New York Liberty star Natasha Cloud made an emotional plea for gun legislation in America after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed Wednesday during a speaking event on the campus of Utah Valley University. 

Cloud took to social media in the aftermath of Kirk’s killing to call for tougher gun laws.

“I AM TIIIRRREEEED,” the WNBA star wrote in a post on X. “We need legislation surrounding our firearms. NO FAMILY deserves to lose a loved one when these are CONTROLLABLES. Your 2nd amendment was written for guns that took powder. Not military grade weapons. We’re the leading country in gun related deaths.” 

Cloud mentioned a shooting at a high school in the Denver suburbs on Wednesday that left three teenagers hospitalized in critical condition, including the suspected shooter. 

In separate posts on Thursday, Cloud suggested that outrage surrounding Kirk’s death should be echoed for the victims of school shootings. 

“Continuing to send families prayers instead of voting for legislation to ACTUALLY protect those families and yours is reckless,” she wrote in another post Thursday. “Gun violence doesn’t discriminate. Doesn’t matter what dumba– party you’re a part of. How much money you have. Etc.” 

Conservative activist Charlie Kirk debates with students during his American Comeback Tour stop at CSUN in Northridge, Calif., March 6, 2025. (Benjamin Hanson/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images)

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Kirk, the founder of Turning Point USA, was struck by a single bullet around 12:20 p.m. local time while speaking at an event on the UVU campus in Orem. He was 31. 

Law enforcement and investigators continued their manhunt for the suspect, who remained at large Thursday. Officials revealed they had recovered a weapon and have “good footage” of the gunman, whom they described as being “college age.”

Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk throws hats to the public in San Diego before an event in UC San Diego’s Town Square May 1, 2025.  (Michael Ho Wai Lee/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

President Donald Trump also announced Thursday that Kirk, a married father of two, would be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

“Charlie was a giant of his generation, a champion of liberty and an inspiration to millions and millions of people,” the president said. “Our prayers are with his wonderful wife, Erika, and his beautiful children  – fantastic people they are. We miss him greatly.”

Fox News Digital’s Greg Norman and Sophie Compton contributed to this report. 

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Thursday marks the 24th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that saw two planes flown into the Twin Towers in New York, killing nearly 3,000.

Kevin Danni was there. The St. Francis High graduate and father of Golden Knights linebacker Luke Danni reflects back every anniversary on how he escaped from the 61st floor of the South Tower.

“I’m so lucky there were so many who sacrificed to save me,” he said.

Danni told his story to a rapt audience earlier this week at a meeting of the YMCA of the Foothills QB Club, where he is president.

He was 22 years old, a recent graduate of Occidental College and had been sent to Morgan Stanley in New York to begin training at the Twin Towers on Sept. 10, 2001. The next morning, a training meeting ended up being 15 minutes late because a speaker went too long, so during a break, he decided not to go to the observation deck on the 107th floor.

Instead, he looked out a window and saw what he thought was confetti flying around, It was papers from the aftermath of a plane running into the North Tower. Soon he saw a fire. At first, evacuation from the South Tower was not recommended. But Danni said the head of security, Rick Rescorla, overrode orders and told everyone to leave.

When Danni reached the 55th floor walking down the stairs, he heard an explosion. “The walls cracked,” he said.

It was a plane hitting the South Tower.

“I knew it was a terrorist attack,” he said. “I started to descend and passed firefighters going up the stairs. It took 45 minutes to evacuate.”

When he went outside, he said, “I saw both on fire.”

He went to find a pay phone so he could call his loved ones and tell them he was OK. Then the towers started to collapse.

“I heard a rumble,” he said. “It was 57 minutes since the plane hit. I saw the dust cloud. I turned and ran.”

Danni said he learned the security man, Rescorla, after escorting employees outside, went back up to make sure all had been evacuated from the office. The security man and 343 firefighters perished trying to help others.

“I got to see so many acts of heroism,” Danni said.

He was dating his future wife, Helena, at the time. They eventually married and their son, Luke, was born. This week he’ll be having fun watching Luke play quarterback for St. Francis on Friday night against Muir.

“Every 9/11, he says, ‘Dad, I’m glad you’re here,’” Kevin said.

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UFC fighters’ pay — or lack thereof — has been a recent hot-button topic.

It is widely estimated that fighters are given a smaller share of the organization’s revenue compared to athletes in other leagues and fighting promotions.

There is also much speculation that despite astronomical growth in recent years, fighters’ pay has not scaled along with it.

UFC president Dana White admitted that fighters “don’t want” fans to know “what they got paid,” but not because they don’t make enough.

Rather, White believes they don’t want to give “handouts” when people find out how much they actually make.

“There’s no gag order on any of these fighters. They could all sit down and do full interviews on how much they make and what they were paid …” White told Vegas PBS. “When people find out what you made, it makes life a lot tougher. There are a lot of people sitting around looking for handouts when they find out you made millions of dollars.”

Ultimate Fighting Championship CEO Dana White speaks on stage on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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White’s net worth is an estimated $500 million, and the UFC recently just scored a nearly-$8 billion deal with Paramount.

In 2014, former UFC fighters filed a suit in Las Vegas federal court, seeking class-action status, accusing the company of using “an anticompetitive scheme of long-term exclusive fighter contracts, coercion, and acquisitions of rival MMA promoters to establish and maintain dominance in the MMA industry and suppress fighter compensation,” according to a Forbes report on developments in the suit.

Dana White and his wife Anne arrive at the Rotunda in January 2025. (RICKY CARIOTI/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

That suit resulted in a $375 million settlement last year.

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