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Mourning Kirk : Vice President JD Vance abandoned plans Thursday to attend a commemoration of the Sept. 11 terrorist attack in New York and instead headed to Salt Lake City, Utah, to pay respects to the family of his friend, assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk, Sabrina Eaton writes. Kirk, the 31-year-old co-founder of Turning Point USA, was shot on the campus of Utah Valley University on Wednesday afternoon. In a lengthy tribute posted on X Wednesday night, Vance recounted how their friendship began around 2017 when Kirk, then barely known to him, sent an encouraging message after the Cincinnati Republican appeared on Tucker Carlson’s Fox show.

Uncivil discourse : Civil discourse advocates across Northeast Ohio expressed shock and sadness over the assa

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