State Fair of Texas canceled for 2020 because of coronavirus

More than 2.5 million people attended the fair last year. This is the event’s first cancellation since World War II.

The fair, a longstanding tradition for many Texans, is scheduled to run next year from Sept. 24 through Oct. 17 in Dallas’ Fair Park. Photo credit: Allison V. Smith for The Texas Tribune

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Austin and several other Texas cities worry hospitals may run out of beds in two weeks or sooner

As Texas hit another record high Sunday, reporting 8,181 people hospitalized for the new coronavirus, local officials predicted cities like Houston could soon run out of space to care for the sickest patients. Photo credit: May-Ying Lam for the Texas Tribune

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