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(HOUSTON) — A 9-year-old is fighting for his life following the deadly chaos at rapper Travis Scott’s Astroworld Festival, which left eight people dead many more injured last Friday. Now, his family is joining the wave of lawsuits being filed against the event organizers, venue management and performers at the concert. Ezra Blount went to […]

(KENOSHA, Wis.) — A man who was allegedly shot in the arm by Kyle Rittenhouse during a deadly Wisconsin protest testified on Monday that he thought he was going to die as he faced the barrel of a semiautomatic rifle and saw the teenager “re-racking” the weapon. Gaige Grosskreutz, 27, took the witness stand for […]

(NEW YORK) — Vaccine mandates have been yet another controversial move in the deeply divisive COVID-19 pandemic, sparking lawsuits, protests and warnings of reductions in service. But data and experts suggest that they are working. In fact, some organizations saw their employee vaccination rates jump from less than half to over 90%. James Colgrove, a […]

Henry County Police Department via Twitter (HENRY COUNTY, Ga.) — Investigators in Georgia and NBA Hall of Famer Shaquille O’Neal are offering a $30,000 reward for any information regarding a suspect who shot and wounded a police officer last week. Henry County Police Officer Paramhans Desai, 38, was responding to a domestic disturbance on Thursday and […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 755,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. Just 68.3% of Americans ages 12 and up are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according […]

(NEW YORK) — Several lawsuits have been filed so far against several parties connected to the deadly stage surge during Astroworld Festival at NRG Park in Houston, Texas, which left at least eight concertgoers dead and many more injured. Astroworld is a music festival founded by rapper Travis Scott and held annually in Houston. This […]

Nashville Light Mission Pentecostal Church (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Police are hailing a Nashville, Tennessee, pastor as a hero after he tackled a gunman at the church altar. Dezire Baganda, 26, was sitting at the front of the Nashville Light Mission Pentecostal Church on Sunday when he allegedly took out a gun and headed to the altar […]

kali9/iStock (NEW YORK) — Three Ivy League school campuses issued temporary evacuations Sunday afternoon after receiving bomb threats. The incidents at Cornell, Columbia and Brown universities came two days after a similar threat took place at Yale University Friday. The New York Police Department was called to Columbia’s campus around 2:30 p.m. and students and […]

(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 754,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering. Just 68.3% of Americans ages 12 and up are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according […]

(HOUSTON) — At least eight people are dead, including two teenagers, after a crowd surged toward the stage at a massive Houston concert, causing panic and chaos, authorities said. Over 50,000 people were at the first night of this weekend’s sold-out Astroworld music festival at NRG Stadium when, around 9:30 p.m. local time, “the crowd […]