WASHINGTON — Texas Sen. Ted Cruz ripped into embattled Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg at a high-profile Senate hearing on Tuesday, criticizing the manufacturer’s response to two deadly 737 Max plane crashes and questioning the company’s safety culture. The Republican zeroed in on recently released internal Boeing messages that appear to show top officials raising concerns as early as 2016 about …

AUSTIN — The state agency that regulates physicians has declined at least initially to investigate an East Texas fertility doctor who has acknowledged using his own sperm to inseminate a woman who selected another donor. It could not be determined Tuesday if the Texas Medical Board, whose 19 members are appointed by the governor, went along with a staff recommendation …

Texas Department of Transportation officials in a public meeting Tuesday night unveiled their plans for the redesign of the below-grade roadway on Interstate 30 that separates downtown and the Cedars. The $300 million construction project for the depressed roadway on I-30 between I-35 and I-45 and I-345 — known as the “Canyon” — is the next step for the transportation …

ISLAMABAD: Cuba and Pakistan on Wednesday signed an agreement on the exemption from visa requirement for diplomatic and official passport holders. Secretary, Ministry of Interior signed the agreement on behalf of Pakistan. The agreement would facilitate the travel of the officials of the two countries. The agreement between Pakistan and Cuba was signed at the Foreign Office after Foreign Minister …

ISLAMABAD: Over 1.6 million applications have been received so far for Naya Pakistan Housing Program, said the NADRA spokesperson. The NADRA Spokesperson says the registration process for Naya Pakistan Housing Program is in full swing across the country. To facilitate the people, deadline for registration process was extended for a month from October 15 to November 15, 2019. The Prime …

LAHORE: Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-F (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Wednesday telephoned  Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) President Shehbaz Sharif. According to Geo News, Maulana Fazl inquired after the health of  Nawaz Sharif during the telephonic conversation with the PML-N chief. The JUI-F  Ameer is  leading a protest march against the government  and plans to  enter Islamabad on October 31. The march …

KARACHI: Tropical storm Kyarr is the talk of the town these days in the coastal regions of Pakistan, India, Oman, Yemen and other Middle Eastern countries. Currently super cyclonic storm Kyarr is active in the Arabian Sea. It is 790km far from Karachi and moving towards Oman. Meaning of Kyarr Although Kyarr is the hot topic of discussion, but very …

ISLAMABAD: If the declarations made by lawmakers in their statements of assets are to be believed, the number of members of the Sindh Assembly having weapons is almost twice that of the members of the other three provincial assemblies put together who possess arms. An analysis of the statements of assets submitted by lawmakers for 2018 shows that out of …

The Lahore High Court on Wednesday stopped Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) from taking any “adverse action” against anchorpersons who challenged a recent directive issued by the regulatory body — which barred television anchors from giving their “opinions” during talk shows — until further orders from court. About 11 television anchorpersons filed a petition against Pemra’s notification in the high court, …