Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday announced the government’s decision to take concrete measures to curb air pollution in the country. Addressing a press conference in Lahore, he expressed regret that over the past 10 years, a 70 per cent decline had been witnessed in the number of trees in Lahore. “A 70 per cent drop in tree cover has …

After months of sleeping in an abandoned building, Nicole Ogilvie and her girlfriend, Tammarra Culpepper, were kicked out with only a downtown bridge for shelter. For a short time, they had a mattress of their own. It kept them off the increasingly cold and wet pavement near the Deep Ellum neighborhood where they rested their heads each night. But just …

WASHINGTON — Guess which Democrat leads the pack in Iowa and New Hampshire, and which one has launched a crusade challenging the tradition of holding the first presidential skirmishes in two of the nation’s least diverse and most rural states. “Iowa has had its caucus since 1972. We’ve changed a lot as a country in almost 50 years,” said Julián …

State transportation officials want to hear from the public about what they hope to include in the feasibility study for Interstate 345, the 1.4-mile elevated freeway between Interstate 30 and Woodall Rodgers. Texas Department of Transportation will begin its two-year study to analyze options for the highway’s next steps. One of those options will include the removal of I-345, a proposal that’s …

AUSTIN — The biggest change in federal funding of child welfare in 40 years has Texas youth advocates frantically waving their arms, trying to get state GOP leaders’ attention. For the most part, child advocates say they’re being ignored – at peril of losing a chance to navigate the momentous and system-roiling changes they say are coming. Smart sailing, they …

A 15-year-old boy is in police custody Wednesday after he was accused of assaulting and robbing an elderly woman at a Fort Worth grocery store. The incident happened on Nov. 19 just after 7 p.m. at 8000 Crowley Road. The teen approached the woman as she loaded groceries into her car, police said. The boy demanded the woman’s keys. When …

A 29-year-old woman has been charged after a wrong-way collision in which a teen was killed and three other people injured on eastbound Loop 820 in North Richland Hills early Thanksgiving morning. Noemi Martinez, 29, has been charged with intoxication manslaughter in the death of 17-year-old Benjamin Casteneda following a wrong-way collision on Loop 820 in North Richland Hills.(North Richland …

Police are looking for a woman who was “taken under suspicious circumstances” by her boyfriend earlier this week. They were last seen around 11:39 p.m. Tuesday. Sherry Ward, 44, was “taken under suspicious circumstances” by her boyfriend, Luis Balderas, 37, police say.(Dallas Police) Sherry Ward, 44, is an endangered person, police say. She and her boyfriend, Luis Balderas, 37, are …

Police are looking for a 17-year-old boy who went missing Thursday morning in West Oak Cliff. Joshua Castillo, 17, was last seen in the 1100 block of S. Westmoreland Road and could be a danger to himself and others, police say.(Dallas Police) Joshua Castillo was last seen wearing a beige hooded sweatshirt and black pants in the 1100 block of …

Police are investigating an incident in which an off-duty Trenton police officer fired his weapon at a suspect fleeing a Home Depot in Lake Highlands Friday morning. Officers responded about 11 a.m. to the 11200 block of Garland Road, where they were met by the officer, who was working in an off-duty capacity in full police uniform. The officer told …