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The House Ethics Committee has released its report on former Congressman Matt Gates.

The panel had launched an investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct and

illegal drug use by the Florida Republican. NPR's Barbara Sprunt has the details of the panel's

findings. The committee found evidence that Gates violated House rules, state and federal laws,

and other standards of conduct prohibiting prostitution,

statutory rape, illicit drug use, and obstruction of Congress. The panel did not find that Gates

violated the federal sex trafficking statute. Gates resigned his seat before the panel voted on the

report and denies the allegations against him. He sued the ethics panel in an attempt to

block the report's release, arguing the committee no longer has jurisdiction over him as a private

citizen. Barbara Sprint and Peer News, the Capitol. The man accused in the shooting death of United

Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson has pleaded not guilty to state murder charges. Samantha Max

from member station WNYC reports that includes first-degree murder in furtherance of terrorism.

Prosecutors say Luigi Mangione targeted the health insurance executive while he was in New York

City for an investor conference. They say he waited for about an

hour outside Thompson's hotel and then shot him from behind with an untraceable ghost gun.

Mangione has become an anti-hero for people who are frustrated with the health insurance industry.

But police, prosecutors, and the New York City mayor have criticized Mangione.

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