Police Say UnitedHealthcare CEO Shooter May Have Left NYC; Federal Appeals Court Upholds Law That Could Ban TikTok

Police said the gunman who killed the CEO of UnitedHealthcare may have quickly fled New York City on a bus. The manhunt continues two days after the brazen ambush in Midtown Manhattan.

The judge overseeing Daniel Penny's trial for the fatal subway chokehold dismissed the manslaughter charge after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict. Jurors will return on Monday to consider a lesser charge of criminally negligent homicide.

President-elect Trump nominated former Georgia Senator David Perdue to be the U.S. ambassador to China. Perdue, a frequent critic of the Chinese Communist Party, has supported Trump's trade war.

A federal appeals court panel upheld a law requiring TikTok to sever ties with its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or face a ban in the U.S. by mid-January 2025. The court denied TikTok's petition to overturn the law.