ORLANDO, Fla. — New College of Florida plans to build a statue of Charlie Kirk, the right-wing activist killed in Utah last week, to display on its Sarasota campus, according to a Tuesday social media post from the school.

New College, Florida’s smallest public university, announced the statue with a post on X along with an AI-generated ...Read more

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will be praised and feted by the British royal family this week during a rare state visit as his presidency enters a new phase following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk: “Dismantling” left-leaning organizations, creating new heartburn for Democrats.

Top White House officials on Monday ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Two things changed Lupita Nyong’o’s life in 2014. She won an Academy Award and she was diagnosed with uterine fibroids.

“What should have been a milestone of joy was overshadowed by confusion, pain and fear,” the actress said at a bipartisan roundtable at the Capitol on Tuesday. “I was told I had nearly 30 fibroids and ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A judge has rejected Erik and Lyle Menendez’s petition for a new trial, ruling that evidence showing they suffered sexual abuse at their father’s hands would not have changed the outcome of the murder trial that has put them in prison for more than 35 years for gunning down their parents.

The ruling, handed down by Los ...Read more

Israel started a long-threatened push into the heart of Gaza City after U.S. President Donald Trump’s top diplomat warned Hamas there’s a “very short window” for negotiations to end the war.

The Israel Defense Forces said Tuesday its troops have begun an “expanded” ground operation in the de facto capital of the Palestinian ...Read more

TikTok is not the benign source of entertainment and information that its audience of young fans believe they’re getting, Congressman Jared Moskowitz warns. Rather, he warns, it is a dangerous propaganda weapon that China is using to manipulate public opinion and divide Americans.

The intention and impact are so great, Moskowitz said, that ...Read more

Prosecutors will seek the death penalty for Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old man accused of killing Charlie Kirk with a single shot at Utah Valley University, officials announced Tuesday.

“I do not take this decision lightly,” Utah County Attorney Jeffrey Gray said during a news conference. “It’s a decision I made independently as county...Read more

FBI Director Kash Patel on Tuesday blamed Alex Acosta for mistakes in the prosecution of Jeffrey Epstein, claiming the former U.S. attorney cast the “original sin” in the case.

Acosta, while U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida, signed off on the 2008 nonprosecutorial agreement that was later described as a “sweetheart deal,...Read more

WASHINGTON — Kash Patel doubled down on his approach to leading the FBI during a Senate oversight hearing Tuesday, at times clashing with Democrats as they sharply questioned him over whether career agency officials were fired out of political retribution.

In an hourslong oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Democrats ...Read more

America’s already roiling debate around transgender rights sharply escalated in recent days after Charlie Kirk — one of the nation’s most prominent anti-transgender voices — was fatally shot by a suspect whose life and social circles have been meticulously scrutinized for any connection to the transgender community.

Taking over Kirk’s...Read more

President Donald Trump threatened to “go after” ABC News reporter Jonathan Karl as part of a White House crackdown on what it calls hate speech after the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

After Karl asked Trump a pointed question about the line between “hate speech” and “free speech” — in reference to U.S. Attorney ...Read more

The National Hurricane Center on Tuesday said an Atlantic system is expected to develop into the season’s next tropical depression or storm, while also beginning to track a new tropical wave off the coast of Africa.

As of the NHC’s 2 p.m. Eastern time tropical outlook, an area of low-pressure with showers and thunderstorms in the central ...Read more

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi is drawing criticism from across the political spectrum for comments she made this week about free speech.

In a podcast interview Monday, Bondi promised to crack down on those who practice “hate speech,” connecting that practice with last week’s killing of the conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

“We will...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A judge has rejected Erik and Lyle Menendez’s petition for a new trial, ruling that additional evidence that they suffered sexual abuse at their father’s hands would not have changed the outcome of the trial that has put them in prison for more than 35 years for gunning down their parents.

The ruling, handed down by Los ...Read more

NEW YORK — A Manhattan judge on Tuesday dismissed terrorism offenses against Luigi Mangione, the suspected killer of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson, finding the Manhattan district attorney’s office presented “legally insufficient” evidence to a grand jury.

The ruling is a significant win for Mangione, who no longer faces a ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Queens University of Charlotte and Elon University announced Tuesday that they plan to merge.

At the conclusion of the merger, which is expected to come by August 2026, Elon will operate Queens “in partnership with existing and legacy leaders,” the universities announced in a news release. Queens is a private college of ...Read more

NEW YORK — A federal appeals court in Manhattan on Monday upheld the dismissal of a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by former U.S. Rep. George Santos against late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.

The former GOP congressman and convicted fraudster filed a lawsuit against Kimmel, ABC, and its parent company, The Walt Disney Company, in February ...Read more

CHICAGO — With the low hum of planes flying overhead, some 40 people wove through Franklin Park Monday night chanting out across the dark, quiet streets.

“Say his name!” they shouted. “Silverio!”

As questions continue to surface over how U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents came to fatally shoot a man in Franklin Park on ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — A strong majority of Jewish Americans said they are concerned about antisemitism on college campuses but disagree with President Donald Trump's approach to combating it, a national poll showed.

By nearly 3 to 1, American Jews believe that Trump is using antisemitism as an "excuse" to "penalize and tax college campuses," ...Read more