Jesse Bedayn

Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray speaks during a news conference announcing charges filed against Tyler Robinson, accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, in Provo, Utah. (AP Photo/Alex Goodlett)

Charlie Kirk killing suspect feared being shot by police and agreed to surrender if peaceful, sheriff says

September 17, 2025 at 4:17 p.m.

Tyler Robinson, the Utah man charged with assassinating Charlie Kirk, was afraid of being shot by police and agreed to surrender as long as it was done peacefully.

Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)

Suspect left note saying he planned to kill Charlie Kirk, later confessed in texts, prosecutor says

September 16, 2025 at 5:05 p.m.

Prosecutors are preparing to file a capital murder charge Tuesday against the Utah man who authorities say held a “leftist ideology” and may have been “radicalized” online before he was...

Utah Valley University student Alec Vera stands near a memorial for Charlie Kirk on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

They witnessed Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Now students reckon with the grief.

September 13, 2025 at 2:10 p.m.

As investigators spend the weekend digging deeper into suspect Tyler James Robinson ahead of his initial court appearance Tuesday, students who witnessed Wednesday’s shooting at Utah Valley University are reckoning...

People place lit candles below a photo of Charlie Kirk, the CEO and co-founder of Turning Point USA who was shot and killed, at a vigil in his memory, Sept. 11, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (Lindsey Wasson/AP)

Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing became more political, opposed activist’s views, authorities say

September 12, 2025 at 10:00 p.m.

A 22-year-old Utah man who was arrested and booked on murder charges in the assassination of Charlie Kirk held deep disdain for the conservative activist’s provocative viewpoints and indicated to...

Charlie Kirk hands out hats before speaking at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News)

Utah governor pleads for public’s help in finding person who shot Charlie Kirk on university campus

September 11, 2025 at 9:45 p.m.

The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk has not yet been identified by law enforcement and is believed to have jumped off the roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing...

Texas State Senator Carol Alvarado, a Democrat, speaks in a crowd of other Democratic state lawmakers outside the Massachusetts State House on Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2025 in Boston. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)

What states are doing in the battle for partisan advantage in US House redistricting maps

August 29, 2025 at 9:30 p.m.

A partisan move by Texas to redraw its congressional maps in the middle of the decade to secure five more GOP seats in the U.S. House set off a clamor...

A tarp covers the wreckage of a helicopter after it clipped a power line spanning the Mississippi River and crashed onto a barge, Aug. 7, 2025, in East Alton, Illinois. (Jeff Roberson/AP)

Two dead after helicopter crashes into Mississippi River barge near St. Louis

August 7, 2025 at 3:11 p.m.

Two people working on powerlines near the Mississippi River died Thursday when their helicopter hit the lines, crashed into a barge and sparked a fire that belched plumes of black...

Bryan Kohberger, charged in the murders of four University of Idaho students, appears at the Ada County Courthouse, Wednesday, July 2, 2025, in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/Kyle Green, Pool)

Bryan Kohberger admits to killing 4 Idaho students but motive remains unclear

July 2, 2025 at 5:08 p.m.

A criminal justice student who avoided a potential death sentence by pleading guilty Wednesday to the brutal stabbing deaths of four University of Idaho students carefully planned the attack for...

As Jennifer Dechtman, back, looks on, her husband Evan, front left, consoles his son, Isaac, right, at a makeshift memorial for victims of an attack outside of the Boulder County, Colo., courthouse Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Man charged with hate crime in Boulder attack on ‘Zionist people’ to appear in federal court

June 6, 2025 at 1:36 p.m.

A man who told investigators he was driven by a desire “to kill all Zionist people” when he threw Molotov cocktails at demonstrators raising awareness of Israeli hostages is set...

A visitor offers a tribute after leaving a bouquet of flowers at a makeshift memorial for victims of an attack outside of the Boulder County, Colo., courthouse as a light rain falls Tuesday, June 3, 2025, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Vigil held for victims of Boulder firebombing attack as suspect’s family fights deportation

June 5, 2025 at 8:30 a.m.

Hundreds of people squeezed into the Jewish Community Center in Boulder, Colorado, for a vigil that featured prayer, singing and emotional testimony from a victim and witnesses of the firebombing...

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