Author: Hasnain Abid Khanzada

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Two young children who were ejected during a major crash along the East Freeway remain hospitalized, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. On Sunday, the children, ages 1 and 4, were traveling inside a Jeep driven by their father when it collided with another vehicle. The impact flipped the Jeep and sent them flying. Video of the aftermath shows the two children, wearing only diapers, sitting in the middle of the freeway, and their father and another man running to them. It all happened while Victor Cordova was driving home. At first, he feared the…

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An investigation is underway after more than $81,000 in authorized charges were made on hundreds of Lone Star cards. obtained a warrant that named a state employee as one of the suspects. Eyewitness News isn’t naming the employee or her alleged co-conspirator since neither has been charged with a crime at this point. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission’s Office of Inspector General began investigating in January following an anonymous call to the state’s SNAP fraud hotline. The tipster told them a Health and Human Services employee was stealing SNAP card information and selling it on…

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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk is due to interview Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on the X social media network on Monday in an event that could inject more surprises into the turbulent US presidential election. The interview, scheduled for 8pm Eastern Time (0000 Tuesday GMT), could provide the former president an opportunity to seize the limelight at a time when his campaign is seen as sagging. His Democratic rival for the November 5 election, Vice President Kamala Harris, has erased Trump’s lead in opinion polls and energised Democratic voters with a series of high-energy rallies. The interview on Musk’s social…

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France bid a reluctant farewell on Monday to an “enchanted” fortnight of Olympic sport as athletes headed home from Paris praising a dazzling edition of the Games that has breathed new life into the biggest show on earth. Hollywood star Tom Cruise delivered stardust at the closing ceremony on Sunday evening — and a link with the next Games in Los Angeles — by abseiling into the national stadium. The “Mission Impossible” star descended on a wire in front of 71,500 spectators, grabbed the Olympic flag and jumped onto a motorbike, to the delight of thousands of dancing athletes and…

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Having returned from the Paris Olympics with Pakistan’s first gold medal in 40 years, javelin ace Arshad Nadeem on Monday expressed the hope for success at the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles as well. Arshad made history in Paris, not only winning Pakistan’s first Olympic gold in athletics but also setting an Olympic record with a monstrous 92.97-metre throw. The 27-year-old athlete arrived to a hero’s welcome at the Lahore airport late on Saturday night and then a similar but more emotional return to his hometown Mian Channu on Sunday. Termed a national hero, Arshad is due to receive cash prizes worth Rs153 million and will also…

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LONDON: Graham Thorpe’s wife Amanda has revealed the former England cricketer took his own life after battling depression and anxiety for several years. Aged just 55, Thorpe’s death in August plunged the cricket world into mourning for the popular star. He enjoyed an impressive England career as an elegant batsman between 1993 and 2005, before spending 12 years in various coaching roles. But Thorpe was hospitalised in May 2022 and declared “seriously ill”. Amanda Thorpe has now revealed in an interview with The Times that the former Surrey player attempted suicide two years ago before taking his own life earlier this month. “Despite having a wife…

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ISLAMABAD: Newly-appointed Pakistan Test vice-captain is looking forward to leading the national development Shaheens in the first of the two four-day matches against Bangladesh ‘A’, which starts here at the Islamabad Club on Tuesday. The match will provide Saud the opportunity to justify the national selectors’ decision of making him Pakistan’s deputy skipper, as well give few members of the senior side the cha­nce to warm-up for the Test ser­ies against Bangladesh, sche­duled to begin later this month. Saud will lead the likes of former Pakistan captain Sarfraz Ahmed and pacer Naseem Shah during the match, which will be the third fixture…

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PARIS: The Paris Olympics won mostly rave reviews from western media after they closed on Sunday, while media in Russia, whose team were excluded because of its war in Ukraine, sniffed at France’s success. Los Angeles Times sports columnist Bill Plaschke wondered whether Tinseltown was up to the task of rivalling Paris when it hosts the next Summer Olympics in 2028. “We have to somehow take greatness and make it even greater,” he wrote, calling the Games in France “a blockbuster Parisian party that was two weeks of pure Hollywood”. “How on earth can the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics surpass what…

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LAHORE: The Pakistan rowing team delivered a decent performance at the Asian Indoor Rowing Championship held in Penang, Malaysia, from August 9 to 11, securing a total of five gold, five silver, and four bronze medals, as reported by the Pakistan Rowing Federation on Monday. The championship saw participation from hundreds of athletes across more than 15 Asian nations. Notably, Pakistan’s impressive haul of medals this year marks a significant improvement from the previous Asian Indoor Rowing Championships in 2019, where the country secured only one gold. The Pakistan contingent included 10 male and four female athletes. In the open…

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