HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A former teacher at one of Houston’s most prestigious private schools has been charged with four counts of sexual assault of a child. Steven Wolfe was employed at The Emery/Weiner School for several years until he was fired in 2006. Although no reason was given for the termination by the school, Emily Evans believes it was because …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Environmental Protection Agency is announcing additional testing in an area of Houston’s Fifth Ward identified as a cancer cluster. Residents there have been demanding action for more than four years. “It’s like a lost city. There’s no life around here. It’s just dead,” Mary Hutchins said. Hutchins was born and raised in her Fifth Ward home. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The state legislature is in session, working on various issues. While you may know some faces in Austin, like the governor and lieutenant governor, there’s one longtime legislator you may not know. “The first thing I thought about when I was there 50 years ago, was that I was a person who was not allowed on the …

ISLAMABAD: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has ordered collection of toll tax from everyone, including politicians, judges and generals. Exemption will be given to on-duty personnel of the armed forces and police only. “No one should be exempt, including judges and generals visiting their homes and taking private trips,” said PAC Chairman Noor Alam Khan on Tuesday. The PAC chief …

PTI Chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday announced suspending the party’s Jail Bharo Tehreek (court arrest movement) in a move welcoming the Supreme Court’s 3-2 verdict of elections in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to be held within 90 days. He said the party was suspending its “Jail Bharo movement and moving forward with election campaigns in KP and Punjab”. Imran further said, “It was …

LAHORE: The Punjab police on Tuesday revised security arrangements around Imran Khan’s Zaman Park residence, slashed manpower around it by almost 70 per cent because, according to police, threat perception about the former prime minister underwent some changes. According to the new planning, around 200 policemen would guard his residence instead of 650 personnel [earlier]. “It is still much more …

ISLAMABAD: Two senior judges of the Supreme Court — Justice Qazi Faez Isa and Justice Yahya Afridi — on Tuesday took exception to the sudden change in the composition of their bench, as well as the cases fixed before it, and summoned SC Registrar Isharat Ali to explain who determines the roster of cases placed before the benches. “If benches …

Veteran diplomat Mohammad Sadiq resigned as Pakistan’s special representative to Afghanistan on Wednesday. “After serving close to three years as Pakistan’s Special Representative for Afghanistan, I have requested the government that the time had come for me to move on and focus on my personal pursuits — family, books and agriculture/environment,” he said in a series of tweets today. Sadiq …

Kapil Sharma is all set for the release of his upcoming film Zwigato; the trailer of the film has been released. During the trailer launch event, Kapil clearly stated that he doesn’t need appreciation for himself in the film, rather he urged audience to appreciate his character. “I feel even if I don’t get any appreciation that’s ok, but I want my …

There is a lot of ‘behind-the-scenes’ drama happening ahead of the 2023 Oscars as Riley Keough and Priscilla Presley are entangled in a legal battle. According to a source that told the U.S. Sun this week, Priscilla “is leading the team at the Oscars” for Baz Luhrmann-directed biopic of husband and King of Rock ’n Roll, Elvis Presely. Elvis has received eight Oscar …