2:15 PM ET: Bryan Kohberger sentenced

The FBI is asking for the public’s help identifying a person of interest in connection with the fatal shooting of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk. Listen for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

Law enforcement officials says conservative activist and Trump ally Charlie Kirk has died after being shot at an event. Listen for details. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

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Bryan Kohberger has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for the murders of four University of Idaho students. Kohberger declined to speak during the hearing and the victims’ families remain in the dark about his motive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc ... Show More

Gershkovich was wrongfully convicted in a hurried, secret trial that the U.S. government has condemned as a sham. Plus: The head of President Biden’s re-election campaign said he remains committed to his bid for a second term. J.R. Whalen reports. Sign up for the WSJ's free What' ... Show More

In Idaho, Bryan Kohberger faces a judge and the families of the students he murdered as he pleads guilty. In Kentucky, the prosecution calls more than a dozen witnesses in the case of a murdered mom of five. A verdict in Sean Combs's trial and new charges in the Kouri Richins cas ... Show More

On Wednesday, Bryan Kohberger pled guilty to the 2022 Idaho student murders at a hearing inside the Ada County Courthouse in Boise, Idaho. Kohberger initially pled not guilty to the murders when indicted in 2023. Given the gruesome nature of the crimes, prosecutors voiced their i ... Show More

In 2022, Six weeks after the murders of the Idaho Four, Bryan Kohberger was arrested in Pennsylvania. Fast forward to July of 2025, when just weeks before his trial was set to begin, he pleaded guilty. Later that month, he was sentenced to life in prison. ABC News Kayna Whitworth ... Show More

P.M. Edition for July 19. Evan Gershkovich, the WSJ reporter wrongfully convicted of espionage, was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison. Georgi Kantchev discusses the verdict in a secret trial the U.S. has condemned as a sham. And calls grow for President Biden to step asid ... Show More

Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee want the FBI’s records from its investigation into Matt Gaetz. Lawyers for President-elect Donald Trump say the New York hush money case against him should be thrown out. A judge handed down a sentence for the man convicted of killing a ... Show More

Today the victims’ families will be able to speak directly to the PHD student who brutally stabbed 4 University of Idaho students to death while they slept. But the big question… will Bryan Kohberger finally address the court and explain WHY he committed the heinous crimes? Even ... Show More

Convicted murderer Bryan Kohberger will be back in court July 23 for sentencing. As part of his plea deal, we already know what his sentence will likely be: he’ll spend the rest of his life in prison without the option of parole. But the hearing will give the victims’ families, f ... Show More

Catherine, Princess of Wales, shares an update on her health after revealing her cancer diagnosis earlier this year. A tropical storm is strengthening in the Gulf of Mexico. The federal trial for the former Memphis police officers involved in the fatal arrest of Tyre Nichols star ... Show More