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9 people have died in the wake of the Astroworld tragedy. A week on, questions remain over who should be held accountable
CNN
In the week since a Houston music festival turned deadly, questions have emerged about who should be held accountable for the nine people who died and the hundreds who were injured.
Audience members at Travis Scott's Astroworld Music Festival described an unruly crowd surge on November 5 that felt like a "death trap," leaving many trampled and struggling to breathe -- and even prompting some to administer CPR on those who passed out.
"I picked some kid up and his eyes rolled to the back of his head, so I checked his pulse. I knew he was dead," concertgoer Billy Nasser said. "I checked the people around me. And I just had to leave him there. There was nothing I could do."
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The Trump administration is forcing out senior leadership at the National Archives and Records Administration in a major shakeup, according to a source familiar. President Donald Trump has been highly critical of the archives since the agency asked the Department of Justice to investigate Trump’s mishandling of classified documents after he left office.
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The morning after the mass resignation of prosecutors sparked a crisis inside the Trump Justice Department, acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove led a meeting with the Justice Department’s public integrity section. His message: they had to choose one career lawyer to file a dismissal of the corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to three people briefed on the meeting.
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Seventh prosecutor in Eric Adams case resigns and calls out Trump’s former lawyer in scathing letter
A federal prosecutor assigned to the corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams resigned Friday in a blistering letter that accused top leaders at the Justice Department of looking for a “fool” to dismiss the criminal charges.