The latest about racial injustice and sexual abuse, spurred by the #MeToo movement, mass shootings and police violence in light of George Floyd’s death.
The bulletin was issued a day after the FBI said Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Texas native, was “100 percent inspired” by the Islamic State militant group to drive a truck into New Year’s Day revelers in New Orleans, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens of others. Read more
Police in Washington, the site of the Jan. 9 state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter and President-elect Donald Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration, said in a statement they had raised security across the city “in light of recent events,” and that the community will notice an increased police presence. Read more
The FBI said there appeared to be no link between the attack in New Orleans and the episode in Las Vegas on the same day in which a Tesla Cybertruck exploded in flames outside the Trump International Hotel. Read more
The driver, identified by the FBI as Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a U.S. citizen from Texas, died at the scene in the shootout with police and may have been acting in concert with others, officials said. Read more
The Manhattan district attorney’s office has charged Mangione with first-degree murder, as well as two variations of second-degree murder and weapons charges. He faces the possibility of life in prison without parole on those charges. Read more
The man, Luigi Mangione, was being held at a prison in Pennsylvania after he was spotted in a McDonald’s in the central part of the state and arrested by local police. Read more
Rubi Vergara, 14, and teacher Erin West, 42, were both killed in the shooting, the Dane County Medical Examiner’s office said in a written statement. Both were pronounced dead at the scene by authorities just after the Monday shooting. Read more
School shootings have become a near-daily occurrence in the United States, with 322 of them this year, according to the K-12 School Shooting Database. That is the second highest total of any year after last year’s record of 349. Read more
Police claim that they have accumulated overwhelming evidence that Luigi Mangione fatally shot UnitedHealth Group Inc. executive Brian Thompson, on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk in an early morning killing that reverberated across the U.S. Read more
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At least six other people were wounded, according to police. Two students had life-threatening injuries; four other people had non-life-threatening injuries. Read more
Police investigators have been scrambling to trace Luigi Mangione’s movements not only in the days before the Dec. 4 shooting, but also in the months that preceded it. Read more
In New York, “Wanted” posters with the faces of CEOs have appeared on walls. Websites are selling Mangione merchandise, including hats with “CEO Hunter” printed across a bullseye. And some social media users have swooned over his smile and six-pack abs. Read more
The murder ignited an outpouring of anger from Americans struggling to receive and pay for medical care. Read more
A three-judge panel of the Connecticut Appellate Court found that a jury’s October 2022 decision to award $965 million in damages plus attorneys fees and costs to families of the shooting’s victims was not unreasonable given the mental anguish they suffered due to the lies by Jones about Sandy Hook. Read more
An FBI spokesperson said the bureau is aware of numerous bomb threats and swatting incidents targeting incoming administration nominees and appointees and is working with its law enforcement partners. Read more
At the end of a three-day trial in Knoxville, Tennessee, the man, Edward Kelley, 35, was found guilty of charges that included conspiracy to murder federal employees and threatening federal agents. Read more
Riley, 22, was attacked in February while running on a trail on the University of Georgia campus in Athens. Read more
The messages were the latest in a series of offensive content that started popping up just hours after the presidential race was called for Donald Trump the morning after Election Day. Read more
The Anti-Defamation League said that the Columbus event fit a recent pattern of white supremacist incidents, hundreds of which have taken place across the country over the past 18 months. Read more
FEMA confirmed that an employee had issued that guidance and has been terminated. It said that it believed this was an isolated incident and that it was under investigation. Read more
The FBI said in a statement that it was “aware of the offensive and racist text messages” and that it was coordinating with the Justice Department and other federal authorities. Read more
