Alleged Assassin Arrested, Google's AI Challenged & 'The Studio' Wins Big - Monday, September 15, 2025
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 15 September 2025
⏱️ 14 minutes
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The news to know for Monday, September 15, 2025!
We're talking about the person now in custody for killing Charlie Kirk, and the clues authorities are following as they try to figure out a motive.
Also, forget Chicago—President Trump has another city in mind for the next phase of his crime crackdown.
Plus: why many Americans have already started their holiday shopping, how Pope Leo celebrated his birthday at the Vatican, and who the biggest winners were at last night's Emmy Awards.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, September 15th. |
| 0:02.2 | We're talking about the person now in custody for killing Charlie Kirk, and the clues |
| 0:06.2 | authorities are following as they try to figure out a motive. |
| 0:09.6 | Also, forget Chicago, President Trump has another city in mind for the next phase of his crime |
| 0:14.3 | crackdown. |
| 0:15.4 | Plus, why many Americans have already started their holiday shopping, how Pope Leo celebrated |
| 0:19.7 | his birthday at the Vatican, |
| 0:21.7 | and who were the biggest winners at last night's Emmy Awards. |
| 0:24.9 | Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:29.2 | Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in around 10 minutes. |
| 0:33.8 | Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. |
| 0:36.5 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:38.7 | Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:41.0 | You ready? Let's do this. |
| 0:49.4 | A suspect has been arrested for killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk. He's a 22-year-old from Utah, who, as of this morning, has not confessed and is apparently not cooperating with investigators. |
| 0:55.5 | Relatives and a family friend reported the suspect to authorities, saying he implicated himself in the crime. |
| 1:00.8 | Utah's governor, Spencer Cox, says the suspect lived with a romantic partner who was going through a gender transition. |
| 1:07.1 | But at this point, it's not clear of Charlie Kirk's views on transgender identity had anything to do with a motive. |
| 1:12.6 | Kirk had been vocal about his belief that being trans is a, quote, abomination of God and criticized the U.S. government for adding protections for transgender people. |
| 1:21.0 | Governor Cox says the suspect's partner was shocked at the news and is now cooperating with investigators. |
| 1:26.5 | Investigators are also looking into messages |
| 1:28.1 | inscribed on some of the suspect's bullet casings. They include possible references to politics, |
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