HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Do you have a high school student who wants to make a little bit of cash? This might be the job for them. HISD, Texas’ largest school district, is hiring 500 student tutors to help elementary school students who are struggling in English, math and science. Here’s what you need to know in order to apply: You must be 15 years of age or older The pay is $12 per hour Time commitment: up to 20 hours per week Those interested in applying have until Wednesday, Jan. 12 to turn in their applications. The student tutoring…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The much advertised cold front will move through Thursday morning. Before the front moves through, there will be the potential for dense fog. A Dense Fog Advisory is in effect until 6 am for areas south of I-10. Once the cold front moves through, the clouds will clear as drier air filters in. Afternoon temperatures will be 10-15 degrees cooler than yesterday. This front should pass through mostly dry, but there is a better chance of thunderstorms coming our way this weekend. How severe will this next temperature swing be? We’ll go from the middle 70s…
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MELBOURNE: Novak Djokovic will get a chance to defend his Australian Open title after receiving a medical exemption to travel to Melbourne, ending months of uncertainty about his participation because of the strict Covid-19 vaccination requirements in place for the tournament. The world number one, who had declined to reveal his vaccination status, said previously that he was unsure whether he would compete at the Jan 17-30 tournament in Melbourne due to concerns over Australia’s quarantine rules. The Victoria state government has mandated that all players, staff and fans attending the Australian Open must be fully vaccinated unless there is…
MOUNT MAUNGANUI: Ebadot Hossain bowled Bangladesh to the brink of a historic victory over world Test champions New Zealand in a fiery spell on Tuesday on the fourth day of the first cricket Test. On a pitch on which Bangladesh and New Zealand collectively amassed 786 runs in their first innings with the tourists taking a 130-run lead Ebadot reduced New Zealand to 147-5 at stumps, a lead of only 17 runs. After dismissing first innings century-maker Devon Conway for 13, Ebadot removed Will Young (69), Henry Nicholls (0) and Tom Blundell (0) in the space of six balls in…
JOHANNESBURG: A career-best performance by Shardul Thakur enabled India to fight back on the second day of the second Test against South Africa at the Wanderers Stadium on Tuesday. Thakur took seven for 61 — the best figures by an Indian bowler in Tests against South Africa — as the hosts were bowled out for 229, a first innings lead of 27. India reached 85 for two at the close, an overall lead of 58 runs, to finish the day on level terms and keep alive their hopes of clinching a series victory with a match to spare. South Africa…
KARACHI: Global Soccer Ventures, looking to launch a franchise football league in Pakistan, have entered into a US$12million 10-year agreement with NED University of Engineering & Technology to set up a ‘Soccer City’ Stadium, it was announced in a news release on Tuesday. It said that the reveal of the stadium plan is due to follow at the end of this month but Dawn understands that the deal will likely see the transformation the NED University’s football ground into a stadium which will host the matches of the Pakistan Football League, the six-team franchise league announced by GSV last year. Although there…
KARACHI: The cancellation of South Africa’s Mzansi Super League could well end up to be a blessing in disguise for the upcoming edition of the HBL-Pakistan Super League. With Pakistan Cricket Board chief Ramiz Raja finalising preparations for the Karachi leg of the PSL on Tuesday, it emerged that top South African players including the likes of batter David Miller and pacer Kagiso Rabada are expected to make themselves available for the glitzy T20 league. Well-placed sources told Dawn that the PCB was in talks with Cricket South Africa and was exploring ways how it could be made possible. But with the…
Bangladesh pulled off a crushing eight-wicket victory over world champions New Zealand at Mount Maunganui on Wednesday. The tourists needed only 40 runs in their second innings for the historic win, their first ever in New Zealand and only their sixth in 61 away Tests. The match was wrapped up in one session on the final day as Ebadot Hossain took a career best six for 46 and New Zealand were rolled in their second innings for 169. It was a “David and Goliath” result, with Bangladesh ranked ninth in the world while world Test champions New Zealand are second.…
CAPE CANAVERAL: The US space agency (Nasa) aced the most complicated, critical job on its newly launched space telescope on Tuesday: unrolling and stretching a sunshade the size of a tennis court. Ground controllers cheered and bumped fists once the fifth and final layer of the sunshield was tightly secured around the James Webb telescope. It took just 36 hours to tighten the ultra-thin layers using motor-driven cables, half the expected time. The seven-ton telescope is so big that the sunshield and the primary gold-plated mirror had to be folded for launch. The sunshield is so unwieldy that it spans 70 feet…
