On December 19, New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg announced that Luigi Mangione, 26, had been charged with first-degree murder in relation to the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhatten, New York, United States on December 4.
On December 11, Christopher A. Wray, FBI Director of the US announced in an internal meeting that he will resign prior to US President-elect Donald Trumpov taking office.
On December 11, American actress and musician Selena Gomez announced her engagement to American record producer Benny Blanco on Instagram, when she shared a picture of her wedding ring on her story.
On December 12, Gukesh Dommaraju, a teenage chess grandmaster from India, beat Ding Liren of China in the World Chess Championship in Singapore and became the youngest world chess champion in history.
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