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CTV News
8 hours ago
- Climate
- CTV News
CTV National News: One of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded a wake-up call for B.C.
An 8.8-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Russia on Tuesday night, triggering tsunami warnings and sending millions into panic mode. Andrew Johnson reports.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Yahoo
'So terrifying' - New Yorkers describe scrambling for cover in rush-hour shooting
Workers in New York City have described scrambling out of office blocks, as panic engulfed part of downtown Manhattan when a gunman opened fire and killed four people on Monday. People poured out of skyscrapers and onto the busy streets of the US city, some with their hands in the air, while others sheltered in buildings nearby. The violence unfolded in the early evening inside the 44-storey building at 345 Park Ave, home to the National Football League (NFL) office, as well as financial giants Blackstone and KPMG. Nekeisha Lewis said she was eating dinner with friends on the plaza when she heard gunfire. "I looked up and I saw the first wall of the first floor shatter," she told NBC News. "I realised 'oh my God, this is a shootout'," she said. "It felt like you were in a warzone almost." Ms Lewis then said she saw an injured man run out of the building. "By the time he got to us he said: 'Help, help, I've been shot.'" Ms Lewis said she and her partner helped the man get away from the building before police took over. "It's been literally the most scary situation I've ever been in," she said. Local TV footage showed lines of people evacuating the office building with their hands above their heads in the hours after the killings. Full story: Four dead in shooting at New York City office building 'Hero' policeman died saving lives, say NYC officials Another witness, Jessica Chen, told ABC News she was watching a presentation with dozens of other people on the second floor when she "heard multiple shots go off in quick succession from the first floor". She and others ran into a conference room and barricaded tables against the door. "We were honestly really, really scared," she said, adding that she texted her parents to tell them that she loved them. Some workers from another nearby building were picking up food from a local outlet when they heard a loud noise and saw people running, AP reported. "It was like a crowd panic," said Anna Smith, explaining that she and others had returned to their place of work to find shelter. She said they were told they could leave after about two hours. A BBC journalist at the scene reported seeing scores of police vehicles and at least one person with a bloodied chest being taken away on a stretcher. Bystanders reported hearing what sounded like gunshots and police told those in the area to shelter in nearby buildings. Mama Bouhenni, working at the nearby Sip & Scoop coffee shop as the incident unfolded, told the BBC she saw dozens of people from surrounding buildings being evacuated. They held their hands above their heads, she said. Ms Bouhenni said she recognised many of them as her shop's customers. "This is so terrifying for them, I hope they can go home safe." With reporting by Indrani Basu
BBC News
2 days ago
- BBC News
'It was like a crowd panic' - New Yorkers scramble for cover in rush-hour shooting
Workers in New York City have described scrambling out of office blocks, as panic engulfed part of downtown Manhattan when a gunman opened fire and killed four people on poured out of skyscrapers and onto the busy streets of the US city, some with their hands in the air, while others sheltered in buildings violence unfolded in the early evening inside the 44-storey building at 345 Park Ave, home to the National Football League (NFL) office, as well as financial giants Blackstone and Lewis said she was eating dinner with friends on the plaza when she heard gunfire."I looked up and I saw the first wall of the first floor shatter," she told NBC News."I realised 'oh my God, this is a shootout'," she said. "It felt like you were in a warzone almost."Ms Lewis then said she saw an injured man run out of the building."By the time he got to us he said: 'Help, help, I've been shot.'" Ms Lewis said she and her partner helped the man get away from the building before police took over."It's been literally the most scary situation I've ever been in," she TV footage showed lines of people evacuating the office building with their hands above their heads in the hours after the killings. Full story: Four dead in shooting at New York City office building'Hero' policeman died saving lives, say NYC officials Another witness, Jessica Chen, told ABC News she was watching a presentation with dozens of other people on the second floor when she "heard multiple shots go off in quick succession from the first floor".She and others ran into a conference room and barricaded tables against the door."We were honestly really, really scared," she said, adding that she texted her parents to tell them that she loved them. Some workers from another nearby building were picking up food from a local outlet when they heard a loud noise and saw people running, AP reported."It was like a crowd panic," said Anna Smith, explaining that she and others had returned to their place of work to find shelter. She said they were told they could leave after about two hours.A BBC journalist at the scene reported seeing scores of police vehicles and at least one person with a bloodied chest being taken away on a reported hearing what sounded like gunshots and police told those in the area to shelter in nearby Bouhenni, working at the nearby Sip & Scoop coffee shop as the incident unfolded, told the BBC she saw dozens of people from surrounding buildings being held their hands above their heads, she Bouhenni said she recognised many of them as her shop's customers. "This is so terrifying for them, I hope they can go home safe."With reporting by Indrani Basu
Irish Times
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Pan by Michael Clune: Surreal, mind-bending tale of teenagerhood
Pan Author : Michael Clune ISBN-13 : 978-1911717614 Publisher : Fern Press Guideline Price : £16.99 'Spring is panic's season,' writes Michael Clune near the beginning of his hallucinatory novel, Pan. 'But panic, as I was to learn, isn't a disease of death. It's a disease of life.' A dense, boundary-pushing and increasingly psychedelic book that draws you into its peculiar world – much like the experience of panic itself – Clune's debut wrestles with the elusive experience of consciousness (what it 'feels like' to have thoughts) and uses malleable teenage minds to do so. It's narrated in the first-person by 15-year-old Nick, forced at the novel's start to move in with his late-shift-working father to where he lives near Chicago: Chariot Courts, the 'cheapest place in all of Libertyville'. At school Nick is mostly concerned with being cool and maintaining his 'bad-ass' reputation. But the sudden onset of panic attacks – the opposite of 'cool' – threatens to derail his standing. They crescendo just as the most popular kids in school, Tod (whose personality 'floated just out of reach') and the open-minded, beautiful Sarah, subsume Nick and his best friend Ty into their gang. READ MORE Together, they develop theories around Nick's panic attacks: that they are 'fear aroused by the presence of a god' – namely, the Greek god Pan – and that 'your consciousness gets so strong it actually leaps out of your mind entirely'. They celebrate 'Belt Day' (surely Beltaine) either to expel Pan, or surrender themselves to him. Yet the clan's drug-fuelled revelry and fanatic ideas begin to take a more sinister turn. Fusing elements of beat poetry, Greek philosophy and existentialism through the prism of American high school stories like Dazed and Confused, The Breakfast Club or SE Hinton's The Outsiders, Pan is a deliberately non-naturalistic portrayal of adolescence. The novel is rife with far-fetched theories about prophecy, age and perception, but studded with more attuned, grounded observations about class, work and family. The Ireland-born, Chicago-bred Clune is the author of two award-winning memoirs, White Out (a deep-dive into the heroin underground) and Gamelife (about gaming as a child); his two concerns, childhood and consciousness, are married here. A surreal, if slightly unwieldy, portrayal of teenagerhood, this mind-bending book is anchored by Clune's effortless, masterful humour: the result is not only an impressive debut, but a gargantuan feat in coming-of-age literature.
CTV News
4 days ago
- General
- CTV News
Crowd surge at Hindu temple in northern India leaves at least 6 dead
Relatives stand outside a hospital as the injured from temple stampede were brought, in Haridwar, India, Sunday, July 27, 2025. (AP Photo) LUCKNOW, India — A crowd surge at a popular Hindu temple in northern India left at least six people dead and dozens injured, local authorities said Sunday. The incident in the pilgrimage city of Haridwar occurred after a high-voltage electric wire reportedly fell on a temple path, triggering panic among the large crowd of devotees. Vinay Shankar Pandey, a senior government official in Uttarakhand state where the incident happened, confirmed the deaths and said worshippers scrambled for safety following the incident. Some 29 people were injured, according to Haridwar city's senior police official Pramendra Singh Doval. Thousands of pilgrims had gathered at the Mansa Devi hilltop temple, which is a major site for Hindu devotees, especially on weekends and festival days, local officials said. They were celebrating the holy month of Shravan. Someone in the crowd shouted about an electric current on the pathway around 9 a.m. 'Since the path is narrow and meant only for foot traffic, confusion and panic spread instantly,' said local priest Ujjwal Pandit. 'A wall along the path is also suspected to have worsened the crowd bottleneck,' he added. Police and emergency services rushed to the scene and launched a rescue operation. The injured were transported to a nearby hospital, officials said. 'The situation is now under control,' Pandey told the Associated Press by phone from Haridwar. 'But the panic led to tragic consequences.' Authorities are investigating what caused the overhead wire to collapse, and whether proper crowd management protocols were in place. The town of Haridwar draws millions of visitors each year. The Mansa Devi temple, which is accessible by cable car or foot, is a major pilgrimage site that draws thousands of visitors daily during Shravan. Crowd surges at religious gatherings are not uncommon in India, where massive groups often congregate at temples or pilgrimage sites, sometimes overwhelming local infrastructure and security measures. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his condolences to the victims and their families in a social media post and wished for a fast recovery for those who were injured. Biswajeet Banerjee, The Associated Press
