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Police officers stand near the scene where the CEO of United Healthcare Brian Thompson was reportedly shot and killed in Midtown Manhattan, in New York City, US, December 4, 2024.REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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Live Updates The suspected gunman was ‘lying in wait’ before shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, fleeing on foot and later by e-bike

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Police work the scene of a shooting, where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot, on December 4, 2024, in New York.

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French Prime Minister Michel Barnier and ministers attend a questions to the government session at the National Assembly in Paris, France, on December 3, 2024.

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Delta Airlines planes stand at their JFK terminal 4 two days before the official start of Thanksgiving holiday, New York, NY, November 26, 2024. More than 80 million travelers are expected to take the roads, trains and sky, with 6 million expected to fly. (Photo by Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images)

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This artist's concept depicts NASA's Voyager 1 spacecraft entering interstellar space, or the space between stars. Interstellar space is dominated by the plasma, or ionized gas, that was ejected by the death of nearby giant stars millions of years ago. The environment inside our solar bubble is dominated by the plasma exhausted by our sun, known as the solar wind.

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