Site Map August 17, 2021

Years / 2021 / August / 17

• Plano Balloon Festival canceled for second year due to COVID-19
• Some Afghan refugees fleeing Taliban control will be resettled across North Texas
• Human remains discovered in wheel well of C-17 that departed Kabul with Afghans clinging to it
• Twitter tests feature that allows users to flag misleading tweets
• North Texas school districts monitoring attendance levels amid COVID-19 resurgence
• TSA to extend mask mandate for travelers through January 2022
• North Texas health officials frustrated with lack of tools to combat latest COVID surge
• Guidance expected on COVID-19 booster shots for all vaccinated Americans
• Haiti earthquake: Death toll soars past 1,900
• Hundreds of Afghans pack US military plane to escape Taliban control
• Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tests positive for COVID-19
• Joshua ISD staff to receive 4% pay raise, $1,000 bonus for work during pandemic
• Fred weakens to tropical depression, spawns floods, tornadoes on East Coast
• Parent physically assaults Texas teacher, rips mask off her face
• Airbnb enforcing anti-party restrictions for Halloween 2021
• Taliban vows women's rights, security under Islamic rule of Afghanistan
• Border Patrol seizes over 3,800 fake COVID-19 vaccination cards in August
• Fort Worth council votes against mask mandate inside city buildings
• Las Vegas Raiders to require vaccines for fans at home games
• Texas requests five mortuary trailers as COVID continues to surge
• Female anchor interviews Taliban official on Afghan TV
• Chicago pharmacist charged with selling COVID-19 vaccination cards on eBay
• Mesquite announces five finalists for police chief
• Tim Tebow cut from Jacksonville Jaguars after preseason loss, marking end of NFL comeback attempt
• COVID-19 outbreaks close schools in 3 small Texas districts
• Dak Prescott unlikely to play in any Cowboys preseason games
• Richardson, DeSoto and Dallas ISDs keep mask mandates in place, at least for now
• Statewide Blue Alert issued for suspect accused of shooting Clay County deputy
• New Zealand to enter lockdown after single COVID-19 case found
• George W. Bush expresses 'deep sadness' over Afghanistan situation