Good evening. Here’s the latest at the end of Friday.
Suspect arrested in the killing of Charlie KirkAuthorities in Utah announced today that they had arrested a 22-year-old man whom they believe shot and killed Charlie Kirk, the influential right-wing activist, in front of thousands of horrified college students. The suspect, Tyler Robinson, turned himself in to face murder charges after evading an intense manhunt for more than 30 hours. He was detained in St. George, Utah, near Zion National Park, roughly 250 miles southwest of the campus where Kirk was killed. Here’s what we know about the suspect. Utah’s governor, Spencer Cox, said that a relative of the suspect had contacted a family friend a day after the shooting. That friend then contacted a sheriff’s office and told officers that Robinson had indicated to his family that he had shot and killed Kirk on Wednesday. Through interviews, investigators also learned that Robinson had criticized Kirk’s politics not long before the shooting. He had also sent messages to his roommate about needing to “retrieve a rifle from a drop point.” For more:
Trump said he would send the National Guard to MemphisPresident Trump said today that Memphis would be the next city to receive a federal deployment of the National Guard. He called the city “deeply troubled.” Gov. Bill Lee, a Republican, said that he was “working closely” with the administration and that the deployment would be part of “a comprehensive mission” with the F.B.I., the Memphis police and the Tennessee highway patrol. Paul Young, Memphis’s Democratic mayor, said, “I don’t think it is the way to drive down crime,” but added: “However, that decision has been made.”
Out of U.S. detention, Korean workers explained confusionHundreds of South Korean workers who had been detained in shackles at an electric vehicle battery plant in Georgia landed in their home country today. They had been swept up in the Trump administration’s largest workplace raid targeting undocumented immigrants. At the airport outside Seoul, the workers tearfully reunited with their families. Some of the workers said that they had been told by their employers that it was OK to work at the plant under a temporary visa. In other immigration news: An ICE officer fatally shot a man who drove his car into the officer during a stop near Chicago, officials said.
Meet the man moving Hollywood with his moneyIt has been only 37 days since Paramount came under the control of David Ellison, the 42-year-old son of the billionaire Larry Ellison. He has already made plenty of waves. Ellison outbid Netflix for a seven-year, $7.7 billion deal to broadcast U.F.C. fights. He poached the “Stranger Things” creators. He shored up the rights to “South Park” in a deal worth at least $1.25 billion. And now he’s preparing a bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, which owns HBO, CNN and the Warner Bros. movie studio. More top news
‘Severance’ and ‘The Pitt’ face off at the EmmysOn Sunday, the Emmy Awards will hand out the television industry’s most coveted prizes. The favorites for best drama are the dystopian workplace show “Severance” and the emergency room series “The Pitt.” As our TV reporter John Koblin writes, the differences between the shows help explain the state of the industry right now. “Severance” features bigger stars, fewer episodes and long breaks between seasons. It is the kind of ambitious show that TV executives want to make, and reportedly cost $20 million per episode. But as viewers have dispersed and budgets have tightened, they are relieved that “The Pitt” has been received so well. Even more popular than those shows, the CBS drama “Tracker” (zero Emmy nominations) has become a hit by keeping it simple.
In ‘Spinal Tap II,’ rock fact and fiction blur againWhen “This Is Spinal Tap” premiered in 1984, many viewers thought the film was a real documentary about an actual band. The confusion was understandable: The mockumentary starred a collection of real musicians playing songs that were indistinguishable from metal anthems at the time. Now, four decades after their big-screen hit, the fictional rock legends reunited for one final concert. Their new film, “Spinal Tap II: The End Continues,” is now in theaters. We talked to the director and the cast about the real-life elements they worked into the movies.
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