HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A $5,000 reward is up for grabs for information leading to the arrest of a suspect who robbed a man at gunpoint in west Houston. Surveillance footage of the Jan. 9 robbery shows the suspect at an apartment complex in the 6400 block of Gessner. The suspect is seen walking up to the victim with a gun, demanding his wallet and cell phone. The victim followed instructions from the robber with his hands in the air. The suspect then ran to the parking lot, got into the passenger seat of a dark-colored Chevrolet Malibu, and fled…
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PEARLAND, Texas (KTRK) — Gianni Juarez slammed the top of her laptop closed. She’s a visual learner and listening to her teachers explain math, science and English online always left her feeling confused. “One day I was like, ‘You know what? I’m not going to school anymore,'” said Juarez, a former Pearland Independent School District student. “I’m just done. Like, I’m done with it. Like, I would just rather get my GED and just do the test, pass it and then just move on.” Despite missing 30 days of school, the district wouldn’t give up. “We really push hard and…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Schools, states and cruise lines are dropping mask mandates in weeks, signaling the end of the pandemic may only be weeks away. ‘WORST PART WILL BE OVER’ In December, Houston Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Persse told, “I can foresee the end of the pandemic coming, hopefully, within the next month or two.” A month later, we caught up with Persse, who said the steep drop in COVID-19 cases shows promise. Persse said he doesn’t get to declare the pandemic over, since it’s a global situation, however, normalcy in our area could be coming soon. “I…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Shortly after being introduced as the new head coach of the Houston Texans, Lovie Smith conducted his first local TV interview with ABC13. In a one-on-one chat with Adam Winkler, the duo covered a variety of topics – including race, a mother’s dream, cursing, his beard and more. Smith, who grew up in Big Sandy, Texas, is the second active Black head coach in the NFL. “I realize my role,” Smith admitted. “My head has not been in the sand. It’s been a blessing. It’s an opportunity. How can I help? Having success will bring other…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Harris County Commissioners voted unanimously to urge the Harris County Bail Bond Board to require violent offenders to pay a minimum of 10% of their bonds to be released from jail. Precinct 2 Commissioner Adrian Garcia proposed a resolution, with the argument that some bail bond companies are asking for as little as 1% for offenders to be released from jail. For example, if an offender’s bond is set at $100,000, typically they would have to pay $10,000 to get out. With some bondsmen altering the percentage the defendant owes, some are only paying $1,000 or…
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YAOUNDE: Sadio Mane finally delivered a first African Cup for Senegal, and Liverpool team-mate Mohamed Salah could do nothing about it but stand and watch. Mane drilled the decisive penalty in a shootout into the bottom left corner to beat Salah and Egypt in Sunday’s final in Yaounde and make up for missing a penalty early in the game. Senegal won the shootout 4-2 after it ended 0-0 after extra time. Salah, who was supposed to be his team’s final penalty taker, didn’t get a say in the shootout after two of his team-mates missed. Senegal had lost two finals…
ISLAMABAD: Rising Pakistan youngster Hamid Israr defeated Turkey’s Eshref Kaan Kacar in a three-hour seesaw match on the opening day of the ITF Pakistan AJ Towers World Junior Championship here on Monday. After losing the opening set 6-3, the 15-year-old Hamid bounced back to win the second set with the same margin. In the decisive set, both the players held their own serve in the decisive set which was eventually clinched by the Pakistan youngster 7-6(3) in a tiebreak. Other prominent performances in the boys singles were by Pakistan’s Bilal Asim who outplayed India’s Evaan Luthra 6-0, 6-0 while in…
KARACHI: Title no 196 in the bag, Shabbir Iqbal is aiming to reach the career mark of 200 this year. The way the Pakistan number one is playing, it’s a question of when rather than if. The bigger question is whether anyone can actually stop him accumulating titles one after the other. Monday’s triumph at the CAS Open was third in three weeks. It was also a third tournament where he’s successfully defended his title. The only title that has eluded him this year is the Rashid D. Habib Memorial, which he lost in a playoff, before his winning run.The…
BEIJING: Double gold medallist Mikaela Shiffrin slid out in her bitterly disappointing opening race at the Beijing Olympics on Monday as two teenagers made their mark on their Games debuts. Kamila Valieva, a 15-year-old Russian, created figure skating history by becoming the first woman to land a quadruple jump in Olympic competition — and not content with doing it once she did it again. And Californian-born Chinese freestyle skier Eileen Gu, 18, held her nerve to seal a place in the final of the Big Air event on her Games bow. Defending champion Shiffrin was among the favourites to retain…
