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Luigi Mangione should be tried in state court, Manhattan DA says

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Luigi Mangione should be tried in state court because it would hold him accountable for a different kind of "harm or evil" than his guilty plea in federal court, the Manhattan district attorney's office argued Friday in a new court filing.

The district attorney's office opposed Mangione's attempt to dismiss his state indictment , which charged him with murdering UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson in December 2024.

In August, Mangione pleaded guilty to traveling to New York with the intent to shoot Thompson, admitting, "On the morning of December 4, 2024, I shot Mr. Thompson in Manhattan and he died."

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Panama struck by magnitude 7.7 earthquake, U.S. Geological Survey says

A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck near Panama 's southern tip on Friday morning, shaking buildings more than 100 miles away in the capital and prompting evacuations, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center had initially warned about the possibility of tsunami waves hitting Panama's coast, but later said the threat had passed . The quake was centered about 7 miles southwest of the remote community of Pitaloza Arriba, the USGS said. It struck at a depth of about 7 miles.

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Pretty Little Liars’ Keegan Allen attacked by masked assailants in LA

Actor was robbed of his watch after being struck in the head by two attackers wielding a gun and a knife Pretty Little Liars actor Keegan Allen was battered and robbed by attackers wielding a knife and gun in West Hollywood, he said on Thursday in a social media video showing him bloodied and alarmed. The Los Angeles county sheriff’s department confirmed in a statement shared with news outlets that it was investigating a violent robbery matching the weapons, block and time described by Allen on social media, where users responded with shock and…