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Gun found on suspect in killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO matches shell casings at scene, police say ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — New York City’s police commissioner says the gun found on the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO matches shell casings found at the crime scene. Commissioner Jessica Tisch also said Wednesday that lab results matched suspect Luigi Mangione’s prints to a water bottle and a snack bar wrapper found near the scene of the killing. Police had said earlier that they believed the gunman bought the items at a nearby coffee shop while awaiting his target. Mangione is jailed in Pennsylvania on weapon and forgery charges, but he also has been charged in New York with murder in Brian Thompson's death. His lawyer has noted that Mangione is presumed innocent. Authorities are scrutinizing evidence and the suspect’s experiences with the health care industry. Arguments over whether Luigi Mangione is a 'hero' offer a glimpse into an unusual American moment Memes and online posts in support of 26-year-old Luigi Mangione, who's charged with killing UnitedHealthcare's CEO, have mushroomed online. Some cast Mangione as a hero. That's too far, says Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, a rising Democrat who was almost the Democratic vice presidential nominee this year. CEO Brian Thompson's death touched off off these ripples. They offer a glimpse into how so many different aspects of 21st-century life can be surreally connected, from public violence to politics, from health care to humor, or attempts at it. The Trump and Biden teams insist they're working hand in glove on foreign crises WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t think much of Joe Biden’s foreign policy record. He frequently casts the outgoing Democratic president as a feckless leader who shredded American credibility around the world during his four-year term. But the Trump and Biden national security teams have come to an understanding that they have no choice but to work together as conflicts in Gaza, Syria and Ukraine have left a significant swath of the world on a knife’s edge. It’s fuzzy how much common ground Biden and Trump’s teams have found as they navigate crises that threaten to cause more global upheaval as Trump prepares to settle back into the White House. FBI Director Wray says he intends to resign before Trump takes office in January WASHINGTON (AP) — FBI Director Christopher Wray says he plans to resign at the end of President Joe Biden’s term in January. The announcement Wednesday comes a week and a half after President-elect Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate loyalist Kash Patel for the position. His impending resignation will bring him three years short of the completion of a 10-year term during which he tried to keep the FBI out of politics even as the bureau found itself entangled in a string of explosive investigations. Trump applauded the news Wednesday, saying it will end the weaponization of what he called the “Department of Injustice.” Syrians flock to morgues looking for loved ones who perished in Assad's prisons DAMASCUS (AP) — Many bodies have been found in Syrian detention centers and prisons since President Bashar al-Assad's government fell. Now Syrians around the world are circulating images of the corpses in hopes that they will see slain loved ones whose fate had been a mystery. At the morgue visited by The Associated Press on Wednesday in Damascus, families flocked to a wall where some of the pictures were pinned in a haunting gallery of the dead. Relatives desperately scanned the images for a recognizable face. Some of the prisoners died just weeks ago. Others perished months earlier. US warns Russia may be ready to use new lethal missile against Ukraine again in 'coming days' WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says Russia could launch its lethal new intermediate-range ballistic missile against Ukraine again soon. Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh cited a U.S. intelligence assessment in telling reporters on Wednesday that an attack could come “in the coming days.” She says the U.S. does not consider the Oreshnik missile a game changer on the battlefield. But that Russia is using the weapon to intimidate Ukraine as both sides wrestle for an advantage that will give them leverage in any negotiations to end the war. The Russian Defense Ministry also is warning it may retaliate against Kyiv for an attack on a military base in the Rostov region in southern Russia on Wednesday. Israeli strikes on Gaza kill at least 33 including children, Palestinian medics say DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian medical officials say Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip have killed at least 33 people. One of the strikes hit a home where displaced people were sheltering in the isolated north, killing 19. A separate strike outside nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital killed a woman and her two children, and another strike in central Gaza killed at least seven people. Israel's military says it tries to avoid harming civilians and accuses militants of hiding among them, putting their lives in danger. Local health officials say Israel’s retaliatory offensive after the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023 has killed over 44,000 Palestinians in Gaza. Hannah Kobayashi, missing Hawaii woman whose disappearance prompted a massive search, is found safe LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hannah Kobayashi has been found safe. That’s according to the Los Angeles Police Department. Kobayashi vanished last month in Los Angeles. The missing Hawaii woman's disappearance prompted a massive search and a missing persons investigation. It was not immediately clear where she was found, but police previously said she had voluntarily crossed the border into Mexico. The LAPD said Wednesday the department will wrap up its investigation. Kobayashi's family reported her missing to law enforcement on Nov. 11 after relatives received “strange and cryptic, just alarming” text messages. Kobayashi’s mother and sister said they are “grateful” she has been found safe. Wisconsin kayaker who faked his death and fled the country is charged after returning to US GREEN LAKE, Wis. (AP) — Authorities say a Wisconsin man who faked his own drowning and left his wife and three children for Eastern Europe has willingly returned to the U.S. Ryan Borgwardt is charged with obstruction, a misdemeanor. A not-guilty plea was entered by a judge Wednesday, a day after Borgwardt's return. 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Jalen Johnson scores 28 to lead the Hawks over the Heat 120-110If you are 72, healthy, and fulfilled, then there is every reason to be thankful to the Almighty God, for the gift of life is the greatest of all gifts. The above explains why, at 72, His Excellency, Clement David Ebri, Governor of Cross River State between 1991 and 1993, is in a celebratory and thankful mood. His Excellency has just attained 72, a huge milestone in our part of the world, where life expectancy has now been mortgaged by excruciating socio-economic challenges that often result in incidences of sudden deaths. Dr Ebri certainly fits the bill of a special human and a born leader with the requisite willpower and vision to better the lot of humanity. His meritorious, dedicated, and silent selfless service to humanity has been unmatched and very pleasing not only to the people of Cross River State but also to Nigeria as a country. No wonder he has, over the years, been saddled with many national assignments. As he clocks a fulfilling 72 years today, Dr. Ebri remains a reference for all who have encountered him closely. In the over seven decades of his existence, Dr. Ebri has shown himself strong as an epitome of simplicity, a man of sublime disposition to life and the daily challenges it poses, a man who has been able to journey thus with care for humanity at the core of his life. Ebri is one tiger that does not display its tigerish instincts. The former governor is the perfect tiger in the Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka’s widely read quote: “A tiger does not proclaim his tigritude.” Indeed, the lives of very special and great people are akin to the wind, which is only felt when it moves across space, shaking the trees in the verdant, caressing the soul and body of humans, and ultimately reminding mankind of the love and omnipotence of God, creator of the universe. Such special people lead very quiet lives, only ever announcing their existence by touching other people’s lives with their humanitarian services. As Dr Ebri clocks 72, those expecting a talk-of-the-town, lavish, forget-me-not birthday bash from the ex-governor will have to wait for another year because the former governor is not known for vulgar displays of flamboyance, particularly now that citizens are assailed by biting socio-economic crises in the country. I am sure that those who witnessed or followed his style of governance when he was governor of Cross River State can attest to this. A few years back, a United States (US) study by Scott Sanders, a sociology professor at Brigham University, showed that the most productive age in human life is between 60 and 70 years of age; and the second most productive age is between 70 and 80. At 72, the cerebral, urbane, detribalized, and celebrated politician and elder statesman, Ebri, has attained the first epoch and is now marching on to the second. If you talk about “godfatherism” in Cross River politics, that appellation rightly fits Ebri, yet he does not rub it on anyone’s face or wear it like a garment; Ebri remains his humble, unassuming self. Rudyard Kipling, the renowned English writer and poet, who lived between 1865 and 1936, told humanity in 1910 that “if you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you; if you can meet with triumph and disaster and treat both equally; if you can talk with the crowd and keep your virtue or walk with kings without losing the common touch; yours is the earth and everything that is in it.” As governor of Cross River State, he was instrumental to the rise of many past political leaders in the state, ensuring that he fixed them in various plum political offices. It was Dr. Ebri as governor of Cross River State who identified a youthful Donald Duke and made him Commissioner for Finance. Donald would later become a two-term governor of Cross River. Similarly, Ebri as governor spurned naysayers’ opposition and stuck with his decision to support the young Liyel Imoke to the Senate. Imoke would turn out to become the youngest senator of that epoch; and in later years, the same Liyel would become a Presidential Adviser, Minister for Power, and then a two-term governor of the state. In the same fashion, Ebri as governor gave Senator Gershom Bassey the desired political lift by appointing him to the Board of Cross River Estates Ltd. Gershom would later rise elegantly in Cross River’s political space to represent Cross River South Senatorial District in the Senate back to back. The former governor also brought Professor Ivara Esu to political limelight when he appointed him Cross River State Commissioner for Agriculture. Professor Esu would later become the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Minister of State for Tourism, Culture, and National Orientation, and the immediate past Deputy Governor of Cross River State. Equally, the former Minister for the Niger Delta, Pastor Usani Uguru Usani, was also Ebri’s creation. The then-young Usani was Governor Ebri’s Personal Assistant. Even the current governor of Cross River State, Senator Prince Bassey Edet Otu, received Ebri’s touch. The list is endless. It would indeed appear that mentoring young people and grooming them to greatness comes naturally to Ebri. For example, as a young youth corps member serving at Aiyepe High School, Aiyepe, Odogbolu Local Government Area, Ogun State, between 1977 and 1978, Ebri immensely contributed to youth and human capital development in that part of Ogun State. An economist who kick-started his working career as a journalist and rose to become an editor with the Cross River State Newspaper Corporation, publishers of the iconic Nigerian Chronicle between 1978-1981, former Governor Ebri is one politician who is not given to ostentation or easily swayed or distracted by the perks and allure of position or influence. In a tribute to Ebri when he turned 70, a former Nigerian Senate Leader, Senator Victor Ndoma-Egba (SAN), described the governor thus: “Clem has always been comfortable but more importantly contented. Clem is deep. He is subtle. He is neither loud nor flamboyant but has unmistakable presence.” Going down memory lane, Senator Ndoma-Egba recounts Ebri’s days as governor: “He had no airs. He did not have the pomposity, arrogance, or needless flamboyance of today’s men of power.” The former Senate leader recalled how, as a sitting governor, Ebri often drove himself to his Calabar residence unannounced and was harassed and refused entry by his security man at the gate during one of such visits. The gateman, of course, didn’t know or had forgotten that the visitor was indeed the governor of the state! “The few times he came to my house as governor, he drove himself. I don’t remember if he ever had a convoy... In fact, one day, my drunken security man would not let him into my compound... He first calmly introduced himself as Clement Ebri,” Senator Ndoma-Egba recalled. As a foremost journalist myself, Dr. Ebri is also my mentor, father, and guardian, who at all times would call my attention to any issues of state and national interest. Our relationship further stepped up when he took me to his mother and introduced his siblings to me (his son) at his country home in Mkpani, Central Cross River State. He also made me acquainted with those living in the United States of America, and this has given me unfettered access to him wherever he is all over the world because I know who to call and at what time. A renowned economist with a Second Class Upper Degree from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, apart from superintending the affairs of Cross River as governor between 1991 and 1993, Ebri had served the state and Nigeria in different other capacities. For instance, Ebri was elected into the 1989 Constituent Assembly. He once led the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to conduct the party’s primary where the current governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, emerged in competitive polls in October 2018. The former governor of Cross River State was appointed as the Chairman, Advisory Council, All Progressives Congress (APC), Women Progressive Campaign Team in 2022. He was also a member of the Constituent Assembly that drafted the nation’s constitution (1988-1989), Chairman, Presidential Committee on Review of the 1999 Constitution (2000-2001), Presidential Committee Chairman, National Biotechnology Development Agency of Nigeria (2021-2023), Member, Cross River State Think Tank (1980), Chairman, Cross River State Task Force on Environmental Sanitation (1985-1988), Chairman, Cross River State Task Force on Books and Stationery for Schools, Director, Mercantile Bank of Nigeria Plc (1988-1990), Chairman, Cross River State Amateur Athletics Association (1988-1991). At a young age, Ebri was Director, Savannah Bank of Nigeria Plc (1989-1991), Chairman, Board of Governors, Community Secondary School, Mkpani (1982-1991). A great grassroots mobilizer and political strategist, under Ebri’s national chairmanship (2008-2009) of a national party, the Progressive People’s Party (PPA), the party gained control of Imo and Abia states. As an experienced technocrat, the former governor has continued to lead a successful private firm that focuses on economic consultancy and development, contributing to the economic landscape of Nigeria. In the course of his public service career, Ebri received a plethora of honours and awards in recognition of his outstanding service to the country and humanity, as well as his salutary virtues and sterling performances. These honours and awards include the Federal Republic of Nigeria National Honor of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) – 2011, Doctor of Political Science (Honoris Causa), University of Calabar – 2019, Leadership Award for Contributions to Nation Building by Michael Okpara Leadership Foundation, 2024, to mention but a few. He has also been recognized by numerous communities within and outside Cross River State for his contributions to regional and national development. It is indeed exhilarating that 72 years ago, the world saw for the first time the awesome individual that Governor Ebri would turn out to be. As he savours the grace of attaining 72, there is no doubt that every December 11 is Ebri’s special day of gratitude to God for the gift of life. The birthday boy (sorry, elder statesman!), given his immense achievements over these 72 years of salutary, exemplary earthly journey, and the grace and blessings God has graciously bestowed on him, will surely count his age by friends and not by years. The elder statesman says he counts his life trajectory by smiles, not tears, and that he is assuredly grateful to the Almighty as he starts another year. On this auspicious occasion of Governor Ebri’s 72nd birthday, I celebrate him for the enviable feats he has accomplished as a mentor, journalist, economist, humanist, political leader, and one of the pathfinders of modern Cross River. It is my prayer, and I dare say the prayer of all those enamoured by Governor Ebri’s sense of patriotism, his elegant public service track record, and his fervent love for Cross River and Nigeria, that his latter years be full of vitality and vigour and that he continues to make available, in whatever form, his wealth of experience for the good of Cross River and Nigeria. Happy birthday, Your Excellency, Sir! Zubair writes from Abuja

NoneNoneBillionaire Elon Musk is calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau “an insufferable tool” in a new social media post on Wednesday. “Won’t be in power for much longer,” Musk also wrote about the prime minister on “X.” Musk was responding to a video posted of Trudeau, in which the prime minister described Kamala Harris’ U.S. presidential loss as a setback for women’s progress. “We were supposed to be on a steady, if difficult sometimes, march towards progress. And yet, just a few weeks ago, the United States voted for a second time to not elect its first woman president," Trudeau said during a speech at the Equal Voice Foundation Gala in Ottawa on Tuesday night. Elon Musk called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 'an insufferable tool' on social medi. (Credit: X) Trudeau also said women’s rights and women’s progress are “under attack overtly and subtlety,” and that he “always will be a proud feminist.” Musk, who founded Tesla and space company SpaceX, has been tasked to co-chair U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency. He was also a prominent figure in Trump’s election campaign. Wednesday’s post is Musk’s latest swipe at the prime minister since Trump was re-elected in November. Responding to a user on “X” on Nov. 7 asking for Musk’s help to get rid of Trudeau, Musk wrote “He will be gone in the upcoming election.” The post also comes during at a tense time in Canada-U.S. relations. Trudeau has been facing social media jabs from Trump following the prime minister’s visit to Mar-a-Lago nearly two weeks ago to discuss Trump’s tariff threat. Last month, Trump threatened to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian imports on his first day in office unless Canada addresses his border security concerns. Following that meeting, U.S. network Fox News reported Trump joked during the dinner in Florida that if the potential tariffs would harm the Canadian economy — as the prime minister conveyed to him — perhaps Canada should become America's 51st state . Days later, Trump posted an A.I.-generated image to social media that depicted him standing next to a Canadian flag and overlooking a mountain range with the caption “Oh Canada!” In an interview on Sunday with NBC’s Meet The Press, Trump made another reference to Canada becoming a state. "We're subsidizing Canada to the tune over $100 billion a year. We're subsidizing Mexico for almost $300 billion. We shouldn't be — why are we subsidizing these countries?" Trump said to NBC News. "If we're going to subsidize them, let them become a state." And just yesterday, Trump appeared to be mocking Trudeau, calling him “ Governor Justin Trudeau ” in a post on Truth Social. "It was a pleasure to have dinner the other night with Governor Justin Trudeau of the Great State of Canada. I look forward to seeing the Governor again soon so that we may continue our in depth talks on Tariffs and Trade, the results of which will be truly spectacular for all!" Trump wrote. This week, Trudeau said Canada “will respond” if the U.S. moves ahead with a 25 per cent tariff. The federal government also says it will be adding more personnel and equipment resources, and show more visibility at the border in the wake of the tariff threat.

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