HOUSTON – The experiences of panicked concertgoers who couldn’t breathe and had no clear path to escape a massive crowd surge at last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston are featured in a documentary set for release today.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – More of the dry, windy weather that helped fan rare spring wildfires from New Mexico to Nebraska is expected to threaten the progress that firefighters have made in controlling some of the fires, officials said Thursday.
WASHINGTON – The U.S. government on Thursday released its longawaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, citing the toll on Black smokers and young people.
For many fields, the start of a strong career begins with a quality education — even if it does not include a four-year college degree. The Sherman Independent School District plans to start a new program aimed at providing that education to those least likely to earn a bachelors degree.
BANGKOK – A court in militaryruled Myanmar convicted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi of corruption and sentenced her to five years in prison Wednesday in the first of several corruption cases against her.
WASHINGTON – The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol is redoubling its efforts to have GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy appear for an interview amid new revelations concerning his private conversations about the deadly attack, the chairman said Tuesday.
ST. PAUL, Minn. – The Minneapolis Police Department has engaged in a pattern of race discrimination for at least the past decade, including stopping and arresting Black people at a higher rate than whites, using force more often on people of color and maintaining a culture where racist language is tolerated, a state investigation launched after George Floyd’s killing found.
Pfizer and BioNTech have requested that the Food and Drug Administration authorize a COVID-19 booster shot for children ages 5-11. The companies announced Tuesday they submitted for an emergency use authorization from the FDA after a study showed a strong immune response to a booster shot among healthy children in that age group.
NEW YORK – Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and more than half of all Americans had signs of previous infections, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention researchers estimated in a report Tuesday.
Police union backs officer in Patrick Lyoya killing GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. – The union representing police officers in a Michigan city is defending the officer who shot Patrick Lyoya in the back of the head.