ISLAMABAD: With 120,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine having been packed at the National Institute of Health (NIH), the relevant authorities are considering reverting back to using the name CansinoBio after initially printing PakVac on the first batch of the vaccine. While the country recorded 2,253 new cases and 92 deaths during the last 24 hours with a positivity ratio of …

Federal Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Minister Asad Umar announced on Wednesday that the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) had decided to start the registration of persons aged 19 and above for vaccination against the coronavirus. He tweeted that the registration would start from tomorrow (Thursday). “So now registration will be open for the entire national population which is …

AUSTIN — After riding a political roller coaster, the highly debated bill that would prevent transgender youth in Texas from competing on teams that align with their gender identity died Tuesday after failing to receive a vote on the House floor before a midnight deadline. Proponents of the legislation that drew opposition from inside and outside of Texas may still try …

The suspect in a Grapevine carjacking during which an Uber driver was stabbed multiple times has died in a traffic accident. Cesar Soto, 33, of Lewisville died in a crash Friday in Weatherford, Grapevine police said Tuesday. Police said they learned of the crash Monday and waited until Soto’s family had been notified before announcing his death. Soto had been …

Authorities are looking for two gunmen after Fort Worth police said two connected shootings left one man dead and another critically wounded. Officers were called about 2 p.m. Friday about a shooting in the 1500 block of East Presidio Street, near Pine Street just south of Interstate 30. Police said two men argued outside. One then retrieved a gun and …

Robert H. Bloom, a force in the advertising industry’s heyday, died on Saturday. He was 87. Bloom led consolidations first from Dallas and then from New York to create Publicis USA, which he grew as CEO until he retired in 2002. Bloom took a business started by his father in 1952 and turned it into the largest independent advertising agency …

Grand Prairie Mayor Ron Jensen urged city officials to lower the tax rate for the first time in nearly 20 years in a memo sent to the city council and city manager this week. “Even if it’s only a small amount, it will show we are listening, and we truly do care,” Jensen said in the letter, which he posted …

A West Texas law firm has fired an employee who was seen in a viral video climbing into a monkey enclosure at the El Paso Zoo over the weekend, and she could face criminal charges. The footage, shared on Instagram on Saturday, shows the woman beneath a waterfall in the zoo’s spider monkey exhibit, feeding something to two of the …

AUSTIN — Several divisive red meat bills, including one targeting transgender student athletes, died in the House on Tuesday night after failing to pass before the chamber’s last major deadline. Opponents of the legislation erupted into applause at midnight when the cutoff for approving Senate bills passed. Any legislation that didn’t advance by that time is effectively dead. One member of …

Four people died in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday afternoon in Parker County, authorities say. Police in Springtown, about 25 miles northwest of downtown Fort Worth, said officers were called about 12:45 p.m. to the crash in the 2900 block of FM51. Images from the scene of the crash show two damaged pickups on the side of the road. Three of …