By MICHAEL R. SISAK

NEW YORK (AP) — Pluck eyebrows. Buy less conspicuous shoes. Take a bus or a train west toward Cincinnati and St. Louis. Move around late at night. Stay away from surveillance cameras.

A to-do list and travel plans found during Luigi Mangione’s arrest and revealed in court this week shed new light on the steps he may have taken — or planned to take — to avoid capture after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing last year.

“Keep momentum, FBI slower overnight,” said one note. “Change hat, shoes, pluck eyebrows,” said another.

The notes, including a hand-drawn map and tactics for surviving on the lam, were shown on Monday at a pretrial hearing as Mangione’s bid to prevent prosecutors from using evidence seized during his Dec. 9, 2024, arrest at a McDonald’s in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

Excerpts of body-worn camera footage of the arrest, previously unseen by the press or the public, were released on Tuesday.

Police said they discovered the notes in Mangione’s backpack, along with a 9 mm handgun that prosecutors said matches the one used to kill Thompson five days earlier; a loaded gun magazine and silencer; and a notebook in similar handwriting which he purportedly described his intent to “wack” a health insurance executive.

Mangione’s lawyers haven’t disputed the authenticity of the notes or the provenance of the gun, pocket knife, fake ID, driver’s license, passport, credit cards, AirPods, protein bar, travel toothpaste, flash drives and other items seized from him and his backpack.

But they argue that anything found in the bag should be barred because police didn’t have a search warrant and lacked the grounds to justify a warrantless search. Prosecutors contend the search was legal — officers said they were checking for a bomb — and that police eventually obtained a warrant.

The notes, along with other evidence highlighted at the pretrial hearing, underscore that Mangione’s stop in Altoona, a city of about 44,000 people about 230 miles west of Manhattan, was only meant to be temporary.

One note said to check for “red eyes” from Pittsburgh to Columbus, Ohio or part way to Cincinnati (“get off early,” it reads). The map drawn below shows lines linking those cities, as well as other possible destinations, including Detroit, Indianapolis and St. Louis.

Thompson, 50, was killed as he walked to a Manhattan hotel for his company’s investor conference on Dec. 4, 2024. Surveillance video showed a masked gunman shooting him from behind and then fleeing the area. Over the next hours and days, police released photos of a suspect — first showing him in a mask and hooded coat and then his face and thick eyebrows.

Mangione, 27, has pleaded not guilty to state and federal murder charges. The pretrial hearing, which resumes for a sixth day on Thursday, applies only to the state case. His lawyers are making a similar push to exclude the evidence from his federal case, where prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – DECEMBER 09: Luigi Mangione appears with defense attorney Karen Friedman Agnifilo for a suppression of evidence hearing in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Criminal Court on December 9, 2025 in New York City. Mangione’s lawyers will argue to have the evidence thrown out because police officers allegedly did not read Mangione his Miranda rights and did not have a proper warrant when they searched his backpack at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s last December. He is accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and faces state and federal murder charges. (Photo by John Angelillo-Pool/Getty Images)

Among the notes revealed this week was one with a heading “12/5” and a starred entry that said: “buy black shoes (white stripes too distinctive).”

Another, also written in to-do list style, suggested spending more than three hours away from surveillance cameras and using different modes of transportation to “Break CAM continuity” and avoid tracking. Below that, it said: “check reports for current situation,” a possible reference to news reports about the search for Thompson’s killer.

According to prosecutors, Mangione fled to Newark, New Jersey, immediately after the shooting and took a train to Philadelphia. Among the evidence shown at the pretrial hearing was a Philadelphia transit pass purchased at 1:06 p.m. — a little more than six hours after the shooting — and a ticket for a Greyhound bus, booked under the name Sam Dawson, leaving Philadelphia at 6:30 p.m. and arriving in Pittsburgh at 11:55 p.m.

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A note with the heading “12/8” lists a number of tasks, including an apparent trip to Best Buy to purchase a digital camera and accessories, “hot meal + water bottles,” and “trash bag(s).” Under “12/9,” the day of Mangione’s arrest, the note lists tasks including “Sheetz,” an Altoona-based convenience store chain, “masks” and “AAA bats.” Under “Future TO DO,” it listed “intel checkin” and “survival kit.”

Mangione had a Sheetz hoagie in his backpack when he was arrested, along with a loaf of Italian bread from a local deli, according to police officers testifying Monday and Tuesday. It had been raining, and the bag and items inside it were wet, the officers said. They were heard on body-worn camera footage played in court theorizing that Mangione had gotten soaked walking from the city’s bus station.

Police responded to the McDonald’s after a manager called 911 to relay concerns from customers who thought that Mangione, eating breakfast in a back corner, resembled the man wanted for killing Thompson. On the call, played in court, the manager could be heard saying that because Mangione was wearing a medical mask, she could only see his eyebrows and that she searched online for a photo of the suspect for comparison.

Altoona Police Officer Stephen Fox testified on Tuesday that Mangione, the Ivy League-educated scion of a wealthy Maryland family, expressed concern for the 911 caller’s wellbeing. Fox said Mangione asked if police had planned on releasing her name, which they didn’t. The officer recalled him saying: “It would be bad for her and “there would be a lot of people that would be upset.”

At another point, Fox said, a shackled Mangione stumbled while trying to keep up with the brisk-moving officer. Fox said he apologized and said, “I forgot you were shackled.”

He said Mangione responded: “It’s OK, I’m going to have to get used to it.”

The Lumineers, Matchbox Twenty and the Strokes will headline the third annual Minnesota Yacht Club Festival, which returns to St. Paul’s Harriet Island Regional Park July 17 through 19.

Ticket prices start at $150 for a single day general admission and $275 for all three days, with numerous other options available including VIP, Riverboat VIP and Platinum. A presale starts at 10 a.m. Thursday and concertgoers can sign up for a code at minnesotayachtclubfestival.com.

The festival debuted in 2024 with headliners Red Hot Chili Peppers, Gwen Stefani and Alanis Morissette and was a hit with critics and crowds. It returned in July with an expanded three-day lineup led by Green Day, Hozier and Fall Out Boy. The festival has drawn about 35,000 people each day.

The Lumineers filled the former Xcel Energy Center in July and Matchbox Twenty nearly sold out the Minnesota State Fair Grandstand in August 2024. The Strokes played the biggest stage in the metro when they opened for Red Hot Chili Peppers in April 2023.

Local and other acts

Semisonic is the biggest local name in the lineup. The “Closing Time” trio was booked to play the festival last year, but had to cancel after bassist John Munson suffered a stroke. Other Minnesota acts on the bill include Marcy Playground, Night Moves and Prize Horse (July 17); Yam Haus and Porch Light (July 18); and Atmosphere and Heart to Gold (July 19).

Other highlights include the Black Keys, Mt. Joy, Lord Huron, Cage the Elephant, Passion Pit and Geese, whose fourth album “Getting Killed” generated plenty of buzz this year.

As in previous years, the festival will feature two stages and 10 hours of music each day.

Live Nation owns 51 percent of Yacht Club organizers C3 Presents, an Austin, Texas, company that’s also behind Austin City Limits Music Festival, Voodoo Music + Arts Experience and the modern-day Lollapalooza. But Live Nation apparently allows C3 to follow its own path and use a more personal touch in staging festivals. Concertgoers have praised much about the festival, but complained about long concessions lines and inflated prices for beer and alcohol.

Minnesota Yacht Club Festival lineup

The full 2026 lineup includes:

Friday, July 17: The Lumineers, the Black Keys, Mt. Joy, the Fray, Dashboard Confessional, Shakey Graves, Marcy Playground, Night Moves, Prize Horse and Pat Kennedy.

Saturday, July 18: Matchbox Twenty, Lord Huron, Geese, the All-American Rejects, Lucy Dacus, Matt and Kim, Jensen McRae, Devon Gilfillian, Yam Haus and Porch Light.

Sunday, July 19: The Strokes, Cage the Elephant, Atmosphere, Passion Pit, Semisonic, Dope Lemon, Die Spitz, Couch, Heart to Gold and Common People.

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With the Gophers men’s basketball team playing at Purdue on Wednesday, new head coach Niko Medved shared an old story this week about an interaction with legendary Boilermakers coach Gene Keady.

In 1994, Purdue traveled to Minneapolis on the eve of a Big Ten Conference game. A late flight and scheduling conflict kept them from practicing at Williams Arena, so Medved, then a Gopher student manager, had to open up the Bierman Athletic Building for the Boilermakers to hold a practice.

Purdue assistant coaches and players went to watch film beforehand, leaving Keady and Medved on the court alone. They started playing a game of H-O-R-S-E.

“I’m gonna say that I had the lead,” Medved shared on the KFAN coaches show recorded Monday. “… I had maybe ‘H,’ and he had, like ‘R,’ and then the team came out, so I was gonna win.”

Medved’s own coaching career wouldn’t start for a few years, while Keady was in his 14th year at Purdue and was routinely making NCAA Tournament appearances. Keady would go on to be inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 2023, but Medved said wasn’t nervous that night.

“It would have been awesome. I would have taken pride, absolutely,” Medved said, then joked. “I might have even talked a little trash.”

Medved doesn’t remember what he and Keady talked about between shots, but the experience left a lasting impression on him. He recalls how Keady might have been “grumpy” about the scheduling changes.

“I do remember that as a young guy in the business, you’re kind of starstruck,” Medved told the Pioneer Press. “He is one of the best coaches. It’s also, for me, going through the experience and getting to meet all those guys, what you really realize is people from the outside can seem larger than life, but what you really realize is they’re just human beings like everybody else.”

That Keady team in 1993-94 was led by Glenn “Big Dog” Robinson, and Purdue went on that spring to win the first of three straight Big Ten regular season championships.

This year, Purdue (8-1, 1-0 Big Ten) is ranked sixth in the nation, but were No. 1 before a 81-58 home loss to then-No. 10 Iowa State on Saturday. Keady was in attendance at Mackey Arena in West Lafayette, Ind.

Last Wednesday, Medved led Minnesota (5-4, 1-0) to an upset of then-22nd-ranked Indiana 73-64 for their first win in a Big Ten opener since 2017.

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Rebecca Noecker officially announced her campaign on Tuesday for the District 5 seat on the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners.

St. Paul City Council member Rebecca Noecker, Ward 2. (Courtesy of the City of St. Paul)

Noecker, who is currently the president of the St. Paul City Council, will have to unseat longstanding Commissioner Rafael Ortega to win the District 5 seat next November. The district covers Mac–Groveland, Highland Park, West Seventh, downtown St. Paul, Battle Creek and the West Side.

Noecker, who was first elected to the city council in 2015, issued a written campaign announcement on Tuesday calling herself a “collaborative leader” and said she is running to “bring additional transparency, renewed partnership and urgent action to the work of the county.” She said her top priorities include economic and workforce development, downtown revitalization, transportation, childcare and housing.

Ortega, who has expressed his intent on running for re-election next year, was first elected to the county board in 1994, which marked the first time a person of color had ever served on the board.

The seven-member board oversees the county budget, which includes spending for the county sheriff’s office and county jail, the county attorney’s office, Ramsey County Social Services, the county’s suburban library system, Public Works and other departments.

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