NEW YORK (AP) — Matthew Dowd opened a floodgate. The MSNBC political analyst, who lost his job shortly after on-air comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination, was the first of many figures to face consequences Thursday for public statements or actions about the shooti...

With a single shot fired from the rooftop of a building more than 100 yards away, it all came crashing down.Kirk’s targeted killing added to an upsurge in political violence in the United States and represents a startling new type of risk for colleges and universities.College campuses are all t...