UnitedHealthcare on Thursday tapped company veteran Tim Noel as its new CEO following the targeted killing of its former top executive, Brian Thompson, in Manhattan in December. Noel was the head of Medicare and retirement at UnitedHealthcare, the largest private health insurer in the U.S. It is the insurance arm of UnitedHealth Group, …
Read More »Colorado crime lab analyst faces more than 100 counts for allegedly altering reports in sexual assault cases
A Colorado crime lab analyst is facing more than 100 criminal counts in connection with allegations that she altered reports in sexual assault cases. Yvonne “Missy” Woods was charged with 52 counts of forgery, 48 counts of attempt to influence a public servant, one count of first-degree perjury and one …
Read More »‘Emilia Pérez’ star Karla Sofía Gascón is 1st out trans actor nominated for an Oscar
In the wake of devastating wildfires in Los Angeles that struck at the heart of the movie industry, an embattled Hollywood lined up behind the Netflix narco-musical about trans identity “Emilia Pérez” in Oscar nominations Thursday. Jacques Audiard’s “Emilia Pérez,” a Spanish language, French-made film, dominated the nominations with a …
Read More »Visitors flock to see the ‘corpse flower’ in bloom
The stench of death would normally repel sightseers, not attract them. But this week in Sydney, a city known for its beaches and vibrant food scene, crowds flocked to catch a glimpse — and a whiff — of a rare flower whose scent has been lovingly compared to the scent …
Read More »After Israel’s bombs caused ‘almost total devastation,’ Rafah faces a daunting process to rebuild
Months of Israeli aerial bombardment have hammered the city and caused “almost total devastation,” Khaled Mohamed Al-Sheikh Eid, an engineer heading the debris removal and roads opening committee for the municipality of Rafah, told NBC News’ ground crew Wednesday. “We were very surprised by the extent of the destruction and …
Read More »Previously unreleased Tina Turner song, ‘Hot For You Baby,’ to be included in reissued album
NEW YORK — They call her the ‘Queen of Rock ’n’ Roll’ for a reason. The late great Tina Turner, one of the world’s most popular entertainers who died in 2023 after a long illness in her home in Küsnacht near Zurich, left behind a vast catalog of classics. And now, there’s a previously unreleased song …
Read More »South Korea investigators ask prosecutors to indict President Yoon for insurrection and abuse of power
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s anti-corruption officials on Thursday requested that prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for insurrection and abuse of power over his short-lived martial law declaration. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) named Yoon, the first sitting president to be arrested in South Korea’s history, as the ringleader of an …
Read More »Bishop Mariann Budde defends plea directed at Trump during inaugural prayer service
Rev. Mariann Budde the Episcopal Bishop of Washington on Wednesday defended a plea for mercy she made to President Donald Trump on behalf of immigrants and others during an inaugural prayer service a day before. “We’re in a particularly harsh moment now when it comes to conversations around immigrant populations …
Read More »Yemen’s Houthis free crew of ship held for more than a year over Israel-Hamas war
DUBAI — Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthis have released the crew of the Galaxy Leader more than a year after they seized their Bahamas-flagged vessel off the Yemeni Red Sea coast, Houthi-owned Al Masirah TV reported Wednesday. It said the crew were handed to Oman “in coordination” with the three-day-old ceasefire in Gaza’s war between Israel and Palestinian militant group Hamas. …
Read More »Trump picks father of convicted Jan. 6 rioter to serve as CEO of United States Agency for Global Media
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would pick Media Research Center founder L. Brent Bozell III — who wrote a letter on behalf of his son, a convicted Jan. 6 rioter — to run the U.S. Agency for Global Media. “As Founder and President of the Media Research Center …
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