HARRIS COUNTY (KTRK) — On Tuesday, Harris County commissioners approved a policy outlining how county officials can have legal fees reimbursed with taxpayer funds if they’re involved in a criminal matter. In each instance, the request for reimbursement will still have to go before the commissioner’s court and can only be awarded if the individual was not guilty, not indicted or if the case was dismissed. “The purpose of this policy is to provide county officials and employees guidelines for presenting a request for payment of legal fees and costs incurred in connection with a criminal investigation,” according to the…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Alec Zierlein is your typical 17-year-old high school student, except he didn’t have much fun during his Christmas holiday. Zierlein, one of his brothers, and his dad, sports radio host Lance Zierlein, began feeling sick a few days before Christmas. “I ended up getting tested the day before Christmas for strep throat, flu and COVID,” said Zierlein. “I didn’t think I had any of the three. It felt like a mild cold.” It turns out, the teen had both the flu and COVID-19, a diagnosis that’s been dubbed as “flurona.” “I hadn’t heard anything about that…
HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Heartbroken, Earline De Leon is pleading for justice just one week after her son was shot and killed in a gas station parking lot in east Harris County. “Those guys had guns,” she said emphatically. “My son was a good-hearted person.” Juan Manuel Zamora, 37, was shot to death on Dec. 28 in a Walmart gas station parking lot. Harris County Sheriff’s Office investigators said Zamora was with a friend, who is a dog breeder. The men were trying to recover an expensive French bulldog that had been stolen, and were meeting with the alleged…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We’ve got much warmer weather on the way today, with morning temps in the 40s and 50s, and afternoon highs in the 70s under a sunny sky. A cold front will move through late Wednesday night and provide us with another brief shot of cool weather. How severe will this next temperature swing be? We’ll go from the middle 70s Wednesday afternoon, to the middle 30s on Friday morning. Thursday will be breezy and cool as well. What is the outlook for the weekend? An upper air disturbance will combine with warm, humid air from the…
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PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has extended the health emergency across the province for three months amid the fifth wave of the COVID-19. According to the notification issued by the provincial government, the health emergency has been extended after an increasing number of Omicron strain cases of the COVID-19. As per the notification, the emergency will remain enforced till March 31. Cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus are on the rise in the country. At least 14 more people tested positive for the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 in Islamabad during the past 24 hours. The District Health Officer…
LAHORE: 39 more people have tested positive for the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in Lahore, the provincial health department said on Tuesday. The number of confirmed cases of Omicron in Punjab has climbed to 153 with Lahore reporting most of the cases. The health department put the provincial capital’s tally at 151. Six members of a family are among the people infected with the new strain, it said. The health department said the Omicron variant is spreading fast with an infection rate higher than that of the Delta variant of the coronavirus. Covid-19 cases are on the rise across…
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has reported 630 more COVID-19 cases during the last 24 hours. According to the latest figures shared by the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), a total of 44,198 samples were tested during this period, out of which 630 turned out to be positive, showing a national positivity rate of 1.42 per cent as compared to yesterday’s 1.55%. STATISTICS 4 JAN 22: TOTAL TESTS IN LAST 24 HOURS: 44,198 POSITIVE CASES: 630 POSITIVITY %: 1.42% DEATHS :2 PATIENTS ON CRITICAL CARE: 641 — NCOC (@OFFICIALNCOC) JANUARY 4, 2022 The death toll from the pandemic climbed to 28,945 after two…
Telegram has introduced a bunch of new features for both Android and iOS. Among the new features are reactions that are now part of the app. If you have ever used Facebook Messenger you know how reactions work. The different is that in Telegram you have to press and hold on iOS for the reaction emoji picker, while tap once on Android. In private chats, reactions are always on but in groups and channels admins can get turned on or not. You can hide spoilers by using the new Spoiler formatting. You just have to choose the spoiler-infested part of…
Months after recovering from coronavirus infection, survivors have elevated levels of antibodies that can mistakenly attack their own organs and tissues, even if they had not been severely ill, according to new findings. Among 177 healthcare workers who had recovered from confirmed coronavirus infections contracted before the availability of vaccines, all had persistent autoantibodies, including ones that can cause chronic inflammation and injury of the joints, skin and nervous system. “We would not normally expect to see such a diverse array of autoantibodies elevated in these individuals or stay elevated for as long six months after full clinical recovery,” said…
