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20.76m lost livelihood due to lockdowns: survey


January 8, 2021

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s 20.76 million workforce suffered livelihood losses due to coronavirus-related lockdowns and a large majority of them got back to work after July 2020, an official survey reveals. The Planning Commission on Thursday said the country’s 35 per cent (about 55.74m) population of 10 years and older was working before the onset of Covid-19, but due to closure of …

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‘There’s two Americas’: Dallas-area protesters call out double standard in police response after U.S. Capitol siege


January 8, 2021

Dallas-area community leader Shenita Cleveland got a call Wednesday from a friend telling her to turn on the news. President Donald Trump was encouraging people to go to the U.S. Capitol to protest what he baselessly said was massive election fraud. When the pro-Trump mob bum-rushed the Capitol barricades, meeting little to no resistance from police, she thought back to …

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Don’t blackmail me, PM tells Hazara protesters


January 8, 2021

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday once again appealed to the Hazara community to bury those killed in the attack in Balochistan’s Mach area, calling on them to refrain from “blackmailing the premier”. Speaking at the launching ceremony of the Special Technology Zones Authority in Islamabad, he said that the government had assured the protesters that they will be compensated. “We have …

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Dallas County reports 2,590 coronavirus cases, 20 deaths; state hits records for deaths, hospitalizations


January 8, 2021

Dallas County reported 2,590 more coronavirus cases and 20 deaths Thursday as hospitalizations for COVID-19 in the county once again were at a record high. A look at the Dallas Christian College basketball program Dallas Christian College basketball coach Dwight Coleman and players talk about the program after… Statewide, hospitalizations reached a new high of 13,784, continuing a steady, months-long …

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Ted Cruz says he’d object to Biden electors even knowing about riot, blasts Trump for ‘reckless’ rhetoric


January 8, 2021

WASHINGTON – Sen. Ted Cruz faced ongoing fallout Thursday for the riot at the U.S. Capitol, with never-Trumpers and some conservatives joining Democrats in pinning much of the blame on him. Asked if he would take the same actions even in hindsight, the Texas Republican dug in. A look at the Dallas Christian College basketball program Dallas Christian College basketball …

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Lawmaker seeks state investigation of Texas AG Ken Paxton’s role in U.S. Capitol insurrection


January 8, 2021

AUSTIN — One day after a pro-Trump mob violently flooded the U.S. Capitol, state Rep. Chris Turner, a Democrat from Grand Prairie, is calling on the Legislature to “thoroughly investigate” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s role in Wednesday’s rampage. “From filing a fraudulent lawsuit that fueled unhinged conspiracy theories about a free and fair election, to egging on the crowd …

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Pleasant Grove church torn down after overnight fire; no injuries reported


January 8, 2021

A Pleasant Grove church had to be torn down after a fire broke out early Thursday. A look at the Dallas Christian College basketball program Dallas Christian College basketball coach Dwight Coleman and players talk about the program after… Dallas Fire-Rescue units were called about 1:30 a.m. at the New Light Church at 9314 Elam Road, near North Prairie Creek …

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Texas teachers, students confront history lessons in real time as mob stormed the U.S. Capitol


January 8, 2021

Teacher Bri Thomas was in the middle of a history lesson about Thomas Jefferson’s writings and the way a president’s words shape public discourse when her phone started vibrating with news alerts. The world history and African-American studies teacher at Bryan Adams High School — along with her students — was shocked to learn of the pro-Trump mob assembling outside …

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Houston community leaders reflect on violent chaos at U.S. Capitol, compare response to other protests


January 8, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — City and community leaders are reacting to the Nation’s response after a protest turned violent in Washington D.C. on Wednesday. According to authorities, a least 14 people were arrested after the chaos unfolded and the FBI is asking for the community’s help to identify those who were inciting violence. “Watching it with my daughter as it unfolded was …

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