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
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with mother and daughter, Electra Yourke, 92, and Kate Yourke, 64. Business Insider has verified the cost of the trip. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Electra: This trip to Spain will be my ninth eclipse in 92 years. The first time I traveled
There’s no business like show business, and there’s no city like New York City when it comes to getting sued. The ongoing saga of New York’s pied-à-terre tax continued this week, when attorney Randy Mastro, the former first deputy mayor under Eric Adams, filed a lawsuit last week challenging the city’s rollout of the tax.
At Christmas dinner in 2023, 25-year-old Ireland McCaughey listened as her family talked about friends preparing to retire and the businesses they were leaving behind. Their children weren’t interested in taking over the family car washes, laundromats or parking lots. But across the room, McCaughey and her business partner, Ben Razin, saw opportunity in the
Invitations were sent to 2,000 Pokémon Go players in the five boroughs of New York City through community ambassadors. (The event was invitation-only to avoid crowding in what is already one of the busiest places on Earth.) Players were only aware of themed raids taking place in the vicinity of Times Square, according to Mark
For Krug it is worth it. He’s responsible for most of the concerts at Yankee Stadium and says that between the baseball and NYCFC soccer games the venue hosts, he can only plan one or two a year, usually a big artist like Paul McCartney or Madonna. “So that’s one of the reasons why we’re