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Conservative Muslims protest Coldplay’s planned concert in Indonesia over the band’s LGBTQ+ support

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:44:56 GMT

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Dozens of conservative Muslims marched in Indonesia’s capital on Friday, calling for the cancellation of Coldplay’s upcoming concert over the British band’s support for the LGBTQ+ community.Coldplay is renowned for interlacing its values with its shows, such as the band’s push for environmental sustainability. Lead singer Chris Martin has been known to wear rainbow colors and wave gay pride flags during performances.The Asian leg of Coldplay’s “Music Of The Spheres World Tour” includes a Nov. 15 concert at Jakarta’s Gelora Bung Karno stadium. More than 70,000 tickets were scooped up in less than two hours when sales opened in May. Jakarta is one of the band’s top streaming hubs with 1.6 million fans in the city.Critics say Coldplay’s show is suggestive, and that the band’s support for the LGBTQ+ community threatens to undermine Indonesia’s moral fiber and corrupt its youth.Nearly 100 demonstrators, many holding banners and sign...

Canada’s veterinarians are not OK

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:44:56 GMT

Everyone knows by now about health-care worker burnout. Nurses fleeing the profession. Doctors retiring early. And the absence of so many of both leaving more crucial work for their increasingly strained colleagues, and the system as a whole. What you may not know, is that things are much the same for vets and vet technicians across the country—and it’s taking a massive toll on the animal caregivers who remain.Lyndsay Armstrong wrote about veterinarian burnout for the Canadian Press, she says part of the issue may be the changing nature of the relationship between people and their pets. “The way that people have become quite obsessed with their animals, I think that the clients are now putting a bit more pressure on the vets, being a bit more harsh with them when they call,” says Armstrong, “we think of our pets like family, and we want them to be treated like family.”Canadians adopted an additional 500,000 pets during the pandemic, and right now there are fewer vets to care f...

Woman dead, man in custody following stabbing at Etobicoke condo

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:44:56 GMT

A woman is dead and a man is in custody following a stabbing in Etobicoke on Friday morning.Police responded to a call at a condo building in the area of The Queensway and Kipling Avenue around 6:10 a.m.A woman was found with stab wounds. She was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries and where she was pronounced dead.Police say a man was taken into custody and brought to hospital with minor injuries.

Biden and Xi will meet Wednesday for talks on trade, Taiwan and managing fraught US-China relations

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:44:56 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet Wednesday in California for talks on trade, Taiwan and managing fraught U.S.-Chinese relations in the first engagement between the leaders of the world’s two biggest economies in nearly a year.The White House has said for weeks that it anticipated Biden and Xi would meet on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in San Francisco, but negotiations went down to the eve of the gathering, which kicks off Saturday.White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said in a statement the leaders would discuss the “continued importance of maintaining open lines of communication” and how the they “can continue to responsibly manage competition and work together where our interests align, particularly on transnational challenges that affect the international community.”China’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement Friday that Xi would attend APEC from Tuesday to Nov. 17 at Biden’s invita...

Blinken says 'far too many' Palestinians have died as Israel wages relentless war on Hamas

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:44:56 GMT

NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that “far too many” Palestinians have died and suffered as Israel wages a relentless war against the militant Hamas group in the Gaza Strip. He urged Israel to minimize harm to civilians and maximize humanitarian assistance that reaches them.Speaking to reporters in New Delhi, Blinken said recent Israeli moves to improve dire conditions in Gaza as its military pushes deeper into the strip — including pauses in military operations to allow Palestinians to move from northern to southern Gaza and the creation of a second safe corridor — are positive but they are not nearly enough.“Much more needs to be done to protect civilians and to make sure that humanitarian assistance reaches them," he said. "Far too many Palestinians have been killed, far too many have suffered these past weeks, and we want to do everything possible to prevent harm to them and to maximize the assistance that gets to them....

Chicago officer charged, relieved of police powers for hitting 8th grader

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:44:56 GMT

CHICAGO — A Chicago Police Department officer is charged after reportedly hitting an eighth grader while off-duty.Craig Lancaster, 55, is now facing felony aggravated battery charges. MORE INFO: Off-duty CPD officer under investigation after shoving 8th grader The police department said he has been relieved of his police powers.School surveillance video from Gresham Elementary shows the officer striking a 14-year-old boy last May.The video does not show the teen interacting with Lancaster before the incident. Lancaster will make his first court appearance next week.

Travel scams target passengers posting to social media about cancellations

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:44:56 GMT

DALLAS (NewsNation) — With Thanksgiving just two weeks away, airport holiday travel is going to ramp up. Now, authorities are warning travelers of new fake social media scams, where accounts pretend to be airlines in an attempt to scam customers. The new wave of travel scams is targeting flyers facing cancellations and delays. As ‘panda diplomacy’ ends, will US get giant pandas back? Fake airline accounts are responding to frustrated travelers turning to social media for answers to their delayed or canceled flights, especially those posting on X, formerly known as Twitter. While the traveler is looking for assistance from the airline companies on the platform, fake scammer bots are out there impersonating these accounts and responding as the airline. These accounts look almost identical to the real, verified accounts. They will respond and ask for all your flight information and personal information along with a fee. But this is a trap. Travelers m...

Dean's Reviews: 'The Marvels'

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:44:56 GMT

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'It feels like I was right next to him': Son hears fallen firefighter's heartbeat after organ donation

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:44:56 GMT

NEW YORK (WPIX) - Family and friends said New York firefighter Billy Moon had the biggest heart. On Thursday, his widow, two young children and parents got to hear that heart again in the chest of the man who received it.Moon died after falling 20 feet during a training exercise in Brooklyn in December 2022. His wife, Kristina Moon, transferred him to LiveOnNY's Donor Care Unit at NYU Langone Health. Five of Moon's organs were transplanted into recipients.  On Thursday night, Moon's family got to meet 63-year-old Richard Grehl, who received Moon's heart just 10 days after going on the donor list."I'm Rich, in more ways than one. Thank you so much," he said when meeting Moon's widow.Kristina Moon used a stethoscope to hear her husband's heart inside Grehl."He was passionate. The passion comes from the heart, so to hear that heart is still beating is very emotional," she said. Efforts underway to save children harmed by Israel-Hamas War Colin Moon, 9, sobbed after hearin...

What caused a mystery odor in northeast Ohio communities?

Published Tue, 18 Feb 2025 23:44:56 GMT

CLEVELAND (WJW) — Residents of some neighborhoods in northeast Ohio have reported a strange odor lingering in several local communities in recent weeks.The fire department in Lakewood, Ohio, told FOX 8 last Wednesday that firefighters had responded to reports of a “lighter fluid” or “charcoal” smell in southern parts of the city. Lakewood fire officials said the odor has since dissipated. Have a $2 bill? How to know if it’s worth thousands Now, officials with the NASA Glenn Research Center say they might have an answer to the mystery odor — and it's more unexpected than residents may have guessed!"NASA Glenn develops new technologies that advance aviation and space exploration. As part of that mission, we routinely run tests in our facilities to simulate flight conditions. Sometimes, during those tests, we use jet fuel, and it can leave a smell," a NASA Glenn spokesperson said in a statement. Henry Winkler makes surprising confession at FOX 8 visit Officials say the tests, ...