HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A state takeover of Houston ISD could happen as soon as Monday, and many are waiting to see if that takes place. Mayor Sylvester Turner told AC13 last week that the takeover could go through on Monday. Turner said state officials would not confirm or deny a takeover of the district. The Texas Education Agency told us …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two men were shot at a private rodeo arena in southwest Houston overnight, according to police. Houston police were called to the Rancho El Dorado arena at 15231 S. Post Oak Road near Gatewood Court shortly after 3 a.m. in response to a shooting. At the scene, officers found two men with gunshot wounds. They were taken …

Just brushing teeth every day is not enough for taking care of teeth and many additional efforts are required to be undertaken. Oral health regime is now considered a vast subject and multiple practices are now adhered to in this respect. Of course brushing teeth twice a day for two minutes each time should be the cornerstone of daily dental …

Snapchat is kicking dozens of children in Britain off its platform each month compared with tens of thousands blocked by rival TikTok, according to internal data the companies shared with Britain’s media regulator Ofcom and which Reuters has seen. Social media platforms such as Meta’s Instagram, ByteDance’s TikTok, and Snap Inc.’s Snapchat require users to be at least 13 years …

Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) top executive Michael Abbott, who is in charge of cloud services, is leaving the company in April, Bloomberg News reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The iPhone maker did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment. Abbott, who joined Apple in 2018, heads the iCloud service and is in charge of the platform that powers features such as …

LAHORE: Once Rashid Khan began producing magic with the ball, he cast a spell over the Multan Sultans batters from which they could never recover. The Afghan leg-spinner ripped through the heart of the Sultans’ batting line-up, picking three wickets in a dizzying eight-ball span to help Lahore Qalandars to a comfortable 21-run victory at a raucous Gaddafi Stadium on …

KARACHI: Social engineering, which involves cybercriminals manipulating people into giving up confidential financial information, has become a “big and very significant trend” in the Pakistani market, according to Visa Inc, a global provider of rails for digital payments. Speaking to Dawn on the sidelines of a recent security summit in Dubai, the company’s regional risk officer Charles Lobo said individuals and small …

JAKARTA: Residents searched through the remains of their charred homes on Saturday as Indonesian state energy firm Pertamina apologised for a fire at a Jakarta fuel storage depot it said killed at least 18 people, including two children. Dozens were also injured and police said three people were still missing after Friday night’s blaze at Pertamina’s Plumpang depot in north …

NEW DELHI: An India-Pakistan peace pact was ready to be signed by past leaders before they lost power, but it remains alive after the Modi government vetted it, according to a book quoted in a review by Karan Thapar on Saturday. “By the end of the second term of the UPA government and of Dr Manmohan Singh’s ten-year term, the …