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Tyler Robinson, who Utah prosecutors say assassinated Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk, returned to his apartment after the shooting and told his roommate and romantic partner he “wished he hadn’t done it.” He also confessed in a hand-written note, which prosecutors briefly displayed in court, that he left his St. George, Utah, apartment early on the morning of Sept. 10 “on a mission,” and that he “had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk,” and “took it.” Mr. Robinson is charged with aggravated murder and faces the death penalty. He has not entered a plea as prosecutors presented part…

A database exposed in a hack of Madison Square Garden’s computer systems shows the venue’s security team included LGBTQ labels for dozens of public figures and assigned hundreds of performers a “risk” rating that Wired found frequently tracked whether they had criticized the arena’s owner, according to the outlet’s investigation. Hackers calling themselves ShinyHunters tricked a low-level Madison Square Garden employee over a phone call into giving them access to the company’s computer systems, a technique known as “vishing,” according to a 404 Media investigation into the breach. The group published the stolen data after Madison Square Garden did not…

Former Olympian David Hearn pleaded not guilty Thursday after he was accused of damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool in an act of politically motivated vandalism. Mr. Hearn, 67, entered the plea that his defense attorneys slammed as “weak” and an abuse of government power after President Trump blamed unnamed vandals for tampering with the repainted Reflecting Pool. “If Mr. Hearn can be charged with a felony for touching the Reflecting Pool, every American is at risk, and every American should be alarmed about this prosecution,” defense attorney Norm Eisen said to a press gaggle. The three-time Olympian canoe racing…

Sen. John Fetterman, Pennsylvania Democrat, cheered the collapse of Graham Platner’s Maine Senate bid Wednesday night, telling Fox News that “the trash took itself out tonight” in a pointed television rebuke of the left-wing candidate.  Mr. Platner, a Democrat who was challenging Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, said Wednesday that he plans to withdraw from the race after a former girlfriend, Jenny Racicot, accused him of sexual assault in interviews with Politico and CNN describing a 2021 encounter. Mr. Platner has denied the accusation and has not been criminally charged. Appearing on “Jesse Watters Primetime,” Mr. Fetterman said Mr. Platner…

A soldier who fled to Britain three years ago during a fraud investigation was convicted of desertion by a military jury in Missouri, Army officials said Wednesday. Spc. Oliver E. Board, 33, a combat medic assigned to Fort Leonard Wood’s hospital, also was convicted of larceny and providing a false official statement, according to Army records. He disappeared in 2022 while under military investigation for fraudulently procuring family separation pay. It provides $300 a month for soldiers with dependents who are involuntarily separated from their families for more than 30 days. It also compensates them for additional expenses such as…

President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withhold some federal funding from states that don’t make changes to voting practices and is warning state election officials that they face arrest if they don’t remove noncitizens from voter rolls. Letters to states and grant application details are the latest in a line of actions by Trump’s administration to shape details of running elections that have long been the job of states. Courts have largely rejected the administration’s previous efforts, which reflect untrue claims about widespread voting fraud and come less than four months ahead of crucial midterm elections where Democrats seek…

A man pleaded guilty to illegally living in Tonto National Forest in Arizona, having spent eight years at unauthorized campsites and piled up heaps of trash in the nature preserve. Mark Aaron Gatz, 65, pleaded guilty to a violation of fire restrictions and residential use of the forest without a permit. He was sentenced to time served and three years of probation. The court ordered Mr. Gatz to avoid visiting any U.S. national forests located in Arizona. Mr. Gatz was arrested on June 25 inside the national forest 38 miles northeast of Phoenix. He told U.S. Forest Service rangers that…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A member of a federal crime-fighting task force in Memphis shot and killed a person there on Wednesday, the second fatal shooting by a task force member in four days. The Wednesday shooting occurred while U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents were serving a drug warrant out of Shelby County at around 8:30 a.m. The suspect was in a hotel room and refused to open the door for agents, so they knocked the door down, U.S. Marshals Service spokesman Brady McCarron said. A news release from the Marshals Service sent out earlier in the day said the man…

It looks like John Deere owners can soon feel free to fix their own machines. The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from several states secured a right-to-repair settlement Wednesday with agriculture equipment giant Deere & Co. – commonly known as John Deere – that requires the company to let farmers and independent shops fix their own equipment. The Illinois-based manufacturer has faced complaints for years for withholding the software needed for repairs and forcing customers to use authorized dealers instead of independent ones. This marks the second right-to-repair settlement Deere has reached this year, following a separate $99 million…

BROOKSVILLE, Ky. — Even as the sun started to set, the day’s heat was still hanging in the air as Annie Woods walked back out to harvest squash and zucchini on her 50-acre farm. Prolonged and intense heat is part of a climate change-driven pattern of weather extremes that has also led to intense flooding and prolonged drought. For farmers, this means shorter planting windows and potential loss of crops because of periods of early-season heat followed by a freeze. “I think it’s pretty safe to assume these kind of heat waves aren’t going away or they’re not freak occurrences,”…