Day: December 11, 2024

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Police say fingerprints and a notebook with plans are linking suspect Luigi Mangione to the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO. Democratic Governors are plotting how to push back against the next White House. We’ll hear what Daniel Penny said in his first interview since he was acquitted over Jordan Neely’s subway death. A child got sick after drinking raw milk, and it could be bird flu. Plus, wildlife officials want to save a beautiful and critical species.
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AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports on a hopeful new direction for Syria.

AP correspondent Margie Szaroleta reports on the Associated Press naming seven people as its Breakthrough Entertainers for 2024.

Syrian rebels have set fire to the tomb of ex-President Bashar al-Assad’s father in his former hometown in the western Syrian Latakia province. Meanwhile, shops are reopening and people are returning to work in Damascus as day-to-day life gradually resumes. We look at the impact of returning refugees on the Syrian economy, examine concerns over a precarious security situation with a possible resurgence of Islamic State and in doing so, we hear from Erbil in Iraqi Kurdistan, and from Damascus itself. Also on the programme: South Korea deals with the fallout from last week’s short-lived period of martial law; and one humpback whale appears to have made one of the longest and most unusual migrations ever recorded. (Photo: A man rides in the open trunk of a car in Aleppo, Syria. Credit: Reuters/Karam al-Masri)

AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports on a Scrabble feat that many would deem impossible.

AP Washington correspondent Sagar Meghani reports Russia may be ready to again use a lethal new missile against Ukraine.

AP correspondent Karen Chammas reports on the FIFA World Cup host for 2034.

We begin today’s show with new details about the man police accused of gunning down the UnitedHealthCare CEO. Plus, how the president-elect and his allies in Congress are planning to make his promises reality. And police arrest a suspect after Republican Nancy Mace says she was physically accosted by someone she calls “pro trans.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices