PESHAWAR: A single-member Peshawar High Court bench on Monday confirmed the pre-arrest bail of Supreme Court Bar Association president Abdul Lateef Afridi, who was charged by the counter-terrorism department (CTD) with abetting the killing of an anti-terrorism court’s judge and his three family members last month. Justice Mohammad Nasir Mehfooz accepted Lateef Afridi’s bail plea after the completion of arguments …

A teenager drowned Friday evening at Joe Pool Lake, Grand Prairie authorities said. The Grand Prairie Fire Department was called around 6:10 p.m. about the possible drowning of a 17-year-old boy who had gone underwater while swimming near the beach and had not resurfaced. Divers found the teen after he’d been underwater about half an hour. He was not wearing …

Dallas County reported eight more COVID-19 deaths and 201 new coronavirus cases Monday. Seven of the latest victims were Dallas residents: a woman in her 60s, a man and two women in their 70s, two women in their 80s and a woman in her 90s. The eighth was a DeSoto man in his 70s. All eight had underlying high-risk health …

More Texas motorists who were not wearing seat belts died last year, despite having fewer drivers on the road during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a news release from the Texas Department of Transportation. Starting Monday, Texas police are increasing enforcement of the state’s seat belt and child car seat laws as part of the department’s recurring campaign, Click It …

AUSTIN — A bill to make it easier to remove racist restrictions from real estate deeds would be named the Royce West Act under a last-minute amendment approved by the House on Monday. West, D-Dallas, is lead author of Senate Bill 30, which the House approved, 146-0. It would dispense with an arduous, time-consuming and expensive process that current laws …

Dallas police have arrested a man who they say killed his mother. Police were called just before 9 a.m. Monday to the 3500 block of South Ledbetter Drive, near West Kiest Boulevard in Dallas’ Mountain Creek area, where a woman had been reported dead inside a vehicle. When officers arrived, they were told that Rhonda Johnson, 51, had been killed …

A man was killed in a shooting at a Fort Worth smoke shop Monday afternoon, according to police. Officers were called just after 2 p.m. to the store in a strip mall in the 2400 block of Northeast 28th Street, west of Interstate 35W. A customer in the store shot another customer in the chest, then fled, KXAS-TV (NBC5) reported. The …

AUSTIN — Monday was a great day for Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in the Texas House. After hours of contentious debates, the House voted along mostly partisan lines to approve several of Patrick’s priority bills, including legislation supporting the national anthem and barring hotels from prohibiting guns in guests’ rooms. “I think the House has had a very productive day …

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 …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Keep an eye on high-water locations on Houston-area roads and other trouble spots for drivers, as heavy storms bring flooding rains. Remember, if you come across high water, don’t attempt to drive through it. Turn around, don’t drown. For hours during the middle of the day on Monday, Highway 288 lanes became impassable due to the …