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(CNN) — After a five-day manhunt that expanded beyond the nation’s largest city and across state lines, a suspect in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has been arrested on five charges in Pennsylvania and ordered held without bail. Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from Maryland, was apprehended at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania – after an employee tipped …

Altoona police arrested a man “matching the description of the United HealthCare CEO murder suspect” on Monday morning, according to a news release from the Altoona Police Department. Altoona officers were dispatched to a McDonald’s restaurant at 9:14 a.m. ET, according to the news release. The suspect is seen at a hostel in New York pulling his mask down. NYPD …

CNN — President Joe Biden on Sunday called the extraordinary fall of the Assad regime in Syria “a moment of risk” and “historic opportunity” while offering a blueprint for how the US plans to support the region. Speaking at the White House in his first substantive comments since President Bashar al-Assad’s regime fell in the face of an astonishingly swift rebel offensive, Biden also announced the …

The rebels are led by Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, along with an umbrella group of Turkish-backed Syrian militias called the Syrian National Army Syrians celebrate after armed groups opposed to Bashar al-Assad’s regime, led by Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham took control of the city of Homs on Saturday. Composite: Getty images The rebels who have swept through Syria are led by Islamist …

BY  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Syrians poured into streets in celebration on Sunday after a stunning rebel advance reached the capital, ending the Assad family’s 50 years of iron rule. Russian state news agencies were reporting that President Bashar Assad and his family had arrived in Moscow and were given asylum. Russia said Assad left the country after negotiations with rebel groups and that he …

Ghana’s Presidential Election Was Conducted Nationwide On Saturday. Vice President Muhammadu Bawumia, the ruling party’s presidential candidate, has conceded defeat in Ghana’s 2024 elections and congratulated former President John Mahama. In a concession speech delivered on Sunday, Mr Bawumia, the candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), stated that internal data from his party indicates that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) …

Days after the Central Bank of Nigeria ordered Deposit Money Banks to guard against artificial cash scarcity in the country, findings by Sunday PUNCH revealed that the trend still persists in some parts of the country. In a circular dated November 29, jointly signed by Acting Directors Solaja Olayemi (Currency Operations) and Isa-Olatinwo Aisha (Branch Operations), the CBN outlined measures aimed at …

•State Revenue Board raises questions for review c’tte Following the opposition, especially from the North against the proposed Tax Reform Bills in the National Assembly, NASS, leading northern groups have listed conditions to stop opposing the bills. I sold wristwatch, did okada, keke work; now I have fame but no money — Angel Babaorobo, Skit Maker They insisted that their …

More facts have emerged on reasons behind the sealing off of the entrance gate leading to the palace of the Emir of Kano, Muhammad Sanusi II, on Friday Though the Nigeria Police were yet to speak on the matter, a reliable source disclosed that the action carried out by law enforcement agency was aimed at preventing the breakdown of law …

The Edo State governor, Monday Okpebholo has appointed Hon (Bar) Oladele Bankole-Balogun as the Executive Chairman, Edo State Inland Revenue Service (EIRS). A statement by the Secretary to State Government (SSG), Umar Ikhilor Esq. while announcing the statement said Oladele Bankole-Balogun born in 1961 into the illustrious family of the Late Chief Bankole Balogun of Igarra Akoko-Edo, Edo state obtained …