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It’s time to lighten things up. As we exit the holidays, we officially enter bowl-food season. Rich and heavy holiday dinners — featuring cocktails and multiple courses, ribs and roasts, sauces and reductions — will take a New Year’s timeout, replaced by steaming bowls brimming with warm and nourishing soups and stews. And while meat is certainly welcome to join the bowl-fun, the lightness of seafood is a refreshing alternative. It’s time for a cioppino. Cioppino is a San Francisco seafood stew that originated in the 1800s when the Italian and Portuguese fishermen chopped up leftovers from their daily catches to make a robust tomato-based soup. Its name is derived from the Italian term ciuppin, which means to chop. Wine is a key ingredient in the cioppino stock, and recipes gamely call for white or red, depending on the source. I prefer to use red wine, which adds more fruit and less acidity to the broth. As for the fish and shellfish, there is no set rule, except to choose as fresh as possible. Select a variety of shellfish and seafood, such as clams, mussels, shrimp and scallops, and thicken the soup with chunks of firm-fleshed white fish, such as halibut. While many cioppinos include crab, which is local to and abundant in the San Francisco Bay area during the winter season, it can easily be omitted. If you have access to crab, purchase the cracked legs or simply buy the cleaned meat for a splurge. Unlike many stews that taste better with time, this stew is meant to be eaten straight away to capture the freshness of the fish. This rule was heeded with my pot of stew, since I had no time to style a pretty photo before it was devoured, leaving me only with the process shot you see here. Cioppino Active time: 50 minutes Total time: 50 minutes Yield: Serves 6 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 medium yellow onion, chopped 1 medium fennel bulb, halved lengthwise, thinly sliced 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 1/4 cup tomato paste 1 (28-ounce) can crushed Italian plum tomatoes 2 cups medium-bodied red wine 2 cups chicken stock 2 tablespoons fresh orange juice 1 bay leaf 1 teaspoon kosher salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper 1 teaspoon granulated sugar (optional) 12 to 18 littleneck clams 12 to 18 mussels, scrubbed and debearded 1 pound large (18/20) shrimp, peeled, deveined, tails intact optional 1 pound firm white fish, such as halibut, cut into 1-inch chunks Chopped fresh Italian parsley for garnish Heat the oil in a large soup pot or Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the onion and fennel and cook until the vegetables soften, 3 to 4 minutes, stirring frequently. Add the garlic, oregano and red pepper flakes and saute until fragrant, about 1 minute. Stir in the tomato paste and cook for about 1 minute more, stirring to create a slurry. Add the tomatoes, wine, chicken stock, orange juice, bay leaf, salt and black pepper. Bring to a boil and simmer, partially covered, for 30 minutes. Taste for seasoning and add more salt or the sugar, if desired. Add the clams to the pot, cover and cook over medium heat about 5 minutes. Add the mussels, cover the pot and cook 3 to 4 minutes more. Discard any unopened clams or mussels. Stir in the shrimp and halibut, partially cover the pot, and simmer until the fish is cooked through, about 5 minutes. Ladle the stew into warm serving bowls and garnish with parsley. Serve with crusty bread or garlic bread. This recipe is from Lynda Balslev, a cookbook author, food and travel writer, and recipe developer. She can be found at TasteFoodBlog.comMaryam visits injured Rangers, police personnel Maryam says federal and Punjab governments are indebted to injured security personnel LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Saturday visited the Rawalpindi CMH to uplift the morale of security personnel injured during the PTI violence in Islamabad. “Rangers and police personnel are the sons of the nation. We are proud of them and will not spare the protesters who have mercilessly tortured them,” she said. She said, “The personnel of the Pakistan Army and security agencies are restoring peace in the country by sacrificing their lives. The corrupt political party should be ashamed of attacking them.” The chief minister emphasised, “The federal and Punjab governments are indebted to the injured security personnel. We stand by them and their families.” During her visit, she met each injured Rangers and police official undergoing treatment and enquired about their well-being. She lauded their high morale and unwavering sense of duty. The injured personnel narrated the merciless violence inflicted by the protesters. They disclosed, “Firing was carried out at close range, and violence was inflicted with nailed sticks. One official suffered a fractured skull, while others had broken bones and eye injuries.” Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz consoled the injured officials, encouraging them to stay strong. She said, “Attacks on state institutions, property, and security personnel are highly condemnable.” She assured, “The miscreants and PTI members responsible for these heinous acts will be brought to justice and given severe exemplary punishments.” The injured officials expressed their determination to recover quickly and resume their duties. Good news for wheat farmers: “After fertiliser, the prices of certified wheat seeds have also decreased,” announced Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz while expressing satisfaction over the significant reduction in the prices of certified seeds from the Punjab Seed Corporation. She highlighted, “The price of certified seeds has dropped to Rs4,500 per bag from Rs6,300. These certified seeds are now available at special centres and through registered dealers of the Punjab Seed Corporation.” The chief minister affirmed, “Farmers are our brothers; we must care for their welfare and well-being. We stand with the farmers of Punjab and will continue to do so.” She reiterated her commitment to fulfilling the vision of increasing agricultural production and ensuring the prosperity of farmers. Burewala cylinder tragedy: “Ensure a strict ban on defective cylinders across the province,” directed Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz while expressing sorrow over the tragic deaths of young children and a couple in a cylinder explosion in Burewala. She extended heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and sought a detailed report on the incident from the Multan commissioner. Meanwhile, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz is set to become the first female Chief Minister of Punjab to visit China, aiming to enhance cooperation in the fields of information technology, medicine, industry, smog control, and climate change. According to a formal invitation from the International Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif will visit Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangdong during her eight-day trip from December 8 to 15. The invitation emphasised a strong desire to strengthen bilateral cooperation between the Communist Party of China and the Pakistan Muslim League (N). It also highlighted the intention to further deepen the longstanding friendly relations and cooperation between Pakistan and China. The visit will also explore opportunities to boost business and trade links between the private sectors of Punjab and China. During her visit, Chief Minister Maryam will meet key Chinese leaders and high-ranking government officials to discuss China’s development model, governance practices, and avenues for enhancing bilateral cooperation. The discussions are expected to cover Punjab’s high standards of development and the prospects for a new phase of collaboration. A high-level delegation will accompany the chief minister on this landmark visit.CEO killer suspect: golden boy who soured on US health system
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Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Tuesday announced the start of a recruitment drive to fill the backlog of vacant posts for persons with disabilities (PwD) in various departments. Chairing a review meeting of the social justice and child welfare department at his official residence, Mann said that the state govt had identified a backlog of vacant posts for PwDs across various departments of the state govt. He said that so far, 1,754 posts for direct recruitment and 556 posts for promotion were identified as a backlog for PwD, and officers were asked to expedite the process of filling these vacant posts. Mann also gave the nod for amending rules under the Rights of Persons with Disability Act, 2016, adding that this amendment of rules would help in safeguarding the rights of persons with disabilities. He said that recently, the state govt approved a free bus travel facility for dependents of the blind, and a notification in this regard would be issued shortly. Also, a 50% concession in fare was given to PwDs in Punjab Roadways and PRTC Buses, and during 2023-24, Rs 2.19 crore was spent, benefiting 7.5 lakh commuters. The CM said that the state govt covered 2.65 lakh disabled persons under the State Pension Scheme, and Rs 278.17 crore was disbursed to beneficiaries during 2024-25. We also published the following articles recently Vacant posts in govt schools to be filled soon: Minister Tamil Nadu's School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi announced imminent appointments to fill all vacant government school teacher positions. Over 3,000 BT assistant teacher appointments are pending due to a court case filed by a non-teaching staff union. Results for second-grade teacher exams have been released, and appointment letters will be issued soon. Occurrence, filling up of vacant posts continuous process: Centre on vacancies in government departments The central government is actively addressing vacant positions within its ministries and departments, emphasizing it as an ongoing process. Union Minister Jitendra Singh informed the Rajya Sabha that ministries are instructed to fill vacancies promptly. Recruitment drive to fill 8k posts in health dept Telangana's health department is on a hiring spree! To address staffing shortages in medical colleges, over 6,470 positions are currently being filled. A recent reshuffling of faculty between Hyderabad and outlying areas has paved the way for these new recruits. Stay updated with the latest news on Times of India . Don't miss daily games like Crossword , Sudoku , and Mini Crossword .
Life-sized statue of blues legend Rory Gallagher granted planning approval by Belfast City CouncilTribLIVE's Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. Abortion has become slightly more common despite bans or deep restrictions in most Republican-controlled states, and the legal and political fights over its future are not over yet. It's now been two and a half years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door for states to implement bans. The policies and their impact have been in flux ever since the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Here's a look at data on where things stand: Abortions are slightly more common now than before Dobbs Overturning Roe and enforcing abortion bans has changed how woman obtain abortions in the U.S. But one thing it hasn't done is put a dent in the number of abortions being obtained. There have been slightly more monthly abortions across the country recently than there were in the months leading up to the June 2022 ruling, even as the number in states with bans dropped to near zero. "Abortion bans don't actually prevent abortions from happening," said Ushma Upadhyay, a public health social scientist at the University of California San Francisco. But, she said, they do change care. For women in some states, there are major obstacles to getting abortions — and advocates say that low-income, minority and immigrant women are least likely to be able to get them when they want. For those living in states with bans, the ways to access abortion are through travel or abortion pills. Pills become a bigger part of equation — and the legal questions As the bans swept in, abortion pills became a bigger part of the equation. They were involved in about half the abortions before Dobbs. 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CHATGPT-CREATOR OpenAI has recently considered developing a web browser that would combine with its chatbot and separately discussed or struck deals to power search features, the Information reported on Thursday. OpenAI has spoken about the search product with website and app developers such as Conde Nast, Redfin, Eventbrite and Priceline, the report said, citing people who have seen prototypes or designs of the products. The move could pit the Sam Altman-led company against Google, which commands the lion’s share of the browser and search market. OpenAI has already entered the search market with SearchGPT. Google-owner Alphabet has been trying to boost its AI heft since ChatGPT’s launch in late 2022, answering back with its own generative AI chatbot, Gemini, last year. Shares of Alphabet were down around 1 per cent in extended trading, after closing around 5 per cent lower on Thursday. Google’s dominance in the browser market became precarious after the US Department of Justice argued that the company should sell its Chrome browser to end its monopoly on online search. OpenAI has also discussed powering artificial intelligence features on Samsung-made devices, a key business partner of Google, the Information report said, citing people who were briefed about the situation. The company already has a partnership with Apple, whereby the iPhone maker’s “Apple Intelligence” features on new devices are powered using the technology from OpenAI. The Information report, however, said OpenAI is not remotely close to launching a browser. Google, OpenAI and Samsung did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for comment. REUTERSCEO killer suspect: golden boy who soured on US health system
5-star QB Bryce Underwood verbally commits to Michigan, flipping from LSUStocks closed higher on Wall Street as the market posted its fifth straight gain and the Dow Jones Industrial Average notched another record high. The S&P 500 rose 0.3%. The benchmark index’s 1.7% gain for the week erased most of its loss from last week. The Dow rose 1% as it nudged past its most recent high set last week, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.2%. Markets have been volatile over the last few weeks, losing ground in the runup to elections in November, then surging following Donald Trump’s victory, before falling again. The S&P 500 has been steadily rising throughout this week to within close range of its record. It’s now within about 0.5% of its all-time high set last week. “Overall, market behavior has normalized following an intense few weeks,” said Mark Hackett, chief of investment research at Nationwide, in a statement. Several retailers jumped after giving Wall Street encouraging financial updates. Gap soared 12.8% after handily beating analysts’ third-quarter earnings and revenue expectations, while raising its own revenue forecast for the year. Discount retailer Ross Stores rose 2.2% after raising its earnings forecast for the year. EchoStar fell 2.8% after DirecTV called off its purchase of that company’s Dish Network unit. Smaller company stocks had some of the biggest gains. The Russell 2000 index rose 1.8%. A majority of stocks in the S&P 500 gained ground, but those gains were kept in check by slumps for several big technology companies. Nvidia fell 3.2%. Its pricey valuation makes it among the heaviest influences on whether the broader market gains or loses ground. The company has grown into a nearly $3.6 trillion behemoth because of demand for its chips used in artificial-intelligence technology. Intuit, which makes TurboTax and other accounting software, fell 5.7%. It gave investors a quarterly earnings forecast that fell short of analysts’ expectations. Facebook owner Meta Platforms fell 0.7% following a decision by the Supreme Court to allow a multibillion-dollar class action investors’ lawsuit to proceed against the company. It stems from the privacy scandal involving the Cambridge Analytica political consulting firm. All told, the S&P 500 rose 20.63 points to 5,969.34. The Dow climbed 426.16 points to 44,296.51, and the Nasdaq picked up 42.65 points to close at 2,406.67. European markets closed mostly higher and Asian markets ended mixed. Crude oil prices rose. Treasury yields held relatively steady in the bond market. The yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.41% from 4.42% late Thursday. In the crypto market, bitcoin hovered around $99,000, according to CoinDesk. It has more than doubled this year and first surpassed the $99,000 level on Thursday. Retailers remained a big focus for investors this week amid close scrutiny on consumer spending habits headed into the holiday shopping season. Walmart, the nation’s largest retailer, reported a quarter of strong sales and gave investors an encouraging financial forecast. Target, though, reported weaker earnings than analysts’ expected and its forecast disappointed Wall Street. Consumer spending has fueled economic growth, despite a persistent squeeze from inflation and high borrowing costs. Inflation has been easing and the Federal Reserve has started trimming its benchmark interest rates. That is likely to help relieve pressure on consumers, but any major shift in spending could prompt the Fed to reassess its path ahead on interest rates. Also, any big reversals on the rate of inflation could curtail spending. Consumer sentiment remains strong, according to the University of Michigan’s consumer sentiment index. It revised its latest figure for November to 71.8 from an initial reading of 73 earlier this month, though economists expected a slight increase. It’s still up from 70.5 in October. The survey also showed that consumers’ inflation expectations for the year ahead fell slightly to 2.6%, which is the lowest reading since December of 2020. Wall Street will get another update on how consumers feel when the business group The Conference Board releases its monthly consumer confidence survey on Tuesday. A key inflation update will come on Wednesday when the U.S. releases its October personal consumption expenditures index. The PCE is the Fed’s preferred measure of inflation and this will be the last PCE reading prior to the central bank’s meeting in December. Stocks closed higher on Wall Street as the market posted The owners of a Colorado funeral home who let nearly The Supreme Court on Friday stepped into a major legal Oil company Phillips 66 has been federally indicted in connectionThe Bell Capital Cup continued Saturday with even more teams making their debut appearances. The U13 AA Karawanken Bears from Austria were on the ice at the Nepean Sportsplex early Saturday morning. The team also consists of players from Slovenia and Croatia. It was a full-day trip for the players and their parents, who came out in support, but for Skyler Furey, the trip isn't unfamiliar. Furey's parents were both born in Canada but now live in Austria where he also resides. While his parents were unable to make the trip to Ottawa, his grandfather, who lives in the city, was at the game supporting him. "It's nice to come back to Canada once in a while," Furey said. "We battled really good and it was a tough game." The Bears defeated the Cumberland Jr. Grads 5-3. A few hours later, the Greater Bay Tigers stepped onto the ice. The team consisting of players from Hong Kong, Southern China and Taiwan, got their first taste of action in the tournament. Most of the players arrived in the city days before the event due to travel times. Tigers owner Gregory Smyth says he cherishes being able to come back to Canada and see his team competing against the best. "It's an eye opener, to see how good the hockey is," Smyth said. "We're competitive too, and I think that's probably an eye opener for some of the local teams here as well because these kids can skate, shoot and pass. They did well today." Smyth says the team has enjoyed the festivities during the opening ceremonies at Hockey Fest and are treating the boys to a couple of World Junior games in the city, including Canada versus the United States on New Years Eve. More international teams also got underway today including many from the United States and the defending Division A champions from Slovenia, who played a friendly game in Rockland. The tournament runs until Dec. 31. Shopping Trends The Shopping Trends team is independent of the journalists at CTV News. We may earn a commission when you use our links to shop. Read about us. 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ALTOONA, Pennsylvania — Luigi Mangione, the suspect charged with murder in the shooting of a top UnitedHealth executive, briefly struggled with officers and angrily shouted while being escorted into a Pennsylvania courthouse on Tuesday, as a clearer picture of his motives began to emerge a day after his arrest ended a massive manhunt. Mangione, 26, turned toward a group of reporters and yelled in part, “... completely out of touch and an insult to the intelligence of the American people!” before deputies pushed him away. It was not clear to what he was referring. At the court hearing, his defense lawyer told a judge that Mangione would oppose extradition to New York, where he is charged with murder and other crimes. That decision could delay the process by weeks but is unlikely to block his eventual transfer; for now, Mangione will remain in jail in Pennsylvania, where he faces gun and forgery charges. His attorney, Tom Dickey, said at a news conference that Mangione planned to plead not guilty to the charges. Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealth’s insurance arm, one of the largest health insurers in the U.S., was shot dead last Wednesday morning outside a hotel in Manhattan in what police said was a targeted attack, sparking a manhunt that led to Mangione’s arrest. More clues about his possible motivation were coming to light on Tuesday. When arrested, Mangione was in possession of a handwritten manifesto that offered insight into his mindset, according to police. The New York Times reported that an internal New York City Police report analyzing the document concluded that Mangione viewed the killing as a justified response to what he believed to be corruption in the health care industry. “These parasites simply had it coming,” the manifesto said, according to the Times. Mangione suffered from chronic back pain that limited his daily life, according to friends, his social media postings and other news reports. His profile on X shows a background image of an x-ray with what appears to be screws and plates inserted in a lower back. An employee at TrueCar told Reuters that Mangione worked at the car-buying website as a data engineer from 2022 to late 2023. In mid-2023, Mangione took about two months off for what the employee’s manager described as back-related issues. The employee, who asked not to be named, described Mangione as “incredibly smart” and very friendly to his co-workers. He said that the company offered employees health insurance through UnitedHealth as well as other choices, such as Aetna. From January through June 2022, Mangione lived at the Surfbreak co-living community in Honolulu, where he led a book club and surfed, hiked and rock-climbed, the founder of the group, R.J. Martin, told the Hawaiian outlet Civil Beat. Martin said Mangione had suffered back pain caused by misaligned vertebrae pinching Mangione’s spinal cord, and he left for the mainland at some point for surgery. But he went “radio silent” in June or July, Martin told Civil Beat. Mangione never showed any indication of violence, Martin later told MSNBC. “The Luigi that I knew is completely incompatible with an assassin,” he said, describing him as funny, kind and thoughtful. At one point, Mangione suggested Surfbreak’s book club read the manifesto of Ted Kaczynski — the U.S. domestic bomber known as the Unabomber — as a joke, according to Martin. On the book-themed social media site Goodreads, a poster with Mangione’s name praised Kaczynski’s book “Industrial Society and Its Future” as “prescient” about modern society, called him an “extreme political revolutionary” and suggested violence was a legitimate form of resistance in some circumstances. Mangione was spotted at a McDonald’s on Monday by an employee who thought he looked like the gunman in surveillance images released by police. Mangione, an Ivy League graduate who was also the valedictorian of a private all-boys school in Maryland, had a loaded ghost gun — an untraceable firearm assembled from parts — and a silencer, officials said on Monday. Both the weapon and his clothing closely resembled those used by the gunman. He also had multiple fake identifications, including a fraudulent New Jersey ID that matched the one used by the gunman to check into a Manhattan hostel days before the shooting, according to authorities. Mangione’s family released a statement saying they knew only what had been reported in the media. “Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest,” the family said in a statement posted to the X account of Maryland lawmaker Nino Mangione. “We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved.” The gunman managed to elude capture for days after the attack last Wednesday outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan. Thompson’s killing unleashed a wave of frustration from Americans struggling to afford medical care and those who have been denied claims or care. Thompson, a father of two, had been CEO of UnitedHealthcare since April 2021, part of a 20-year career with the company. He had been in New York to attend the company’s annual investor conference.
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Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a healthcare executive in New York City, apparently was living a charmed life: the grandson of a wealthy real estate developer, valedictorian of his elite Baltimore prep school and with degrees from one of the nation's top private universities. Friends at an exclusive co-living space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Hawaii where the 26-year-old Mangione once lived widely considered him a “great guy,” and pictures on his social media accounts show a fit, smiling, handsome young man on beaches and at parties. Now, investigators in New York and Pennsylvania are working to piece together why Mangione may have diverged from this path to make the violent and radical decision to gun down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a brazen attack on a Manhattan street. The killing sparked widespread discussions about corporate greed, unfairness in the medical insurance industry and even inspired folk-hero sentiment toward his killer. But Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sharply refuted that perception after Mangione's arrest on Monday when a customer at a McDonald's restaurant in Pennsylvania spotted Mangione eating and noticed he resembled the shooting suspect in security-camera photos released by New York police. “In some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero. Hear me on this, he is no hero,” Shapiro said. “The real hero in this story is the person who called 911 at McDonald’s this morning.” Mangione comes from a prominent Maryland family. His grandfather, Nick Mangione, who died in 2008, was a successful real estate developer. One of his best-known projects was Turf Valley Resort, a sprawling luxury retreat and conference center outside Baltimore that he purchased in 1978. The Mangione family also purchased Hayfields Country Club north of Baltimore in 1986. On Monday, Baltimore County police officers blocked off an entrance to the property, which public records link to Luigi Mangione’s parents. Reporters and photographers gathered outside the entrance. The father of 10 children, Nick Mangione prepared his five sons — including Luigi Mangione’s father, Louis Mangione — to help manage the family business, according to a 2003 Washington Post report. Nick Mangione had 37 grandchildren, including Luigi, according to the grandfather's obituary. Luigi Mangione’s grandparents donated to charities through the Mangione Family Foundation, according to a statement from Loyola University commemorating Nick Mangione’s wife’s death in 2023. They donated to various causes, including Catholic organizations, colleges and the arts. One of Luigi Mangione’s cousins is Republican Maryland state legislator Nino Mangione, a spokesman for the lawmaker’s office confirmed. “Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest,” Mangione’s family said in a statement posted on social media by Nino Mangione. “We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved.” Mangione, who was valedictorian of his elite Maryland prep school, earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a university spokesman told The Associated Press. He learned to code in high school and helped start a club at Penn for people interested in gaming and game design, according to a 2018 story in Penn Today, a campus publication. His social media posts suggest he belonged to the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. They also show him taking part in a 2019 program at Stanford University, and in photos with family and friends at the Jersey Shore and in Hawaii, San Diego, Puerto Rico, and other destinations. The Gilman School, from which Mangione graduated in 2016, is one of Baltimore’s elite prep schools. The children of some of the city’s wealthiest and most prominent residents, including Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr., have attended the school. Its alumni include sportswriter Frank Deford and former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington. In his valedictory speech, Luigi Mangione described his classmates’ “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things.” Mangione took a software programming internship after high school at Maryland-based video game studio Firaxis, where he fixed bugs on the hit strategy game Civilization 6, according to a LinkedIn profile. Firaxis' parent company, Take-Two Interactive, said it would not comment on former employees. He more recently worked at the car-buying website TrueCar, but has not worked there since 2023, the head of the Santa Monica, California-based company confirmed to the AP. From January to June 2022, Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a “co-living” space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Honolulu. Like other residents of the shared penthouse catering to remote workers, Mangione underwent a background check, said Josiah Ryan, a spokesperson for owner and founder R.J. Martin. “Luigi was just widely considered to be a great guy. There were no complaints,” Ryan said. “There was no sign that might point to these alleged crimes they’re saying he committed.” At Surfbreak, Martin learned Mangione had severe back pain from childhood that interfered with many aspects of his life, including surfing, Ryan said. “He went surfing with R.J. once but it didn’t work out because of his back,” Ryan said, but noted that Mangione and Martin often went together to a rock-climbing gym. Mangione left Surfbreak to get surgery on the mainland, Ryan said, then later returned to Honolulu and rented an apartment. An image posted to a social media account linked to Mangione showed what appeared to be an X-ray of a metal rod and multiple screws inserted into someone's lower spine. Martin stopped hearing from Mangione six months to a year ago. An X account linked to Mangione includes recent posts about the negative impact of smartphones on children; healthy eating and exercise habits; psychological theories; and a quote from Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti about the dangers of becoming “well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Mangione likely was motivated by his anger at what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, according to a law enforcement bulletin obtained by AP. He wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and that the profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, based on a review of the suspect’s handwritten notes and social media posts. He appeared to view the targeted killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO as a symbolic takedown, asserting in his note that he is the “first to face it with such brutal honesty,” the bulletin said. Mangione called “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski a “political revolutionary” and may have found inspiration from the man who carried out a series of bombings while railing against modern society and technology, the document said. Associated Press reporters Lea Skene in Baltimore; Jennifer Sinco Kelleher in Honolulu; Maryclaire Dale in Philadelphia; John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio; and Michael Kunzelman in Washington, D.C., contributed to this report. Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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