HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston health care leaders told ABC13 that while the omicron variant is leading to more breakthrough infections, the vast majority of those folks who need medical attention remain unvaccinated. Dr. Esmaeil Porsa heads Harris Health System and said that as of Friday morning, health care workers are treating 194 patients for COVID-19 at their area hospitals. That’s the highest number since the start of the pandemic. Dr. Porsa said between 84% and 85% of those 194 did not receive a COVID vaccine. He stressed people should use common sense measures like, wearing masks, social distancing, and…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police say a woman was followed to a shopping center in southwest Houston where she was held at gunpoint by three men and robbed of everything she had on her, including her cell phone, jewelry, identification, and her purse. “They have everything on me. I’m scared,” said Melissa Rodriguez. Houston police said Rodriguez walked into a store the morning of Nov. 27, 2021 in the 6800 block of South Gessner. Rodriguez said she shopped for a while, and as she was leaving, three men with Cuban accents approached her. As the men demanded her belongings, police…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Cy-Fair ISD teacher is accused of locking her 13-year-old son in the trunk of her moving vehicle this week at a COVID-19 drive-thru testing site because she didn’t want to be exposed to him, charging documents state. The school district confirmed Friday that the teacher, 41-year-old Sarah Beam, had a warrant issued for her arrest. She has been an employee with Cy-Fair ISD since 2011, most recently teaching at Cypress Falls High School. Deputies with the Precinct One Constable’s Office attempted to arrest Beam at her home in Jersey Village Friday night. The constable’s office…
HOUSTON, Texas — During Texas’ first strong cold front of the winter this past weekend, natural gas production in the state’s top energy-producing region dropped by about 25%, according to a report from S&P Global. And while the lights largely stayed on across the state, the gas system’s performance during a brief cold snap raised more questions about the grid’s ability to handle extreme winter weather. A separate Bloomberg report said gas production in the Permian Basin region of West Texas plunged to its lowest levels since last February’s deadly winter storm. A number of natural gas companies reported to the…
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KARACHI: For all talk of deals with English Premier League clubs, Thursday’s announcement felt like a downgrade. Global Soccer Ventures — hoping to set up a franchise league in Pakistan — said it was only being realistic as it announced a three-year deal with Irish premier-division side St Patrick’s Athletic which will see the best players from a government-backed talent hunt programme train at the club. “We’re only being realistic,” GSV CEO Zabe Khan said at a virtual news conference. “For our players, and considering the state of football in Pakistan at this moment, breaking into the academy at a…
World number one Novak Djokovic spent Orthodox Christmas in Australian immigration detention on Friday as his lawyers fight a government decision to remove him from the country that could scupper his shot at a record-breaking 21st Grand Slam. As the row escalated, officials said two other players who entered the country under the same exemption granted to Djokovic were under investigation. Border officials detained Djokovic at Melbourne’s airport when he arrived on Wednesday evening and revoked the visa he had been granted on the basis of a medical exemption from Australia’s strict Covid-19 vaccination requirements. The initial decision to grant entry to Djokovic was…
MELBOURNE: Rafael Nadal began fine-tuning his quest for a 21st Grand Slam singles title with a 6-2, 7-5 win over Ricardas Berankis on Thursday in a warm-up tournament ahead of the Australian Open. Nadal, recovering from the coronavirus, showed no signs of sluggishness on Rod Laver Arena, although he was broken early in the second set and again when he served for the match. “It’s only the first match after a while. Honestly, I have been going through some difficult, challenging moments the past year-and-a-half,” Nadal said, “but in general terms I am super happy to be back in competition.”…
LONDON: The Women’s Ashes series has been brought forward by a week to allow Australia and England to meet quarantine requirements ahead of the ODI World Cup in New Zealand in March, Cricket Australia said on Thursday. A 10-day mandatory quarantine is required before the March 4-April 3 World Cup, where holders England will begin their title defence against six-times champions Australia. The multi-format Ashes series was scheduled to start with a standalone Test match in Canberra’s Manuka Oval on Jan 27 and conclude on Feb 19 but will now begin on Jan 20 with the first of three Twenty20…
LAHORE: Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior and Accountability Shehzad Akbar has directed the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) to play its effective role in achieving the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) targets ahead of its forthcoming meeting in March/April. During his visit to the FIA provincial headquarters here on Thursday, he held a meeting with the additional director general (north) and directors Punjab zones I and II. “Mr Akbar emphasised achieving the FATF targets for the upcoming APG/ plenary review in March/April, 2022. The FIA was also directed to aggressively pursue mega money laundering cases,” an official told Dawn. He said the…
