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NEW YORK >> The man accused of burning a woman to death on a subway train in Brooklyn over the weekend was identified by federal immigration officials today as a 33-year-old from Guatemala who was in the United States illegally. The man, Sebastian Zapeta-Calil, first entered the country in 2018, was deported days later and returned to the U.S. sometime afterward, Federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials said in a statement. Zapeta-Calil was arrested on Sunday shortly after the attack and was charged on today with first-degree murder and arson, authorities said. His address was a homeless shelter for men with substance abuse problems in Brooklyn. The seemingly random attack, some of which was captured on video, horrified public officials and New Yorkers. The police said that Zapeta-Calil did not appear to know the woman or have any interaction with her before the attack. When he got on the F train in Queens, the woman, who has not yet been identified and who appeared to be homeless, was already on it, and they rode on the same train for more than an hour until the train reached its terminus in Coney Island, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an investigation. According to police, the woman was sitting motionless, apparently asleep, in the parked F train in Coney Island around 7:30 a.m. Sunday when the man simply walked up to her and without a word took out a lighter and lit her on fire. A 19-second video captured by a cellphone camera shows a man dressed like the person who was later arrested sitting on a bench on the platform and watching the flames engulf the woman. A passerby can be heard yelling, “This is a person right here” before screaming, “Oh, no!” A uniformed police officer can be seen walking down the platform within a few feet of the burning woman without intervening. Another video that was posted to the social site X shows several people watching the woman burn as she stands inside the subway car, motionless. In the second video, the man who appears to be the suspect walks toward the woman while holding a coat or a blanket. But rather than putting it on her to smother the flames, he stands a couple of feet away and waves it at her, appearing to fan them. Officers on patrol in the upper level of the station smelled the smoke and, along with a transit employee, rushed to the platform and doused the woman with a fire extinguisher, but it was too late: She was declared dead at the scene. Police quickly circulated images of the suspect, and three teenagers called to report that they had seen a man who appeared to be him on another train in Brooklyn. Officers boarded a train in Manhattan and found the suspect wearing the same clothes he was wearing at the time of the attack. Public outrage over crimes committed by immigrants in the country illegally was crucial to Donald Trump’s reelection in November. Mayor Eric Adams has adopted some of Trump’s tough-on-illegal-immigration rhetoric, declaring that migrants accused of crimes should not be entitled to due process under the Constitution. ICE said that once Zapeta-Calil was charged, its Enforcement and Removal Operations wing would lodge an immigration detainer with New York authorities. A detainer is a notice that immigration authorities intend to take someone into custody if he is released from the local criminal justice system. On Sunday, the mayor posted on X that the “heinous” attack “has no place in our subways.” In another post, Gov. Kathy Hochul called the killing “horrific.” Jessica Tisch, the police commissioner, said at a news conference on Sunday that the incident was “one of the most depraved crimes one person could possibly commit against another human being.” In cold weather, homeless people often seek refuge in the warmth of subway lines that have long routes, including the F which takes about an hour and 40 minutes to get from Jamaica, Queens, to Coney Island. The temperature plunged to 16 degrees Saturday night. Eric Gonzalez, the Brooklyn district attorney, said in a statement today, “This gruesome and senseless act of violence against a vulnerable woman will be met with the most serious consequences.” The killing was seemingly an unprovoked attack against a stranger — part of a string of attacks that have fed a persistent sense that the subways are unsafe. On Sunday, at 12:35 a.m., one person was killed and another injured in a stabbing on a southbound 7 train in Queens at the 61 St-Woodside station, the police said. A 26-year-old man was taken into custody. In February, an overnight slashing attack injured a conductor on an A train. Last month, commuters had to shelter on subway car floors as the police searched for a gunman who had shot someone and fled into the subway. But according to police, crime overall has been falling in the subway. Through October, the most recent month for which figures were available, there were 6% fewer major crimes in the transit system this year than last year, the police said. This article originally appeared in The New York Times . © 2024 The New York Times CompanyThe Houston Rockets and Miami Heat did not wait for New Year’s Eve to set off some fireworks. Tensioned flared as the Heat led the Rockets, 99-94, with just over 30 seconds left in the contest at Toyota Center in Houston, Texas. As Miami prepared to inbound from the sideline, Rockets forward Amen Thompson got into it with Heat guard Tyler Herro. Thompson grabbed Herro by the jersey and slammed him to the ground. Terry Rozier immediately came to Herro’s aid and tackled Thompson. Jalen Green also got entangled in the tussle as players and referees tried to diffuse the situation. Chaos ensues at the end of Heat vs. Rockets Four players and two coaches were ejected after this scuffle. pic.twitter.com/suYWuxrX8B Here’s another angle of Thompson’s takedown of Herro and the ensuing chaos. Can't lose your composure like that... pic.twitter.com/5DDAWJldAy — HEAT on FanDuel Sports Network (@FanDuelSN_Heat) December 30, 2024 Herro, Thompson, Rozier, and Green were all ejected from the contest. Rockets coaches Ime Udoka and Ben Sullivan were also tossed. The entire incident happened just moments after Rockets veteran Fred VanVleet was also ejected for bumping into referee Marc Davis . Herro got the last laugh as the Heat held on for a 104-100 win. He also appeared to be in good spirits as his attacker was forced to leave the floor. “Go home bro, you lost!” Herro was seen saying as Thompson walked off the floor. The Heat guard was the star of the night with a game-high 27 points on 10-of-17 shooting to go along with six rebounds and nine assists. This article first appeared on Larry Brown Sports and was syndicated with permission.Jimmy Carter, 39th US president, Nobel winner, dies at 100fishing fafafa 。

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Justin Baldoni was honored earlier this month by Vital Voices, a non-profit working with female business leaders, for his “vital role as a male [ally]” to women and using “his platform to inspire meaningful societal change.” The organization rescinded the Voices of Solidarity Award on Monday after Blake Lively filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the “It Ends With Us” director. “The Voices of Solidarity Award honors remarkable men who have shown courage and compassion in advocating on behalf of women and girls. On December 9, 2024, we recognized Justin Baldoni with this award. On Saturday, December 21, we learned through news reports about a lawsuit brought by Blake Lively against Mr. Baldoni, his publicists, and others that is disturbing and alleges abhorrent conduct,” Vital Voices said in a statment on its website. “The communications among Mr. Baldoni and his publicists included in the lawsuit — and the PR effort they indicate — are, alone, contrary to the values of Vital Voices and the spirit of the Award. We have notified Mr. Baldoni that we have rescinded this award.” On Saturday, the New York Times reported that Lively filed a complaint that accused Baldoni of sexual harassment, fostering a toxic work environment and trying to tarnish her reputation with a targeted smear campaign on social media. Lively alleges that Baldoni’s behavior caused her and her family “severe emotional harm.” Baldoni’s lawyer Bryan Freedman called Lively’s complaint “shameful” and full of “categorically false accusations.” During the “It Ends With Us” press tour, rumors were rampant that Lively and Baldoni didn’t get along on set as the two leads of the film didn’t do press together and steered clear of each other at the New York City premiere. Lively faced a wave of online criticism ahead of the movie’s theatrical release for downplaying the domestic violence storyline (she plays a florist who finds herself in an abusive relationship) and using the media coverage to promote her new haircare line. “It Ends With Us” became a huge box office hit for Sony, earning $350 million at the worldwide box office against a $25 million budget. In wake of the lawsuit, famous faces such as Amy Schumer and Lively’s “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” co-stars America Ferrera, Amber Tamblyn and Alexis Bledel have spoken out in support of Lively. Colleen Hoover, the author of “It Ends With us,” also praised Lively for going public with allegations against Baldoni. “You have been nothing but honest, kind, supportive and patient since the day we met,” Hoover wrote on Instagram. “Thank you for being exactly the human that you are. Never change. Never wilt.”

The party isn’t over just yet at Party City . The New Jersey-based party supplies retailer is holding a going out of business sale with up to 50% off products storewide before closing its over 850 stores, according to a Facebook post the company shared on Saturday, Dec. 21 . In a letter published on the store’s homepage , the company encourages shoppers to visit its stores in the coming weeks to purchase last-minute items during the sale. “We invite you to hurry in right away to stock up on everything — from holiday and New Year’s Eve decorations to birthday party supplies and beyond — while the selection is best!” Party City team says in the letter . Party City announced its plans to go out of business and close its stores on Dec. 20, and laid off its corporate staff as of Friday. Twenty-five of the stores that are closing are located in New Jersey. The company was not able to resolve its financial struggles despite exiting Chapter 11 bankruptcy in October 2023 , paying off $1 billion in debt and closing over 60 locations. “Like many retailers, we’ve been operating in an immensely challenging environment with inflationary pressures on both costs and consumer spending, and while we did everything we could to navigate these headwinds, our very best efforts were ultimately not enough to overcome these challenges,” the company’s letter explains . Party City, which was founded in East Hanover in 1986, quickly became a popular one-stop shop for party necessities, especially Halloween costumes, in more than 70 countries. Now based in Woodcliff Lake, it became the largest party supplies retailer in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. If you want to visit a Party City store before the company goes out of business, here are the remaining New Jersey locations you can shop at now: Bridgewater Bridgewater Town Center, 730 US-202 Clark 1255 Raritan Rd. Unit #710 Clifton AMC Clifton Commons 16, 385 NJ-3 Delran 4004 US 130, Suite 8 East Hanover 346 Route 10 West Eatontown Eatontown Plaza, 50 NJ-36 Edgewater Edgewater Commons, 509 River Rd. Hazlet Bayshore Shopping Center, 3082 State Highway 35 Howell Howell Commons, 4771 US Route 9 Jersey City Hudson Mall, 733 State Highway 440 Kenilworth 2450 US Highway 22 Mays Landing 530 Consumer Square Millville Union Lake Crossing, 2148 North 2nd St., Suite B Mt. Laurel East Gate Square, 1180 Nixon Dr. North Bergen Columbia Park Shopping Center, 3149 Kennedy Blvd., Space 13 Paramus 669 South Route 17 The Kohl’s Shopping Center, 165 Route-4 West Princeton Nassau Park Pavilion, 670 Nassau Park Blvd., Suite 28 Rockaway Rockaway Townsquare Mall, 357 Mount Hope Ave. Sicklerville Shoppes at Cross Keys, 611 Cross Keys Rd., C-329 and C-333 South Plainfield South Plainfield Shopping Center, 7000 Hadley Rd. Trenton Hamilton Marketplace, 180 Marketplace Blvd. Voorhees Cooper’s Plaza, 79 Route 73 Watchung Watchung Commons, 1684 Route 22 East Wayne Brentwood Plaza Shopping Center, 1625 Route 23 You can find all the Party City locations before they close here . More Major Retailer Closings Stop & Shop store closings 2024: See the full list of all the stores that closed this year Rite Aid closings 2024: See the full list of all the stores that closed this year Walmart store closings 2024: See the full list of all the stores that closed this year Big Lots is closing even more locations in 2024: See the full list of 19 new closures Wendy‘s closing 140 more ’outdated' and ‘underperforming’ restaurants by the end of the year Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com . Victoria Rosenthal can be reached at vrosenthal@njadvancemedia.com . Have a tip? Tell us at nj.com/tips .

By MICHELLE L. PRICE and ROB GILLIES NEW YORK (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy. They were also prime trolling opportunities for Trump. Related Articles National Politics | Trump names Andrew Ferguson as head of Federal Trade Commission to replace Lina Khan National Politics | Biden says he was ‘stupid’ not to put his name on pandemic relief checks like Trump did National Politics | Biden issues veto threat on bill expanding federal judiciary as partisan split emerges National Politics | Trump lawyers and aide hit with 10 additional felony charges in Wisconsin over 2020 fake electors National Politics | After withdrawing as attorney general nominee, Matt Gaetz lands a talk show on OANN television Throughout his first term in the White House and during his campaign to return, Trump has spun out countless provocative, antagonizing and mocking statements. There were his belittling nicknames for political opponents, his impressions of other political figures and the plentiful memes he shared on social media. Now that’s he’s preparing to return to the Oval Office, Trump is back at it, and his trolling is attracting more attention — and eyerolls. On Sunday, Trump turned a photo of himself seated near a smiling first lady Jill Biden at the Notre Dame ceremony into a social media promo for his new perfume and cologne line, with the tag line, “A fragrance your enemies can’t resist!” The first lady’s office declined to comment. When Trudeau hastily flew to Florida to meet with Trump last month over the president-elect’s threat to impose a 25% tax on all Canadian products entering the U.S., the Republican tossed out the idea that Canada become the 51st U.S. state. The Canadians passed off the comment as a joke, but Trump has continued to play up the dig, including in a post Tuesday morning on his social media network referring to the prime minister as “Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada.” After decades as an entertainer and tabloid fixture, Trump has a flair for the provocative that is aimed at attracting attention and, in his most recent incarnation as a politician, mobilizing fans. He has long relished poking at his opponents, both to demean and minimize them and to delight supporters who share his irreverent comments and posts widely online and cheer for them in person. Trump, to the joy of his fans, first publicly needled Canada on his social media network a week ago when he posted an AI-generated image that showed him standing on a mountain with a Canadian flag next to him and the caption “Oh Canada!” After his latest post, Canadian Immigration Minister Marc Miller said Tuesday: “It sounds like we’re living in a episode of South Park.” Trudeau said earlier this week that when it comes to Trump, “his approach will often be to challenge people, to destabilize a negotiating partner, to offer uncertainty and even sometimes a bit of chaos into the well established hallways of democracies and institutions and one of the most important things for us to do is not to freak out, not to panic.” Even Thanksgiving dinner isn’t a trolling-free zone for Trump’s adversaries. On Thanksgiving Day, Trump posted a movie clip from “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” with President Joe Biden and other Democrats’ faces superimposed on the characters in a spoof of the turkey-carving scene. The video shows Trump appearing to explode out of the turkey in a swirl of purple sparks, with the former president stiffly dancing to one of his favorite songs, Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” In his most recent presidential campaign, Trump mocked Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, refusing to call his GOP primary opponent by his real name and instead dubbing him “Ron DeSanctimonious.” He added, for good measure, in a post on his Truth Social network: “I will never call Ron DeSanctimonious ‘Meatball’ Ron, as the Fake News is insisting I will.” As he campaigned against Biden, Trump taunted him in online posts and with comments and impressions at his rallies, deriding the president over his intellect, his walk, his golf game and even his beach body. After Vice President Kamala Harris took over Biden’s spot as the Democratic nominee, Trump repeatedly suggested she never worked at McDonalds while in college. Trump, true to form, turned his mocking into a spectacle by appearing at a Pennsylvania McDonalds in October, when he manned the fries station and held an impromptu news conference from the restaurant drive-thru. Trump’s team thinks people should get a sense of humor. “President Trump is a master at messaging and he’s always relatable to the average person, whereas many media members take themselves too seriously and have no concept of anything else other than suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome,” said Steven Cheung, Trump’s communications director. “President Trump will Make America Great Again and we are getting back to a sense of optimism after a tumultuous four years.” Though both the Biden and Harris campaigns created and shared memes and launched other stunts to respond to Trump’s taunts, so far America’s neighbors to the north are not taking the bait. “I don’t think we should necessarily look on Truth Social for public policy,” Miller said. Gerald Butts, a former top adviser to Trudeau and a close friend, said Trump brought up the 51st state line to Trudeau repeatedly during Trump’s first term in office. “Oh God,” Butts said Tuesday, “At least a half dozen times.” “This is who he is and what he does. He’s trying to destabilize everybody and make people anxious,” Butts said. “He’s trying to get people on the defensive and anxious and therefore willing to do things they wouldn’t otherwise entertain if they had their wits about them. I don’t know why anybody is surprised by it.” Gillies reported from Toronto. Associated Press writer Darlene Superville contributed to this report.None

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BROOKVILLE, Ind. — Less than one week after the FBI raided a Brookville man's home, accusing him of defrauding hundreds of people through his pickleball business, we spoke with a woman who gave the alleged scammer $25,000 to invest in his company. The FBI said its agents are looking to identify any potential victims who may have invested with Rodney Grubbs, the former owner of Pickleball Rocks. Several investors have filed lawsuits against Grubbs already, court records show. On Monday, Teri Siewert told us she and her husband were two investors who realized they were conned and got their money back. "We just thought he was this great Christian family man," she said. "That's how he presented himself. I've come to know that's a persona and not who he really is." Years ago, the couple from The Villages, Florida, met Grubbs at a pickleball tournament in Athens, Georgia. They eventually became friends, with Grubbs asking them to invest in his business. "He would kind of sort of absent-mindedly mention, 'You know, well sometimes I get these opportunities with my business ... there's only six people but if I get an opportunity would you be interested?'" Siewert said. The couple, avid pickleball players, decided to invest $25,000 in Pickleball Rocks in March 2019 after Grubbs gave them a PowerPoint presentation showing his vision for the future and plans to expand the apparel business and bring the sport into schools. Siewert showed us the promissory note from Grubbs showing he would pay them 12% interest. "This was his big pitch — ' I've hired Kevin Lindley from Reebok , he's going into the schools, we're growing pickleball,' and this appealed to a lot of people," Siewert said. The Siewerts were supposed to get paid in 2020, but days turned into months and then years. They said they contacted Grubbs multiple times about the money, but said he would blow them off. Then, Siewert said she ran into Grubbs at a pickleball tournament last year. "I'm walking down the thoroughfare and he's literally soliciting a person in front of me. I hear '12% interest,' you know, oh my god and I stepped between them," said Siewert. She explained that at the time, Grubbs was considered a mover and shaker in the pickleball world, and few questioned his credibility. "The lady I tried to warn, I said, 'Please don't do this. We've been trying to get our money for three years now, and she goes, 'I think you're being highly inappropriate here,' and he's laughing out loud behind me like this is the funniest thing that he's ever heard. It was very bizarre it was very concerning," said Siewert. "At some point, I just had to confront him, I said, 'I think you're a conman.'" Siewert said they got their money back after posting what happened to them on social media. She said people started contacting them also claiming Grubbs gave them a similar pitch, but never got paid. In January, Indiana Secretary of State Diego Morales issued a cease and desist order to Grubbs "to stop an alleged fraudulent investment scheme concerning a pickleball apparel and equipment company All About Pickleball LLC., also known as 'Pickleball Rocks.'" The petition alleges Grubbs solicited investments in the form of promissory notes from investors that "contained a high interest rate of 12% compounded monthly and contained an 18% penalty provision in the case of default." Grubbs allegedly met and solicited investors at pickleball tournaments; many of those investors have not been repaid, according to the Secretary of State's office. Last Wednesday , FBI agents searched Grubbs' home in Brookville. On Monday, we went back there but no one answered the door. Meanwhile, Siewert is calling on others to tell their story. "Somebody does somebody wrong, it's not so much about me at that point it's about what could happen to someone else and I am not going to sit by and let them be hurt," said Siewert. WCPO also found in federal bankruptcy records that Grubbs owes nearly $47 million to various people across the U.S.

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The internet is rife with fake reviews. Will AI make it worse?Continuously optimize user experience, Baijiayun's live and on-demand products complete autumn upgradePolice arrested a “strong person of interest” Monday in the brazen Manhattan killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO after a quick-thinking McDonald’s employee in Pennsylvania alerted authorities to a customer who was found with a weapon and writings linking him to the ambush. The 26-year-old man had a gun believed to be the one used in the killing and writings suggesting his anger with corporate America, police officials said. He was taken into custody after police got a tip that he was eating at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a news conference. Police identified the suspect as Luigi Mangione. Mangione was born and raised in Maryland, has ties to San Francisco, and his last known address is in Honolulu, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said at a news briefing. Here's the latest: When an officer asked Mangione if he’d been to New York recently, he “became quiet and started to shake,” the court documents say. A police criminal complaint charged him with forgery, carrying firearms without a license, tampering with records or identification, possessing an instrument of crime and providing false identification to law enforcement. Video posted on the social platform X shows a handcuffed Mangione arriving at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. For example, it took about 10 months to extradite a man charged with stabbing two workers at the Museum of Modern Art in 2022. The suspect, Gary Cabana, was also arrested in Pennsylvania, where he was charged with setting his Philadelphia hotel room on fire. Cabana was sent back to New York after he pleaded guilty to an arson charge in Pennsylvania. Manhattan prosecutors could seek to expedite the process by indicting Mangione for Thompson’s killing while he’s still in custody of Pennsylvania authorities. They could then obtain what’s known as a supreme court warrant or fugitive warrant to get him back to New York. Freddie Leatherbury hasn’t spoken to Mangione since they graduated in 2016 from Gilman School in Maryland. He said Mangione was a smart, friendly and athletic student who came from a wealthy family, even by the private school’s standards. “Quite honestly, he had everything going for him,” Leatherbury said. Leatherbury said he was stunned when a friend shared the news of their former classmate’s arrest. “He does not seem like the kind of guy to do this based on everything I’d known about him in high school,” Leatherbury said. One of his cousins is Republican Maryland state legislator Nino Mangione, a spokesperson for the delegate’s office confirmed Monday. Luigi Mangione is one of 37 grandchildren of Nick Mangione Sr., according to a 2008 obituary. Mangione Sr. grew up poor in Baltimore’s Little Italy and rose after his World War II naval service to become a millionaire real estate developer and philanthropist, according to a 1995 profile by the Baltimore Sun. He and his wife Mary Cuba Mangione, who died in 2023, directed their philanthropy through the Mangione Family Foundation, according to a statement from Loyola University commemorating her death. They donated to a variety of causes, ranging from Catholic organizations to higher education to the arts. A man who answered the door to the office of the Mangione Family Foundation declined to comment Monday evening. Mangione Sr. was known for Turf Valley Resort, a sprawling luxury retreat and conference center outside Baltimore that he purchased in 1978. The father of 10 children, Nick Mangione Sr. prepared his five sons — including Luigi Mangione’s father, Louis Mangione — to help manage the family business, according to a 2003 Washington Post report. The Mangione family also purchased Hayfields Country Club north of Baltimore in 1986. On Monday afternoon, Baltimore County police officers had blocked off an entrance to the property, which public records link to Luigi Mangione’s parents. A swarm of reporters and photographers gathered outside the entrance. “Our hope is that today’s apprehension brings some relief to Brian’s family, friends, colleagues and the many others affected by this unspeakable tragedy,” a spokesperson for UnitedHealth Group said Monday. “We thank law enforcement and will continue to work with them on this investigation. We ask that everyone respect the family’s privacy as they mourn.” In an email to parents and alumni, Gilman headmaster Henry P.A. Smyth said it “recently” learned that Mangione, a 2016 graduate, was arrested in the CEO’s killing. “We do not have any information other than what is being reported in the news,” Smyth wrote. “This is deeply distressing news on top of an already awful situation. Our hearts go out to everyone affected.” Mangione, a high school valedictorian from a Maryland prep school, earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a spokesman told The Associated Press on Monday. He had learned to code in high school and helped start a club at Penn for people interested in gaming and game design, according to a 2018 story in Penn Today, a campus publication. His posts also suggest that he belonged to the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. They also show him taking part in a 2019 program at Stanford University, and in photos with family and friends in Hawaii, San Diego, Puerto Rico, the New Jersey shore and other destinations. Police said the suspect arrested Monday had a ghost gun , a type of weapon that can be assembled at home from parts without a serial number, making them difficult to trace. The critical component in building an untraceable gun is what’s known as the lower receiver. Some are sold in do-it-yourself kits and the receivers are typically made from metal or polymer. Altoona police say officers were dispatched to a McDonald’s on Monday morning in response to reports of a male matching the description of the man wanted in connection with the United Healthcare CEO’s killing in New York City. In a news release, police say officers made contact with the man, who was then arrested on unrelated charges. The Altoona Police Department says it’s cooperating with local, state, and federal agencies. “This just happened this morning. We’ll be working, backtracking his steps from New York to Altoona, Pennsylvania,” Kenny said. “And at some point we’ll work out through extradition to bring him back to New York to face charges here, working with the Manhattan district attorney’s office,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said. “As of right now, the information we’re getting from Altoona is that the gun appears to be a ghost gun that may have been made on a 3D printer, capable of firing a 9 mm round,” NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said at a news briefing. The document suggested the suspect had “ill will toward corporate America,” police added. Mangione, 26, was born and raised in Maryland, has ties to San Francisco, and his last known address in Honolulu, Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said at a news briefing. Police have arrested a 26-year-old with a weapon “consistent with” the gun used in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson , New York City’s police commissioner says. Thompson , 50, died in a dawn ambush Wednesday as he walked to the company’s annual investor conference at Manhattan hotel. Thompson had traveled from Minnesota for the event. A man being questioned Monday in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson had writings that appeared to be critical of the health insurance industry, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The man also had a gun thought to be similar to the one used in the killing, the official said. Police apprehended the man after receiving a tip that he had been spotted at a McDonald’s near Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 233 miles (375 kilometers) west of New York City, said the official, who wasn’t authorized to discuss details of the investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. Along with the gun, police found a silencer and fake IDs, according to the official. — Michael R. Sisak That’s also according to the law enforcement official. — Michael R. Sisak That’s according to a law enforcement official. — Michael R. Sisak New York City Mayor Eric Adams is expected to address this development at a previously scheduled afternoon news briefing in Manhattan. While still looking to identify the suspect, the FBI has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to his arrest and conviction. That’s on top of a $10,000 reward offered by the NYPD. That included footage of the attack, as well as images of someone at a Starbucks beforehand. Photos taken in the lobby of a hostel on Manhattan’s Upper West Side showed the person grinning after removing his mask, police said. NYPD dogs and divers returned to New York’s Central Park today while the dragnet for Thompson’s killer stretched into a sixth day. Investigators have been combing the park since the Wednesday shooting and searching at least one of its ponds for three days, looking for evidence that may have been thrown into it. Police say the shooter used a 9 mm pistol that resembled the guns farmers use to put down animals without causing a loud noise. Police said they had not yet found the gun itself. Ammunition found near Thompson’s body bore the words “delay,” “deny” and “depose,” mimicking a phrase used by insurance industry critics . A man with a gun thought to be similar to the one used in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was taken into police custody Monday for questioning in Pennsylvania, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press. The man is being held in the area of Altoona, Pennsylvania, about 233 miles (375 kilometers) west of New York City, the official said. The official was not authorized to discuss details of the ongoing investigation and spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. The development came as dogs and divers returned Monday to New York’s Central Park while the dragnet for Thompson’s killer stretched into a sixth day. — Michael R. Sisak

New coach Chris Holtmann has been tasked with rebuilding DePaul to the point where it can return to the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2004. Northern Illinois coach Rashon Burno knows what it takes to steer DePaul to the NCAAs because he was the starting point guard on the 2000 team that made the tournament -- the Blue Demons' only other NCAA appearance since 1992. Perhaps they can compare notes Saturday afternoon when Burno leads the Huskies (2-3) back to his alma mater as DePaul (5-0) hosts its sixth straight home game in Chicago. Last season, Burno's NIU squad helped accelerate DePaul's need for a new coach -- as the Huskies waltzed into Wintrust Arena and owned Tony Stubblefield's Blue Demons by an 89-79 score on Nov. 25. The Huskies built a 24-point second-half lead before coasting to the finish line. Can history repeat for NIU? There's just one problem with using last year's game as a potential barometer for Saturday's rematch: Almost no players on this year's teams were part of last year's squads. At DePaul, only assistant coach Paris Parham remains as Holtmann had the green light to bring in an all-new roster. UIC graduate transfer Isaiah Rivera (16.0 ppg, .485 3-point rate) and Coastal Carolina transfer Jacob Meyer (15.4 ppg, .406 on 3s) lead a balanced attack that focuses on getting half its shots from beyond the arc. At NIU, Burno retained only two players who competed against DePaul last year -- Ethan Butler and Oluwasegun Durosinmi -- and they combined for three points in 26 minutes in that game. The Huskies' main players used the transfer portal to join such programs as Kansas, Wisconsin, Penn State, Colorado State, James Madison, Georgia State and Niagara. With every starting job open, Butler has jumped into the lineup and produced 11.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.8 blocks and 1.4 steals per game. Transfers Quentin Jones (Cal Poly) and James Dent (Western Illinois) pace the Huskies with 14.4 and 14.0 points per game. NIU is on a two-game losing streak, most recently a 75-48 home defeat at the hands of Elon on Wednesday. Holtmann hopes to have Arkansas transfer Layden Blocker for Saturday's game. Blocker missed Tuesday's 78-69 win over Eastern Illinois with a quad injury. With the combo guard unavailable, point guard Conor Enright handed out a career-high 11 assists in a season-high 38 minutes. "We need (Blocker)," Holtmann said. "I don't want to play Conor 38 minutes." --Field Level MediaArsenal delivered the statement Champions League win Mikel Arteta had demanded as they swept aside Sporting Lisbon 5-1. Arteta wanted his team to prove their European credentials following some underwhelming displays away from home, and the Gunners manager got exactly what he asked for. Goals from Gabriel Martinelli, Kai Havertz, Gabriel Magalhaes, Bukayo Saka and Leandro Trossard got their continental campaign back on track in style following the 1-0 defeat at Inter Milan last time out. A memorable victory also ended Sporting’s unbeaten start to the season, a streak of 17 wins and one draw, the vast majority of which prompted Manchester United to prise away head coach Ruben Amorim. The Gunners had failed to win or score in their two away games in the competition so far this season, but they made a blistering start in the Portuguese capital and took the lead after only seven minutes. Declan Rice fed overlapping full-back Jurrien Timber, who curled a low cross in behind the home defence for Martinelli to finish at the far post. Arsenal doubled their lead in the 20th minute thanks to a glorious ball over the top from Thomas Partey. Saka escaped the clutches of his marker Maximiliano Araujo to beat the offside trap and poke the ball past advancing goalkeeper Franco Israel for Havertz to tap home. It was a scintillating first-half display which completely overshadowed the presence of Viktor Gyokeres in Sporting’s attack. The prolific Sweden striker, formerly of Coventry, has been turning the heads of Europe’s top clubs with his 24 goals in 17 games this season – including a hat-trick against Manchester City earlier this month. But the only time he got a sniff of a run at goal after an optimistic long ball, he was marshalled out of harm’s way by Gabriel. David Raya was forced into one save, tipping a fierce Geovany Quenda drive over the crossbar. But Arsenal added a third on the stroke of half-time, Gabriel charging in to head Rice’s corner into the back of the net. To rub salt in the wound, the Brazilian defender mimicked Gyokeres’ hands-over-his-face goal celebration. That may have wound Sporting up as they came out after the interval meaning business, and they pulled one back after Raya tipped Hidemasa Morita’s shot behind, with Goncalo Inacio netting at the near post from the corner. Former Tottenham winger Marcus Edwards fired over, as did Gyokeres, with Arsenal temporarily on the back foot. But when Martin Odegaard’s darting run into the area was halted by Ousmane Diomande’s foul, Saka tucked away the penalty. Substitute Trossard added the fifth with eight minutes remaining, heading in the rebound after Mikel Merino’s shot was saved, and Gyokeres’ miserable night was summed up when his late shot crashed back off the post.

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Trump's threat to impose tariffs could raise prices for consumers, colliding with promise for reliefThis past Saturday’s South Carolina 400 at Florence Motor Speedway was the most highly anticipated Late Model Stocks race this year, thanks to Dale Earnhardt Jr. making his return behind the wheel of the No. 8 Budweiser Chevrolet for the first time since 2007. Unfortunately, the event was snake bitten by technical issues on the FloRacing broadcast. At multiple times throughout the race, the audio cut out, the stream cut out and sometimes, both happened at the same time. Earnhardt discussed the broadcast issues during Monday’s “ Dale Jr. Download ,” asking fans to go easy on FloRacing “because they are the only ones really that are trying to bring this content to us.” “Hopefully people aren’t too hard on Flo because they are the only ones really that are trying to bring this content to us,” Earnhardt said. “... I can watch multiple weekly shows with multiple tablets, my phone, my iPad, my Apple TV or whatever it is, my Smart TV — I can watch three or four shows a night on any given weekend. It’s awesome.” The broadcast booth lost power at one point, leaving Eric Brennan and Blake McCandless without the ability to call the race. To finish out the race, James Pike took up the mantle. The FloRacing pit reporter suddenly had to handle play-by-play and color commentator duties all at once. He had to do it with quite the setup, too. From on top of a trailer in the infield, Pike delivered the race for fans at home. One man with a microphone, his IFB comms and the Race Monitor app to keep track of the running order. Dale Earnhardt Jr.’s run at Florence goes sideways late in race NASCAR Productions issued an apology for the issues with the FloRacing broadcast. “NASCAR Productions is aware of the ongoing issues related to the live stream of the South Carolina 400 and is working diligently to resolve them. We apologize for these challenges during what we understand is a highly anticipated event,” NASCAR Productions wrote in a statement on X. As for Earnhardt’s performance at Florence, the NASCAR Hall of Famer started the race in the 37th position and worked his way up to second behind eventual race winner Treyten Lapcevich. Earnhardt had a car capable of taking the checkered flag, but a fuel pump issue on Lap 219 brought his run to an early end. He officially finished 28th. “I felt great about the car,” Earnhardt said after the race, via NASCAR.com . “Picked them off as I could. The car was excellent, and a lot of guys were starting to struggle with the balance of their car. For the second half, we were going to sit there in second. When it was time to start pressuring [Lapcevich], I could probably get him loose, drive off the corner and beat him. “It was about time to turn it on and then the fuel pump broke.” On3’s Jonathan Howard contributed to this article. This article first appeared on 5 GOATs and was syndicated with permission.

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