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Mobile phone internet services restored in areas of Balochistan, KP


June 3, 2021

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has allowed the mobile phone operators to restore internet services in several areas of Balochistan and Khyber district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as the security situation has improved there. After review of security situation by the departments concerned, the ministry of interior has cleared Turbat city, Kech, Awaran, Panjgur, Washuk and Kalat along the highways …

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Lake Highlands valedictorian’s speech against Texas ‘heartbeat bill’ goes viral


June 3, 2021

Paxton Smith pulled the folded-up piece of paper from underneath her red graduation robe. It wasn’t the valedictorian speech she originally prepared, the one that was approved by administrators at Lake Highlands High School. Instead, she decided to use her three minutes on stage to decry the so-called heartbeat bill, legislation signed recently by Gov. Greg Abbott that will essentially ban most …

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Grand Prairie High School senior accepted to 21 colleges, offered more than $80,000 in scholarships


June 3, 2021

A Grand Prairie High School senior who once promised his mother he would pursue a career in engineering was accepted into 21 universities and colleges and received more than $80,000 in scholarship offers. Ezekiel Oluwemimo will major in civil engineering at The University of Texas at Arlington this fall, according to a story by KDFW-TV (Channel 4). He graduated from high school …

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Do recent Trinity River flood warnings mean homes are at risk?


June 3, 2021

The rainy weather that has been dousing North Texas is expected to continue into early next week, prompting flood warnings. The National Weather Service issued a warning for the Trinity River in Dallas until Thursday morning — one of multiple warnings issued for the river over the last month. Monitoring and managing the water levels of the Trinity River is …

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