HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An argument between a boyfriend and girlfriend led to the man’s shooting death outside a home in west Houston, according to police. Officers were called to the shooting scene Sunday at about 9 a.m. in the 2100 block of Hayes near Briar Forest. A neighbor, Doug Martell, told he heard crashing and banging coming from next door. “You could hear what sounded like cabinets getting hit. People banging up against stuff. Glass breaking, like people throwing dishes,” said Martell. After the argument, the man left but immediately came back to find that his girlfriend had locked…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Over 420 unsigned seniors from around the Houston area took the field at Methodist Training Center on Saturday for the 14th annual Greater Houston Senior Football Showcase. The event linked unsigned high school seniors with Division 2, Division 3 and NAIA coaches from around the country for an opportunity to continue the dream on the field and work to earn a degree off the field. “I didn’t get an offer during the season, and I played a pretty good season,” said one senior. Between COVID-19 and coaches signing transfer portal players, the opportunities have been limited,…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston provides the place and Ollin Athletics & Sports Medicine delivers the space for our national soccer team to train. “It’s been great,” admitted captain Nicolai “Nico” Calabria. “We love coming to Houston. We’ll be back.” But this U.S. national squad is not your normal soccer team. “Normal is boring,” Robert Ferguson said. This weekend, the American Amputee Soccer Association brought its inaugural national team training camp to the city as the squad prepares to qualify for this year’s Amputee Soccer World Cup in Turkey. So what exactly is amputee soccer? “The fastest game on one leg,” Calabria…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Do you suffer from itchy, red or dry eyes? It may be a common, but often under-recognized eye condition called Pterygia. anchor Rita Garcia shares her own personal struggle with the condition and why the Hispanic community, especially, should look out for this problem. Ophthalmologists say the Houston area falls in what is referred to as the “pterygium belt.” It means we are more exposed to UV rays from the sun compared to other parts of the country. Tracey Kelly, who recently had pterygium removal surgery back in August. “I actually grew up on the beach…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Doctors are trying to save the lives of two men, who were hurt in a house fire on Sunday at Wood Vista Street and Woodforest around 2 a.m. The 1-story house caught fire with three men inside. Two of those men were taken to the hospital for severe burns and smoke inhalation, according to the Houston Fire Department. HFD says the house is destroyed and they are working to find the cause of the fire.
At one time in Dallas’ not so distant past, there was a place where race cars charged around a black clay track as thick dust billowed from their tires. The engines roared, drowning out the sound of thousands of fans, as each machine fought to make it to the front of the pack. When the white flag flew, signalling the last lap of the race, they sprinted toward the finish line. The original Devil’s Bowl Speedway, located on Buckner Boulevard in Dallas, was a popular racing site for Dallasites who appreciated the speed and the sport. And covered the major…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Police are looking into a body found on the I-10 East eastbound on Gregg Street Sunday morning, police say. HPD’s homicide unit says, the people living nearby came outside because they heard the sound of a car crash, thinking that it might’ve been their car that was hit. It was actually a pickup truck stopped on the bridge. “The woman who was driving, hit the barrier on the right shoulder of the freeway, and slid about 200 yards,” says HPD homicide Detective Ferrell. Houston TranStar verified the incident as an accident at 3:17 am, blocking three…
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Apple is targeting a date on or near March 8 to unveil a low-cost 5G iPhone and an updated iPad, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. According to the report, the new iPhone will be the first update to the iPhone SE model in two years and will feature 5G network capabilities, an improved camera and a faster processor. Apple in October announced two new MacBook Pro models that run on more powerful in-house chips. With the expected launch still more than a month away, Apple’s plans may change in the face of production…
LONDON: Britain’s competition regulator said on Saturday it had fined Facebook-owner Meta (FB.O) 1.5 million pounds ($2 million) over fresh issues regarding its purchase of Giphy, a sanction that the US firm said it would accept. Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has taken a tough line with major tech groups in recent years, investigating their dominance of markets such as digital advertising and seeking to block the Facebook-Giphy deal. The CMA ordered Meta to sell animated images platform Giphy, which it acquired for a reported $400 million in May 2020, after it decided the remedies offered by the U.S.…
