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Charles James Kirk (October 14, 1993 โ September 10, 2025) was an American right-wing political activist, entrepreneur, and media personality. He co-founded the conservative organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA) in 2012 and was its executive director. He published a range of books and hosted The Charlie Kirk Show, a talk radio program.
Erika Lane Kirk (nรฉe Frantzve; born November 20, 1988) is an American businesswoman and podcaster who is the CEO of the conservative organization Turning Point USA (TPUSA). Born in Ohio, she grew up in Arizona and won Miss Arizona USA in 2012. She founded Everyday Heroes Like You, a nonprofit supporting under-recognized charities, and hosts the Midweek Rise Up podcast.
James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host and comedian. He is best known as the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live! . Kimmel has hosted the Primetime Emmy Awards three times, in 2012, 2016 and 2020, and the Academy Awards four times, in 2017, 2018, 2023, and 2024.
ChatGPT is a generative artificial intelligence chatbot developed by OpenAI and released in 2022. It currently uses GPT-5, a generative pre-trained transformer (GPT), to generate text, speech, and images in response to user prompts. It is credited with accelerating the AI boom, an ongoing period of rapid investment in and public attention to the field of artificial intelligence (AI).
Alien: Earth is an American science fiction horror television series created by Noah Hawley. It is the first television series in the Alien franchise and is set two years before the events of the 1979 film Alien. The series stars Sydney Chandler, Alex Lawther, Essie Davis, Samuel Blenkin, Babou Ceesay, Adarsh Gourav, and Timothy Olyphant in main roles.
Zubeen Garg (born Zubeen Borthakur; Assamese pronunciation: [zubin bษษนtสฐakuษน]; 18 November 1972 โ 19 September 2025) was an Indian musician, singer, composer, songwriter, instrumentalist, actor, director, filmmaker, poet, philanthropist who primarily worked and sang in the Assamese, Bengali, and Hindi-language film and music industries.
The following notable deaths occurred in 2025. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
Dancing with the Stars (American TV series) season 34
The thirty-fourth season of Dancing with the Stars premiered on ABC and Disney+ on September 16, 2025, and is scheduled to conclude on November 25, 2025. This season, marking the twentieth anniversary of the series, is the third to air live on both networks simultaneously, and was the first of ABC's unscripted programs to earn an official renewal for their 2025โ26 schedule.
Marvel Zombies is a 2025 adult animated television miniseries created by Bryan Andrews and Zeb Wells for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics series of the same name. It is intended to be the 16th television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from Marvel Studios and is produced by Marvel Studios Animation.
Tylenol () is a brand of medication, advertised for reducing pain, reducing fever, and relieving the symptoms of allergies, cold, cough, headache, and influenza. The active ingredient of its original flagship product is paracetamol (known in the United States, Canada, and various other countries as acetaminophen), an analgesic and antipyretic.
The 6-7 meme (/sษชks. หsษ. vษn/ ) is an internet meme and slang term that emerged in early 2025 on TikTok and Instagram Reels. It originated from the repeated lyric "6-7" in the song "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla, which was used on social media in video edits of professional basketball players such as LaMelo Ball who is 6 feet 7 inches (2. 01 meters) tall.
XXX (stylized as xXx and pronounced Triple X) is a 2002 American action spy film directed by Rob Cohen, produced by Neal H. Moritz and written by Rich Wilkes. The first installment in the xXx film series, the film stars Vin Diesel as Xander Cage, a thrill-seeking extreme sports enthusiast, stuntman, and rebellious athlete-turned-reluctant spy for the National Security Agency.
The Rapture is an eschatological position held by some Christians, particularly those of American evangelicalism, consisting of an end-time event when all dead Christian believers will be resurrected and, joined with Christians who are still alive, together will rise "in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air".
Burudi Ali Johnson (October 1, 1979 โ September 23, 2025) was an American professional football player who was a running back for eight seasons in the National Football League (NFL), primarily with the Cincinnati Bengals. He played college football for the Auburn Tigers and was selected by the Bengals in the fourth round of the 2001 NFL draft.
Masour Ousmane Dembรฉlรฉ (French pronunciation: [us. man dan. be. le]; born 15 May 1997) is a French professional footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris Saint-Germain and the France national team. Considered one of the best players in the world, Dembรฉlรฉ is one of ten players to have won the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League, and the Ballon d'Or in their career.
On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk, an American right-wing political activist, was assassinated while addressing an audience on the campus of Utah Valley University (UVU) in Orem, Utah, United States. The outdoor event was the first stop of the season for the American Comeback Tour, a speaking and debate series planned by Turning Point USA, a conservative organization he co-founded.
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy family in New York City, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
International recognition of Palestine
As of September 2025, the State of Palestine is recognized as a sovereign state by 157 of the 193 member states of the United Nations (UN), or approximately 81% of all UN members. It has been a non-member observer state of the UN General Assembly since November 2012.
Jolly LLB 3 is a 2025 Indian Hindi-language legal comedy drama film written and directed by Subhash Kapoor. It is the third installment in the Jolly LLB series and the sequel to Jolly LLB 2. The film stars Akshay Kumar, Arshad Warsi, and Saurabh Shukla, with Amrita Rao and Huma Qureshi all reprising their roles from the previous films.
Hilaria Baldwin (born Hillary Lynn Hayward-Thomas; January 6, 1984) is an American yoga instructor, entrepreneur, podcaster, and author. She was the co-founder of a chain of New York-based yoga studios called Yoga Vida, and has released an exercise DVD and a wellness-focused book. Baldwin has been married to actor Alec Baldwin since 2012.
Carlos Irwin Estรฉvez (born September 3, 1965), known professionally as Charlie Sheen, is an American actor. He is known as a leading man in film and television. Sheen has received numerous accolades including a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for four Primetime Emmy Awards and three Screen Actors Guild Awards.
Huntington's disease (HD), also known as Huntington's chorea, is a neurodegenerative disease that is mostly inherited. It typically presents as a triad of progressive psychiatric, cognitive, and motor symptoms. The earliest symptoms are often subtle problems with mood or mental/psychiatric abilities, which precede the motor symptoms for many people.
1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
The Tiananmen Square protests, known within China as the June Fourth Incident, were student-led demonstrations held in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China, lasting from 15 April to 4 June 1989.
Santeshivara Lingannaiah Bhyrappa (20 August 1931 โ 24 September 2025) was an Indian novelist, philosopher and screenwriter who wrote in Kannada. His work is popular in the state of Karnataka and he is widely regarded as one of modern India's popular novelists. His novels are unique in terms of theme, structure, and characterization.
Robyn Rihanna Fenty ( ree-AN-ษ; born February 20, 1988) is a Barbadian singer, businesswoman, and actress. Known for her musical versatility and artistic reinventions, she is an influential figure in both music and fashion. Rihanna is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with estimated sales of over 250 million records.
The Ballon d'Or (French pronunciation: [balษฬ dษส] ; lit. 'Golden Ball') is an annual football award presented by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player deemed to have performed the best over the previous season. Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran, the Ballon d'Or was based exclusively on voting by football journalists up until 2006.
Paracetamol, or acetaminophen, is a non-opioid analgesic and antipyretic agent used to treat fever and mild to moderate pain. It is a widely available over-the-counter drug sold under various brand names, including Tylenol and Panadol. Paracetamol relieves pain in both acute mild migraine and episodic tension headache.
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award is India's highest award in the field of cinema, given by the Government of India and presented annually at the National Film Awards. The recipient is honoured for their "outstanding contribution to the growth and development of Indian cinema" and is selected by a committee consisting of eminent personalities from the Indian film industry.
Typhoon Ragasa, known in the Philippines as Super Typhoon Nando, is a powerful and active tropical cyclone that severely affected the northernmost portions of Luzon in the Philippines and Hualien County in Taiwan, and is currently affecting South China, Hong Kong and Macau. It is also, so far, the most intense tropical cyclone recorded in 2025.
Priscilla Ann Presley (nรฉe Wagner, formerly Beaulieu; born May 24, 1945) is an American businesswoman and actress. She was married to singer Elvis Presley from 1967 to 1973. Presley later co-founded and chaired Elvis Presley Enterprises (EPE), which oversaw the public opening of Graceland as a museum.
The Shar Pei (Chinese: ๆฒ็ฎ; Cantonese Yale: shฤ pรจih; pinyin: shฤ pรญ) is a dog breed from southern China. Traditionally kept as a property guardian, the shar pei was driven to the brink of extinction in the 20th century. The breed is known in the West for its deep wrinkles, while a traditional less wrinkled form is maintained in Hong Kong.
The killing of Iryna Zarutska occurred on August 22, 2025, at the East/West Boulevard station on the Lynx Blue Line, in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States. Iryna Zarutska, a Ukrainian refugee who had fled her country because of the Russian invasion, was fatally stabbed. The suspected assailant, Decarlos Brown Jr., was arrested upon exiting the train and charged with first-degree murder.
2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship
The 2025 FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship is the 21st staging of the FIVB Men's Volleyball World Championship, contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fรฉdรฉration Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB).
Slow Horses is a British spy thriller television series based on the Slough House series of novels by Mick Herron, created by Will Smith. It follows an MI5 unit where disgraced or failed agents are consigned, under the supervision of Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman). It also stars Jack Lowden, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sophie Okonedo, Jonathan Pryce, Saskia Reeves, Rosalind Eleazar, and Christopher Chung.
Maria Steen (nรฉe Davin) is an Irish conservative campaigner. Described as an "Orthodox Catholic" and an "arch-conservative", Steen was a member of the Iona Institute, a socially conservative and Catholic organisation in the 2010s. She was part of the unsuccessful opposition campaigns against the 2015 referendum to legalise same-sex marriage in Ireland and the 2018 referendum to legalise abortion.
Dancing with the Stars (American TV series)
Dancing with the Stars is an American dance competition television series that premiered on ABC on June 1, 2005. It is the American version of the British reality TV competition Strictly Come Dancing, and is part of the Dancing with the Stars franchise. The show pairs celebrities with professional dancers.
Katherine Elaine Hendrix (born December 28, 1970) is an American actress. She is known for her roles in Dynasty, Superstar, Romy and Michele's High School Reunion, the 1995 Get Smart series, the 1998 remake of The Parent Trap, Inspector Gadget 2, and the 2004 pseudoscience film What the Bleep Do We Know! ?
List of stations owned or operated by Sinclair Broadcast Group
Sinclair Broadcast Group, a publicly traded American telecommunications conglomerate, owns or operates 294 television stations across the United States in 89 markets ranging in size from as large as Washington, D.C. to as small as Ottumwa, Iowa/Kirksville, Missouri.
Jeffrey Edward Epstein (January 20, 1953 โ August 10, 2019) was an American financier and child sex offender. Born and raised in New York City, Epstein began his professional career as a teacher at the Dalton School. After his dismissal from the school in 1976, he entered the banking and finance sector, working at Bear Stearns in various roles before starting his own firm.
Hugo Timothรฉe Ekitike (or Ekitikรฉ; born 20 June 2002) is a French professional footballer who plays as a striker for Premier League club Liverpool and the France national team. Ekitike began his professional career at 18 with Stade de Reims, playing for their reserves team before being called up to the senior squad in 2020.
The Fantastic Four: First Steps
The Fantastic Four: First Steps is a 2025 American superhero film based on the Marvel Comics superhero team the Fantastic Four. Produced by Marvel Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, it is the 37th film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) and the second reboot of the Fantastic Four film series.
Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (Koine Greek: ฮฮปฮตฮฟฯฮฌฯฯฮฑ ฮฮตฮฌ ฮฆฮนฮปฮฟฯฮฌฯฯฯ, lit. 'Cleopatra father-loving goddess'; 70/69 BC โ 10 or 12 August 30 BC) was Queen of the Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BC, and the last active Hellenistic pharaoh. A member of the Ptolemaic dynasty, she was a descendant of its founder Ptolemy I Soter, a Macedonian Greek general and companion of Alexander the Great.
Nicholas Joseph Fuentes (born August 18, 1998) is an American far-right political commentator, activist and live streamer known for leading the Groypers. He identifies as a Christian nationalist, and a supporter of authoritarianism, while also associating with the incel subculture. He has been described as a neo-Nazi by various sources.
Instagram is an American photo and short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers.
The Bride! is an upcoming American monster film written, directed, and produced by Maggie Gyllenhaal and starring Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal, and Penรฉlope Cruz. The film draws inspiration from James Whale's 1935 film Bride of Frankenstein, itself adapted from Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus.
Turning Point USA (TPUSA) is an American nonprofit organization that advocates for conservative politics on high school, college, and university campuses. It was founded in 2012 by Charlie Kirk and Bill Montgomery. TPUSA's affiliate groups include Turning Point Endowment, Turning Point Action and TPUSA Faith.
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba โ The Movie: Infinity Castle
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba โ The Movie: Infinity Castle (Japanese: ๅๅ ด็ใ้ฌผๆป ใฎๅใ็ก้ๅ็ทจ, Hepburn: Gekijล-ban Kimetsu no Yaiba: Mugen Jล-hen) is a 2025 Japanese animated dark fantasy action film based on the "Infinity Castle" arc of the 2016โ20 manga series Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba by Koyoharu Gotouge.
Lokah Chapter 1: Chandra is a 2025 Indian Malayalam-language superhero film written and directed by Dominic Arun and produced by Dulquer Salmaan under his banner Wayfarer Films. It stars Kalyani Priyadarshan in the titular role as Chandra, a mysterious woman who arrives in Bengaluru and gets entangled with a gang involved in organ trafficking.
Niall James Horan ( NY-ษl HOR-ษn; born 13 September 1993) is an Irish singer-songwriter. He rose to prominence as a member of the boy band One Direction, formed in 2010 on the singing competition The X Factor. The group released five albums and went on to become one of the best-selling boy bands of all time.
The Summer I Turned Pretty (TV series)
The Summer I Turned Pretty is an American coming-of-age romantic drama television series created by author Jenny Han for Amazon Prime Video. It is based on her novel trilogy: The Summer I Turned Pretty, It's Not Summer Without You, and We'll Always Have Summer.
Superman is a 2025 American superhero film based on the eponymous character from DC Comics. Written and directed by James Gunn, it is the first film in the DC Universe (DCU) and a reboot of the Superman film series. David Corenswet stars as Clark Kent / Superman, alongside Rachel Brosnahan, Nicholas Hoult, Edi Gathegi, Anthony Carrigan, Nathan Fillion, and Isabela Merced.
The 71st National Film Awards, presented by the National Film Development Corporation of India, were announced on 1 August 2025 by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in a press conference to honour the best of Indian cinema in 2023. There were 332 entries in the feature film category, 115 in non-feature films, 27 books, and 16 criticsโ submissions.
Danielle Christine Fishel ( FIH-shษl; born May 5, 1981) is an American actress and director. She began her career in theater, appearing in community productions of The Wizard of Oz and Peter Pan. She made her debut as an actress shortly after, making guest appearances in shows such as Full House and Harry and the Hendersons.
Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 โ April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph.
Lane Monte Kiffin (born May 9, 1975) is an American football coach who is the head coach at Ole Miss. Kiffin held various assistant coaching positions at the University of Southern California from 2001 to 2006, was head coach of the National Football League's Oakland Raiders from 2007 to 2008, head coach at the University of Tennessee in 2009, and at USC from 2010 to 2013.
Antifa () is a left-wing anti-fascist and anti-racist political movement. It consists of a highly decentralized array of autonomous groups in the United States. Antifa political activism includes nonviolent methods of direct action such as poster and flyer campaigns, mutual aid, speeches, protest marches, and community organizing.
The 45th Ryder Cup Matches will be held in the United States from September 26โ28, 2025, on the Black Course of Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York. Europe is the holder of the Ryder Cup after its win over the United States in 2023 at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club. Europe needs 14 points to retain the cup, while the United States needs 14+1โ2 points to win the cup.
Adolescence is a British television psychological crime drama series created by Jack Thorne and Stephen Graham and directed by Philip Barantini. It centres on a 13-year-old schoolboy, Jamie Miller (Owen Cooper), who is arrested after the murder of a girl in his school. Each of its episodes was shot in one continuous take.
Adelita S. Grijalva (born October 30, 1970) is an American politician who is the U.S. representative-elect for Arizona's 7th congressional district. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as a member of the Pima County Board of Supervisors for District 5 from 2021 to 2025 and on the Tucson Unified School District Governing Board from 2002 to 2022.
Ananta (Sanskrit: เค เคจเคจเฅเคค, lit. 'Without end'; simplified Chinese: ๆ ้ๅคง; traditional Chinese: ็ก้ๅคง; pinyin: Wรบxiร ndร ; lit. 'Infinity'; previously Project Mugen and then Mugen) is an upcoming free-to-play role-playing video game developed by the Hangzhou-based studio Naked Rain along with NetEase Montreal and published by NetEase. It was announced at Gamescom on August 24, 2023.
Harold Dennis "Dickie" Bird (19 April 1933 โ 23 September 2025) was an English cricketer and international cricket umpire. During his long umpiring career, he became a well regarded figure among players and the viewing public, not only due to his high standards as an umpire but also for his many eccentricities.