A two-day seminar for exploring opportunities to boost investment and trade between Pakistan and Afghanistan began in Islamabad on Monday. On the invitation of National Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser, a 17-member Afghan parliamentary delegation, led by Speaker of Wolsey Jirga Mr Rahmani, arrived in Islamabad to participate in the seminar, titled Pakistan-Afghanistan Trade and Investment Forum 2020. Speaking at the …

Dallas County reported 648 new confirmed coronavirus cases Saturday. One new COVID-19 death was also reported. Labs either report coronavirus cases directly to the county health department or to the state health department, which then relays the information to individual counties. Of cases reported Saturday, Dallas County health officials said 381 came from the state’s reporting system, all of which …

AUSTIN — Former Vice President Joe Biden has regained a narrow lead over President Donald Trump in Texas, after wooing more independents and Hispanics, according to a poll released Sunday by The Dallas Morning News and University of Texas at Tyler. Biden’s lead among likely voters is 48%-45%, within the poll’s margin of error. In the Texas race for U.S. Senate, Republican incumbent …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Mike Pence plans to maintain an aggressive campaign schedule this week despite his exposure to a top aide who tested positive for the coronavirus, the White House said Saturday. Pence himself tested negative, his office said. Under Centers for Disease Control and Prevention criteria, the vice president is considered a “close contact” of his chief …

WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump assured supporters packed shoulder to shoulder at a trio of rallies Saturday that “we’re rounding the turn” on the coronavirus — despite spiking cases — and mocked challenger Joe Biden for raising alarms about the pandemic. Meanwhile, Biden bemoaned to a smaller gathering the need to campaign at a distance but said he …

The former members came forward after News published an investigation last month into allegations that Rush, now 60, had sexually or physically assaulted five other members since the early 1990s, when the church was founded. Three said they were beaten with paddles when they were teens. One said she was hit so hard she blacked out. Rush has denied those allegations. The …

WASHINGTON — Several words are missing from Sen. John Cornyn’s ad blitz hitting Texas TV viewers in the final weeks of his reelection bid: Republican. Conservative. Trump. Instead, the three-term incumbent focuses on his concern for victims of sexual violence and the scourge of COVID-19, and his dismay that challenger MJ Hegar uses vulgarity in public. One ad describes him …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — One person died Sunday morning when the car they were in plunged into a southeast Houston bayou during a police pursuit, authorities said. It happed around 3:30 a.m. in the 8800 block of Bryam Street near the Gulf Freeway. Police officers saw what they believed to be a drug deal happening at a convenience store and …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A backup on the outbound lanes of the Southwest Freeway formed Saturday morning. Transtar video showed cars creeping by on the southbound side of US-59 near Hillcroft. You can expect congestion on SH-288 this weekend after northbound and southbound lanes will be closed at Southmore. The closure will last until 5 a.m. Monday. You are advised …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Beloved transgender rights advocate and Houston blogger, Monica Roberts, who died of natural causes on Oct. 5, was honored with a memorial service and laid to rest on Saturday. Supporters paid their respects at the University of Houston’s Cullen Performance Hall before a private burial. Roberts collapsed and died at her southwest Houston apartment complex earlier …