Mangione’s guilty plea could now throw a wrench into his New York state case. With the trial slated to begin in September, he faces eight state charges including second degree murder, possession of a forged instrument (for alleged fake driver’s license), and six counts of criminal possession of a weapon. On the steps of the
Luigi Mangione pleaded guilty Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, an admission that immediately set off a legal fight over whether he can still be tried on separate murder charges in New York state court. Mangione, 28, entered the plea at a hastily scheduled hearing in Manhattan federal
WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice has charged nearly a dozen people with participating in a multimillion-dollar scheme to help hundreds of Chinese nationals fraudulently obtain green cards through sham marriages to U.S. citizens, officials said Wednesday. American citizens were paid as much as $30,000 to enter into bogus marriages with immigrants seeking lawful permanent
A man who was hailed a hero for disarming one of the Bondi Beach shooters in December has had assault charges against him dropped by police. Ahmed al Ahmed was charged in June with domestic violence common assault, as well as stalking and intimidation, after an alleged incident with his father in March at a
Prosecutors in Ecuador have charged a former interior minister and six others on suspicion of being involved in the assassination of a presidential candidate in 2023. José Serrano and the head of cartel Los Lobos, Wilmer “Pipo” Chavarria, were implicated in the murder of Fernando Villavicencio at a campaign event in the capital, Quito, days
Israeli prosecutors have charged a settler over the killing of a Palestinian activist in the occupied West Bank who helped film Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land. Yinon Levy was charged with reckless manslaughter over the July 2025 shooting of Odeh Hathaleen, according to Israel’s Southern District Prosecutor’s Office. Israeli rights group B’Tselem said it was
