Former college basketball player Kerr Kriisa lied and posed as other people as part of a scheme through which he fraudulently obtained nearly $2.2 million from two victims, according to a federal indictment.A federal grand jury in West Virginia indicted Kriisa last month, and the case was unseale...
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Pop up showers and storms could impact your evening commute early this week before Saharan dust returns to Southeast Texas. Meanwhile, it's summer. So you know its going to be hot!
Houston police said officers responded to a burglary at a home in Fourth Ward, with one suspect inside the home and the homeowners outside with police.
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A woman who previously dated Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner said he drunkenly forced her to have sex after she told him to stop, according to a Politico report released Monday. Platner denied the allegation and said he would be considering next steps for his campaign. “Regardless of the in...
Fresno, California man Rondy Packard Sr. was rescued after a 6-day search in the remote Pine Flat Lake area.
<p>A man accused of dumping a puppy in a locked trunk in a Channelview field has been arrested, authorities say.</p><p>According to the Harris County Pct. 1 Constable’s Office, Deontwon Marquise Perry Jr., 21, is facing a misdemeanor charge of cruelty to animals.</p><p>The incident happened in Ja...
A man is now charged after police say he attacked a woman inside a downtown Houston parking garage last week.According to the Houston Police Department, Sir Felix Stafford-Franklin II, 23, has been charged with aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and attempted sexual assault in connection wit...
<p>A Cyclosporiasis outbreak across the U.S. continues, and Texas is among more than a dozen states that are reporting cases of the parasite that can cause explosive diarrhea. </p><p>Officials in one state have released more information about the types of foods that have been specifically linked ...
An off-duty sheriff's office K-9 has died after running from fireworks and getting hit by a vehicle.
A criminal investigation has been opened and law enforcement are back at the home of Lee Gilley and Christa Bauer in the Heights. The development comes after Matthew Jackson & Save A Life Homes LLC filed a deed and claimed ownership rights, while Bauer’s family has said no one should have access ...
Brooklyn, New York City girl Kiara Paolasin drowned at a Southampton beach on Long Island over the holiday weekend.
Utah prosecutors were in court Monday seeking to convince a state judge they have enough evidence to bring the defendant in Charlie Kirk's assassination to trial and seek the death penalty.
Trump took credit for getting FIFA to review a red card issued against Folarin Balogun at the World Cup but said he did not demand an outcome.
Former college basketball player Kerr Kriisa lied and posed as other people as part of a scheme through which he fraudulently obtained nearly $2.2 million from two victims, according to a federal indictment.A federal grand jury in West Virginia indicted Kriisa last month, and the case was unseale...
Montgomery County Precinct 3 Commissioner Ritch Wheeler says a garbage truck spilled its load along Player Woods near North Seasons Trace Circle, leaving debris scattered and triggering a significant roadside cleanup effort.Wheeler said the cleanup is expected to take at least three hours. A clea...
A parasite outbreak causing "explosive diarrhea" has been reported in 17 US states, the CDC warns.
Lauren Bennett, the singer featured on LMFAO's hit 2011 dance song "Party Rock Anthem," has died at the age of 37.
Houston firefighters were called to a fire at an apartment complex in west Houston late Sunday night after reports of flames coming from a third-floor unit at 10901 Meadowglen Lane, according to the Houston Fire Department.HFD responded around 11 p.m. and encountered challenges getting to the sce...
These Daughters of the American Revolution are cleaning the graves of patriots to commemorate America 250.
Daniel Moist was charged with third-degree murder after his 14-month-old daughter was found dead in a hot car in Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
<p>Texas is currently facing a surge in Cyclospora infections, a parasite known to cause severe gastrointestinal distress. Other parasitic infections have been on the rise as well.</p><p>Here's what you need to know to protect yourself.</p><h2>Where do parasites come from?</h2><p>Parasites routin...
Backpedaling smoothly as he followed the motions of safeties coach Stephen Adegoke, Reed Blankenship was in his comfort zone.Although his NFL employer and geographic location have undergone dramatic changes, there’s a constant flow to his game.Since the Texans signed the former Philadelphia Eagle...
New court records show the suspect charged in the murder of a repairman found dead inside a vacant Houston-area home has a lengthy criminal history and was already out on bond in multiple cases when he was arrested.PREVIOUS: Man charged with murder after repairman found dead inside vacant Atascoc...
'It's gonna be chaos." We're getting our first look at the documentary following the reunion of rock sensations, Oasis. See Noel and Liam Gallagher like never before in "Don't Look Back in Anger," in select theaters Sept. 11 and later on Disney+.
President Donald Trump said Monday that he's building a granite helipad on the White House lawn, insisting that the landing area is needed to accommodate new, more powerful presidential choppers.Confirmation of the project came as construction crews had already begun working on the helipad on the...
Heat wave-breaking rain caused part of the roof of a New Jersey warehouse store to collapse Monday, sending a shopper, a cart and tables of baked goods skidding through rushing water.Two people were briefly trapped in debris at the BJ’s Wholesale Club in Ocean Township but managed to escape, and ...
When the high-rise where Noel Márquez lived with his family crashed to the ground and burst into flames in Venezuela's twin earthquakes, Márquez, who happened to be at his girlfriend’s apartment, raced home and called out for his mother, grandparents and siblings. Only his 17-year-old brother, hi...
HCSO said the mother parked, went inside the gas station, and left the car running with her 1-, 3-, and 10-year-old still inside before the suspect took off.
A 26-year-old man is dead after a reported shooting at an apartment complex on Sunday morning, according to the Rosenberg Police Department.Police responded around 4:30 a.m. to the The Henry at Rosenberg Apartments, located at 3419 Fountains Drive. Authorities said they found the deceased victim,...
President Donald Trump on Monday got to ring the opening bells for the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq from the golden confines of the Oval Office.
Monday’s Forecast:Heat and humidity continue to crank through southeast Texas Monday. Keep that in mind if you’re heading out to watch any of the FIFA matches today. There is also a chance for overnight showers and thunderstorms moving from north to southeast. Watching the Tropics: The tropics ar...
An Afghan national who fought alongside U.S. forces died from an allergic reaction while in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, one day after he was detained for deportation proceedings, his death certificate shows.Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, 41, suffered “an adverse drug reaction”...
According to authorities, the woman shot and killed her two children, who were both 4 years old, before turning the gun on herself at a southwest Houston hotel.
A Houston man accused of abandoning a puppy in a locked container in Channelview has been arrested after being sought for months, according to the Harris County Precinct 1 Constable’s Office.Deontwon Marquise Perry Jr., 21, is charged with misdemeanor cruelty to animals. Investigators say the cas...
<p>Interim Fort Bend County Judge Daniel Wong is asking a court to reaffirm that he still legally holds his appointed post as the county's chief executive amid a dispute over whether he can remain in the position.</p><p>He filed a lawsuit against Fort Bend County Attorney Bridgette Smith-Lawson o...
FIFA’s stunning decision to lift the suspension of a star U.S. player has riled the host country's next World Cup opponent, Belgium, and sent soccer fans -- and political leaders -- into a frenzy over the influence President Donald Trump may have had over the extremely rare ruling.Hours before ki...
Fort Bend County Judge Daniel Wong filed a lawsuit Monday against Fort Bend County Attorney Bridgette Smith-Lawson, asking a district court to reaffirm one of the most fundamental principles of constitutional government: that judicial orders remain binding unless modified by a court — not by the ...
President Donald Trump on Monday took credit for getting FIFA to review a red card issued against the United States’ star forward Folarin Balogun at the World Cup but said he did not demand an outcome.“All I did was ask for a review,” Trump said when asked about it during an unrelated Oval Office...
An upstate New York resident sued U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement for sending federal officers to his house with a warning over an email he sent to the agency's one-time head.David Streever, who is a U.S. citizen, was on a trip to Finland when two officers showed up to his Rochester home...
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