ISLAMABAD: As the cor­onavirus has claimed more than 500 lives in just five days with positivity ratio rising as high as 10.47 per cent, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) expects arrival of a large quantity of vaccine within next few weeks. At a session chaired by Min­ister for Planning, Deve­lopment and Special Initia­tives Asad Umar, it was decided …

A wildfire blazing in Big Bend National Park in West Texas had grown to an estimated 600 acres Saturday morning. The fire started about 1:30 p.m. Thursday on the park’s South Rim in the Chisos Mountains, park officials said. Wind pushed the flames to the cliff edge in a remote location accessible only by a three- to four-hour hike up …

Dallas County reported 10 more COVID-19 deaths and 275 new coronavirus cases Saturday. The latest victims were mostly in their 60s or older. They included two men and eight women, and all had underlying health conditions. Four of the victims lived in Garland, two in Richardson, and one each in Dallas, Carrollton, Cedar Hill and Rowlett. County Judge Clay Jenkins …

Sunday will feature above normal temperatures with lots of sunshine and highs in the mid 80s. The wind will increase as the day wears on. That means there will be an elevated fire risk through the afternoon and early evening hours. After a brief warm up, temperatures will be trending downhill as we head into next week. Our next cold …

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FRISCO — Burnie Sutter and his family couldn’t keep the smiles off their faces Saturday morning as they took in the parade of about 100 cars celebrating the WWII veteran for his 100th birthday. Sutter, who sported military medallions honoring his service, waved from a wheelchair as family after family drove past and honked or cheered in his direction at Saddle Brook …

An Irving woman wanted on suspicion of attempted murder in Colorado was one of two people who tried to take a vehicle with a child inside Friday night, Denton police said. Amber Campbell, 27, and Nathan Bassett, 23, were arrested after leading officers on a chase from Denton to Gainesville, police said. A woman called 911 about 9 p.m. Friday …

Six people were injured in a shootout Friday night along Southwest Loop 820 Freeway in Fort Worth, police said. People in two cars began shooting at each other about 10:10 p.m. while traveling east in the 2000 block of Southwest Loop 820, near Interstate 20 and Crowley Road, Fort Worth police said. Four people in the two cars were hit …

WASHINGTON — Houston congressman Dan Crenshaw, a former Navy SEAL who lost an eye in Afghanistan, underwent emergency surgery on Friday for a detached retina, leaving him blind for at least a month. Prospects for recovering his vision remain uncertain. ”This is a terrifying prognosis for someone with one eye, and the nature of the injuries that I sustained in …

HOUSTON, Texas — Houston’s unofficial benefactor, Richard Kinder, is officially the richest person in the Bayou City, according to Forbes 2021 list of the world’s billionaires. Sixteen other uber-wealthy Houston-area residents join Kinder on that list. But that’s not the biggest news, statewide: Eclectic entrepreneur Elon Musk has officially knocked Walmart heiress Alice Walton of Fort Worth off her longtime …