The Salt Lake Tribune
Turning Point rallygoers: “Spencer Cox is grandstanding on the assassination of Charlie Kirk”
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- Turning Point rallygoers: “Spencer Cox is grandstanding on the assassination of Charlie Kirk”
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- 1:07
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Only weeks after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed on a university campus in Utah, the organization he co-founded continued his planned “American Comeback Tour” two hours north at Utah State University.
And as Gov. Spencer Cox joined a panel of Republican, Latter-day Saint politicians taking Kirk’s place at the Logan campus Tuesday night, the audience booed.
Some attendees donned tees critical of Cox and toted placards with images of posts Kirk made attacking the governor, who is often perceived as more moderate than the other prominent figures in his party.
When a student asked the governor Tuesday about Kirk’s social media remarks, Cox said he hoped that the late activist’s opinion on the governor would have been different “if I had an opportunity to talk to him today.”
He touted adding his signature to a law banning gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth, and barring transgender peopl...
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- Judge in Charlie Kirk murder case said Tyler Robinson's constitutional rights will be preserved
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- 2:14
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Fourth District Judge Tony Graf took the bench for the first time in his new role less than two months ago. Now he’s overseeing one of the most high-profile criminal cases in the country.
And at the end of a brief hearing Monday in Provo for Tyler Robinson, accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the new judge paused to make a pledge about how he will handle the proceedings in the spotlight.
Kirk’s slaying on Sept. 10 has fueled political tensions across the nation, with President Donald Trump hailing him as a Christian “martyr” as others — including temporarily suspended late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel — have criticized the administration’s response or debated Kirk’s legacy.
Robinson, 22, is charged with aggravated murder and other counts in Kirk’s death at Utah Valley University. A conviction for aggravated murder carries a potential death penalty — which Trump, Utah Gov. Spenc...
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- Tyler Robinson, accused of killing Charlie Kirk, has second court hearing
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- 10:30
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Fourth District Judge Tony Graf took the bench for the first time in his new role less than two months ago. Now he’s overseeing one of the most high-profile criminal cases in the country.
And at the end of a brief hearing Monday in Provo for Tyler Robinson, accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the new judge paused to make a pledge about how he will handle the proceedings in the spotlight.
Kirk’s slaying on Sept. 10 has fueled political tensions across the nation, with President Donald Trump hailing him as a Christian “martyr” as others — including temporarily suspended late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel — have criticized the administration’s response or debated Kirk’s legacy.
Robinson, 22, is charged with aggravated murder and other counts in Kirk’s death at Utah Valley University. A conviction for aggravated murder carries a potential death penalty — which Trump, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox and other p...
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- Tyler Robinson, accused of fatally shooting Charlie Kirk, will be in court Monday at 10 a.m.
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- 1:05
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Tyler Robinson, the 22-year-old Utahn who is accused of fatally shooting conservative activist Charlie Kirk, will have his next court hearing Monday amidst an expected crowd and tightened security.
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- How the LDS Church picks a new president and prophet
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- 1:16
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- President Russell M. Nelson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints died late Saturday at 101. It is expected that Dallin H. Oaks will succeed him as the next leader of the church. Here is why, and how the process will happen over the coming weeks.
Video by Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson dies at 101
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Few expected the blast of energy, enthusiasm and ingenuity that swept through The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when then-93-year-old Russell M. Nelson ascended to the faith’s presidency in January 2018.
After all, the former heart surgeon — who died Saturday shortly after 10 p.m. at his home in Salt Lake City at age 101 — was the second oldest man ever to take the reins of the Utah-based faith and less familiar among members than his folksy predecessor, Thomas S. Monson.
But Nelson eventually became the faith’s first centenarian president and its oldest-ever prophet. (He celebrated his 101st birthday on Sept. 9.) His name quickly became synonymous with change.
Reporting: Peggy Fletcher Stack and David Noyce
Video by Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- LDS Church President Russell M. Nelson dies at 101
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- 1:45
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
- Description
- Few expected the blast of energy, enthusiasm and ingenuity that swept through The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints when then-93-year-old Russell M. Nelson ascended to the faith’s presidency in January 2018.
After all, the former heart surgeon — who died Saturday shortly after 10 p.m. at his home in Salt Lake City at age 101 — was the second oldest man ever to take the reins of the Utah-based faith and less familiar among members than his folksy predecessor, Thomas S. Monson.
But Nelson eventually became the faith’s first centenarian president and its oldest-ever prophet. (He celebrated his 101st birthday on Sept. 9.) His name quickly became synonymous with change.
Reporting: Peggy Fletcher Stack and David Noyce
Video by Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- 911 calls after Charlie Kirk shooting released
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- 2:21
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- The Salt Lake Tribune reviewed 20 recently released 911 calls, obtained through an open records request. The calls, fielded by dispatchers at Central Utah 911, span from the immediate moments after Kirk was fatally shot to nearly 35 minutes later, with several placed in a panic from the courtyard where Kirk had been holding his question-and-answer style Turning Point USA event.
Read more here: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/09/27/911-calls-after-charlie-kirk/
Video by Chris Samuels of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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- From Phillips 76 to Bride's World and back again? Iconic Orem sign taken down but not dead yet.
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Orem residents and visitors will probably remember an iconic round sign that said "Bride's World" posted above a vacuum repair shop. Now the sign is gone, but not completely. One proposal is to restore it to its original look — as an orange Phillips 76 ball. What do you think should happen with it?
Video by Trevor Christensen | The Salt Lake Tribune
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- FanX brings 'Lord of the Rings' stars, super heroes and cosplay of all type to Salt Lake City
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- In a convention center in Salt Lake City there cheered hundreds of “Lord of the Rings” fans.
At the first big panel of this year’s FanX convention, fans got a taste of Middle Earth.
The “Lord of the Rings” panel featured Miranda Otto, who plays the character of Éowyn; Lawrence Makoare, who plays Lurtz, the Uruk-hai leader, and also the Witch-king of Angmar and Orc Gothmog; and John Rhys-Davies, who plays the dwarf Gimli.
“It’s a long way from Middle Earth to here,” Makoare said in greeting to the roaring crowd.
Reporting: Palak Jayswal
Video: Francisco Kjolseth
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Dust storms around the Great Salt Lake are more frequent and dangerous than previously thought
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- 1:34
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Health risks associated with dust pollution continue to kick up interest in the Great Salt Lake, and new research shows Utah’s youngest residents may be the most vulnerable to its fallout.
Scientists have long known toxic heavy metals from natural sources and human activity, like mining, exist in the Great Salt Lake’s exposed lakebed, which bakes and erodes as the water recedes. Ensuing storms can send its dust billowing into cities all along the Wasatch Front.
Reporting by Leia Larsen
Video by Gabrielle Baquero
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- 'How to achieve the 'soulful sex' God desires for couples
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- 37:01
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Latter-day Saint therapist Jennifer Finlayson-Fife discusses her new book, “That We Might Have Joy: Desire, Divinity & Intimate Love," and how couples can achieve "soulful sex."
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- Rare tornado lands on Navajo Nation in Utah
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- 0:36
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Video captured by residents on the Navajo Nation's Utah portion shows a tornado touching down in the desert. Meteorologists say it was two tornadoes, which both started near McCracken Mesa and moved east toward Hovenweep National Monument. Three structures were destroyed.
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- In Utah, Latter-day Saint Republicans cheer as Trump eulogizes Charlie Kirk as a Christian martyr
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The head of the Utah Republican Party stood up Sunday in front of like-minded Utahns congregated to watch Charlie Kirk’s funeral service — a gathering he called “sanctified.”
In front of him sat elected Republicans like U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens, state Attorney General Derek Brown and Auditor Tina Cannon. A handful of Utah’s other top Republicans, like Gov. Spencer Cox and Sen. Mike Lee, traveled the 500 miles to Arizona to join the memorial in person.
There, President Donald Trump labeled the controversial conservative activist a “martyr” and called him “our greatest evangelist for American liberty.”
“We have to bring back religion to America — because without borders, law and order and religion, you really don’t have a country anymore,” Trump told the audience.
And Kirk’s death, the president continued, is working to accelerate that cause: “Within minutes of the gunshot in Utah, millions of Americans, you...
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- 'Mormons in Media' crossover: Why are there so many Mormon-ish people on DWTS?
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- 52:32
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- On the September crossover episode between ‘Mormon Land’ and ‘Mormons in Media, ’ Rebbie and Nicole are both newcomers to 'Dancing With The Stars.' Who knew the show, and dance in general, had so many ties to Utah? Rebbie gives an update on those sleeveless garments and Heather Gay from Real Housewives of Salt Lake City spills the beans on the underground distribution of those garments.
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- The "Real Housewives of Salt Lake City" know about Lisa Barlow's lawsuits from The Salt Lake Tribune
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- 0:47
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- In the Season 6 premiere “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City,” Lisa Barlow was absent, but still the subject of conversation.
At a picnic table, the conversation goes to Lisa’s absence — and about the state of her tequila and event-planning businesses. Whitney mentions “crazy accusations” she’s seen against Lisa online. Bronwyn adds, “what I’ve heard is that there are multiple issues, and some of them are not done yet.”
Bronwyn complains that Lisa often throws stones at other cast members, “and she’s never sharing with us what is hard or difficult or messy or, frankly, maybe even [bleep]ing bull[bleep] about her own life.”
Bronwyn mentions lawsuits that Lisa, her husband, John, and their businesses are currently involved in. When Heather questions Bronwyn on her sources, Bronwyn answers, “It was in The Salt Lake Tribune!” Then a headline from The Tribune appears on the screen.
(The Tribune has covered...
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- ICE job fair in Utah draws hundreds after receiving $30B in federal funding for recruitment efforts
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- A Department of Homeland Security job fair in Provo drew hundreds of attendees Monday. As President Donald Trump continues his immigration crackdown, ICE is looking to add more than 14,400 new employees by year’s end, according to The New York Times.
To fuel such a rapid expansion, ICE has waived age requirements and is offering a slew of benefits for new hires, including signing and retention bonuses of up to $50,000 and up to $60,000 in student loan forgiveness. Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which he signed earlier this summer, commits about $30 billion to hiring and training initiatives for the agency into 2029.
Visit sltrib.com for more on this story.
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- Utah sheriff describes interactions with Charlie Kirk gunman
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- 18:21
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- A minute and 41 seconds.
That’s how long the phone call was that led to the arrest of suspected Charlie Kirk shooter Tyler James Robinson.
Robinson, 22, feared mounting pressure from law enforcement would lead to a SWAT raid, Washington County Sheriff Nate Brooksby said Wednesday.
“He was truly fearful of being shot by law enforcement,” Brooksby said during a news conference.
Robinson is accused of shooting Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10 at Utah Valley University. The search for the suspected shooter ended some 260 miles from where Kirk was killed. Robinson’s parents recognized their son from the suspect photos released by the FBI, according to court records.
Authorities on Tuesday charged Robinson with seven offenses including aggravated murder.
Read more here: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/09/17/suspected-kirk-shooter-tyler
Video by Trent Nelson of The Salt Lak...
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- Robert Redford, Sundance founder and Hollywood icon, changed Utah. Here are my experiences with him.
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- 4:33
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who explored American life on film as an actor, director and producer, and made Utah a hub for independent filmmaking through his Sundance Institute, has died.
Redford died Tuesday morning at his home in Provo Canyon, according to his longtime publicist, Cindi Berger.
Salt Lake Tribune arts and culture editor Sean P. Means has been a longtime Utah film critic and covered Redford and the Sundance Film Festival for decades. He shares his experience with the movie star and explains why he was so important to Utah.
Video by Chris Samuels
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Tyler Robinson charged: What the prosecutor said about the Charlie Kirk shooting suspect
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- 4:02
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- The 22-year-old Utahn accused of fatally shooting conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University last week now faces aggravated murder charges — and prosecutors indicate that, if he’s convicted, they will seek his death.
Prosecutors specifically charged Tyler James Robinson on Tuesday with seven offenses: aggravated murder, a first-degree felony; discharge of a firearm, a first-degree felony; two counts of obstruction of justice, second-degree felonies; two counts of tampering with a witness, third-degree felonies; and a misdemeanor count of violence offense committed in the presence of a child, according to charging documents.
He is expected to make an initial appearance in 4th District Court in Provo remotely on Tuesday afternoon.
While prosecutors did not include the intent to seek the death penalty in their initial filings Tuesday afternoon, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray said at a news conference that he is filing those p...
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- Alleged Charlie Kirk shooter Tyler James Robinson makes first Utah court appearance
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- 12:59
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Less than 4 miles from the rooftop at Utah Valley University where prosecutors allege he fired the shot that killed conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Tyler James Robinson appeared over video to hear the charges he is facing in a Provo courtroom Tuesday afternoon.
Sitting in a room at the Utah County jail, Robinson was wearing a quilted suicide-prevention smock. He maintained a straight face throughout the 15-minute hearing.
Robinson didn’t speak except to share his name.
Reporters from national and international outlets crammed into 4th District Judge Tony Graf’s courtroom to watch the proceedings. Many migrated from a news conference held earlier in the afternoon a few blocks away, where Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray announced he intends to seek the death penalty for Robinson.
Prosecutors are specifically charging Robinson with seven offenses: aggravated murder, a first-degree felony; discharge of a firearm, a first-degree fel...
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- Tyler Robinson charged: Charlie Kirk shooting suspect faces death penalty - full press conference
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- 38:01
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- The 22-year-old Utahn accused of fatally shooting conservative commentator Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University last week now faces aggravated murder charges — and prosecutors indicate that, if he’s convicted, they will seek his death.
Prosecutors specifically charged Tyler James Robinson on Tuesday with seven offenses: aggravated murder, a first-degree felony; discharge of a firearm, a first-degree felony; two counts of obstruction of justice, second-degree felonies; two counts of tampering with a witness, third-degree felonies; and a misdemeanor count of violence offense committed in the presence of a child, according to charging documents.
He is expected to make an initial appearance in 4th District Court in Provo remotely on Tuesday afternoon.
While prosecutors did not include the intent to seek the death penalty in their initial filings Tuesday afternoon, Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray said at a news conference that he is filing those p...
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- Robert Redford, Sundance founder and Hollywood icon, dies at 89
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Robert Redford, the Hollywood golden boy who explored American life on film as an actor, director and producer, and made Utah a hub for independent filmmaking through his Sundance Institute, has died.
Redford died Tuesday morning at his home in Provo Canyon, according to his longtime publicist, Cindi Berger. In a statement, Berger said Redford died in his sleep but did not provide a cause of death, according to The New York Times. He was 89.
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- Charlie Kirk shooting: The family of the young Utah suspect brought him to police, Gov. Cox says
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- 1:46
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- A young Utah man has been arrested for the shooting death of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk after a family member and a friend “helped to deliver him into the custody of law enforcement” late Thursday night, Gov. Spencer Cox said.
The arrest of Tyler James Robinson, 22, a resident of Washington City in southern Utah near St. George, ended a 33-hour search for the alleged shooter in the high-profile killing that has captured the nation’s attention.
“We got him,” Cox said as a news conference began Friday morning.
The governor said the friend and family of Robinson, who assisted law enforcement, “did the right thing.” Robinson is currently being held in the Utah County jail.
Video by Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Utah, federal prosecutors to collaborate in charging Charlie Kirk suspect Tyler Robinson
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- 1:25
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Utah Attorney General Derek Brown speaks about collaboration between the state and the federal government in prosecuting the suspect in the Charlie Kirk assassination.
On Thursday night, Gov. Spencer Cox said Utah officials had been “working with our attorneys getting everything that we need … so that we can pursue the death penalty” for Charlie Kirk’s killer.
But Friday morning, with suspect Tyler Robinson now in custody, Utah Attorney General Derek Brown said it’s not yet clear whether prosecutors will pursue the death penalty against him.
“I can say that it’s obviously part of Utah law,” Brown said in an interview. “It is an option here, but it’s not something that I can talk about in terms of whether that will play a role in this case.”
Whether the death penalty is pursued against any defendant, he added, “has a lot to do with the discretion of the prosecutor,” as well as the specific facts and allegatio...
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- Utah, federal prosecutors to collaborate in charging Charlie Kirk suspect Tyler Robinson
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Utah Attorney General Derek Brown speaks about collaboration between the state and the federal government in prosecuting the suspect in the Charlie Kirk assassination.
On Thursday night, Gov. Spencer Cox said Utah officials had been “working with our attorneys getting everything that we need … so that we can pursue the death penalty” for Charlie Kirk’s killer.
But Friday morning, with suspect Tyler Robinson now in custody, Utah Attorney General Derek Brown said it’s not yet clear whether prosecutors will pursue the death penalty against him.
“I can say that it’s obviously part of Utah law,” Brown said in an interview. “It is an option here, but it’s not something that I can talk about in terms of whether that will play a role in this case.”
Whether the death penalty is pursued against any defendant, he added, “has a lot to do with the discretion of the prosecutor,” as well as the specific facts and allegatio...
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- Tyler Robinson arrested as suspect in Charlie Kirk’s shooting death at UVU
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Police have arrested Tyler Robinson in connection with the shooting death of political pundit Charlie Kirk, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday.
The arrest puts an end to a manhunt that launched in the immediate aftermath of the deadly Wednesday afternoon shooting at Utah Valley University.
“This is certainly about the tragic death, assassination, political assassination of Charlie Kirk,” Cox said. “But it’s also so much bigger than an attack on an individual. It’s an attack on all of us. It’s an attack on the American experiment.”
Court records show Robinson is 22.
Robinson is being held in the Utah County Jail, Cox said. The suspect’s family and a friend, the governor said, turned him over to law enforcement in Washington County. Robinson lived with his family in Washington City, Cox said.
Video by Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Tyler Robinson arrested as suspect in Charlie Kirk’s shooting death at UVU - full press conference
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- 31:35
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Police have arrested Tyler Robinson in connection with the shooting death of political pundit Charlie Kirk, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday.
The arrest puts an end to a manhunt that launched in the immediate aftermath of the deadly Wednesday afternoon shooting at Utah Valley University.
“This is certainly about the tragic death, assassination, political assassination of Charlie Kirk,” Cox said. “But it’s also so much bigger than an attack on an individual. It’s an attack on all of us. It’s an attack on the American experiment.”
Court records show Robinson is 22.
Robinson is being held in the Utah County Jail, Cox said. The suspect’s family and a friend, the governor said, turned him over to law enforcement in Washington County. Robinson lived with his family in Washington City, Cox said.
Video by Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox speaks about Charlie Kirk shooting aftermath
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- 9:36
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Utah Gov. Spencer Cox spoke about the country's political atmosphere and divide after announcing Tyler Robinson was arrested as a suspect in Charlie Kirk’s shooting death at Utah Valley University.
Video by Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Charlie Kirk shooting: Police plead for help finding ‘person of interest’ — full news conference
- Runtime
- 8:54
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Nearly 32 hours after a gunman fatally shot political pundit Charlie Kirk on Utah Valley University’s campus, local, state and federal law enforcement have taken three people into custody, received thousands of tips and conducted nearly 200 interviews — but the shooter remains on the loose, they announced Thursday evening.
They are now re-upping calls for the public to assist in the investigation, saying the tips are pushing their search forward.
“We need as much help as we can possibly get,” Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said at a news conference Thursday night.
Police have now released six photos of a person they consider a person of interest in the shooting.
The new, enhanced pictures show more clearly the suspected shooters’ clothing, revealing an American flag and eagle on his shirt, as well as a triangle emblem on his hat and his Converse tennis shoes — “all identifying features that we’re hoping the public can help us i...
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- FBI releases video of suspect in Charlie Kirk shooting at Utah Valley University
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- 1:40
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Utah law enforcement showed this video at a news conference on Wednesday that appears to show the person suspected of shooting Charlie Kirk jump off a building at Utah Valley University.
Police encouraged anyone with tips to share them with the FBI via its website, tips.fbi.gov, or by phone at 1-800-225-5324.
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- Police release video of Charlie Kirk shooting suspect jumping off building at Utah Valley University
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- 0:20
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
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- Utah law enforcement showed this video at a news conference on Wednesday that appears to show the person suspected of shooting Charlie Kirk jump off a building at Utah Valley University.
Police encouraged anyone with tips to share them with the FBI via its website, tips.fbi.gov, or by phone at 1-800-225-5324.
More info at https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/09/11/charlie-kirk-shooting-update/
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- Vice President JD Vance travels to Utah to pay respects to Charlie Kirk
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- 0:18
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Vice President JD Vance, along with second lady Usha Vance, will travel Thursday to Utah to pay respects to the family of Charlie Kirk, according to a source familiar with the vice president’s plans.
Kirk, a conservative commentator and political organizer, was shot and killed Wednesday during a speaking event on Utah Valley University’s campus.
“Charlie Kirk was a true friend,” Vance wrote in a long social media post discussing his yearslong friendship with Kirk. “The kind of guy you could say something to and know it would always stay with him.”
Kirk’s casket will be flown from Utah to Arizona — where Turning Point USA is headquartered — on Air Force Two, a source familiar with the vice president’s plans told The Salt Lake Tribune Thursday afternoon.
Video: Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Dr. Bernice King on Charlie Kirk shooting
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- 1:20
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Dr. Bernice King, daughter of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was in Utah Wednesday for the opening of Redemption Bank. While there, she shared her thoughts on the shooting death of Charlie Kirk.
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- Charlie Kirk's body leaves hospital after Utah shooting
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- 0:46
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- A motorcade of police and other official vehicles leaves Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem with the body of Charlie Kirk after he was shot and killed at Utah Valley University.
Video: Palak Jayswal
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Charlie Kirk death: Utah law enforcement, governor speak after university shooting
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Public safety officials gave a news conference Wendesday afternoon, hours after right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a speaking appearance at Utah Valley University.
“The investigation is ongoing, but I want to make it crystal clear right now to whoever did this, we will find you, we will try you, and we will hold you accountable to the furthest extent of the law,” said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, at the news conference.
“I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty here in the state of Utah,” the governor added.
Video by Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Mourners hold vigil for Charlie Kirk outside Utah hospital
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- 1:09
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- About 70 people gathered outside the Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem in support of Charlie Kirk after he was shot and killed at Utah Valley University.
Reporting: Palak Jayswal
Video: Francisco Kjolseth
The Salt Lake Tribune
- Title
- Charlie Kirk shooting: Full press conference with Utah public safety officials, governor
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- 16:37
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Public safety officials gave a news conference Wendesday afternoon, hours after right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed during a speaking appearance at Utah Valley University.
“The investigation is ongoing, but I want to make it crystal clear right now to whoever did this, we will find you, we will try you, and we will hold you accountable to the furthest extent of the law,” said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, at the news conference.
“I just want to remind people that we still have the death penalty here in the state of Utah,” the governor added.
Video by Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
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- Charlie Kirk shot and killed during Utah college appearance
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- 1:13
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed Wednesday during a speaking appearance at Utah Valley University.
“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” President Donald Trump posted Wednesday afternoon on his social media platform Truth Social.
“No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,” the president said. “He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”
Aubrey Laitsch, public relations manager for Kirk-founded Turning Point USA, said, “It is with a heavy heart that we confirm that Charles James Kirk has been murdered by a gunshot that took place during Turning Point USA’s ‘The American Comeback Tour’ campus event” at UVU.
Find full updates at sltrib.com.
Reporting: Emily Ander...
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- Charlie Kirk shot and killed during Turning Point USA appearance at Utah Valley University
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- 1:14
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Warning: This video includes a brief view of the shooting. Viewer discretion advised.
Right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk was shot and killed Wednesday during a speaking appearance at Utah Valley University.
“The Great, and even Legendary, Charlie Kirk, is dead,” President Donald Trump posted Wednesday afternoon on his social media platform Truth Social.
“No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie,” the president said. “He was loved and admired by ALL, especially me, and now, he is no longer with us. Melania and my Sympathies go out to his beautiful wife Erika, and family. Charlie, we love you!”
Aubrey Laitsch, public relations manager for Kirk-founded Turning Point USA, said, “It is with a heavy heart that we confirm that Charles James Kirk has been murdered by a gunshot that took place during Turning Point USA’s ‘The American Comeback Tour’ campu...
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- Charlie Kirk shot at Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University
- Runtime
- 0:23
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- A gunshot rang out at Utah Valley University on Wednesday during an appearance by right-wing political commentator Charlie Kirk.
Multiple witnesses say Kirk was shot.
A question was being asked of Kirk about mass shootings when the gunfire was heard.
Attendees scrambled for cover and the multiple witnesses said they saw Kirk bleeding.
“We do know there was a shot fired from the top of the Losee Center,” UVU said in a statement. “Someone appeared to be at the top of that building or somewhere inside. We don’t know if they’ve been apprehended.”
- Title
- A look at President Nelson's leadership, legacy as he turns 101
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- 38:47
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- When Russell M. Nelson, already the oldest-ever president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, turned 100 last year, the Utah-based faith celebrated him with a televised birthday party.
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox declared Sept. 9, 2024, as Russell M. Nelson Day. Throngs of young single adults signed a giant birthday card. And members everywhere reflected on the centenarian’s accomplishments and leadership.
By comparison, his 101st birthday on Tuesday was a quieter affair as Nelson gathered with close family and friends. Still, just before the calendar marked the day, Nelson published a major essay in Time magazine, extolling the importance of peacemaking in a divided world.
On this week’s show, Latter-day Saint historian Kathleen Flake, emeritus Bushman professor of Mormon studies at the University of Virginia, discusses his life, leadership and legacy.
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- New docuseries explores why many stay and others leave this ‘inconvenient faith’
- Runtime
- 32:00
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- A new nine-part video series about Mormonism, titled “An Inconvenient Faith,” was recently uploaded to YouTube.
It tackles the thorniest issues — LGBTQ+ relations, feminism, church history, race, polygamy, Book of Mormon historicity and divine revelation — currently faced by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The ultimate approach seems to be to defend the church and help explain how members can wrestle honestly with these topics rather than deny their existence.
The effort was funded, directed and produced by Latter-day Saint businessman Robert Reynolds, with Jim Bennett, as co-producer.
On this week’s show, Bennett, the son of the late Utah Sen. Bob Bennett and a Latter-day Saint blogger and writer, discusses the project.
- Title
- Utah’s first city signs pact with ICE, giving officers immigration enforcement powers
- Runtime
- 2:03
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- A new agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement allows designated Riverton police officers to enforce immigration law.
It also formalizes ties between the local agency and the federal government.
Such contracts, known as 287(g) agreements after the federal law that allows them, basically deputize local police officers to identify and arrest people living in the United States without legal status. Those officers will have enforcement powers similar to ICE agents.
The pacts have been criticized for creating unfunded federal mandates, reducing public safety by scaring victims away from coming forward, and diverting officers from their regular duties.
While Riverton is the first Utah city to sign such an agreement, nine county sheriffs’ offices and the Utah Department of Corrections have also inked contracts with ICE.
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2025/09/01/ice-riverton...
- Title
- More Utahns have had abortions since the Dobbs decision, but the state is sharing less about why
- Runtime
- 1:24
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- Half of the people whose pregnancy terminations were documented in Utah’s last annual abortion report told doctors it was for socioeconomic reasons — they couldn’t afford to go through with giving birth and caring for a child. That report was for 2021, and was published by the Utah Department of Health Human Services nearly two years later.
But it’s unclear how reproductive care access has changed across Utah’s communities since abortion restrictions were triggered in 2022 by a U.S. Supreme Court decision.
Although the Republican-led state continues to require doctors to collect extensive data from abortion patients, which some health experts say stigmatizes and makes it more difficult to access care, Utah scaled down the abortion statistics it publishes after the policy upheaval.
“It’s a little bit the worst of all possible worlds, in that they both still have these reporting requirements in place, and they also, for all intents and...
- Title
- ‘I should have taken the misdemeanor’: SLC Council member apologizes after homeless campus news
- Runtime
- 1:33
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- (Correction: The video says city officials announced the homeless campus location. It was state officials who announced the decision.)
In a packed Wednesday night meeting at Rose Park’s Day-Riverside Library, Salt Lake City Council member Victoria Petro apologized to her neighbors.
“I’m sorry,” Petro said, her voice breaking with emotion. “I should have violated closed-session law. I should have taken the misdemeanor, and I should have told you sooner, but I didn’t. But this is what we can do now. So please use this moment.”
The west-side council member’s comments came hours after state officials announced a 1,300-bed homeless campus would be built on city-owned land at 2520 N. 2200 West.
About 70 people crammed into the library’s meeting room to have their voices heard on the selection of the site.
State homelessness coordinator Wayne Niederhauser and Utah Homeless Services Board...
- Title
- SLC Council member Victoria Petro apologizes to west-siders after homeless campus site revealed
- Runtime
- 0:37
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- In a meeting with west-siders at the Salt Lake City Library's Day-Riverside branch, City Council member Victoria Petro said she "should have violated closed session law" to tell residents about site of a proposed homeless campus sooner.
Video by Jordan Miller
The Salt Lake Tribune
- Title
- ‘Gay purges’ and ‘moral policing’: New research examines BYU police force’s complicated history
- Runtime
- 2:34
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- It started with a fake personal ad in a popular 1970s newsletter for Utah’s gay and lesbian community.
Placed by a Brigham Young University student using the alias John Friday, the ad read it was “not fair” that gay students at BYU were forced to hide their identities or face expulsion. He wanted to start “an underground” group, according to a copy of the ad, and he encouraged gay students and nearby residents to reach out to him.
It was a trap.
A recent Yale Law School graduate dug into the BYU police department's past and how it plays into current Honor Code enforcement.
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2025/08/31/new-research-paper-examines/
Reporting: Courtney Tanner
Video: Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
- Title
- Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats are a popular tourist spot. But they could soon be gone.
- Runtime
- 1:44
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- The Bonneville Salt Flats have shrunk by 75% in the last 100 years, and they could vanish entirely by the end of the century, new research has found.
The flats — beloved by land speed racers, endurance runners, hobbyist rocket launchers and Instagram photographers — are losing about 1 square kilometer, or around 250 acres, per year, according to a study published this month in the journal Geomorphology. At that rate, the flats could completely disappear sometime between 2072 and 2126.
“The rate of decline definitely surprised me,” said Mark Radwin, lead author of the research who completed a Ph.D. in geology at the University of Utah this summer. “That’s potentially within my own lifetime.”
Reporting: Leia Larsen
Video: Trevor Christensen
The Salt Lake Tribune
- Title
- Why Southern Utah is a great place to see Shakespeare
- Runtime
- 4:59
- Date posted
- 9 months ago
- Description
- It might surprise some, but Southern Utah — home to spectacular parks and wilderness areas — is also a great place to see Shakespeare performances.
The Utah Shakespeare Festival brings theater lovers to Cedar City every summer for some of the Bard’s best plays and more obscure works, as well as other performances.
Tribune visual journalist Rick Egan visited this summer to go behind the scenes and discover what makes the festival so special.
