<rss xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><title>NBC News  U.S. News</title><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/</link><description>NBC News  U.S. News</description><language>en-US</language><copyright>© 2026 NBCNews.com</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:02:57 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><url>https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/MSNBC/Components/Media/NBC-promo-graphics/nbc-news.png</url><title>NBC News  U.S. News</title><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/</link></image><item><dc:creator>Jonathan Dienst</dc:creator><dc:creator>Adam Reiss</dc:creator><dc:creator>Erica Byfield</dc:creator><dc:creator>Matt Lavietes</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:02:57 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>Luigi Mangione is expected to plead guilty Friday to federal charges in connection with the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan, according to sources familiar with the matter.</description><expires>2112-01-01T00:00:00.000+0000</expires><guid>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/luigi-mangione-expected-plead-guilty-new-york-federal-case-rcna592221</guid><link>https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/luigi-mangione-expected-plead-guilty-new-york-federal-case-rcna592221</link><media:content url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260812-mangione-vsb-1605-a67e12.jpg" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="1667" width="2500"><media:credit> David Dee Delgado</media:credit><media:text type="plain">Luigi Mangione appears in court in New York.</media:text><media:description type="plain">Luigi Mangione during a pretrial hearing at New York State Supreme Court in New York, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. </media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260812-mangione-vsb-1605-a67e12.jpg" height="1667" width="2500"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:02:57 GMT</pubDate><title>Luigi Mangione expected to plead guilty in New York federal case</title><updateDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:02:27 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dateTimeWritten>Thu, 13 Aug 2026 00:54:21 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>17-year-old Arjun Aravind has been arrested, and officials allege he used ChatGPT to write stories related to the killing of family before his mother and brother were found dead in their Massachusetts home. 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type="plain">Law enforcement responds to a call at a home daycare in Hopkins, Minn., on Wednesday.</media:description></media:content><media:thumbnail url="https://media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com/image/upload/t_fit_1500w/rockcms/2026-08/260812-Daycare-Killings-Minnesota-ew-618p-1d9442.jpg" height="2601" width="3900"></media:thumbnail><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:35:30 GMT</pubDate><title>4 dead, including child, in Minnesota after violence ends at daycare</title><updateDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 19:05:04 GMT</updateDate></item><item><dc:creator>Eric Leonard, NBC Los Angeles</dc:creator><dateTimeWritten>Wed, 12 Aug 2026 18:45:45 GMT</dateTimeWritten><description>The indictment includes a special circumstance allegation of lying in wait, which could increase potential penalties during a 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