killing

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Efforts to turn Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk into a pop culture icon after his killing last September have backfired spectacularly, with online parodists meme-ifying his image.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

The Sikh community has strongly condemned the killing and told the BBC worries about Digwa's behaviour in the past had prompted them to bar him from one of their places of worship in Southampton.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Horvath has been a vocal advocate for victims of the Palisades fire, which ignited Jan. 7, 2025, destroying nearly 7,000 buildings and killing 12.

From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2026

Christoph Schweizer points to higher revenues and head count in response to predictions that the technology is killing his industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

In Lima a few days later, Jaime Bayona heard a rumor that someone in the audience had called the director of Peru’s TB program and told him, “Paul Farmer says you’re killing patients.”

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French