Man stabs four people to death in Washington state
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Man stabs four people to death in Washington state

A man stabbed four people to death in the street in a town west of Tacoma, Washington, on Tuesday morning after violating a no-contact order, the Pierce county sheriffs office confirmed to local news outlets.The four stabbing victims, as well as the 32-year-old suspect, are confirmed dead, the sheriffs office said. Three of the victims died at the scene, while a fourth was taken to a hospital and later died from their injuries, authorities said.At about 8.40am, Pierce county sheriffs deputies received a call from a home for a violation of a no-contact order. They obtained a copy of the order, learned it was not valid because it had not been served on the suspect and headed to the scene to provide it to him.As police were heading to that location a home on...
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Explosion at school complex in Indonesia’s Jakarta, local media reports, Asia News
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Explosion at school complex in Indonesia’s Jakarta, local media reports, Asia News

JAKARTA — Dozens of people were injured and hospitalised after an explosion occurred during Friday (Nov 7) prayers at a mosque inside a school complex in Indonesia's capital Jakarta, police said. Police were investigating the cause of explosion at the site in Kelapa Gading, North Jakarta, city police chief Asep Edi Suheri told a televised press conference. The number of people admitted to hospitals was 54, he said, adding the injuries ranged from minor to serious and included burns. News channels KompasTV and MetroTV showed footage of a police line around the school with ambulances standing by. Images of the mosque showed no extensive damage. ]
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Are fewer young people identifying as trans?
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Are fewer young people identifying as trans?

Are young Americans becoming less likely to identify as trans? This claim is getting a lot of attention on social media after two researchers published survey data appearing to show a shift in youth gender identity.The first analysis came from Eric Kaufmann, a Canadian professor of politics at the University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom, and a longtime anti-PC and anti-”woke” crusader. In early October, Kaufmann published a report titled “The Decline of Trans and Queer Identity Among Young Americans.”“The transgender share among university students peaked in 2023 and has almost halved since, from nearly 7 percent to under 4 percent,” Kaufmann writes in that report. A few days later, Jean Twenge, a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, posted on X that “trans identification really is in free fall among the young,” citing...
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