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Luigi Mangione was indicted Thursday on a federal murder charge in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, a necessary step for prosecutors to seek the death penalty.

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel in December, was indicted in a New York court on four charges including a count eligible for the death penalty.

Michelle Trachtenberg, known for roles in “Buffy,” “Harriet the Spy” and “Gossip Girl,” was found dead in a New York City apartment at the age of 39 in February, the NYPD said. The NYC Office of Chief Medical Examiner has now announced a cause of death for the actress.

As jury selection started in Harvey Weinstein’s New York City rape retrial, some prospective jurors made clear they couldn’t be fair in judging the one-time Hollywood mogul-turned-#MeToo pariah.

The victims included passengers Agustin Escobar, 49, his wife, Mercè Camprubí Montal, 39, and their three children, Victor, 4, Mercedes, 8, and Agustin, 10. The pilot was Seankese Johnson, 36, a U.S. Navy veteran who received his commercial pilot’s license in 2023.

The brother of Merce Camprubi Montal, the young wife and mother who died in this week’s New York City helicopter crash along with four other family members and the pilot, threw flowers into the mist-covered Hudson River on Saturday to honor the victims, NBC News reported.

A helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront Thursday.

Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister of Spain, said the crash was “an unimaginable tragedy.”

Six people, including a family of five Spanish tourists, were killed when the helicopter broke apart near Jersey City.

Mayor Eric Adams spoke Thursday evening to confirm that all six people on board a tour helicopter were killed after it crashed into the Hudson River.

A helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront Thursday, killing all six people aboard, authorities said.

A fatal crash Thursday became the latest incident in a long history of helicopter wrecks in the New York City area.

Witnesses describe what they saw as a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River on Thursday.

Six people died after a tour helicopter crashed into the Hudson River Thursday afternoon.

Authorities are investigating a helicopter crash in the Hudson River, according to the NYPD.

The incident appeared to involve a tour helicopter and video showed parts of the aircraft coming apart before it made impact.

Video of the man who had sex with a corpse on a New York City subway is in the hands of the NYPD. Here’s the latest on the investigation.

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Fresh off the dissolution of his criminal corruption case, New York City Mayor Eric Adams says he’s pulling out of the Democratic primary and running instead as an independent, citing his court case as a distraction. The embattled Democrat announced Thursday that he will run for mayor as an independent, leaving Andrew Cuomo, who resigned as governor of New York...

Luigi Mangione is accused of shooting UnitedHealhcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan. He pleaded not guilty to murder as an act of terror.