• Despite reports of a "person of interest" being detained late Wednesday, the suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk remains at large as of Thursday morning. Authorities in Utah recovered a high-powered, bolt-action rifle popular with hunters in some woods near the Utah Valley University campus where the shooting occurred, and they say the suspect is likely "college-aged." [New York Times]
  • The talk has naturally turned to violent rhetoric, and the ways in which those on the left are calling for calm while some Republicans, Trump included, are going to use this event to foment all-out war on liberals and Democrats writ large, and it could lead to a "downward slide into authoritarianism." [Chronicle]
  • FBI Director Kash Patel was forced to backtrack Wednesday after irresponsibly declaring that a "the person who killed Charlie Kirk" was in custody, later saying that a person of interest had been released and "the investigation continues." [New York Times]
  • There was a stabbing Wednesday afternoon in San Francisco, in the area of near Junipero Serra Boulevard and Ocean Avenue, not far from Commodore Sloat Elementary School, which sent one person to the hospital with life-threatening injuries. [Chronicle]
  • Kaiser Permanente has announced that, in spite of FDA guidance last month, it is making the COVID vaccine booster available to all of its patients over the age of 6 months, free of charge. [NBC Bay Area]
  • The annual ceremonies took place this morning marking the 24th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, in New York, at the Pentagon, and in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. [CBS News]
  • An MSNBC analyst, Matthew Dowd, has already been fired for seeming insensitive on air about the killing of Charlie Kirk, saying, "hateful thoughts lead to hateful words, which then lead to hateful actions." [New York Times]