HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Over the past several months, supply chain issues have impacted everything from the price of groceries to new cars. Now, just days away from the Jan. 31 deadline to register to vote in the March primary elections, the Texas Secretary of State’s Office said supply chain issues are to blame for them not being able to get out voter registration cards in as large a quantity as usual. Back in September, Dr. Annie Johnson-Benifield, the president of the League of Women Voters of Houston said they requested 16,000 voter registration cards from the Texas Secretary of…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — While all of the victims involved in Saturday’s hostage incident at a Colleyville synagogue made it out alive and unharmed, data shows that the number of attacks against members of the Jewish community will likely continue to increase in the U.S. The alarming trends renew safety concerns for rabbis of congregations in Houston who have invested a significant amount of money for security plans. “I felt a great deal of fear, anxiety, and concern for my friend, Rabbi Cytron-Walker in Colleyville over the weekend, the people he serves, and the members of that congregation,” said Rabbi…
ALVIN, Texas (KTRK) — Alvin city council members will take up an agenda item Thursday to create a sanctuary city for the unborn. “What we’re trying to do is be as pro-life as possible,” said Joel Castro, the council member behind the ordinance The 22-year-old said Texas’ recent anti-abortion law, banning abortions starting around six weeks into pregnancy, does not go far enough. “For me, I would like to see abortion completely banned,” said Castro. The ordinance not only declares Alvin as a sanctuary city for the unborn, which would ban abortion procedures, but it also declares abortion-inducing drugs such…
KINGWOOD, Texas (KTRK) — Homeowners impacted by the tornado outbreak in early January said their anxiety is through the roof because of Wednesday night’s severe weather alert. In Kingwood, people are dealing with the damage severe weather can cause. “It feels like it was just yesterday,” said Susana Salazar. Though it has been 10 days since an EF-1 tornado caused significant damage in her Kingwood neighborhood, Salazar said the feelings of fear and anxiety were still fresh. “I’ve never experienced anything dramatic like that,” Salazar said. The 90 mph winds threw trees on top of her house and her husband’s…
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LAHORE: ICC’s chief match referee Ranjan Madugalle will make his HBL Pakistan Super League debut when he officiates at the seventh edition of PCB’s marquee event starting in Karachi later this month. Former Sri Lankan Test cricketer Madugalle has refereed in 125 T20 Internationals. Madugalle, 62, has been a regular visitor to Pakistan for international assignments, with his last visit being in January 2020 for the three-match T20 International series against Bangladesh. Meanwhile, in a surprising decision, Anis Sheikh, one of the most experienced match referees, could not find a place in the panel of five referees for PSL which…
MELBOURNE: Five years and five long sets later, five-time Australian Open runner-up Andy Murray finally has won another match at the season-opening Grand Slam tournament. The former top-ranked Murray, playing thanks to a wild-card invitation as he continues his career comeback from hip operations and thoughts of retirement, beat 21st-seeded Nikoloz Basilashvili 6-1, 3-6, 6-4, 6-7 (5-7), 6-4 on Tuesday to reach the second round at Melbourne Park. He lost a five-setter in the first round in 2019 — a match he, and everyone else, thought might have been his last in Australia after missing the 2018 edition with an…
When we think of cricket, we don’t exactly think of it in relation to art. However, PSL franchise Islamabad United is bridging the gap between these two worlds through a unique campaign with visual artist Imran Qureshi. Under the project AANideasLAB: IQ X IU, Qureshi interacted with some Islamabad United players and conducted a visual art project over the course of several weeks. The initiative aims to “celebrate sport and art, two of the most universal languages we have today, bringing art to the Pakistani public through their love for the game of cricket”. The campaign has been described as…
TRINIDAD: Haseebullah Khan and Awais Ali shone with the bat and the ball respectively as Pakistan U-19 got off to a flying start at the ICC U-19 World Cup, beating Zimbabwe U-19 by 115 runs in their Group ‘C’ match at the Diego Martin Sporting Complex in Trinidad on Monday. Opener Haseebullah smashed a 155-ball 135 (10 fours and four sixes) to help Pakistan amass a strong total of 315-9 in 50 overs. He was assisted by Irfan Khan, who added 75 (six fours and one six) to the total, consuming only 73 calls as the duo partnered up for…
KARACHI: Pacer Mohammad Hasnain will compete in the Pakistan Super League despite having his bowling action being called out by umpires in Australia’s Big Bash League. The 21-year-old underwent a test on his bowling action at the International Cricket Council-accredited biomechanics laboratory in Lahore on Tuesday after it was reported by umpires Gerard Abood and Simon Lightbody during the BBL match played between Sydney Thunder and Adelaide Strikers on Jan 2. It was Hasnain’s debut BBL appearance and he finished with figures of 3-20 in four overs in the match for Thunder. The test was initially scheduled to be conducted…
