A national protest is widening over the pending deportations of dozens of Cameroon-born immigrants who lawyers and other advocates say were abused in U.S. detention centers and could face death if sent back to their homeland. The immigrants, many of them asylum-seekers, were transferred in recent days to the civil detention center in Alvarado, about an hour southwest of Dallas. …

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 …

Original post: Dallas police are asking for the public’s help finding a missing woman. Rozan Williams, 74, was last seen about 2:30 p.m. Monday, driving south on North Corinth Street Road near East Eighth Street in east Oak Cliff. Williams is described as a white woman who is 5-6 and about 140 pounds, with gray hair and brown eyes. She was …

Collin County has been a reliably red area that for years has elected conservative Republicans to federal and local government. But in seemingly an instant, Democrats have become viable candidates because of demographic shifts and President Donald Trump’s declining popularity in the suburbs. These factors could manifest in the surprisingly hotly contested District 3 congressional race between Republican incumbent Rep. …

Dallas County reported 335 more confirmed coronavirus cases Monday, all of which the county considers new. Four new COVID-19 deaths were 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 Monday, Dallas County health officials said 193 came from the …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett will face senators’ questions over her approach to health care, legal precedent and even the presidential election during a second day of confirmation hearings on track to lock in a conservative court majority for years to come. The mood is likely to shift to a more confrontational tone as Barrett, an appellate court …

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Committee on Delegated Legislation on Monday criticised the telecom regulator for banning TikTok and noted that Pakistan has to pace up with global development and take corrective measures instead of adopting isolationist approach. The Senate committee that met under the chairmanship of Senator Kauda Babar at the Parliament House discussed the ban on the short video-sharing platform by the …

AUSTIN — A federal appeals court ruled late Monday night that Texas can limit counties to one mail ballot drop-off site in a decision with deep implications for November’s presidential elections. In an order filed at 11:06 p.m. the night before early voting was set to begin in Texas, a three-judge panel of the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals …

WASHINGTON: The US withdrawal of more troops from Afghanistan will depend on a reduction in violence and other conditions agreed in February with the Taliban, the Pentagon’s top general said in an interview broadcast Monday. Five days after President Donald Trump said he wants US forces “home by Christmas,” Joint Chiefs Chairman General Mark Milley stressed to NPR radio that …

PARIS: Rafael Nadal remains 1,890 points behind Novak Djokovic in ATP rankings released Monday despite having beaten him for a 13th French Open title at the weekend. Behind the Roland Garros finalists lie Austrian Dominic Thiem, who reached the quarter-finals in Paris, and Roger Federer, who has been sidelined from tournament play since the Australian Open in January. Poland’s first singles Grand …