Mar. 15, 2025
United Airlines plane (left) and a stock image of a coyote (right).Photo:Shutterstock / Ryan Fletcher; Gerald and Buff Corsi/Focus on Nature/Getty
Shutterstock / Ryan Fletcher; Gerald and Buff Corsi/Focus on Nature/Getty
A United Airlines plane struck a coyote during takeoff at Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
The Boeing 737 MAX 9 was carrying 167 passengers and six crew members when its landing gear struck the wild animal, which was on the runway, on Sunday, Jan.
Mar. 15, 2025
(R) Shooting suspect; (L) Brian Thompson.Photo:NYPD CrimeStoppers; UnitedHealth Group
NYPD CrimeStoppers; UnitedHealth Group
UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot in Manhattan early Wednesday morning in whatpolice have said appears to be a “brazen, targeted attack"on the insurance CEO.
A masked gunman was “lying in wait” outside the New York Hilton Midtown hotel in Manhattan just before 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, police say. When Thompson, 50, appeared outside the hotel, possibly to help set up for an investors' conference scheduled for today, the gunman fired at least three rounds at the executive, hitting him in the back and leg.
Mar. 15, 2025
Brian Thompson, left, and the shooting suspect seen fleeing on a bike.Photo:UnitedHealth Group ; NYPD News/X
UnitedHealth Group ; NYPD News/X
Thompson, 50, was shot on the street outside the New York Hilton Midtown in Manhattan a little before 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 4.
Surveillance video appears to show a masked gunman waiting for Thompson, who is seen walking alone outside the hotel, and calmly firing a handgun before fleeing the scene on a bike.
Mar. 15, 2025
Luigi Mangione.Photo:Luigi Mangione/X.com
Luigi Mangione/X.com
A Goodreads account seemingly belonging toLuigi Mangione, the suspect in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEOBrian Thompson, has surfaced.
The account has come to light amid Mangione’sdetainment at an Altoona, Pa., McDonalds, where he was found in possession of a 9mm “ghost gun,” multiple fake IDs, anda 3-page manifestocritical of the health insurance industry, followingThompson’s Wednesday, Dec. 4 death.
Luigi Mangione.NYPDnews/X; Luigi Mangione/Facebook
Mar. 15, 2025
Sarah Sherman as Nancy Grace on ‘Saturday Night Live’, Luigi Mangione.Photo:Saturday Night Live/YouTube; Luigi Mangione/X.com
Saturday Night Live/YouTube; Luigi Mangione/X.com
Saturday Night Livetouched on the online attention surrounding accused UnitedHealthcare CEO shooterLuigi Mangioneduring its latest episode.
“Our top story tonight, the masked CEO shooter has been unmasked and guess what? It’s game over Luigi,” Sherman’s Grace opened the sketch, alongside aSuper Mario Bros.soundbite.
“And, of course, everyone online celebrated the hard work of law enforcement in apprehending this dangerous criminal.