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As the investigation into the fatal shooting of a health care executive in Manhattan enters its fourth day, police are piecing together clues, including a backpack, photos, video, ammunition, DNA and more, to help zero in on a suspect they believe is no longer in the city. The shooting suspect, believed to have left New York City on an interstate bus, has not been identified or located NYPD officials told CNN.
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Sources: Police Appear To Be Closing In On Suspect’s Identity

New York prosecutors have charged Luigi Mangione with murder in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, hours after he was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Plus, Daniel Penny, the former Marine charged in the chokehold death of Jordan Neely on a New York City subway last year, was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide by a Manhattan jury. 
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Suspected CEO Killer Charged With Murder In NY

Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is fighting his extradition to New York, where he faces a murder charge. He was denied bail during a court appearance in Pennsylvania. As he entered the courtroom Tuesday, the 26-year-old could be heard yelling, in part, “it’s completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people. It’s lived experience!”
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NYT: Suspect’s Mom Filed Missing Persons Report Last Month

Corporations are scrambling to protect their senior executives as police warn of an elevated near-term threat against business leaders. Boards are reassessing security budgets. And CEOs are being told to delete their digital footprints.
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NYPD: Shell Casings, Fingerprints Tie Suspect To Murder Scene

Weeks of unexplained drone sightings in New Jersey have left residents, politicians and public safety officials scratching their heads, prompting security concerns. With residents and multiple public officials calling for a response to the drone activity and experts working to uncover exactly what’s going on, White House national security communications adviser John Kirby on Thursday sought to assure the public there is no threat to public safety.
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Northeast On Edge Amid Mysterious Drone Sightings

Federal agencies are facing intense pressure Friday to give the public more details on unexplained drone sightings in the New York City metropolitan area that have been going on for weeks over residential neighborhoods as well as restricted sites and critical infrastructure.
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Feds Under Intense Pressure To Explain Mysterious Drones

The shooter who opened fire at the Abundant Life Christian School in Madison, Wisconsin, was a 15-year-old female student, Police Chief Shon Barnes said Monday. She died of a self-inflicted gunshot, he said. The shooting left one student and one teacher dead and six injured, including two people who are facing life-threatening conditions, Barnes said.
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2nd Grade Student On Shooting: Teacher Was Screaming “Help!”

A Manhattan grand jury indicted Luigi Mangione for murder as an act of terrorism in the death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to newly released court documents. Mangione faces 11 counts, including one of murder in the first-degree and two of murder in the second-degree in Thompson’s killing on December 4 in New York, along with other weapon and forgery charges, the indictment says.
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Grand Jury Indicts Mangione For Murder As “Act Of Terrorism”

President-elect Donald Trump delivered a missive to Capitol Hill that significantly ratcheted up the chances of a government shutdown just before Christmas, while sending the clearest signal yet that he is seeking a dramatic showdown with Democrats over spending. Trump and Vance slammed the bill for including what they see as Democratic priorities but also injected the politically fraught issue of the US debt limit, which the country is on track to hit after it is reinstated in the new year.
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Trump And Musk Tank Spending Deal

The House failed tonight to pass a new Donald Trump-backed GOP proposal to fund the government into March, intensifying the threat of a shutdown ahead of a Friday night deadline. The GOP inserted a 2-year suspension of the debt limit into the legislation after the president-elect on Wednesday demanded that any deal also address the looming debt limit.
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Democrats Blame “President Musk” For Looming Gov’t Shutdown

Ranked one of the most conservative senators, Cruz’s bid for a third term should be a smooth ride in a place that has consistently elected Republicans in statewide contests for the past 30 years. But for the second election in a row, Cruz finds himself fighting to keep his seat against a well-funded Democrat. 
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Texas Senate Battle: Could Ted Cruz Lose His Race?

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