Charlie Kirk, a conservative youth activist and CEO of Turning Point USA, has been shot during an event at a college in Utah. Videos posted to social media show Kirk speaking into a handheld microphone while sitting under a white tent emblazoned with the slogans, “The American Comeback” and “Prove Me Wrong.” A single shot rings out and Kirk reaches for his neck. A large volume of blood gushes from the left side of his neck. Stunned spectators gasp and scream. Some run away. The university says a suspect is in custody.
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,
Officials say a Russian glide bomb has struck a village in eastern Ukraine as people stood in line in the open air to collect their monthly pension. Authorities say the blast Tuesday killed at least 24 people and injured 19 others. The bomb hit the Donetsk region village of Yarova at around 11 a.m. The village is less than 6 miles from the front line. It was the latest Russian attack to kill civilians. Poland's armed forces said the country's air defenses were placed on high alert after reports of more airstrikes overnight into Wednesday.
The Justice Department has charged a man with the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee on a North Carolina commuter train. The charge means he could face the death penalty. Decarlos Brown Jr. has a lengthy arrest record with 14 prior criminal cases. He allegedly killed 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska last month on a train in Charlotte. The case has sparked debate over crime and transit safety in such cities. North Carolina prosecutors charged him with first-degree murder. He now also faces a federal charge of causing death on a mass transportation system. Attorney General Pam Bondi said the killing was “a direct result of failed soft-on-crime policies that put criminals before innocent people.”
Officials in Charlotte, North Carolina, are facing sharp criticism over the fatal stabbing of a young Ukrainian refugee on a commuter train last month. The death has drawn attention from President Donald Trump and MAGA allies who blame Democrats for what they say is out-of-control crime in blue cities. Critics say the 23-year-old's death could have been prevented, and say officials failed to keep a man with a history of mental illness, arrests and erratic behavior off the streets before he killed her. Trump on Monday called the suspect “a madman, a lunatic." Police say the woman fled the war in Ukraine only to be killed in an apparently random attack in August.
Palestinian attackers have opened fire at a bus stop in Jerusalem during the morning rush hour, killing six people and wounding 12. An Israeli soldier and civilians shot and killed the two attackers, and police later arrested a third person. Monday's attack at a major intersection is the deadliest in Israel since October 2024. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who visited the scene, warned that Israel is “fighting a war on multiple fronts.” The Israeli military is encircling Palestinian villages near Ramallah in response. Hamas hailed the attack as a “natural response” to Israeli actions. The war in Gaza has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians to date.
Police in Nepal’s capital of Kathmandu opened fire on demonstrators protesting a government attempt to regulate social media that blocked some of the world’s largest platforms, including Facebook, X and YouTube. At least 17 people were killed. Rallies swept the streets Monday around the Parliament building. The building was surrounded by tens of thousands of people angry at authorities who said the companies had failed to register and submit to government oversight. At least 145 people were wounded. Protesters pushed through barbed wire and forced riot police to retreat inside the Parliament complex.
The Israeli army has issued evacuation orders and targeted high-rise buildings in famine-stricken Gaza City. The army spokesperson on Saturday called on Palestinians to move to the territory’s south as it escalates operations ahead of new offensive to seize the city of nearly 1 million. Aid groups warn that a large-scale evacuation would exacerbate the humanitarian crisis in Gaza City, which the world’s leading hunger watchdog says is suffering from famine. Most families have already been displaced several times over the nearly two-year-long Israel-Hamas war and say they have nowhere left to go. The army also issued evacuation orders for two high-rises in Gaza City that it alleged hosted Hamas infrastructure, without providing evidence.
The United States and Panama are urging the U.N. Security Council to authorize a 5,550-member force with the power to detain gang members in Haiti to help stop the escalating violence. The two countries outlined their proposal in a draft resolution to the U.N. Security Council obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. It would transform the Kenya-led multinational force now deployed in the Caribbean nation into a much larger force. The first Kenyans arrived in Haiti in June 2024 and the force was supposed to have 2,500 troops, but it has been plagued by a lack of funding and its current strength is below 1,000. Gangs have grown in power since the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse in 2021.
Violent clashes that have swept across Indonesia and left at least seven people dead are being seen as a major test for President Prabowo Subianto. Angry protesters in several cities set fire to regional parliament buildings, police headquarters and damaged several government offices in the unrest that soon led crowds to looting and burning vehicles. The unrest was sparked by reports that all 580 members of the House of Representatives receive a monthly housing allowance of 50 million rupiah or $3,075. The allowance was introduced last year and is nearly 10 times the minimum wage in Jakarta.