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Crime scene tape surrounds Utah Valley University after Turning Point USA CEO and co-founder Charlie Kirk was shot and killed Sept. 13, 2025, in Orem, Utah.
Charlie Kirk Shot at 31
October 1, 2025
Jake Stoltz, left, and Trevor Woods of the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, remotely pilot a Draganflyer X4ES drone during a demonstration at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, N.D. on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. They were demonstrating possible law enforcement applications in conjunction with the Grand Forks Police Department, for an unmanned aircraft vehicle conference. Woods is the technical direction of the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, as designated by the Federal Aviation Administration.
School Safety Takes Flight: Drone Eyes in the Skies
October 1, 2025
Jake Stoltz, left, and Trevor Woods of the John D. Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, remotely pilot a Draganflyer X4ES drone during a demonstration at the Alerus Center in Grand Forks, N.D. on Tuesday, June 24, 2014. They were demonstrating possible law enforcement applications in conjunction with the Grand Forks Police Department, for an unmanned aircraft vehicle conference. Woods is the technical direction of the Northern Plains UAS Test Site, as designated by the Federal Aviation Administration.
School Safety Takes Flight: Drone Eyes in the Skies
October 1, 2025
Diep Nguyen shows a Labubu doll to media during the opening of Germany's first shop for Labubu plush dolls in Berlin, July 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Labubu: The Rise of a Modern Icon
October 1, 2025
7brew at Tiger point, Florida
A Fresh Brew for You
October 1, 2025
Shawn Levy, from left, Jamie Campbell Bower, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Noah Schnapp, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, Brett Gelman, Matthew Modine, Ross Duffer and Matt Duffer attend "Stranger Things: The First Shadow" Broadway opening night at the New York Marriott Marquis on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in New York.
Stranger Things 5: The Beginning of the End
October 1, 2025
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Panic! at the Admissions desk
October 1, 2025
Taylor Swift arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y.
Baby, that’s show business: Taylor Swift sets records after album and engagement announcements
October 1, 2025
Girls Volleyball game, 2025
Volleyball: Back and Better
October 1, 2025
Girls Volleyball game, 2025
Volleyball: Back and Better
October 1, 2025
Amanda Darrow, director of youth, family and education programs at the Utah Pride Center, poses with books, including "The Bluest Eye," by Toni Morrison, that have been the subject of complaints from parents, on Dec. 16, 2021, in Salt Lake City. Publisher Penguin Random House and PEN America sued a Florida school district Wednesday, May 17, 2023, over its removal of books about race and LGBTQ+ identities, the latest opposition to a policy central to Gov. Ron DeSantis’ agenda as he prepares to run for president. Among the removed books are “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” by Stephen Chbosky, “The Nowhere Girls” by Amy Reed and “Lucky” by Alice Sebold.
Booked and Banned: Blanket bans are not the solution
October 1, 2025
A ninth grader places her cellphone in to a phone holder as she enters class at Delta High School, Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, in Delta, Utah. At the rural Utah school, there is a strict policy requiring students to check their phones at the door when entering every class. Each classroom has a cellphone storage unit that looks like an over-the-door shoe bag with three dozen smartphone-sized slots.
Phone bans: Lockers, Not Lock Screens
October 1, 2025
A CDC pen sits on a table during a meeting of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, in Chamblee, Ga.
Tipping the balance of public health and parental choice
October 1, 2025
Paintbrushes sit piled after community members painted pieces of a mural on a wall that once segregated the town of South Miami, Fla., and has now been dubbed the Unity Wall, Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024.
Repainting the streets of Florida
October 1, 2025
The the Sistine Chapel's bell rings after the election of the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025.
The Oppression of Expression
October 1, 2025
Diep Nguyen shows a Labubu doll to media during the opening of Germany's first shop for Labubu plush dolls in Berlin, July 25, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Labubu: The Rise of a Modern Icon
October 1, 2025
Shawn Levy, from left, Jamie Campbell Bower, Charlie Heaton, Natalia Dyer, Noah Schnapp, Priah Ferguson, Cara Buono, Brett Gelman, Matthew Modine, Ross Duffer and Matt Duffer attend "Stranger Things: The First Shadow" Broadway opening night at the New York Marriott Marquis on Tuesday, April 22, 2025, in New York.
Stranger Things 5: The Beginning of the End
October 1, 2025
Taylor Swift arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024, at UBS Arena in Elmont, N.Y.
Baby, that’s show business: Taylor Swift sets records after album and engagement announcements
October 1, 2025
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