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Charlie Kirk Memorial Service

Charlie Kirk Memorial Service US President Donald Trump hailed the conservative activist Charlie Kirk as a "great American hero" and "martyr" during a speech to tens of thousands of mourners at a memorial service in Arizona. Trump was the headline speaker at the packed event on Sunday, which saw top officials from his administration, including Vice-President JD Vance, praise Kirk's political legacy after he was shot dead on 10 September."He was assassinated because he lived bravely, he lived boldly and he argued brilliantly," Trump told the crowd at the State Farm Stadium near Phoenix. Kirk's wife, Erika, also delivered a tearful speech in which she said she had forgiven her husband's a

Posted on 2025/09/22 09:02 AM

Robert Redford

Robert Redford Robert Redford's love life, marriage and Barbra Streisand clash as movie world mourns legend Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who became an Oscar-winning director, liberal activist and godfather for independent cinema under the name of one of his best-loved characters, died Tuesday at 89. Redford died “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” publicist Cindi Berger said in a statement. He died in his sleep, but no cause was provided. After rising to stardom in the 1960s, Redford was one of the biggest stars of the ’70s with such films as “The Candidate,” “All the President’s Men” and &

Posted on 2025/09/19 05:15 PM

Jimmy Kimmel

Jimmy Kimmel taken off air over Charlie Kirk comments Disney’s ABC is taking Jimmy Kimmel’s late night talk show off the air indefinitely amid a controversy over his recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer.The Federal Communications Commission’s Trump-aligned chairman on Wednesday threatened to “take action” against Disney and ABC over Jimmy Kimmel’s recent comments about Charlie Kirk’s suspected killer. USA ABC has pulled late-night host Jimmy Kimmel off air indefinitely over comments he made about the USA shooting of right-wing influencer Charlie Kirk. United States television network ABC has announced it will indefinitely cease airing Jimmy Kimmel Live due to

Posted on 2025/09/18 08:52 AM

Suspect Tyler Robinson charged with murder of Charlie Kirk

Tyler Robinson Charlie Kirk suspect confessed in hidden note to roommate, prosecutors allege The man accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk confessed to killing the right-wing activist in a message to his roommate, prosecutors have alleged, as they USA announced seven charges against him. Tyler Robinson, 22, left a note under a keyboard for his roommate to discover, said Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray. He added that the roommate was the defendant's romantic partner.According to Mr Gray, the note said: "I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk, and I'm going to take it."The prosecutor also shared text messages between the roommates, including one in which the defendant allegedly said he shot Ki

Posted on 2025/09/17 09:17 AM

Charlie Kirk Shooter

Charlie Kirk Shooter Evidence uncovered in shooting death of Charlie Kirk The FBI is uncovering more about the man accused of killing USA political activist Charlie Kirk in Utah. WBZ-TV's Brandon Truitt reports. Charlie Kirk’s assassination continues to reverberate across the United States as investigators work to learn more about the conservative activist’s killing and the 22-year-old Utah man alleged to have carried it out. The suspect, Tyler Robinson, is slated to appear in state court on Tuesday. He is being held without bail at the Utah County Jail on charges including aggravated murder, felony USA discharge of a firearm and obstruction of justice, according to officials. The Utah County Sheriff

Posted on 2025/09/16 01:43 PM

WNBA 2025 Playoffs

WNBA 2025 Playoffs After the first 44-game season in WNBA history, the playoff field is set with eight teams vying for the 2025 WNBA USA championship. The field features seven of the eight teams from the 2024 USA playoffs, including the defending champion Liberty, the top-seeded Lynx and the scorching-hot Aces, who bring a 16-game win streak into the playoffs. The one new addition to the playoff field is historic as the USA Valkyries became the first expansion team to reach the postseason in their inaugural season. Before we dive into each USA team and series, a few reminders on changes for the 2025 playoffs. After two decades of the WNBA Finals being decided in a best-of-five, the series will now feature a best-of-sev

Posted on 2025/09/15 09:09 AM

Canelo vs Crawford

Canelo vs Crawford History-maker Crawford stuns Canelo in Vegas History-maker Terence Crawford stunned Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez on points in Las Vegas, becoming the first male fighter in the modern era to hold undisputed titles in three weight divisions. In front of 70,000 fiercely pro-Alvarez fans at Allegiant Stadium, Crawford - jumping up two weight divisions - delivered a masterclass, underlining his status as boxing's pound-for-pound star.The unbeaten 37-year-old showcased his full arsenal of skill, defence, power and timing, leaving Alvarez, 35, USA clinging on at the final bell and silencing the partisan crowd.Despite the judges scoring it tighter than expected - 116-112, 115-113, 115-113 - the verdict capped of

Posted on 2025/09/15 09:01 AM

Remembering 9/11 - 24 Years Later

Remembering 9/11 24 Years Later 24 years after 9/11, previously unseen images are still emerging. This group finds and publishes them The September 11 attacks, also, USA often colloquially, known as 9/11, were four coordinated Islamist terrorist suicide attacks by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial USA airliners, two of which were flown into the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City and the third into the Pentagon, which is the headquarters of the U.S. Department of Defense, in Arlington County, Virginia. The fourth plane crashed in a rural USA Pennsylvania field during a passenger revolt, where the Flight 93 National Memorial was established. In response to th

Posted on 2025/09/12 09:06 AM

Colorado School Shooting

Colorado School Shooting 5 things to know for Sept. 11: Charlie Kirk, 9/11, Colorado school shooting, Georgia ICE raid, Gas truck explosion USA Two students were injured in a shooting at a USA Colorado high school on USA Wednesday after another student opened fire. The USA suspect later died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office. USA Authorities said on Thursday that they have identified the suspect as Desmond Holly, a 16-year-old student at the USA school. USA Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said in a statement shared on social media on Wednesday night that he and the community were “devastated” by the attack, and were keeping the victims in their thoughts. &l

Posted on 2025/09/12 08:50 AM

Charlie Kirk Getting Shot

Charlie Kirk Getting Shot Manhunt underway after conservative activist Charlie Kirk shot dead on Utah campus Charlie Kirk, a conservative political activist and co-founder of Turning Point USA, has been fatally shot at an event at Utah Valley University. • The shooter is believed to have fired once from a nearby roof in a “targeted attack,” according to the Utah Department of Public Safety, which is leading the investigation along with the FBI. • A manhunt is still underway. Two people who were considered suspects were later released, the department said. • There has been an outpouring of condemnation from both sides of the aisle. USA President Donald Trump described Kirk’s death as a &ldq

Posted on 2025/09/11 09:10 AM

New Bern Topic Iryna Zaruska

Iryna Zaruska USA WASHINGTON (TNND) — North Carolina Magistrate Judge Teresa Stokes granted the release of Decarlos Brown, a homeless man charged with the brutal stabbing death of Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zaruska, following his arrest in January based upon a "written promise" that Brown would return for his court hearing, a court document reviewed by the USA National News Desk revealed. Brown, 34, was arrested January 19 for "misuse of the 911 system." He had called USA 911 in the middle of USA police officers conducting a welfare check on him. During the encounter, Brown, diagnosed with schizophrenia, told USA officers that he believed there was "man-made" USA materials inside his body controlling

Posted on 2025/09/10 09:11 AM

Blood Moon 2025

Blood Moon 2025 Sky-watchers around the world have been witnessing a striking Blood Moon - a phenomenon that happens when the Moon passes through the Earth's shadow, taking on a deep red hue.The captivating display was visible in its totality in several countries around world. Stargazers enjoyed a “blood moon” during a total lunar eclipse visible across Asia, as well as swaths of Europe and Africa.When the sun, Earth, and the moon line up, the shadow cast by the planet on its satellite makes it appear an eerie, deep red colour — an effect that has astounded humans for millennia.People in Asia, including India and China, were best placed to see Sunday’s total eclipse, which was also visible on the easter

Posted on 2025/09/09 09:11 AM

NFL Monday Night Football Schedule 2025

NFL Monday Night Football Schedule 2025 Monday Night Football (often abbreviated as MNF) is the branding used for broadcasts of National Football League (NFL) games that air on Monday nights. It originally ran on ABC from 1970 to 2005, before moving exclusively to sister network ESPN from 2006 to 2019. While still airing on ESPN, MNF returned to ABC in 2020 beginning with select simulcasts, later expanding to select exclusive telecasts in 2022, and the bulk of games in simulcast with ESPN since 2023. In addition, ESPN2 features the Manningcast alternate telecast of select games, which was established in 2020, and since 2021, ESPN+ has served as the American streaming home of MNF. During its initial run on ABC, MNF became one of th

Posted on 2025/09/09 08:59 AM

Loni Anderson Passes Away at 79

Loni Anderson Passes Away at 79 Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of the hit TV series ‘WKRP in Cincinnati’ has died Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in USA Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday. Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a “prolonged” illness, said her longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan.“We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our dear wife, mother and grandmother,” Anderson’s family said in a statement. “WKRP in Cincinnati” aired from 1978-1982 and was set in a lagging Ohio radio station trying to reinvent itself with rock music

Posted on 2025/08/05 01:57 PM

Pamela Anderson and Liam Neeson’s

Liam Neeson's new romance with Pamela Anderson gets approval from late wife's sister The sister of Liam Neeson's late wife, Natasha Richardson, has given her seal of approval to the Irish actor's new romance with his Naked Gun co-star Pamela AndersoPamela Anderson and Liam Neeson seem to have eyes just for each other, both on screen and off.While doing press for their new USA comedy “The Naked Gun,” the pair have been exhibiting some serious couple USA goals energy, with prime examples including a giggly joint appearance in a TikTok posted by Canada’s eTalk, during which they were asked about their relationship.“We had a lovely chemistry… working together,” Neeson said, to which US

Posted on 2025/08/04 04:37 PM

Wesley Lepatner

Wesley Lepatner - Blackstone executive among those killed in NYC shooting Sr. Managing Director Real Estate - New York Wesley LePatner is the Global Head of Core+ USA Real Estate and the Chief USA Executive Officer of Blackstone Real USA Estate Income Trust (BREIT). Ms. LePatner is also a member of Blackstone Real Estate’s Investment Committee. She previously served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Core+ business as well as BREIT. Before joining Blackstone in 2014, Ms. LePatner spent over a decade at Goldman Sachs, most recently as a Managing USA Director in the Real Estate Investment Group within the Asset Management Division. She also worked in Goldman Sachs’ Real Estate Principal Investment Area and Real

Posted on 2025/08/02 02:05 PM

Adam Sandler Daughters

Adam Sandler Daughters Adam Sandler is a father of two. The actor and his wife, Jackie Sandler, first became parents in 2006 with the arrival of Sadie. "[Fatherhood's] fun. It's great," he said shortly after his first daughter was born. "I love that kid ... I was dying to do it." Sadie's little sister, Sunny, joined the family in late 2008, and since then, the Sandlers have kept a low profile. Still, they have appeared in several of their father's films over the years, including his 2020 Netflix movie, Hubie Halloween. But it wasn't until 2023 that they landed starring roles. Netflix's You Are So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah follows seventh-grade student Stacy (Sunny) as she pl

Posted on 2025/08/01 03:53 PM

Tsunami Hits Russia, Japan, Hawaii After Earthquake

Tsunami Hits Russia, Japan, Hawaii After Earthquake What we covered here • Improving conditions: The tsunami advisory for Hawaii has been lifted after a massive earthquake off Russia’s far eastern coast put the region on high alert. Tsunami warnings for the US coastline and Japan were downgraded to advisories earlier. • Waves persist: A National Weather Service official urged people in the affected areas to stay cautious over the next 24 hours, as waves remain “pretty stubbornly persistent.” The tsunami’s first waves hit Japan, where nearly 2 million people were under evacuation advisories, and Russia. Overnight waves then reached US shores — including parts of Hawaii, California, Oregon, W

Posted on 2025/07/31 02:04 PM

Tsunami Warning California 2025

Tsunami Warning California 2025 Where are tsunami warnings and watches issued in the US? A magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off of the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula triggered tsunami alerts across Alaska, Hawaii the west coast of the contiguous United States on June 29. Warnings, advisories and watches were issued by the National Tsunami Warning Center in the wake of the quake that struck around 7:24 p.m. ET, about 78 miles east-southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Russia, according to the U.S. Geological SurveyOfficials warned of the threat posed by a potential tsunami. Reid Wolcott, a meteorologist with the weather service in Seattle, said "this is a significant, real event.""The imminent thre

Posted on 2025/07/30 02:11 PM

Shane Devon Temura

What we know about the NYC office tower shooting and suspect Shane Devon Temura Five people, including a New York City police USA officer, died in a shooting in midtown USA Manhattan. Suspected gunman Shane Devon Tamura died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, officials said.A gunman opened fire inside a high-rise corporate building in the heart of Manhattan on Monday evening, killing a New York City police officer and three other people, officials said.The suspected shooter acted alone and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, law enforcement officials told USA News.The deadly gunfire, which was first reported about 6:30 p.m., was treated as an active shooting, prompting warnings and office evacuations, with lines of people seen

Posted on 2025/07/29 01:59 PM