Survivor recalls losing brother in deadly crowd surge at Astroworld music festival: "He did not deserve this!"
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Some survivors of Friday's deadly crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston say authorities did not do enough to prevent the tragedy.
Eight people were killed when a crowd pushed forward, after rapper Travis Scott took the stage. Some in the audience were crushed, while others were desperately trying to get Scott's attention. But the concert continued for almost 40 minutes after officials declared a mass casualty event.
The oldest victim was 27 years old; the youngest was 14.
President Joe Biden said France was America's "first friend" at its founding and is one of its closest allies more than two centuries later as he was honored with a state visit Saturday by French President Emmanuel Macron aimed at showing off their partnership on global security issues and easing past trade tensions.
The Consumer Federal Protection Bureau last week launched an inquiry into what the agency is calling "junk fees in mortgage closing costs." These additional fees, involving home appraisal, title insurance and other services, have spiked in recent years and can add thousands of dollars to the final cost of buying a home.
Retired Maj. Gen. William Anders, the former Apollo 8 astronaut who took the iconic "Earthrise" photo showing the planet as a shadowed blue marble from space in 1968, was killed Friday when the plane he was piloting alone plummeted into the waters off the San Juan Islands in Washington state. He was 90.