WASHINGTON — Instead of a face-to-face debate Thursday night, President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden squared off, sort of, in simultaneous prime-time town halls that forced voters to channel surf if they wanted to comparison shop. In tone and content, these were less competing events than parallel universes. As Biden sedately clarified his views on fracking and …

] 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 …

After a cool start to the morning, sunshine returns in full force Friday with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s. The weekend will be warmer and pleasant before the next cold front arrives late Sunday. No rain is expected, but Sunday should see a gradual increase in cloud cover. Latest forecast: TODAY: Sunny and cool. High: 72. Wind: …

Billionaire Robert F. Smith has been hailed as a brilliant investor who built Vista Equity Partners into a private equity powerhouse and a generous philanthropist lauded for paying off the student debt of Morehouse College’s entire graduating class last year. But federal prosecutors undercut that image on Thursday, saying Smith concealed income and evaded taxes for 15 years by using …

Every domestic violence murder is maddening — or it should be — because we can almost always spot this tragedy rumbling in the distance toward its victim. That was the trajectory of Nicole Marie McChriston’s last year of life and her hideous, but little-noticed, killing Sept. 4 in her mother’s northeast Dallas apartment. The writing was on the wall, yet …

  It was around 9 p.m. on a Sunday last October when Rachael Gutknecht’s ears started to hurt. Gutknecht had just gotten home from a weekend trip, and she wondered if maybe she was coming down with something so she went to bed early. Suddenly, Gutknecht heard the wind pick up outside her apartment in northwest Dallas. Her bedroom window …

Multimedia messaging app WhatsApp is reportedly working on in-app support to let users instantly report whenever they come across a problem on when the platform or when it stops working. WhatsApp new versions for Android may include in-app support for reporting problems. The messaging platform is currently developing a feature that allows communicating with the technical support team. According to …

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has inaugurated the cardiac stent manufacturing unit at the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) which will turn Pakistan becoming the 18th global state for locally manufacturing stents. PM Imran Khan paid a visit to the National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) Islamabad where he has inaugurated the cardiac stent manufacturing unit, N-Ovative …

KARACHI: Two accused persons have been arrested by Liaqauatabad police officials on a tip-off in Karachi over charges of selling fake and expired medicines and vaccines for children. Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Central told media that two persons were arrested for playing with the lives of innocent children by selling counterfeit and expired medicines and vaccines. Arif Aslam Rao revealed …

ISLAMABAD: Minister of State for Parliament Affairs Ali Muhammad Khan on Friday said the government trying to ensure the availability of quality medicines to the people at reasonable rates. Responding to a calling attention notice in the Senate, Ali Muhammad Khan said that governments in past gave the right to hike medicine prices to the pharmaceutical companies. He asked the …