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Yesterday — 21 December 2024Main stream

Luigi Mangione to Be Arraigned on New York State Charges on Monday

21 December 2024 at 07:30
Luigi Mangione faces terror and murder charges in New York court. A federal prosecution is proceeding in parallel.

© Karsten Moran for The New York Times

Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive, was gunned down outside a hotel where the insurance company was holding an investor conference.
Before yesterdayMain stream

They Entered Treatment. Drugs, Overdoses and Deaths Followed.

Baltimore addiction programs draw patients with free housing while collecting millions. Some say one company offered little help.

© Jessica Gallagher/The Baltimore Banner, for The New York Times

Amanda Vlakos was found dead of an overdose in September while enrolled in PHA Healthcare, a recovery program that offered free housing.

U.S. Files Murder Charge Against Mangione That Could Bring Death Penalty

20 December 2024 at 07:12
Federal authorities filed a total of four counts against Luigi Mangione, who is accused of killing Brian Thompson, the chief executive of UnitedHealthcare.

© Alan Chin for The New York Times

Luigi Mangione was flown from Pennsylvania to New York, where he was guarded by a phalanx of officers and Mayor Eric Adams.

Luigi Mangione, CEO Killing Suspect, Faces Hearing Over Extradition to New York

19 December 2024 at 23:06
Luigi Mangione, jailed in Pennsylvania, was charged in New York this week with first-degree murder in what prosecutors said was part of an “act of terrorism.”

© Rachel Wisniewski for The New York Times

Luigi Mangione was taken to the Blair County courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pa., after his arrest last week in Altoona, Pa.

Weight Loss Drugs Changed Their Lives. Then They Lost Coverage.

By: Dani Blum
19 December 2024 at 18:00
In Michigan, the state’s largest insurer has tightened restrictions around medications like Wegovy. Patients are panicking.

© Brittany Greeson for The New York Times

Mindy McCormick, 67, had to stop taking Wegovy after her insurer stopped covering the drug.

Aghast at a Move to Revoke the Polio Vaccine

19 December 2024 at 01:20
Readers write about the polio vaccine and the dread of the disease in the past. Also: Reducing crime; the Unabomber’s victims; health insurances woes.

Ways to Fix the Health Insurance Debacle

17 December 2024 at 00:31
Responses to an essay by Andrew Witty, the C.E.O. of UnitedHealth Group. Also: Threats to democracy, in Hungary and America; a check on Trump; avoiding taxes.
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