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Aryan Khan’s bail is a ‘big relief for everybody’: Juhi Chawla


October 30, 2021

Indian actor Juhi Chawla is  celebrating Aryan Khan’s bail. The star, who has worked in a number of films with Shah Rukh Khan, is aslo a close family friend over the years. “I’m just happy that it’s all over and Aryan Khan will come home very soon. I think it’s a big relief for everybody,” she told ANI right after …

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Kris Jenner reveals the last time she lied to her kids: ‘I told Kourtney I was busy’


October 30, 2021

Kris Jenner is touching on the lie she recently told one of her kids. Jenner, who is the mother to five daughters- Kourtney Kardashian, Kim Kardashian, Khloe Kardashian, Kendall Jenner, Kylie Jenner- and son Robert Kardashian, revealed that she recently lied to eldest daughter Kourtney about her whereabouts ahead of engagement with Travis Barker. “I told Kourtney I was busy …

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Dallas police identify suspect accused of killing man during Buckner Terrace robbery


October 30, 2021

Dallas police have identified a suspect in a shooting that left a 46-year-old man dead last weekend in Buckner Terrace. Diavontain Shamar Hill(Dallas Police Department) Police believe Diavontain Shamar Hill, 24, killed Nizar Raiyyani on Sunday morning after “an argument that turned into a robbery.” Raiyyani was shot shortly before 9 a.m. in the 4800 block of South Buckner Boulevard, near Moberly …

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A pleasant weekend


October 30, 2021

The gusty winds will die down tonight allowing for temperatures to drop. Lows in the Dallas/ Ft. Worth area will be in the mid 40s. Areas north, especially near the Red River will drop into the 30s. Some light patchy frost will be possible in those areas. The weekend looks quiet and pleasant with much lighter winds and lots of …

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Man dies after shooting in Mesquite neighborhood, police say


October 30, 2021

A man died after being shot in Mesquite on Wednesday night, police said. Shortly before 11 p.m. Wednesday, police were called to the 2000 block of Cantura Drive, near Smith Elementary School. They found a man lying on the ground who had been shot several times. The victim, whom police did not identify, died at a hospital. Police did not release …

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New study shows 50% decrease in Texas abortions since Sept. 1, not the 85% predicted by providers


October 30, 2021

Abortions in Texas fell by 50% in the first month after enactment of the state’s new abortion law that bans the procedure after fetal cardiac activity is detected, according to a study by the Texas Policy Evaluation Project at the University of Texas at Austin. SB 8 took effect Sept. 1, banning abortions through a civil enforcement mechanism that allows citizens and private groups …

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Garland police officer fired for kneeing man in handcuffs, pepper-spraying woman after their arrests


October 30, 2021

A former Garland police officer was fired for kneeing a handcuffed suspect in the head and pepper-spraying a woman in the back of a police car on consecutive days, according to department records obtained this week. Matthew Mitchell’s indefinite suspension in May came after the incidents in February, a little more than a year after he started working for Garland police, according …

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Plano City Council replaces half of Planning & Zoning Commission members


October 30, 2021

One-half of Plano’s Planning & Zoning Commission members were replaced this week as the city council appointed four new members to the eight-member board. Five commissioners were up for reappointment, and only one of them — Richard Horne — was reappointed. M. Nathan Barbera, Gwen Walters, Allan Samara, and Robert Gibbons were not reappointed. The new members are Michael Bronsky, …

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Dallas County lowers COVID-19 risk level from red to orange, or ‘extreme caution’


October 30, 2021

Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins announced Friday evening that the county’s public health committee dropped the COVID-19 risk level down from red to orange. The color-coded system, adopted last year to give the public a better understanding of how to safely participate in different activities based on local case rates, had been at red, or “high risk of transmission” since …

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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Biden Administration over vaccine mandate for federal contractors


October 30, 2021

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Friday against the Biden administration over an executive order that mandates vaccines for federal contractors, condemning the directive as “a dramatic infringement upon individual liberties, principles of federalism and separation of powers, and the rule of law.” The lawsuit seeks to stop enforcement of the mandate, which Biden announced in September. Under the …

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