a mass animal sacrifice.
- People
Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooting Detained in McDonald's After Employee Found Him Suspicious: Police
The man was allegedly in possession of a false N.J. ID and a gun similar to that used by the shooter, police sources tell PEOPLE