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Taufiq’s recording of the Nov. 23 incident has gone viral on social media, directing a firestorm of anger toward the attacker. “What was most disappointing is that there’s no level of contrition, no level of remorse,” Taufiq told NBC News. He plans to start the process of pressing charges because he wants to make it clear that her behavior was not OK, he said. Taufiq captured a video in which he and his kids were attacked with racism on a United Airlines bus. She also accused Taufiq of verbally attacking her first with a derogatory term for white people.

Persons: ” Pervez Taufiq, —, “, ” Taufiq, Taufiq, It’s, Pervez Taufiq, Pervez Taufiq Taufiq, ”, “ tandoori Organizations: United Airlines, NBC News, Fox News, Fox, Los Angeles International Airport Locations: Mexico, Los Angeles, India

"Right off the bat, this guy had a day to get away," Alcazar told NBC News. They probably already have a lot more information about him than they are letting on to the public." "That might be the lead the NYPD needs," retired NYPD Detective Jillian Snider told MSNBC. Meanwhile, the shooter shooter fled on foot and then on a rental bike, Tisch said. Before the shooting, the gunman bought a water bottle and two protein bars from a nearby Starbucks and discarded the items, the sources said.

Persons: Brian Thompson, Michael Alcazar, John Jay, Alcazar, Jillian Snider, Tom Verni, MSNBC's Jose Diaz, Verni, Joseph Kenny, Kenny, ” Thompson, Jessica Tisch, “, ” Tisch, Tisch, Thompson, ”, UnitedHealthcare, Thompson’s, There’s, we’ve Organizations: New York Police Department, Former NYPD, John, John Jay College of Criminal, NBC, NYPD, MSNBC, Port Authority, New York Hilton, Police, Mount Sinai West, NBC News, Greyhound Locations: Manhattan, New York City, Minnesota, Mount, Mount Sinai West Hospital, Central Park, Midtown Manhattan, Atlanta

☆ What we know about UnitedHealthcare CEO's fatal shooting outside NYC hotel
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Minyvonne Burke | Minyvonne Burke Is A Senior Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told reporters that the gunman arrived at the scene about five minutes before the shooting. Thompson received threats before his death, wife saysPaulette Thompson told NBC News on Wednesday that her husband had been receiving threats but she was unclear of their nature. Despite the threats, Thompson did not travel with security. An image released by the New York Police Department shows the individual sought in connection with the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Following the shooting, the gunman fled on foot and then mounted an electric bike, the police commissioner said Wednesday.

Persons: Brian Thompson, Thompson, UnitedHealth, Jessica Tisch, Joseph Kenny, Paulette Thompson, Jonathan Wetternach, Kenny, Rob D’Amico, UnitedHealthcare, Brian, KARE, ’, It's Organizations: New, New York Hilton, Police, CNBC, New York Police, NYPD, NBC News, UnitedHealth, FBI, UnitedHealthcare, NBC, ‘, New York, New York City, Greyhound, Manhattan . Police, New York Police Department Locations: midtown Manhattan, New York, Thompson, Mount Sinai, Thompson's, Maple Grove , Minnesota, Minneapolis, New York City, Atlanta, Manhattan, Central Park

President-elect Donald Trump voiced complete confidence Friday in his pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, as he's faced some skepticism from Republican senators concerned with a myriad of allegations against him. “He will be a fantastic, high energy, Secretary of Defense," Trump wrote, adding that Hegseth will be "one who leads with charisma and skill. “Led by President Trump, we’re fighting for Pete Hegseth," Vance posted to X. "And we’re doing so because Pete Hegseth will fight for our troops. But Trump spoke with Hegseth Thursday morning by phone, according to Hegseth, who said the president-elect told him he’s “behind us all the way” and to keep going in the process.

Persons: Donald Trump, Pete Hegseth, he's, Trump, Pete, Sen, JD Vance, Ohio, “, President Trump, Vance, Hegseth, ”, haven't, Joni Ernst, Megyn Kelly, Kelly, Ron DeSantis, Ernst, he’s Organizations: Princeton, Harvard University, Defense, Pentagon, Fox News, Trump, Senate, Florida Gov, Mar Locations: Iowa

Her attorney said her actions were similar to jumping a turnstile or a theft of services, adding that she went through metal detectors at airport security. Dali boarded the Delta flight at 10:03 p.m., the FBI complaint said. They asked Dali for her boarding pass, which she couldn't show, and then notified French law enforcement of the situation. Dali returned to the U.S. Wednesday on a Delta flight and was taken into custody in New York, a senior law enforcement source said. According to the FBI complaint, Dali was interviewed by agents at JFK, where she admitted to taking the flight without a boarding pass.

Persons: Svetlana Dali, Michael Schneider, Dali, don’t, Schneider, John F, Charles de Gaulle, David Pekoske, Pekoske Organizations: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Metropolitan Detention, Delta, Kennedy, Transportation Security Administration, FBI, JFK Airport, TSA, Air Europa, Paris, U.S, JFK Locations: New York, Paris, Brooklyn, Russian, U.S, Pennsylvania, Brooklyn . New York

☆ NYPD Police Department Jessica Tisch’s hunt for Brian Thompson’s killer
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Ramon Sanchez | Ray Sanchez | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The masked shooter was “lying in wait” for Thompson outside the New York Hilton Midtown Wednesday morning, according to Tisch. “And remember that not all of that technology belongs to the NYPD or belongs to government,” Corey added. We have given officers access to data where and when they need it: in the field and in real time,” Tisch told the Harvard Law Bulletin in 2019. Tisch also served as commissioner of the city’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications and, most recently, as head of the Sanitation Department. “I can’t even imagine what someone like me would do at the Police Department,” she recalled saying when a friend suggested she work for the NYPD.

Persons: Jessica Tisch, “, Eric Adams, Tisch, She’s, Brian Thompson, ”, Thompson, Brian Thompson UnitedHealth, “ It’s, ” Kenneth Corey, ” Corey, they’re, Spencer Platt, – Tisch, ” Tisch, Bill Bratton –, Tisch’s, James Tisch, “ She’s, she’s, ” CNN’s Karina Tsui, John Miller, Brynn Gingras, Mark Morales, Amanda Musa, Lauren Mascarenhas, Annette Choi, Jason Hanna Organizations: NYPD, CNN, New, New York Hilton Midtown, Tisch, ’, Police, United Healthcare, Harvard College , Harvard Law School, Harvard Business School, Harvard Law, City, Manhattan Institute, city’s Department of Information Technology, Telecommunications, Sanitation Department, Loews Corp, Harvard Business, Police Department Locations: Manhattan, New York, New York City, Central, Midtown Manhattan

The employee asks the man to lower his face mask, which is when the photos released by authorities on Thursday were captured, the official told CNN. “He lowers the mask, and gives that big smile,” CNN Chief Law Enforcement and Intelligence Analyst John Miller said. The suspected gunman traveled on a Greyhound bus that started its route in Atlanta, multiple law enforcement sources told CNN. Law enforcement sources told CNN that the suspected shooter appeared to wear a mask throughout most of his stay at the hostel. A fingerprint was lifted from the water bottle, a law enforcement official told CNN.

Persons: Brian Thompson, ”, John Miller, gunning, –, – –, Thompson, Christopher Hamel, Spencer Platt, Andrew McCabe, McCabe Organizations: CNN, New York Police Department, ” CNN, Intelligence, NYPD, Midtown, New York, Hilton, Greyhound, Authorities, Police, Port, Jersey driver’s, United Healthcare, Thursday . Police, United, FBI, Central Locations: Midtown Manhattan, New, Manhattan, Central Park , New York, Minnesota, Atlanta, New York, Jersey, Central

☆ John Mark Karr claimed he was with JonBenét Ramsey when she died. Here's where he is today.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

AdvertisementOnly one person has ever been arrested on suspicion of JonBenét Ramsey's murder: John Mark Karr. The unsolved murder of JonBenét Ramsey, a 6-year-old Colorado beauty queen, has transfixed the public since 1996. In the decades since the crime, there have been many theories about who killed JonBenét and even several false confessions. The suspect covered most widely in the media was John Mark Karr, who was arrested and cleared for the murder in 2006. John Mark Karr used the name "Daxis" to send emails to a JonBenét Ramsey documentarianJohn and Patsy Ramsey in May 1997.

Persons: JonBenét, John Mark Karr, he's, JonBenét Ramsey, Karr's, Ramsey, John, Patsy Ramsey, Helen H, Richardson, Michael Tracey, Tracey, Boulder DA Mary Lacy, Daxis, hadn't, JonBenét's, who'd, Karr, SAEED KHAN, he'd, they'd, Alex Reich, John Ramsey's, Joe Berlinger, Berlinger Organizations: Denver Post, Boulder DA, Getty, Monroe, Business, Netflix Locations: Colorado, Boulder, Thailand, California, AFP, America, Charlevoix , Michigan

☆ Cryptic clues at the scene of the UnitedHealthcare CEO's murder have people talking about a 2010 book scrutinizing the insurance industry. Here's what it says.
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Jordan Hart | Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

AdvertisementOfficials reportedly found bullet casings with the words "deny," "defend," and "depose" on them at Brian Thompson's murder scene. The words are similar to the title of a 2010 book about the insurance industry, "Delay Deny Defend." Multiple news outlets said that the shell cases found at the scene were inscribed with the words "deny," "defend," and "depose." A major part of this shift occurred when insurance companies, including Allstate in 1992, hired consulting giant McKinsey & Company, he said. The insurance companies started using computer systems to estimate the amounts to be paid and deterring claimants from hiring lawyers, he said.

Persons: Brian Thompson's, Brian Thompson, Jay M, Police haven't, Feinman, Andrew Cuomo, —, they're Organizations: Police, Rutgers, Farm, Allstate, Guardian, New York, McKinsey & Company, McKinsey, Insurance Locations: UnitedHealth, Aetna

☆ Elliot Eastman: American vlogger abducted in Philippines presumed dead, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Chris Lau | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —An American man abducted in the Philippines is presumed dead after a witness claimed he was shot during a struggle with his captors, the Philippines News Agency reported, citing police. Regional police spokesman Lt. Col. Ramoncelio Sawan told media Thursday that the witness told them that Eastman was shot twice by his captors on the night of his abduction as they ferried him away from the scene. All of the information that we have points to that,” Sawan said, according to the Associated Press. Police have said the present case is unlikely linked to Muslim rebels, according to the Associated Press. The US State Department advises citizens to reconsider travel to Mindanao due to the risk of “crime, terrorism, civil unrest and kidnapping.”

Persons: Elliot Eastman, he’d, Ramoncelio Sawan, Eastman, ” Sawan, Sawan, Sibuco, ” Organizations: CNN, Philippines News Agency, YouTube, Regional, Associated Press . Police, Police, Eastman, Associated Press, US State Department Locations: Philippines, Vermont, Sibuco, Mindanao

☆ The US cities with the best quality of life for expats, ranked
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-06 | by ( Maria Noyen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

AdvertisementMercer released its annual Quality of Living City Ranking in December. The ranking assesses the practicalities of daily life for international workers. In early December, consulting firm Mercer released its 2024 Quality of Living City Ranking. Using New York City as the base city, Mercer researched and compared the practicalities of daily life for international workers in 241 cities across five continents, looking at factors such as housing, crime, cultural scene, travel, and access to education. AdvertisementWestern European cities like Zurich, Vienna, and Geneva dominated the top positions in Mercer's list, with just seven US cities making the top 50.

Persons: Mercer, Here's Organizations: Living, Census Bureau Locations: York City, Zurich, Vienna, Geneva

Tarrio said he knew there was an investigation into the burning of the Black Lives Matter banner and planned to get arrested to draw attention to himself and the Proud Boys. “I confessed” and challenged law enforcement to “come arrest me,” Tarrio testified, denying it was a hate crime. Tarrio testified that Lamond was not a member of the Proud Boys but that he couldn’t remember whether Lamond told him he supported the group. Tarrio also said he would not speak about the Proud Boys’ being in Washington on Jan. 6. Tarrio eventually conceded that he was sure Proud Boys were in Washington and confirmed that he had been convicted of seditious conspiracy.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Enrique Tarrio, Tarrio, Shane Lamond, Lamond, ”, Elizabeth Hadley, Joe Biden’s, Ronald Reagan, “, messaged, —, ” Tarrio, Amy Berman Jackson, “ I’m, It’s, ” Jackson, Jackson, “ We’ll, “ You’re Organizations: WASHINGTON, Proud Boys, D.C, Prosecutors, FBI, Boys, Washington, Trump, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, of Prisons, Union Station Locations: Washington, Miami, Ronald Reagan Washington, Virginia, Alexandria , Virginia, Tarrio, U.S, Union

☆ Bullets used to kill UnitedHealthcare CEO had words written on them, law enforcement official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Tom_Winter_Nbc_News.Jpg | Tom Winter | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Brian Thompson, 50, was killed in a “premeditated, preplanned targeted attack” outside the New York Hilton Midtown on Sixth Avenue in the heart of Manhattan, police said. He did not travel with any personal security detail despite known threats against him, police said, and the gunman who police said targeted Thompson remains at large. Security video showed Thompson, dressed in a blue suit, walking down the street. The gunman approached him from behind and opened fire, it showed. The gunman continued to fire as Thompson fell to the ground, the video showed.

Persons: ”, Brian Thompson, Thompson, “, Jessica Tisch Organizations: New York, NBC, New, New York Hilton, ” Locations: New York, New York City, New York Hilton Midtown, Sixth, Manhattan

☆ After arrest in killing of Arizona dancer found in burning car, her family still has many questions
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Tim Stelloh | Tim Stelloh Is A Breaking News Reporter For Nbc News Digital. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Nearly three weeks ago, authorities announced an arrest in the brutal killing of Mercedes Vega, an exotic dancer who was found dead 19 months ago in a burning car on an Arizona highway. Mercedes Vega with her mom, Erika. A spokesperson for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said he understood the many questions about the case that remain, but he declined to comment further because of the ongoing investigation. A spokesperson for the Maricopa County Prosecutor’s Office also cited the case's status and declined to comment. Security footage of Mercedes Vega.

Persons: Mercedes Vega, Erika Pillsbury, —, Sencere Hayes, Hayes, Vega, Erika, Russ Skinner, Mercedes ’, Pillsbury Organizations: Maricopa County Sheriff's, Maricopa County Prosecutor’s, Authorities, Dateline, NBC, Farm Insurance Locations: Arizona, Chattanooga , Tennessee, Maricopa, Maricopa County, Tempe, Phoenix, Malibu, Tonopah

☆ Benjamin Robert ‘Bambi’ Williams allegedly killed Joana Peca in 2021 in St. Petersburg, Florida. A TikTok just led to his capture
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Faith Karimi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The man accused of killing her only child, Joana Peca, three years ago in St. Petersburg, Florida, had finally been captured. Peca was in disbelief when she got the call Friday from detective Brian Bilbrey of the St. Petersburg Police Department. Eleni Peca speaks at a news conference Tuesday in St. Petersburg, Florida. St. Petersburg Police DepartmentMajor David Gerardo of St. Petersburg Police said on the show that officers found no gun at the scene and it was not immediately clear who had killed Peca. He was extradited to Miami, where a St. Petersburg detective and a Pinellas County sheriff’s deputy picked him up over the weekend.

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☆ McKinsey unit will pay $123 million to settle claims it bribed South African officials
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Kevin Breuninger | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

A subsidiary of top global consulting firm McKinsey & Company agreed to pay nearly $123 million to settle claims that it bribed government officials in South Africa, the U.S. Department of Justice said Thursday. Federal prosecutors also unsealed a 2022 guilty plea by Vikas Sagar, a former senior partner at McKinsey who worked in the subsidiary's South Africa office. The bribery scheme helped McKinsey and McKinsey Africa net approximately $85 million in profits, according to prosecutors. The deferred prosecution agreement requires McKinsey Africa to accept responsibility for the allegations. "McKinsey welcomes the resolution of these matters and the closure of this regretful situation," McKinsey Africa said in a statement Thursday.

Persons: Vikas Sagar, Chad Yarbrough, Sagar Organizations: McKinsey & Company, Mobile World Congress, MWC, U.S . Department of Justice, McKinsey, Southern, of, DOJ, Prosecutors, Transnet, Eskom Holdings, McKinsey Africa, FBI Locations: Barcelona, South Africa, Africa, Sagar, Johannesburg, U.S, of New York, McKinsey Africa, Transnet

☆ Police found cryptic notes on the shell casings from UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson's killing
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Tom Porter | Laura Italiano | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

The words "deny," "defend," and "depose" were found on shell casings at the scene, reports said. Police found the words "deny," "defend," and "depose" on casings from bullets used to kill the UnitedHealthcare executive Brian Thompson on Wednesday in New York City, reports said. "Basically, I don't know, a lack of coverage? I don't know details. UnitedHealthcare is the largest private insurer in the US, and Thompson was in New York for an investor meeting when he was killed.

Persons: Brian Thompson, Paulette, UnitedHealthcare, Paulette Thompson couldn't, Jay M, Thompson Organizations: Police, ABC News, NBC, BI, Authorities, Hilton Locations: New York City, Manhattan, UnitedHealthcare, New York

☆ Why more billionaires are moving overseas since the pandemic
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Nora Redmond | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"The shock of the pandemic put a premium on first-class healthcare," UBS wrote. Billionaires have increased the frequency at which they are relocating overseas since the COVID-19 pandemic struck, the annual Billionaire Ambitions Report from UBS says. Central and South America, Oceania, and Southeast Asia also saw net outflows of billionaires, UBS said. Meanwhile, billionaires have been moving to countries including Switzerland, the UAE, Singapore, and the United States. According to UBS, total billionaire wealth rose by 121% worldwide from $6.3 trillion to $14 trillion between 2015 and 2024.

Organizations: UBS, Billionaire Locations: Swiss, Switzerland, UAE, Singapore, United States, Eastern Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Central, South America, Oceania, Southeast Asia, East, Africa

☆ Why we're still talking about JonBenét Ramsey's murder 28 years later
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Caralynn Matassa | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

AdvertisementSix-year-old JonBenét Ramsey's unsolved 1996 murder is the subject of a new Netflix docuseries. JonBenét Ramsey's unsolved murder has transfixed Americans for almost three decadesJonBenet Ramsey in 1993, three years before her death. At the time, coverage of the initial investigation focused heavily on the Ramsey family as prime suspects. "We had a long talk with Steve Thomas and he ultimately decided it wasn't in his interest," Berlinger told BI. "Maybe they're doing it but they're being awfully mum, and they're not very communicative with the Ramsey family either."

Persons: Joe Berlinger, Berlinger, Oscar, JonBenét Ramsey, John, Patsy Ramsey, Patsy, Burke, JonBenet Ramsey, Melissa McCarthy, Clive Owen, Ramsey, Thomas G, Steve Thomas, JonBenét, he'd, Larry King, Charlie Brennan, John Ramsey, Brennan, Lou Smit, JonBenet, Netflix Berlinger, they're, there's, John Ramsey's, docuseries, Steve Redfearn Organizations: Netflix, Boulder, Boulder DA, Paramount, Boulder Police, Memphis, Colorado Bureau, Investigation, Boulder Police Department, Hollywood Locations: reinvestigate, Boulder , Colorado, Boulder, Atlanta, Colorado

☆ NATO is planning a fleet of sea drones to protect critical underwater infrastructure
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Thibault Spirlet | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Pierre Vandier told Defense News they will monitor and protect critical underwater infrastructure. NATO is planning to roll out a fleet of uncrewed naval ships to protect critical underwater infrastructure. The development comes after several incidents of critical underwater infrastructure being damaged or severed over the last three years, with Russia sometimes suspected of being behind it. NATO has since taken steps to strengthen the resilience of critical infrastructure and prepare for any disruptions. It created a NATO-EU task force on the resilience of critical infrastructure in January 2023, established an infrastructure coordination cell in February 2023 to map vulnerabilities, and set up the Maritime Center for Security of Critical Undersea Infrastructure this May.

Persons: Pierre Vandier, Vandier, Arlo Abrahamson Organizations: NATO, Defense, Business, EU, Maritime Center, Security, Allied Maritime Command, Reuters, US Navy, Command, Public Affairs Locations: Baltic, Russia, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Lithuania, Sweden's Gotland, Finland, Ukraine

He was sentenced to seven months of house arrest and issued with a 15-year arms-dealing ban. His story was the subject of the 2016 movie "War Dogs" and Guy Lawson's book "Arms and the Dudes." After leaving house arrest, Packouz developed Instafloss and founded the music company Singular Sound, which developed the BeatBuddy. Arms trafficking involves the illegal trade and smuggling of weapons across borders, bypassing laws and fueling conflicts. Arms dealing is the legal sale of weapons by authorized dealers, conducted under strict regulations like background checks and export licenses and overseen by bodies such as the UN Arms Trade Treaty.

Persons: David Packouz, Efraim Diveroli, AEY, Packouz, Guy Lawson's Organizations: The New York Times, Dogs Academy, UN Arms Locations: AEY, Afghanistan

☆ District of Columbia says Amazon secretly stopped fast deliveries to 2 predominantly Black ZIP codes
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

AP —The District of Columbia sued Amazon on Wednesday, alleging the company secretly stopped providing its fastest delivery service to residents of two predominantly Black neighborhoods while still charging millions of dollars for a membership that promises the benefit. Amazon also did not tell new customers about the exclusions when they signed up for Prime memberships, the lawsuit says. The lawsuit says Amazon has nearly 50,000 Prime members who live in the two ZIP codes, a number that represents nearly half of the population. The district says that in 2021, before Amazon implemented its delivery “exclusion,” more than 72% of Prime packages in the impacted ZIP codes were delivered within two days. Meanwhile, the district’s lawsuit says Prime members who lived in other parts of the city received two-day deliveries 75% of the time.

Persons: “, Kelly Nantel, ” Nantel, Brian Schwalb, ” Schwalb, DCist, —, Nantel Organizations: of Columbia, Amazon, Columbia, UPS, U.S . Postal Service, ” District of Columbia, Bloomberg, Local, District of Columbia Locations: District, Seattle, Columbia’s, ” District, Amazon, Atlanta, Chicago, Washington

☆ Russian mafia expert rates 10 Russian mob scenes in movies and TV
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Margaret Guzman | Korey Isbell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Joe Serio, former CIA agent and Russian mafia investigator, rates Russian mob scenes in movies and TV, such as "John Wick," for realism. Eventually, he worked as a security consultant, and later as the Director of Operations, for Kroll Associates — a global corporate investigation and business intelligence firm — where he conducted investigations on Russian mafia groups. He was also a CIA agent for five years in Moscow, where he provided information regarding Russian organized crime. Serio wrote two books focusing on the Russian mafia and his life in Moscow, "Investigating the Russian Mafia" and "Vodka, Hookers, and the Russian Mafia: My Life in Moscow." You can find his books about the Russian mafia here.

Persons: Joe Serio, John Wick, Keanu Reeves, James Gandolfini, Michael Imperioli, Barry, Bill Hader, Viggo Mortensen, of, Nicolas Cage, Ewan McGregor —, Denzel Washington, Pierce Brosnan, Serio, Joe Organizations: CIA, Russian, Italian Mafia, Soviet Union, Chechen, Control Department, Soviet, Kroll Associates, Russian Mafia Locations: United States, Russia, Moscow

Ron DeSantis. Ron DeSantis Sergio Flores for The Washington Post via Getty ImagesCiting sources familiar with the decision-making, NBC News reported that Gov. Ron DeSantis is "very much in contention" to lead Trump's Department of Defense should Hegseth drop out of the running. AdvertisementAmong the potential replacements for Hegseth, DeSantis appears to have emerged as a frontrunner. Ernst, who serves on the Armed Services Committee, was previously under consideration as defense secretary before the president-elect tapped Hegseth.

Persons: Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump, Trump, Hegseth, Kevin Lamarque Hegseth, John Thune, Ron DeSantis, Elbridge Colby, Republican Sen, Joni Ernst of Iowa, Schake, who's, isn't, Matt Gaetz, Ron DeSantis Sergio Flores, DeSantis, Ron DeSanctimonious, Ron DeSanctus, Ron, Ronald D, Sen, Joni Ernst Sen, Joni Ernst, Mariam Zuhaib, GOP Sen, Ernst, Pete Hegseth's, Colby Elbridge Colby, Chad Trujillo Elbridge Colby, Colby, Marco Rubio, hasn't Organizations: Fox News, Army, Senate, Pentagon, Trump, GOP, Fox & Friends, White House, REUTERS, Capitol, CNN, Street Journal, Florida Gov, Republican, Foreign, Defense, American Enterprise Institute, ABC, Gov, Ron DeSantis Florida Gov, The Washington, Getty, NBC News, Trump's Department of Defense, New, US Navy, " Navy, Democratic, Congresisonal Army, Iowa Army National Guard, Armed Services Committee, Iowa Republican, Department of Government, DoD, U.S . Air Force, Staff, Street, The Washington Post, National Defense Locations: China, Ron DeSantis Florida, New Hampshire, Florida, Iraq, hawkish, America

☆ Melbourne, Australia: Police seek suspects in Adass Israel Synagogue blaze condemned as clear act of antisemitism
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-05 | by ( Angus Watson | Jennifer Hauser | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Sydney, Australia CNN —Police are searching for two masked suspects after a synagogue was set on fire in southeastern Australia early Friday in an attack condemned by the prime minister as an act of antisemitism. Worshippers fled from the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne when the blaze took hold around 4 a.m. Friday morning. The violence and intimidation and destruction at a place of worship is something that we should never see in Australia. However, Robert Gregory, CEO of the Australian Jewish Association, said he was “outraged but not at all surprised” by the attack. Sarah Schwartz, executive officer of the Jewish Council of Australia, called the fire an “act of disgusting violence” and an attack on the Jewish community.

Persons: ”, Benjamin Klein, ” Klein, Chris Murray, ” Murray, “ We’re, “, Anthony Albanese, it’s, ” Albanese, Robert Gregory, Sarah Schwartz Organizations: Australia CNN — Police, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, ABC, Victoria Police, Explosives Squad, Israel, Palestine, Australian Jewish Association, Jewish Council of Australia Locations: Sydney, Australia, Adass, Melbourne, Gaza

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