PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Imran Khan was on Monday briefed on the ruling party’s loss in Nowshera by-election and told that the opposition Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) had “scientifically manipulated” the polls. Mr Khan, who arrived in Peshawar on a day-long visit, addressed the parliamentary party meeting of the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) at Governor House, which was attended by MNAs and …

When Mitchell Penton learned he had gotten into the Dallas Police Academy, he jumped for joy. He joined the department in 2019, and a year later, he married his love, Noel Bergenske Penton. And this year, more joy followed: They found out a baby son was on the way. The day before Valentine’s Day, Penton was killed while he directed traffic on …

The state is penalizing tens of thousands of people waiting for the COVID-19 vaccine after slashing the number of doses it sent to North Texas’ two largest counties, Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins said Monday. The Texas Department of Health and Human Services last week announced it would dramatically reduce the number of shots it sent Dallas and Tarrant counties as the federal government …

Grand Prairie is putting out a call to residents who need help registering online for the COVID-19 vaccine. On Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to noon at the Charley Taylor Recreation Center, 601 East Grand Prairie Road, city staffers will be available to help with registration. The drive-through event is only for registering for the vaccine, and no vaccines will be …

Teachers may be more significant drivers in the spread of COVID-19 than students, according to results from a study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that was released on Monday. The CDC studied nine COVID-19 transmission clusters in elementary schools in Marietta, an Atlanta suburb, in December and January. Dallas County’s supply of doses is getting slashed …

AUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott announced Monday that 31 additional Texas counties have been approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency to be added to President Joe Biden’s major disaster declaration, bringing the number of counties where Texans are eligible to apply for individual assistance to 108. “I thank FEMA for their swift approval of these additional counties and for …

Yesenia Flores and her 9-year-old son filled metal pots and plastic pails with chilly water from a silver-and-blue fire hydrant. Last week’s winter storm left them without water after pipes burst in their Vickery Meadow apartment building in northeast Dallas. Electricity and water are flowing now for most Texans but many, like Flores, still struggle for basic needs. Water scarcity …

After dispatching work crews to mend burst pipes and broken boilers, North Texas school leaders say they will soon reopen many of the buildings that were badly damaged in last week’s winter storm. Still, many students won’t be returning to campus until at least Wednesday as their communities continue to recover from the devastation of widespread power outages and water …

Dallas County reported 348 new coronavirus cases Monday, as well as 18 more deaths from COVID-19. Dallas County’s supply of doses is getting slashed because it will become a federal vaccine site… Meanwhile, the United States passed half a million deaths from the virus, hitting a total of 500,172 on Monday, according to Johns Hopkins University. The latest Dallas County …

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19. Here are the answers to key questions about the outbreak: What is the virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. The name comes from the Latin word for crowns or halos, which coronaviruses resemble under …