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The U.S. will reopen land borders to Canada and Mexico

8:16am November 07, 2021

by Emma Jacobs

The U.S. is opening its borders to Canada and Mexico on Monday to fully vaccinated travelers. These land borders have been closed to most travelers since the start of the pandemic.

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Investigation continues into Astroworld crowd surge that killed at least 8 people

8:16am November 07, 2021

by Sara Willa Ernst | Houston Public Media

We look at the latest on what's now known about the music festival tragedy in Houston on Friday night, when a surge in the crowd resulted in a deadly stampede.

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Technicians and engineers install antennae receivers on Lena Foss' home in Akiak, Alaska. Internet speeds will double in the town later this month, when it gains access to broadband internet.

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This Alaskan town is finally getting high-speed internet, thanks to the pandemic

5:00am November 07, 2021

by Greg Kim

Many people in rural areas couldn't migrate their lives online when the pandemic hit because they lacked fast internet. Tribes in Alaska are now using new federal funding to install broadband.

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Flowers rest outside of the canceled Astroworld festival at NRG Park in Houston on Saturday. The crowd surge that killed eight people calls to mind other concerts and music festivals that turned deadly in recent decades.

Astroworld Festival joins a list of historical concert tragedies

9:08pm November 06, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

Astroworld Festival calls to mind other rare but traumatic incidents at concerts and festivals throughout the last half-century. Here's a timeline of those tragedies.

Shortly after 9 p.m. Friday during Travis Scott's performance at the Astroworld Festival in Houston, the crowd started rushing the stage, authorities said.

8 people were killed at Houston's Astroworld Festival after crowd rushed the stage

6:52pm November 06, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

Authorities in Houston said the victims range in age from 14 to 27, with one unknown. A criminal homicide and narcotics investigation is now underway.

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Climate activists carry out hunger strike in D.C.

6:07pm November 06, 2021

by Jeffrey Pierre

A small band of passionate climate activists feel so desperate about the climate crisis that they've launched a hunger strike to pressure lawmakers to commit to reducing greenhouse gases.

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Why voters rejected a plan to replace Minneapolis Police Department

5:43pm November 06, 2021

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with professor Michelle Phelps of the University of Minnesota, about Minneapolis voters striking down an amendment to replace the city's police department.

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The latest on Houston's Astroworld Festival after stampede kills 8

5:24pm November 06, 2021

by Sara Ernst

City officials spoke earlier Saturday about Friday night's tragedy that killed at least eight people at a Houston music festival.

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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, right, pictured with Gov. John Bel Edwards in 2020, said the court action halts President Biden's administration from "moving forward with his unlawful overreach."

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Appeals court temporarily halts Biden vaccine mandate for larger businesses

4:50pm November 06, 2021

by The Associated Press

A federal appeals court on Saturday temporarily blocked the Biden administration's vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more workers.

Home builders at work in Sacramento, Calif. Democrats in Congress are trying to pass a bill that would make the largest investment in affordable housing in history and try to boost construction of more moderately priced homes.

Democrats are seeking largest ever investment in affordable housing

12:41pm November 06, 2021

by Chris Arnold

The U.S. is facing its worst affordable housing crisis in generations. The heart of the problem is we just doesn't have enough homes. There's too much demand and not enough supply.