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The fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare's chief executive on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk Wednesday became a mystery that riveted the nation. Police say it was a targeted killing. Thompson was 50. He had worked at the company for 20 years and had run health care giant UnitedHealth Group Inc.'s insurance business since 2021. It provides health coverage for more than 49 million Americans and brought in $281 billion in revenue last year. Thompson's $10.2 million annual compensation made him one of the company’s highest-paid executives. Trump nominates cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins as SEC chair President-elect Donald Trump says he intends to nominate cryptocurrency advocate Paul Atkins to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission. Atkins is the CEO of Patomak Partners and a former SEC commissioner. Trump calls Atkins a “proven leader for common sense regulations.” In the years since leaving the SEC, Atkins has made the case against too much market regulation. 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Pete Hegseth's mother says The New York Times made 'threats' by asking her to comment on a story A basic tenet of journalism — calling someone for comment on a story — was seen as a threat by defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth's mother. Penelope Hegseth appeared on Fox News Channel to talk about her son, whose nomination by President-elect Trump to lead the Pentagon is threatened by a series of stories about his past behavior. One came this past weekend, when The New York Times wrote about a private email Penelope Hegseth sent to her son about his treatment of women. She said on Fox News that she felt threatened when the Times called her about the email, which she had quickly regretted sending. The Times said they were engaging in routine journalism. District of Columbia says Amazon secretly stopped fast deliveries to 2 predominantly Black ZIP codes The District of Columbia is alleging in a lawsuit that Amazon secretly stopped providing its fastest delivery service to residents of two predominantly Black neighborhoods in the city. The district says the online retailer still charged residents of two ZIP codes millions of dollars for a service that provides speedy deliveries. The complaint filed on Wednesday in District of Columbia Superior Court revolves around Amazon’s Prime membership service. The lawsuit alleges Amazon in mid-2022 imposed what it called a delivery “exclusion” on the two low-income ZIP codes. An Amazon spokesperson says the company made the change based on concerns about driver safety. 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SUBARU ANNOUNCES PRICING ON 2025 FORESTER WILDERNESSWashington, Nov 22 (AP) Amazon is investing an additional USD 4 billion in the artificial intelligence startup Anthropic as major technology companies rush to fund generative AI. This will bring Amazon's total investment in Anthropic – which began last year - to USD 8 billion. Anthropic said the Seattle-based tech giant will maintain its position as a minority investor in the startup, which was founded by former leaders of the Microsoft-linked OpenAI. Also Read | France Shocker: Man Rapes Daughter For Years, Offers Her to Strangers For Sex; Sentenced to 20 Years in Jail. Under the deal, Amazon said the San Francisco-based Anthropic will now name Amazon's cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services, as its “primary training partner”. It will also use two AWS chips to train and deploy its future foundational models, the advanced systems that underpin general-purpose AI services like ChatGPT and Google's Bard chatbot. Also Read | PM Narendra Modi Returns to Delhi After Concluding Nigeria, Brazil and Guyana Visit (Watch Video). “We've been impressed by Anthropic's pace of innovation and commitment to responsible development of generative AI, and look forward to deepening our collaboration,” Matt Garman, the AWS CEO, said in a statement included in Amazon's announcement. The relationship between Big Tech companies and AI startups has received scrutiny from regulators in the US and abroad. However, Amazon got some good news in September when Britain's competition watchdog said Anthropic's revenue and its combined market share with Amazon in Britain were not big enough to require an in-depth investigation under the country's merger rules. (AP) (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)

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MADRID (AP) — Kylian Mbappé admitted he is going through a difficult moment as he missed another penalty kick and Real Madrid lost ground to Barcelona in the Spanish league after a 2-1 loss at Athletic Bilbao on Wednesday. Mbappé had his penalty saved by Athletic goalkeeper Julen Agirrezabala in the 68th minute, and later Federico Valverde gifted a late goal by losing possession on defense to allow an easy winner by Gorka Guruzeta in the 80th. “Bad result,” Mbappé posted on Instagram. “A big mistake in a match where every detail counts. I take full responsibility for it. A difficult moment but it's the best time to change this situation and show who I am.” Mbappé sent the penalty shot to his right and Agirrezabala dived that way to make the stop. “We knew that he is a good penalty taker,” Agirrezabala said. “He missed the last one and I believed that he was going to choose the same side and luckily that’s what happened.” Mbappé, who had a goal disallowed for offside in the 13th, had also missed a penalty in Madrid’s 2-0 loss at Liverpool in the Champions League last week. He didn’t take the one for the club in a Spanish league match on Sunday, but he scored in the 2-0 win over Getafe to ease some of the pressure on him and the club. But it was another lackluster outing for the France star, who continues to struggle in his first season since finally joining the Spanish powerhouse. “I won’t evaluate the performance of a player because of a missed penalty. Obviously he is sad and disappointed, but you have to move on,” Madrid coach Carlo Ancelotti said about Mbappé. “He is not at his best level, but you have to give him time to adapt. You have to give him time to be able to do better.” Ancelotti also downplayed the bad play by Valverde, saying that mistakes can happen to anyone. Valverde had control of the ball but gave it away while trying to get past a couple of Athletic players instead of passing it to a teammate, leaving Guruzeta with an easy run into the area for his goal. Álex Berenguer had put the hosts ahead in the 53td and Jude Bellingham equalized for Madrid in the 78th. The defeat left Madrid four points behind Barcelona, which on Tuesday ended a three-match winless streak in the league with a 5-1 rout at Mallorca. Madrid, which has a game in hand, had won three consecutive league games since a 4-0 loss at home in the “clasico” against Barcelona. Madrid has lost five of its last 11 matches in all competitions. Athletic moved to fourth place with the victory, its fourth consecutive across all competitions. Both matches on Tuesday and Wednesday were moved forward in the schedule because the clubs will be playing in the Spanish Super Cup in January. In the Copa del Rey, first-division clubs Rayo Vallecano, Valencia and Real Betis all advanced over lower-division teams in the second round, but Villarreal lost 1-0 to fourth-division club Pontevedra and Girona fell on penalties to fourth-tier team Logrones. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

Coote was sacked earlier this month after the emergence of a video in which he made derogatory remarks about Liverpool and their former manager Jurgen Klopp. Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL) said that a thorough investigation had concluded he was “in serious breach of the provisions of his employment contract, with his position deemed untenable”. “Supporting David Coote continues to be important to us and we remain committed to his welfare,” PGMOL’s statement on December 9 added. Coote had the right to appeal against the decision but PA understands the Nottinghamshire referee has decided not to. The video which triggered PGMOL’s investigation into Coote’s conduct first came to public attention on November 11. In it, Coote is asked for his views on a Liverpool match where he has just been fourth official, and describes them as “s***”. He then describes Klopp as a “c***”, and, asked why he felt that way, Coote says the German had “a right pop at me when I reffed them against Burnley in lockdown” and had accused him of lying. “I have got no interest in speaking to someone who’s f****** arrogant, so I do my best not to speak to him,” Coote said. Later in the video, Coote again refers to Klopp, this time as a “German c***”. The Football Association opened its own investigation into that video, understood to be centred on that last comment and whether Coote’s reference to Klopp’s nationality constituted an aggravated breach of its misconduct rules. The investigation by PGMOL which led to Coote’s contract being terminated is also understood to have looked at another video which appeared to show Coote snorting a white powder, purportedly during Euro 2024 where he was one of the assistant VARs for the tournament. European football’s governing body UEFA also appointed an ethics investigator to look into the matter.2024’s top 10 climate disasters cost more than 200 billion dollars, charity says

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Several male celebrities took the internet’s heart by storm in 2024, but a handful stood out from the rest of the pack. For those unfamiliar with the phrase “Internet Boyfriend,” the term is applied to popular celebrities who fans collectively have a crush on at the same time. For example, Nicholas Alexander Chavez not only won fans over with his impressive performance in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story but also for a viral TikTok fan edit. Longtime internet boyfriend Timothée Chalamet , meanwhile, had a jam-packed 2024 with his films Dune: Part Two and A Complete Unknown . Not to mention, he was one of the first stars to be the subject of the recent celebrity look-alike competition trend. He even showed up to his own New York City doppelgänger contest in October. You have successfully subscribed. By signing up, I agree to the Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive emails from Us Weekly Check our latest news in Google News Check our latest news in Apple News Similar to Chalamet — who sang live on the set of A Complete Unknown — Jonathan Bailey made fans fall in love with singing chops as Fiyero in Wicked: Part One . Stars such as Adam Brody and Josh Hartnett made millennials nostalgic with 2024 comeback projects, while Marcello Hernandez and Jack Schlossberg made waves online with their hilarious personalities. Keep scrolling for Us Weekly ’s unofficial ranking of the internet’s top boyfriends of 2024: Credit: Getty Images (3) Ranking the Internet’s Best Boyfriends of 2024: Jonathan Bailey, Paul Mescal and More Several male celebrities took the internet’s heart by storm in 2024, but a handful stood out from the rest of the pack.For those unfamiliar with the phrase “Internet Boyfriend,” the term is applied to popular celebrities who fans collectively have a crush on at the same time. For example, Nicholas Alexander Chavez not only won fans over with his impressive performance in Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story but also for a viral TikTok fan edit.Longtime internet boyfriend Timothée Chalamet , meanwhile, had a jam-packed 2024 with his films Dune: Part Two and A Complete Unknown . Not to mention, he was one of the first stars to be the subject of the recent celebrity look-alike competition trend. He even showed up to his own New York City doppelgänger contest in October.Similar to Chalamet — who sang live on the set of A Complete Unknown — Jonathan Bailey made fans fall in love with singing chops as Fiyero in Wicked: Part One . Stars such as Adam Brody and Josh Hartnett made millennials nostalgic with 2024 comeback projects, while Marcello Hernandez and Jack Schlossberg made waves online with their hilarious personalities.Keep scrolling for Us Weekly ’s unofficial ranking of the internet’s top boyfriends of 2024: Credit: Phillip Faraone/WireImage 20. Ryan Gosling Ryan Gosling followed up his 2023 Barbie success with the action movie The Fall Guy . As if we couldn’t love him enough already, his character in the film cried while listening to Taylor Swift’ s “All Too Well” in a car. Gosling even tweaked the lyrics to the hit song during his Saturday Night Live hosting monologue on April, bringing out costar Emily Blunt as a special surprise. Credit: Araya Doheny/WireImage 19. Tyler James Williams Tyler James Williams ’ Gregory Eddie and Quinta Brunson ’s Janine Teagues are finally a couple on Abbott Elementary , and fans couldn’t be happier. “What we have seen up until this point was a mutual admiration for each other,” Williams exclusively told Us of the TV couple’s future in October. “Regardless of where it goes, it's about how much they really respect and care for each other. That's the key. Credit: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Empire State Realty Trust 18. Jack Schlossberg The only grandson of late President John F. Kennedy , Schlossberg has made waves on social media since becoming a political correspondent for Vogue earlier this year. “If you’re going to ask people to think about something serious, you need to make it entertaining or fun,” he told the outlet in July. “That’s what all the great leaders do. You can’t just hammer people with how bad stuff is. You’ve got to bring some positivity and good energy to the things you think are important. That’s the only strategy I have.” Credit: Maya Dehlin Spach/WireImage 17. Taron Egerton The Welsh native added another swoon-worthy role to his Hollywood resume as Ethan Kopek in the Netflix holiday thriller Carry-On . The film quickly rose to the No. 1 spot on the streamer’s Top 10 movies list following its December premiere. Credit: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images 16. Kit Connor and Joe Locke One year after the release of Heartstopper season 2, Kit Connor and Joe Locke returned to their beloved roles as Nick Nelson and Charlie Spring, respectively, for the Netflix series’ third season. Outside of Heartstopper , Locke joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Billy Kaplan (a.k.a. Wiccan) in the Disney+ series Agatha All Along . In addition to voicing the adorable Brightbill in The Wild Robot , Connor made his Broadway debut alongside Rachel Zegler in the play Romeo + Juliet . Credit: Cindy Ord/Getty Images 15. Nicholas Galitzine The British actor romanced Anne Hathaway as boy band star Hayes Campbell in the Prime Video film The Idea of You . Plus, he surprised fans by showing off his impressive body transformation into He-Man for the upcoming Masters of the Universe movie with a buff Instagram Story snap earlier this month. Credit: Ernesto Ruscio/WireImage 14. Josh Hartnett Hartnett made moviegoers fall in love with a serial killer thanks to his performance in the thriller Trapped . He also made a surprise appearance on a season 3 episode of The Bear . Credit: Michael Tran / AFP 13. Marcello Hernandez Hernandez — or should we say, Domingo — went viral for his latest Saturday Night Live original character . He played-up the Domingo hype by appearing as the character at a Sabrina Carpenter concert in November. Credit: Getty Images (4) 12. Chase Stokes, Drew Starkey, Jonathan Daviss and Rudy Pankow The cast of Netflix’s Outer Banks made Us fall in love with them all over again when the show’s fourth season dropped in November. Unfortunately for the on-screen besties, the season ended with the shocking death of Rudy Pankow ’s character, JJ. (R.I.P.) Credit: Mike Coppola/MG24/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue 11. Donald Glover Donald Glover had big footsteps to follow for Prime Video’s Mr. & Mrs. Smith TV adaptation, as Brad Pitt starred in the original 2005 spy romance. Luckily, Glover (a.k.a. Childish Gambino) pulled off the role with ease and cemented himself as an action star to watch. Credit: Dave Benett/Getty Images for Netflix 10. Glen Powell Glen Powell showed fans many sides of himself in 2024, from taking on multiple personas in the Netflix movie Hit Man to chasing storms as Tyler Owens in the summer blockbuster Twisters . Credit: Getty Images (3) 9. Luke Newton, Luke Thompson and Victor Alli The men of Bridgerton continued to make Us swoon in season 3. While the latest installment ended with Luke Newton ’s Colin Bridgerton and Victor Alli ’s Lord John Stirling happily in love with their respective romantic partners, the finale set up Luke Thompson ’s Benedict Bridgerton to take on the leading man role in season 4. Credit: David Eulitt/Getty Images 8. Travis Kelce Taylor Swift ’s “guy on the Chiefs” continued to prove he’s the ultimate Hollywood boyfriend goals by attending several of her Eras Tour concerts and taking the Grammy winner out for several romantic date nights. Not to mention, he threw Swift a surprise Eras -themed party to celebrate her December birthday and the end of her record-breaking tour. Credit: Mike Marsland/WireImage 7. Timothee Chalamet On top of earning critical and fan praise for his work in A Complete Unknown and Dune: Part Two , Timothée became an uncle in 2024 with the birth of his sister Pauline Chalamet ’s baby girl. Credit: Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for The Red Sea International Film Festival 6. Andrew Garfield Andrew Garfield made fans fall in love and cry their eyes out with his role as Tobias in We Live in Time , cementing himself as a British rom-com heartthrob. Credit: Stewart Cook/Getty Images for Amazon MGM Studios 5. Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist The internet was just as obsessed with Challengers stars Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist as their characters were with Zendaya ’s Tashi Duncan in the sports drama. Credit: Amy Sussman/Getty Images 4. Adam Brody Gilmore Girls and The O.C. fans rejoiced when Brody returned to the small screen as Noah (a.k.a. the hot rabbi) in the Netflix series Nobody Wants This . Luckily for viewers, the show was renewed for a second season. Credit: Getty Images (3) 3. Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal and Joseph Quinn As if fans weren’t already obsessed with Paul Mescal , Pedro Pascal and Joseph Quinn before their roles in Gladiator II , the Ridley Scott -directed sequel furthered their status as some of the internet’s favorite boyfriends. Credit: Presley Ann/Getty Images for Netflix 2. Cooper Koch and Nicholas Alexander Chavez The two actors gave emotional and chilling breakout performances as the Menendez brothers in Netflix’s Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story . Chavez went on to play the hot priest in the Ryan Murphy series Grotesquerie , while Koch scored a 2025 Golden Globes nomination for his portrayal of Erik Menendez . (Shout-out to Koch’s performance in the show’s one-take episode titled “The Hurt Man.”) Credit: Karwai Tang/WireImage 1. Jonathan Bailey To Us , Bailey dominated the 2024 pop culture zeitgeist. He began the year reprising his beloved role of Anthony Bridgerton in Bridgerton season 4, and later made a cameo as Nick and Charlie’s famous author crush, Jack Maddox, in Heartstopper season 3. However, it’s his performance as Fiyero in Wicked: Part One that will have Us dancing through life and into the new year. In order to view the gallery, please allow Manage Cookies For access to all our exclusive celebrity videos and interviews – Subscribe on YouTube!

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