San Francisco police reportedly ID’d accused Ivy League killer four days before his capture
Four days before the man who allegedly shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City was arrested in Pennsylvania, the San Francisco police recognized the alleged shooter as Luigi Mangione, according to a report.
The San Francisco Chronicle reported that two sources familiar with the matter said the San Francisco Police Department contacted the FBI after recognizing Mangione.
The two sources were not authorized to speak on the matter and reportedly spoke to the publication on condition of anonymity.
They told the Chronicle that an officer in the police department’s Special Victims Unit reportedly looked at the surveillance images released after the shooting and recognized Mangione as the suspect on Dec. 5.
Kathleen Mangione, the suspect’s mother, reported her son missing four months ago, telling the San Francisco Police Department she last spoke to her son around July 1. She also told police her son worked for TrueCar, an online automotive marketplace.
The mother did not know any other place her son would frequent in San Francisco, other than his workplace, which was permanently closed, a police source with the department told Fox News.
Liberal commentator Briahna Joy Gray stunned British journalist Piers Morgan and guests on his show by admitting she has no empathy for slain UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
During a segment Tuesday on “Piers Morgan Uncensored,” the host pressed the pundit on whether she felt for Thompson, who was shot in the back and killed by a waiting assassin outside a Manhattan hotel last week.
“Right. So, to be clear, you don’t have any empathy for him after he was executed?” Morgan asked.
“I personally don’t,” Gray admitted in a controversial moment flagged by The Daily Caller.
This is the second time in recent days that Morgan has gotten into it with a guest who sympathized with alleged killer Luigi Mangione.
On Monday, he called out ex-Washington Post reporter Taylor Lorenz’s apparent sympathy for the shooter during an episode of his show. Lorenz admitted during the show she felt “joy” over Thompson’s death.
Read more about the interaction between Morgan and Gray.
Fox News Digital’s Gabriel Hays contributed to this report.
The man charged with shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City
was not a client of the insurance company, according to a representative from the major corporation.
On Thursday, FOX Business received confirmation from UnitedHealthcare that Luigi Mangione was not covered by the company.
NBC New York interviewed NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny on Thursday, during which time he said investigators had uncovered evidence that Mangione knew UnitedHealthcare was holding its annual investor conference in the Big Apple.
Mangione also reportedly mentioned UnitedHealth in a note he was in possession of when he was arrested by police in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday.
“We have no indication that he was ever a client of United Healthcare, but he does make mention that it is the fifth largest corporation in America, which would make it the largest healthcare organization in America. So that’s possibly why he targeted that company,” Kenny said.
Kenny suggested the alleged shooter may have targeted the company because of its size and influence.
The Associated Press reported that while UnitedHealthcare is in the top 20 largest companies in the U.S. by market capitalization, it is not the fifth largest. It is, on the other hand, the largest health insurer in the U.S.
A court hearing has been scheduled for later this month regarding multiple petitions filed on behalf of former Ivy League student Luigi Mangione, who is accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
The hearing to consider Mangione’s petitions for writ of habeas corpus and imposition of bail is scheduled for 1 p.m. on Dec. 30, at the Blair County Courthouse in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
Mangione was arrested by police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday morning after a five-day manhunt.
The next day, Mangione refused to waive his right to an extradition hearing in a Pennsylvania court, and his attorney said he intended to file a writ of habeas corpus challenging Mangione’s arrest.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg and Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks are working to get the 26-year-old man to New York as he fights extradition.
The owner of a yoga studio in Hawaii said UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione was a student of his for about six months, adding that he and other instructors saw improvement with his back injury.
Reports have surfaced that Mangione, the former Ivy League computer scientist charged in the ambush shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, struggled with back pain and the fallout from spinal surgery.
Power Yoga Hawaii owner Dorian Wright said in an interview that Mangione was a student at the studio from 2022-23, for about six months. During that period, Wright said, the now suspected shooter attended classes with Wright over three times and with another instructor about three other times.
“The fact that he came back means that we were working with him correctly with his back injury,” the business owner said.
Wright recollected Mangione being a nice guy. He told a story that one of the yoga instructors matched with Mangione on the popular dating app Tinder, and wanted to date him. But, it never happened.
The instructor came to a morning class but lost her confidence when she went to talk with Mangione, Wright said. She also told the owner she thought Mangione was handsome.
But when asked if he was surprised such a nice guy would allegedly commit a murder in New York City, he said no.
“I think our healthcare system is broken,” Wright said.
He did not necessarily agree with murdering someone over the broken healthcare system, and explained that the COVID-19 pandemic took a toll on many people.
“I think the American people are a little frustrated with Big Pharma and healthcare,” Wright said.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said some people interpret denied insurance claims as an “act of violence against them,” but claimed that she wasn’t justifying the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
AOC was speaking to reporters in front of the Capitol in Washington, D.C., when she addressed the attention being placed on the alleged shooter Luigi Mangione – an Ivy League grad.
“This collective American experience, which is so twisted to have in the wealthiest nation in the world, all of that pain that people have experienced, is being concentrated on this event,” the federal lawmaker said. “It’s really important that we take a step back…This is not to say that an act of violence is justified, but I think for anyone who is confused or shocked or appalled, they need to understand that people interpret and feel and experience denied claims as an act of violence against them.
“People go homeless over the financial devastation of a diagnosis that doesn’t get addressed or the amount that they’re going to have to cover with a surprise bill and things like that,” Ocasio-Cortez continued. “We kind of talk about how systems are violent in this country in this passive way. Our privatized healthcare system is like that for a huge amount of Americans.”
Former NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly told Fox News that he expects UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione
to “make a show trial out of this” when he ultimately gets to New York.
“He is a very intelligent guy but he wasn’t very aware of what law enforcement could do these days as far as tracking his path…. In 10 hours’ time, the NYPD had his uncovered face picture distributed throughout the world,” Kelly said, referencing the clear image of Mangione that was captured while he stayed at a hostel in New York City.
Mangione reportedly was flirting with a hostel worker when that photo was taken. Then on Monday, his face was recognized at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pa., leading to his arrest.
Mangione is now fighting extradition from Pennsylvania to New York.
“It’s very difficult to figure out what this individual had in his head but obviously he’s going to – I think – make a show trial out of this,” Kelly said on ‘Your World.’ “He is going to want to have a stage and that is what we will see I think in New York County when he ultimately gets to New York.”
The University of Pennsylvania, where suspected gunman Luigi Mangione earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees, has refused to comment publicly on its alum’s arrest in the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
When asked multiple times for comment via email and phone, a UPenn spokesperson would only share that Mangione graduated on May 18, 2020 with bachelors and master’s degrees and minored in mathematics. He earned degrees in engineering and was part of the Eta Kappa Nu Honor Society for Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Cornell Law Professor William Jacobson, president of the Legal Insurrection Foundation and of EqualProtect.org, told Fox News Digital that the school could be withholding comment because it is “afraid of the students” at the liberal institution, considering that “[its] campus has been a hotbed for anti-American, anti-Israeli, antisemitic outbursts and protests.”
“I’m not sure why, on something like this, they wouldn’t be able to give some sort of statement – not necessarily convicting him in the media but expressing condolences to the family of the deceased or something like that,” Jacobson said.
Julia Alekseyeva, an assistant professor of English at the school, posted several TikTok videos seeming to praise Mangione.
The McDonald’s restaurant in Altoona, Pa., where Luigi Mangione was captured on Monday has hired security to protect its staff.
Two private security guards were stationed inside the restaurant on Wednesday, as witnessed by Fox News.
The development comes after Altoona Police Deputy Chief Derek Swope told reporters Tuesday that officers and citizens in the community have received threats.
“This is clearly a very polarized case. You know, we have received some threats against our officers in [the] building here. We’ve started investigating some threats against some citizens in our community. We’re taking all those threats seriously and doing all we can with those,” Swope said.
Separately, Google is removing negative comments and reviews posted about the McDonald’s location.
EXCLUSIVE: A Pennsylvania congressman fired off a scathing letter overnight to the University of Pennsylvania’s president demanding the firing of a left-wing professor whose social media posts lauded Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
In his letter, GOP Rep. Dan Meuser called for Cinema & Media Studies professor Julia Alekseyeva’s firing and noted the university had just finished weathering another scandal relating to its soft response to antisemitic and pro-Hamas protests.
Alekseyeva made her online accounts private this week after blowback for saying – among other things – that she is proud to be a UPenn Quaker like the accused killer. Thompson’s murder sparked a left-wing outcry depicting a simmering anger toward the insurance industry that led to online celebrations in other quarters.
Alekseyeva posted a TikTok video of herself smiling as “Do You Hear The People Sing?” from the French musical “Les Miserables” played. The play tells the story of a peasant imprisoned for stealing food and his ensuing quest for redemption.
“I am writing to express my profound concern regarding the recent actions of Assistant Professor Julia Alekseyeva… which appear to celebrate the alleged actions of Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the tragic murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson,” Meuser wrote to UPenn interim President J. Larry Jameson.
Meuser noted Alekseyeva proudly connected Mangione to the University City, West Philadelphia school and that she had labeled him “the icon we all need and deserve.”
Meuser, seen as a potential top contender in the 2026 gubernatorial contest against Democrat Josh Shapiro, called Alekseyeva’s behavior “outrageous” and said it violates the “basic ideals of a civilized society.”
UnitedHealthcare CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione was reported missing by his mother four months ago, according to a police source with the San Francisco Police Department.
Kathleen Mangione told authorities she last spoke with her son around July 1 and that he worked at TrueCar
, an online automotive marketplace. An address she gave for his workplace was permanently closed and there is no phone number, the source said.
The mother did not knw any other place her son would frequent in San Francisco.
Luigi Mangione, 26, is the police suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
Mangione pleaded not guilty to a charge of forging a document and criminal possession of a firearm in Pennsylvania, where he was arrested on Monday. He was denied bail.
He faces additional murder and weapons charges in New York, where authorities seek to extradite him to face justice.
NYPD say a gun recovered after Mangione’s arrest in Pennsylvania matches three shell casings found at the scene where Thompson was shot.
Fox News’ Michael Lundin contributed to this update.
New York Police Department Deputy Commissioner Rebecca Weiner on Wednesday compared the impact of the assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson to that of a domestic terror attack.
During a panel discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council, Weiner said that regardless of the killer’s motivations, the response to Thompson’s killing is similar to what law enforcement has observed after a domestic terror attack
.
“That is already being reflected in this just torrent of online vitriol that we’ve been in the midst of since last Wednesday and the lionization of the alleged perpetrator of the murder as a hero,” she said.
Authorities have charged Luigi Mangione, 26, with Thompson’s murder following his arrest Monday in Altoona, Pennsylvania, where customers recognized his face from wanted posters of the alleged killer. But since Mangione’s arrest, there has been an outpouring of support for the suspected murderer from online users with grievances towards the health insurance industry.
Weiner warned that public support for Thompson’s “assassination” could lead to more violence.
“This one has all the hallmarks of something that is going to inspire and contribute to a contagion effect.”
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg vowed to extradite UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s suspected killer to New York so he could face justice.
“We will get the defendant here and get him to justice through our court proceeding,” Bragg told ABC News Wednesday, saying that the suspect, Luigi Mangione, could face additional charges beyond the second-degree murder charge for the killing of Thompson.
“As we learn more about motives and other things like that … there may be additional charges,” Bragg said.
In addition to the second-degree murder charge, Mangione is charged with criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree and criminal possession of a forged instrument in the second degree in connection with the killing, according to a warrant.
In Pennsylvania where he was arrested, Mangione pleaded not guilty to a charge of forging a document and criminal possession of a firearm. He was denied bail.
The defense attorney representing Mangione has said his client won’t plead guilty to charges in New York.
Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman contributed to this update.
Ominous “wanted” posters of CEOs have surfaced in New York City in recent days.
A TikToker first exposed the posters naming executives in the health care industry.
They contained the statements “Denying medical care for corporate profit” and “Healthcare CEOs should not feel safe” in all capital letters along with pictures.
The posters started showing up after 51-year-old UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was fatally shot last week, according to the New York Sun and Newsweek.
Thompson was killed Dec. 4
when a man, whom police have since identified as Luigi Mangione, shot the UnitedHealthcare CEO outside a hotel in Midtown Manhattan.
“We are aware of the posters and are investigating these incidents,” a spokesperson for the NYPD’s Office of the Deputy Commissioner, Public Information told FOX Business.
FOX Business’ Aislinn Murphy contributed to this post.
Pinched nerves, herniated discs, spinal fusions — if you’ve experienced any of these, the pain can quite literally impact your every move.
Dr. Betsy Grunch, also known as @ladyspinedoc on social platforms, is connecting the dots on how the suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO gunman, Luigi Mangione, and his alleged back injury likely pushed him to the edge.
“Pain in general affects our mental well-being, how we go on in our day-to-day life and function. If you’re reminded of an injury in your body, and you live in pain, it can be something that really rattles you,” the board-certified neurosurgeon told Fox News Digital.
“In this alleged circumstance, you have a 26-year-old, fit guy that has an injury and needs care,” she continued, “and he may reflect his pain on someone else or blame it on someone else. And [that] can escalate to a point of suicidal or even homicidal thoughts.”
Reports have surfaced that Mangione, the former Ivy League computer scientist charged in the ambush shooting death of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, struggled with back pain and the fallout from spinal surgery.
Mangione told former roommates that he suffered from chronic back pain and a pinched nerve, according to CivilBeat, a Honolulu-based publication.
He had allegedly written online about his injury and reviewed back pain-related books on his Goodreads account, Fox News reported. Investigators were also looking into whether the health insurance industry had denied a claim from him or withheld some kind of care.
“Your spine is something that is your entire core of your body. You use it any time you stand, move, bend, twist anything. And so to have pain in [the] dead center of your body with every movement, and if you have nerve type impingement pain, it can be 10 out of 10. And for those of us that think we know 10 out of 10 pain, unless you’ve had an injury to your spine, you know what that’s like,” Grunch, who has nearly 4 million followers combined on social media accounts, explained.
“Then if you amplify that on someone that has such a life-changing event, and to think that there’s no end in sight, it can be quite detrimental and life-changing.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Kristen Altus.
It is unlikely but not out of the question that Luigi Mangione, who is suspected of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson last week, will face federal charges, and it is “fair to be concerned” that Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg will “mishandle this case,” former prosecutors told Fox News Digital.
Mangione was arrested by police in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday morning after a five-day manhunt when a McDonald’s patron recognized his face from wanted posters.
On Tuesday, Mangione refused to waive his right to an extradition hearing in a Pennsylvania court
, and his attorney said he intends to file a writ of habeas corpus challenging Mangione’s arrest. Bragg and Blair County District Attorney Peter Weeks are working to get the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate to New York.
“There is no obvious hook for a federal murder prosecution,” James Trusty, who served as a prosecutor in Maryland for 27 years, told Fox News Digital, based on the publicly available details of the case.
However, Trusty said, evidence for potential federal charges could be found on Mangione’s laptop that was seized upon his arrest.
Although federal authorities can hand down murder charges, Trusty said “the types of things that could make it go federal is if [the murder] was in conjunction with organized crime, drug trafficking or a hate crime, which has a more narrow definition than just ‘I hate insurance companies,’” Trusty said.
Members of the Altoona Police Department wrote in a criminal complaint obtained by Fox News Digital that they found a “black 3D-printed pistol and a black silencer.” Possessing such a “ghost gun” – a home-cooked weapon that is unserialized and therefore untraceable – is a federal offense, former Joint Terrorism Task Force head and Port Authority Chief Security Officer John Ryan told Fox News Digital.
But sentencing for such a charge would amount to a far shorter sentence than a murder charge at a state level, Trusty said, likely just a year behind bars.
This is an excerpt from an article by Christina Coulter.
The suspect who was arrested Monday in connection with the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson is a member of a prominent Maryland family that has a large business portfolio.
Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after he was recognized from the manhunt that began last Wednesday when Thompson was shot and killed in New York City in what law enforcement called a “targeted attack.”
Luigi is the grandson of the late Nick Mangione Sr., who The Baltimore Banner reported was a multimillionaire who made his family’s fortune as a developer in the real estate industry before opening other businesses and becoming a philanthropist who supported a variety of civic initiatives.
The patriarch of the family, Nick Mangione Sr. built nursing homes, hospitals and office buildings, the outlet reported.
The family acquired the Turf Valley Country Club in 1978 and built it into a full-service resort and conference center that’s now known as Turf Valley Resort following the addition of a hotel, spa and other amenities, according to The Washington Post. The Mangiones also built what became known as the Hayfields Country Club in 1986, which operates as a golf and wedding venue and has a residential development.
The Post also reported that the Mangione family owns an
assisted-living facility, Lorien Health Services in Ellicott City, as well as radio station WCBM-AM 680, a talk radio station based in the Baltimore area.
According to The Baltimore Banner, the Mangione family’s philanthropic endeavors through the Mangione Family Foundation have included donations to the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, along with the University of Maryland St. Joseph Medical Center, the Kennedy Krieger Institute and St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The Banner also noted that Luigi Mangione’s father, Louis, and uncle, John, took over the role of handling the family’s business affairs when Nick Mangione Sr. began to step back from those duties in 1995, with Louis taking the lead of Mangione Family Enterprises. The elder Mangione died in 2008.
This is an excerpt from an article by Eric Revell.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul
on Thursday said she expects an indictment against UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s suspected murderer, Luigi Mangione, to be issued from the Manhattan District Attorney’s office “any day now.”
In an interview on MSNBC, Hochul said she trusts District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s office to put forth an “ironclad” indictment.
“And that’s why there’s been a little time. People say, ‘why isn’t something happened already?’ You want to get this right. You don’t want to have anybody, a defense attorney, be able to attack what you’ve done,” Hochul said.
“We expect that to be issued any day now. And it’s the second that happens, I’m issuing a warrant for extradition,” she added.
Hochul also said she has been in contact with Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro about a warrant to extradite Mangione to New York.
“I will issue it. He’ll sign it. But the judge has already set a date for a hearing on December 23rd. We’ll see whether that date has to hold. The governor and I both want him brought back to New York as soon as possible.”
Major fundraising site GoFundMe and e-commerce retailer Etsy are cracking down on support of Luigi Mangione, the suspect arrested in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.
But tens of thousands have been raised in the alleged killer’s defense elsewhere.
Following Mangione’s high-profile arrest earlier this week and being charged with the health insurance executive’s slaying, fundraising campaigns and merchandise celebrating the accused killer as a hero began cropping up online.
GoFundMe says it has removed all fundraisers dedicated to Mangione on its site, telling FOX Business in a statement, “GoFundMe’s Terms of Service prohibit fundraisers for the legal defense of violent crimes. The fundraisers have been removed from our platform and all donors have been refunded.”
TMZ reported Tuesday that within hours of Mangione being identified, merchandise celebrating the suspect flooded Etsy, including shirts, cups and even Christmas ornaments.
But Etsy appears to have removed all Mangione-themed offerings as of Wednesday morning. The company did not immediately respond to FOX Business’ request for comment.
Meanwhile, GiveSendGo appears to be allowing fundraisers for Mangione’s defense. One fundraiser on the site, which was launched Dec. 4 — the day of Thompson’s murder — is still going strong and has raised nearly $30,000 of its $200,000 goal.
This is an excerpt from an article by Breck Dumas.
While UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s alleged killer’s motive has not been released by officials, the public has been speculating that the suspect had strong grievances with both the health care industry and capitalism in general.
Authorities arrested Luigi Mangione, 26, in a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday, at which point he allegedly presented local police with a fake ID and appeared to start shaking when they asked if he had been in New York recently.
Authorities also found a handwritten manifesto condemning the health care industry, as NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny previously told Fox News. The manifesto specifically mentioned UnitedHealthcare.
Curtis Sliwa, founder of New York City’s Guardian Angels, told Fox News Digital that “in every era, there are people who go out, take the law into their own hands, and they become heroes.”
“In this case, I think what is most stunning to me is the number of women who have embraced Luigi not because he is a good-looking guy with abs, but rather because of what they believe is this tremendous overreach, especially if this particular health care company in which you have so many denials of procedures that had been guaranteed,” Sliwa said.
He added his belief that the anger regarding the health care industry that has surfaced from Thompson’s murder is misplaced.
Nicholas Creel, associate professor of Business Law and Ethics at Georgia College & State University, told Fox News Digital that “America is currently in a period of rising populist sentiment, one where anger at elites, particularly wealthy corporate executives, is increasingly common.”
“This explains why so many people across social media began expressing support for Luigi Mangione’s actions as soon as they learned who his victim was,” Creel said. “A health insurance CEO is perhaps the pinnacle of a wealthy elite that many now see as being responsible for their financial troubles, so it is anything but surprising to see so many people identifying more with the criminal than the victim in this case.”
This is an excerpt from an article by Audrey Conklin.
Blood is thicker than a viral surveillance image of a suspected killer grinning at a flirty clerk in the lobby of a New York City hostel.
Luigi Mangione, the former Ivy League computer science major now suspected of shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in the back in New York City has dozens of cousins in his prominent Maryland family. But none of them appear to have recognized him after his smiling face went viral in connection with a nationwide manhunt that ended Monday.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny told “Your World” host Neil Cavuto that of more than 200 tips police received in the case, none of them named Mangione.
One of Mangione’s former high school classmates had a simple explanation – the suspected assassin is most recognizable for his dark, curly hair, which was covered up in images that the NYPD released before his arrest.
“I think when something so large-profile happens naturally, I automatically disregard that,” former classmate Freddie Leatherbury told “Fox & Friends” Wednesday. He figured it could have been anybody – but not someone he knew.
“And the thing that I remember about Luigi, if anything, was his really distinct curly hair, and in all the security camera footage, all you saw was him with a hat on or a hood on,” he said. “That wasn’t a connection that I was making. And, of course, Italians in New York are a dime a dozen. So just the jaw structure alone, the face, that wasn’t a connection that I was really rushing to make. So I really just brushed it off when I saw it, to be honest.”
Still, law enforcement sources told Fox News Digital Monday that it was Mangione’s distinctive eyebrows and the medical mask that made him stand out to customers and locals at an Altoona McDonald’s.
This is an excerpt from an article by Michael Ruiz.
New York City Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Wednesday that a gun recovered following Luigi Mangione’s arrest in Pennsylvania matches three shell casings found at the scene where UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was shot.
“First, we got the gun in question back from Pennsylvania. It’s now at the NYPD crime lab. We were able to match that gun to the three shell casings that we found in Midtown at the scene of the homicide,” she told reporters Wednesday.
“We were also able at our crime lab to match the person of interest’s fingerprints with fingerprints that we found on both the water bottle and the KIND bar near the scene of the homicide in midtown,” she added.
Tisch and NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny previously told Fox News they found a burner phone and other physical evidence linked to the suspect which they were checking for prints and DNA evidence.
Altoona police likely fingerprinted Mangione after his arrest in Pennsylvania Monday on fake ID and firearms charges and uploaded them to a law enforcement database the same day, according to Paul Mauro, a former NYPD inspector.
UnitedHealth Group CEO Andrew Witty said the company remains in a “state of mourning” over the shocking death of Brian Thompson, but that it owes it to him to “make health care work better for everybody, in every way.”
In a memo to employees, Witty described Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, a UnitedHealth insurance subsidiary, “as one of the smartest guys” and “one of the best guys.”
He vowed that the company would make good on its promise to continue offering quality healthcare to its members.
“No matter what’s happening, we’re going to be there for the moms and dads who brought one of their kids to a clinic this morning,” said Witty. “We’re going to be there for the sickest and the most vulnerable among us, whose homes our nurses and case workers are visiting today.”
“We’re going to make sure medicines are filled, infusions are administered and people can navigate their therapies for the rarest states of disease,” he added. “The same people who were counting on us last week are counting on us today — none of that’s changed. Our patients, our customers, partners and clients need us to be at our very best. And then again tomorrow. The day after next. Next week. Next month. Next year.”
Witty noted that while the past few days “have been dark, our patients, members, customers are sending us light.”
Trump points to ‘big tactical mistake’ VP Harris made during campaign
President-elect Donald Trump called out Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign strategy during an interview with Time Magazine, after he was named their “Person of the Year.”
When asked by the magazine what Harris’ worst mistakes were, Trump pointed to Harris’ media strategy.
“I think that when she wouldn’t talk to anybody, it shone a light on her. In other words, if she would have gone out and just did interviews,” Trump began. “She didn’t do anything. And people said, Is there something wrong with her? Why would they? I mean, I’m doing this interview with you. I did interviews with, if I had the time, anybody that would ask, I’d do interviews. I think the Joe Rogan interview, you know, that went on for almost three and a half hours.”
Prior to the election, the Trump campaign denied that it had ever formally accepted an invitation for Trump to sit for a “60 Minutes” interview, after CBS News claimed he had backed out.
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Harris didn’t sit for an interview for over a month after President Biden announced he was dropping out, and she became his replacement on top of the Democratic ticket. Toward the end of August, she ramped up her traditional media appearances, as well as podcast interviews, following her first joint sit down with her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz.
“But it’s an interesting question when you ask about her. I think they made a big tactical mistake by literally not talking to the press, even if a really friendly, I mean, and they had almost all friendly, somebody would come up with a really friendly—like you guys, maybe—but a friendly interview, and they turned everybody down. They wouldn’t do the basic. And people, including me, would start to say, is there something wrong with her? What’s wrong? Why wouldn’t you do some basic interviews?” the president-elect said.
Trump told Time Magazine that Harris’s interviews that didn’t go as well for her wouldn’t have gotten as much attention if she had done other ones.
“In other words, if she did those same interviews, but she did another 15 interviews, you know, you wouldn’t have really noticed it that much,” he said.
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“She put so much emphasis on interviews. Somebody thought there was something wrong, and I don’t think she ever recovered from that,” he added.
Trump and Harris both turned to podcasts and nontraditional media sources throughout their campaigns. Harris notably sat for an interview with the “Call her Daddy” podcast, hosted by Alex Cooper.
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Harris’ top campaign aides were frustrated by what they described as a “narrative” about Harris not doing interviews.
“I do think a narrative, 107 days… two weeks talking about how she didn’t do interviews, which you know she was doing plenty, but we were doing in our own way, we had to be the nominee, we had to find a running mate, and do a roll-out, I mean there was all these things that you kind of want to factor in. But real people heard, in some way, that we were not going to have interviews, which was both not true and also so counter to any kind of standard that was put on Trump, that I think that was a problem,” Dillon told “Pod Save America” host Dan Pfeiffer in the weeks following the election.
Americans on edge as mysterious drones reportedly spotted in another state
Several drones were reportedly spotted in the skies above a Connecticut suburb Thursday night, adding to recent sightings that have perplexed residents and raised questions about possible national security and public safety concerns.
A social media user on X posted videos of possible drones in Fairfield, 55 miles northeast of New York City.
Drones hovering over New Jersey and near Staten Island, New York, in recent weeks have raised concerns due to a lack of clarity over their origin.
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One X user filmed what she said were at least five drones in the sky over the Fairfield, Connecticut, train station.
“They all just went by each other,” she’s heard saying off camera. “They’re at different levels. My husband has a drone. They don’t fly this far and this quiet.”
At one point, she said the aircraft could be a “hobbyist drone.”
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Another social media user said she noticed the drones “between 5:30-6:00. Crazy, definitely not planes.” Other footage posted online showed multiple possible drones hovering near LaGuardia Airport in New York City, according to social media posts.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the Federal Aviation Administration.
More than three weeks after dozens of mysterious drones began popping up in the New Jersey night sky, the Pentagon has not disclosed answers about where they came from. However, the Pentagon earlier this week denied the drones were launched from an Iranian “mothership” off the U.S. East Coast.
“There is no Iranian ship off the coast of the United States, and there’s no so-called ‘mothership’ launching drones toward the United States,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told Fox News chief national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin.
On Thursday, White House national security communications adviser John Kirby said many of the purported drone sightings spotted over New Jersey for the past several weeks are actually lawfully operated manned aircraft.
“We have no evidence at this time that the reported drone sightings pose a national security or a public safety threat or have a foreign nexus,” Kirby told reporters at the daily White House press briefing.
The FBI and Department of Homeland Security said they would continue to “investigate this situation and confirm whether the reported drone flights are actually drones or are instead manned aircraft or otherwise inaccurate sightings.”
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“Historically, we have experienced cases of mistaken identity, where reported drones are, in fact, manned aircraft or facilities. We are supporting local law enforcement in New Jersey with numerous detection methods but have not corroborated any of the reported visual sightings with electronic detection,” the statement said.
“To the contrary, upon review of available imagery, it appears that many of the reported sightings are actually manned aircraft, operating lawfully. There are no reported or confirmed drone sightings in any restricted airspace“.
Joe Biden ends his presidency with voters by a 30-point margin saying they have been hurt rather than helped by his economic policies.
In addition, a new Fox News national survey finds that most voters not only have negative views of the economy (77% negative) and their personal financial situation (62% negative) — they also feel things are getting worse (64%). Three-quarters say inflation has caused them financial hardship over the last six months, including about one-third who call it a “serious” hardship, and those numbers have held steady for more than two years.
Views on the economy are in negative territory by 54 points (23% positive, 77% negative). That is worse than at the beginning of Biden’s term by 14 points, and that increase in pessimism comes a touch more from Democrats (16 points) than Republicans (13) and independents (11).
While few Democrats say Biden’s economic policies have hurt them (17%), only one-third say they helped (33%), with half saying his policies didn’t make a difference either way (50%).
Overall, nearly three times as many say the president’s economic policies have hurt (47%) rather than helped them (17%), while one-third say no difference (35%).
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Big picture, 68% are unhappy with the direction of the country (up 3 points since August). That small increase comes mainly from a 20-point jump in dissatisfaction among Democrats, which is mostly offset by fewer Republicans being dissatisfied by 15-points — presumably both shifts can be attributed to Trump’s re-election.
On the whole, only 1 in 4 think history will consider Biden an above-average president. One in 3 says he will be remembered as one of the country’s worst presidents, which is a touch better than the 4 in 10 who said the same about Trump at the end of his first term. Yet, in 2020, three times as many said Trump (22%) would be remembered as “one of the country’s greatest presidents” as feel that way about Biden today (7%).
Looking ahead, 39% think the economy will get better in 2025. That’s up from 22% who felt that way a year ago.
There is a significant partisan gap in views on the economy’s future, as Republicans (63%) are more than three times as likely as Democrats (17%) to say it will be better next year.
“The election post-mortems have emphasized the role of the economy in shaping the outcome, and it’s obvious that bad economic vibes hurt the incumbent party,” says Republican pollster Daron Shaw, who helps run the Fox News Poll along with Democrat Chris Anderson. “What we’re seeing is a predictable shift toward optimism among Republicans and independents. We’ll see if Trump can sustain and perhaps even expand on that momentum with policies that lower prices and decrease taxes.”
Biden leaves office with a 41% job approval rating, just one point above his record low. Fifty-eight percent disapprove, including about 1 in 5 Democrats and most independents (76%). Disapproval is at all-time highs among voters under age 45, Hispanics and urban voters.
Biden’s 41% approval is lower than Trump’s 47% approval at the end of his first term, former President Barack Obama’s 57% when he left office and former President Bill Clinton’s 62% approval in 2000, but higher than former President George W. Bush’s 34% approval at the end of his presidency.
Overall, the president received his record high of 56% approval in June 2021 — one of only five times more voters than not rated him positively. His approval rating hit a record low of 40% in July 2022, November 2023 and October 2024.
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Biden ends his term with lopsided negative ratings on some key issues, as only about one-third approve of the job he’s doing on border security (31% approve-67% disapprove) and inflation (34%-64%). His marks on foreign policy are a bit better (37%-60%), but that is a record low, and he is still underwater by 23 points.
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After repeatedly promising not to, Biden granted a presidential pardon to his son, Hunter, on Dec. 1 for multiple felony convictions. Sixty-three percent of voters disapprove of the pardon — about double the share who approve (32%). Six in 10 Democrats approve, while 7 in 10 independents and 9 in 10 Republicans disapprove.
Overall, views are the same when voters are asked about Trump’s commitment to pardon people convicted for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol: 62% disapprove, 34% approve. The partisan dynamic here flips, as 9 in 10 Democrats and 7 in 10 Independents disapprove, while 6 in 10 Republicans approve.
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Conducted Dec. 6-9 under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,015 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (125) and cellphones (699) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (191). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error associated with results among subgroup is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education and area variables to ensure the demographics of respondents are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis and voter file data.
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HGTV star tearfully reveals why she ended relationship with estranged husband
Christina Hall tearfully revealed why she ended her relationship with her estranged husband, Josh Hall.
In a clip from Christina’s new reality show, “The Flip Off,” which was shared with People magazine, the 41-year-old reality star opened up about her split from Josh during a conversation with her ex-husband and co-star, Tarek El Moussa, 44.
The video featured a scene in which El Moussa was seen visiting Christina, who appeared visibly upset, and asked her, “You good?”
“No. … Josh and I officially split up,” the “Christina on the Coast” host replied.
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“We had a blowup … middle fingers in my face,” she continued in the clip, released Thursday.
“Things with Josh have been bad for a long time.”
Christina, who shares daughter Taylor, 14, and son Brayden, 9, with El Moussa, explained that their children had spoken out about Hall’s treatment of their mother prior to their breakup in July.
“The kids literally asked me to leave,” Christina tearfully recalled. “They told me he’s not nice to me. Why would I stick around?
“I feel like I’m in a tornado all the time, and I just can’t get out of it.
“Everything, since like 2016, has been so hard and so horrible. It’s really taken a really bad toll on me.”
In December 2016, Christina and El Moussa announced they were separating after seven years of marriage, and they finalized their divorce in 2018. The former couple co-starred in the hit HGTV reality show “Flip or Flop” for 10 seasons, from 2013 to 2022, continuing to work together after their split.
Christina married British television host Ant Anstead, 45, in December 2018, and they welcomed son Hudson in 2019. The two announced they were separating in September 2020, and Christina filed for divorce two months later.
“They told me he’s not nice to me. Why would I stick around?”
After their divorce was finalized in June 2021, Anstead and Christina engaged in a bitter custody battle over Hudson. Though the former couple shared joint legal and physical custody of Hudson, Anstead filed for full custody of their son in April 2022, alleging that Christina had spent little time with Hudson since they began co-parenting their son.
Christina and Anstead reached a settlement in December 2022 and decided to maintain their previously established joint custody arrangement. Since then, Christina and Anstead’s relationship has become more amicable, and the exes are now following each other again on Instagram.
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In the new clip from “The Flip-Off,” Christina apologized to El Moussa, who married former “Selling Sunset” star Heather Rae Young in October 2021.
“I’m really sorry for s— too. I really am,” Christina told El Moussa. “I just want you to know.”
“I understand that feeling of feeling a little bit lost,” he replied. “And I acknowledge that I’m a big part, if not the entire part, of all of this.”
While Christina and El Moussa continued to film “Flip or Flop” together, their personal relationship was initially rocky. However, the two have established a friendship over the years and amicably co-parent Taylor and Brayden.
Josh was originally going to star alongside Christina in “The Flip-Off,” which was to follow the pair as they compete against El Moussa and Heather in a real estate flip-off contest. The show was announced in May, and production started shortly before Christina and Josh filed for divorce July 7.
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Following the former couple’s divorce filing, a source told Us Weekly Josh is no longer involved with the show and Christina, Tarek and Heather were proceeding without him.
Last month, Anstead was spotted filming a scene for “The Flip-Off” with Christina. At the time, a source confirmed to Fox News Digital that Anstead is “filming a portion of the show” with Christina.
While speaking with Backgrid in August, Christina explained her decision to refollow the “For the Love of Cars” alum.
“Ant and I share Hudson … and I feel like he deserves to have us get along,” Christina said, according to People.
Christina also praised her first ex-husband and his wife, saying, “Tarek, Heather and I get along really well. It’s been really nice to co-parent with them.”
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Anstead has been dating Renée Zellweger after they met on the set of his show, “Celebrity IOU Joyride,” in April 2021.
Christina and Josh secretly married in October 2021 and tied the knot again in September 2022 during a ceremony in Hawaii.
When they filed for divorce, Josh cited their date of separation as July 8, while Christina noted the former couple had separated the day before, July 7.
Since filing for divorce, Christina has accused her estranged husband of transferring $35,000 of her money into his personal bank account July 8 after their divorce filing, according to court documents obtained by Fox News Digital.
“I would not have asked him to send himself my money the day after I told him we are getting divorced,” Christina stated in the documents.
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In his divorce filing, Josh requested spousal support from Christina. In her latest court filing, Christina stated that her ex “should not need” spousal support because he has his own source of income.
The former couple’s split has become increasingly acrimonious, and Christina has frequently slammed her ex on social media.
In October, Josh filed a motion to stop Christina from selling a Tennessee home that she had listed for $4.5 million, according to court documents. Josh has been living at the house since their split in July. In November, Christina took the house off the market amid the dispute.
DC restaurant workers plan to make things difficult for Trump officials looking to dine out
Food workers in Washington, D.C., pledged to refuse service and cause other inconveniences for members of the incoming Trump administration when they dine out over the next four years.
Industry veterans, bartenders and servers in the nation’s capital told the Washingtonian that resistance to the Republican figures in the progressive city was inevitable and a matter of conscience.
“You expect the masses to just ignore RFK eating at Le Diplomate on a Sunday morning after a few mimosas and not to throw a drink in his face?,” said Zac Hoffman, a DC restaurant veteran who is now a manager at the National Democratic Club.
Bartenders and servers in the report promised to shun certain officials or employ other small acts of resistance against these figures to take their “power back.”
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“This person theoretically has the power to take away your rights, but I have the power to make you wait 20 minutes to get your entrée,” Nancy, a fine-dining bartender, said.
“There’s a lot of opportunities for us as workers to feel like we’re taking our power back, while not necessarily ruining someone’s life. Giving them a subtle inconvenience feels like a little bit of a win for us,” she continued.
Nancy said she would refuse service to certain Trump officials. If her employer tried to force her, she claimed she would quit “on the spot.”
“There is power in making it known that you’re not comfortable with a situation, and it doesn’t necessarily have to be this big dramatic show,” she said. “It’s just little bits of resistance that add up, and little bits of resistance that other people will see and hopefully feel empowered to stand on those convictions as well.”
Suzannah Van Rooy, a server and manager at Beuchert’s Saloon on Capitol Hill, also vowed to refuse service to Trump officials whom she felt held moral views that opposed her own.
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“I personally would refuse to serve any person in office who I know of as being a sex trafficker or trying to deport millions of people,” she said.
“It’s not, ‘Oh, we hate Republicans.’ It’s that this person has moral convictions that are strongly opposed to mine, and I don’t feel comfortable serving them,” Van Rooy added.
One anonymous host at a fine dining restaurant said she planned to look up every Trump administration figure online so she could know who they were and give them a bad table if they came in.
“I’ll only give them a bad table but will otherwise guarantee decent and polite service,” she went on. “I feel like them getting a bad table is nothing compared to the harm they’ll be inflicting.”
Not every liberal worker in the report planned to protest the incoming administration while doing their job, however.
A bartender named Joseph said while he was disappointed by the election results, he was looking forward to higher tips with more Republicans in Washington.
“I think my tip average from Republicans—at least ones that I or a coworker has recognized—is close to 30 percent. With Dems, I’m surprised if it’s over 20,” he said, adding that Republicans tend to be lower maintenance patrons as well.
These comments beckon memories of Trump’s first time in office, when Republican Party figures were harassed while dining at D.C.-area restaurants.
Then-White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders and her family were kicked out of a Virginia restaurant and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was heckled and harassed at a Mexican Washington D.C. restaurant in 2018.
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A few months later, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and his wife were also chased out of D.C. restaurant by left-wing protesters.
Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., encouraged supporters after the two incidents to fight back against the Trump administration. She said at the time current administration officials who defend Trump “know what they’re doing is wrong” and said they soon won’t be able to peacefully appear in public without being harassed. She later backed off from those remarks.
Dana Perino’s No. 1 rule when attending office holiday parties: ‘Advice I feel strongly about’
It’s the time of year for sharing holiday cheer and attending workplace parties.
While many employees welcome the chance to mingle with colleagues in social settings and enjoy some food and drink and a bit of downtime, they may not understand the challenges that can arise at these events — and how things can go south quickly if people aren’t careful.
In a “mentoring moment” she shared on Instagram, Dana Perino of Fox News delivered clear advice on the topic — and elaborated on it in comments to Fox News Digital.
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“Here’s some advice I feel strongly about — it’s a good rule to live by,” she said.
“You are only allowed to have one alcoholic drink at your work or office party,” Perino said.
This is because “the most important word in ‘office party’ isn’t ‘party’… ‘it’s office,'” she told Fox News Digital.
“No matter how much alcohol you believe you can handle, it is always less than you think it is.”
“Ask the bartender to throw in a lime if you feel you’ll be peer-pressured into having more booze.”
Added the co-anchor of “America’s Newsroom” and co-host of “The Five,” “I don’t know what it is about end-of-the-year parties and letting your hair down and going wild, but do that on your own time with your friends (and for goodness’ sake, don’t post about it!) — and keep your holiday party with your bosses and colleagues fun and festive.”
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Perino suggested that people may have one drink, “but only after you’ve also had some food. Then switch to club soda or Diet Coke.
“Ask the bartender to throw in a lime if you feel you’ll be peer-pressured into having more booze.”
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She continued, “I promise: This is a rule that will serve you well. If you want to go out afterward, make a plan and have a great time. But don’t be late for work the next morning!”
Said Perino, “Everyone is paying attention at all times. Don’t hurt your chances of a promotion or sully your reputation because you get sloppy at the end-of-year party.”
Thinking ahead is critical, she suggested.
“That way you can make sure that NEXT year is a great one, too!” said Perino.
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Diane Gottsman, an etiquette expert and founder of the Protocol School of Texas in San Antonio, agreed in general with Perino’s assessments.
Attendees of a work-sponsored social outing where alcohol will be served should always be “aware of perception in terms of your boss, clients and even peers,” Gottsman told Fox News Digital.
“Regardless of what others are doing or how much they are drinking, limiting your alcohol intake to one or two drinks at a cocktail event and a glass of wine at dinner is best.”
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Gottsman recommended switching off between sparkling water and a cocktail “if you want something in your hand.”
“Everyone has a different tolerance level,” she also said.
“But keeping up with a boss or client because they are over-imbibing is never a good professional move,” Gottsman advised.
How much money you’d have if you invested $1,000 in Apple stock 44 years ago today
Apple on Thursday marked the 44th anniversary of the tech giant’s initial public offering (IPO) just days after its market capitalization reached a new all-time high that emphasized its growth over the last four decades.
Apple shares reached $250.42 during Wednesday’s trading session, an all-time high that followed a record close of $247.70 at the end of Tuesday’s trading day.
Though it has since declined from that peak to just under $248 a share during Thursday’s session, the company’s market capitalization of $3.74 trillion remains near its all-time high.
Apple’s stock surge coincides with the 44th anniversary of its IPO, which was held on Dec. 12, 1980. Investors who bought Apple stock at that time — which was priced at $22 per share at the time of IPO — and held it for four decades would have seen massive growth in the value of that investment.
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The company has conducted five stock splits since its IPO, so when accounting for those, the split-adjusted basis for an Apple share at the time of the IPO was $0.10 per share.
If an investor had bought $1,000 worth of Apple shares at the time of the company’s IPO, they would have acquired a total of 45 shares.
| Ticker | Security | Last | Change | Change % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL | APPLE INC. | 237.33 | +2.40 | +1.02% |
Apple conducted a trio of two-for-one stock splits in 1987, 2000 and 2005, as well as a seven-for-one split in 2014 and a four-for-one split in 2020.
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Taken together, those splits increased Apple’s share count by a factor of 224, meaning that the initial 45 shares bought for $1,000 44 years ago would have grown into 10,080 shares.
Based on Thursday’s closing price of $247.96, that means the initial $1,000 investment would now be worth nearly $2.5 million — or $2,499,436.80, to be precise — without accounting for the reinvestment of dividends, which Apple started offering to shareholders in 2012.
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