McDonald's Taking Heat Over CEO Shooting Suspect's Arrest (Newser Morning 8)

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December 10, 2024     "Wisdom outweighs any wealth." —Sophocles   1 Trump Allies' Strategy May Have Saved Hegseth A week ago, it seemed that Pete Hegseth's chances of becoming the next defense secretary were doomed, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis floated as a possible replacement. Keep reading   2 McDonald's Taking Heat Over CEO Shooting Suspect's Arrest The arrest of a suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson has not resulted in good press for the McDonald's restaurants of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Keep reading     At a Glance Chairman of the Nobel Committee Jorgen Watne Frydnes stands with Terumi Tanaka, Shigemitsu Tanaka, and Toshiyuki Mimaki, representatives of this year's Nobel Peace Prize winner Nihon Hidankyo, or the Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers Organizations. The Nobel Peace Prize ceremony was held at the City Hall in Oslo, Norway, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)   3 Swift Handed Out $197M in Bonuses During Eras Tour Taylor Swift raked in big bucks during her Eras Tour, which wrapped up Sunday in Vancouver, British Columbia, after 149 shows—and $2,077,618,725 in total ticket sales, "double the gross ticket sales of any other concert tour in history," per the New York Times. Keep reading   4 Beyonce's Mom: Hacker 'Liked' Post About Jay-Z Rape Claim Tina Knowles' verified Instagram account "liked" a post from a news outlet reporting on the rape allegation against her son-in-law, Jay-Z—but Knowles, mother to Beyonce, says it wasn't her who liked it. Keep reading   5 Boeing's Mass Layoffs Continue Boeing is continuing its previously-announced process of laying off 17,000 employees, with the second round of cuts affecting more than 500 workers in California and almost 400 in Washington state, the AP reports. Keep reading   6 What We Know About the Alleged CEO Shooter Luigi Mangione, suspected in the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson but originally arrested on lesser charges, was on Monday night charged with murder in New York as he remained jailed in Pennsylvania, where he was taken into custody at a McDonald's earlier in the day (leading to bad press for the McDonald's.) So what do we know about the 26-year-old suspect? Keep reading     7 6 Arrested in Horrific Mexico Crash That Killed 53 Six Guatemalans were arrested in Guatemala and in Texas Monday on human smuggling charges linked to a 2021 cargo truck crash in Mexico that killed more than 50 migrants, authorities said. Keep reading   8 McDonald's Worker Who Called Cops Could Be in for Some Cash The McDonald's worker who called police to report the suspect in the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson could be paid handsomely for his or her effort. Keep reading   Today From Newser.AI Chinese Mining in Congo's Protected Reserve Sparks Controversy See more stories from our human + machine experiment here.   This Day in History On Dec. 10, 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first American to win a Nobel, winning the Nobel Peace Prize for helping to negotiate peace in the Russo-Japanese War. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2016: CIA Bombshell: Russia Acted to Give Trump the White House   Yesterday's 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