HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A section of the San Jacinto River in northeast Harris County, known as Banana Bend, has become infamous for drowning incidents. This stretch runs from the Lake Houston Dam to Highway 90 and is where the Harris County Sheriff’s Office responds to more drownings than anywhere else in the area. Lt. David Jasper reported three drowning deaths in this area this year, including a tragic incident on Father’s Day where a 14-year-old girl and her 38-year-old father both drowned. “She slipped and fell in the water,” Jasper said. “He went in to rescue her, and…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Lionel Messi is set to make his return to the lineup Thursday night for Argentina’s Copa America match against Ecuador at NRG Stadium. Messi, an eight-time Ballon d’Or winner, awarded to the world’s best soccer player, has been dealing with a persistent injury. However, recent reports from Argentine media indicate that Messi is ready to play. The 37-year-old previously dazzled fans at NRG Stadium in 2016 when his remarkable curling free kick highlighted Argentina’s victory over the United States in Copa America. In 2022, Messi, widely regarded as the greatest player of all time, led Argentina…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Grieving parents are seeking the public’s help to uncover the truth after their 22-year-old son’s body was found in Buffalo Bayou on Monday. The body of Kenneth Cutting Jr. was discovered near Swiney Street in the Fifth Ward. Kenneth Cutting Sr. and Tiffanie Bruno, his parents, reported that Cutting Jr. went to Pete’s Dueling Piano Bar on Friday night with his two roommates. They left the bar around midnight. Around 2 a.m., Cutting Sr. received a text from one of his son’s roommates, stating that Cutting Jr. had become excessively drunk and “went berserk,” starting verbal…
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NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has slotted its team’s marquee Champions Trophy match against arch-foes India in Lahore on March 1 next year but the Board of Control of Cricket in India (BCCI) is yet to give its consent to the tentative schedule, a senior ICC Board member told the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency on Wednesday. The tournament is slated from Feb 19 to March 9 with March 10 as reserve day. It is understood that PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi, who was invited to watch the T20 World Cup final in Barbados, submitted a 15-match schedule with all of…
NEW DELHI: India’s T20 Cricket World Cup winners were finally heading home Wednesday, officials said, after a hurricane in the West Indies delayed their departure. Favourites India won the title on Saturday after defeating South Africa in a thrilling final, but their travel plans were disrupted by Hurricane Beryl. “The team has left from Barbados on a special Air India flight,” Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) vice-president Rajeev Shukla told The Press Trust of India. Rohit Sharma’s men were scheduled to reach the Indian capital New Delhi on Thursday morning, where they will meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The special flight was…
LONDON: Carlos Alcaraz raced into the Wimbledon third round on Wednesday to set up a mouth-watering duel with fellow crowd-pleaser Frances Tiafoe as Naomi Osaka was sent crashing out in the second round by Emma Navarro of the US, who allowed the Japanese superstar just five games in a one-sided contest. Alcaraz defeated Australia’s world number 69 Aleksandar Vukic 7-6 (7/5), 6-2, 6-2 on the back of 42 winners. The third-seeded Spaniard’s only moments of concern came in the first set when he let slip a 5-2 lead and found himself 5-6 down with Vukic serving for the opener. However,…
Fans were left surprised after an item from Rockstar Games’ highly-anticipated Grand Theft Auto (GTA) 6 was teased in GTA Online. A new update in GTA Online has added a jewellery item worn by a character shown in GTA 6 first trailer that was released seven months ago, a gaming website reported. The item was spotted by Reddit user DogWifDreads, who wrote that the ‘silver layered necklace’ can be bought from the fashion retailer Ponsonbys as part of the Bottom Dollar Bounties update in GTA Online. The necklace is worn by a bikini-clad woman, which several suggest was the lead…
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board might not be able to bring about major changes in the national team in the wake of the side’s dismal performance in the T20 World Cup as that could lead to a confrontation with senior players, the Press Trust of India news agency reported on Wednesday. PCB’s governing board, scheduled to meet on Saturday, will take cognizance of white-ball head coach Gary Kirsten and senior team manager Wahab Riaz’s reports submitted to chairman Mohsin Naqvi. But a source told PTI only cosmetic changes will take place and the “same set of players would likely continue to play”. Mohsin had been quoted as saying…
India’s T20 World Cup winners returned home to a heroes’ welcome on Thursday with skipper Rohit Sharma and his players hailed by euphoric fans jostling to glimpse their stars. Frenzied crowds shouted “India, India” after they landed in New Delhi from the Caribbean, having been delayed for days by Hurricane Beryl. Whistles and wild cheers greeted the players as they walked out from the arrivals area with gold medals around their necks, some giving a thumbs-up to their fans. “This is surreal, watching my team with the World Cup,” emotional fan Rohit Khanna told AFP. “I saw the 2011 triumph, but this…
