HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities are investigating the death of a man who was stabbed by a woman on Saturday night, according to Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez. The victim, identified as 35-year-old Dominique Richardson, was involved in an altercation with a woman at an apartment unit on 7740 W. Little York Road around 10:48 p.m. Deputies reported that during the confrontation, the woman stabbed Richardson. Both were transported to hospitals following the incident. Richardson was pronounced dead at the hospital, while the woman remains in fair condition. No arrests have been made, and the case will be referred to…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Mayor John Whitmire is in a public dispute with Councilman Edward Pollard over the city’s response to Hurricane Beryl. At a news conference today, Whitmire and acting Houston Police Chief Larry Satterwhite condemned Pollard’s comments about the death of an HPD employee. Pollard, speaking to after Wednesday’s city council meeting, said, “We were not fully mobilized. We were having our officers come in on the day of the storm and on the morning of the storm putting those lives at risk.” He referenced Russell Richardson, a 54-year-old information security officer for Houston police, who tragically…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The state takeover of Houston Independent School District (HISD) is a major topic of discussion as educators from around the country gather in Houston for the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) national convention. The convention begins Monday at the George R. Brown Convention Center, but the AFT held a pre-convention panel discussion on Sunday focused on the HISD takeover, which was met with widespread criticism. “This is a power grab,” said Zeph Capo, president of the Texas American Federation of Teachers. Jessica Campos, whose three daughters attend HISD schools, expressed her dismay over the changes being…
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A global tech outage that was related to a software update by cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike affected nearly 8.5 million Microsoft devices, Microsoft said in a blog on Saturday. “We currently estimate that CrowdStrike’s update affected 8.5 million Windows devices, or less than one percent of all Windows machines,” it said in the blog. CrowdStrike has helped develop a scalable solution that will help Microsoft’s Azure infrastructure accelerate a fix, Microsoft said, adding that the tech giant had worked with both Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform to collaborate on the “most effective approaches.” Air passengers worldwide faced delays, flight…
Doctors in Gaza described delivering a newborn baby against incredible odds on Saturday, pulling him from his mother’s womb moments after she died of wounds sustained in an Israeli air strike. At nine months pregnant, Ola Adnan Harb al-Kurd managed to survive just long enough to reach Al-Awda Hospital in central Gaza after an overnight strike hit her home in the Nuseirat refugee camp, medics said. Emergency department doctors rushed into action when they saw the heavily pregnant woman arrive in critical condition, the head of the obstetrics and gynaecology department, Raed al-Saudi, said. She was taken to the operating…
Authorities in southern India’s Kerala state are taking preventive steps after the death of a 14-year-old boy from the Nipah virus and the identification of 60 persons in the high-risk category, the state’s health minister said on Sunday. Parts of Kerala are among those most at risk globally for outbreaks of the virus, a Reuters investigation showed last year. Nipah, which comes from fruit bats and animals such as pigs, can cause a lethal, brain-swelling fever in humans. Nipah is classified as a priority pathogen by the World Health Organization, opens new tab (WHO) because of its potential to trigger an…
PARIS: Preparations for the Paris Olympics stepped up a gear on Saturday as security teams scoured the banks of the Seine ahead of Friday’s opening ceremony and top International Olympic Committee officials met in the French capital. Police with sniffer dogs checked the six-kilometre route along the Seine for the ceremony in which around 6,000-7,000 athletes will sail on nearly a hundred barges and riverboats in front of 300,000 spectators. French police will be bolstered by colleagues from several countries, including Spain, Britain and Qatar. Early on Saturday, a rehearsal for the ceremony was held on the river but security barriers and…
PARIS: The presence of Palestinian athletes at the Paris Olympic Games is already a major victory for the team amid the conflict in the Middle East, they said on Saturday, less than a week before the start of the Olympics. The Palestinian team for the Games starting on Friday consists of six athletes who will be competing in boxing, judo, taekwondo, shooting and swimming, with slim hopes of a medal. “Whether a medal or not, we already win,” swimmer Yazan Al Bawwab, who will be the team’s flag bearer during the opening ceremony, said. “The fact that we’re here. The fact that people…
MOGYOROD (Hungary): Lando Norris took pole position at the Hungarian Grand Prix on Saturday with team-mate Oscar Piastri qualifying alongside to secure McLaren’s first front row lockout since 2012. Red Bull’s Formula One championship leader Max Verstappen qualified third in a session that was red-flagged and then re-started with two minutes remaining when RB’s Yuki Tsunoda crashed. Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz joined triple champion Verstappen, who leads Norris by 84 points in the standings after 12 of 24 races, on the second row at a circuit where overtaking can be tricky.
