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NEW YORK (AP) — Police don’t know who he is, where he is, or why he did it. As the frustrating search for UnitedHealthcare killer got underway for a fifth day Sunday, investigators reckoned with a tantalizing contradiction: They have troves of evidence, but the shooter remains an enigma. One conclusion they are confident of, however: It was a , not a random one. They know he ambushed Thompson at 6:44 a.m. Wednesday as the executive arrived at the Hilton for his company’s annual investor conference, using a 9 mm pistol that resembled the guns farmers use to put down animals without causing a loud noise. They know ammunition found near Thompson’s body “delay,” “deny” and “depose,” mimicking a phrase used by . The fact that the shooter knew UnitedHealthcare group was holding a conference at the hotel and what route Thompson might take to get there suggested that he could possibly be a disgruntled employee or client, NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said. Police divers were seen searching a pond in Central Park, where the killer fled after the shooting. Officers have been scouring the park for days for any and found his backpack there Friday. They didn’t immediately reveal what, if anything, it contained but said it would be tested and analyzed. On Sunday morning, police declined to comment on the contents of the backpack, or on the results of the search in the pond, saying no updates were planned. Investigators have urged patience, saying the process of logging evidence that stands up in court isn’t as quick as it . Hundreds of detectives are combing through video recordings and social media, vetting tips from the public and interviewing people who might have information, including Thompson’s family and coworkers and the shooter’s randomly assigned roommates at the Manhattan hostel where he stayed. Investigators caught a break when they came across security camera images of an unguarded moment at the hostel in which he briefly showed his face. Retracing the gunman’s steps using surveillance video, police say, it appears he left the city by bus soon after the shooting outside the New York Hilton Midtown. He was seen on video at an uptown bus station about 45 minutes later, Kenny said. With the high-profile search expanding across state lines, the FBI announced late Friday that it was offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction, adding to a reward of up to $10,000 that the NYPD has offered. Police say they believe the suspect acted alone. Police distributed the images to news outlets and on social media but so far haven’t been able to ID him using facial recognition — possibly because of the angle of the images or limitations on how the NYPD is allowed to use that technology, Kenny said. Late Saturday, police released two additional photos of the suspected shooter that appeared to be from a camera mounted inside a taxi. The first shows him outside the vehicle and the second shows him looking through the partition between the back seat and the front of the cab. In both, his face is partially obscured by a blue, medical-style mask. Michael R. Sisak And Cedar Attanasio, The Associated PressAston Villa march on in Champions League after beating RB Leipzig

The Covington City Council has two vacancies, but won't be able to put both offices on the ballot of special election on March 23, 2024. Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Early voting for the Dec. 7 election opens Friday, with multiple Baton Rouge-area races and statewide amendments to be decided. East Baton Rouge Parish residents will cast ballots for mayor-president in the runoff between Democratic incumbent Sharon Weston Broome and Republican challenger Sid Edwards. In St. George, residents will vote on whether to approve transferring the new city's share of a parishwide 2% sales tax over to St. George — a vote necessary for St. George to fund its government going forward. Also up for vote are two Metro Council seats, four state constitutional amendments and local races in Ascension and Iberville parishes. Here's what's on the ballot in the Baton Rouge region. Registered voters can cast their ballots in person at these locations: Motor Vehicle building, 2250 Main St., Baker Fire Station building, 11010 Coursey Blvd., Baton Rouge Louisiana State Archives building, 3851 Essen Lane, Baton Rouge Central Branch Library, 11260 Joor Road, Baton Rouge Baton Rouge City Hall, 222 St. Louis St., Room 607 Early voting is open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Nov. 30 (excluding Sunday, Nov. 24, Thursday, Nov. 28, and Friday, Nov, 29). Residents who vote early are required to identify themselves with either a photo ID or signature on a voter affidavit. They may use a Louisiana driver’s license, a Louisiana special identification card, or a U.S. military identification card, according to the Louisiana Secretary of State's website. Voters also may request absentee ballots until 4:30 p.m. Dec. 3. To request an absentee ballot, go to the Secretary of State's voter portal , or write to the East Baton Rouge Registrar of Voters, Steve Raborn, at City Hall, 222 St. Louis St., Room 201. The deadline to register to vote in the election has already passed.Here's How Jeff Bezos' Three Simple Steps Made Amazon a GiantMiddle East latest: Israel bombs 100s of sites in Syria as army pushes into border zone

A man accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train and then watching her die after she was engulfed in flames has made an initial court appearance and will remain in custody. Sebastian Zapeta, 33, who federal immigration officials said is a Guatemalan citizen who entered the US illegally, was arraigned in Brooklyn criminal court. He appeared briefly before a judge and wore a white jumpsuit over a weathered black hooded sweatshirt. He did not speak. He will remain jailed ahead of his next court date on Friday. The apparently random attack occurred on Sunday morning on a stationary F train at the Coney Island station in Brooklyn. Police said on Tuesday that identification of the victim was still “pending at this time”. Authorities say Zapeta approached the woman, who was sitting motionless in the train car and may have been sleeping, and used a lighter to set her clothing on fire. The woman quickly became engulfed in flames, while the suspect then sat at a bench on the subway platform and watched, according to police. Video posted to social media appeared to show the woman standing inside the train ablaze as some people look on from the platform, and at least one officer walks by. NYPD chief of transit Joseph Gulotta said that several officers had responded to the fire and one stayed to keep the crime scene “the way it’s supposed to be” while the others went to get fire extinguishers and transit workers. They were eventually able to douse the fire, but “unfortunately, it was too late”, Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said — the woman was pronounced dead at the scene. During Zapeta’s court hearing on Tuesday, Assistant District Attorney Ari Rottenberg said Zapeta at one point fanned the flames on the woman using his shirt. He said a 911 call from a subway rider helped identify Zapeta. Mr Rottenberg added that under interrogation Zapeta claimed he did not know what happened, noting that he consumes alcohol. But he alleged that Zapeta identified himself to interrogators in images related to the attack. Zapeta was taken into custody on Sunday afternoon while riding a train on the same subway line after police got a tip from some teenagers who recognised him from images circulated by the police. A Brooklyn address for Zapeta released by police matches a shelter that provides housing and substance abuse support. The shelter did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Federal immigration officials said Zapeta had been previously deported in 2018 but at some point reentered the US illegally. The crime — and the graphic video of it that ricocheted across social media — deepened a growing sense of unease among some New Yorkers about the safety of the subway system in a city where many residents take the subway multiple times each day.None

Lopetegui came into the game under pressure following some poor displays from the Hammers in recent weeks but they earned a hard-fought victory to end the Magpies’ three-game winning spell. Despite a promising opening from the hosts, Tomas Soucek headed West Ham in front before Aaron Wan-Bissaka’s first goal for the club after the break wrapped up victory. Lopetegui was pleased with his side’s display following a “tough match”. He said: “I am happy for the three points and am very happy against a good team like Newcastle, who have good players and a fantastic coach. “I think today was a tough match and we were able to compete as a team. “I think we deserved to win. Today they had many moments in the first half, but I think the second half we deserved to win and we are happy because you have to do these kind of matches against this type of team if you want to overcome them.” Newcastle started brightly and had plenty of chances in the first half especially, but the visitors responded after the break by retaining possession well. The win eases the pressure on Lopetegui, whose West Ham side face Arsenal on Saturday, and he believes the victory is an important feeling for his players. He said: “I think the only thing that is under our control is to play football, to improve, to defend well, to convince the players we are able to do better. “Today we did, but I think the only thing we can do is to do the things that are under our control, not today but every day. “So we had to keep with this mentality, but above all let me say we are happy for the players because they need this kind of feeling as a team to believe that we are able to do well as a team, to put the best for each player of the team.” Newcastle boss Eddie Howe admitted defeat was a missed opportunity for his side. The Magpies missed a series of chances in the first half, including efforts from Joe Willock and Sean Longstaff, before Alexander Isak blasted a chance off target. Anthony Gordon also rolled an effort just wide of the post after the break and Isak headed wide of goal. Three points could have seen Newcastle move into the top six and Howe admitted his side need to learn from the match. “Yes, massive because the league is so tight that a couple of wins and the whole picture looks very different,” Howe said. “We’ll kick ourselves tonight because we knew the opportunity we had, a home game, Monday night, a great moment for us potentially in our season, so we have to learn from that and come back stronger.”

Bank of Nova Scotia BNS-T chief executive officer Scott Thomson expects uncertainty prompted by political leadership changes in the United States and Mexico – key markets at the heart of his plan to revamp the bank – will pass quickly, giving way to strong economic growth potential in North America. One year into Mr. Thomson’s strategic plan to rejig Scotiabank’s businesses, the lender’s future in part hinges on its ability to reallocate money to its North American businesses, where it believes it has bigger opportunities for growth resulting from increased trade between the countries. While discussing the bank’s fourth-quarter earnings results on Tuesday, the CEO said that the economic and government changes in the lender’s most important markets should not affect the bank’s plan in the years ahead. In November, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump said he would impose 25-per-cent tariffs on all products from Canada and Mexico, which would stunt trade across North America. Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum – who took office in October – is a former climate scientist tasked with managing a widening government budget deficit in a year when the country’s economy is expected to slow slightly. Scotiabank is closely monitoring policy decisions from the new administrations in Mexico and the U.S., Mr. Thomson said. “While new governments often bring initial uncertainty with respect to trade policy and relations, we believe policy will ultimately support a co-operative environment that encourages capital investment and continued regional growth,” Mr. Thomson said during a conference call with analysts. “We continue to believe in the long-term economic growth potential of the North American Corridor and the strategic value that connectivity among Canada, the U.S. and Mexico will provide to our clients and to the long-term success of the bank.” On home turf, with economists predicting further interest rate cuts by the Bank of Canada, Mr. Thomson said more rate reductions in the first half of 2025 should stimulate the housing and mortgage markets, as well as consumer and business confidence. Scotiabank reported higher fourth-quarter profit Tuesday but missed analysts’ estimates because of higher-than-expected expenses and lower profit in its capital markets business. Adjusted to exclude certain items, including impairment charges related to Scotiabank’s investment in China-based Bank of Xi’an Co Ltd. and a higher-than-expected tax rate, the bank said it earned $1.57 per share. That fell below the $1.60 per share analysts expected, according to data from the London Stock Exchange Group. Scotiabank’s stock price slumped 3.4 per cent in Toronto. The lender’s shares have climbed 20 per cent this year, outperforming the 17-per-cent rise of the S&P/TSX Composite Banks Index. Scotiabank is the first major Canadian bank to report earnings for the fiscal fourth quarter. Royal Bank of Canada and National Bank of Canada will report results on Wednesday . Toronto-Dominion Bank, Bank of Montreal and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce will wrap up earnings week for the Big Six lenders on Thursday. Scotiabank’s profits rose from the same period a year earlier across most of the bank’s business, including a 34-per-cent increase in Canadian banking, where loan balances grew 2 per cent year over year and deposits rose by 7 per cent. A major component of Scotiabank’s new strategy relies on building its deposit base to tap into a cheaper source of funding. In the past year, Scotiabank has added 280,000 retail primary clients, who are customers that have a daily chequing account as well as another payment or investment product. As part of its plan, the bank set a goal to reach two million additional primary clients by 2028. Personal and commercial deposits made up 51 per cent of all bank deposits as of Oct. 31, up from 48 per cent in 2023. By 2028, Scotiabank plans for personal and commercial deposits to make up about 55 per cent of all bank deposits. “Our results reflect a year transition as we focused on our enterprise-wide priorities, aligned our capital allocation to each of our business lines and started our shift to a value over volume strategy,” Mr. Thomson said. “While this progress is meaningful, in order to meet our two-million incremental primary client target by 2028, we need to accelerate our progress in 2025 and beyond.” Scotiabank set aside $1.03-billion in provisions for credit losses – the funds banks set aside to cover loans that may default. That was lower than analysts anticipated, but higher than the amount it set aside in the same quarter last year. But as Canadians continue to grapple with high borrowing costs, Scotiabank set aside more funds for against loans that may not be repaid, based on models that use economic forecasting to predict future losses. The bank earmarked $1.04-billion for impaired loans as risk rises for debt in personal mortgages and home equity lines of credit. Scotiabank released $13-million in reserves for performing loans, which is debt that is still being repaid. The bank’s chief risk officer, Phil Thomas, said he expects provisions for credit losses to “remain slightly elevated” in the first half of 2025, before they ease in the latter half of the year as interest rates fall. Editor’s note: A previous version of this article misspelled the name of Bank of Xi’an Co Ltd, based on an incorrect spelling from the source. This version has been updated.No, Mexico did not pledge to stop migrant caravans after Trump tariff threat | Fact check

Bold. Assertive. Unafraid of questioning people or circumstances. That’s how 82-year-old Rosita Stevens-Holsey describes her “Aunt Pauli.” “Even if she was talking with a supervisor, a general, or the president of the United States, she always made known what she was thinking — what she felt was not right and needed to be changed,” Stevens-Holsey told Capital B . That “Aunt Pauli” was Pauli Murray, a legendary civil rights activist and legal theorist whose contributions to the struggle for Black liberation have long been overlooked, according to scholars. While a law student at Howard University, Murray helped to establish the Congress of Racial Equality , participated in sit-ins, and coined the term “Jane Crow” to describe the discrimination beleaguering Black women. During a seminar, Murray articulated the novel argument against “separate but equal” that would inspire Thurgood Marshall’s team in Brown v. Board of Education , the landmark case that ended racial segregation in public schools. Today, the under-sung life and work of Murray, who died in 1985 at the age of 74, are getting some much-deserved recognition through the recently opened Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice in Durham, North Carolina. The center has transformed Murray’s childhood home, built in 1898, into a sort of museum that champions civil rights by hosting events and exhibits in history, education, the arts, and more. It’s the kind of institution that feels especially vital now, as the country braces for an administration that’s anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion and that has pledged to punish any person who challenges it. At least five of President-elect Donald Trump’s picks for positions in his Cabinet and administration are contributors to Project 2025 , the conservative manifesto that would radically scale back some of the country’s most significant civil rights gains of the past half a century. “We need people to stand shoulder to shoulder and protect our democracy — to save the values we cherish,” said Stevens-Holsey, a seasoned community organizer. The center is just one of the many institutions that are working to celebrate Black history at a ferociously uncertain political moment. Located at 906 Carroll St. in Durham’s historically Black, working-class West End neighborhood, the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice was a longtime coming. In the early 2010s, locals joined together to advocate for investment in basic services, including affordable housing, infrastructure, and education. They pushed for another sort of investment, too. “Neighbors knew that a remarkable figure had once lived in a home built more than a century ago that was slated for demolition. You heard me right: Murray’s home was slated for demolition in 2010,” Angela Thorpe Mason, the center’s executive director, told Capital B . “And so those neighbors formed a coalition and pushed for Murray’s home to be preserved as part of that investment effort.” The center was officially established as a nonprofit in 2012, and it was designated a national landmark in 2016 by the National Park Service and the U.S. Department of the Interior (notably, only 2% of the 95,000-some entries in the National Register of Historic Places elevate the lives and legacies of Black Americans). But the rehabilitation process was completed only this year; the grand opening was on Sept. 7. “It’s been the fortune of a lifetime to make good on what’s been a decade-long promise to preserve Murray’s childhood home so that we can use it as a space to leverage history as a tool to move contemporary social justice work forward,” Mason said. The center partners with the North Carolina Bar Foundation to help transgender Americans sort through the legal issues related to name changes and gender identification on official documents. These efforts are a particularly poignant way to honor Murray, who was queer and today might be considered nonbinary. In another marriage of history and activism, the center also offers resources and trainings for students and educators interested in bringing social justice frameworks to their classrooms. These days, the center’s very existence is a political act. Republican lawmakers are endorsing legislation to strip nonprofits they oppose of their tax-exempt statuses . Analysts fear that the bill would be used to attack institutions that draw attention to Black experiences. Additionally, Trump is attempting to staff his administration with people who peddle the myth of “reverse racism” and seek to banish Black history from our schools. “When we tell people about the effort to take Toni Morrison out of the curriculum or ban Jimmy Baldwin, it’s conveying to people something important,” Kimberlé Crenshaw, the co-founder and executive director of the African American Policy Forum, told Capital B. “These are figures who transformed our lives and addressed our condition. When [conservative actors] are trying to take this history away, it means that we have to fight for it all the more.” Mason shared those sentiments. She explained that the current moment echoes some of the social and political struggles that Murray faced. “We uplift Murray’s life and activism as a reminder that you, too, can do what Murray did,” she said. “We can provide a physical space for people who are doing movement-building work to organize and strategize in safety.” Legacy Sites: Through three spaces — the National Memorial for Peace and Justice, the Legacy Museum, and the Freedom Monument Sculpture Park — the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Sites lean into the power of place, challenging visitors to confront history where it actually happened. The sites are in and around Montgomery, Alabama, a region known for its duality. It once contained a large population of enslaved Black Americans; it later became the cradle of the Black liberation struggle, an area where movement leaders strategized on how they might topple Jim Crow. Together, the three sites offer first-person historical narratives, art, interactive exhibits, and more to document the long and ongoing history of anti-Black violence. National Civil Rights Museum: Like the Legacy Sites, the National Civil Rights Museum takes advantage of its terrain. The museum, located in Memphis, Tennessee, is anchored by the former Lorraine Motel — where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated on April 4, 1968 — and tells a rich story of Black struggle and achievement. The history that the museum explores is vast, and includes the global impact of Black Americans’ battle for equality. But its permanent exhibits focus largely on the Civil Rights Movement — the Montgomery Bus Boycott, student sit-ins, freedom rides, Black Power — and injects new life into this history through an array of oral histories, artifacts, and films. Frederick Douglass National Historic Site: Call it a hidden gem in our nation’s capital. The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site , operated by the National Park Service and perched atop a 50-foot hill in the majority-Black neighborhood of Anacostia, preserves the home of the great abolitionist and orator who was born into slavery in 1818 and honors his legacy. Visitors can tour the grounds of Douglass’ historic home, which he named Cedar Hill, watch a film on the social reformer’s life, and explore exhibits that feature his speeches and writings. For students ages 6 to 18, there’s something extra special: an annual oratorical contest hosted at the site where youth can enjoy the power of language by performing a section of one of Douglass’ famous speeches. “Institutions like the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice help to bind communities together by promoting and protecting their values, their traditions, and their histories,” Stevens-Holsey said. “It’s just so crucial for communities to learn about one another — to remember and celebrate their identities and aspirations.” Black Voters and the Fight for Democracy is a multipart series that explores the stakes of the 2024 election for our communities. This project was produced as part of the Advancing Democracy Fellowship .