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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The assassination of conservative influencer and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk last week has sparked renewed urgency around protecting free speech, particularly on college campuses.Kirk, 31, was killed Wednesday during a campus event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. He leaves behind his wife, Erika, and two young children.Seattle-based journalist and conservative influencer Cameron Higby, who contracts for Turning Point’s FrontLines, is among those leading efforts to honor Kirk’s legacy. He co-launched a grassroots campus tour this week with political commentator David Khait called “Fearless.””It’s to show people that conservatives,…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz criticized a United Nations report accusing Israel of genocide, warning that the Trump administration and Congress had tools at their disposal to sanction those behind it.The report, issued Tuesday by the United Nations Independent International Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory (COI), said, “the State of Israel bears responsibility for the failure to prevent genocide, the commission of genocide, and the failure to punish genocide against the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip.”In a statement to Fox News Digital, Cruz said, “This latest announcement by the…

NEED TO KNOW A couple in New Jersey have been formally charged in connection with the death of their infant daughterRuben Santiago and Caitlin M. Gibson were taken into custody in May after they called 911 and said their 3-month-old child was having trouble breathingThe infant died the following day, and a medical examiner determined that she died from “blunt force trauma to the head” A couple in New Jersey has been formally charged with murder in connection with the death of their 3-month-old daughter.  Ruben Santiago, 36, and Caitlin M. Gibson, 28, were initially taken into custody by the Lakewood…

NEED TO KNOW Two men, aged 31 and 58, have been arrested after allegedly planting a bomb underneath a news station’s vehicle in Salt Lake City, according to reportsThe men are facing charges including possessing weapons of mass destruction, possessing explosive devices and threat of terrorismAuthorities said the device, which was found under a Fox 13 vehicle, had “failed to function as designed” Two men have been arrested after allegedly planting a bomb under a news station’s car in Utah. On Friday, Sept. 12, a device was found under a Fox 13 vehicle in Salt Lake City, according to the outlet.…

A Utah judge has issued a pretrial protective order for Erika Kirk, the widow of Charlie Kirk. Prosecutors filed the order ahead of a virtual court hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 16, in which Tyler Robinson — the man accused of killing Kirk — appeared before a judge for the first time since the fatal shooting of the right-wing activist. The order bars Robinson from contacting Erika in any way, and warns of additional charges if he violates the order. Judge Tony Graf said he reviewed the order and “will be grant issuing this pre-trial protective order in favor of Erika…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, said on Tuesday that a person cannot be prosecuted for speech, but he is in favor of other consequences for those who celebrate the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, putting the senator at odds with the Trump administration.Cruz made the comments at Politico’s AI & Tech Summit on Tuesday, when he affirmed that hate speech is protected under the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment.”The First Amendment absolutely protects speech,” Cruz said.”It absolutely protects hate speech,” he continued. “It protects vile speech. It protects horrible speech. What does that…

NEED TO KNOW Kelvin Evans was arrested on Tuesday, Sept. 16, in Hapeville, Ga., in connection with the theft of several items from Beyoncé’s choreographer, Christopher Grant, and dancer Diandre Blue’s rental carEvans allegedly stole a flash drive that contained Beyoncé’s unreleased music, future concert set lists and more from Grant and Blue’s car on Tuesday, July 8He was booked for one count of entering an automobile or other motor vehicle with intent to commit theft or felony, and is being held on a $20,000 bond, per his booking record The thief who was suspected of breaking into and stealing from…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A South Carolina judge allowed an execution to move forward after ruling that the man’s beliefs, including that most laws are unconstitutional and citizens have an absolute right to defend their property to death, do not prove he is mentally incompetent.Steven Bixby, 58, was set to die in May for the 2003 killings of two police officers before the state Supreme Court stopped his execution in order to determine his mental competency. A lower court was asked to evaluate if his beliefs about the legal system meant his lawyers were unable to…

NEED TO KNOW Ciera Washington, 29, allegedly left her three children in the car while she went shopping at Walmart, according to a criminal complaint obtained by PEOPLEThe young children were found “drenched in sweat” in the trunk, and the two youngest “had full diapers and feces on their legs,” per the complaintWashington allegedly told police she left both the car and air conditioner on while she ran inside, and gave her oldest child the keys A Florida mother is charged with multiple counts of child neglect after her children were discovered unattended in a hot car. Ciera Washington, 29,…

NEED TO KNOW Circle K clerk Eduardo Felipe Labrada Machado confessed to shooting and killing off-duty Edgewater Police Officer David Jewell Monday, Sept. 15Machado said he was “having a bad day” on the day of the shootingFamily members told the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office that Machado had previously been diagnosed with a mental health condition A Circle K clerk in Ormond-by-the-Sea, Fla., allegedly confessed to shooting and killing an off-duty Edgewater Police Officer because he was “having a bad day.” Store clerk Eduardo Felipe Labrada Machado confessed to Monday’s Sept. 15 murder of Officer David Jewell, according to a statement…