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Luigi Nicholas Mangione, the suspect in the fatal shooting of a healthcare executive in New York City, apparently was living a charmed life: the grandson of a wealthy real estate developer, valedictorian of his elite Baltimore prep school and with degrees from one of the nation’s top private universities. Friends at an exclusive co-living space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Hawaii where the 26-year-old Mangione once lived widely considered him a “great guy,” and pictures on his social media accounts show a fit, smiling, handsome young man on beaches and at parties. Now, investigators in New York and Pennsylvania are working to piece together why Mangione may have diverged from this path to make the violent and radical decision to gun down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in a brazen attack on a Manhattan street. The killing sparked widespread discussions about corporate greed, unfairness in the medical insurance industry and even inspired folk-hero sentiment toward his killer. But Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro sharply refuted that perception after Mangione’s arrest on Monday when a customer at an Altoona McDonald’s restaurant spotted Mangione eating and noticed he resembled the shooting suspect in security-camera photos released by New York police. “In some dark corners, this killer is being hailed as a hero. Hear me on this, he is no hero,” Shapiro said. “The real hero in this story is the person who called 911 at McDonald’s this morning.” Mangione’s family and upbringing Mangione comes from a prominent Maryland family. His grandfather, Nick Mangione, who died in 2008, was a successful real estate developer. One of his best-known projects was Turf Valley Resort, a sprawling luxury retreat and conference center outside Baltimore that he purchased in 1978. The Mangione family also purchased Hayfields Country Club north of Baltimore in 1986. On Monday, Baltimore County police officers blocked off an entrance to the property, which public records link to Luigi Mangione’s parents. Reporters and photographers gathered outside the entrance. The father of 10 children, Nick Mangione prepared his five sons — including Luigi Mangione’s father, Louis Mangione — to help manage the family business, according to a 2003 Washington Post report. Nick Mangione had 37 grandchildren, including Luigi, according to the grandfather’s obituary. Luigi Mangione’s grandparents donated to charities through the Mangione Family Foundation, according to a statement from Loyola University commemorating Nick Mangione’s wife’s death in 2023. They donated to various causes, including Catholic organizations, colleges and the arts. One of Luigi Mangione’s cousins is Republican Maryland state legislator Nino Mangione, a spokesman for the lawmaker’s office confirmed. “Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest,” Mangione’s family said in a statement posted on social media by Nino Mangione. “We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved.” Mangione’s education and work history Mangione, who was valedictorian of his elite Maryland prep school, earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a university spokesman told The Associated Press. He learned to code in high school and helped start a club at Penn for people interested in gaming and game design, according to a 2018 story in Penn Today, a campus publication. His social media posts suggest he belonged to the fraternity Phi Kappa Psi. They also show him taking part in a 2019 program at Stanford University, and in photos with family and friends at the Jersey Shore and in Hawaii, San Diego, Puerto Rico, and other destinations. The Gilman School, from which Mangione graduated in 2016, is one of Baltimore’s elite prep schools. The children of some of the city’s wealthiest and most prominent residents, including Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr., have attended the school. Its alumni include sportswriter Frank Deford and former Arizona Gov. Fife Symington. In his valedictory speech, Luigi Mangione described his classmates’ “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things.” Mangione took a software programming internship after high school at Maryland-based video game studio Firaxis, where he fixed bugs on the hit strategy game Civilization 6, according to a LinkedIn profile. Firaxis’ parent company, Take-Two Interactive, said it would not comment on former employees. He more recently worked at the car-buying website TrueCar, but has not worked there since 2023, the head of the Santa Monica, California-based company confirmed to the AP. Time in Hawaii and reports of back pain From January to June 2022, Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a “co-living” space at the edge of touristy Waikiki in Honolulu. Like other residents of the shared penthouse catering to remote workers, Mangione underwent a background check, said Josiah Ryan, a spokesperson for owner and founder R.J. Martin. “Luigi was just widely considered to be a great guy. There were no complaints,” Ryan said. “There was no sign that might point to these alleged crimes they’re saying he committed.” At Surfbreak, Martin learned Mangione had severe back pain from childhood that interfered with many aspects of his life, including surfing, Ryan said. “He went surfing with R.J. once but it didn’t work out because of his back,” Ryan said, but noted that Mangione and Martin often went together to a rock-climbing gym. Mangione left Surfbreak to get surgery on the mainland, Ryan said, then later returned to Honolulu and rented an apartment. An image posted to a social media account linked to Mangione showed what appeared to be an X-ray of a metal rod and multiple screws inserted into someone’s lower spine. Martin stopped hearing from Mangione six months to a year ago. An X account linked to Mangione includes recent posts about the negative impact of smartphones on children; healthy eating and exercise habits; psychological theories; and a quote from Indian philosopher Jiddu Krishnamurti about the dangers of becoming “well-adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” Police report a darker turn Mangione likely was motivated by his anger at what he called “parasitic” health insurance companies and a disdain for corporate greed, according to a law enforcement bulletin obtained by AP. He wrote that the U.S. has the most expensive healthcare system in the world and that the profits of major corporations continue to rise while “our life expectancy” does not, according to the bulletin, based on a review of the suspect’s handwritten notes and social media posts. He appeared to view the targeted killing of the UnitedHealthcare CEO as a symbolic takedown, asserting in his note that he is the “first to face it with such brutal honesty,” the bulletin said. Mangione called “Unabomber” Ted Kaczynski a “political revolutionary” and may have found inspiration from the man who carried out a series of bombings while railing against modern society and technology, the document said.

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Roy Keane has been captured on camera embroiled in an angry exchange with an Ipswich fan. Former Ipswich boss Keane was back at Portman Road working as a pundit for Sky Sports on Ruben Amorim's first game in charge of Manchester United, with the match ending in a 1-1 draw. Keane was spotted breaking away from the Sky Sports broadcast area while they were off-air and confronting the fan, with audio suggesting he was offering to meet the fan in the car park to continue their conversation. Keane's fellow pundit Jamie Redknapp followed the Corkman as he confronted the supporter, amid suggestions on social media that he faced plenty of criticism from Ipswich fans on his return to his old club. We need your consent to load this Social Media content. We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. This is not the first time Keane has faced aggression from fans while working for Sky Sports as back in June, Arsenal fan Scott Law was found guilty of common assault after he and pundit Keane clashed on September 3 last year. The fracas began when Keane and fellow Sky Sports pundit Micah Richards were walking to do the final match analysis after Arsenal’s 3-1 victory over Manchester United, the trial at Highbury Corner Magistrates’ Court heard.B.C. Premier David Eby said B.C. will slay its record-setting deficit of $9 billion through growth and sound fiscal planning, not "harsh austerity cuts" or "under-funding services" as he reached out to business leaders to make a case for investment in physical and social infrastructure. Eby made these comments while speaking in Vancouver Tuesday, (Dec. 10), at an event hosted by the B.C. Chamber of Commerce, which has previously raised concerns about B.C.'s fiscal direction. That tension surfaced during the opening of the informal question-and-answer session between Eby and Fiona Famulak, chamber president and chief executive officer. "We don't always agree, but we can always have — and we always do have — candid and frank conversations, and I know you are always up for tough questions, because you always answer them," Famulak said. "What you have just said minutes ago, a lot of good things have been said." Eby acknowledged relations could be better. "So my commitment is that you will find a government that is hoping, with your support, to hit reset on this relationship, to move forward with the tariff threat that we are facing in a unified way, with the massive opportunity in this province to deliver it for British Columbians and that four years from now...we can look back and go, 'man, we did a lot of good work together.'" Eby's prepared remarks touched on a range of subjects, including tomorrow's meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as well as provincial and territorial leaders to discuss threatened tariffs of 25 per cent on all Canadian goods by incoming-president U.S. Donald Trump. But if a singular theme ran through Eby's speech, it was his promise to reform permitting for natural resource projects. He pointed to yesterday's announcement that his government would free nine new wind energy projects from the required environmental assessments. He then added that those projects would go through a singular rather multiple permitting windows. Eby said these changes will help get these projects off the ground three to five years faster than otherwise in framing them as the first of many changes to speed up permitting in various areas. One of the central sectors concerned about permitting is the mining sector. More to come...The usual rule of thumb is that stories sell; data, not so much. But new research suggests that’s not necessarily true. Contrary to the conventional wisdom that numbers are dull and uninspiring, numbers dominate our decisions — on what to buy, whom to hire and where to donate money. A paper published last month in the journal PNAS shows that numbers are so compelling that when making a decision, people will put more weight on relatively trivial attributes if they’re expressed numerically, factoring them in above more relevant information expressed in qualitative form. The researchers call the phenomenon “quantification fixation.” “I think it helps explain why there’s such a move to put a number on everything,” said Katherine Milkman, a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and one of the authors of the paper. For example, think of online purchases — it’s so much easier to compare customer star ratings than to sort through a bunch of descriptive reviews. Right up top, Amazon gives you not just the average rating as a number and a graphic, but also gives you the number of ratings. The paper itself starts out with an impressive number — the researchers conducted 21 different experiments to bolster their conclusions and explore how quantification fixation works in different contexts. In one, volunteers were put in the position of a boss being asked to choose a summer intern. They were told two candidates were comparable in every way except one got a higher grade in management and the other, a higher grade in calculus. When they offered the calculus grade as a number, people tended to hire the candidate with the higher calculus grade, and when they switched and only offered the management grade as a number, the preference flipped. In another experiment, the researchers wanted to see if a fixation on numbers might nudge people to make unprofitable choices. So they asked volunteers again to play the employer and choose from prospective employees to assist them in a game. The winning pairs would get a cash reward. The prospective employees were scored in three skill areas — math, trivia and a geometric reasoning assessment called the angles test. People were again more likely to choose the candidate whose skills had been expressed as a number (rather than, say, as a bar graph with no numbers). They did this even when told that the numbered skill was less relevant to winning — and, as a result, those teams won less money. “I think it’s a brilliant paper,” said Ellen Peters, a former engineer turned psychologist at the University of Oregon. “The stereotype is that people hate numbers, so they’re going to run away from them,” she said. But this and other studies show people prefer using numbers to make decisions. Peters took part in a recent study that showed people were much more likely to share social media posts on climate change if they included numerical information. The numbers made people think the posts were more trustworthy, she said. There’s a lesson here for those of us trying to sell things, or get hired, or even to get elected. If there’s a quality you want people to value, put a number on it. If there’s something you’d rather people ignore, make it qualitative. Perhaps some degree of numeric fixation can explain why, when asked if they’re better off than they were four years ago, voters focus on what’s most quantifiable — the price they see on a carton of eggs. And there’s a lesson for making better decisions about where to spend our money. Do we really care about a 4.5 versus a 4.4? Or are we ignoring other important information — like whether an item suits our kitchen or our wardrobe? Sometimes we imbue more authority in numbers than they deserve. There are some caveats to the “quantification fixation.” Most people have poor intuition for big numbers, so when faced with the cost of a Mars mission or a foreign war, it all sounds expensive whether it adds up to $7 million or $270 billion, let alone anything in the trillions. And numbers don’t work to inspire compassion. Whether it’s deaths from cancer, COVID or natural disasters, people generally don’t muster more compassion for a million than they do for 100,000 or 10,000. But ratings are on the upswing. In the prescient 2010 novel “Super Sad True Love Story,” by Gary Shteyngart, a future somewhere in the 2020s has become so ratings-obsessed that every time the protagonist walked into a bar, other patrons used a smartphone-like device called an apparat to rate his hotness (always low) and his potential as a long-term mate. What follows is an all-too-plausible scenario of crass consumerism gone wild, economic collapse and terror when all the apparats stop working. The book only got 4 out of 5 Amazon stars, but don’t be turned off by that. It’s just a number.

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LegalZoom (Nasdaq: LZ) is proud to announce the expansion of its partnership with Defy Ventures, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing career readiness, personal development, and entrepreneurship training to currently and formerly incarcerated individuals. The expanded partnership will include funding for mental health and wellbeing programs, reinforcing LegalZoom’s commitment to creating pathways to economic opportunity for underrepresented communities that face significant challenges due to employment history, race and ethnicity, gender identity, and incarceration. With LegalZoom’s support, Defy Ventures will be able to expand its mental health and wellbeing initiatives for its clients, focusing on trauma-informed care that addresses the unique challenges they face. By helping to fund Defy Ventures’ mental wellness programs, LegalZoom is helping to ensure that these individuals have access to crucial mental health resources, empowering them not only to build businesses but also to rebuild their lives with dignity and resilience. “Defy Ventures exemplifies the incredible power of resilience and the potential for true transformation. We are honored to extend our partnership to support their mental health initiatives, which are essential for giving people a real second chance,” said Nicole Miller, Chief Legal Officer at LegalZoom and Board Member of Defy Ventures. “Our ongoing investment in Defy Ventures’ impactful programs reflects our commitment to social equity and empowering individuals to rebuild their lives and communities.” Defy Ventures offers a range of holistic programs, including CEO of Your New Life , Entrepreneur Bootcamp , and Business Accelerator , which equip individuals with the business and confidence-building skills they need to succeed. The mental health and wellbeing program, first launched in 2023 with funding from LegalZoom, integrates trauma-informed principles into the full suite of Defy’s programs, offering a critical layer of support for participants facing past trauma and the challenges of reintegration. These combined efforts had allowed Defy to maintain a three-year recidivism rate of less than 15%, far below the national average. In 2025, LegalZoom will deepen its commitment to Defy Ventures’ mental health and wellbeing programs, providing $100,000 in funding to support and expand critical mental health resources. This funding will allow Defy Ventures to: Revise and Enhance Curriculum: Incorporate trauma-informed care principles into program materials to create a supportive, safe environment for all participants. Expand Support Groups: Offer mental health and wellbeing support groups for post-release clients, giving them a space to find peer support as they navigate reentry. Train Staff in Trauma-Informed Care: Equip staff with best practices in trauma-informed care through dedicated training sessions. Provide Ongoing Technical Support: Facilitate regular case conferences and technical support to deepen staff expertise on mental health and wellness topics. “People with criminal histories face myriad collateral consequences after their return to society. Partners like LegalZoom are instrumental in giving them a real chance at a fresh start by supporting our whole-person programs,” said Andrew Glazier, President and CEO at Defy Ventures. “LegalZoom’s focus on expanding our mental health and wellbeing practice will be a game-changer for our clients, providing essential support as they build new skills, launch business ideas, and work toward a stable future.” Since the beginning of its partnership with Defy Ventures in 2021, LegalZoom has made a meaningful impact through funding, volunteer support, and product donations, helping Defy transform the lives of individuals re-entering society. Previous contributions from LegalZoom have enabled Defy to: Fund a cohort at the California Women’s Facility (2021-2022) Support post-release services, including career pathways, a 17-week Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, and Business Accelerator courses (2022-2023) Launch and expand the Mental Health and Wellbeing practice with the hiring of Dr. Yehudah Pryce, Senior Director of National Mental Health & Wellbeing Programs (2023-2024) Through this expanded partnership, LegalZoom and Defy Ventures continue to provide a second chance for those often overlooked by society, empowering them to create meaningful change in their own lives and in their communities. Together, they are working toward a future where every individual has the tools, support, and mental resilience needed to succeed. About LegalZoom LegalZoom is a leading online platform for business formation in the United States. Driven by a mission to unleash entrepreneurship, LegalZoom delivers comprehensive legal and compliance products and expertise for small business owners through easy-to-use technology. From free business formations to business management solutions and professional advisory services, LegalZoom supports millions of small business owners and their families throughout the entrepreneurial journey. Founded on the belief that everyone should have affordable access to legal and financial expertise, LegalZoom empowers entrepreneurs to make their dream a reality. For more information, please visit www.legalzoom.com. Contact: press@legalzoom.com

has made it much easier to tell which case is which, either upon arrival at the airport carousel, or out in the field. Given that these are authentic Pelican cases, products sold through ColorCase are of the same quality and exceptionality as any other case bearing the Pelican name. Of course, this includes Pelican's lifetime warranty. ColorCase provided me with two cases to test. ColorCase had no input on this article, and no advance copy of this article was provided to ColorCase. I tested the larger Pelican 1595 Air ColorCase in trekking green with orange handles and latches. I also tested the carry-on sized Pelican 1535 Air ColorCase, in deep pacific with teal handles and latches. The new 1595 Air is a beast of a case. Positioned between the carry-on size and the largest checked baggage size, the 1595 was large enough for me to load all of my electronic gear for a headshot shoot in one case. Despite the fact that I jammed the case full of gear, I appreciate how light the Air versions actually are. I could easily roll it from location to location or check it with an airline. If I'm traveling by air, the case protects my gear, while its light weight means I can pack more options for each shoot without overweight fees. Given how much I'm traveling with my gear, this provides me with much-needed flexibility. The 1535 Air is designed to be the perfect carry-on. The original 1510s are quite heavy, weighing in at 12 lbs. The empty case alone takes up a good chunk of my carry-on allowance. The 1535 Air, on the other hand, is only 8.7 lbs. This means I can get more into my case. On my part, I'm fitting in an extra Canon 70-200mm f/2.8 in here. It seems that every single check-in desk employee at every airline is aware of how heavy Pelicans can be. I've never managed to get a Pelican by without a weigh-in. Using the 1535 Air gives me confidence that I'll be able to get my gear on board with me, where I can treat it with care if necessary. Pelican is proud of their super-light proprietary HPX Polymer that allows their cases to be light and crush-resistant. Pelican is known industry-wide for their robust cases. I work in extremely taxing environments. Some days I'm shooting in Canada's sub-Arctic, other days I'm somewhere below the Antarctic Circle, while other days see me in the middle of an African rainforest. Flying around the world with my gear for work is made much simpler with the Pelican Air cases. I can depend on their robustness while taking advantage of the lighter weight construction to pack more gear. The new Air cases also come with "Press and Pull" latches. I rarely use locks on my checked bags; if someone wants in, they'll get in. I do put zip ties on my cases as a minor deterrent. That said, the two-step process required to open the latches and then open the case means that an accidental spill is less likely. The 1595 comes with five of these multi-step latches. With this kind of security, there is only the smallest chance that this case will be opened accidentally by luggage workers at the airport. As I've mentioned before, I work in wet and very demanding environments. These Pelicans are certainly rain-resistant. Pelican Air cases are built with o-rings meeting IP67 ratings, sealing the contents of your case for up to 30 minutes while it's submerged in just over 3 feet of water. Related to the water resistance, there is also a pressure equalization valve on each of these Pelican cases. I didn't realize the value of this feature until we were out shooting and the temperature and related pressure changed significantly. I heard my case hiss. This hissing equalization protects the waterproof value of the case. So, you can dunk me and my case in 90 degrees, and you can also dunk me in the Churchill River with the polar bears right around 30 degrees. If I wanted, I could even jump into an Antarctic polar plunge below freezing with my case. If I wanted. The IP67 rating also means that the cases will protect your gear from dust, making them ideal for both transportation and storage in dirty environments. Offering a wide variety of colors and the ability to mix and match your case with different color latches and handles makes pulling my case out of a lineup fast and efficient. Of course, a fluorescent orange case is going to attract the wrong attention in airports around the world. So, ColorCase offers a variety of muted but still distinguishable colors. You can also choose the typical Pelican black and accent your case with a unique handle and latch set. Unique is easier to see than the ubiquitous black. I feel this also provides me with a bit of extra security, as I can distinguish my cases in a pile of other Pelicans from a distance. This means I can tell if someone is rooting around in my now-unique case instead of their own. That being said, if you're using your case for storage or for local shooting, there are some wildly fun colors to choose from. The oxblood is striking a particular aesthetic chord, reminding me of my teenage and Doc Martens years. I really liked the three handles on the larger 1595. I could pick my case up from almost any direction and easily maneuver it into the back of my car using three different touch points. The three handles also allowed me to get a better grip and secure my case more than a typical one- or two-handled large-sized case. The 1535 has two handles. As a smaller case, it doesn't really need three handles. The main suitcase handle is robust and allows for a good ergonomic grip. However, the vertical handle is much narrower and bites into my hand when I'm packing a heavier load. I understand that this handle is narrower than the vertical handle on the traditional 1510 to save weight, but I'd rather have a few extra grams and a more robust and ergonomic handle. These aren't cheap cases. But it does bring to mind the often-repeated advice: buy something cheap and buy it twice. Given how sturdy these cases are, they're a buy-it-once type of investment. These are clearly expensive, but they will last. Perhaps you're not ready to go and buy a whole new series of cases. Thankfully, ColorCase has a huge selection of colored handles and latches to personalize your case. You can quite easily install these on a typical black Pelican and make your case easy to identify. Mark is a Toronto based commercial photographer and world traveller who gave up the glamorous life of big law to take pictures for a living.

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Article content Is daylight saving time coming to an end? Recommended Videos If Donald Trump and the Republican Party have their way when the president-elect returns to office in January, switching the time by one hour twice a year will become a thing of the past. On Friday, Trump posted to his Truth Social account that the Republican Party will use its “best efforts” to “eliminate” daylight saving time, “which has a small but strong constituency, but shouldn’t! Daylight Saving Time is inconvenient, and very costly to our Nation.” Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy — named by Trump to assess U.S. government efficiency — mused on social media recently that daylight saving time should be abolished. “Looks like the people want to abolish the annoying time changes!” Musk wrote in response to an X user’s poll asking people’s opinion on daylight saving time. Looks like the people want to abolish the annoying time changes! https://t.co/5ePhgzYLsF “It’s inefficient & easy to change,” Ramaswamy wrote in a reply to Musk . Daylight saving time began in 1918 as an effort to save energy by having more hours of daylight in the evening during the warmer months. In 2022, the U.S. Senate advanced a plan to make daylight saving time permanent. RECOMMENDED VIDEO As of now, in most Canadian provinces and U.S. states, the clock moves ahead one hour in the spring and back one hour in the fall. Only Yukon, most of Saskatchewan, some areas of Quebec and parts of British Columbia in Canada and Arizona and Hawaii in the U.S. don’t adjust the time. In Ontario, legislation was passed by the Doug Ford government in 2020 to make daylight saving time permanent, but only when Quebec and New York state decide to scrap the time change.Memphis earns overtime defeat of No. 2 Connecticut in first round of Maui Invitational

WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to review whether California can set its own vehicle emissions rules to transition away from gasoline powered cars. What California does shapes national emissions standards because of its large customer base for automakers. But “the Golden State is not the golden child,” Ohio and 16 other states with GOP attorneys general c omplained to the Supreme Court. And the fuel producers and sellers that are separately challenging California’s rules argue that the state is unlawfully acting as a “quasi-federal regulator on global climate change.” The issue is whether the Environmental Protection Agency can allow California to impose emissions standards on new vehicles that are tougher than the federal government’s. The Clean Air Act permits that under certain conditions. That provision was intended in part to address the fact the climate and topography of the nation’s most populous state makes pollution from tailpipe emissions harder to control. But the GOP states argue Congress didn’t have the authority to carve out special permission for California because “no state is more equal than the others.” “And California’s vast economy means that whatever regulations California imposes will likely set the market for the rest of the nation,” they told the Supreme Court. Separately, fuel producers argue that California’s efforts to phase out gasoline-powered cars don't meet the law’s conditions for special treatment because climate change is not specific to California. The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals blocked the challenge, saying the oil industry groups hadn’t shown they’d be sufficiently harmed by California’s standards. While the fuel producers say it’s self evident fuel consumption will go down, the appeals court found automakers were already transitioning toward electric vehicles by the time the challenge was filed. EPA takes different positions during the Trump and Biden administrations Complicating the issue is the fact that the EPA took different positions on California’s rules during the Trump and Biden administrations. The Trump administration revoked California’s permission slip , saying it violated federal law. The Biden administration restored the waiver , which is in effect through model year 2025. California’s request to impose standards well beyond that is pending with the EPA. The state wants to end the sale of new vehicles that run solely on gasoline by 2035. And the EPA announced its own rules this year to cut tailpipe emissions in half by 2032. Those rules, which President-elect Donald Trump has promised to repeal, are also being challenged by oil industry groups and Republican states. The Supreme Court is expected to decide the case, Diamond Alternative Energy v. EPA, by summer.