CEO Shooting Suspect Had a Ghost Gun. What to Know (Daily Rundown by Newser)

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December 10, 2024     The Big Rundown CEO Shooting Suspect Had a Ghost Gun. What to Know Police have said the suspect in the murder of health insurance exec Brian Thompson had what's known as a ghost gun in his backpack when arrested. Keep reading     More Big News A New Theft Scheme Hits Buyers of Apple Laptops Consumers who recently purchased Apple laptops in Southern California were in for an unpleasant surprise when they arrived for pickup. Keep reading   Also Making Headlines >  Mangione Shouts to Reporters at Courthouse  (Read It) >  Trump Taunts 'Governor' Justin Trudeau  (Read It) >  Sheltering University Students See Flames Before Their Eyes  (Read It) >  Bomb Threat to Greene's Home Results in Woman's Death  (Read It)   Today's Jaw-Dropper Truck Fire Melts 40K Pounds of Chocolate A mechanical issue with a transport truck's brakes caused a raging fire which the driver safely escaped Friday in California, per UPI. Keep reading   From our sponsors Catching & Destroying Forever Chemicals Groundbreaking researchers at the University of British Columbia develop new system to capture and destroy PFAS substances from water sources. Learn More   Don't Overlook Paul Krugman's Final Column: We're in a 'Grim Place' After nearly a quarter century, Nobel Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman has decided to wrap up his opinion column in the New York Times, with a final one dropping on Tuesday—and he's using it as "a good occasion to reflect on what has changed over these past 25 years." Keep reading   On the Lighter Side Merriam-Webster Is Out With Its Word of the Year We've had "brat," "demure," "brain rot," and "manifest," as words of the year chosen by dictionaries, but because we can surely agree that we don't all agree, Merriam-Webster is now out with its 2024 word of the year: "polarization." Keep reading   Science Buzz Google Claims 'Mind-Boggling' Advance in Computing Google is staking claim to breakthrough in the experimental field of quantum computing that might challenge mere laymen. Keep reading   Wild Card Star QB Made History, Still May Lose $2.5M Statisticians are still catching up with the monster game that Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills had over the weekend. Keep reading   TODAY'S NEWSER.AI PICK Alaska Airlines Announces New International Routes Alaska Airlines will expand its international flights with new routes to Tokyo and Seoul in 2025. Keep reading   Comment of the Day "... As a chocolate lover it just about kills me to see this waste. I wish I were there with a spoon! ..." _Sunniladi_ Read the story Quote of the Day "The public no longer has faith that the people running things know what they're doing, or that we can assume that they're being honest." Read the story Read This Elsewhere In a Test of Adult Know-How, America Comes Up Short Read the story   Today's 6 Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved