Charlie Kirk's accused assassin faces hearing on appointment of defense counsel

The Utah trade school student charged with murdering right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk was due back in court on Monday for a largely procedural hearing expected to formalize the appointment of his legal defense team. Tyler Robinson, 22, is accused of firing the single rifle shot from a rooftop sniper's perch that took Kirk's life on Sept 10 while Kirk, a close ally of President Donald Trump, was addressing a crowd on a university campus in Orem, Utah. Robinson, arrested after a 33-hour manhunt, has been jailed without bond on charges of aggravated murder and several other criminal offenses, and prosecutors said they will seek the death penalty if he is convicted. He has not entered a plea and will...