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‘I shot Mr Thompson’: Luigi Mangione’s stunning confession UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing

The Hindu

‘I shot Mr Thompson’: Luigi Mangione’s stunning confession UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing

Mangione has long denied his role in the killing but pleaded guilty to federal stalking charges on August 14, 2026

The Hindu

Regulators and banks step up scrutiny of prediction markets

CNBC

Regulators and banks step up scrutiny of prediction markets

The CFTC is reviewing prediction betting platforms' so-called mention markets, people familiar with the matter confirmed to CNBC.

CNBC

Mangione admits killing healthcare CEO and pleads guilty to federal charges

BBC

Mangione admits killing healthcare CEO and pleads guilty to federal charges

"I shot Mr Thompson in Manhattan and he died," the 28-year-old said after pleading guilty to charges of stalking resulting in death.

BBC

16 beaten-down AI stocks that are beloved by BofA analysts

16 beaten-down AI stocks that are beloved by BofA analysts

A recent selloff in AI-linked stocks offers opportunities for investors across the hardware, internet and energy sectors, according to analysts.

Selena Gomez Is Sued for Defrauding Investors in Mental Health Site

Selena Gomez Is Sued for Defrauding Investors in Mental Health Site

The actor, singer and beauty mogul founded Wondermind, a mental health platform, with her mother. Investors put in more than $1 million in the venture, which “quietly collapsed,” the suit said.

Pricey Diesel to Push Harvest Season Costs Higher, Says Tom Kloza

Tom Kloza, chief oil advisor to Gulf Oil, says that disruption in the global oil market from the Iran war is likely to make this harvest season extremely costly as average diesel prices extends over $5 a gallon. Kloza also discussed the…

UK Issues Emergency Phone Alert as Heat Raises Wildfire Risk

The UK government issued a wildfire alert to mobile phones on Friday as drought and the tail end of a heat wave left much of the country at very high fire risk.

Breaking: Peso surges past 17 per dollar as the ‘super peso’ returns

Mexico News Daily

Breaking: Peso surges past 17 per dollar as the ‘super peso’ returns

The Mexican peso broke the 17-unit-per-dollar floor and was trading at around 16.98 per U.S. dollar in wholesale transactions early Friday before inching up to just over the 17 mark near midday. For two days, the peso had flirted with…

Mexico News Daily

Google Turns On Gemini A.I. for Students Using Its Classroom App

Google Turns On Gemini A.I. for Students Using Its Classroom App

Google enabled A.I. features for K-12 schools that have allowed student access to Gemini. Until this week, Google automatically enabled Gemini in Classroom only for students 18 or older.

Russia increases electricity exports to Kazakhstan by 20.3% in 1H

Kazakhstan accounted for 94% of Russia’s electricity imports in the reporting period

Construction of road bridge between Russia, North Korea nearing completion — minister

Russian Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Alexander Kozlov noted that the traffic would begin on the bridge very soon

Parents putting money in ‘Trump accounts’ could get a $2,500 tax break. Here’s how.

Parents putting money in ‘Trump accounts’ could get a $2,500 tax break. Here’s how.

A proposed rule could let families do a “discount Roth conversion.”