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Luigi Mangione plea talks ongoing ahead of Friday hearing in federal case, reports say
KARE11 (Tegna, Minneapolis) and WPIX PIX11 (Nexstar, New York) describe the same event in different terms.
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What happenedThe speculation surrounding a possible plea deal comes less than a month before Mangione's state murder trial in New York.
The headline splitWBIR10 (Tegna, Knoxville) frames it as "Luigi Mangione plea talks ongoing ahead of Friday hearing in federal case, reports say". WVEC 13News Now (Tegna, Norfolk) frames it as "Luigi Mangione plea talks ongoing ahead of Friday hearing in federal case, reports say".
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CenterLuigi Mangione plea talks ongoing ahead of Friday hearing in federal case, reports say
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Last-minute federal court date in Luigi Mangione murder case
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) -- Luigi Mangione, accused of fatally shooting United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Midtown two years ago, has a last-minute federal court date on Friday, accordi...
