LUIGI MANGIONE CASEFROM THE COURT

'I think what happened was inevitable’: Luigi Mangione’s ardent fans fill NYC streets to cheer suspected killer

Dozens gathered outside a New York court to voice their support for the alleged assassin of a healthcare CEO on a Manhattan sidewalk

<p> Protesters hold signs outside the Criminal Court where Luigi Mangione, accused killer of US insurance CEO Brian Thompson, attends a hearing in New York City on February 21, 2025. Mangione is accused of gunning down Thompson in a brazen hit in New York on December 4, 2024, pleaded not guilty to state charges including "terrorist" murder. The suspect is charged in both state and federal court</p>

<p>Phillip Magness has detailed a harrowing 72 hours after his flight was diverted to Newfoudland </p>

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‘An apology would certainly be in order’: American recounts being stuck in dirty clothes for days on stranded flight

<p>The Sarasota Police Department is under fire for allegedly forcing a transgender cop off the job</p>

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Trans cop says he was forced out and deemed a ‘danger to the public’ over his gender identity

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Enrique Tarrio arrested again after Proud Boys reunion drowned out by protesters and bullhorns

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At least seven injured in explosion at Hawaii tourist hotspot

<p>A Zoom meeting held by officials in Pickering, Canada was disrupted by at least one participant promoting offensive propaganda, a city spokesperson said</p>

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City council Zoom meeting hacked in ‘racist, pornographic nightmare’

<p>One of the lawyers representing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has asked that he be allowed to leave the case</p>

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Diddy lawyer quits: ‘Under no circumstances can I continue’ with sex trafficking case

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Judge clears path for Trump to gut USAID and fire thousands of workers

<p>Police believe there’s no further threat to the public</p>

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Three dead after shooting outside Louisville driver’s licensing office

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Trump layoffs continue to spread across federal agencies with IRS latest to feel brunt of cuts

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Accused UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione leaves court after brief hearing

<p>Justin Bieber posted a cryptic message on his Instagram story talking about ‘letting go’</p>

Justin Bieber says ‘it’s time to grow up’ in cryptic message online

<p>Bartender Bernie De Guzman serves drinks at the Hooters Restaurant during the grand opening of the Hooters Casino Hotel on February 2, 2006 in Las Vegas, Nevada.</p>

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Hooters preparing to file bankruptcy after shuttering dozens of stores in 2024, report says

<p>Crowd at town hall rose to applause during question about ‘megalomaniac’ in the White House</p>

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Angry crowd confronts Republican in deep-red Georgia with ‘boos and catcalls’ over support for Trump’s agenda

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<p>Newsmax anchor Rob Schmitt mocks the Associated Press after the White House bans it from the Oval Office. Schmitt's network has since quietly added its name to a letter urging Trump to reverse the ban.</p>

Newsmax and Fox News back AP over WH ban — after celebrating it on air

Associated Press sues White House over ban from Oval Office

<p>Some of DOGE’s job cuts were not funded by taxpayers, therefore lowering the amount of savings for Americans, according to a report</p>

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Hundreds in DOGE purge had jobs not paid by taxpayers - lowering the amount of savings America sees by cuts

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‘See you in court’: Democratic governor confronts Trump at the White House over trans sports ban

<p>Hunter Schafer and Donald Trump</p>

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Hunter Schafer shares poignant TikTok after new passport lists her as male following Trump’s executive order

<p>Donors and liberal groups are holding back their donations as they struggle to fight the pace of the Trump administration</p>

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Feeling blue: Donors have pulled back in wake of Democrat failures and Trump running roughshod in DC

<p>The northern spotted owl is one of the most studied birds in the world. Monitoring the federally threatened owl is critical to ensuring its continued survival. But, environmentalists at the Center for Biological Diversity say a hiring freeze implemented by the Trump administration could stop the species from ‘sliding into extinction’</p>

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Trump’s hiring freeze could push an owl toward extinction, environmental group warns

<p>California Rep. Robert Garcia held a ‘DOGE Demolition’ hearing with other House Democrats where he jokingly referred to the image of Musk as a ‘d*** pic’</p>

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Democratic congressman who called Musk a ‘d***’ faces DOJ investigation over controversial fight comments

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Did Steve Bannon flash a Nazi salute at CPAC?

<p>Madonna hit out at Trump's 'King' claim</p>

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‘If this is a joke, I’m not laughing’: Madonna leads celebrity reactions to Trump’s ‘king’ declaration

<p>Donald Trump has ordered the creation of a migrant detention facility to jail as many as 30,000 immigrants at the military prison facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, pictured by the U.S. Navy on February 6</p>

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Trump administration abruptly empties out Guantanamo prison of all immigrant detainees

<p>CNN airs a supercut of Fox News host Jesse Watters heaping praise on DOGE for its mass layoffs after Watters urged for sympathy over his friend who was impacted by the cuts.</p>

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CNN hammers ‘king of callousness’ Jesse Watters for flip-flopping on DOGE cuts

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Sheriff’s deputy convicted of killing Christian Glass in shooting that shocked America

<p>Marbella Carranza, spoke to CNN about the loss of her 11-year-old child following deportation threats made by classmates in Texas</p>

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Mother of 11-year-old who took her own life over ICE threats speaks out

<p>Blake Lively requests a stronger protective order after receiving ‘violent messages’ amid Justin Baldoni lawsuit</p>

Blake Lively requests protective order amid Justin Baldoni drama

<p>More people are dying from the flu than from Covid in California, according to state data. Health officials said they’ve seen an increase in cases and hospitalizations over the last several weeks</p>

More people are dying of flu in California than Covid

<p>Kim Kardashian tried to prevent Ivan Cantu, right, from being executed</p>

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Kim Kardashian sued by man she misidentified on Instagram as death row inmate

<p>Houston station KPRC removed footage of a report that showed Nazi book burning after Republican backlash</p>

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Texas TV station removes clip showing Nazi book burning over Republican protests

<p>Will we soon see the rise of the £10 sandwich?</p>

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The rise of the ludicrously expensive sandwich… and why you’re (mostly) to blame for it

<p>Maissa Jebali, 22, was arrested and fittingly charged on Valentine’s Day with grand theft in the third degree and credit card fraud. Now she is facing deportation for her crimes</p>

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Woman facing deportation after stealing $850,000 worth of TrumpCoin from ex-boyfriend

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Everyone wants to be a YouTuber. Until they don’t

<p>A rendering showing the 10-storey Suncastle, which will be the centrepiece of the island</p>

Behind the scenes on Carnival’s new $600 million private cruise island

<p>Kylie Kelce reveals the one thing she doesn’t allow at her children’s birthday parties</p>

Kylie Kelce reveals the one thing she doesn’t allow at her children’s birthday parties

<p>Pope Francis is ‘not out of danger’, his doctors have warned, a week after he was admitted to hospital with chronic bronchitis before also developing pneumonia</p>

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Pope Francis ‘not out of danger’ and will remain in hospital, doctors say

<p>Elon Musk and Grimes, shown here in 2018, have three children together </p>

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Grimes calls on ex Elon Musk to urgently respond over child’s ‘medical crisis’

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Guilty verdict reached in trial of man accused of trying to kill Salman Rushdie

How 27-second knife attack nearly cost Salman Rushdie his life

<p>Johnny Damon famously shaved his beard and cut his hair when he joined the New York Yankees. Now, the Yankees are relaxing its policy on facial hair so current players will not need to be as clean shaven as Damon</p>

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Yankees ditch decades-old tradition and will now allow some facial hair for players

<p>Bodycam footage shows New York inmate Robert Brooks being beaten by prison staff while restrained on a medical exam table</p>

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Cops filmed beating Black man in New York prison charged with his murder

<p>Yolanda Marodi (left) was arrested in connection to the stabbing death of her wife Rebecca Marodi (right) </p>

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Wife of fire captain who was stabbed to death, killed husband in 2000

<p>Don’t Stop the Party: the Cuban American artist has had No 1 hits in 15 countries</p>

The cult of Mr Worldwide: How Pitbull started a global movement

<p>Mindy Kaling will make a cameo in Meghan Markle's new Netflix series 'With love, Meghan'</p>

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Mindy Kaling reveals biggest misconception about friend Meghan Markle

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Buzzy startup that raised $230 million for AI pins shuts down

<p>US actor Alec Baldwin reacts as he sits between his attorneys Alex Spiro (L) and Luke Nikas (R) at the conclusion of his trial on involuntary manslaughter at Santa Fe County District Court in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on July 12, 2024</p>

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Alec and Hilaria Baldwin reveal actor’s PTSD from Rust shooting on new reality show

<p>Chinese tourists walk on a crowded section of the Great Wall</p>

Great Wall of China may be centuries older than previously thought

<p>Paris Hilton auctions off her Y2K outfits for LA wildfire relief — and they’re already sold out</p>

Paris Hilton auctions off her Y2K outfits for LA wildfire relief — and they’re already sold out

<p>Elon Musk’s company SpaceX is getting $843 million from NASA to develop and deliver the vehicle to deorbit the International Space Station. NASA and its partner agencies had planned to keep it up through 2030. But, Musk said this week that he believes it should come down sooner</p>

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Toronto Plane Crash

Delta offers Toronto crash passengers $30,000 ‘no strings attached’ as some retain lawyers

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Denise Richards’ daughters share their verdict on her OnlyFans account

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Gordon Ramsay loses $2,500 in a week after guests steal 500 cat figures from new restaurant

<p>Carson Beck pictured on Thursday hours after the theft took place </p>

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Miami Hurricanes quarterback Carson Beck’s Mercedes and Lamborghini stolen in South Florida

<p>Krystena Murray with the baby she was forced to give up five months after he was born. The baby was not from her embryos and now she is suing her IVF clinic</p>

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Woman sues fertility clinic for implanting wrong embryo — forcing her to hand over baby five months after delivery

<p>Julia Wandel on the Dr Phil talk show in 2023</p>

Polish woman who claimed to be Madeleine McCann charged with stalking missing girl’s family

<p>Arizona has long sought to involve local law enforcement in federal immigration enforcement</p>

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Arizona lawmakers ready ‘bounty’ bill that would pay police agencies $2,500 for every migrant deported

<p>Peter Finch, James Dean, Chadwick Boseman and Heath Ledger are among the stars who’ve won or been nominated for Oscars after death</p>

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The curious history of the posthumous Oscar

<p>Cameron Dorsi went viral after back-flipping on the edge of a renowned hiking trail near Honolulu</p>

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Hikers risk lives by using trampoline next to closed hiking trail known as ‘Dead Man’s Catwalk’

<p>Amazon has taken creative control of the Bond franchise, leaving its future in potentially dire straits</p>

Amazon has taken control of Bond – and may have just killed him

<p>The shoe manufacturer claimed its sandals ‘are copyright-protected works of applied art’</p>

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Can Birkenstock sandals be ‘work of art’?

<p>Maria Weidhofer, 32, was killed in 1990 while she was on a jog in Tilden Park near Oakland, California</p>

Crime

A jogger was raped and murdered in a busy Bay Area park 35 years ago. Cops finally have a suspect

Inside The Beltway

<p>Elon Musk holds a chainsaw reading "Long live freedom, damn it" during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center at National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, on February 20, 2025</p>

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AI sleep pods, takeout pizzas and Red Bull - how DOGE’s engineers are pulling off 120-hour weeks

Musk waves chainsaw on stage in bizarre CPAC appearance

<p>Lara Trump has revealed why she opted for Fox News over a pivotal senate slot</p>

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Lara Trump reveals why she chose Fox News over filling Marco Rubio's Senate seat

<p>President Donald Trump is reportedly weighing absorbing the U.S. Postal Service into his administration. It is a move the White House is denying</p>

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White House denies Trump is moving to take over Postal Service despite reports of looming executive order

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DOGE staffer with history of racist posts is now working at Social Security

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Trump official calls Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid ‘wrong’

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Trump keeps referencing a third term. Could he actually run again?

<p>Wreckage from the fatal crash in Washington, D.C., last month is lifted from the Potomac River. Former FAA staffers say Trump’s recent job cuts to the agency will only create more risks</p>

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Team Trump has defended their FAA cuts. Former staffers warn the purge will ‘only create more safety risks’

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<p>Jenny Slate reportedly filed a complaint against Justin Baldoni’s production partner on It Ends With Us set</p>

Co-star filed complaint against Baldoni’s production partner: Report

<p>Ali Abbasi speaking at the Cannes Film Festival in 2022</p>

The Apprentice director dropped by management over groping allegations

<p>The Stormzy Meal advert </p>

Stormzy responds to ‘narrative’ over McDonald’s collaboration

<p>Robert Davi starred as the villain Jake in 'The Goonies' and now worries his political views could stop his return to the planned sequel </p>

Goonies star worried his politics will impact his return for sequel

<p>Voletta Wallace attending an orchestral tribute to her son, Notorious B.I.G, at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City in 2022</p>

Notorious BIG’s mother Voletta Wallace dies aged 72

<p>Jerry Butler at the Rhythm & Blues Foundation's Pioneer Awards at New York's Apollo Theatre in 2001</p>

Impressions singer Jerry Butler dies at 85

<p>Robert De Niro as former president George Mullen</p>

Even Robert De Niro can’t save Zero Day from bad writing

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Richard Quinn created a winter wonderland at London Fashion Week (Yui Mok/PA)

Richard Quinn creates a winter wonderland at London Fashion Week

<p>Muslim men praying during Ramadan</p>

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Ramadan: Tips to keep energy levels up if you’re fasting

<p>Dating back more than 2,000 years, kombucha is the original gut health drink</p>

Fitness and wellbeing

Drinking kombucha has transformed my gut health – here’s how

<p>The entire family will learn braille to support Maeve</p>

Health & Families

Baby born without eyes due to extremely rare condition

Florence Pugh opened Harris Reed’s London Fashion Week show with a monologue (Jason Lloyd Evans/PA)

Florence Pugh opens Harris Reed show at London Fashion Week

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Chatbots: How can we ensure young users stay safe?

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Canadian anthem singer changes lyric to protest Trump

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<p>Pope Francis is ‘not out of danger’, his doctors have warned, a week after he was admitted to hospital with chronic bronchitis before also developing pneumonia</p>

Pope ‘not out of danger’ and will remain in hospital, say doctors

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<p>An architectural marvel, Ljubljana is also recognised as one of the greenest cities in Europe</p>

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