A day after Chief Justice of Pakistan Gulzar Ahmed dismissed a case concerning allegations that the premier had distributed development funds among lawmakers, observing in the written order that Justice Qazi Faez Isa should not hear cases involving the premier, a letter from Justice Isa — who was part of the bench — to the apex court registrar expressed ‘shock’ that the …

Dallas County on Friday reported 40 more COVID-19 deaths and 845 new coronavirus cases. Most of the latest victims were in their 60s or older; 24 were men and 16 were women. Fifteen were Dallas residents, eight were from Mesquite, and five lived in Garland. Three were from Lancaster, two each lived in DeSoto, Grand Prairie and Rowlett, and one …

The Dallas County jail failed an annual state inspection this week for the first time in a decade. Among the state’s findings made public Friday: The jail had not provided inmates with paper to write letters to their lawyers; inmates had been denied exercise and showers; and jailers had missed key deadlines in processing grievances. Despite the failing grade, inspectors …

Frisco ISD revealed the names of two future schools earlier this week: Panther Creek High School and Buddy and Joni Minett Elementary School. Cyril William “Buddy” and Joni Minett are longtime Frisco residents who have served on boards and committees for the city and the school district for nearly 40 years. “We are absolutely ecstatic [for the new school],” Buddy …

PLANO — A federal judge on Friday ordered the pretrial release of a man accused of storming the U.S. Capitol after expressing concern about his repeated refusal to wear a face mask after his arrest. Daniel Goodwyn, 32, lives in San Francisco where he works as a web designer, but he was arrested at his parents’ Corinth home weeks after …

The two longest-serving members of the Dallas ISD board of trustees, Edwin Flores and Dan Micciche, are unopposed in May’s elections and will serve three more years. But that doesn’t guarantee that the board of the state’s second-largest school district — facing the challenge of bringing students back from a disjointed and difficult period of learning during COVID-19 — will …

Police say a person was found slain Friday morning in the Mountain Creek area of southwestern Dallas. Officers were called about 11:30 a.m. to the 8100 block of Clark Road, near Interstate 20, where they found the victim dead from homicidal violence. The person has not yet been identified. Police have not released any additional information about the death. Anyone …

WASHINGTON – Donald Trump’s impeachment team defended him Friday by flatly denying he encouraged the deadly Jan. 6 attack on Congress, insisting that as a “law and order” president he abhorred mob violence. They sought to puncture the House manager’s case that he incited the attack by reconstructing the timeline of an attack that began even before Trump finished riling …

The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center in downtown Dallas opened Friday as a temporary homeless shelter as North Texas braces for the coldest weather in decades and what could be its largest snowstorm in years. The convention center will be open through the weekend and possibly until the end of next week as the area experiences record freezing temperatures. There will …

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 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 under …