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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.

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A Waymo rider-only robotaxi is seen during a test ride in San Francisco on Dec. 9, 2022. Alphabet -owned Waymo announced Monday that it will start testing its autonomous vehicles in Tokyo in early 2025, the company's first step toward international expansion. To start, Nihon Kotsu drivers will manually operate the Waymo vehicles to map key areas of the Japanese capital, including Minato, Shinjuku, Shibuya, Chiyoda, Chūō, Shinagawa, and Kōtō. Waymo will also test its robotaxis on a closed course in the U.S. built to mimic driving conditions in Japan. Waymo announced a series of expansions across the U.S. in 2024.

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☆ London approves plan for joint-tallest tower in Western Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Story Reuters | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

DBOXOfficially called 1 Undershaft, the tower was initially granted approval at a slightly smaller height in 2016 but never started. London’s office market has been hit hard by higher borrowing costs and more home working post-pandemic, although premium space has remained in demand. Very few major London office properties have been sold this year. Investors Nuveen and Brookfield are currently trying to sell London office towers, in a major test for investor appetite. The Shard, currently the tallest skyscraper in Western Europe, was completed in 2012.

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☆ Woman who stowed away on Delta flight to Paris apprehended again, this time trying to get into Canada
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Mark Morales | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The woman who stowed away on a Delta flight from New York to Paris last month was taken into custody again, this time trying to sneak into Canada, multiple law enforcement sources tell CNN. Svetlana Dali managed to cut off her ankle monitor on Sunday, according to one law enforcement source. She was then taken into custody Monday while on board a Greyhound bus that was bound for Canada, the sources said. Dali was staying with a roommate and the roommate reported her missing when he saw her ankle monitor on the floor, another law enforcement source added. Dali is expected to be charged with bail jumping and could face up to five years in federal prison.

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☆ Former TV host Carlos Watson is sentenced to nearly 10 years in prison in a case about his failed startup Ozy Media
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Former talk show host Carlos Watson was sentenced Monday to nearly 10 years in prison in a federal financial conspiracy case that cast his once-buzzy Ozy Media as an extreme of fake-it-'til-you-make-it startup culture. So extreme that another Ozy executive impersonated a YouTube executive to hype Ozy to investment bankers — while Watson coached him, prosecutors said. Watson even listened in and texted talking points while his co-founder posed as a YouTube executive to praise Ozy on a phone call with potential investors, prosecutors said. Ozy Media was his second startup, coming a decade after he sold a test-prep company that he had founded while in his 20s. Meanwhile, Ozy gave prospective investors much bigger revenue numbers than those it reported to accountants, according to testimony and documents.

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☆ Gold edges higher with spotlight on Fed meeting
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Gold prices inched higher on Monday as investors anticipated a potential interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve this week, with focus on the central bank's language on rate cuts next year. Spot gold was up 0.1% to $2,652.07 per ounce as of 0155 GMT. Investors view it as a near-given that the Fed will cut rates by a quarter point at its Dec. 17-18 meeting. "Over the past month, gold prices have pulled back from the $2,720 level on at least two occasions, which makes it a key resistance for buyers to overcome ahead to pave the way for more upside," Yeap said. Spot silver was flat at $30.54 per ounce, platinum shed 0.3% to $922.05, while palladium gained 0.4% to $956.58.

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☆ Teenage boy accused of killing 4 family members in New Mexico home
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-16 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —A 16-year-old boy in New Mexico has been charged with killing four members of his family, state police said on Sunday. Authorities in Valencia County received a 911 call in the early hours of Saturday when, according to state police, teenage suspect Diego Leyva said he had killed his family. Deputies were sent to the residence, located in the city of Belén, where Leyva walked out with his hands in the air. One of the victims, Adriana, had served for many years as an active volunteer firefighter, said the Valencia County Fire Department in a statement. It added that the Rio Communities Fire Department was “shocked and saddened by this loss.”

Persons: Diego Leyva, Leyva, ”, Leonardo Leyva, Adriana Bencomo, Adrian, Alexander Leyva, Adriana Organizations: CNN, Authorities, State Police, Valencia County Fire Department, Rio Communities Fire Department Locations: New Mexico, Valencia County, Belén, Albuquerque, Valencia, Rio

Mangione has retained a prominent New York attorney to represent him on charges in Thompson’s murder. It was one week ago that President Bashar al-Assad fled the country as rebels entered Damascus. South Korean president impeachedLawmakers voted Saturday to impeach South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed attempt to impose martial law. Yoon was immediately suspended from state duties after the vote, with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo serving as acting president. She said she directed the New York State Intelligence Center to actively investigate the drone sightings and coordinate with federal law enforcement agencies to address the drones.

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Although Democrats were wrecked up and down the ballot in Pennsylvania, Casey doesn’t think the party needs to rip up its playbook. In fact, he thinks the factor that will help them the most is not having to face Trump on the ballot again. But obviously, for probably a variety of reasons, President Trump had his strongest performance ever in Pennsylvania of the three races and got about 50%. I don’t think that’s accurate, but that’s the perception that people had, and that if he was able to achieve that once, he could do it again. And at the time, President Trump was very clear about that.

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☆ Rare California tornado injured 5, flipped vehicles in city north of Santa Cruz
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | 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

A tornado in Scotts Valley, a small city about 6 miles north of Santa Cruz "threw multiple cars off the road," the city police department said on Facebook, where it posted images of overturned vehicles. The National Weather Service issued a local storm report that confirmed a touchdown in Scotts Valley at 1:40 p.m. Earlier Saturday, the weather service had issued a tornado warning for San Francisco shortly before 6 a.m., but it was canceled after no tornado organized in the area. In the small city of Mill Valley, about 14 miles north of San Francisco, police said floodwaters stranded several vehicles. The weather service office in Reno, Nevada, forecast as much as 20 inches of snow in the Lake Tahoe and Mammoth Lakes areas of California between Friday and Saturday.

Persons: Scott Garner, Garner, Nicole Sarment Organizations: Facebook, Police, Police Department, Weather Service, San, Pacific Gas &, Center for Western Locations: California, Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz, Scotts, Mount Hermon, Central Valley, San Francisco, Bay, Santa Cruz County, Mill Valley, Novato, Monterey, Reno , Nevada

☆ What Universal's Epic Universe will mean for Disney — and Central Florida's economy
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-15 | by ( Lauren Edmonds | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Universal Orlando Resort's new theme park, Epic Universe, opens in May 2025. The competition is ratcheting up in Central Florida, where Universal Orlando Resort has upped the ante on Walt Disney World. AdvertisementUniversal will open Epic Universe, a major expansion first announced in 2019, this May. Walt Disney World vs. Universal Orlando ResortWalt Disney World Resort has reigned supreme in Central Florida for decades with four theme parks, two water parks, and related destinations like Disney Springs. Epic Universe could generate $11.5 billion in direct and indirect economic benefits to Florida's economy, according to a study conducted for Universal.

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Police arrested Luigi Mangione, who now faces a murder charge for the killing. Mangione has hired prominent New York lawyer Karen Friedman Agnifilo to defend him. Luigi Mangione, the man police say murdered UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has hired high-profile attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo to defend him. AdvertisementAn internal NYPD report obtained by The New York Times gave the clearest view of the potential motive yet. In a statement to Business Insider, representatives for Nino Mangione — a Maryland state legislator and a cousin of Mangione's — declined to comment on the news of Mangione's arrest.

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☆ Suspect charged with murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO's killing hires prominent New York attorney
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Susan Kroll | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

Luigi Mangione retained prominent attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo to represent him on New York charges in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The firm, Agnifilo Intrater LLC, confirmed Friedman Agnifilo will represent him but declined to comment further. Friedman Agnifilo was the chief assistant district attorney in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office under Cyrus Vance Jr. for seven years. Pennsylvania attorney Thomas Dickey has said that he had not seen evidence linking his client to the killing and Mangione would plead not guilty to the charges in both states. Dickey and Friedman Agnifilo could not immediately be reached for comment on Saturday.

Persons: Luigi Mangione, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, Brian Thompson, Friedman, Friedman Agnifilo, Cyrus Vance Jr, Mangione, GoFundMe, It’s, Thomas Dickey, Dickey Organizations: Agnifilo, Attorney’s, Correctional Institution, Pennsylvania Department of Corrections Locations: New York, Manhattan, Altoona , Pennsylvania, Baltimore, Pennsylvania, Huntingdon, . Pennsylvania

Democrats ended up cleaning up in the Clinton districts and then padding their majority in the Trump districts in 2018. A majority of the Trump/House Democratic districts have a median household income of less than $65,000, which is also below the national median of $78,000. For Republicans, Trump has shifted their coalition to include more working-class voters and voters of color. The targets include some Trump seats that were not on this year’s battlefield, like Michigan’s 4th District, represented by GOP Rep. Bill Huizenga. Republicans, meanwhile, will try to ensure that Trump voters become reliable GOP voters, and some Republicans acknowledged those voters are not in their camp yet.

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“I have made some mistakes” in recollections of that night, the woman, identified as Jane Doe in the lawsuit filed against Jay-Z and Diddy, told NBC News. “Jane Doe’s case was referred to our firm by another, who vetted it prior to sending it to us,” he told NBC News in an email. “I’m trying to get in to try to stay back and get to an after-party and get invited in and meet some celebrities,” she told NBC News. I told him I messed up and I needed a ride home,” she told NBC News. We are talking about a time frame more than twenty years ago.”The woman also told NBC News she spoke with musician Benji Madden at the after-party.

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☆ My husband and I paid for our kids' music lessons. They made enough money as street performers to fund their dream trips.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Our kids wanted to travel, so my husband and I encouraged them to earn money to fund trips. We told them we would pay for music lessons, then they could use their skills earn money busking. Our kids loved music long before we ever came up with, what we refer to as, the 'travel project.' Over the same period, we spent approximately $4,800 on music lessons. When you consider the travel, the experience, and the sense of achieving a big project goal, the music lessons have been the best investment we made for our kids.

Persons: they've, Ann, Marie Cahill, I'm, she's Organizations: Lego, Lego House Locations: Denmark, Sydney, Australia, Sydney's, Sierra Negra, Norway, busk, Mexico

☆ Frank McCourt, the billionaire who wants to buy TikTok, says the path to a sale is murky because 'we don't know what ByteDance is selling'
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Billionaire businessman Frank McCourt has made a $20 billion bid to buy TikTok without its algorithm. He told Business Insider the path toward a sale is murky since ByteDance isn't entertaining talks. Frank McCourt, the billionaire businessman who wants to buy TikTok, told Business Insider that, despite a Friday court ruling allowing the TikTok ban's looming January 19 deadline to proceed if the company isn't sold, the path to a sale remains unclear because "we don't know what ByteDance is selling." AdvertisementHowever, he said, "It's very, very difficult to have precision" regarding the specifics of a potential sale because "let's be clear, we don't know what ByteDance is selling." ByteDance, TikTok's China-based parent company, has so far refused to entertain talks over a potential sale, McCourt said.

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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.

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☆ How the Greenland shark can live for centuries
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Ashley Strickland | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Ocean secretsA Greenland shark is seen swimming beneath the ice near northern Baffin Island in the Canadian Arctic. Avalon.red/Alamy Stock PhotoThe rarely seen Greenland shark is a sluggish creature, slowly swimming through the deep waters of the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans. The polar fish is the only species of shark that can withstand the freezing temperatures year-round. The large sharks also live to be more than 400 years old, and some of them may have been alive since colonial times. The carcass, studied by whale scientists and members of the local Māori community, yielded precious clues about the deep-sea-diving animal.

Persons: CNN —, ” Peter Pan, J.M, Jonathan, Tess Crowley, Anton van Helden, Tom Björklund, Max Planck, ”, Priya Moorjani, “, NASA Juno spacecraft’s, Ashley Strickland, Katie Hunt, Jackie Wattles Organizations: CNN, Chicago Tribune, Fish and Wildlife Service, University of California, Pacific, NASA, CNN Space, Science Locations: St, Helena, Baffin, Chicago Park, New Zealand, what's, Ranis, Germany, what’s, Berkeley

☆ UnitedHealth is strategically limiting access to critical treatment for kids with autism
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Annie Waldman | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

Internal company documents reveal Optum is deploying “rigorous utilization management” in response to an increased need for ABA therapy. With the diminished hours of treatment, Benji grew increasingly disruptive. “We’ll let it go,” she warned with a sugared voice, “but hands to self, OK?”Benji works with registered behavioral technician Hortencia Cervantez during ABA treatment. Even though Optum denied the additional hours of treatment, Benji has continued to receive them. Internal documents show Optum is aiming to exclude from its network about 40% of Louisiana groups that offer ABA therapy.

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☆ Luigi Mangione's NY prosecutor is Joel Seidemann, a Manhattan DA veteran described as a 'firecracker' in court
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-14 | by ( Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg has tapped Joel Seidemann to lead the Luigi Mangione prosecution. His 40-year career includes prosecuting the Etan Patz murder and Brooke Astor swindle cases. "It's a sign, certainly, that the Manhattan DA's office is giving this their very highest priority," said veteran defense lawyer Ron Kuby. Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger leaving court in Manhattan after testifying on behalf of his friend, the late philanthropist Brooke Astor. He wasn't too frugal for that," Seidemann told jurors at closing arguments.

Persons: Alvin Bragg, Joel Seidemann, Luigi Mangione, Brooke Astor, Brian Thompson, Seidemann, Joel, Cyrus Vance, Brook Astor, He's, Daniel Bibb, Ron Kuby, Barbara Kogan, Kogan, David Lemus, Jonathan P, Bach, Daniel J . Horwitz, Karen Agnifilo, Mangione, Stanley Patz, Etan Patz, Bryan R, Smith, Joan Illuzzi, Illuzzi, Pedro Hernandez, Patz, —, Henry Kissinger, Kissinger, Astor, Kofi Annan, General, Louis Lanzano, Graydon Carter, Annette de la, Louis Auchincloss, Barbara Walters teared, Elizabeth Lowey, Lowey, Anthony Marshall, Charlene, Piggy, it's Joel, Philip C, Marshall, Brooke Organizations: Manhattan, Pace University, NYU, Palladium, NBC, Getty, Associated, UN, AP, Business Locations: Manhattan, Pennsylvania, York, bodega

Bragg's office made the suggestion - one of several about how the case could proceed despite Trump's status as president-elect - in a court filing earlier this week, and acknowledged it was "novel." Prosecutors also offered other ways Merchan could proceed with the criminal case in which Trump was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records. "As President-elect and the soon-to-be President, there can be no further criminal proceedings against President Trump. The DA's office said Smith relied on guidance regarding federal cases, which is not binding on its case. In a filing in that case, the DA said, "we cannot prosecute a president while in office.”Trump's attorneys argued that, "Sitting-president immunity requires that President Trump not be subjected to any criminal proceedings."

Persons: Donald Trump, who's, Alvin Bragg's, Juan Merchan, DANY, Trump, Bragg, Todd Blanche, Emil Bove's, Prosecutors, President Trump, ”, Jack Smith, Smith, Blanche, Bove, Merchan Organizations: Manhattan, Trump, Justice Department Locations: New York, Alabama

☆ Trump ordered to sit for deposition next week in his defamation case against ABC News
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-13 | by ( Andrew Kirell | Andrew Kirell Is A News Editor With Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

President-elect Donald Trump has been ordered to spend part of the week before Christmas being grilled by lawyers in his defamation case against ABC News. Trump has thus far not made himself available for a recorded deposition — to the apparent chagrin of the defense team. “I can understand your frustration,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Lisette M. Reid said to Nathan Siegel, the lawyer representing ABC News. Hours after the hearing, Reid issued an order that Trump sit down for an in-person deposition the week of Dec. 16 and that it be limited to four hours. Further, the judge ordered that Stephanopoulos must also be deposed next week and it must also be restricted to four hours.

Persons: Donald Trump, George Stephanopoulos, Trump, “, Judge Lisette M, Reid, Nathan Siegel, “ he’s, ” Siegel, “ I’m, ”, Trump’s, Alejandro Brito, Stephanopoulos, Paula Lobo, ABC Trump, Nancy Mace, E, Jean Carroll, District Judge Lewis Kaplan, Carroll, Brito, Siegel Organizations: ABC News, Lawyers, U.S, ABC, Service, Trump, Southern District of, Carroll, District Locations: Florida, Manhattan, Southern District, Southern District of Florida, U.S

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court said Friday that it will hear a case related to California's ability to set its own, often strict, vehicle emissions standards that include curbs on greenhouse gases. Due to the size of the California market, the state’s regulations hold considerable sway over vehicle manufacturers. The Obama administration granted California a waiver to regulate greenhouse gas tailpipe emissions but the first Trump administration sought to change course. The most recent EPA waiver, in 2022, prompted 17 Republican states led by Ohio and the business groups to sue. In court papers, Solicitor General Elizabeth Prelogar pointed out that manufacturers are already meeting the state's standards.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Obama, Trump, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Prelogar Organizations: federal, Air, EPA, Republican, The U.S, Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit Locations: California, Ohio, The

The exotic dancer who once accused three Duke University lacrosse of raping her admitted this week that she invented the 2006 allegations that set off a combustible national conversation about gender, race and class. Mangum and another dancer had been hired to perform at party, thrown by Duke lacrosse players, on March 13, 2006. She claimed that players raped her in blockbuster allegations that touched on hot-button topics such as sex work, race and class. The 46-year-old said she was "searching for validation" when she made up those lies and now hopes the former Duke players can someday accept her apology. Evans, Seligmann and Finnerty did not immediately return telephone and email messages seeking comment on Friday.

Persons: Crystal Mangum, David Evans, Collin Finnerty, Reade Seligmann, podcaster Kate Katerena's, Kat, Mangum, Mike Nifong, Dave Evans, Reginald Daye, She's, Evans, Seligmann, Finnerty Organizations: Duke University, Duke, North Carolina Correctional Institution, Women Locations: Durham County, North Carolina

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