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Police in New York City were still searching Thursday morning for the person who shot and killed Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, in a "targeted attack" outside a hotel where the company was hosting an investor conference.

Everyone in the U.S. probably knows about the shooting by now. No one seems to know the motive. But there's been talk of threats and ominous etchings on shell casings.

Fed chief talks interest rates, tariffs

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says the central bank will decide whether to cut interest rates this month without regard to the economic policies of President-elect Donald Trump: specifically, his plans to raise tariffs and restrict immigration, moves that could increase inflation.

Trump has vowed to impose 25% levies on all imports from Canada and Mexico and 10% fees on China to prod the countries to restrain unauthorized immigration and the flow of illegal drugs into the U.S., Paul Davidson reports.

Powell's remarks Wednesday gave hints about how the Fed might act at its December meeting.

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Lauren Benton said something seemed wrong the moment she left the Transportation Security Administration checkpoint on the way to her flight. 

She and her husband and their two kids, 9 and 6, were flying home to Georgia on Delta Air Lines from Washington Dulles International Airport on Aug. 2. Benton said a man who was near her family at the checkpoint started following them to their gate. At one point, she said, the man even went into the women’s restroom while Benton was there with her daughter. 

Here's what happened next.

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