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Giles Snyder
Live from NPR News, I'm Giles Snyder. The 26 year old suspect in last week's fatal shooting of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson is now facing murder and other charges in New York. That's in addition to the charges Luigi Mangione is facing in Pennsylvania where he was arrested Monday morning. Mangione has deep ties to the Baltimore region, as Brie Hatch of member station WYPR reports.
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Brie Hatch
Luigi Mangioni graduated from an all boys private school in north Baltimore in 2016 as the valedictorian of his class. In an emailed statement, Gilman school leaders called Mangione's suspected involvement in the high profile killing, quote, deeply distressing. Mangione's family owns two country clubs and nine nursing home facilities in Maryland, along with a commercial radio station in Baltimore. His cousin also serves as a Republican delegate representing Baltimore county in the state Legislative assembly. Mangione is being held for questioning in Altoona, Pennsylvania, following his arrest Monday morning. For NPR News, I'm Brie Hatch in Baltimore.
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Giles Snyder
Overseas, the Justice Department has announced war crimes charges against two high ranking officials in the government of former Syrian President Bashar al Assad. The indictment was unsealed Monday after the Assad regime collapsed. As NPR's Ryan Lucas reports, the two.
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Ryan Lucas
Defendants are Jameel Hasan and Abdul Salam Mahmoud. The indictment says Hasan was the head of Syrian Air Force intelligence and Mahmoud was the top officer at the notorious Mesa Prison in Damascus. Prosecutors say the two men helped lead an effort to identify, threaten, punish and kill individuals who aided or supported the Syrian opposition. The detainees at Mesa Prison were mainly Syrian citizens, but also included Americans. Prosecutors say the prisoners were subjected to torture, including beatings, electrocution and burning. This is the first war crimes case brought by the Justice Department against Syrian officials. Both Hasan and Mahmoud remain at large. Ryan Lucas, NPR News, Washington.
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Giles Snyder
The windy conditions and low humidity sweeping through Southern California could create extreme fire danger this week. From member station kcrw, Alexandra Appleg reports.
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Alexandra Applegate
With wind gusts expected to reach up to 80 miles an hour in Southern California, even a small fire could be whipped into a fast moving and life threatening blaze within hours. Forecasters told those living in the valley, mountain and canyon areas of Los Angeles to be prepared to evacuate. And utility officials are warning they may have to shut off power. The last time the National Weather Service issued this particularly dangerous situation warning, the mountain fire ignited in Ventura county and burned more than 240 buildings. That was earlier this year. In the past, these rare warnings were only enacted every three to five years. For NPR News, I'm Alexandra Applegate in Los Angeles.
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Giles Snyder
This is NPR News. A Marine veteran who put a homeless and mentally ill subway passenger in a chokehold on a New York subway last year has been acquitted in the man's death. A Manhattan jury cleared Daniel Penney Monday of a criminally negligent homicide charge. The verdict came after a more serious manslaughter charge was dismissed. The jury deadlocked on that count. A federal bankruptcy judge will continue hearing challenges to the auction of Alex Jones Infowars company on Tuesday. NPR's Tovia Smith reports that Jones and the losing bidder argue that the auction was rigged against them and that the news parody cite the Onion was improperly chosen.
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Tovia Smith
Jones and First United American Companies, a firm with business ties to Jones, called the auction a mockery, arguing the Onions bid violates auction rules. They say First United's bid was the higher and better offer. The auctioneers and the bankruptcy trustee overseeing the sale insist it was fair and the Onions bid was more valuable. Jones was forced into bankruptcy after a group of Sandy Hook parents sued him for defamation for spreading lies that the 2012 school shooting never happened. Jones now owes them over a billion in damages. Most of the families want the Onion to win and shut down infowars. The losing bidder would more likely hire Jones to continue spreading his brand of conspiracy theories under the Infowars name. Tovia Smith, NPR News.
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Giles Snyder
The financial markets in Asia are mostly higher in Tuesday trading, shares in China leading the way after top officials promised a shift in monetary policy, signaling moves to boost spending and economic growth. I'm Giles Snyder, NPR News.
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