Tensions between opposition lawmakers and government ran high on Saturday as PML-N leaders alleged they had been manhandled by PTI supporters outside the Parliament House. PML-N leaders — including Ahsan Iqbal, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Marriyum Aurangzeb, Khurram Dastagir and Musadiq Malik — were speaking to the media ahead of a special session of the National Assembly that was called for a vote …

In a show of strength, Prime Minister Imran Khan secured 178 votes – six more than required – on Saturday to win the vote of confidence from the National Assembly. The special session was called after the premier voluntarily sought a trust vote following an upset in Senate elections. Addressing the assembly after his win in a wide-ranging speech, the …

A Plano mother is pushing for a hate crime investigation after she says her 13-year-old son was the victim of racist bullying and abuse from fellow students at his middle school. Summer Smith reported the incident to administrators at Haggard Middle School after she says she learned that her son, who is Black, was called racist slurs, beaten and made …

Meshack’s Bar-Be-Que Shack in Garland has weathered plenty of storms in its 40 years, including a closure in the late 1990s. But burst pipes and a desperate act in late month’s below-freezing temperatures put the roadside shack on Avenue B in jeopardy. Owner Travis Mayes said the plumbing issues damaged the building’s walls, but the most harmful fallout from the …

Dallas County reported 26 more COVID-19 deaths and 458 new coronavirus cases Friday. The victims were mostly in their 60s and older, but one was a man in his 30s. Nineteen were men and seven were women, and only two — both men in their 80s — did not have underlying high-risk health conditions. Twelve of the victims were from …

The head of the Dallas FBI office said Friday that the nature of domestic terrorism is evolving — from fringe to mainstream — and that it remains for him a top concern, particularly since his division has made more than a dozen arrests related to the January attack on the U.S. Capitol. Matthew J. DeSarno, Special Agent in Charge of …

Daniel Ray Caldwell, a former Marine who worked in the semi-conductor industry for Texas Instruments, talked about storming the U.S. Capitol during the riot and was seen on video spraying a chemical irritant at a group of officers at a barricade, according to the FBI. Prosecutors wanted him to remain behind bars until his trial in Washington D.C. On Friday, …

The parking lot at the DeSoto Senior Center was unusually packed. Shuttered for nearly a year, since the coronavirus pandemic hit North Texas, the center had been hollow. But on this February day, dozens of mask-wearing Black seniors moved in and out of the center for a very special occasion: The center was co-hosting a COVID-19 vaccine registration event with Dallas County’s health department. …

Police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing man last seen driving in northeast Dallas. Kenneth Melston, 82, was last seen about 4:15 p.m. in the 9300 block of North Central Expressway, near Park Lane. He may be confused and need assistance. Melston is described as a white man who is 6-1 and about 220 pounds, with gray …

The special agent in charge of the FBI’s Dallas office and a former Dallas police chief traded words Friday regarding the decision in 2019 to keep a Dallas officer on the job even though he was being investigated in a pair of murder cases. U. Reneé Hall(Juan Figueroa / AP) That officer, 36-year-old Bryan Riser, was arrested Thursday on two counts …