NY Times

Brian Thompson, the chief executive at UnitedHealthcare, was shot in the back in Midtown Manhattan by a killer who then walked coolly away.

Mr. Thompson was on his way to an investors’ gathering when he was killed by a masked shooter who fled on an electric Citi Bike, the police said.

President-elect Donald J. Trump’s choice for defense secretary led two nonprofits into debt, and episodes of drinking continued into his days as a Fox News personality.

The prelude, the crime and the aftermath were all caught on video. But investigators will need to use human intelligence to find the person who gunned down an insurance company’s chief executive.

Mr. Thompson managed a division that employs about 140,000 people and offers insurance plans to employers and individuals.

“I immediately thought of 1980, and the fear and desperation we felt,” said a 60-year-old lawmaker who lived through the massacre of protesters in Gwangju.

Adam Gray, a former state lawmaker, defeated Representative John Duarte, a Republican, in a reversal of their 2022 race.

Bangladesh’s currency was battered by what the new head of the central bank says was the looting of the banks under the deposed prime minister.

The announcement by Chad Chronister, a Florida sheriff with virtually no experience in the kinds of complex international investigations the agency handles, comes just three days after his selection.