{"id":3251,"date":"2025-09-22T17:28:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:28:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=3251"},"modified":"2025-09-22T17:28:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T17:28:15","slug":"social-security-announces-new-cost-of-living-adjustment-cola-checks-what-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/?p=3251","title":{"rendered":"Social Security Announces New Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Checks \u2013 What You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During a memorial service for her husband, Erika Kirk shared poignant details about Charlie Kirk\u2019s death. The service was held at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and was also live-streamed online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erika recounted the tragic event at Utah Valley University. Charlie Kirk was addressing a large crowd as part of his \u2018American Comeback\u2019 tour when he was shot in the neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He later died from his injuries. A 22-year-old suspect, Tyler Robinson, was arrested and has since learned that prosecutors will seek the death penalty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking to the attendees, Erika described viewing her husband\u2019s body. She noted that even in death, she could see the man she loved, including a single grey hair she had never mentioned to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She also observed a faint smile on his lips. Erika interpreted this as a sign of a great mercy from God amidst the tragedy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Erika revealed that the attending surgeon had confirmed her belief. The doctor told her that Charlie\u2019s death was instantaneous and that he did not suffer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Separately, a TPUSA spokesperson addressed online speculation about the gunshot wound. He quoted the surgeon, who expressed that the high-caliber bullet should have exited the body but did not, calling it another miracle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During a memorial service for her husband, Erika Kirk shared poignant details about Charlie Kirk\u2019s death. The service was held at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, and was also live-streamed online. Erika recounted the tragic event at Utah Valley University. Charlie Kirk was addressing a large crowd as part of his \u2018American Comeback\u2019 tour&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3253,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251\/revisions\/3253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/topstoryus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}