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Rifle is recovered in the search for Charlie Kirk’s killer, who blended in on Utah school campus

By ERIC TUCKER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press
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OREM, Utah (AP) — The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk is believed to have jumped off a roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing one shot and has not been identified, authorities said Thursday in disclosing they have recovered a high-powered, bolt-action rifle they believe was used in the attack and are reviewing video footage of the person they…

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Trump marks 9/11 anniversary at the Pentagon

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President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks at a service at the Pentagon on Thursday. The remembrances are being held during a time of increased political tensions. The 9/11 anniversary, often promoted as a day of national unity, comes a day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and…

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Charlie Kirk, who helped build support for Trump among young people, dies after campus shooting

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI and ALI SWENSON Associated Press
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Charlie Kirk, who rose from a teenage conservative campus activist to a top podcaster, culture warrior and ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday during one of his trademark public appearances at a college in Utah. He was 31. Kirk died doing what made him a potent political force — rallying the right on a college campus,…

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Three people were critically wounded in shooting at a suburban Denver high school, authorities say

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DENVER (AP) — Three teens have been hospitalized in critical condition after a shooting at a suburban Denver high school, authorities said Wednesday. The shooting happened around midday at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, about 30 miles west of Denver, Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Jacki Kelley said. All those taken to the hospital are believed to be students, Kelley…

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Conservative activist Charlie Kirk fatally shot in act of ‘political assassination’ at Utah college

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
Associated Press,

OREM, Utah (AP) — Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot and killed Wednesday at a Utah college event in an act that the state’s governor called a “political assassination.” A “person of interest” was in custody Wednesday evening, said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, though no charges were immediately announced. “This is a…

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Powerball lottery players in Missouri and Texas to split nearly $1.8 billion jackpot

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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Powerball players in Missouri and Texas won the nearly $1.8 billion jackpot on Saturday, overcoming astronomical odds to end the lottery game’s three-month drought without a big winner. The winning numbers were 11, 23, 44, 61, and 62, with the Powerball number being 17. The winning ticket in Texas was sold at a gas station-convenience…

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Epstein survivors implore Congress to act as push for disclosure builds

By STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press
Associated Press,

WASHINGTON (AP) — Survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s sexual abuse made their voices heard Wednesday on Capitol Hill, pressuring lawmakers to force the release of the sex trafficking investigation into the late financier and pushing back on President Donald Trump’s effort to dismiss the issue as a “hoax.” In a news conference on the Capitol lawn that drew hundreds of supporters…

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Government shutdown looms as Congress returns after monthlong August recess

By MARY CLARE JALONICK, KEVIN FREKING and STEPHEN GROVES Associated Press
Associated Press,

As Congress returns to Washington this fall after a monthlong August recess, it will have to find a way to work with Democrats or around them as a government shutdown looms. The annual spending battle will dominate the September agenda, along with conversations among Senate Republicans about changing the chamber’s rules to thwart Democratic stalling tactics on President Donald Trump’s…

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2 Kentucky deputies shot while serving warrant. Suspect then took his own life, authorities say

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WALTON, Ky. (AP) — Two Kentucky sheriff’s deputies were shot by a man while serving a warrant at an apartment, and the man then took his own life, authorities said. The Boone County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that the deputies were in stable condition at a hospital Friday with multiple gunshot wounds. Both were expected to fully recover….

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Unions seek broader foothold in the South as workers vote at an EV battery plant in Kentucky

By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press
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(AP) – Ballots are being cast Wednesday over a pivotal decision at a Kentucky manufacturing complex that is producing batteries for electric vehicles. Workers will decide whether to join the United Auto Workers and extend a streak of union victories in the South, where organized labor struggled to find solid footing. A two-day union vote closes Wednesday, about a week…

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