Capital punishment taken off table but Mangione will still face federal charges over killing of Brian Thompson

The death penalty is off the table for Luigi Mangione after a New York federal judge dismissed the charges that were eligible for capital punishment in the case accusing him of killing the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York in December 2024.

In a written court order on Friday, US district judge Margaret Garnett dismissed counts three and four against Mangione, including murder through use of a firearm, which carried a potential death sentence, and a weapons charge.

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Depuis la fin janvier 2026, plusieurs internautes ont signalé sur X la présence d’une campagne publicitaire pour le pendentif d’IA de friend.com dans le métro parisien. Déjà vivement critiqué aux États-Unis, l’objet fait désormais polémique en France.

Defense argues prosecutors failed to prove underlying "crime of violence" needed for federal murder through use of firearm charge in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing.

Luigi Mangione's defense calls Manhattan DA's July trial date "unrealistic" as accused assassin faces parallel federal court proceedings in September.

With hundreds of thousands of homes still without power, we spoke to residents affected, many confined indoors

More than 40 people have died in a huge winter storm in the US. Schools were closed and flights cancelled as people grappled with heavy snowfall and icy conditions.

Nearly 300,000 households are also still without power, several days later, according to poweroutage.us. We spoke to people affected by the storm. Here are some of their responses.

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A driver was taken into custody after police say the individual intentionally and repeatedly rammed a vehicle into the Chabad Lubavitch World Headquarters in New York City.