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…
Good morning, Hubsters. Senior reporter Michael Schoeck here with the US edition of the Wire from New York, filling in for editor-in-chief MK Flynn today, who’s attending a media event in town. We’ll kick off the week with a medical equipment deal exclusive from healthcare reporter John R Fischer. John caught wind of an Arlington…
Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday. More than 2,000 humanoid robots were participating in the event, the organizer said. The five-day games, now in its second year, are a spectacle demonstrating China’s…
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 22, 2024 that Moscow would carry out more tests of the hypersonic Oreshnik ballistic missile in “combat conditions,” a day after firing one on Ukraine. POOL/AFP via Getty Images As Ukrainian drones have disrupted Russian logistics and struck military and industrial targets hundreds of miles inside Russia, the…
Felipe W., a 20-something Yelp Elite reviewer in Dallas, put it bluntly when describing what he looks for before spending money at a new restaurant. “In reviews, I want things that you can’t quantify so easily from the website or before you walk in. What makes it different than other places? What’s their business model…