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New York lawmakers want 3D-printer companies to block the creation of ‘ghost guns’

2026-04-02T11:47:12-04:00

A collection of 3D printed guns and guns that have been modified using 3D printed parts. | AFP via Getty Images

Governor Kathy Hochul and other New York state lawmakers want 3D-printer companies to block the printing of components used to create "ghost guns" - firearms without serial numbers that can be printed privately, easily avoiding a background check.

At a press event on Tuesday, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said two 3D-printing companies had voluntarily agreed to adopt technology that would block the creation of guns using their printers; another digital design company agreed to remove some firearm CAD files (the printing blueprints) from their services, Bragg said. Lawmakers have proposed legislation that would make it illegal to s …

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The Luigi Mangione trial is all about narrative control

2025-12-05T13:36:52-05:00

On Monday, several dozen members of the public are lined up outside 100 Centre Street in Lower Manhattan, hoping to squeeze into the courtroom to hear testimony from witnesses called by the state against Luigi Mangione - the man accused of shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson a year ago.

Despite the endless news coverage, viral memes, and photos seen by millions of people, the group that shows up to hearings has thinned out significantly since the court date in February, when hundreds gathered outside and in the courthouse. There is a small demonstration ramping up, organized by healthcare reform group People Over Profi …

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Can Luigi Mangione get too big to jail?

2025-09-16T18:30:53-04:00

The first people in line on Tuesday, I was told, started camping out on the sidewalk two days ago. Luigi Mangione, the man accused of gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in December 2024, was due in court at 9AM ET for a hearing in one of three concurrent criminal cases against him. And this time everyone was prepared for the mayhem: the signs, the fans, the livestreamers, the protests, the media circus. That's why the line started even earlier than last time - the people who really wanted to get in to see him knew that no time was too early.

Mangione is both ubiquitous and fleeting. The last time the public saw him (aside from …

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The long wait for a glimpse of Luigi

2025-02-22T14:08:22-05:00

There are so many people here that nobody can tell where the end of the line is. New people arrive, ask if there's a line, shuffle into a blob of bodies idling and waiting for someone to give them instructions. The hallway is horribly warm - unclear if it's from the bodies or the heat - and it's a little smelly, which could just be me but I don't think it is. I estimate between 100 and 150 people are hanging around, waiting for 2:15PM to roll around, their anticipation building. This is not a club with a strict bouncer, though it feels like it. This is the Luigi Mangione hearing.

The hearing is a relatively minor pre-trial status update, bu …

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Peak Design denies snitching on Luigi Mangione

2024-12-13T17:31:16-05:00

Everyday Backpack V1 | Image: Peak Design

When the first grainy images of the UnitedHealthcare shooting suspect emerged, some viewers noticed a seemingly small detail: he looked like he was wearing a Peak Design Everyday V1 backpack. Now, on platforms like Threads and TikTok, a recurring accusation has circulated: Peak Design "traced" the bag owner using the backpack's serial number.

However, the company says that's just not true, in a statement shared with The Verge Friday afternoon. "Peak Design has not provided customer information to the police and would only do so under the order of a subpoena," the statement signed by CEO Peter Dering reads.

"We cannot associate a product s …

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Apple’s AI summary mangled a BBC headline about Luigi Mangione

2024-12-13T16:51:25-05:00

We've already seen our fair share of bad Apple Intelligence-summarized notifications, but now that the feature is live in the UK, the BBC isn't finding it so funny. The summarized notification mucked up a BBC headline about the UnitedHealthcare shooting suspect, falsely suggesting the network reported that Luigi Mangione shot himself.

In a report about the notification, a spokesperson for the network says it contacted Apple "to raise this concern and fix the problem."

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Only the first part of the summarized BBC news notification is incorrect, as it accurately references two other stories about Bashar Al-Assad and a raid on the president of S …

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The UnitedHealthcare shooter got exactly what he wanted

2024-12-13T08:00:00-05:00

Luigi Mangione has been inescapable, hasn't he? His face is all over my social media feeds. Outlet after outlet - some mainstream, some otherwise - have published stories about the video games he liked, his Reddit comments, his Goodreads page, his political ideology, his back pain. Mangione is not merely an accused murderer; he is a celebrity.

As of this writing, there are more than 100 fanfics about the shooter on Archive of Our Own

There was a time, fairly recently, when it was felt that the best practice in a high-profile shooting was to avoid publicizing the accused killer's identity and detailing the method by which it was accomplished. …

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Reddit bans posting UnitedHealthcare shooter’s manifesto

2024-12-12T18:15:23-05:00

Moderators of multiple Reddit communities say the company has banned posts that include the alleged manifesto of Luigi Mangione, who has been charged for murder in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

In a post on Wednesday, a moderator of r/popculturechat wrote (emphasis theirs):

We wanted to reach out to tell you all that we have officially been notified by Reddit that we must adhere strictly to their site-wide rules regarding violent content. Specifically, Reddit has told us that we are not allowed to post Luigi Mangione's manifesto, even if it is reported neutrally.

The moderator says that if they do not enforce the gui …

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Software developer arrested in connection with UnitedHealthcare CEO killing

2024-12-09T14:31:06-05:00

The NYPD released this photo of the person of interest in the case. | Image: NYPD

Police have arrested Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old software developer, in connection with the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Mangione, of Maryland, was detained at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday morning.

Mangione was taken into custody on local firearm charges, New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch told reporters. He has not been charged in connection with the shooting but is "believed to be our person of interest," Tisch said.

Police have been searching for Thompson's killer for nearly a week, despite the shooting taking place in public outside a Manhattan hotel. The manhunt has thus far relie …

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Suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting reportedly didn’t use a Citi Bike to escape

2024-12-04T23:20:19-05:00

CNN is reporting that according to an unnamed source in law enforcement, the person who shot and killed UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside the Hilton hotel in midtown Manhattan fled on an e-bike, but not a Citi Bike, as NYPD Chief of Detectives Joe Kenney previously said during a press conference.

Thompson had been scheduled to appear at the company's investor meeting, which was canceled a few hours later. Kenney said it looked like the killer "specifically targeted" Thompson and that "at this point, we do not know why." The CEO's wife, Paulette Thompson, told NBC News that "there had been some threats."

In an email to The Verge, …

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