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The crowd reacts after Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of the conservative youth organization Turning Point USA, is shot at the Utah Valley University Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

A timeline of Charlie Kirk's assassination and the arrest of a suspect

4:30 PM on Friday, September 12

Authorities have arrested a 22-year-old Utah man in the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University

How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 9/12/2025

4:20 PM on Friday, September 12

Wall Street coasted to the finish of its best week in the last five

The west front of the Capitol is seen in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, where the flags have been lowered to half-staff after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Unemployment, inflation and GDP growth will be worse this year than projected, budget office says

4:18 PM on Friday, September 12

The Congressional Budget Office has released new economic projections, indicating that unemployment, inflation and overall growth will worsen in 2025 before improving over the next year

FILE -Ghana's President John Mahama addresses the high level meeting on rule of law in the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 24, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Lawsuit says US held West African migrants in straitjackets for 16 hours on flight to Ghana

3:46 PM on Friday, September 12

A lawsuit says some West Africans who were deported to Ghana were held in “straitjackets” for 16 hours on a U.S. military plane on which all passengers were shackled and given only bread and water

FBI agents carry bags and boxes out of former national security adviser John Bolton's house Friday, Aug. 22, 2025, in Bethesda, Md. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Judge releases redacted document used to justify search of John Bolton's home

3:19 PM on Friday, September 12

A judge has released a heavily redacted document used to justify a recent search of the Maryland home of John Bolton

Co-owner Eric Abramowitz at Eric's Rx Shoppe unpacks a shipment of COVID-19 vaccines at the store in Horsham, Pa., Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

States are taking steps to ease access to COVID-19 vaccines as they await federal recommendation

3:01 PM on Friday, September 12

The governors of Arizona, Illinois, Maine and North Carolina have signed orders intended to make COVID-19 vaccines available in pharmacies for people without individual prescriptions

Qassam, 11, center takes the last look at his brother Islam Majarmeh, one of two 14-year-old Palestinian boys who were killed in the Jenin refugee camp on Monday, during his funeral in the Israeli occupied West Bank city of Jenin Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

As Israel carried out strikes far beyond its borders, violence surged in the occupied West Bank

1:57 PM on Friday, September 12

As Israeli strikes in far-off Qatar and Yemen sparked regional tensions this week, violence surged in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and east Jerusalem

FILE - Secoriey Williamson, left, Charmaine Turner, parents of Secoriea Turner, attend a news conference outside of the Fulton County Courthouse in downtown Atlanta, Friday, Aug. 13, 2021. (Alyssa Pointer/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Trial set to begin for man accused of killing 8-year-old Secoriea Turner in Atlanta

1:53 PM on Friday, September 12

A trial is set to begin for a man charged with murder in the July 2020 shooting death of 8-year-old Secoriea Turner

FILE - This August 3, 2017, photo provided by the Mississippi Department of Corrections shows Mississippi death row inmate Charles Ray Crawford, who was convicted and sentenced to death in 1994 in the 1993 kidnapping and killing of community college student, 20-year-old Kristy Ray. (Mississippi Department of Corrections via AP, file)

Mississippi sets execution date for man who killed a college student in 1993

1:17 PM on Friday, September 12

The Mississippi Supreme Court has set an Oct. 15 execution date for the man convicted of kidnapping and killing a college student in 1993

U.S. Navy Security Forces stand on duty at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (Rick Hutzell/The Baltimore Banner via AP)

False threat led to Naval Academy lockdown and then a mistaken shooting

12:31 PM on Friday, September 12

A military official says a post on an anonymous chat platform triggered a lockdown at the U.S. Naval Academy this week

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks at a news conference, as FBI Director Kash Patel looks on, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Orem, Utah, (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Utah's governor, in impassioned remarks, urges Americans to find 'off-ramp' from political violence

11:41 AM on Friday, September 12

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is making an impassioned plea for Americans and young people in particular to use the horror of Charlie Kirk’s public assassination as an inflection point to turn the country away from political violence and division

This is a locator map for Syria with its capital, Damascus. (AP Photo)

Head of US military's Central Command meets Syrian leader in Damascus

9:05 AM on Friday, September 12

The head of the U.S. military's Central Command has met with Syria's interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Damascus, a rare meeting between the new Syrian leader and a top U.S. military officer

Wendy Lucas, a Utah Valley University student, kneels at a memorial set up for Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Friday, Sept. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

The Latest: A 22-year-old Utah man is charged with murder in Charlie Kirk shooting

8:20 AM on Friday, September 12

The man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk was being held without bail Friday at the Utah County jail

People watch a hearse containing the body of Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA, who was shot and killed on Wednesday leave after the body arrived aboard Air Force Two at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Choose your America: In the aftermath of the Kirk slaying, a snapshot of a fractured nation

12:09 AM on Friday, September 12

The governor of Utah struggled to find the right words to describe the question so many have been asking: What is happening in America

A model showcases a creation from the RU ZI ZHI YI collection by Yue Min during the SS2026 China Fashion Week, in Beijing, China, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China Fashion Week highlights autumn creations in photos

8:45 AM on Monday, September 8

An opponent of a plan to redraw Missouri's U.S. House districts raises a sign against gerrymandering in a hallway outside the state Senate chamber in Jefferson City, Mo., Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/David A. Lieb)

Where states stand in the battle for partisan advantage in US House redistricting maps

1:27 PM on Thursday, September 4

Missouri has become the third state to embrace a mid-decade redesign of its U.S. House districts in a quest for partisan advantage

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