Month: December 2024

While Harris Faulkner acknowledged that there is no connection to migrants and the shooting of the chief executive, she said their presence in the city made it more difficult for police to do their job because “these are the bad guys.”

Brian Thompson’s tragic death highlights the risks faced by CEOs as brand ambassadors, emphasizing the need for new rules in today’s hyperconnected world.

Thompson, a 50-year-old father of two, spent two decades at UnitedHealth Group before his shocking death. Tributes are pouring in from coworkers and public officials in his home state of Minnesota.

Even though Brian Thompson led one of the biggest health insurers in the U.S., he was largely unknown to the millions of people affected by his decision-making. Wednesday’s fatal shooting of the United Healthcare CEO on a midtown Manhattan sidewalk — which police call a targeted killing — thrust the executive and his business into the spotlight. Thompson, who was 50, had run the insurance arm of health care giant UnitedHealth Group Inc. since 2021 and had worked at the company for 20 years.

Thompson, 50, appears to have been deliberately targeted.

New York police searching for masked gunman after Brian Thompson, 50, was shot outside Hilton Hotel in the city just after 6.45am ET

Cornell researchers have discovered a pathway by which E. coli regulates all-important zinc levels, an insight that could advance the understanding of metal regulation in bacteria generally and lead to antibacterial applications such as in medical instruments and surgical settings.