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Sangakkara to lead MCC squad on Pakistan visit


January 30, 2020

LAHORE: Former Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara will lead the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) squad for their visit to Pakistan next month. Sangakkara, who is the president of MCC, would be captaining the club’s 12-man squad on the Feb 13 to 19 tour during which the visitors will play a one-off one-dayer and a Twenty20 match against Pakistan Shaheen and …

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Cruz suggests it doesn’t matter if Trump engaged in quid pro quo


January 30, 2020

WASHINGTON – Texas Sen. Ted Cruz rose from his desk and, within the first hour of senators being able to ask questions during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, told Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts that he was sending up a written query. The senator sat down, sipping a glass of water as he waited for the submission …

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Huge GOP victory in year’s first election a ‘wake-up call’ for Democrats trying to take Texas House


January 30, 2020

AUSTIN — Democrats called the race the most important election of the year. They said it would set the tone for the general election in November. They took in hundreds of thousands of dollars from national groups and even some of the party’s presidential candidates popped in for support. Then, they got trounced by 16 percentage points in a record-breaking special …

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Ted Cruz backtracks after Lev Parnas’ lawyer calls senator’s tweet “fake news”


January 30, 2020

The lawyer of a key figure in President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial is criticizing a viral tweet by Sen. Ted Cruz, labeling the Texas Republican “Fake news Ted Cruz.” As Wednesday’s proceedings began on the Senate floor, Cruz tweeted about “scenes from the impeachment trial,” writing that “minutes ago, Soviet-born businessman Lev Parnas was ejected from the gallery” because of …

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2 suspects arrested in fatal shooting during Arlington drug deal


January 30, 2020

Arlington police made two arrests this week in connection with a 2019 shooting that left an 18-year-old dead. Austin Makaven Hulitt and Shakim Parish Robinson, both 18, have been charged in the slaying of LaZackahri McDaniel on Sept. 2. Robinson was arrested Tuesday afternoon on charges of capital murder and marijuana possession. Hulitt was arrested Wednesday afternoon on a capital …

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Dallas health officials identified these zip codes as the most unhealthy. Here’s how they plan to fix it.


January 30, 2020

Three months ago, health officials diagnosed five zip codes in southern Dallas as the most unhealthy in the county. Today, the public gets its first look at treatment options. Health leaders are set to brief more than 300 health care professionals, elected officials and community activists on their plan that they hope will reverse historic inequities and improve the county’s overall …

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Suspects sought after Sonic robbed in Mesquite


January 30, 2020

Police are seeking the public’s help in identifying two suspects after a Sonic restaurant was robbed in Mesquite Tuesday morning. Officers responded at 7:14 a.m. to the fast-food location, in the 1800 block of Military Parkway, where they learned that two men had confronted an employee outside at gunpoint after ordering food. Surveillance video images of two suspects wanted in …

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Former Dallas-area priest arrested on charge he sexually assaulted child


January 30, 2020

A former Dallas-area priest who has been accused of molesting children in the 1980s was arrested in Missouri on Wednesday night. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that Richard Thomas Brown, who is in his late 70s, was wanted on a charge of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Dallas police issued the arrest warrant Tuesday, and Brown was booked …

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Chilly weather before a weekend warm up


January 30, 2020

Clouds will remain locked in place over much of North Texas through Thursday with chilly temperatures. Spotty showers or patchy drizzle is possible Thursday, but most hours will be dry. Sunshine will begin to return Friday with a slight warm up. A greater warm up will take place this weekend with highs in the 60s and 70s. Mild weather will …

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