ISLAMABAD/LAHORE: The Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and the Lahore-based Joint Action Committee (JAC) have rejected the amended Punjab Assembly Privileges Bill 2021 terming it an eyewash aimed at cooling down the tempers of the journalists’ community. “The PFUJ and Action Committee rejects the amended bill as notified by the speaker of the Punjab Assembly on Monday through a …

Storm chances stay in the forecast this week. No single day will be a washout and many will stay dry. The highest chances for widespread afternoon showers and storms will be south and southwest of the DFW metro area, but isolated storms are still possible in and around DFW. Temperatures this week will remain below normal. The normal night for …

AUSTIN — State Sen. Jane Nelson, after nearly three decades in the Senate, will not seek re-election next year, she announced Monday. Nelson, a Denton County Republican, has been the Senate’s top budget writer for four sessions. She’s also been a key framer of Texas’ conservative approach to health care and social programs during the GOP’s 18 years of total …

With many counties across Texas not reporting coronavirus data Monday because of the holiday, the state added 346 more cases — including 336 new cases and 10 older ones that were recently reported by labs. The state did not report any COVID-19 deaths, leaving its toll at 51,349. Of the new cases, 291 were confirmed and 45 were probable. Of …

HOUSTON — On a recent sunlit day, Aboobiada Ali Abdalla stood at the intersection of Tarnef and DeMoss drives in southwest Houston, once again revisiting the tragedy nearly five years ago that forever changed the lives of his family. In August 2016, his 4-year-old son, Mohammed, was killed when he was hit in the crosswalk by a black GMC Acadia …

p A second suspect has been arrested in the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old during a gun sale, Dallas police said Monday. Brenden Michael Etienne, 21, was booked into the Dallas County jail late Friday on a charge of capital murder in the slaying of Michael Contreras Kelly Jr. His bail was set at $600,000, and he did not have …

North Texas is well into summer now, but temperatures are running below average — and this week could bring more stormy weather. The prospects for showers and storms began Monday, but the chances were mostly for areas south and west of Dallas-Fort Worth, KXAS-TV (NBC5) chief meteorologist Rick Mitchell said on Twitter. North Texas will have chances of isolated or …

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 …

After 25 years of serving custard in Dallas, Wild About Harry’s closed in the Knox-Henderson area on July 4. The building at 4527 Travis St., just outside of Highland Park, is being torn down. For the second time in three years, the family-owned company is packing up. “There is nowhere to go,” says Sydney Coley-Berglund, president of operations and daughter …

After Minerva Cordero and her three sisters finished dinner every evening, they would stay at the dinner table to do their homework and talk about their science classes. Pamela Padilla said she got her interest in nature from her naturalist father, and from her artistic mother, her creativity and work ethic. Manuela Murillo Sánchez grew up drawing inspiration from her …