Pennsylvania’s Pat Toomey is the second Republican U.S. senator to call for President Trump’s resignation in the wake of Wednesday’s attack by Trump supporters on the U.S. Capitol, as House Democrats developed their plans to impeach the president. Toomey on Sunday joined his Senate colleague Lisa Murkowski, an Alaska Republican, in calling for Trump to resign. “I think at this …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. House of Representatives Democrats plan a vote on Monday to urge Vice President Mike Pence to take steps to remove President Donald Trump from office after his supporters’ deadly storming of the Capitol, before attempting to impeach him again. The plan, spelled out by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi in a letter to members on Sunday evening, …

HOUSTON, Texas — The Texas Legislature has taken the first steps towards permanently allowing Houston restaurants to sell alcohol to go. Filed by senator Kelly Hancock and representative Charlie Geren, SB 298 / HB 1094 would codify Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s emergency waiver that allows restaurant to sell beer, wine, and cocktails with pickup and delivery food orders. As CultureMap …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An armed suspect accused of carjacking a woman with a child at a gas station was shot by police overnight near Hobby Airport. Houston police say that around 12:45 a.m. Monday, patrol sergeants with the Southeast Division saw a Mercedes-Benz speeding over 100 miles per hour down Telephone Road before heading eastbound on Airport. Officers called …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two people were killed in a wrong-way crash overnight at the North Beltway and Veterans Memorial. Police say that around 12:15 a.m., a black car traveled the wrong direction, going westbound in the eastbound lanes and crashed head on into another car. One driver died at the scene. The second driver died at the hospital. The …

Cricket Australia apologised to the India team on Sunday and launched a probe into allegations visiting players were subjected to racial abuse by part of the crowd during the third Test at Sydney Cricket Ground. The Indian team lodged an official complaint after play on Saturday after bowlers Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj complained of hearing racist slurs while fielding near the …

HAMBANTOTA: Eng­land are eager to extend their solid form in test cricket but face a tough challenge in their two-match series in Sri Lanka, head coach Chris Silverwood said on Sunday. England won their three-Test home series against West Indies in July last year after returning from the coronavirus (Covid-19)-enfor­ced break and followed it up with another series win over …

LAHORE: The explosive West Indies opener Chris Gayle was on Sunday signed up by former champions Quetta Gladiators, while the popular Australian Chris Lynn has switched from Lahore Qalandars to Multan Sultan as the six HBL Pakistan Super League franchises confirmed their line-ups for the sixth edition of PCB’s marquee event. Hasan Ali — the Pakistan paceman who was a …

KARACHI: Inspired by a maiden one-day ton from opener Taimoor Sultan, Northern routed Central Punjab by 154 runs in the most one-sided fixture in round two of the Pakistan Cup at the SBP Sports Complex here on Sunday. Sindh and Balochistan, meanwhile, swiftly recovered from their first-round defeats with contrasting results against defending champions Khyber Pakhtun­khwa and Southern Punjab, respectively. …

A courageous and injury-wracked India pulled off a remarkable draw in a tense third Test against Australia on Monday as they survived against the hosts’ much-vaunted bowling attack to take the series into a decider. They resumed day five at 98-2, needing a further 309 runs after being set a huge 407 to win, when Australia declared their second innings …