The News Roundup For December 13, 2024
Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led from the Blair County Courthouse after an extradition hearing in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Jeff Swensen/Getty Images hide caption
Suspected shooter Luigi Mangione is led from the Blair County Courthouse after an extradition hearing in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
Jeff Swensen/Getty ImagesThe alleged shooter of the UnitedHealthcare CEO, Luigi Mangione, was apprehended this week in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after an employee at a local McDonald's phoned authorities claiming to have recognized him from photographs provided by New York police.
President-elect Donald Trump gave his first broadcast interview to NBC, speaking with Kristen Welker about a range of topics from tariffs to his picks for his cabinet.
President Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 1,500 Americans this week. According to his administration, it's a single-day record.
After rebels took control of the Syrian capital of Aleppo, President Bashar al-Assad fled the country and has been granted asylum in Russia. Now, the world is asking what's next for the country and for the region.
The rebels have also dealt a blow to Russian President Vladimir Putin's ambitions in Europe and the Mediterranean. His forces' main point of entry to the sea was tied to the Assad dynasty. Russia's military presence on the Syrian coast is now in jeopardy.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to testify before the House over how the United States and the Biden administration handled the military's withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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