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Prosecutors on Tuesday were beginning to take steps to take Mangione back to New York to face a murder charge while new details emerged about his life and how he was captured. The Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland family was charged with murder hours after he was arrested in the killing of Brian Thompson, who led the United States’ largest medical insurance company. Local defence lawyer Thomas Dickey, who is expected to represent Mangione, declined comment before the Tuesday hearing at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg. Mangione was likely motivated by his anger with what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, a law enforcement bulletin obtained by The Associated Press said. He wrote that the US has the most expensive health care system in the world and that profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, based on a review of his hand-written notes and social media posts. Mangione remained jailed in Pennsylvania, where he was initially charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. Manhattan prosecutors have obtained an arrest warrant, a step that could help expedite his extradition from Pennsylvania. Mangione called “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski a “political revolutionary” and may have found inspiration from the man who carried out a series of bombings while railing against modern society and technology, according to the police bulletin. Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania — about 230 miles (370km) west of New York City — after a McDonald’s customer recognised him and notified an employee, authorities said. Officers found him sitting at a back table, wearing a blue medical mask and looking at a laptop, according to a Pennsylvania police criminal complaint. He initially gave them a fake ID, but when an officer asked Mangione whether he had been to New York recently, he “became quiet and started to shake”, the complaint says. When he pulled his mask down at officers’ request, “we knew that was our guy,” Officer Tyler Frye said. Images of Mangione released on Tuesday by Pennsylvania State Police showed him pulling down his mask in the corner of the McDonald’s while holding what appeared to be hash browns and wearing a winter jacket and beanie. In another photo from a holding cell, he stood unsmiling with rumpled hair. New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Mangione was carrying a gun like the one used to kill Mr Thompson and the same fake ID the gunman had used to check into a New York hostel, along with a passport and other fraudulent IDs. NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione also had a three-page, handwritten document that shows “some ill will toward corporate America”. A law enforcement official who was not authorised to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity said the document included a line in which Mangione claimed to have acted alone. “To the Feds, I’ll keep this short, because I do respect what you do for our country. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone,” the document said, according to the official . It also had a line that said: “I do apologise for any strife or traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming.” Pennsylvania prosecutor Peter Weeks said in court that Mangione was found with a passport and 10,000 dollars (£7,839) in cash, 2,000 dollars of it in foreign currency. Mangione disputed the amount. Mr Thompson, 50, was killed on Wednesday as he walked alone to a Manhattan hotel for an investor conference. Police quickly came to see the shooting as a targeted attack by a gunman who appeared to wait for Mr Thompson, came up behind him and fired a 9mm pistol. Investigators have said “delay,” “deny” and “depose” were written on ammunition found near Mr Thompson’s body. The words mimic “delay, deny, defend,” a phrase used to criticise the insurance industry. From surveillance video, New York investigators determined the gunman quickly fled fled the city, likely by bus. A grandson of a wealthy, self-made real estate developer and philanthropist, Mangione is a cousin of a current Maryland state legislator. After his elite Baltimore prep school, he went on to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a spokesperson said. “Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest,” Mangione’s family said in a statement posted on social media late Monday by his cousin, Nino Mangione. “We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved.” From January to June 2022, Luigi Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a “co-living” space at the edge of Waikiki in Honolulu. Like other residents of the shared penthouse catering to remote workers, Mangione underwent a background check, said Josiah Ryan, a spokesperson for owner and founder RJ Martin. “Luigi was just widely considered to be a great guy. There were no complaints,” Mr Ryan said. “There was no sign that might point to these alleged crimes they’re saying he committed.” At Surfbreak, Mr Martin learned Mangione had severe back pain from childhood that interfered with many aspects of his life, from surfing to romance, Ryan said. “He went surfing with RJ once but it didn’t work out because of his back,” Mr Ryan said, but noted that Mangione and Mr Martin often went together to a rock-climbing gym. Mangione left Surfbreak to get surgery on the mainland, Mr Ryan said, then later returned to Honolulu and rented an apartment. Mr Martin stopped hearing from Mangione six months to a year ago. Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. 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American, United, Delta, Air Canada, Southwest, JetBlue and over two hundred and fifty airlines face delays and cancellations erupting chaos at the Denver International Airport: New travel updatesJimmy Carter, the 39th US president, has died at 100Wilmington, Del., Dec. 09, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Participating in a tradition that has evolved since 1792, today, employees from Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) gathered on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as Guillermo Novo, chair and chief executive officer, Ashland, joined by company executives, rang the trading day’s opening bell . The event signifies a decade of evolution, resilience and sustainable solutions for the additives and specialty ingredients company and recognizes its 100-year anniversary. “I want to thank our employees for their dedication, our customers for their trust and our shareholders for their support over the years which continues to be the foundation of our success,” said Guillermo Novo, chair and chief executive officer, Ashland. From its origin of gavel banging to the modern workday bell ringing , the ritual marks the start and end of trading through the years and has come to celebrate economic growth and progress. One year ago, Ashland introduced seven new technology platforms aligned to the company’s pharmaceutical, personal care and specialty additives core, that extend to secondary markets with new and differentiated capabilities to unlock organic growth for Ashland and its customers worldwide. The platform solutions bring “new to the world” sustainable innovations, offering tunable choices to customers to enable the reshaping of their product portfolios, answering global megatrends, and responding to various regulatory landscapes. “As the stock market has demonstrated resilience through devastating lows and exuberant highs over time, Ashland has consistently transformed itself ahead of market trends from an oil and refining company to a matrixed chemical company, and from a broad chemicals and materials provider to the focused additives and specialty ingredients company we are today; integrating environmental, social and governance (ESG) in our operating plans to responsibly solve for a better world,” said Novo. strategy update event Ashland is hosting a strategy update event for analysts and investors on December 10, 2024, in New York City. The company will provide an in-depth review of Ashland’s strategic priorities, key initiatives and financial objectives while emphasizing a proactive approach to market uncertainty in fiscal year 2025. The event includes presentations and prepared remarks from members of Ashland’s executive team, as well as breakout sessions for in-person attendees and an opportunity for both live and webcast attendees to ask questions during moderated Q&A sessions. “This was a year marked by recovery from prolonged inventory destocking in the materials sector, yet Ashland was able to deliver strategic progress, margin expansion, high-quality free cash flow, and disciplined execution across our global portfolio,” continued Novo. “Despite a complex operating environment, we demonstrated our ability to drive value through portfolio optimization, commercial excellence, and focused growth in our core markets. As we execute our strategy, we remain focused on delivering sustainable, profitable growth and long-term shareholder value. I look forward to providing more context during our upcoming event,” concluded Novo. To participate in Ashland’s strategy update event, interested participants must register for the event and have the option to attend via live webcast or in person. Presentations are expected to begin at 9:00 a.m. ET and conclude following Q&A sessions at 11:00 a.m. ET. After Q&A, in-person attendees will have the opportunity to discuss key initiatives with business line leaders and scientists in breakout sessions until 12:00 p.m ET. To register, participants should use the following link: registration page . Registration information and further event details will be posted on Ashland’s investor website at http://investor.ashland.com . A webcast of the event will be available live and can be accessed, along with supporting materials, through the Ashland website. A replay will be available within 24 hours of the live event and will be archived, along with supporting materials, on Ashland’s website for 12 months. Copies of the presentation may also be requested by sending an email to investor_relations@ashland.com About Ashland Ashland Inc. (NYSE: ASH) is a global additives and specialty ingredients company with a conscious and proactive mindset for environmental, social and governance (ESG). The company serves customers in a wide range of consumer and industrial markets, including architectural coatings, construction, energy, food and beverage, personal care and pharmaceutical. Approximately 3,200 passionate, tenacious solvers thrive on developing practical, innovative and elegant solutions to complex problems for customers in more than 100 countries. Visit ashland.com and ashland.com/ESG to learn more. TM Trademark, Ashland or its subsidiaries, registered in various countries. 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GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- Coach Billy Napier and his team did something no one at had done in nearly two decades. It could be the turning point for a once-proud program that clearly slipped in recent years. threw two touchdown passes, ran for 127 yards and a score, and the Gators upset No. 9 24-17 on Saturday to knock the Rebels out of College Football Playoff contention. Florida (6-5, 4-4 SEC), which topped LSU last Saturday in the Swamp, beat ranked teams in consecutive weeks for the first time since 2008. "We're just getting started," said Napier, who is expected back for a fourth season in 2025. "This is part of the big-picture journey. Belief is the most powerful thing in the world." It marked Florida's second-largest upset win in the past 45 seasons, behind a victory at No. 16 LSU in 2016 (14-point underdogs). It also was the Gators' first win as a double-digit home underdog in the past 45 seasons. Ole Miss (8-3, 4-3), which closed as a 13.5-point favorite at ESPN BET, lost for the first time in four games and surely will drop out of the 12-team playoff picture. The Rebels ranked ninth in the latest CFP rankings and needed only to avoid stumbling down the stretch against Florida and lowly Mississippi State to clinch a spot in the playoff field. "Obviously a lot was at stake, and we didn't come through," coach Lane Kiffin said. "A lot of missed opportunities." Kiffin's team had a miscue-filled day: 0-for-3 on trips inside the red zone; a season-high three turnovers; 3-for-14 on third downs; and a season-high five dropped passes despite perfect weather. "Very unusual," Kiffin said. Still, Ole Miss had chances late. But threw interceptions to end the team's last two drives. , beaten for a touchdown in the first half, picked off both. The second one came with 17 seconds remaining and set up a raucous celebration by defenders in the end zone. Dart completed 24 of 41 passes for 323 yards, with two TDs and the two picks. He was sacked four times and also scrambled 14 times for a team-high 71 yards. "You look at the way we played, we had a chip on our shoulder for sure," Florida defensive tackle said. Dart, meanwhile, apologized for the performance. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry to my teammates. I'm sorry to my coaches. Sorry for the fans," he said. "Can't lose these games. This one's going to hurt for a really long time. That's all I can really say. I'm sorry." The Rebels probably would have had a comfortable lead had it not been for repeated failures inside the 20-yard line. Defensive tackle , a 325-pound wrecking ball out of the backfield, was stopped on two fourth-down runs inside the 20-yard line, and missed a 34-yard field goal in the second quarter. Ole Miss' drops were egregious, including at least three that probably would have been touchdowns. Florida was much more efficient. Lagway completed 10 of 17 passes for 180 yards, with an interception. He made three throws with defenders draped all over him. "Those were the plays of the game," Napier said. Johnson had a few of those, too. His 9-yard scoring run from the Wildcat formation was huge and came after he missed most of the past four games. "I focused on grinding and trying to work my way back," Johnson said. "Last week I got a couple carries, and this week I shot to the moon."The following scores are collected from either the Michigan High School Athletic Association or the Associated Press. These are scores from Nov. 23 for football playoff state semifinals. If you have missing scores, email japurcell@mlive.com ASAP. DIVISION 1When Quebec Premier François Legault publicly vowed to put a stop to praying in public places, he said he could once again turn to a rare legal tool to put the measure into law. It's called the notwithstanding clause, and it can be used to shield laws from legal challenges over violations of fundamental rights. Legal experts say the increasing tendency of provincial premiers to use it, however, is a worrying trend that disregards the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. "The notwithstanding clause has to be used only in the case of an emergency with very, you know, important issues. You cannot use that just like that, just for fun, just to score some political points, right? And this is what we're seeing right now," said Frédéric Bérard, a constitutional lawyer and partner at GBM Lawyers, in an interview on Monday. Legault made the surprising comments about prayer last Friday on the last day of the fall legislative session, after reacting to a La Presse report that a high school north of Montreal was allowing praying in classrooms and hallways, as well as the disruption of a play on sexually transmitted infections and pregnancy prevention. "There are teachers who are bringing Islamist religious concepts into Quebec schools," he told reporters in Quebec City. "I will definitely not tolerate that. We don't want that in Quebec." The premier went a step further, saying he is promising to also ban prayers in public spaces, such as parks and streets, and that his government is "looking at all possibilities, including the use of the notwithstanding clause." The premier will have no choice but to invoke the notwithstanding clause because outright banning prayer in parks would be "a clear violation of freedom of religion," and would be struck down by the courts, Bérard said. Threatening to use section 33 of the Constitution to make it a crime flies in the face of the rule of law, according to Bérard, who is concerned about "politicians that are playing around with [it] like it has no consequences." "It has to be a serious case. We need to have, like, an emergency. We need to have something real, something pretty, pretty grave. And we don't see that here. And frankly, it's a shame," said Bérard, also a lecturer at the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Law. CCLA launches 'Save the Charter' campaign The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) cited Quebec's uses of the notwithstanding clause as an example of "horrendous violations" of people's fundamental rights in a new campaign launched on Tuesday called "Save the Charter." It aims to raise awareness about the dangers of the provinces' continued use of the special legal measure. "If our rights and freedoms can easily be overridden, our Charter is meaningless," reads a description of the campaign. Anaïs Bussières McNicoll, director of the CCLA's Fundamental Freedoms Program, told a news conference in Ottawa Tuesday that Legault's threat to use the Charter override to ban public prayer came days after an advisory committee appointed by the Quebec government recommended the province adopt its own constitution and take steps to secure its autonomy. "I mean this is a very, very dangerous trend to be following and this would be, if [Legault] goes forward with this initiative, this would be a direct violation of the freedom of religion and freedom of expression as well," Bussières McNicoll said. "And we have to keep in mind the fact that this would be the start of shrinking our civic space, because parks and streets are places where people should be able to gather peacefully — and not by blocking circulation, of course — but gather peacefully to express their opinions, but also their faith, to exercise their Charter protected rights." Ontario, Saskatchewan invoking the clause The Legault government has already invoked the notwithstanding clause preemptively twice since taking power — in 2019 to pass Quebec's secularism law that bans certain civil servants from wearing religious symbols in the workplace and again in 2021 when the provincial government tabled Bill 96 to limit the use of English in certain situations. Earlier this month, the premier said his government might invoke it to pass another law — one that would force new doctors to practise in the public system for five years. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has used it twice — in 2021 to impose limitations on third-party political expression for a year prior to an election, and again the following year to ban education workers from striking. Last week, he threatened to use it again to target homeless encampments . In 2023, Saskatchewan used it to ban transgender students from using their chosen names and pronouns in schools without formal permission from their parents. The CCLA said it was "never meant to circumvent normal court process or to be used regularly by any government to override the rule of law" when it was added during the 1981 constitutional settlement negotiations. In February, Quebec’s Court of Appeal upheld the province’s secularism law, Bill 21. Bérard and the CCLA are among the stakeholders involved in challenging the law at the Supreme Court, which has not yet decided whether it will hear the case. Legault has said Bill 21 was a reasonable approach to ensure Quebec remains secular. But Bérard said his actions prove otherwise. "Yeah, of course. Where did he spend the weekend again? OK, yeah, that's probably for secularism," he asked rhetorically, in reference to Legault's recent trip to Paris to watch the reopening of the Notre-Dame Catholic Cathedral. "[The prayer ban] is so 'deux poids de mesure' as we say in French (a double standard), and it's just a matter of how can I score electoral gains?" He's not the only one raising concerns about Legault's repeated use — or threat to use — the notwithstanding clause. In an op-ed in the Montreal Gazette on Tuesday to mark Human Rights Day, The Ligue des droits et libertés wrote that Legault's recent intention to use the notwithstanding clause to ban prayer in public places "demonstrates this dangerous trend toward weakening human rights protections." "The current rhetoric on 'Quebec values' is particularly problematic, as the values of a majority, as defined by a government sensitive to the vagaries of public opinion, can pose a direct threat to rights and contribute to the exclusion or marginalization of certain minorities," the LDL wrote. "The LDL insists on the need to ensure the protection of human rights, notably through Charters, and reiterates that these rights must never be subservient to the values of the majority."
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The following scores are collected from either the Michigan High School Athletic Association or the Associated Press. These are scores from Nov. 23 for football playoff state semifinals. If you have missing scores, email japurcell@mlive.com ASAP. DIVISION 1(The Center Square) – Of the many costly security missteps uncovered at the rally site in Butler, Pa. where a would-be assassin nearly killed Donald Trump, one deterrent may have been relatively affordable. Rep. Pat Fallon said the U.S. Secret Service could have fashioned a rudimentary fence made of caution tape, signs, posts and stakes around the AGR building on July 13 for roughly $410. The agency’s decision to unman the outside of the building and exclude it from an overall security perimeter around the Butler Farm Show Grounds that day has drawn much criticism from lawmakers on the task force assembled to investigate both attempts on Trump’s life, the second occurring at a Mar-a-Lago golf course in September. During a heated seven-minute exchange with Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr., the Republican congressman from Texas said the agency’s $2 billion funding increase seemed far in excess of what it would have cost to have functioning drones, more coordinated radio communications, agents on a nearby water tower and security deterrents available in Butler. “What sticks in our craw is when we report to our constituents, we have to say, ‘Hey, this federal agency failed epically, and then they wanted to almost double their budget,’” Fallon said. The conversation devolved into a shouting match after Fallon then accused Rowe of showing up at a 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York City for political purposes only.
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