A 22-year-old woman has become the ninth person to die from a crowd surge at the Astroworld festival in Houston during a performance by rapper Travis Scott. Bharti Shahani, a college senior, died on Wednesday, attorney James Lassiter announced. “Bharti was a shining star in the community,” he told a news conference. “She was a
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The chief electrician on the film Rust is suing Alec Baldwin and members of the crew and production team, claiming he is suffering “severe emotional distress” following the death of Halyna Hutchins. Serge Svetnoy was inside the church set when Hutchins was shot by Baldwin, standing just feet from the actor. He described being hit
A man has been charged with kidnapping in the case of a missing girl who used hand signals that went viral on TikTok to show a driver she was in danger. The girl was inside a silver Toyota when she made the gesture, created to address a worldwide rise in domestic violence, towards a motorist
The Duke of Sussex has claimed that he warned the boss of Twitter about a coup being staged against the US on the platform just a day before the deadly riots at the Capitol. Prince Harry made the surprising revelation during a RE:WIRED panel event on misinformation in the US. He said he warned Twitter
The US is signalling a return to the world stage in a leadership role on climate, after President Donald Trump withdrew from the Paris climate agreement. The Americans are at COP26 – a show of force – with a 20-strong US delegation fanning out across the summit to press the case for ambitious action. But
Kim Kardashian West has said her family is “in shock” after eight people died at a Travis Scott concert in Texas. Hundreds of fans were injured at the Astroworld festival in Houston on Friday when the crowd rushed the stage, squeezing people so tightly they could not breathe, police said. The eight people who were
Barack Obama has told the COP26 summit that the world is “collectively and individually… still falling short” on fighting climate change. The former US president is making a speech at the start of the second week of the Glasgow event. “We have not done nearly enough to address this crisis. We are going to have
A 16-year-old student and two best friends are among the victims who have been named after a crowd surge at a concert by rapper Travis Scott. At least eight people aged between 14 and 27 were killed in the tragedy at Astroworld Festival in Houston, Texas, on Friday. The disaster happened after some of the
A leading celebrity lawyer believes there will be a charge of “gross negligence at the absolute minimum” over the death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of Rust. Gloria Allred, a women’s rights lawyer known for taking high-profile cases, is representing script assistant Mamie Mitchell, who was standing beside cinematographer Ms Hutchins when she was
Travis Scott has promised to help the families of the eight people who were killed during his concert at the Astroworld festival in Texas, saying he could never “imagine anything like this happening”. The rapper posted an emotional video on social media as police in Houston said they had opened a criminal investigation into the
Rapper Travis Scott says he is “absolutely devastated” after at least eight people were killed in a crowd surge as he performed at a music festival in Texas. In a message posted on social media, the musician said the police had his “total support as they continue to look into the tragic loss of life”.
At least eight people have died in a crowd surge during a Travis Scott concert at Astroworld Festival in Houston, fire officials say. The crowd had moved closer to the stage while Travis Scott was performing when the incident occurred, with several other people injured. The show was called off shortly after. Advertisement
Pfizer’s new experimental COVID-19 antiviral pill cuts the risk of hospitalisation or death by 89%, the company has announced. The results appear to surpass those seen with Merck & Co Inc’s pill Molnupiravir, which was shown last month to halve the likelihood of dying or needing hospital treatment for COVID-19. On Thursday, the UK became
A former crew member on the film Rust said he “never felt as close to death” on a set as he did in the days before Halyna Hutchins was killed. Lane Luper was the lead camera operator for the production but resigned the day before his friend and cinematographer Ms Hutchins was shot dead with
Hollywood star Dwayne Johnson has said he will not use real guns “ever again” on film or TV sets following the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. Speaking on the red carpet for the world premiere of his new Netflix blockbuster Red Notice, the actor – best known as “The Rock” – said that films or
Ghislaine Maxwell’s lawyer has claimed her client’s treatment in a New York jail “rivals scenes of Hannibal Lecter’s incarceration in the movie Silence of the Lambs, despite the absence of the cage and plastic face guard”. In a letter to a federal judge, Bobbi C. Sternheim yet again requested bail for Ms Maxwell. Five previous bail
Children as young as five will be offered coronavirus vaccines in the US, after health officials gave the final sign-off to Pfizer’s jab. Children aged between five and 11 will receive a third of the size of dose given to teens and adults, delivered in two jabs, three weeks apart. The decision marks the first
President Joe Biden has said Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping’s failure to turn up to the COP26 climate summit is a “big mistake”. Addressing reporters at the end of the second day of the climate conference in Glasgow, the president of the United States said China has “walked away” on the biggest issue of our time.
Ghislaine Maxwell was forced to crawl “on her hands and knees” while wearing leg shackles to get into a prison van and attend a pre-trial hearing, her lawyer has claimed. Bobbi Sterheim said Ms Maxwell was woken at 3.45am and arrived at the courthouse at 5.38am but was prevented from looking at her legal materials.
On the pavement outside the Supreme Court in Washington DC, a pro-life activist pours water on an “abortion is healthcare” statement written in white chalk, furiously trying to erase it using his shoe. Another man of similar persuasion carries a plastic doll representing a foetus, shouting “pro-life for all life”. Metres away, pro-choice campaigners huddle