USAA Insurance promises to loyally serve its veteran members and their families. But that may not always be so according to a lawsuit, Kraig Vandewalle vs. USAA. Thousands of lawsuits are filed against insurance companies in Texas every year. The Watchdog examined one to study a process used to deny claims. Vandewalle is a retired Air Force colonel from San …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police have arrested and charged a teenager after he was allegedly caught on video waving a gun at a driver on the Katy Freeway. The 16-year-old wasn’t identified due to his age, but authorities said he’s been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The incident happened on May 3 just before 9 a.m. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A lawsuit seeking $10 million has been filed on behalf of two parents who claim their daughter was sexually assaulted by a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston. SNAP, the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, is calling for immediate action by church officials. “This lawsuit names the priest, it names Cardinal [Daniel] DiNardo, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are investigating a shooting that sent one man to the hospital Thursday evening. The shooting happened in the driveway of a home on Sherwood Forest in northwest Houston around 5 p.m. It appears the victim went to the home and got into some kind of altercation with the homeowner, according to police. At some …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In Harris County, 54% of people who are 12 or older are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The people ending up in the hospital are individuals who have not been vaccinated. According to Memorial Hermann Hospital, 99% of people hospitalized with the virus are not vaccinated, but what they’re seeing now is that the people hospitalized are …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A pregnant mother in Houston just can’t seem to escape the impacts of COVID-19. The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, tells not only did her stepfather die from the virus in August 2020, her uncle also died a month later. Her 5-year-old had the virus in January and last week, her one-year-old developed a fever …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Erza Washington places a Bluetooth speaker on the ground and starts playing his sister’s favorite songs. He still remembers the sound of her voice. She wasn’t the best singer and the thought of her singing along to Patti LaBelle still cracks him up as he thinks about all the times he teased her for it. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man was shot and killed and three others were injured in a shooting at a bar in north Houston, investigators say. It happened at Sammie J’s Bar and Grill on North Houston Rosslyn Rd. around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. According to a tweet posted by Houston police, a man and a woman were rushed to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Rain chances are winding down, and the heat is cranking up. Temperatures this morning are starting off in the mid 70s, and will heat up into the mid 90s during the afternoon. Isolated thunderstorms are possible in the afternoon, but most of us will stay dry. A cloud of Saharan haze will also begin blowing in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An armed man was able to force an HFD ambulance off the road early Friday before hijacking it and fleeing police with two people inside, police said. It began in southwest Houston along South Loop 610 and Braeswood around 3 a.m. Medics were on their way to a hospital with a patient onboard when the man, …