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The stock prices of America’s largest health insurance providers — including Aetna owner CVS Health, Cigna and Humana — have also tumbled recently. As of Tuesday’s closing bell, the Dow had fallen 1,564 points since Dec. 4, with UnitedHealth Group accounting for 804 of those points. UnitedHealth Group is also the worst performer in the 30-stock index this month, with losses more than double those of the second-worst performer, Goldman Sachs. Once again, CVS, UnitedHealth Group, Cigna and Humana all rank as the worst performers, with double-digit losses of 18% to 25%. Those businesses have drawn widespread criticism in part because many of the biggest insurance providers, including UnitedHealth Group, Cigna and CVS, also own some of the largest such companies.

Persons: Dow, Brian Thompson, Goldman Sachs, Sherwin, Thompson, drugmakers Johnson, Johnson, Andrew, ”, Donald Trump, Trump Organizations: Dow Jones, UnitedHealth Group, Aetna, CVS Health, UnitedHealth, Dow, Nvidia, Williams, Travelers, Nasdaq, CVS, Merck, New York Times, Humana Locations: New York City

☆ Luigi Mangione indicted on first-degree murder charge in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dennis-Romero-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Dennis Romero | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Luigi Mangione was indicted on charges that include first-degree murder in the ambush killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, the Manhattan District Attorney's Office announced Tuesday. The indictment on murder in the first-degree in furtherance of terrorism elevates the case against Mangione, 26, in Thompson's killing outside a Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4. His Pennsylvania attorney, Thomas Dickey, said Mangione would plead not guilty in the New York and Pennsylvania cases. Karen Friedman Agnifilo has been retained to represent Mangione on the New York charges. Mangione is being held at Huntingdon State Correctional Institution in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, prison officials have said.

Persons: Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, Mangione, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Bragg, ” Bragg, Jessica Tisch, Thompson, Tisch, Kathy Hochul, Thomas Dickey, Karen Friedman Agnifilo Organizations: Manhattan, Attorney's, Attorney, York, York City Police, New York Gov, NBC News, Mangione, San, UnitedHealthcare, UnitedHealth, Police, Correctional Institution Locations: Manhattan, New York, York City, New, Altoona , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, York, United States, San Francisco, Hawaii, Huntingdon, Huntingdon , Pennsylvania

☆ Here’s what’s behind the Dow’s epic losing streak
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Fred Imbert | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

This also marked its longest losing streak since another eight-day slide that ended on June 21, 2018. For context: The Dow was trading at 24,461.70 back in 2018 — close to half its value as of Monday's close. All the while, Nvidia has been conspicuously absent from tech's upward move within the Dow, losing 9% since Dec. 5. The Dow hasn't seen a nine-day losing streak since 1978, when Jimmy Carter was president. Correction: The Dow was trading at 24,461.70 back in 2018 — close to half its value as of Monday's close.

Persons: Dow, —, Sherwin, Williams, Donald Trump, Adam Crisafulli, that's, Brian Thompson, Trump, … We're, Jonathan Krinsky, Jimmy Carter Organizations: Dow Jones, Trump, Dow, Chevron, Caterpillar, Apple, Microsoft, Industrial, Boeing, Honeywell, Nvidia Locations: China

CNN —Luigi Mangione has been indicted for the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan earlier this month, according to newly released court documents. A Manhattan grand jury indicted Mangione of second-degree murder as a crime of terrorism, according to the indictment. Mangione faces a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole, if convicted, according to Bragg’s office. The habeas corpus petition is a key factor in whether Mangione can be extradited to New York. In the weeks since Thompson’s killing, officials have seen a “shocking and appalling celebration of cold-blooded murder,” Tisch said on Tuesday.

Persons: Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, Thompson, Mangione, ” Bragg, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, ”, Bragg, “, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Jessica Tisch, He’s, ” Tisch Organizations: CNN, Manhattan, Attorney, WABC, New, Investigators, Ivy League, “ Locations: Manhattan, New York, Pennsylvania, New

☆ Many Trump voters still have doubts about him. Can he hold them?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +18 min

In the exit polls, about 1 in 8 voters who described Trump as “too extreme” still voted for him. Likewise, in the VoteCast survey, Trump won 1 in 6 voters who expressed concern that he would steer the country in an authoritarian direction. Trump won almost exactly the same share of voters who said in the VoteCast survey that he lacks the moral character to serve as president. Even among the voter groups most directly affected by these policies, Trump won substantial support from people who disagreed with him. In either case, the result was that Trump won far too many voters who supported legal abortion for Harris to prevail.

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☆ She's worked at nearly every FAANG company. In her free time, she built a free tool to appeal health insurance denials.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-17 | by ( Ana Altchek | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Holden Karau works in Big Tech during the day and builds her startup, Fight Health Insurance, at night. AdvertisementWith insurers increasingly using AI to sift through claims, Karau said Fight Health Insurance offers a way to "level the AI playing field." "I think that it's really important that patients don't want to pay to use Fight Health Insurance because they already pay so much," Karau said. She said just the other day she was talking to someone whose back surgery was successfully appealed using Fight Health Insurance. "I think consumers are hurting a lot in the health insurance space right now," Karau said.

Persons: Holden, Karau, Holden Karau, I'm, I've, Brian Thompson, there's Organizations: Big Tech, Health Insurance, Facebook, US, Fight Health, Mistral, eBay, Insurance, Fight Health Insurance Locations: California

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Mangione has retained attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo, a former Manhattan prosecutor, to represent him in New York. Mangione faces charges in both Pennsylvania and New York. A view of the exterior of SCI Huntingdon where Luigi Mangione, 26, is being held after being apprehended. Dickey also said Mangione, who was denied bail last Tuesday at an extradition hearing, plans to plead not guilty to the charges in Pennsylvania. Thomas Dickey, attorney for suspected shooter Luigi Mangione, speaks to reporters in front of the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania, after an extradition hearing Tuesday.

Persons: Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, Attorney Alvin Bragg, ” Bragg, “, Mangione, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Thompson, Matthew Hatcher, Reuters Mangione, Thomas Dickey, Dickey, Jeff Swensen, ”, Joseph Kenny, ” Dickey, “ Erin Burnett OutFront ”, Kathy Hochul, Kathryn Garcia, Kathryn Wylde, ” Wylde, Wylde, CNN’s Jason Hanna, Karina Tsui, Steve Almasy, Andy Rose, Brynn Gingras, Michelle Watson, Bonney Kapp, Dakin Andone, Emma Tucker, Meg Tirrell, Jason Carroll Organizations: CNN, Attorney, San Francisco Police Department, FBI, Internet Security, Authorities, Ivy League, Huntingdon, Reuters, Business, New York Gov, Partnership, New, State Police, NYPD Locations: Manhattan, Pennsylvania, New York, Altoona . Mangione, Altoona, Midtown Manhattan, Mangione, York, Central Park, Blair, Hollidaysburg , Pennsylvania, New York City

☆ Meet the Press – December 15, 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +53 min

SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM:Yeah, I'm in a good place with Pete, unless something I don't know about comes out. Unless somebody is willing to come forward, I think he's going to get through. If he's, if he’s called to do something, he's going to do it, all the way. So I – I think he's going to have a hard time doing this. He was very clear, “no,” when I asked him should President-elect Trump, his administration, jail the January 6th committee members.

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☆ Have you ever wanted to run away from your life? Why this phenomenon is more common than you think
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Amanda Musa | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

Oftentimes, law enforcement designates these individuals as voluntary missing persons, McCabe said. This month, Kobayashi was declared a voluntary missing person after Los Angeles police say she traveled to the US-Mexico border and crossed into Mexico alone. SometimesLocal law enforcement agencies across the country are responsible for investigating missing persons cases, according to McCabe. Missing persons investigations often involve forensic analysis, gathering cell phone data and requesting search warrants, he said. For every voluntary missing person who is found, there is another who is never located.

Persons: Ryan Borgwardt, Hannah Kobayashi, Luigi Mangione, Andrew McCabe, “, ” McCabe, McCabe, Kobayashi, Lauren Cook, Cook, ” Cook, Wally Skalij, they’re, what’s, Borgwardt, Ryan Borgwardt's, Brian Thompson, ”, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, ” Arnett, Arnett, “ Young Organizations: CNN, Hawaii . An Ivy League, Maryland, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Los, Los Angeles Police Department, ” Flyers, Crypto.com, Los Angeles Times, National Crime Information, FBI, Crime Information, Lake County Sheriff, US Centers for Disease Control, Clark University, Boomers Locations: Wisconsin, Hawaii, United States, Mexico, Los Angeles, Maui, Eastern Europe, Lake County, Lake, Europe, Canada, New York, San Francisco, ”

☆ Mother of suspect in CEO's killing told police person of interest could be her son, sources say
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Jonathan_Dienst_Byline.Jpg | Jonathan Dienst | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

The family of the man accused of killing UnitedHealthcare’s CEO had reported him missing last month, and his mother told police her son could be the person seen in surveillance photos one day before his arrest, law enforcement sources told NBC News. Mangione’s mother said she last spoke to her son on July 1 and that he had been working in San Francisco, the flyer says. The killing sparked a large manhunt that included the wide distribution of surveillance photos of a person of interest, and a $60,000 reward. After the killing, a San Francisco police officer thought the images of the person of interest had similarities to the image of Mangione from the missing person report, multiple law enforcement officials said. San Francisco police contacted the FBI about the possible identity of the man in that photo, the FBI said.

Persons: Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, Mangione’s, Mangione, ”, Joseph Kenny, Andrew, Magione, Kenny, Mangione's, Luigi Organizations: NBC News, San, San Francisco, FBI, NBC, New York, UnitedHealth, The New York Times, UnitedHealthcare Locations: New York City, San Francisco, New York, Thompson's, San, Altoona , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, United States, U.S

But on Friday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said he’s seen signs Mangione could soon waive his right to fight extradition. Investigators found a three-page handwritten “claim of responsibility” and writings in a spiral notebook, a law enforcement source briefed on the matter told CNN. If convicted of second-degree murder in New York, Mangione would face 15 years to life in prison. In a notebook passage, he mused what could be better than “to kill the CEO at his own bean counting conference,” a law enforcement official briefed on the matter told CNN. In some of his writings, Mangione referenced pain from a back injury he got in July 2023, Kenny said.

Persons: –, Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, Karen Friedman Agnifilo –, Friedman Agnifilo, Cyrus Vance Jr, Mangione, Thompson, Thomas Dickey, Attorney Alvin Bragg, he’s, ” Bragg, “, ” Mangione, Dickey, ”, Joseph Kenny, It’s, Jeff Swensen, UnitedHealthcare, ’ ”, NYPD’s Kenny, Kenny, ” Kenny, “ It’s, New York Dickey, ” Dickey, “ Erin Burnett OutFront Organizations: CNN, New, Empire, Manhattan, Attorney, Courthouse, Authorities, Ivy League, UnitedHealthcare, NYPD, Fox News, Police, Spectrum Locations: Manhattan, New York, Pennsylvania, Altoona , Pennsylvania, Mangione, Altoona, Pennsylvania’s Blair, Blair, Hollidaysburg , Pennsylvania, America, Central Park

☆ UnitedHealth Group CEO concedes health system 'does not work as well as it should' following shooting backlash
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Marlene Lenthang | Marlene Lenthang Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

Andrew Witty, the head of UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of United Healthcare, wrote that he understands “people’s frustrations” with the American health care system. Our mission is to help make it work better,” Witty said in his op-ed, titled "The Health Care System Is Flawed. “While the health system is not perfect, every corner of it is filled with people who try to do their best for those they serve,” he wrote. “That’s Brian’s legacy, one that we will carry forward by continuing our work to make the health system work better for everyone,” Witty concluded. Thompson’s slaying has had a domino effect, of sorts, as it has ignited fury and scrutiny over the country’s health care system and corporate greed.

Persons: UnitedHealth, “, Brian Thompson, Andrew, Tom Williams, Thompson, Brian Thompson’s, Luigi Mangione, Mangione, UnitedHealthcare, Joseph Kenny, he’d, ”, “ Brian, Thompson “, Thompson’s, ” “, Rebecca Weiner Organizations: New York Times, UnitedHealth Group, United Healthcare, UnitedHealth, Getty, New York Police, CNBC Locations: Midtown Manhattan, Altoona , Pennsylvania, America, Pennsylvania, New York, Iowa, Jewell , Iowa, Manhattan

☆ Luigi Mangione retains high-powered New York attorney as he faces second-degree murder charge
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Kaitlan Collins | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Luigi Mangione has retained a high-powered New York attorney to represent him as he faces a second-degree murder charge in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, CNN has learned. “She’s got as much experience as any human being, especially in the state court,” one longtime New York prosecutor told CNN. As of Friday, however, there were indications Mangione “may waive” his extradition next week, according to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg. Pennsylvania state Judge Dave Consiglio denied Mangione bail on Tuesday related to both state dockets, saying he would remain at the Huntingdon State Correctional Institution. Luigi Mangione is led into the Blair County Courthouse for an extradition hearing December 10, 2024 in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.

Persons: Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Friedman Agnifilo, Cyrus Vance Jr, “ She’s, ”, “, ” Friedman Agnifilo, Attorney Alvin Bragg, Dave Consiglio, Mangione, Jeff Swensen, Thomas Dickey, Kathy Hochul, Josh Shapiro “, …, Peter Weeks, Dickey, ’ ” Organizations: CNN, Attorney’s, Attorney, Correctional Institution, New York Gov, Pennsylvania, NYPD Locations: New York, Manhattan, Midtown Manhattan, Mangione, Pennsylvania, Huntingdon, Blair, Hollidaysburg , Pennsylvania, Baltimore, ” Blair County, Altoona

☆ UnitedHealth CEO responds to the 'vitriol' directed at health insurance workers
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

UnitedHealth Group's CEO eulogized his slain colleague, Brian Thompson, in a New York Times op-ed. Thompson's shooting sparked a nationwide debate about the state of the health insurance industry. The head of UnitedHealth Group, the parent company of UnitedHealthcare, is responding to the "vitriol" that's been lodged — both on- and offline — against the health insurance industry and its workers. He then condemned the mounting rhetoric that he said has glorified violence against health insurance workers. Others criticized the for-profit health insurance system as a whole, with some acknowledging that businesses are meant to make a profit and others advocating for nonprofit healthcare.

Persons: UnitedHealth, Brian Thompson, Andrew, Thompson Organizations: New York Times, UnitedHealth Group, The New York Times, UnitedHealth, Times, Business Locations: midtown Manhattan

☆ The average startup CEO now makes $132,000, down from $142,000 last year
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Samantha Stokes | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

AdvertisementKruze Consulting, which provides accounting services to early-stage, VC-backed companies, released a study showing that the average seed-stage founder who is also a startup CEO makes $132,000 a year. The consultancy recently analyzed 450 of its seed-stage startup clients' payroll records to determine the average base salary for different jobs at early-stage companies. Kruze's study says that employee compensation accounts for around 75% of the total operating costs for its startup clients. According to Kruze's analysis of its early-stage startup payrolls, engineers can make anywhere between $65,000 and $235,000 annually. Equipment such as laptops and work stations cost startups between $2,500 and $3,000 per employee, Kruze's data found.

Persons: Kruze Organizations: Kruze Consulting, Kruze, CPO, Engineers, Francisco Market, Major Tech, San Francisco Market, Big, Austin Locations: Austin, Big Tech

Neither Mangione, nor his mother, were insured by UnitedHealthcare, the nation’s largest private health insurer, a UnitedHealth Group spokesperson told CNN. So that’s possibly why he targeted that company,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said in an interview with NBC New York. Witty said the company’s mission is to help make the health system “work better” and “find ways to deliver high-quality care and lower costs.”“Clearly, we are not there yet,” he said. Investigators also searched the hostel where suspected killer Mangione stayed the night before the shooting and the hotel room where Thompson was staying while in New York. Mangione is being held at the Pennsylvania state correctional institution at Huntingdon, the oldest operating state prison in the state.

Persons: Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, “, Joseph Kenny, ’, ”, Andrew, Mangione, Thompson Organizations: CNN, New York City, UnitedHealthcare, United Healthcare, NBC, UnitedHealth Group, Fortune, US, Investigators, NYPD, New York Times, Corrections Locations: New York, America, York, United States, Central Park, Pennsylvania, Huntingdon

☆ I was in the best shape of my life when I got hit by a car. The debilitating pain during recovery left me emotionally shredded.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Winston Chiang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Then, when I was riding my bike one day, a car hit me, and I was left with injuries. Although I'd been depressed and lonely at my Long Island high school, going to college at Binghamton University improved my life. I could pay the rent for my one-bedroom apartment, save in a 401(k), and pick up any tab I needed to. An avid cyclist, I'd learned there were only two types of bicycle crashes: those you could walk away from and those you couldn't. Two years later, I still need therapy — physical and psychological.

Persons: I'd, Winston Chiang, nag, Vicodin, I've, Blessed Organizations: Binghamton University, Ivy League Locations: New York City, freefall

☆ The next steps in Luigi Mangione’s case and why his most serious charge is only second-degree murder
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Investigators say they have mounting evidence against Luigi Mangione, 26, connecting him to the assassination of Brian Thompson on December 4. Mangione was denied bail on Tuesday and is fighting his extradition to New York, where he faces five charges, including second-degree murder, in Thompson’s killing. If convicted of second-degree murder, Mangione faces at least 15 years to life in prison, while a first-degree murder charge carries a minimum of 20 years to life in prison. A second-degree murder charge – but not first-degree murder – allows the defendant an “affirmative defense,” which is essentially a “Yes, but” argument to lessen the seriousness of the charge to first-degree manslaughter, according to Shapiro. Mangione’s arrest is only the first piece of the case against him, according to Ken Corey, former NYPD chief of department.

Persons: Luigi Mangione, Brian Thompson, Jessica Tisch, Mangione, ”, Joseph Kenny, David Shapiro, John Jay, ” Shapiro, Thompson, It’s, Thomas Dickey, Luigi Mangione’s, ’, premeditation, Shapiro, what’s, “, ’ ”, he’s, Elie Honig, Honig, Shannon Stapleton, Kathy Hochul, Josh Shapiro “, …, Peter Weeks, Karen Agnifilo, Agnifilo, he’ll, Ken Corey, ” Corey, ” Agnifilo, “ there’s, ” CNN’s Dalia Faheid, Michelle Watson, John Miller, Dakin Andone Organizations: CNN, New York Police, New, John, John Jay College of Criminal, American Law Institute, NYPD, Mangione, Police, United Healthcare, Reuters, New York Gov, Manhattan, Attorney’s Locations: Manhattan, Pennsylvania, America, New York, New York City, ” Blair County, York

☆ After a CEO was gunned down, will health insurers change their ways?
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Tami Luhby | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Any shifts in the nation’s complex health care system, however, will not come easily, nor quickly, experts say. Policyholders rebelled because they felt they couldn’t access the care they needed, said Larry Levitt, executive vice president for health policy at KFF, a nonprofit health policy research group. “If you think health care costs are rough now, imagine them without constraints,” said Rodney Whitlock, vice president at McDermott+, a health care consulting group, and a former health policy adviser on the Senate Finance Committee under Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa. Health insurers, however, do at times backtrack when faced with intense blowback. However, there is now more bipartisan appetite on Capitol Hill to enact reforms, said Wendell Potter, a former Cigna executive and vocal critic of the health care industry.

Persons: Brian Thompson, Andrew, it’s, ”, “, Brian, ” “, ” AHIP, Julie Utterback, ” Utterback, Bill Clinton, policyholders, HMOs, Policyholders, Larry Levitt, Helen Hunt, Harold Ramis, HMO, ” Hunt, ” Ramis, Levitt, Rodney Whitlock, Republican Sen, Chuck Grassley, Wendell Potter, Whitlock, Luigi Mangione, Potter Organizations: CNN, UnitedHealth Group, UnitedHealth, Health, Morningstar, Employers, McDermott, Senate, Republican, Iowa, Congressional, Lawmakers, Capitol Locations: Congress

Does your performance supplement contain a side of the main ingredient in Viagra? The FDA has issued scores of alerts about hidden ingredients in performance products. Patients often have a misconception that because they’re taking supplements and not pharmaceutical drugs, it’s safe, he said. Patients often hear about the benefits of supplements online through online marketing or male influencers in fitness and health who regularly promote supplements to build muscle, grow hair and enhance libido. “Patients would bring bags of dietary supplements and I would sit down and review them with them,” Jafari said.

Persons: Jesse Mills, ”, Pieter Cohen, doesn’t, “, Max, Mahtab Jafari, Cohen, Mills, “ There’s, ” Mills, Duffy MacKay, Mills isn’t, that’s, ” Mackey, ” Jafari Organizations: FDA, Food and Drug Administration, UCLA Health, ”, Harvard Medical School, what’s, University of California, Responsible Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Products Locations: ZoomMax, U.S, University of California Irvine

☆ A Pokémon creature is the latest subject of the internet’s embrace of the suspect in health executive’s killing
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Kahlan-Rosenblatt.Jpg | Kalhan Rosenblatt | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A cuddly, bipedal mushroomlike creature from the Pokémon universe has become the latest fixation among those who are scouring the social media profiles of the 26-year-old accused of killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The Pokémon Co. did not immediately respond to a request for comment about Breloom’s newfound popularity and connection with Mangione. Internet celebrities like Logan Paul have spent millions on Pokémon cards and the 28-year-old brand is a staple of social media. Each of the 1,164 Pokémon are assigned a number in a catalog known as the Pokédex. For example, arguably the most popular and easily recognizable Pokémon, Pikachu, is designated as Pokémon No.

Persons: Brian Thompson, Breloom, Luigi Mangione, brazenly, Thompson, Mangione, whoer, Logan Paul, Pokémon, That’s, “ Les, ”, Mario, Luigi Organizations: Social Locations: —, Altoona , Pennsylvania, New York City, Mangione, Breloom, “

“Wanted” posters and harassment toward health insurance workers follow the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s killing. And new dietary guidelines for Americans suggest more plant-based proteins. On social media, images of “wanted” posters put up in Manhattan featured photos of the CEOs of at least two health insurance companies. New dietary guidelines proposedA report released this week containing updated U.S. dietary guidelines recommends that people eat more beans, peas and lentils and decrease their consumption of processed and red meat, sugary drinks, sodium and processed foods. The updated dietary guidelines, recommended by an advisory committee to the Agriculture Department, are expected to go into effect next year and remain in effect until 2030.

Persons: Christopher Wray, Donald Trump, Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, Thompson, Jessica Tisch, “, ” “, ” —, you’re, Read, Biden, Joe Biden, White, clemencies, Hunter, Travis Timmerman, Ted Turner, Travis Pete Timmerman, Bashar al, Assad, Timmerman, “ Travis, ”, Bill Belichick, NBC Sports ’ Nicole Auerbach, Belichick didn’t, — Greg Rosenstein, Elizabeth Robinson Organizations: NYPD, Biden, Trump, NBC, NBC News, Agriculture Department, New England Patriots, University of North, NBC Sports, NFL Locations: Pennsylvania, New York, Manhattan, UnitedHealthcare, Syria, Damascus, Missouri, Hungary, American

Business executives, health insurance industry employees and law enforcement officers have reported facing threats and harassment following the capture this week of the man charged with fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The attorney for the suspect, Luigi Mangione, 26, an Ivy League graduate, has said Mangione intends to plead not guilty to all charges. Social media posts Wednesday showed images of “wanted” posters put up in Manhattan that featured photos of the CEOs of at least two health insurance companies. One of the companies named in the posters declined to comment, while the other did not respond to a request. “I had another one say, ‘This is why y’all’s CEO was shot, and if you’re not careful, you’re going to be next,’” the employee said.

Persons: Brian Thompson, Luigi Mangione, Mangione, “, ” “, ”, Kathryn Wylde, —, ” Wylde, ” Rebecca Weiner, ” Weiner, It’s, you’re, ’, “ I’m, “ We’re, We’re, ” Mangione, Josh Shapiro, Derek Swope, We’ve, ” Swope, Thomas Dickey, Wylde Organizations: Ivy League, Partnership, New, New York Police, Washington , D.C, Atlantic Council, Gov, Altoona Police, NBC News Locations: New York City, U.S, Manhattan, Washington ,, Altoona , Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, “, New York

☆ UnitedHealthCare CEO shooting: Attorney for suspect in health care CEO killing says he needs to see evidence to assess ‘truthfulness’ and ‘accuracy’
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-12 | by ( Karina Tsui | Steve Almasy | John Miller | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Uncovering evidence in writing“I haven’t seen any evidence that they have the right guy,” Dickey told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins on “The Source” earlier this week. In some of Mangione’s writings, he referenced pain from a back injury he got in July 2023, New York Police Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told Fox News on Tuesday. It’s lived experience.”“He’s irritated, agitated about what’s happening to him and what he’s being accused of,” Dickey told CNN, explaining Mangione’s outburst and struggle with the police. The 26-year-old was denied bail at an extradition hearing Tuesday afternoon at the Blair County Courthouse in Pennsylvania. Speaking to CNN, Dickey said Mangione would likely get a hearing on December 23.

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