ISLAMABAD: As many as 670 more people tested positive for the novel coronavirus during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the number of confirmed cases to 288,717. According to the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), six people died due to coronavirus-related complications during this period, pushing the death toll from the disease in the country to 6,168. …

Mexico will need up to 200 million coronavirus vaccine doses, according to a senior government official, and inoculation of its 120 million inhabitants could start as early as April if clinical trials and regulatory approvals for pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca Plc go as planned. In partnership with the governments of Mexico and Argentina, AstraZeneca initially plans to produce 150 million doses …

Dallas police are investigating the death of a 20-year old man who was found shot near an East Oak Cliff church. Police were called to 3011 Alabama Avenue, the address of the Abraham Baptist Church in East Oak Cliff, around 7 p.m. Friday. Officers made contact with the victim, Isacc Spencer, before he was taken to a hospital. He was …

Police are investigating the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old man Friday evening in West Dallas, near Trinity Groves. Officers responded just after 9:30 p.m. to the 3900 block of Harston Street, where they found Michael Jones suffering from a gunshot wound. Jones was taken to a local hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

Dallas police are investigating the shooting death of an 18-year old in Pleasant Grove. A man in his 20s shot the victim, Alfredo Navarette, around 11 p.m. Friday in the 1300 block of Celeste Drive, police say. Navarette was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The suspect is a Latino man with dark hair, police say, who …

Two children were left badly injured and hospitalized early Saturday when a woman fleeing a domestic violence incident in Grand Prairie lost control of the car they were all riding in, causing it to flip repeatedly in a grassy median, Dallas police said. The crash happened around 2 a.m. Saturday in the 4600 block of Jefferson Boulevard, about a half-mile …

Confirmed cases of COVID-19 vaulted above 58,000 in Dallas County on Saturday, capping a week in which the average daily count exceeded last week’s by about a third. With 73 reported deaths, it was also the county’s fourth deadliest week so far, Dallas County Health and Human Services reported. There have been 824 deaths in all. As of 11 a.m. …

weatw Oppressive heat continues across North Texas this weekend. The excessive heat warning expires at 7 pm on Saturday. But a Heat Advisory will continue through 7 pm on Sunday. That’s a step in the right direction. And more significant changes are coming as the weekend concludes. Sunday will be the last hot day with high temperatures reaching triple digits …

Dallas police say the death of a man involved in a car crash early Friday morning was the result of homicidal violence. Police were sent around 2:30 a.m. Friday to a crash at the intersection of the Central Expressway service road and Forest Lane, where a white Chevrolet Tahoe had struck a sedan. The driver of the Tahoe, who police …

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson on Saturday expressed “deep concerns” about failed planning and leadership during the Dallas Police Department’s response to chaotic downtown protests in late May and early June — responses highlighted in a long-awaited final “after-action” report. The agency’s 85-page report — overseen by Chief U. Reneé Hall and delivered to City Hall officials late Friday night — …