ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said keeping in view the vital role of agriculture in the country’s development and farmers’ prosperity, the agriculture sector development is among the top priorities of the government. While presiding over a meeting of the National Coordination Committee (NCC) on Agriculture here on Tuesday, the prime minister said the agriculture sector had not been …

ISLAMABAD: Around 450,000 people may not be able to get their first or second Covid-19 vaccine doses as the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has been considering closing the Adult Vaccination Centres (AVCs) on the first three Eid holidays. However, a member of the Scientific Task Force on Covid-19, Prof Dr Javed Akram, said this would not make much …

After a line of thunderstorms moved through North Texas on Monday night, leaving damaged buildings and power outages in their wake, the National Weather Service confirmed Tuesday that five tornadoes touched down in the area. One of the strongest twisters was an EF2 with winds up to 120 mph that traveled 5.2 miles across Ellis County from 8:44 to 8:57 …

AUSTIN — Leaders of the Texas House are promoting bills that critics say would revive the bad old days of health insurance when coverage was prohibitively expensive or outright denied for people with pre-existing conditions. On Tuesday, the chamber initially approved legislation that would let the Texas Farm Bureau sell health plans exempt from insurance laws and many consumer protections. …

Following a cold front early Tuesday, our weather will be quite pleasant for the next few days. The rest of the work week will feature mainly sunny skies with lower than normal humidity for early May. High temperatures will be in the 70s through Wednesday, then gradually warming back into the 80s by Thursday. A slight chance of storms returns …

Each year,  honors the winners of its high school journalism competition. Entries include work from student newspapers, yearbooks and digital news organizations from high schools across North Texas. This year’s 30th annual contest included nearly 500 entries from 24 schools. They were judged by editors and reporters. The newspaper’s managing editor, Keith Campbell, selected the “best of the best” sweepstakes …

George Floyd, a blank piece of paper, unlearned characters in the Bible. Before his death, many people have opined that George Floyd was just a nobody. The law would have labeled him a criminal. A blank sheet of paper is just paper, right? Its status rises when something important is written on it. Unlearned Bible characters, with no wealth or …

Plano has had 17,275 confirmed coronavirus cases, a figure equal to 6.06% of the city’s population, according to Plano’s website. The most recent number of deaths reported is 36. Collin County has had 74,215 confirmed cases and 822 fatalities. Collin County previously announced it will no longer post COVID-19 case data on its website. Counts of new and confirmed cases, recoveries …

Two men were in custody Tuesday evening after an exchange of gunfire in Grapevine earlier in the day left three men wounded. According to police, two men in a black Dodge Charger exchanged gunfire with two men in a white Nissan Altima about 4:45 p.m. in the parking lot of the 7-Eleven in the 3500 block of Grapevine Mills Boulevard …

Mesquite police fatally shot a man Tuesday morning whose relatives say he had a history of mental-health problems. Police were called about 7:45 a.m. to the Audubon Park apartments in the 5800 block of Northwest Drive, near Oates Drive, after a 911 call during which the dispatcher reported hearing a woman screaming and crying before the caller hung up. Officers …