HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s Office assistant chief was unharmed after carjacking suspects fired at him on a freeway during the evening rush hour, authorities reported. The incident occurred on Thursday afternoon on inbound U.S. 290 at Huffmeister Road. According to preliminary information from Precinct 5, the assistant chief observed two suspects breaking into cars. The suspects fled, and the assistant chief pursued them. During the chase, the suspects shot at the assistant chief but did not hit him. The suspects then managed to escape. In an update at 8 p.m., Precinct 5 announced that…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Although Cooperstown passed over Astros legend Billy Wagner this year and Houston’s current team is struggling, there’s still something to celebrate: Orbit. Orbit, the Astros’ beloved green alien mascot known for silently teasing the opposing dugout, has been inducted into the Mascot Hall of Fame. A fan vote of 90,000 secured Orbit’s place in the prestigious hall located in Whiting, Indiana. Joining Orbit in this year’s class are the San Francisco Giants’ Lou Seal, the University of Montana’s Monte the Grizzly Bear, and the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Jaxson de Ville, who is famously known for his wild…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Nearly a year has passed, and homeowners in a southside neighborhood are still waiting for an abandoned house to be cleaned up. “We take pride in our homes and keep them well-maintained,” said Brandon Smith, who bought a home on Mount Pleasant Street in late 2022. However, Smith noted that the house next door has been a persistent issue. The windows are boarded up, no one lives there, and the lawn remains unmowed. “I can’t even remember the last time it was cut,” said Craig Jones, another resident of Mount Pleasant. Although it isn’t his responsibility,…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities are still searching for a man who escaped from a courthouse and attempted to carjack a district attorney’s office employee at knifepoint earlier on Thursday. By 9:30 p.m., SkyEye reported that the search for 35-year-old Nigel Thomas Sanders, who triggered an alert in downtown Houston about six hours earlier, had not yielded any results. The search had focused on the Near Northside, where police were seen speaking with neighbors. However, by late evening, the search appeared to have scaled back. Multiple law enforcement agencies were involved in the search, which led to a lockdown at…
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Workers fired by SpaceX filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing Elon Musk of fostering a sexist “Dark Ages” culture at the company he founded. The civil complaint filed in a California court in Los Angeles contends Musk had the workers terminated after they published an open letter detailing their concerns and calling on the American aerospace firm’s board to distance itself from the SpaceX chief executive. “Elon Musk trumpets SpaceX as the leader to a brave new world of space travel,” the court filing says. “But (he) runs his company in the Dark Ages — treating women as sexual objects to…
LAHORE: Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz has constituted a three-member committee to probe the Sahiwal Hospital fire incident that claimed lives of eight infants, earlier this month. Maryam Nawaz was chairing a meeting to review the progress on health reforms in the province. The committee will be held by provincial advisor, Azhar Kiani. She tasked the committee to identify the responsible so that they could be put behind bars. The chief minister expressed her resentment over the plight of Children’s Hospital and added if this is the situation of the province’s biggest hospital, what would be the condition of other medical…
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has allocated Rs27,000 million for 27 ongoing and 14 new schemes of the Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination in the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) for the fiscal year 2024-25. According to the budgetary document released on Wednesday, out of the total allocation, Rs 7,131.330 million has been earmarked for ongoing schemes and Rs 19,868.670 million for new schemes. The government has allocated Rs 5,000 million for Prime Minister National Programme for Elimination of Hepatitis C Infection while Rs 2,000 million for Prime Minister National Programme for Prevention of Diabetes. Similarly, it fixed…
Suryakumar Yadav hit an unbeaten half-century and left-arm seamer Arshdeep Singh claimed a career-best 4-9 as India defeated the United States by seven wickets to reach the T20 World Cup second round on Wednesday. Chasing 111 to win the Group A clash, India were rattled at 15-2 and then 44-3 before Yadav (50) and Shivam Dube (31) put on an undefeated fourth-wicket stand of 67 to secure a third win in three games for Rohit Sharma’s team with 10 balls to spare. Despite the defeat, the United States are still well-placed to join India in the Super Eights as they…
CAPE TOWN: Striker Ayoub El Kaabi netted a hat-trick as Morocco stormed to a 6-0 win over Congo in World Cup qualification on Tuesday, maintaining their 100 per cent start to the African preliminaries for the 2026 finals in North America. Other leading contenders Cameroon and African champions Ivory Coast, were held to away draws on a busy day of action around the continent, as Rwanda, Sudan and Comoros — all fifth seeds in six-nation qualifying groups — were shock table toppers after matchday four. Qualifying from Africa is a 10-round marathon spread over three years with the nine group winners…
