Authorities have identified and charged a woman accused of fatally shooting her neighbor during an altercation last week in Houston, Texas. The Houston Police Department announced that 75-year-old Barbara Jean Blue is charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in connection with the June 27 shooting of Daryl Evans. Police responded to a shooting outside a home in the 15700 block of Baybriar Drive at around 7:30 p.m. that evening. “The last thing I heard him say was, ‘Why do you hate me so much? I never did anything. I’ve only been good to you,’ and then she shot…
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A man in Harris County, Texas, is facing multiple charges after leading deputies on a short but chaotic pursuit with his 4-year-old child. On Monday, deputies from the Harris County Sheriff’s Office attempted to pull over 23-year-old Carrington McKnight due to an outstanding warrant for aggravated assault. Investigators reported that McKnight sped away and attempted to evade capture by driving through Rich’s Car Wash on Barker Cypress. When his car became stuck on the tracks, McKnight abandoned the vehicle and fled on foot, carrying his 4-year-old son. Deputies noted that the child had been seen unrestrained in the backseat of…
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ISLAMABAD: A varied duration anti-polio campaign began in forty-nine selected districts of Pakistan on Monday. During the special campaign, more than 9.5 million children under five years of age will be administered anti-polio vaccine drops. The campaign includes sixteen districts of Balochistan, eleven districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, sixteen districts of Sindh and six districts of Punjab. According to sources, Balochistan aims to vaccinate 9 lakh children, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 13 lakh, Sindh 27 lakh, Punjab 44 lakh, and Islamabad 1.33 lakh Door-to-door polio campaign is being conducted in specific Union Councils of Islamabad. This campaign is launched in view of increasing polio cases…
KARACHI: More than 40 people have died in Karachi in June due to heatwave conditions, the Sindh health department report said Monday. As per the data, 45 people have died in Karachi in June due to heat stroke. Overall 18 patients died in Civil Hospital, while three fatalities reported from Qatar hospital in the past month. Meanwhile, Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Monday said that Karachi has witnessed its hottest night on record in July due to intense heat and high humidity. The minimum temperature in the city was recorded at 32 degrees Celsius, marking the highest nighttime temperature ever…
As the cyber attackers are using “increasingly sophisticated techniques” to breach cellphones and devices, the experts have issued a warning to Android users about the applications they download. A particularly concerning type of malware, called Rafel RAT, operates stealthily on devices, providing malicious actors with a powerful toolkit for remote administration and control. The latest warning comes from Antonis Terefos and Bohdan Melnykov of cyber threat intelligence company Check Point Research. They explain that Rafel RAT enables a range of malicious activities, from data theft to device manipulation, and can even hack two-factor authentication. “Rafel’s features and capabilities — such…
RAWALPINDI: Traders from the garrison city on Monday staged protests against inflated electricity bills and warned of countrywide protests if the slab system in the bills was not withdrawn. The traders of different markets and bazaars in the cantonment and city areas brought out rallies on different roads. They kept their businesses closed from 4pm to 6pm and blocked Bank Road in front of Singapure Plaza, Tench Bhatta, Commercial Market, Satellite Town and Raja Bazaar. The protesters were carrying placards and chanted slogans against the government’s policy of collecting taxes through electricity bills and demanded that extra taxes be withdrawn…
ISLAMABAD: The government announced on Monday that the annual inflation for 2023-24 exceeded its budgetary target, reaching a staggering 23.41 per cent owing to an increase in electricity, gas, and essential kitchen items. The projected target was 21pc for the outgoing fiscal year. According to data released by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Monday, the average monthly inflation fluctuated over the year. The headline consumer inflation was 28.3pc in July 2023, peaked at 31.4pc in September, and then started to decline in January. It reached its lowest level of 11.8pc in May but reversed upward to 12.6pc in June.…
KARACHI: After a record price cut of Rs1.513 million in the last week of April, Lucky Motor Corporation Ltd (LMCL) jacked up the price of Kia Stonic by Rs733,000 on Monday. The company slashed the Stonic price to Rs4.767m from Rs6.280m, which changed the vehicle’s sales fortune. Due to its high prices and intense market competition, the vehicle had been facing sluggish demand. Currently, the vehicle price has been revised to Rs5.5m. LMCL said it had received an overwhelming response on the five-year celebration limited-time offer on Stonic EX plus. However, due to more-than-expected demand, the company had no option…
MINNEAPOLIS: Four-time Olympic gold medallist Simone Biles is headed to the Paris Games after a resounding all-around victory at the US gymnastics trials on Sunday. Biles capped her trials with another electrifying floor routine, her high-flying tumbling bringing the crowd to its feet. She piled up 117.225 over two days of competition to earn an automatic berth on the five-strong team for Paris later this month. Three years after a bout of the disorienting “twisties” cut short Biles’s Tokyo Games campaign, the gymnast considered the best of all time will return to the Olympic stage looking stronger than ever. The…
