https://www.scmp.com/rss/523574/feed The latest news and top stories on Tyler Robinson, an individual arrested for the alleged shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. He is a 22-year-old inactive voter with no prior criminal history. Robinson briefly attended Utah State University in 2021 as a pre-engineering major, having received a top academic scholarship. At the time of his arrest, he was a third-year student in an electrical apprenticeship program at Dixie Technical College. He faces charges including aggravated... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Associated Press Associated Press The Trump administration has revoked the visas of six foreigners deemed by US officials to have made derisive comments or made light of the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk last month. The US State Department said on Tuesday it had determined they should lose their visas after reviewing their online social media posts and clips about Kirk, who was killed while speaking at a Utah college campus on September 10. The announcement came as US President Donald Trump was posthumously... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329038/us-revokes-visas-6-foreigners-over-charlie-kirk-related-speech?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3329038/us-revokes-visas-6-foreigners-over-charlie-kirk-related-speech?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 14 Oct 2025 23:39:17 +0000 Reuters Reuters Millions of people tuned in to Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday, watching the host’s return to late-night television after nearly a week off the air due to a suspension over remarks that drew fire from US President Donald Trump and officials in his administration. ABC said 6.26 million viewers watched Kimmel as he mixed humour with humility to address remarks he made on September 15 about the man accused of assassinating conservative activist Charlie Kirk. It was Kimmel’s highest-rated regularly... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326746/jimmy-kimmel-returns-record-ratings-says-you-almost-have-feel-sorry-trump?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326746/jimmy-kimmel-returns-record-ratings-says-you-almost-have-feel-sorry-trump?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 24 Sep 2025 23:08:20 +0000 Bloomberg Bloomberg US President Donald Trump proclaimed Charlie Kirk a “martyr for American freedom” in a memorial ceremony to commemorate the political activist as Erika Kirk said she forgave the man who gunned down her husband. “On that day, this evangelist for American liberty became immortal,” Trump said on Sunday before tens of thousands of mourners inside the State Farm stadium in Glendale, Arizona. “He’s a martyr now for American freedom.” Trump described how Kirk would ask him to fly across the country to... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326322/trump-pays-tribute-charlie-kirk-tens-thousands-attend-memorial-service?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3326322/trump-pays-tribute-charlie-kirk-tens-thousands-attend-memorial-service?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 21 Sep 2025 21:16:07 +0000 Tribune News Service Tribune News Service George Zinn, the Utah man who falsely confessed to killing Charlie Kirk moments after last week’s fateful shooting at Utah Valley University, now stands accused of felony sexual exploitation of a minor. The Provo Police Department arrested Zinn last Wednesday after he loudly stated he was responsible for assassinating the 31-year-old right-wing activist, allowing “the actual suspect to flee and to hinder law enforcement”, according to a Tuesday statement from the Utah County Sheriff’s... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325786/fake-charlie-kirk-shooter-george-zinn-arrested-child-porn?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325786/fake-charlie-kirk-shooter-george-zinn-arrested-child-porn?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 23:43:14 +0000 Associated Press Associated Press Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old Utah man charged with murder on Tuesday in the shooting of Charlie Kirk, sent a text message confessing to his partner and hid a note beforehand saying he had the chance to kill one of the nation’s leading conservative voices “and I’m going to take it”, a prosecutor said. DNA on the trigger of the rifle that killed Kirk also matched that of Robinson, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray said while outlining the evidence and announcing charges that could result in the... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325780/tyler-robinson-charged-charlie-kirks-murder-could-face-death-penalty?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325780/tyler-robinson-charged-charlie-kirks-murder-could-face-death-penalty?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 18:38:56 +0000 Reuters Reuters A New York state judge dismissed on Tuesday two terrorism-related counts against Luigi Mangione over the December 2024 killing of health insurance executive Brian Thompson, though the 27-year-old remains charged with second-degree murder and eight other criminal counts in the case. Justice Gregory Carro ruled that prosecutors had not presented enough evidence to the grand jury that Mangione acted with the intent to intimidate health insurance workers or influence government policy, which would... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325777/judge-tosses-luigi-mangione-terrorism-charges-us-ceo-killing?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325777/judge-tosses-luigi-mangione-terrorism-charges-us-ceo-killing?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 16 Sep 2025 16:53:21 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The man arrested over conservative influencer Charlie Kirk’s assassination was romantically involved with a transgender roommate and had “leftist ideology”, Utah’s governor said on Sunday, confirming details likely to inflame the contentious national debate over the killing. I can confirm that,” Republican Governor Spencer Cox told CNN’s State of the Union talk show when asked about suspect Tyler Robinson’s reported relationship with a trans partner. “The roommate was a romantic partner, a male... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325516/alleged-charlie-kirk-killer-had-leftist-beliefs-utah-governor-says?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325516/alleged-charlie-kirk-killer-had-leftist-beliefs-utah-governor-says?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Sep 2025 18:16:35 +0000 Agence France-Presse Agence France-Presse The widow of prominent right-wing activist Charlie Kirk has pledged to carry on her husband’s work, after US authorities announced his alleged assassin had finally been captured. Investigators had appeared to be making slow progress in the hunt for whoever gunned down Donald Trump’s close ally, until they released security camera images of a young man. “We got him,” Utah Governor Spencer Cox told a press conference on Friday, identifying the suspect as Tyler Robinson, 22, who had reportedly been... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325435/charlie-kirks-widow-vows-continue-his-work?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325435/charlie-kirks-widow-vows-continue-his-work?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 13 Sep 2025 09:20:51 +0000 Reuters Reuters The suspect in Charlie Kirk’s shooting, Tyler Robinson, is a 22-year-old native of Utah who authorities say had allegedly criticised the conservative influencer in a recent conversation and was living with his family at the time of the shooting. Robinson was arrested late on Thursday after a family friend called authorities, officials said on Friday. Investigators have not publicly identified a motive. Utah Governor Spencer Cox told reporters that a family member interviewed by law enforcement... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325399/who-tyler-robinson-suspect-charlie-kirks-murder?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/united-states-canada/article/3325399/who-tyler-robinson-suspect-charlie-kirks-murder?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 12 Sep 2025 16:21:04 +0000