The music industry is mourning the tragic loss of former One Direction band member Liam Payne, who died after falling from a balcony of a hotel in Buenos Aires on Wednesday. He was 31. “Words cannot express the emotions we are collectively feeling right now, and it seems like the rest of the world is in the same boat,” the official Backstreet Boys account posted on X. “Our hearts go out to Liam’s family, friends and Directioners around the world.” “We are heartbroken by the sad passing of Liam Payne. He was immensely talented and, as part of One Direction, Liam will leave a lasting legacy on the music industry and fans around the world,” the account for “The X Factor” posted. Anne Twist, mom of One Direction bandmate Harry Styles, posted a broken heart photo on Instagram and included the caption, “Just a boy…” “The worst news. I remember him as a 14-year-old turning up to audition on The X Factor, and blowing us away singing Sinatra. He just loved to sing,” wrote “X Factor” host Dermot O’Leary. “He was always a joy, had time for everyone, polite, grateful, and was always humble,” he continued. “Sending love and prayers to his family. Dx.” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 “I am in shock right now. Liam was always so kind to me. He was one of the first major artists I got to work with. I cannot believe he’s gone,” singer Charlie Puth wrote on his Instagram story, per Variety. “I am so upset right now, may he rest in peace.” Simon Cowell, a former judge on “The X Factor” who was responsible for getting One Direction signed, canceled auditions for “Britain’s Got Talent” on Wednesday evening. He has not yet issued a public statement on Payne’s death. The British celebrity got his break in the music industry after appearing on “The X Factor” in 2008. He returned to the reality competition show two years later along with Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, and Zayn Malik, the singers who would become the popular band One Direction. The band developed a massive following, releasing popular singles such as “What Makes You Beautiful,” “Night Changes” and “Story of My Life” between the years of 2010 and 2016. In more recent years, the members, including Payne, have worked on solo projects with varying degrees of success.  The late singer is survived by his 7-year-old son, Bear.

The 2024 election has focused almost entirely on the tight competition between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, but multiple Senate races — which will determine which party controls the chamber — are also neck-and-neck. While projections and polling don’t win or lose elections, they do show the most viable path forward for each party. And with just 18 days until Election Day, the most accessible road to control of the Senate is the road under Republicans’ feet. Currently, Democrats hold control of the Senate with 51 lawmakers, including four independents, in their caucus. Independent West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s decision to retire, along with Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester facing a tough GOP challenger, put Democrats in a difficult spot to maintain control. According to Cook Political Report’s Senate race ratings, Republicans are favored to flip the seats in West Virginia and Montana. If those two races go in the Republicans’ favor, and the GOP holds on to the seats in races they are projected to win, Republicans would be at a 51-seat majority. Cook Political Report also currently rates the races for the Democrat-held seats in Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin as “toss-ups,” giving the GOP an even wider window to take control of the Senate. None of the races where a Republican currently holds the seat are rated as a “toss-up,” according to Cook Political Report. Democrats’ best chance to flip a Senate seat comes in Texas with Democratic Rep. Colin Allred facing Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, but even in that race, Cruz holds a four-point lead over his Democrat opponent, per the RealClearPolitics average. The best path for Democrats to maintain control of the Senate would require that the party holds onto each of the “toss-up” seats while also pulling off an upset in one of the “lean or likely Republican” races: Montana, Texas, or Florida. Here is the 2024 Senate map based on Cook Political Report’s ratings (brown = toss-up): Make your own Senate map on The Daily Wire’s Election Hub The only other Senate race in which Democrats could come close, according to projections, is in Florida — where Republican Sen. Rick Scott is running for a second term. According to the RCP average, Scott holds a 6-point lead over Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell. In Nebraska, Republican Sen. Deb Fischer is running for a third term against an independent candidate. The Nebraska Senate race has flown under the radar, but it could be close as some polls show independent Dan Osborne leading Fischer. Osborne said he would not accept an endorsement from the Democratic Party in the race, adding that he would not caucus with either party if he wins the Senate seat. Even though he’s not a Democrat, an Osborne win in Nebraska would make the GOP’s path to Senate control more complicated. Republicans would also gain control of the Senate if it splits 50-50 and Trump and his running mate Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) win the presidential election. If Vance ascends to the vice presidency, Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine would appoint his successor until a special election could be held in 2026. Democrats would maintain control of the Senate in a tie if Harris and Gov. Tim Walz win. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 In Michigan, Republican Mike Rogers, a former congressman, has closed the gap in polling against Democrat Rep. Elissa Slotkin. The Michigan Democrat only holds a 2.7-point lead in the RCP average after leading Rogers by 5 points in mid-September. Earlier this month, the Wisconsin race between Republican Eric Hovde and Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin moved from “lean Democrat” to “toss-up,” according to Cook Political Report. The Ohio Senate race between Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and Republican Bernie Moreno is also considered a “toss-up,” as Brown leads by fewer than 3 points, according to the RCP average. Republicans have a chance to pull off upsets in Arizona, Nevada, and Pennsylvania, all seats currently held by Democrats and an independent who caucuses with the Democratic Party. Those three races all lean in Democrats’ favor, according to the polls. In Arizona, Democrat Ruben Gallego leads Republican Kari Lake by 6.4 points, according to the RCP average. The average of polls also gives Democratic Sen. Jacky Rosen a 5.5-point lead in Nevada over Republican Sam Brown, and Sen. Bob Casey (D-PA) has a 3.8-point lead over Republican Dave McCormick in the Keystone State.

Senator JD Vance (R-OH) dismantled Vice President Kamala Harris’ Wednesday evening interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier during a brief appearance on “Fox & Friends” Thursday morning. Vance listed several of the points that the American people had expressed a desire to hear her address and then went on to describe her responses — many of which were rambling non-answers that aimed only for pivot points from which she could turn and attack former President Donald Trump. “Last night, Kamala Harris once again refused to name a single policy difference between her and Joe Biden,” Vance captioned the clip he posted to X. “Does that sound like a new way forward to you?” WATCH: Last night, Kamala Harris once again refused to name a single policy difference between her and Joe Biden. Does that sound like a new way forward to you? pic.twitter.com/VxJAzVOm71 — JD Vance (@JDVance) October 17, 2024 “You know, guys, the thing that I found just so bizarre about Kamala Harris’ entire interview,” Vance began. “Twenty-five minutes of a person who couldn’t answer a direct question. ‘How many illegal immigrants have come in?’ She didn’t answer that question. ‘What are we turning the page on?’ She goes and talks about Donald Trump, who of course hasn’t been in office for the past three-and-a-half years. Kamala Harris has been.” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 “What I saw was a person who not just didn’t have the skill to navigate a tough interview, but doesn’t know how to explain her record because her record is not possible to explain away to the American people,” he continued. “So she dipped and dodged questions for 25 minutes. That’s not leadership and that’s not contrition.” “I think the American people would like to see from their vice president an acknowledgment that she screwed up, it’s why we have so many of these problems,” he concluded. “Real leadership would be promising a new course and acknowledging, well, the old course didn’t work.” Baier noted during his Wednesday broadcast of “Special Report” — during which the interview aired — that Harris’ team had cut the interview short by arriving late. She then proceeded to filibuster every question to the point that even the best of analysts would be able to glean very little new information.

Multiple legacy media outlets that covered the FBI’s report on violent crime going down in 2022 have ignored the bureau’s major revision, which shows that violent crime increased that year. In September 2023, the FBI claimed that data showed violent crime decreased by 2.1% in 2022 compared to 2021. A report from RealClearInvestigations (RCI) on Wednesday, however, revealed that the FBI “quietly revised” those numbers to show that violent crime increased by 4.5% in 2022. USA Today, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and the Associated Press covered the FBI’s report last year, but as of Thursday afternoon, none of those legacy outlets have published any reports — or provided any notes on previous stories — after the FBI revised its data to show that violent crime increased. The FBI also tried to keep the revision under wraps as RCI only “discovered the change through a cryptic reference on the FBI website.” “But there is no mention that the numbers increased. One only sees the change by downloading the FBI’s new crime data and comparing it to the file released last year,” John R. Lott wrote for RCI. The FBI’s 2023 report has been used by Democrats and the legacy media to counter former President Donald Trump’s focus on violent crime under the Biden-Harris administration. Trump was even “fact-checked” by ABC News moderator David Muir during his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris when Trump said that violent crime had gone up under his opponent’s watch. “Crime here is up and through the roof. Despite their fraudulent claims they make, crime in this country is through the roof,” Trump said during the September 10 ABC News debate. “And we have a new form of crime. It’s called migrant crime, and it’s happening at levels that nobody thought possible.” MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 Last year, the AP hailed the FBI’s report on violent crime stats as a return to pre-COVID pandemic numbers. The Washington Post article included a quote from a crime analyst who called the report “substantially improved” over the FBI’s 2021 report, claiming the 2022 report added “a level of certainty that we didn’t have” in 2021. According to the FBI’s revised data, there were 1,699 more murders nationally in 2022 than in 2021. The revised data also showed 7,780 more rapes, 33,459 more robberies, and 37,091 more aggravated assaults. Lott told Fox News on Wednesday that “for a year after the 2022 data was put out, we were having headlines, news articles after news articles saying, ‘Violent crime is falling, people mistakenly or erroneously believe that it’s increasing.'” “And, you know, and they were relying on this data,” he added. “But you don’t see any corrections in the news, saying, ‘Oops, the FBI data that we relied on was wrong, that rather than a drop, there was actually an increase that had occurred.’”

Members of the Tren de Aragua gang – the same group that has taken over apartment buildings in Colorado – were arrested in San Antonio, Texas, earlier this month. A weeks-long joint operation at the beginning of the month saw 20 people arrested from an apartment complex in San Antonio, My San Antonio reported. Four of the people arrested were members of Tren de Aragua, known for violent illegal activities, including murder, drugs, and human trafficking. San Antonio Police Chief Bill McManus said earlier this month that one of those arrested was “an enforcer” in the gang. He also said the bust was just the first, hinting that more arrests were to come. McManus noted that police had received multiple complaints from residents at an apartment complex, alleging drugs were being sold, people were being trafficked, and apartment employees were being threatened. “We’re on to you, we’re coming for you, and we know where you are,” McManus said at a press conference, according to My San Antonio. The outlet also reported that two members of the gang were arrested during a traffic stop the previous week, and that the police had shared a map showing suspected and documented gang activity. MATT WALSH’S ‘AM I RACIST?’ COMING TO DAILYWIRE+ OCT. 28 Last month, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) declared Tren de Aragua to be a “foreign terrorist organization” following reports that more than 100 members of the gang had violently forced their way across the U.S. southern border, The Daily Wire reported at the time. “The recent entry and expansion of the vicious Venezuelan gang, Tren de Aragua, is a dangerous and deadly problem facing our state and nation,” Abbott said. “Our goal is to defend Texas from the growing threat of the gang. We will not let them use Texas as a base of operations to terrorize our citizens. They have a target on their back, and we are going after them. Texas is the wrong state for them to try to do business in,” the governor added. The Daily Mail reported that the Tren de Aragua gang has taken over four apartment complexes in San Antonio. The Mail, citing law enforcement sources and residents of the complexes, said the situation has been going on for five or six months. The gangs have reportedly squatted in empty apartments and used them to deal drugs or traffic women and children for sex. The San Antonio Police Department would not verify the claims made in the Mail article to The Daily Wire but did not deny them either.

Sometimes, seeing really is believing. And even when we see it, we can’t actually believe it. The world is a huge place full of amazing sites. Some people spend their entire lives traveling and visiting far-off lands. Many share their adventures on social media so we can live vicariously through them. Marshall Mosher recently visited the Great Pyramid of Giza and caught something on camera that looked absolutely unreal while paragliding. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marshall Mosher (@marshallmosher) A Dog Climbed The Pyramid The dog climbed the 455 feet to the top—or at least that’s what it seems. While Marshall was in the air, he caught a video of the dog on the pyramid’s tip. He captioned his Instagram video, “A dog climbed all the way up the Great Pyramid of Giza! Do you think he lives up there?” The dog appears to be the same color as the pyramid and is a bit hard to see at first. It’s no surprise the video is viral. One person wrote, “Not a dog. That is the egyptian God Anubis. He is considered the guide of the dead in the afterlife and the protector of the tombs. That’s why it is over the pyramid.” It’s hot in the desert, and this person hopes the poor pup doesn’t get dehydrated. “I wonder how long it took him. I want him to come down and get some water.” This person doesn’t think it’s even possible for a dog to climb that high. “No way a dog can climb the huge blocks alone. He was left there.” “Those blocks are BIG. That’s a crazy climb for a dog. I’m not convinced,” someone agreed. Marshall explained in a follow-up video the dog probably climbed the pyramid on its own. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Marshall Mosher (@marshallmosher) “Paragliding over the Great Pyramids of Giza today was a surreal reminder that no dream is too big,” he wrote. You can find the source of this story’s featured image here. The post You’ll Never Believe What A Paraglider Spotted Atop The Great Pyramid of Giza appeared first on InspireMore.

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