Category Archives: (Sandbox Syndication Account) National News (Master Feed)
Texas cracks down on migrants but dozens of trespassing cases fall flat
By Alexandra Ulmer DEL RIO, Texas (Reuters) - Gaston, a 57-year-old Venezuelan human rights lawyer, spent years visiting the country's most squalid prisons as he defended students jailed for protestin...
Nov 07, 2021
Investigations widen into deadly stampede at Houston rap concert
By Erwin Seba HOUSTON (Reuters) - At least two investigations, one of them criminal, were underway on Sunday into the deadly stampede during rap star Travis Scott's Astroworld music festival that kill...
Nov 07, 2021
Countdown clock, choke points led to chaos at Houston rap concert
By Erwin Seba and Sabrina Valle HOUSTON (Reuters) - Crowds surging forward as the main performer took to the stage at the Astroworld Festival led to chaos and crushed bodies in the darkness of the out...
Nov 06, 2021
U.S. administers 429.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines –CDC
(Reuters) - The United States has administered 429,442,508 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 533,019,545 doses, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and ...
Nov 06, 2021
U.S. federal appeals court issues stay on Biden’s vaccine rule for U.S. companies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. federal appeals court issued a stay Saturday freezing the Biden administration's efforts to require workers at U.S. companies with at least 100 employees be vaccinated ag...
Nov 06, 2021
Factbox-Deadly Texas concert crush: who is Travis Scott and what is Astroworld?
(Reuters) - Travis Scott is a 30-year-old American rapper, singer and record producer from Houston, Texas, where at least 8 people were killed and many others injured in a crush at the opening night o...
Nov 06, 2021
Travis Scott’s Astroworld concert pauses then restarts amid deaths, injuries
(Reuters) - Travis Scott's Astroworld concert on Friday was meant to signal the resurgence of his hometown with an epic live event after the global pandemic paused the popular annual hip hop festival....
Nov 06, 2021
Biden will sign ‘once in a generation’ infrastructure bill soon
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The $1 trillion infrastructure bill passed through Congress on Friday night is a "once in a generation" investment that will create millions of jobs, U.S. President Joe Biden sai...
Nov 06, 2021
Analysis-With infrastructure vote, Congress gives Biden long-needed jolt of good news
By James Oliphant and Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON (Reuters) - With this week's election results in New Jersey and Virginia suggesting that voters are souring on Democrats, President Joe Biden badly ne...
Nov 06, 2021
At least 8 dead and many injured in crush at Texas music festival
(Reuters) -At least eight people were killed and many were injured in a crush during the opening night of the Astroworld music festival on Friday in Houston, officials said. Houston Fire Chief Samuel ...
Nov 06, 2021
