From star student to suspected CEO killer: What to know about Luigi Mangione

Here & Now Anytime

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🗓️ 10 December 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Luigi Mangione, 26, has been charged in the killing of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, who was shot on a sidewalk in Midtown Manhattan last week. The Baltimore Banner's Justin Fenton tells us more. Then, after the sudden downfall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria this past weekend, we hear from Rehab Alkadi, a refugee who entered the U.S. via Chicago in 2015. And, the New York Mets made history this week when it signed Dominican superstar outfielder Juan Soto to a record $765 million contract. Sports Business Journal's Mike Mazzeo joins us.

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0:41.8	It does seem that he has some ill will toward corporate America.
0:48.2	These parasites had it coming. Those are the handwritten words, according to authorities of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, the suspect in last week's killing of United Healthcare CEO,
0:53.9	Brian Thompson.
0:55.2	It's December 10th, and this is here and now anytime.
0:58.4	From NPR and WBUR Boston, I'm Kalyani Saxena.
1:06.3	Today on the show, we'll hear from a Syrian refugee about our hopes for the country's future
1:11.4	after the end of the Assad dictatorship in Syria.
1:15.2	Since we left Syria, this is the moment we were dreaming about.
1:19.1	We never thought this will come true.
1:21.5	And?
1:22.3	One Soto with a two-run, first inning homer.
1:26.8	One Soto with his first bomb of the postseason.
1:30.6	One Soto watches it fly.
1:32.9	A home run by Soto.
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