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Erika Kirk is holding tight to a heartbreaking reminder of her late husband Charlie Kirk -- the blood stained pendant he was wearing when he was gunned down less than two weeks ago.

In an interview with The New York Times, Erika revealed she now wears the small St. Michael icon that was ripped from Charlie's body by medics as they fought to stop the bleeding at the Turning Point USA event in Utah. The tiny cross still carries traces of his blood in its crevice ... a haunting memento of the moment America lost the conservative activist.

Gunfire turned a New Hampshire wedding into chaos this weekend ... leaving one man dead and several others injured, and guests fleeing for safety.

The mass shooting went down around 9:30 PM Saturday night at Sky Meadow Country Club in Nashua, where a wedding celebration was underway. Police say a 59-year-old man was killed, while two others suffered gunshot wounds. Cops say several more guests sustained non-gun related injuries while scrambling to escape the mayhem.

Witnesses described panic erupting as shots rang out inside the venue. At first, cops feared there were multiple shooters, but after reviewing surveillance footage, they confirmed there was only one suspect. The gunman was quickly taken into custody, and officers stressed the public was no longer in danger.

Hidden under this crazy-lookin' photo edit is a gorgeous gal from the East Coast ... put down your mac n' cheese and slurp up who's who by reading through these little clues ...

During COVID, she and fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion dropped a fire song -- it pretty much went viral ... "There's some **** in this house!" She's bilingual, she's always spittin' comedy on the 'gram, and she became famous on reality TV!

She knows how to drop like it's hot, and her album dropped earlier this weekend!

Eric Dickerson made it crystal clear this week he's no fan of the Cleveland Browns ... telling TMZ Sports he thinks "they're horrible" -- and he wishes Shedeur Sanders ended up elsewhere.

The Hall of Fame running back minced no words during a chat with us at LAX ... saying he can't stand that the Browns were the ones who ultimately picked the younger Sanders in April's NFL draft.

He told us Cleveland is "a bad football team" with a track record of messing up QBs ... and he admitted he's hoping the org. will eventually just let Shedeur go to another franchise.

As the summer nights simmer, we thought it was only necessary to show you these sunny sunset snaps and go out with a glimmer! The celebs are soaking up every last ray and stars like Patrick Schwarzenegger are showin' out with sunsets and posing with his bae ...

Abby Champion snuggled up with her 'White Lotus' bf -- wonder if he went full frontal under the night light 👀! Rapper Ludacris "acted a fool" in the hot tub ... and Beyonce lit up and sipped a sunset bevy!

Oh, and check out top model Alessandra Ambrosio, who of course struck a pretty pose with a stunning backdrop ...

Comedian Guy Branum says he's going to drag the man he claims hit him on a Delta flight to court ... 'cause he's ready to press charges and sue.

We got Guy out in Los Angeles and our photog asked him about his recent Delta flight, where Guy claimed a man sitting next to him elbowed him in the ribs for being too fat.

Guy showed us a bruise from the alleged elbow swing and says he's going to file a police report and a lawsuit ... telling the man, "You can't hit somebody because you think they're fat."

The path alleged Charlie Kirk murderer Tyler Robinson allegedly took on his way to shoot Charlie at Utah Valley University has been recreated ... and it's all on video.

Check out this project from field reporter Tayler Hansen ... he matched up footage of Tyler and retraced his steps.

He even used some of the video we first showed you of Tyler walking through a neighborhood on his way to and from campus.

Tayler walks through the same neighborhood on his way to the campus building rooftop where Tyler allegedly took up position before shooting Kirk.

It's pretty interesting to see all this from the ground level ... we've mostly seen aerial drone footage and angles from surveillance cams.

Champagne Papi is trading bubbly for beers ... because Drake went all the way to Germany to hit up Oktoberfest.

Drizzy just posted a photo dump from his Oktoberfest adventure ... and he got in the spirit, because he's wearing his own custom lederhosen.

Drake looks like he's rolling with his entourage ... and everyone in the group grabbed a big mug of Germany's finest beer and chugged.

Jordon Hudson is never far from Bill Belichick, it seems ... because she whispered in his ear as the University of North Carolina football team warmed up for a game.

Check out this video of Jordon and Bill on the sidelines Saturday at the Acrisure Bounce House in Orlando, FL ... where UNC traveled to take on the UCF Knights.

Jordon walks right up to Bill in her high heel boots and miniskirt and speaks into his ear ... feet from where his football players are getting ready to play.

Lori Harvey's bringing the heat to Mexico ... flaunting her flawless bikini body in some sexy snaps from a vacation south of the border.

The model just shared a bunch of photos from her trip to the One&Only Mandarina in Nayarit ... a super expensive and exclusive oceanfront resort.

We broke the story ... Lori jetted down to Mexico with her ex boyfriend Damson Idris in tow ... and it looked like they may be giving their relationship another shot.

Fall's finally here ... and we wanna know if you can guess who these celebs with the falling-off tops are!

There's no need to be cheeky about it, because sometimes the feeling of the crisp autumn breeze on bare skin really does wonders for the senses -- which these celebs know all too well!

Travis Kelce and Patrick Mahomes are making their mommas proud ... thanks to their new venture together ... a fancy steakhouse.

Donna Kelce and Randi Mahomes went out for dinner this week at 1587 Prime in Kansas City ... and they shared a photo from their table.

The football moms are smiling and holding up postcards from the steakhouse ... showing women with jerseys from the football lives of Travis and Patrick.

Van Jones says Charlie Kirk sent him a message about getting together to respectfully disagree about some major issues the day before he died ... and it underscored what Kirk was all about.

Van shared the alleged DM from Charlie with Anderson Cooper on CNN ... and it's basically Charlie reaching out to get Van to debate him on the Charlotte train stabbing.

Van and Charlie had been going back and forth over whether the Ukrainian refugee who was killed was attacked because she was white ... and the beef was heated. But Van says Charlie reached out to have a civilized and gentlemanly discussion.

It's splitsville for a reality TV couple ... "The Amazing Race" winners Derek Xiao and Claire Rehfuss are pulling the plug on their relationship after four years of dating.

Claire, who met Derek on "Big Brother" Season 23 back in 2021, announced the split Saturday on social media, saying ... "After 4 wonderful years together, Derek and I have decided to end our relationship."

Unclear what led to the split but Claire explains ... "Nothing dramatic happened, just the realization that we're different people who want different things."

Taylor Swift is revealing new details about her upcoming album ... and she says Swifties are in for pure luxury.

In an Instagram video Saturday, Taylor told fans "The Life of a Showgirl" will be jam-packed with goodies for folks who buy the CD and Vinyl.

The 14-time Grammy winner revealed the album will come with exclusive photocards and poems ... and she said she spent tons of time making sure Swifties were getting something extra luxe, like any good showgirl deserves.

Jeffrey Epstein made himself the king on his own chessboard, lording over his queens -- literally!

If that doesn't sound strange enough ... get a load of these photos of Epstein and a bunch of beautiful young women -- who, we're told, were all adults. Our sources with direct knowledge of the bizarre project tell us ... approximately 9 women in their 20s walked into an NYC photo shop in 2016, and asked the staff to take photos of them which would be made into pieces for a chessboard.

We're told the ladies said they were in a chess club, but didn't reveal who the club's president was. Over the next several months, our sources say the women came into the shop and posed for 3-dimensional pics in stylish outfits.