ISLAMABAD: As compared to the previous day, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) reported on Thursday the number of new Covid-19 cases detected in the country remained largely unchanged, but there was a decrease in the number of persons who died of the dreaded disease. According to the data revealed by NCOC, 4,198 people tested positive for coronavirus and …

Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry on Friday questioned why action shouldn’t be taken against foreign service officials for instances of blocking labour access to embassies. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad alongside Adviser to the Prime Minister on Commerce and Investment Abdul Razak Dawood, Chaudhry said: “There are incidents where embassy officials placed rocks and blocked routes …

AUSTIN — A federal judge is defending her efforts to root out slipshod foster care operations in Texas, saying providers who blame her edicts for a current bed shortage are mistaken. U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack said the “heightened monitoring” of caregivers that she’s ordered and her blocking of bad operators from getting new licenses and state contracts are …

A man was killed in a Denton shooting Thursday afternoon, police said. Officers were called about 2:45 p.m. to the 2400 block of East McKinney Street, near Audra Lane, where a shooting had been reported. Police found a man who had been shot, and he was taken to a hospital. The man, whose name has not been released, was pronounced …

Several speakers appeared at a Collin County Commissioners Court meeting Monday to voice complaints about the inaction of law enforcement during recent protests across the county in response to the in-custody death of Marvin Scott III. The family and friends of Scott have organized nightly sit-ins at the county jail and other protests and are demanding further repercussions, including the …

A Dallas-area rabbi has been fired from Temple Emanu-El after a New York City synagogue’s investigation found credible accusations of “sexually predatory behavior,” the temple announced to its congregation. The allegations against Sheldon Zimmerman, which include sexual contact with a minor, stem from his tenure at Central Synagogue in Manhattan, according to an April 27 email to that congregation. He was …

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson will face a city ethics panel later this month after a complaint was filed over a tweet he shared about an endorsement in a South Dallas City Council race. Barry Jacobs filed the complaint that argues the mayor violated city code prohibiting elected leaders from using their official city title when endorsing other candidates. Jacobs is a retired …

AUSTIN — The Texas House hunkered down Thursday evening for what was expected to be hours of emotional debate on one of the most contentious measures of the session, a GOP-backed elections bill that would empower partisan poll watchers, increase penalties for voting crimes and bar mass distribution of applications for mail-in ballots. Discussion of the legislation did not kick …

A 21-year-old man faces multiple charges after a wrong-way crash in Arlington that left one person dead and injured several others. Police said the crash occurred just before 3 a.m. Thursday in the 4900 block of Matlock Road, near Bardin Road, when a northbound vehicle driven by Bronson Everett Kibler Jr. crossed the median and went into the southbound lanes. …

An Arlington woman who shipped packages containing methamphetamine for her son, who sold the drugs online, has been sentenced to six years in federal prison. Mary Jane McIntyre, 61, pleaded guilty in December to one count of possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute. A judge sentenced her Thursday. According to court documents, authorities intercepted a “suspicious” package bearing …