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Authorities said they would watch video, interview witnesses and review concert protocols to determine how eight people died at a Houston music festival when fans suddenly surged toward the stage to watch rapper Travis Scott.

Officials in Texas say at least eight people are dead and several others have been injured in a crowd surge at the Astroworld Festival on Nov. 5. 

Houston Fire Chief Samuel Pena told reporters the compression of the crowd toward the stage occurred while Travis Scott was performing.

A large oil spill off the southern California coast left fish dead, birds mired in petroleum and wetlands contaminated, prompting local officials to call it an environmental catastrophe.

The U.S. Coast Guard, heading a clean-up response involving federal, state and city agencies, said on Sunday there was an around-the-clock investigation into how the spill occurred.

New York is done with dressing down: the splashy black-tie Met Gala returned on Sept. 13, with a cohort of Gen-Z's glitterati hosting the A-lister bash famed for its over-the-top panache - and, despite the pandemic, this year the fashion was so fierce one guest wielded a sword.

Musical director of the National Orchestra of France Cristian Macelaru, a world-renown conductor, will join the gallery of ambassadors of the Vest University of Timisoara (UVT), by receiving a UVT honorary doctorate at a time to be determined.

Health workers in the city of Houston, Texas, sued the network of hospitals in that town after being threatened with dismissal if they do not get vaccinated against covid-19.

Jennifer Bridges, a nurse with the Houston Methodist Hospital Network, rejected all kinds of threats and indicated that it is wrong for workers to be forced to inoculate themselves.

“Houston, we have a problem”!…

However, it took only a few games, to realize that Gordon's arrival was a complete success.

Texas is lifting its mask mandate, Gov. Greg Abbott said on March 2, making it the largest state to no longer require one of the most effective ways to slow the spread of the coronavirus.

President Joe Biden heard firsthand from Texans clobbered by this month's brutal winter weather on Feb. 26 and pledged to stick with them "for the long haul" as he made his first trip to a major disaster area since he took office.