The man accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus nearly a year ago faces a pivotal hearing that could determine whether he stands trial for aggravated murder, and whether prosecutors can seek the death penalty. Tyler Robinson, 23, of Washington, Utah, is set to appear Tuesday in Fourth District […] The post Tyler Robinson returns to court as judge weighs death penalty and first plea in Charlie Kirk killing appeared first on American Almanac .
The man accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk at a Utah college campus nearly a year ago faces a pivotal hearing that could determine whether he stands trial for aggravated murder, and whether prosecutors can seek the death penalty. Tyler Robinson, 23, of Washington, Utah, is set to appear Tuesday in Fourth District Court in Provo, where Judge Tony Graf Jr. will rule on whether probable cause supports the aggravated murder charge filed against him. If Graf binds the case over for trial, Robinson could be asked to enter a plea for the first time, nearly a year after Kirk was gunned down at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University in Orem on Sept. 10, 2025. Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two and one of…Open
A catastrophic wall of ice and debris that tore through Nepal's Himalayan border region last week has now claimed more than 1,000 confirmed lives, with nearly 4,000 people still missing and rescue crews digging through mud-choked tunnels to find survivors. Nepal's National Disaster Management Authority reported Tuesday afternoon that at least 1,003 bodies had been […] The post Nepal flood death toll passes 1,000 as nearly 4,000 remain missing and 75 Americans unaccounted for appeared first on American Almanac .
A catastrophic wall of ice and debris that tore through Nepal's Himalayan border region last week has now claimed more than 1,000 confirmed lives, with nearly 4,000 people still missing and rescue crews digging through mud-choked tunnels to find survivors. Nepal's National Disaster Management Authority reported Tuesday afternoon that at least 1,003 bodies had been recovered across the country, with 3,916 people unaccounted for as of a 1 p.m. update. The U.S. State Department said approximately 75 Americans remained missing near the Nepal-Tibet border. Fourteen Americans had reached safety. No American deaths were confirmed as of Tuesday, ABC News reported . The disaster struck the northern district of Rasuwa, along Nepal's border with…Open
A mapping app that most Americans forgot existed a decade ago just rocketed to the top of the Apple App Store, all because it refused to rename Lake Ontario on its maps after President Trump's executive order. MapQuest, the Denver-based navigation service launched in 1996, posted three words on social media the same day Trump […] The post MapQuest rides Lake Ontario defiance to No. 1 on the App Store appeared first on American Almanac .
A mapping app that most Americans forgot existed a decade ago just rocketed to the top of the Apple App Store, all because it refused to rename Lake Ontario on its maps after President Trump's executive order. MapQuest, the Denver-based navigation service launched in 1996, posted three words on social media the same day Trump signed the order on Aug. 27: "We're not changing it." Within days, hundreds of thousands of users downloaded the app, pushing it past ChatGPT for the No. 1 free spot on Apple's platform. Usage surged to roughly fifty times its normal rate, the company said in a Monday press release. The episode is a small but telling snapshot of how a culture-war flashpoint, in this case, a presidential directive to rebrand a body…Open
Lindy Li, a onetime fundraiser for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, says the Democratic Socialists of America are exploiting a leadership vacuum inside the Democratic Party, and the party's own financial ruin proves her point. Li, who has since left the Democratic Party and now identifies as a conservative, laid out the DSA's candidate-pressure operation […] The post Former Democratic fundraiser exposes how socialist activists hijack party candidates appeared first on American Almanac .
Lindy Li, a onetime fundraiser for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, says the Democratic Socialists of America are exploiting a leadership vacuum inside the Democratic Party, and the party's own financial ruin proves her point. Li, who has since left the Democratic Party and now identifies as a conservative, laid out the DSA's candidate-pressure operation in a Fox News Digital interview . She described a system built on mandatory questionnaires, public compliance records, and a party establishment too weak and too broke to push back. The picture she paints is blunt: a national party with nearly $18.5 million in debt, a chairman nobody remembers, no clear presidential contender on the horizon, and a disciplined socialist faction moving into…Open
Newly released security footage captures the moment FBI agents surrounded former congressman Eric Swalwell at a San Francisco Airport departure gate, executing a federal search warrant tied to sexual misconduct allegations from at least four women. Swalwell, 45, was waiting for a flight home to California on August 15 when multiple FBI agents approached him […] The post FBI agents confront Eric Swalwell at San Francisco Airport, seize electronics in sexual misconduct probe appeared first on American Almanac .
Newly released security footage captures the moment FBI agents surrounded former congressman Eric Swalwell at a San Francisco Airport departure gate, executing a federal search warrant tied to sexual misconduct allegations from at least four women. Swalwell, 45, was waiting for a flight home to California on August 15 when multiple FBI agents approached him at the gate. Dressed in a baseball cap, hoodie, and sneakers, the former seven-term Democrat was escorted away from the terminal, down an escalator, and through a hallway marked "restricted area" into a private room, the Daily Mail reported . There, agents seized his white Apple iPhone, an Apple MacBook Pro, a charging cable, and a wall charger, all catalogued in a warrant that had…Open
Carney said the U.S. approach to the talks would have made Canadian industries de-facto subsidiaries of American companies or imposed terms under which they would be “gradually wound down in Canada and wiped out.”
CBS NFL analyst and former Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo had his driving privileges revoked for six months, and he was ordered to complete an alcohol assessment program, according to Milwaukee County court records.
Under current systems, AI labs can no longer guarantee that AI agents won't swarm and escape their testing environments. Why it matters: The attack on Hugging Face by OpenAI agents was a warning shot — and researchers say better security controls alone won't prevent similar incidents as AI agents become more capable. Driving the news: As OpenAI released its own technical report last week on how its agents hacked Hugging Face, two independent testing organizations released their own analysis of what went wrong. - The researchers — METR's Hjalmar Wijk and Ajeya Cotra and Redwood Research chief scientist Ryan Greenblatt — worked on OpenAI's premises for six days to understand the recent incident. State of play: Thousands of AI…
Data: U.S. Census Bureau, FactSet Construction spending on AI data center "shells" soared in July, rising at an annualized rate of nearly 60% from July 2025 levels. Why it matters: It shows the AI building frenzy was gathering strength this summer, even as — or perhaps because — a bipartisan backlash grows. By the numbers: Data center construction spending jumped to an annual pace of more than $75 billion in July, Census Bureau data released Tuesday showed. That figure represents the value of the construction "put in place" during the month. - It covers only the construction costs for the massive warehouse-like structures — often referred to as shells — that will be filled with racks of servers, processing units, memory chips…