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NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 09: Supporters of Luigi Mangione wait in line to enter Manhattan Federal Court on January 09, 2026 in New York City. Lawyers for Mangione attorneys are in court for the 27-year-old accused killer to try to avoid the death penalty in the fatal shooting of Brian Thompson, UnitedHealthcare’s top executive in 2024. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)

Luigi Mangione and legal team appear in court to challenge death penalty

Luigi Mangione, who is accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, appeared in a Manhattan federal court on Friday with his legal team for a hearing seeking to block the federal government from pursuing the death penalty.

18-year-old Nikita Casap. (Photo via: Waukesha County Sheriff’s Office)

Wis.: 18-year-old man pleads guilty in murder of parents to fund President Trump assassination plot

An 18-year-old man in Wisconsin accused of murdering his parents in order to steal their money and fund a plan to assassinate President Donald Trump has pleaded guilty, in a deal made with state prosecutors.

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 7: Attorney Alan Jackson exits the courthouse during Nick Reiner's arraignment on charges of murdering his parents Rob and Michele Reiner, at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center on January 7, 2026 in Los Angeles, California. Jackson withdrew as Reiner's attorney and Reiner will now be represented by the county Public Defender's Office. Nick Reiner was arrested on December 14 after the bodies of his filmmaker father Robert Reiner, and his mother, photographer Michele Singer Reiner were discovered at their home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles. He has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder. (Photo by Apu Gomes/Getty Images)

Nick Reiner’s private attorney withdraws from case, leaving him with public defender

Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of the late director Rob Reiner and photographer Michele Singer Reiner, will now be represented by a public defender after his private attorney withdrew from the case. Reiner faces charges in connection with the fatal stabbings of his parents.

(L) A portrait of Melodee Buzzard (Photo: @CoffindafferFBI on X) / (R) A video shows Ashlee Buzzard (R) and Melodee Buzzard seen checking into a hotel wearing wigs. (Photo: FBIOmaha on X)

Mother Ashlee Buzzard arrested in murder of 9-year-old daughter Melodee Buzzard after body found in Utah

Ashlee Buzzard has been taken into custody on suspicion of murdering her 9-year-old daughter, Melodee Buzzard, who had been missing for more than two months before her body was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the head.

Actor/Producer/Director Rob Reiner (center) and wife Michele Singer (L) and son Nick Reiner (R) attend Teen Vogue's Back-to-School Saturday kick-off event at The Grove on August 9, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Buckner/Getty Images for Teen Vogue). (small image) Honoree Rob Reiner poses with family at the 41st Annual Chaplin Award Gala at Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts on April 28, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)

Rob Reiner’s 32-year-old son arrested after director and wife Michele both found fatally stabbed

Nick Reiner, the 32-year-old son of acclaimed filmmaker Rob Reiner and his wife, photographer and producer Michele Singer Reiner, was arrested late Sunday and booked on suspicion of murder following the discovery of both his parents’ bodies in their Brentwood home.

(L) Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29 (FBI) / (R-Top) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 27: US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro speaks to the press as D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser (L), looks on during a conference regarding the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard soldiers on November 27, 2025 in Washington, DC. Two members of the West Virginia National Guard were shot blocks from the White House in what authorities are calling a targeted shooting. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images) / (R-bottom) WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 10: Attorney General Pam Bondi attends the swearing-in ceremony of U.S. Ambassador to India Sergio Gor in the Oval Office of the White House on November 10, 2025 in Washington, DC. In addition to serving as Ambassador to India, President Donald Trump appointed Gor as Special Envoy to South and Central Asia. Gor previously served as Assistant to the President and Director of Presidential Personnel at the White House. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

Rahmanullah Lakanwal pleads not guilty, appearing virtually from hospital bed

The 29-year-old Afghan man accused of fatally shooting one National Guardsman and severely injuring another in Washington, D.C., last week, appeared virtually from his hospital bed on Tuesday and pleaded not guilty to all of his charges.