FBI Hunts Kirk Shooting Suspect, Overdose Bill Advances, Trump Trial Begins, U.K. Fires Ambassador, Amazon Robotaxi Launch, New Girl Scout Cookie

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🗓️ 12 September 2025

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Summary

The FBI released images of the suspect in Charlie Kirk’s killing as the manhunt nears 24 hours. California lawmakers passed a bill shielding students from punishment when calling 911 for overdoses. In Florida, the trial begins for Ryan Routh, accused of attempting to assassinate President Trump. In London, Britain fired its U.S. ambassador over ties to Jeffrey Epstein. In business, Amazon launched its Zoox robotaxi service in Las Vegas, and the Girl Scouts unveiled a new rocky road cookie while retiring two fan favorites.

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0:00.0	This is an LA Times Studios podcast.
0:02.0	Hi, I'm Faith Pino, and you're listening to headlines from LA Times Studios.
0:14.0	Here's some of today's top stories from the Los Angeles Times.
0:18.0	Just over 24 hours after the deadly shooting of conservative activist
0:23.4	Charlie Kirk, authorities could be closing in on a suspect. On Thursday morning, the FBI
0:29.4	released security camera images that show a college-age suspect clad in a black, long-sleeved
0:35.7	t-shirt, dark sunglasses, and a baseball cap.
0:39.3	The image captured from the stairwell of a nearby university building is believed to have
0:44.4	been taken just minutes before the shooter fired the fatal shot.
0:48.6	Now the FBI is using crowd videos from the event in an attempt to track the shooter.
0:54.4	Special agent in charge of Salt Lake City's FBI, Robert Bowles, pleaded for the public's help
0:59.9	identifying the suspect.
1:02.0	If you have any video or images from the shooting, we ask you to please submit them to our
1:08.5	digital media tip website at www.fbi.gov slash Utah Valley
1:14.6	shooting. You can also call the FBI at 1-800 call FBI. We truly rely on the public's help in these types of cases, and no tip is too small or insignificant.
1:28.3	The FBI has received more than 130 tips in connection to the shooting.
1:33.3	Investigators believe the shooter arrived on campus at about 1152 a.m.
1:38.3	They believe he then moved through the stairwells and up to the roof of a building across from the shooting location.
1:46.0	Times reporters say overnight investigators recovered a high-powered bolt-action rifle
1:51.0	in a wooded area near the campus in Orem, Utah.
1:55.0	A screwdriver found nearby is also believed to have been used in the shooting,
1:59.0	which investigators say may have been used
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