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The 26-year-old man accused of murdering United Health Care CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan

last week is fighting extradition to New York.

At Luigi Mangione's hearing today in Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania, the judge gave the defense

14 days to file a

petition for habeas corpus. The Mangione also faces charges in Pennsylvania, Blair County District

Attorney Peter Weeks, says the priority is to help the NYPD take custody. The New York City Police

Department of Manhattan District Attorney's Office charges should take precedence. They're more serious. We intend to cooperate with them to the best of our ability to facilitate

their prosecution of this defendant first, but we don't intend to withdraw our charges.

Which include forgery and gun charges.

Ahead of the hearing, Mangione was seen struggling with officers as he was escorted into the courthouse.

And completely out of touch and his insults the people.

Mangione is related to a member of the Maryland state legislature in a statement.

Republican delegate Nino Mangione said his family is shocked and expressed condolences to Thompson's family.

A coalition of Syrian rebel groups has named an interim prime minister. He'll manage a

transition of power between the former Assad regime and the armed groups that overthrew the regime

days ago. Here's NPR's Emily Fang. Muhammad al-Bashir will serve as acting prime minister

for the next three months until March 1st of next year. al-Bashir will serve as acting prime minister for the next three months until

March 1st of next year. Al-Bashir had been appointed the administrative head of opposition

held territory in the northwest of Syria earlier this year. And now the former engineer will

need to figure out how to build a new coalition government between various factions still fighting for territory in Syria.

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