Eight dead and ‘hundreds’ injured as fans dance on ambulances in crowd crush at Houston rap concert

At least eight people were killed and ‘hundreds’ injured in a crush and stampede during a performance by rapper Travis Scott at a music festival he launched.

Seventeen people were taken to hospital, 11 suffering from cardiac arrests, while many more were injured, police confirmed.

A 10-year-old was among those hurt, officials said.

Festivalgoers have described the chaos as people surged to the front, with footage showing fans dancing on ambulances trying to reach those hurt.

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No Joke: Taliban Asks for International Aid to Help It Fight…Climate Change

Kyle Shideler, the Director/Senior Analyst for Homeland Security & Counterterrorism at the Center for Security Policy, said it best: “They may have a 7th-century law code, but they grift with the best of the 21st century.” The Taliban does indeed appear to have caught on to one of the most lucrative gravy trains of the first part of the 21st century and are eager to get in on the loot; the jihad terror group has issued a call for aid from international organizations to help it fight the scourge of climate change.

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Poll: One in five Americans say they’re willing to eat insects

Topping the list are online Mexicans. Fully four in ten (40%) say they would be willing to eat food with insect ingredients as part of their regular diet, or are already doing so. Indeed, one in three (33%) say the same about eating whole insects. There is a long history of insect-eating in Mexico, which is home to more edible insect species than any other country in the world.

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Is there anyone in the Canadian Forces not being investigated?

Forces, civilian prosecutors discussing possible charges against Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson

The Canadian Forces National Investigation Service (CFNIS) is consulting with civilian prosecutors in Ontario to determine if criminal charges should be laid against Vice-Admiral Haydn Edmundson over a rape allegation that he denies, says the complainant’s lawyer.

Retired Canadian Forces member Stéphanie Viau went public with her claims in March. Since February 2021, 11 current and former senior Canadian military leaders have been sidelined, investigated or forced into retirement from some of the highest ranking posts in the Armed Forces.

Viau alleged that she was a 19-year-old steward in the navy when Edmundson, a superior and lieutenant commander in 1991, started exposing his genitals to her onboard a navy ship deployed to the Pacific Ocean for an exercise.

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‘Absolute shock’: Neighbours react to police shooting death of 70 yr. old Port Dover Gunsmith

KITCHENER – Neighbours are speaking out about the Port Dover man who was shot and killed by police on Wednesday.

The Special Investigations Unit said Toronto Police were executing a search warrant at a home on Port Ryerse Road around 12 p.m.

A 70-year-old man was shot and taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

h/t Jaedo

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The Horror! Climate depression is real. And it is spreading fast among our youth

If you are anything like me, you think of the climate emergency a lot. Possibly every waking hour. Perhaps you experience the psychological tension caused by feeling trapped between the truth of climate and ecological destruction on the one hand and inaction from world leaders on the other. I feel this tension myself, and as a parent and climate activist, I see it affecting young people especially hard.

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Gunmen ‘storm five-star Hyatt hotel in Cancun’

Gunmen have reportedly stormed a five-star hotel in Cancun that is popular with American tourists.

Guests are reportedly seeking shelter at the Hyatt Ziva Riviera Cancun resort in Mexico.

The U.S. embassy in Mexico said on Thursday consulate officials were looking into social media reports of shots being fired at the hotel.

Twitter – Cancun

Update – sounds like cartel crap: “Confirmation of the deaths of 2 drug traffickers and an injured woman after an armed commando group entered a hotel complex near #Cancun , to #Mexique , during an attack against a rival group.”

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