## More than 550 hajj pilgrims die in Mecca as temperatures exceed 50C

Authored by theguardian.com

At least 550 pilgrims have died during the hajj, underscoring the gruelling nature of the pilgrimage which again unfolded in scorching temperatures this year.

At least 60 Jordanians have died, the diplomats said, up from an official tally of 41 given earlier on Tuesday by Amman.

The new deaths bring the total reported so far by multiple countries to 577, according to an AFP tally.

The diplomats said the total at the morgue in Al-Muaisem, one of the biggest in Mecca, was 550.

Temperatures hit 51.8Cat the Grand Mosque in Mecca on Monday, the Saudi national meteorology centre said.

About 1.8 million pilgrims took part in the hajj this year, 1.6 million of them from abroad, according to Saudi authorities.

Earlier this month, Saudi officials said they had cleared hundreds of thousands of unregistered pilgrims from Mecca before the hajj. »

### Club Q mass shooter sentenced to life in prison on federal hate crime charges

Authored by abcnews.go.com

The shooter who killed five and injured over a dozen more at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2022 accepted a plea deal Tuesday in connection with federal hate crimes charges and was given 55 concurrent life sentences.

Anderson Lee Aldrich pleaded guilty to each of the 74 charges of violating provisions of the Matthew Shepard And James Byrd, Jr., Hate Crimes Prevention Act of 2009 as well as gun crimes in the Club Q shooting.

Mourners at a memorial outside of Club Q on November 22, 2022 in Colorado Springs, CO, Jan. 17, 2024. »

### One in 20 Donald Trump Voters Are Switching to Joe Biden This Election—Poll

Authored by newsweek.com

About one in 20 people who voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 election plan to vote for Joe Biden in November's ballot, according to a poll.

According to research by Redfield & Wilton Strategies, for instance, 5 percent of Trump 2020 voters now say they plan to vote for Biden in the upcoming election.

Newsweek contacted representatives for Trump and Biden by email to comment on this story and will update it with any response. »

### Todd Howard responds to controversy over Starfield's $7 mission: 'We hear the feedback'

Authored by pcgamer.com

Unhappy players immediately recalled Bethesda's disastrous attempt to launch paid mods for Skyrim in 2015, and of course the infamous Oblivion Horse Armor DLC from 2006.

"We hear the feedback," Howard responded when asked whether Bethesda will change how it releases content like The Vulture in the future.

While there's obviously some real unhappiness with the way Bethesda has handled The Vulture, I'm not sure I'd expect any big changes anytime soon. »

### Electricity prices in France turn negative as renewable energy floods the grid

Authored by fortune.com

French electricity prices turned negative as a drop in demand and surging renewables output prompted some nuclear reactors to power down.

Sunny and blustery weather has driven up solar and wind generation, prompting the grid operator to request that Electricite de France SA take several nuclear plants offline.

Some renewables producers will also have to curb generation to avoid paying a fee amid negative prices. »

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