Tag: crowd

Driver Hits Crowd at Colorado Bar; 1 Killed, 4 Hospitalized

GOLDEN, Colo.—One person was killed and four people seriously injured after a man intentionally drove a pickup truck through a crowd gathered outside a Colorado bar following an altercation early Sunday morning, authorities said. The 29-year-old driver and a 25-year-old passenger were arrested after the attack around 1:40 a.m. Sunday in the city of Golden…


Social Distancing Was Supposed to Be Forever

Commentary By April 2020, two months into the lockdowns, eminent Italian Philosopher Giorgio Agamben had put his finger on a point that was bugging many of us. He observed that the purpose of “social distancing”—really just a euphemism for confinement—was not intended merely as a temporary measure but a new structure for society itself. Thinking it through,…


MCG Could Host ‘World’s Biggest Crowd’ Since Pandemic Began

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) looks set to host the world’s biggest sports crowd since the start of the pandemic, with up to 75,000 footy fans allowed into the stadium from this Thursday. The move comes just hours after the Australian Football League (AFL) conceded that crowd numbers for round two between Carlton and Collingwood…