A screenshot of a New York Times article about public reaction to the man charged in the fatal shooting of an insurance executive was altered to suggest the news outlet called his glorification “anti-Israeli.” The New York Times (NYT) did not publish an op-ed with the headline “Why the Glorification of Luigi Mangione Is Inherently Anti-Israeli,” Brian Latu, communications manager for the New York Times, told Reuters in an email. The fake headline posted on Facebook refers to Luigi Mangione, who has been indicted for the Dec. 4 murder of...

Only in the age of social media does a high-profile murder become cause for celebration among the masses, like it has with Luigi Mangione and his alleged victim, UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. “I really can’t over-emphasize how disturbing the response to this murder has been,” Rafael Mangual tells James Poulos on “Zero Hour.” “There’s no shortage of people with terrible takes on social media, essentially celebrating.” “The shooter wore a very distinctive jacket that apparently has been flying off the shelves,” he continues, adding, “there was a lookalike contest in...

Luigi Mangione is charged with first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism. Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is scheduled to return to court in Pennsylvania on Thursday morning and is expected to waive extradition to New York, according to his attorney. A Pennsylvania judge must accept the extradition waiver or go forward with a scheduled hearing immediately following a separate hearing on the local charges Mangione faces. If the extradition paperwork is in order, the New York Police Department would then transport Mangione from...

Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4 in Manhattan, is set to appear in court Thursday for two court proceedings in Pennsylvania, including an extradition hearing. Mangione, 26, faces murder charges in New York, where officials are working to extradite him as soon as possible from the Pennsylvania prison where he is currently incarcerated on other charges. The Blar County Court will cover an extradition hearing for Mangione, as well as a preliminary hearing for his other firearms and fraudulent ID-related charges in...

Luigi Mangione , the accused killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson , is expected to waive his right to an extradition hearing and could be arraigned in New York as soon as Thursday. Attorneys for Mangione told ABC and CBS that their client intended to drop his challenge to efforts by New York prosecutors to extradite him. Mangione's New York lawyer, Karen Friedman Agnifilo, and his Pennsylvania lawyer, Thomas Dickey, did not immediately return PEOPLE's request for comment. Mangione is charged with first-degree murder in New York State, which could...

The 26-year-old man accused in the brazen murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson reportedly has waived extradition from Pennsylvania and will be returned to New York as early as Thursday. Luigi Mangione has been incarcerated since he was arrested Dec. 9 at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after a five-day manhunt and charged in the shooting death of Thompson, 50, outside a midtown Manhattan hotel on Dec. 4. He also is facing several charges in Pennsylvania to which he has pleaded not guilty. A judge in Pennsylvania must accept the...

The shooting of the UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and his suspected killer Luigi Mangione have already served as the inspiration for several upcoming documentaries. Since the shooting of Thompson on December 4, filmmakers have been rushing to create projects about the crime and 26-year-old Mangione, whose looks, life, and potential motivations for his alleged involvement have sparked an unexpected online obsession. The first project comes from Anonymous Content in collaboration with Jigsaw Productions, a documentary company run by director Alex Gibney.

The mysterious Luigi Mangione is set to be the subject of not one, but two documentaries in the near future. UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed outside a Manhattan hotel on December 4, with his hooded killer at large for a number of days afterwards. But last week police arrested 26-year-old Luigi Mangione on suspicion of murder after receiving a tip-off that the suspect had been sighted at a McDonald’s. In the days leading up to and following his arrest, the mystery of Mangione has captured the attention of the...