AUSTIN — The fight for control of the Texas House is on, and North Texas will be the major battleground. With Democrats nine seats away from a majority, the first campaign finance reports of 2020 filed last week clearly showed where the most competitive races are, the strongest fundraisers and who needs additional help. Nine of the top 20 fundraisers …

Two men were injured in a pair of unrelated shootings between Friday night and Saturday morning, Dallas police said. One of the shootings happened around 3 a.m. Saturday in the 10000 block of Royal Lane, police said. When officers arrived, they found a man shot in the shoulder area. According to police, the suspect, who is still at large, provided …

A 15-year-old boy arrested in connection with the shooting of an 18-year-old man at a high school basketball last week faces a murder charge after the victim died Saturday, Dallas police said. Marc Strickland died about 3 p.m., police said. According to a report by KDFW-TV (Channel 4), he died shortly after being removed from life support. Strickland was shot during …

A man was wounded when someone shot him with a rifle Saturday night in downtown Dallas, police said. Officers were called about 9:30 p.m. to the 2200 block of Canton Street, near Cesar Chavez Boulevard, where a group of people had been playing basketball at an apartment complex. Police said there was a “disagreement” between one of the people in …

After a cold and frosty start with temperatures at or below freezing in spots, we’re in for a cool afternoon with highs in the 50s. A good amount of sunshine will be with us today and Monday before a weak cold front slides into the area by Tuesday. Chances of rain will increase Wednesday into Thursday across the region. A …

SINGAPORE: China’s Sinopec, expected to be the next major Chinese buyer of US liquefied natural gas (LNG), is planning to review terms of a potential $16 billion supply deal with Cheniere Energy Inc after a sharp drop in LNG prices, industry officials said. That could delay sign-off on a deal that would help Beijing meet ambitious targets it set for …

MUMBAI: Indian oil-to-telecoms conglomerate Reliance Industries Ltd has posted another record quarterly profit, as double-digit growth at its consumer-facing businesses cushioned weakness in its energy divisions. Revenue at its retail and telecoms units each jumped more than 25 per cent in the December quarter as the company, headed by Asia’s richest man, Mukesh Ambani, invests heavily to bring them on …

KARACHI: The current account deficit fell by 66.5 per cent in first half of the current fiscal year. The impressive reduction in deficit during the last six months is likely to bring down the current account in to net positive by the end of this fiscal year. The SBP data showed the deficit during July-December was $2.153 billion compared to …

WASHINGTON: Pakistan has urged the United States to get it off the grey list of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which monitors global money laundering and terror financing. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said at a news briefing here on Friday night that Pakistan hoped the US would back its efforts to get it off the list at the …

ISLAMABAD: The government has decided to initiate screening of Rs4.038 trillion investments in National Savings’ schemes of more than seven million investors to stop any ill-gotten money to become part of the financial system and to safeguard valued investors from the menace of money laundering and terror financing. The decision came as part of compliance with Financial Action Task Force …