HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — T.G.I.F.! Here’s what’s happening in Houston this weekend. It’s your last chance to catch Disney’s Newsies, the Tony Award-winning musical, in a brand-new production by Theatre Under The Stars. Newsies is inspired by true events, where a group of underdogs became unlikely heroes and stood up against the most powerful men in New York. Use the code TUTSLatino at checkout for a discount. Unfortunately, the Families with Pride event scheduled for June 1 was canceled due to weather conditions. Council Member Abbie Kamin was hosting the event in partnership with the Greater Houston LGBTQPlus Chamber of…
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Several members of a travel group who had disembarked from a cruise in the Pacific Northwest arrived at Bush Intercontinental Airport with flu-like symptoms, as disclosed by multiple agencies to. The Houston Fire Department reported being called to Terminal C at 6:20 p.m. regarding numerous sick passengers on a flight from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. These passengers had just returned from a cruise. According to the HFD, up to 30 individuals from a travel group of about 75 fell ill. First responders evaluated three patients, but none required hospital transport. Fire officials noted that the passengers…
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An 18-year-old is paralyzed from the neck down following a road rage shooting. Saturday had been a high point in Dexter Foster’s life. “He was really excited about going to prom,” his mother, Shavon Poullard, recalled. However, on Sunday afternoon, everything changed when Foster was shot while driving on the I-610 South Loop near Mykawa. Poullard explained that Foster was taking a date out to eat when they noticed a white car driving erratically behind them. Eventually, the two cars made contact. “The guy was telling him to pull over because they hit the car,” Poullard…
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan completed a series clean sweep over Australia after beating the visitors 3-0 in the third and final volleyball match here at the Pakistan Sports Complex on Thursday. Led by Murad Jehan, the national side, who played with a full-strength team despite coming into the game with an unassailable lead in the series, dominated with scores of 26-24, 25-22, 25-20, warming up perfectly for next month’s Asian Volleyball Confederation Challenge Cup. Australia, who are also going to feature in the tournament — set to be held in Bahrain — would be contemplating ways to hit form ahead of the…
PARIS: Novak Djokovic reached the French Open last 32 for the 19th successive year on Thursday as Roland Garros organisers banned alcohol from the stands in an effort to counter growing complaints from players over disrespectful, rowdy fans. Defending champion Djokovic cracked 43 winners past Spain’s 63rd-ranked Roberto Carballes Baena to canter to a 6-4, 6-1, 6-2 win. The three-time champion, seeking a record 25th Grand Slam title, goes on to face either Gael Monfils of France or Italian 30th seed Lorenzo Musetti. “It was a difficult match against Roberto. He hit a lot of very good and precise shots,”…
LONDON: Reigning champions England produced a fine all-round display as they overwhelmed Pakistan by seven wickets at the Oval on Thursday in their last competitive match before they begin the defence of their Twenty20 World Cup title. Victory gave England a 2-0 win in a four-match T20 series as games at Headingley and Cardiff were both washed out without a ball bowled. England made a blistering start chasing a modest target of 158, with Phil Salt (45) and skipper Jos Buttler (39) sharing a rapid opening stand of 82. Harry Brook ended the game with a six as England finished on 158-6,…
ISLAMABAD: Seeking an additional fuel cost adjustment (FCA) of Rs3.49 per unit in June’s bills, the Central Power Purchasing Agency (CPPA) on Thursday conceded that “consumers don’t want electricity from the system” as depicted by 14-17 per cent fall in consumption in April. At a public hearing called by the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), the CPPA team led by its Chief Executive, Rehan Akhtar, reported that reference fuel prices did not change noticeably, but weather constraints and changing consumption patterns resulted in higher actual fuel costs. The question-answer session exposed a series of management and planning challenges in…
PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly on Thursday passed the Rs1.7 trillion budget for the upcoming fiscal year after members of the opposition withdrew their all cut motions. Finance minister Aftab Alam Afridi tabled the Finance Bill 2024–25 during a session chaired by Speaker Babar Saleem Swati. The opposition members withdrew their cut motions about 66 demands for grants for various departments. They, however, complained about the poor law and order situation in the province when a demand for grants was moved for the home department. Members complain about ‘poor’ law and order situation, enforced disappearances MPA Adnan Khan of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl…
ISLAMABAD: Ahead of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s visit to China next week, Pakistan cleared construction of about 241 km of the high-altitude Karakoram Highway at an estimated cost of Rs567.5bn (approximately $2bn) to be funded through a ‘Chinese soft loan’. This was one of the Rs609.45bn worth of two infrastructure projects the Central Development Working Party (CDWP) recommended to the Executive Council of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) for formal approval. The KKH is part of the multi-billion dollar China-Pakistan Economic Corridor and is expected to be approved by a special meeting of the Ecnec before the prime minister’s departure…
