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Luigi Mangione, charged in the murder of UnitedHealthcare chief executive Brian Thompson, confers with one of his attorneys as he awaits the start of a pretrial hearing in State Supreme Court in Manhattan, Dec. 11, 2025. State prosecutors in New York asked a judge on Wednesday to set a July trial date for the murder case against Luigi Mangione, months ahead of a parallel federal trial in which he is charged with killing a health care executive in Midtown. (Jefferson Siegel/The New York Times)

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Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey urges the federal government and U.S. President Donald Trump to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) threatened by the ongoing government shutdown, at a press conference in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., October 24, 2025. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)

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Massachusetts Bill Aims to Block National Guard Deployment From Other States

A driver was injured in a hit-and-run crash involving a white Dodge 3500 flatbed welding truck on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, on Road 238 south of Avenue 112, and CHP Porterville is seeking the public’s help to identify the fleeing driver. (CHP)

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CHP Seeks Public’s Help After Tulare County Hit-and-Run Injures Driver

An American flag hangs on the U.S. Department of Labor headquarters, in Washington, D.C., U.S., September 16, 2025. (Reuters/Daniel Becerril)

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US Labor Department Proposes Rule to Boost Transparency in Pharmacy Benefit Manager Fees

The John F. Kennedy (JFK) International Airport's air traffic control (ATC) tower as seen from the TWA Hotel in the borough of Queens, New York City, U.S., October 10, 2025. (Reuters/Shannon Stapleton)

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Major Airlines Urge Congress to Pay Air Traffic Controllers in Event of Government Shutdown

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