Howling winds couldn’t stop Notre Dame Cathedral ‘s heart from beating again. With three resounding knocks on its doors by Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, wielding a specially designed crosier carved from fire-scorched beams, the monument roared back to life Saturday evening. For the first time since a devastating blaze nearly destroyed it in 2019, the towering Gothic masterpiece reopened for worship, its rebirth marked by song, prayer, and awe beneath its soaring arches. The…
As the search for UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson’s killer stretches into a fourth day and beyond the New York City limits, investigators are reckoning with a tantalising dichotomy.
They have troves of evidence, but the gunman remains an enigma.
How law enforcement is processing evidence in the CEO assassination. Although authorities have witnesses, ample street footage and even DNA evidence, the nationwide manhunt for the gunman who fatally shot United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is fraught with challenges for law enforcement as it stretches into its fourth day. Since the attack at 6:46 a.m. Wednesday, details have come more clearly into focus. The assailant arrived in New York City on a bus from Atlanta…
The gunman who killed the chief executive of the largest US health insurer likely left New York City on a bus soon after the brazen ambush that has shaken corporate America, police officials said. But he left something behind: a backpack that was discovered in Central Park. Nearly four days after the shooting of UnitedHealthcare boss Brian Thompson, police still did not know the gunman’s name or whereabouts or have a motive for the killing.…
Closed circuit screenshots of a person of interest in the UnitedHealthcare CEO killing.Source: NYPDPolice believe the person of interest being sought in connection to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson left New York City shortly after the slaying Wednesday, on a bus from upper Manhattan.New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch told CNN in an interview Friday that police on Thursday released photos showing the face of that person not wearing a mask because…
A powerful 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the northern California coast, according to the US Geological Survey. The epicentre was near Ferndale, a small town in Humboldt County, about 260 miles (418km) north of San Francisco.
New York police have released images of an unmasked individual wanted for questioning in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Thompson, 50, was shot in the back and leg on Wednesday morning outside the Hilton hotel in Midtown Manhattan in what authorities believe was a targeted attack.
Musk, Ramaswamy huddle with lawmakers in quest to downsize widely-distrusted federal government with DOGE Many Americans don’t trust the federal government, and Elon Musk — an eccentric billionaire business tycoon tasked by President-elect Donald Trump with helping slay the unwieldly bureaucratic leviathan — thinks that’s just the right attitude. “I think we should not trust the government,” Musk has previously declared. Apparently, people are way ahead of him. Elon Musk, Co-Chair of the newly announced…
Asia-Pacific markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average drop more than 200 points and S&P 500 retreat from a record high. Traders in Asia assessed household spending data out of Japan that fell 1.3% in October year-over-year, slower than the 2.6% decline expected by economists polled by Reuters. On a monthly basis, spending grew 2.9% in October compared to September, beating expectations of a 0.4%. Investors also await India’s interest…
New York City police are hunting for a man who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson Wednesday morning.
Investigators are searching for clues that could help them identify the masked gunman who stalked and killed the leader of one of the largest US health insurance companies on a Manhattan sidewalk, then disappeared into Central Park. UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, 50, died in a dawn ambush on Wednesday as he walked to the company’s annual investor conference at a Hilton in Midtown, blocks from tourist draws like Radio City Music Hall and…
The price of Bitcoin soared past the long-awaited $100,000 benchmark for the first time ever late Wednesday evening. The flagship cryptocurrency was last higher by more than 4% at $103,544.00, according to Coin Metrics. Earlier, it rose as high as $103,844.05. Bitcoin is now up more than 140% in 2024 and 48% since the election. The move came hours after President-elect Donald Trump announced plans to nominate Paul Atkins as chair of the Securities and Exchange…
Thousands of people attended a memorial on Tuesday morning in West Palm Beach, Florida, for three Palm Beach Sheriff’s Office deputies who were killed in a crash nearly two weeks ago. Deputy Sheriff Ignacio “Dan” Diaz, Deputy Sheriff Ralph “Butch” Waller, and Corporal Luis Paez were struck by a Jeep SUV on Nov. 21 while stopped with their motorcycles on the shoulder of Southern Boulevard, just west of Seminole Pratt Whitney Road near Wellington. …
Major Asian chip stocks outside of China rose Tuesday, shrugging off a new round of U.S. semiconductor export curbs on Beijing aimed at impairing the country’s capability to produce certain high-end chips.
In California, the legislature met for a special session. It is planning targeted moves to torpedo Donald Trump’s plans for deportations, for example. The state is already releasing millions of dollars for legal disputes with Washington. The Democratically dominated US state of California is preparing to face the coming Trump administration. Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers have been in a special session since Monday to protect the state’s progressive politics from another Trump presidency.…
What’s on the front page of The New York Post? New York Post dedicates its whole front page to the story. The paper’s columnist says “So it is fitting that one of the final acts of this mendacious president before leaving office was to break yet another promise to the American people.” Online they question whether Trump will now pardon those imprisoned for the January 6 riots. Donald Trump hints at mass pardons for Jan. 6 defendants after…
NYC pols demand crackdown after revelation about ‘criminal’ migrant population approaching 60K: ‘Enough of this crap’ New York City officials are reacting to a bombshell new report by The Post that shows an alarming 58,626 migrants with felony records or facing criminal charges are freely roaming the Big Apple, with some 670,000 in total across the country. Out of the 759,218 illegal border-crossers who now call the five boroughs home, 7.7% were either previously convicted…
What’s on the front page of The New York Times? The New York Times says forces opposed to President Bashar al-Assad have captured the Aleppo airport and are attacking the western city of Hama, according to local officials and a Britain-based war monitor.Fighting Rages in Syria as Rebels Advance.Forces opposed to President Bashar al-Assad have captured the Aleppo airport and are attacking the western city of Hama, according to local officials and a Britain-based war monitor.A Second…
What’s on the front page of USA Today? The front page of USA Today 02.12.24 features a picture of the the Tennessee family behind landmark case on trans health.Are bans on gender-affirming care for minors constitutional? Supreme Court to decide. The Supreme Court will wade into the controversial topic of puberty blockers and hormone therapy for transgender people under the age of 18, taking up a case that could be a flashpoint in the fight for…
The US front pages report on a variety of domestic news with President Joe Biden issuing a ‘full and unconditional’ pardon for his son Hunter Biden leading much of the American press.
The news has been met with widespread backlash across the right and left as Biden had previously promised he would not pardon his son or commute his sentence. Hunter Biden was set to face sentencing this month on federal felony gun and tax convictions
President Biden said his U-turn was due to how unfairly Hunter had been treated, he said although he believed in the justice system, “politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice”.
A few major papers cover the Syrian rebel forces seizing control of Aleppo – the country’s second-largest city.
A customer is paying attention to the Chinese stock market at a stock exchange in Hangzhou, China, on January 22, 2024. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty ImagesAsia-Pacific markets traded slightly higher on Monday as the region kick-started a data-heavy week, with investors focused on economic readings from several countries, including Japan, South Korea and China.Over the weekend, China released its official purchasing managers’ index reading for November. Manufacturing PMI came…
Elon Musk is asking a federal court to stop OpenAI from converting into a fully for-profit business.Attorneys representing Musk, his AI startup xAI, and former OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis filed for a preliminary injunction against OpenAI on Friday. The injunction would also stop OpenAI from allegedly requiring its investors to refrain from funding competitors, including xAI and others.The latest court filings represent an escalation in the legal feud between Musk, OpenAI and its CEO…
Ireland’s main opposition party Sinn Fein are looking on course to narrowly win the most votes at a general election on Friday, but its two main center-right rivals will likely have enough seats to govern again without it, an exit poll showed. The exit poll put the left wing Sinn Fein on 21.1%, the center-right Fine Gael of Prime Minister Simon Harris on 21.0% and like-minded coalition partner Fianna Fail on 19.5%. Seek to form…
California pastor fends off suspected burglar at church, says A California pastor fends off suspected burglar at church and grateful for his martial arts background but tells US News that “God was very gracious and protected me” as he fended off a burglar at his church on Thanksgiving Day. This could have been so much worse, if the pastor had not been brave enough to take on the criminal, the Californian church could have lost…
The US front pages continue their coverage of domestic politics – looking ahead to a Donald Trump presidency, assessing his nominations for Cabinet and discussing his plans from tariffs and trade wars to trimming the fat off public spending.
Thanksgiving is also covered on the front of the main papers this morning. Several front pages look at how much food waste this year’s Thanksgiving will produce, while other papers report heartwarming tales of people doing good things for others this holiday.
On the international front, there is continued reaction from the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire as residents start to return to their homes in Beirut. Other papers say there is now a push for a Gaza ceasefire.
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