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Army to use infrared cameras in search mission for Ali Sadpara, two others


February 11, 2021

Search efforts for mountaineers Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snorri and John Pablo Mohr are expected to resume on Thursday, after slight improvement in Skardu’s weather. A special forward looking infrared (FLIR) mission by a C-130 aircraft along with four high-altitude porters (HAPs) from Sadpara village will be used in the operation. Bad weather in the area over the past four …

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Alleged neo-Nazi in Grand Prairie ‘urgently’ sought rifle after Capitol insurrection, feds say


February 11, 2021

As a teen, Christian Mackey took an interest in Communism and would troll neo-Nazi message boards for fun, the FBI says. Before long, he got hooked on National Socialism and other hateful Nazi ideology and switched allegiances, authorities say. Mackey, 20, of Grand Prairie, joined a Hitler Youth-like group online called Iron Youth and became a self-described “radical Jew slayer” …

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Govt approves 25pc increase in salaries of protesting employees


February 11, 2021

Defence Minister Pervez Khattak on Thursday said a 25 per cent increase in the salaries of federal government employees from grades 1 to 19 has been approved on an “ad-hoc” basis a day after the capital saw tear gas shelling amid protests by hundreds of government employees. He was addressing a press conference in Islamabad with Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid …

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White House warns immigrants against travel as new Border Patrol numbers show arrivals are edging upwards


February 11, 2021

A controversial immigration policy left over from the Trump presidency has resulted in immigrants being quickly removed from the U.S. more than 450,000 times since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, and the White House is warning migrants that they should not travel to the U.S. And the number of migrant families caught at the southern border …

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Four-county area tops 6,000 COVID-19 deaths; winter weather alters vaccination and testing schedules


February 11, 2021

Dallas County on Wednesday reported 1,231 new coronavirus cases and 37 more deaths from COVID-19. Meanwhile, the foursome of Collin, Dallas, Denton and Tarrant County added 81 deaths Wednesday, bringing their collective toll to above 6,000 — or 6,056. The latest Dallas County victims included 25 men and 13 women in their 20s to their 90s. They included 15 people …

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Fort Worth police officer fired following arrest on theft charge, department says


February 11, 2021

A Fort Worth police officer was fired Wednesday after violating the department’s general orders, the third such termination to happen this week. Officer Scott Smith was fired after he was arrested for being suspected in a theft that happened in Crowley on Dec. 14, the department said. Smith was arrested Dec. 18 on a class B misdemeanor charge. Details of …

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Police investigating death of person whose body was found in South Dallas


February 11, 2021

Dallas police are investigating the death of a person whose body was found in South Dallas late Tuesday morning, police said. Officers responded about 11 a.m. Tuesday to a call regarding a dead body in the 2900 block of Cleveland Street, near Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and South Ervay Street. Police said Dallas Fire-Rescue determined that the person, whose …

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21-year-old man arrested in shooting death of 18-year-old, Dallas police say


February 11, 2021

A 21-year-old man is facing a murder charge in the shooting death of an 18-year-old man, Dallas police said. Markelen Jerrel Chance was arrested early Wednesday in the slaying of Tremond Spencer Tuesday night, police said. Officers responded to a shooting call about 9:30 p.m. in the 4000 block of Preferred Place in the Red Bird area and found Spencer …

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