HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Six people have died in wrong-way crashes on the Westpark Tollway since April 2021. This is a concern for Houstonians who travel on the highway during times when crashes like these happen. “For someone (Harris County Toll Road Authority) to put big, bright lights and signs saying, ‘Wrong Way,’ I feel like as a citizen, that would be adequate enough,” said Eyad Achraf, who is a Houston DJ. Achraf said he’s not done with his events until, sometimes, two or three in the morning. He said he’s aware these crashes happen and says it’s good to…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A police chase Wednesday afternoon in northwest Harris County was not the typical high-speed pursuit. A dirt bike rider led authorities on a pursuit for about 45 minutes. Authorities detained one person in the 4700 block of Live Meadow Lane. It’s not clear what started the pursuit. The rider could be seen weaving in and out of traffic at times.
The family of a woman killed in a suspected drunk driving crash said the man behind the wheel was her boyfriend. “I know he didn’t mean to do it, but he was still drinking and driving, and now he has to pay for what he did,” said Lucinda Cruz’s aunt, Adilene Niño. On Wednesday, Cruz’s family shared more about the 23-year old, who they said was a young mother of two girls, 8- and 3-years-old. “She was a wonderful happy mother,” said Niño. Investigators said Cruz’s boyfriend, Sergio Davilla-Rodriguez, was intoxicated and was behind the wheel when he caused that…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Hurricane Harvey slammed the Houston area more than four years ago, but some people are still living with the impacts. Recently, the government halted a distribution in mitigation and relief funds, which really hurt communities like Kashmere Gardens and Settegast. “Plenty of us still need to get the proper repairs, so that they can live safely in their homes,” said resident Carolyn Rivera. Longtime Houstonians and members of Coalition for Environment Equity and Resilience (CEER) gathered on Wednesday to strategize and visit some of the properties that still need to be fixed up from Harvey. “The…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Enjoy the mild temperatures, because a big cool down is coming this weekend! Thursday will start off cool and clear with temperatures in the low to mid 40s. Patchy fog will be a possibility for parts of SE Texas but it won’t be widespread. With more sunshine on tap Thursday afternoon temperatures should warm in the 70s. A strong cold front moves in Saturday morning bringing a chance for a few showers, cold temperatures, and windy conditions! The National Weather Service Houston confirmed a total of seven tornadoes touched down Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning. They…
By:Raja Zahid A Khanazada Houston:Prominent Business man & recipient of “ Hilal- e- Imtiaz “ Syed Javaid Anwar met Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan at the Prime Minister’s Secretariat in Islamabad. Improvement in Pak-US Relations & other matters were in discussions. Present on the occasion are Atif Iqbal Khan, Sajjad Burki, Zia Ul Haq & Syed Jaffar.
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China on Friday commissioned its first nuclear-powered ‘artificial sun’. The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) said the HL-2M Tokamak ‘artificial sun’ uses a ‘powerful magnetic field to fuse hot plasma and can reach temperatures of over 150 million degrees Celsius’, Xinhua news agency reported. The innovation is dubbed as huge advancement of China’s nuclear research capabilities. It will use hydrogen and deuterium gases as fuels. The giant device is located in Chengdu in southwestern Sichuan province. The device is expected to provide ‘clean energy through controlled nuclear fusion’. The report added that the device is the country’s largest in scale…
CHRISTCHURCH: Skipper Tom Latham scored 252, Devon Conway banked another century and Ross Taylor likely played his last Test innings as New Zealand declared at 521-6 before Trent Boult and Tim Southee wrecked Bangladesh with the ball, bowling them out for 126 to put the hosts on course for a series-levelling victory on day two of the second and final Test in Christchurch on Monday. Boult took 5-43, including his 300th test wicket to join Richard Hadlee, Daniel Vettori and his new ball partner Southee (3-28) among New Zealanders who have taken 300 wickets in Tests. The milestone came in…
CAPE TOWN: South Africa’s Dean Elgar says the third and final Test against India at Newlands on Tuesday is his team’s biggest match in 15 years as they look to win a series against the number one side in the world and provide confidence to a new group of players. India won the first Test by 113 runs in Pretoria, before the home side bounced back with a seven wicket win in the second in Johannesburg, boosted by skipper Elgar’s unbeaten 96 in the second innings as they chased down 240 to win. For a South Africa team that has…
