HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Cy-Fair Fire Department firefighter was rushed to the hospital after working to contain a building fire in northwest Houston, according to officials. The firefighter suffered minor burns while working to contain the fire, according to the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office.   The Cy-Fair Fire Department was called to Corrosion Control Service, a sandblasting services …

ISLAMABAD: As seven more people lost their struggle against Covid-19 on Sunday, the capital administration has advised coronavirus patients to seek medical help and avoid self treatment at home. “It has been observed that Covid-19 patients who were in very critical state were being brought to hospitals as majority preferred to isolate themselves in their homes and use oxygen cylinders, …

The country’s education ministers, in a meeting on Monday, decided to reopen educational institutions in the country in phases from January 18. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad after the meeting, Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mahmood said that in the first phase, classes nine to 12 would be allowed to resume from Jan 18. He said that in the next …

hb ISLAMABAD: Minister for Information and Broadcasting Shibli Faraz on Sunday said PML-N vice president Maryam Nawaz during her address at the Bahawalpur rally forgot to mention that her ‘royal family’ had robbed funds meant for the people of south Punjab in the name of Lahore renovation. He said that people of south Punjab were deprived of education, health facilities …

MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi says the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government has laid the foundation stone of South Punjab province by establishing a secretariat and in future no one would be able to stepback from it. Addressing a ceremony after laying down the foundation stone of the construction of a bridge over the metro route at Madni Chowk, the foreign …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday took notice of the killing of 21-year-old Osama Satti, who was shot dead early on Saturday by five personnel of the capital police’s Counter Terrorism Department (CTD), and directed Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed to submit a report to him within 24 hours. On the premier’s directive, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on …

A 15-year-old McKinney boy faces a murder charge after beating his mother, police say. Home surveillance video captured the son’s attack on 50-year-old Stacy Ellen Barney inside their family home, investigators say. The firm behind New Zealand’s workplace COVID-19 contact tracing tech takes aim at Texas and the… New Zealand-based contact tracing tech startup SaferMe has had success in helping …

Gov. Greg Abbott directed restaurants to ignore local curfews – specifically in Travis County – that were implemented to mitigate the spread of the COVID-19 virus on New Year’s Eve. “To Texas restaurants. A formal statement. ‘The Governor’s statewide executive order allows food establishments to be open for in-person dining on New Years Eve as authorized by the Texas Alcoholic …

ATLANTA — President Donald Trump badgered and pleaded with Georgia’s election chief to overturn Joe Biden’s win in the state, suggesting in a telephone call that the official “find” enough votes to hand Trump the victory. The conversation Saturday was the latest step in an unprecedented effort by a sitting president to pressure a state official to reverse the outcome …

Dallas County’s COVID-19 report Sunday reflected a two-day total of 3,851 new coronavirus cases, pushing the county’s total positive results over 200,000. Player of the Year, Cecily Bramschreiber Player of the Year, Cecily Bramschreiber, led Lovejoy to an undefeated season and to the Class 5A… The county also announced 10 more deaths, including three Dallas residents: a man in his …