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Today we look at the aftermath of the tragic Astroworld music festival, why Donald Trump looks set to run for the White House again, and why too much animal fat might be bad for you.
Here's the latest on that and everything else we're watching this Monday morning. ![]() Days after eight people died and dozens more were injured at Travis Scott's sold-out Astroworld music festival in Houston on Friday, people who witnessed the tragedy are still coming to terms with it.
NBC News spoke with five people who attended the Astroworld show, all of whom said they feared for their safety as the crowd crushed together.
Those who heard the screams of others being crushed, who witnessed bodies being trampled, and who thought they, too, might die in the surge, are reeling from their experience.
“Once Travis Scott came on, I told myself this is the moment I’ve been preparing for, I just need to breathe,” said Diana Amira , 19.
“But ... my rib cage was so squished that I couldn’t expand my lungs to catch a breath.”
Read the full story here. Monday's Top Stories
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