Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty Friday to federal charges connected to the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, according to NBC News. Any plea could affect his separate New York state murder case, where jury selection is set to begin next month.
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Senate Democrats are pressing Pentagon leaders for answers about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln after reports of shortages, plumbing issues and mental health crises during a record stretch at sea. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said concerns about the carrier have been “completely misrepresented.”
Iran said the Strait of Hormuz remains under its control, rejecting President Trump’s claim that the U.S. has “total control” over the strategic waterway. Tehran said ships cannot pass safely without Iranian permission, while tensions over shipping, oil prices and an oil spill continued.
Arjun Aravind, 17, pleaded not guilty to killing his mother and younger brother at their Acton, Massachusetts, home and was ordered held without bail. Prosecutors said investigators found recent internet and ChatGPT searches involving fictional scenarios about killing family members.
Japan condemned Vladimir Putin’s first visit to the Russian-administered Kuril Islands, which Tokyo claims as its Northern Territories. The long-running dispute has prevented Japan and Russia from signing a post-World War Two peace treaty.
U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee called a settler siege of Palestinian homes in Qusra a “horrific act of terror.” Families said they were cut off from food, water and supplies before Israeli forces dismantled two nearby illegal outposts.
Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma are scheduled to carry out lethal injections Thursday, which would be the first time since 2010 that three U.S. executions occur on the same day. The cases involve separate murders in 1985, 2003 and 2021.
Israel’s military said it will deploy additional troops to Qusra after settlers trapped Palestinian families in their homes, cutting off water and electricity. The standoff has prompted U.S. criticism and renewed scrutiny of settler violence in the occupied West Bank.