Dallas County on Wednesday reported 2,427 more coronavirus cases, all of them considered new, as well as record high hospitalizations for the third straight day. Seventeen new COVID-19 deaths also were reported. Frisco City Council tosses COVID-19 mask-related ethics complaint against Mayor Jeff Cheney,… The latest victims included 14 Dallas residents, including six men who had all been hospitalized and …

Despite Prime Minister Imran Khan’s request to move ahead with the final rites of the slain miners and an assurance that he would visit them “very soon”, Balochistan’s Shia Hazara community continued to protest for a fifth straight day on Thursday, refusing to bury those who were brutally killed over the weekend in the province’s Mach area. Sources told Dawn that the prime minister has …

North Texas leaders condemned the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, calling it “shameful,” “un-American,” and “a disgraceful moment” in the country’s history. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said he was “saddened and absolutely disgusted” when he saw a mob breach the Capitol building in Washington, D.C., setting off chaos that stopped a congressional vote to certify President-Elect Joe Biden’s win. Trump protesters …

AUSTIN — As a mob of pro-Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol to stop the certification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory on Wednesday, Texas GOP leaders denounced the use of violence, even after some spent weeks trying to avoid offending diehard supporters of President Donald Trump. Around 3 p.m. CST, after about two hours of chaos in the …

A Frisco resident said he is worried about the city’s future after three City Council members dismissed an ethics complaint he filed against Mayor Jeff Cheney and three other members. In the complaint filed last month, Martin Woodward requested that Cheney, John Keating, Brian Livingston and Dan Stricklin be removed from office for not following the state mask mandate or …

WASHINGTON – Although it was clear that President Donald Trump inspired the insurrection at the Capitol on Wednesday, Democrats pinned some of the blame on Sen. Ted Cruz, too, accusing him of promoting sedition and lawlessness by promoting Trump’s lies about election fraud. Trump protesters protest outside Texas Capitol Trump protesters protest outside the Texas State Capitol on Congress Ave, …

WASHINGTON — Former President George W. Bush on Wednesday called the “insurrection at the Capitol” a “sickening and heartbreaking sight,” saying “this is how election results are disputed in a banana republic — not our democratic republic.” “Laura and I are watching the scenes of mayhem unfolding at the seat of our nation’s government in disbelief and dismay,” he said, …

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 I’m witnessing is a disgrace,’ new Texas congressman says as mob storms U.S. Capitol,… What is the virus? Scientists have identified the virus as a novel, or new, coronavirus. …

It was set to be a contentious but civil process as more than half of Texas Republicans in Congress planned to be among those objecting to President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College win when they met in the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday to count the votes. Watch Live: After pro-Trump mob storms Capitol, Congress resumes review of Biden’s electoral… But chaos …

WASHINGTON — A pro-Trump mob stormed the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, bringing violence and insurrection into the halls of Congress and delaying the formal ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. Watch Live: After pro-Trump mob storms Capitol, Congress resumes review of Biden’s electoral… The joint session of Congress formalized the election at 2:32 a.m. CT Thursday in Washington. Vermont’s three …