Dallas County announced 460 more confirmed coronavirus cases Saturday, including 455 considered new and five from previous months. One new COVID-19 death was also reported. Labs either report coronavirus cases directly to the county health department or to the state health department, which then relays the information to individual counties. Of cases reported Saturday, Dallas County health officials said 167 …

HARRISBURG, Pa. — A federal judge in Pennsylvania on Saturday threw out a lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump’s campaign, dismissing its challenges to the battleground state’s poll-watching law and its efforts to limit how mail-in ballots can be collected and which of them can be counted. The ruling by U.S. District Judge J. Nicholas Ranjan — who was appointed …

Health authorities are closely watching an outbreak of respiratory illness caused by a new strain of coronavirus known as COVID-19. Here are the answers to key questions about the outbreak: What is the new virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. The name comes from the Latin word for crowns or halos, which coronaviruses resemble …

It feels like late summer in North Texas this weekend with more sunshine and near record temperatures. Saturday reached 88 degrees at DFW and Sunday will be nearly 10 degrees hotter. The record high for DFW International Airport on Sunday is 99 and was set in 1979. The first of three cold fronts will move across North Texas on Monday. …

The mercury will continue to rise for one more day in North Texas with continued sunshine and near-record temperatures. Saturday reached 88 degrees at DFW Airport. Today will be nearly 10 degrees hotter with highs in the upper 90s. The record high for DFW International Airport on Oct. 11 is 99 and was set in 1979. The first of three …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Sunday has reported 12 more coronavirus-related deaths during the past 24 hours, pushing the overall death toll from the disease to 6,570. As per the latest data released by the National Command and Operation Centre ( NCOC), as many as 28,893 samples were tested during this period, out of which 666 detected positive. The overall number of …

Twitter Inc has said it will remove tweets calling for people to interfere with the US election process or implementation of election results, including through violence, as the company also announced more restrictions to slow the spread of misinformation. Twitter said in a blog post that, from next week, users will get a prompt pointing them to credible information before …

KARACHI: In sharp reaction to the government’s decision of banning TikTok, a video-sharing social networking service, social media celebrity Hareem Shah on Saturday slammed the restriction and called it a move to divert the public’s attention from real issues, such as wheat flour crisis. “As you all know that TikTok has been banned and the reason that’s been given for it …

NÜRBURGRING: Valtteri Bottas seized pole position for the Eifel Grand Prix on Saturday with Mercedes team-mate and Formula One championship leader Lewis Hamilton alongside on the front row of the grid at the Nuerburgring. Red Bull’s Max Verstappen, who had been on provisional pole after the first flying laps of the final session at the German circuit, qualified in third place …

LAHORE: Mir Afzal Khan, caretaker Chief Minister of Gilgit-Baltistan, visited the Pakistan Olympic House here on Saturday and discussed with POA president retired Lt Gen Syed Arif Hasan the ways and means to promote Olympic sports and Movement in Gilgit-Baltistan. According to a press release issued by the POA on Saturday, CM Afzal, Lt Gen Arif Hasan and POA secretary …