Good Morning, News: Expand Sunday Parkways, Oregon Honors (Ugh!) Charlie Kirk, and Blazers Stay Alive Thanks to... Panda Express?

Good Morning, News: Expand Sunday Parkways, Oregon Honors (Ugh!) Charlie Kirk, and Blazers Stay Alive Thanks to... Panda Express?

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Fans Demand FIFA Strip USA of World Cup Hosting Rights Following Charlie Kirk Assassination

Calls are growing among fans for FIFA to reconsider the United States’ role as a primary host of the 2026 World Cup in the wake of the shocking assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk. Kirk, 31, was gunned down on Wednesday while speaking at a Turning Point USA event at Utah Valley University. He was struck in the neck during his appearance, collapsing on stage before being rushed to a hospital, where he later died. President Dona…

Your Daily Phil: Jewish groups ‘horrified’ by Charlie Kirk’s slaying, rising political violence

Good Thursday morning. In today’s edition of Your Daily Phil, we report on the Jewish communal world’s wall-to-wall condemnation of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk yesterday and on the New Israel Fund’s efforts to raise money for Gaza aid projects. To mark the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, we feature an opinion piece by Arnold Roth about his own family’s experience with devastating loss at the hands of terrorists and how…