BERLIN: Storms caused heavy flooding across parts of western and central Europe overnight, and a man swept away by a raging stream in eastern Germany remained missing on Wednesday. Firefighters resumed their search for the man in the Saxony state town of Joehstadt on Wednesday morning. German news agency dpa reported that he had been trying to secure his property from rising …

LAHORE: Following the March 25 short order and subsequent detailed judgement issued by the Supreme Court last week, the Punjab local government department has proposed restoration of local bodies across the province. A summary moved by the local government and community development department to Chief Minister Usman Buzdar late on Wednesday night has proposed constitution of transition teams at provincial, …

BRISBANE: Australia, the United States and allies opened large-scale war games on Wednesday, as a Chinese surveillance vessel travelled south to monitor the exercises. More than 17,000 troops from the two allied nations will participate in Talisman Sabre, which is held every two years in Australia, from July 14 to 31. Defence Minister Peter Dutton said a Chinese naval intelligence …

Garland ISD will offer all students access to free breakfast and lunch every school day during the 2021-22 academic year. Per guidance issued by the U.S. Department of Agriculture in April 2021, schools are permitted to offer free meals to all students regardless of household income in the 2021-2022 academic year, according to a Garland ISD release. Typically, school districts …

Dallas police on Wednesday released video footage of a robbery that occurred earlier this month at a bank in Uptown. Police are asking the public’s help identifying the robber, who wore a pink cap, a black long-sleeve shirt and dark-colored shoes in the video. Around 6 p.m. July 2, the robber showed a knife to bank tellers at the First …

Firefighters from Garland and Grapevine fire departments were recently deployed to Surfside, Fla. to provide mental health support to fellow firefighters and frontline workers at the condo collapse. “What we’re doing is we’re going down to make ourselves available as firefighters because we speak the same language,” Captain JD Schulgen of the Garland Fire Department said. Captain Schulgen and Lieutenant Matt …

Since the outbreak of the coronavirus, Garland has recorded a total of 28,711 cases, according to the city’s website. To date, at least 11.8% of Garland’s total population has had the virus, the city said. As of July 14, that number includes 156 active cases. The city said 28,105 residents have recovered and 450 have died. With an estimated population of 239,928 …

Helping children recover from the pandemic and maintaining funding for public schools were priorities during the regular legislative session that ended in May, Texas’ top education lawmakers say. As many focus on the unpredictable special session, educators are still deciphering how the new laws passed in May will impact millions of Texas public school students. Many of the successful regular …

The flight of Texas legislative Democrats to Washington, D.C., is raising questions about the parliamentary quagmire they left behind, what the maneuver will cost taxpayers and what’s ahead for special sessions in the 87th Legislature. Here are answers to some of the key questions. Are the missing House Democrats being paid for not working? The salary for Texas lawmakers adds …

A suspect was injured Wednesday after a Grand Prairie officer fired a gun when, according to police, a driver crashed his car into the officer’s motorcycle. The suspect, 25-year-old Jose Vega of Grand Prairie, was taken to a hospital to be treated for his injuries, which police said were not believed to be life-threatening. No officers were injured during the …