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Biden bans Russian oil imports in response to Ukraine invasion – as it happened

President says ban deals ‘another powerful blow to Putin’s war machine’

The Guardian - US · Mar 8, 2022

Prince Harry is spotted wearing a cowboy hat on solo visit to famous Texas rodeo

Prince Harry was spotted attending the Stockyards Rodeo in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, where he donned a cowboy hat, chatted to locals and enjoyed a VIP tour of the venue. He attended alone without wife Meghan Markle

Daily Mirror · Mar 8, 2022

In Texas trip, Biden to call for more health care for vets

President Joe Biden’s trip on Tuesday to Fort Worth, Texas, is personal

The Independent UK · Mar 8, 2022

Vaccine mandate for Navy SEALs to remain blocked, US Court of Appeals rules

FORT WORTH, Texas — A federal appeals court denied the Biden administration’s attempt to reinstate the U.S. Navy’s COVID-19 vaccine requirement Monday, more than a month after a federal judge in Fort Worth initially halted the mandate.

Tribune News Service · Mar 1, 2022

Texas man slashed face of 6-year-old in knife attack on Asian family in 2020 hate crime

FORT WORTH, Texas — A Texas man has pleaded guilty to hate crime charges for attacking an Asian family, slashing open the face of a 6-year-old child with a knife during the 2020 assault in a store.

Tribune News Service · Feb 24, 2022

COVID subraya la falta de protección de los denunciantes

FORT WORTH, Texas— El verano pasado, en el interior de un almacén de Amazon parcialmente terminado, los trabajadores caminaron sin arneses de seguridad sobre cintas transportadoras a cuatro pisos de altura, los soldadores usaron sopletes de plasma mientras estaban rodeados de cajas de cartón inflamables y los obreros levantaron estanterías…

Tribune News Service · Feb 23, 2022

Man charged in 3 Texas deaths indicted in roommate's slaying

A man accused of killing three people whose dismembered bodies were found in a burning dumpster in Texas in September has been charged in the killing of his roommate, who was found dead in a house fire in Fort Worth months earlier

The Independent UK · Feb 19, 2022

COVID underscores lack of whistleblower protections

FORT WORTH, Texas — Inside a partially completed Amazon warehouse here, workers last summer walked on conveyor belts four stories high without safety harnesses, welders used plasma torches while surrounded by flammable cardboard boxes, and laborers raised metal racks alongside a moving forklift, putting their feet in danger of being…

Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022

Former Angels employee Eric Kay found guilty of drug charges in Tyler Skaggs' overdose death

FORT WORTH, Texas — An opiate addict and dealer operating in the bowels of Angel Stadium, where he worked handling press inquiries, provided to a starting pitcher a fentanyl-laced pill that led him to aspirate vomit and die during a road trip to Texas in 2019, a jury in Fort…

Tribune News Service · Feb 18, 2022

Mac Engel: NFL probe of Brian Flores' claim of 'tanking' is a lame diversion from real issue

FORT WORTH, Texas — The NFL's season was a few hours old when we learned the league is investigating a sports' sin that someone in our backyard was only too rich enough to admit routinely happens.

Tribune News Service · Feb 16, 2022