Dallas
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Texas executes man for police officer's 2002 shooting death
World | Apr 10, 2015, 08:36 AM ISTHuntsville, Texas: Prison officials on Thursday executed a man convicted in the slaying of a Dallas-area police officer during a 2002 shootout that followed the killing of a customer outside a convenience store.Kent Sprouse, 42,
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Lock of Lincoln's hair among items auctioned in Dallas
World | Jan 25, 2015, 07:32 AM ISTDallas: A collection of Abraham Lincoln memorabilia that includes a lock of the slain president's hair has been sold for more than USD 800,000 at auction on Sunday in Dallas.The Donald P. Dow collection brought
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Barak Obama gives calming message, says US prepared for Ebola
World | Oct 19, 2014, 07:46 AM ISTWashington: US President Barack Obama delivered a calming message to Americans Saturday following the alarm sparked by the first two Ebola infections in the country, and said the nation is "prepared" to ward off an
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Ebola causing some people to change travel plans
World | Oct 18, 2014, 11:45 AM ISTDallas: Travel agents say customers are asking whether it's safe to fly, and what steps they should take to guard against Ebola.The virus has killed more than 4,500 in West Africa since the current outbreak
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Barak Obama cancels Thursday travel to monitor Ebola
World | Oct 16, 2014, 07:24 AM ISTWashington: President Barack Obama canceled a scheduled trip to Rhode Island and New York on Thursday to remain at the White House and monitor the government's Ebola response.The change in plans marks the second day
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No plans to kill dog of Ebola-infected woman
World | Oct 14, 2014, 11:22 AM ISTAustin (Texas): Authorities in Dallas are not planning to kill a dog belonging to a healthcare worker infected with the Ebola virus disease, given that the animal is not showing any signs of being sick.For
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Barak Obama: Not much margin for error in Ebola fight
World | Oct 09, 2014, 10:56 AM ISTWashington: President Barack Obama calls it a “belt and suspenders” approach—an extra level of screening at five major U.S. airports to try to catch any travelers from Ebola-ravaged countries who may be carrying the disease.About
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Barak Obama calls for more efforts against Ebola crisis
World | Oct 07, 2014, 06:36 AM ISTWashington: Calling Ebola crisis an issue of global security, US President Barack Obama on Monday urged further efforts from international community to fight the deadly virus in West Africa.After meeting his national security aides, Obama
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Hospital: Dallas Ebola patient critical
World | Oct 05, 2014, 08:06 AM ISTDallas: The condition of the lone Ebola patient to be diagnosed in the U.S. has worsened and is now deemed critical, the Dallas hospital that has been treating him reported on Saturday.Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital
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Family that hosted Ebola patient confined to home
World | Oct 03, 2014, 08:28 AM ISTDallas: Four members of a family the U.S. Ebola patient was staying with were confined to their Texas home under armed guard Thursday as the circle of people possibly exposed to the virus widened, while
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Ebola-infected passenger was sent home from ER
World | Oct 02, 2014, 06:56 AM ISTDallas: The airline passenger who brought Ebola into the U.S. initially went to a Dallas emergency room last week but was sent home, despite telling a nurse that he had been in disease-ravaged West Africa,
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Government confirms first case of Ebola in US
World | Oct 01, 2014, 06:46 AM ISTDallas: The first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S. was confirmed on Tuesday in a patient who recently traveled from Liberia to Dallas—a sign of the far-reaching impact of the out-of-control epidemic in West
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Castillo, Top score to lift Dallas over Whitecaps
Football | Aug 16, 2012, 09:13 PM ISTVancouver, Aug 16: Fabian Castillo and second-half substitute Jonathan Top scored five minutes apart to give FC Dallas a 2-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in MLS action Wednesday.Dallas, who entered the game as the
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Tornaodoes Rip Through Dallas, Fort Worth
World | Apr 04, 2012, 10:00 AM ISTDallas, Texas, Apr 4: Two tornadoes ripped through the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area in Texas on Tuesday, damaging buildings, tossing tractor trailer trucks into the air and grounding planes in the region.There were no reports