LAHORE: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has summoned the managing director of a United Arab Emirates-based company in which parliamentary leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Khawaja Muhammad Asif worked for 14 years as a legal adviser, seeking the foreigner’s statement for his (Asif’s) prosecution in the court in the income beyond means case. The anti-graft body arrested the …

AUSTIN — State lawmakers are receiving the coronavirus vaccine — regardless of whether they are currently eligible under state guidelines — through a back channel facilitated by Austin’s top health authority and a local hospital system has learned. Dr. Mark Escott, interim medical director for Austin Public Health, confirmed to The News on Thursday that he organized the vaccination effort with …

Armando Juarez, who shot and killed Dallas police Officer Rogelio Santander Jr. in April 2018, pleaded guilty Friday to capital murder and was sentenced to life without parole. Juarez fatally shot Santander and wounded his fellow Officer Crystal Almeida and security guard Scott Painter at the Home Depot store near Forest Lane and North Central Expressway on April 24, 2018. …

The Frisco real estate broker who stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 — and documented it on social media — was arrested after she turned herself in Friday, according to the FBI field office in Dallas. Dallas County reports 2,817 coronavirus cases, 24 deaths; Tarrant County adds 2,350 cases, 38 deaths Jennifer “Jenna” Leigh Ryan, 50, is charged with …

An 18-year-old and a 15-year-old are in custody after a fight at a Garland gas station Thursday afternoon led to a fatal shooting, police say. Officers were called about 1:30 p.m. to the gas station’s parking lot in the 1800 block of West Kingsley Road, where a fight had been reported. Witnesses told police that the people involved shot at …

AUSTIN — Senate committee assignments released Friday dealt another blow to Democrats’ clout in the chamber. The party lost a powerful chairman’s position and a seat on the influential state budget-writing committee. The changes come after Republicans already voted this week to undercut Democrats’ power by limiting their ability to block legislation from coming to the floor. Detectives stay hopeful 25 years …

AUSTIN — The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Friday the temporary closing of the Capitol through President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration Wednesday, following threats of armed protests against statehouse buildings across the country. The department said in a news release it would close the Capitol grounds and building from Saturday through Wednesday — Inauguration Day — out of an “abundance …

A suspect in a 2011 sexual assault is now in custody, Plano police announced Friday. Detectives stay hopeful 25 years after Amber Hagerman’s kidnapping Arlington Police Department held a press event on the 25th anniversary of Amber Hagerman’s death… Jeffery Lemor Wheat, 48, was booked into the Collin County jail Friday on one count of sexual assault. WFAA-TV (Channel 8) …

Tracie Pannell is willing to drive as far as she needs to for a vaccine. Pannell, 55, moved a few years ago from Plano about 40 miles northeast to the tiny town of Whitewright, along with her 68-year-old husband and 77-year-old mother. They all have serious health conditions and want protection from COVID-19 as soon as possible. Detectives stay hopeful …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — COVID-19 vaccination appointments filled up within 20 minutes of the announcement being made that slots were available for Saturday, Jan. 16 at Minute Maid Park, which is serving as a mega site. The Houston Health Department said Friday that it was able to offer about 2,600 new appointments for those who meet Phase 1A or 1B …