Listener supported, WNYC Studios.

It's the Brian Laird show on WNYC.

I'm Matt Katz, former reporter here at WNYC and Gothamist.

I'm now running a news and culture interview podcast in Philadelphia called CityCast, Philly.

And I'm filling in for Brian today.

Coming up on the show, we'll talk to our lead Eric Adams of reporter,

Elizabeth Kim, about the news this morning just broke that the case against the mayor is being

dismissed. Yes, this is breaking news and we're going to get into it. Plus, the mayor's increasingly

sharp attacks against former governor Andrew Cuomo, who's currently leading the polls by a wide margin.

Will this morning's news affect this race? It certainly will. We're going to talk about that with

Liz Kim as well. Then we want to hear from prospective college students and their parents about how

politics is influencing their decisions and where to go to school in the fall.

My guest will be a college admissions counselor who will be able to offer some advice, too.

And we'll talk about the evolution of Wikipedia, which is now a fairly credible source of

information and why Elon Musk is not a fan.

In addition to the Adams news, we're also going to spend a good amount of time

this morning talking about Luigi Mangione, the man accused of stalking and killing United Healthcare

CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione now faces the death penalty. Yesterday, Attorney General Pam Bondi

instructed the U.S. Attorney's Office in New York to seek the death penalty against Mangione, who has not actually been indicted yet on federal charges.

He has pleaded not guilty to state charges.

Joining us now to talk through what that means and how it all came about is Samantha Max,

a reporter covering criminal justice for WNYC and Gothamist.

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