Conservative activist Charlie Kirk assassinated at Utah university
OREM, Utah (AP) — Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, has been shot and killed at a Utah college event in an act that the state’s governor called a “political assassination.” No one was currently in custody late Wednesday, though authorities were searching for a new person of interest, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the matter who was not authorized to discuss the situation by name and spoke on condition of anonymity. Utah authorities said the shooter wore dark clothing and fired from a roof on the Utah Valley University campus some distance away. Trump praised Kirk, the 31-year-old co-founder and CEO of the youth organization Turning Point USA, as “Great, and even Legendary.”
Charlie Kirk, who helped build support for Trump among young people, dies after campus shooting
Charlie Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster and ally of President Donald Trump, has been shot and killed. The assassination Wednesday occurred during one of his trademark appearances at a college in Utah. The 31-year-old was a prominent conservative activist who embodied the pugnacious and populist approach to politics under Trump’s Republican Party. In 2012, Kirk launched Turning Point USA to reach out to young conservatives. That organization and its affiliates helped turn out voters to get Trump elected in 2024, focusing on those who felt shut out of politics and rarely cast a ballot.
Politicians who have experienced violence directly react to Charlie Kirk shooting
WASHINGTON (AP) — The fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at an event in Utah had particular resonance for public figures who have experienced political violence themselves. Kirk, who served as chief executive and cofounder of the youth organization Turning Point USA, made frequent appearances on college campuses and in other settings, engaging in political dialogue with students and others. Leaders who have survived public attacks or had family members victimized joined in bipartisan condemnation of the attack on Kirk.
The Latest: Conservative activist Charlie Kirk is shot and killed while speaking at a Utah college
Authorities say conservative activist Charlie Kirk was killed by a single shot in a targeted attack during an outdoor event Wednesday at Utah Valley University. Kirk co-founded the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA and was a close ally of President Donald Trump. No one was in custody Wednesday evening as authorities seek a new person of interest in the assassination, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation. The shooting comes amid a spike in attacks on political figures in the United States across all parts of the ideological spectrum.
Authorities say a student is dead after shooting 2 peers and then himself at Colorado high school
DENVER (AP) — A student shot two of his peers Wednesday at a suburban Denver high school before shooting himself and later dying, authorities said. The handgun shooting was reported around 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, about 30 miles west of Denver. The teens were originally listed in critical condition, St. Anthony CEO Kevin Cullinan said. Their ages were not released. By early evening, one teen was in stable condition with what Dr. Brian Blackwood, the hospital’s trauma director, described as non-life threatening injuries. He declined to provide more details.
South Korea says a charter plane carrying South Korean workers will leave Atlanta at Thursday noon
FOLKSTON, Ga. (AP) — South Korea says a charter plane that is planned to carry South Korean workers who were detained in an immigration raid in Georgia will depart Thursday at noon to return home. South Korea’s Foreign Ministry made the announcement but gave no further details. Airport officials in Atlanta said earlier that the return flight planned for Wednesday had been canceled. A total of 475 workers, more than 300 of them South Koreans, were rounded up in the Sept. 4 raid at the battery factory under construction at Hyundai’s sprawling auto plant. U.S. authorities released video showing some being shackled with chains around their hands, ankles and waists.
Previous charges, delayed mental health evaluation were missed opportunities in Charlotte stabbing
After Decarlos Brown Jr. was arrested for the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee aboard a North Carolina commuter train, he was quickly sent to a state mental hospital for an evaluation. That's a sharp contrast from a January arrest, where it took more than six months for a court to order a mental evaluation after Brown told officers that he had been given a human-made substance that controlled him. The January arrest was just one of the missed opportunities in Brown’s criminal history, according to experts. He had cycled through the criminal justice system for more than a decade. He now faces federal and state charges in the Aug. 22 killing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska,
NATO scrambles jets to shoot down Russian drones in Poland, raising fears of war spillover
WOHYN, Poland (AP) — Multiple Russian drones crossed into Poland in what European officials described as a deliberate provocation, causing NATO to send fighter jets to shoot them down. A NATO spokesman said it was the first time the alliance confronted a potential threat in its airspace. The incursion happened late Tuesday and into the early hours of Wednesday during a wave of strikes by the Kremlin on Ukraine. The NATO response swiftly raised fears that the war could spill over — a fear that has been growing in Europe as Russia steps up its attacks and peace efforts go nowhere.
Israeli airstrikes on Yemen kill at least 35, Houthi officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Yemen's Houthi rebels say Israeli airstrikes targeting the rebels in Yeman have killed at least 35 people and wounded over 130 others. Most of those killed in the strikes Wednesday were in Sanaa, the capital, where a military headquarters and a fuel station were among the sites hit, the health ministry said. Israel’s military carried out the strikes just days after Houthi rebels launched a drone attack that struck an Israeli airport. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, meanwhile, plans to seek sanctions and a partial trade suspension against Israel over the war in the Gaza Strip. The move adds to Israel’s already unprecedented isolation as it grapples with the fallout from its strike targeting Hamas leaders in U.S.-allied Qatar.
Over 40% of arrests in Trump's DC law enforcement surge relate to immigration, AP analysis finds
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has portrayed his federal law enforcement surge in Washington as a crime-fighting effort. However, data analyzed by The Associated Press shows that over 40% of the arrests during the operation were immigration-related. This highlights the administration’s continued focus on its hardline immigration agenda. The operation led to more than 2,300 arrests, including homicide suspects and gang members. More than 940 were immigration-related. The prominence of immigration arrests has fueled criticism that the true purpose was to expand deportations. Critics argue the effort appears more like a model for federal intervention in cities led by Democratic mayors. The administration argues that deportations are inseparable from crime reduction.
