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In statement Friday, Erika Kirk says ‘evildoers responsible for my husband’s assassination have no idea what they have done’Erika Kirk, the widow of rightwing activist and provocateur Charlie Kirk, said in a statement Friday evening that her late husband’s message and mission will be “stronger, bolder, louder and greater than ever” and that her “cries will echo around the world like a battle cry”.“I loved knowing one of his mottos was ‘never surrender’,” she said of her late husband. “We’ll never surrender.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/12/erika-kirk-charlie-kirk Author : Johana Bhuiyan Publish date : 2025-09-13 02:18:00 Copyright for syndicated

Film-makers pledged not to work with institutions linked to ‘genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people’Paramount said it does “not agree with recent efforts to boycott Israeli film-makers”, making it the first major studio to respond to a recent pledge not to work with institutions that supported or were otherwise involved in the “genocide and apartheid against the Palestinian people”.The pledge circulated by an organization called Film Workers for Palestine has more than 4000 signatures including directors and actors like Jonathan Glazer, Ava DuVernay, Yorgos Lanthimos, Emma Stone, Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Olivia Colman and Mark Ruffalo. Continue reading... Source

Officer shot after man had ‘attempted to drive his vehicle into the arrest team, striking an officer’, according to Ice statementA man was fatally shot during a vehicle stop on the outskirts of Chicago by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers after attempting to flee the scene, according to officials, and another officer was injured during the altercation.Ice released the following statement after the shooting: “This morning in Chicago, Ice officers were conducting targeted local enforcement activity during a vehicle stop, the suspect resisted and attempted to drive his vehicle into the arrest team, striking an officer and subsequently