HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston man who confessed to two murders after being arrested for rape has been sentenced to 65 years in prison, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. Chris Dontrell Roddy, 31, was arrested in July 2020 after DNA linked him to the sexual assault of a woman jogging at MacGregor Park in February 2020. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Thousands of Houstonians and notable city and state leaders took a stand Friday afternoon through peaceful protests to get the National Rifle Association convention canceled. They argue that having a conversation about gun laws at an annual convention is insensitive to the recent tragedy in Uvalde involving an elementary school shooting that left 19 children and …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — More than four years after a Spring couple was tied up and executed in their home, the first man to go to trial in the case has been found guilty of their murders. Khari Ty Kendrick was found guilty Friday afternoon with an automatic life sentence without parole, according to the Harris County District Attorney’s …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Our much needed holiday weekend is here, and the forecast is filled with sunshine and an air quality alert. Overnight the sky will remain mostly clear with temperatures dropping into the low 70s south of Houston. Dry air northeast of Houston will allow temperatures to drop closer to 60-degrees. Most in Houston can expect low temperatures …

UVALDE, Texas (KTRK) — As gunfire rang out in her fourth-grade classroom at Robb Elementary on awards day at school, 11-year-old Miah Cerillo put blood on herself and played dead, according to her aunt. Blanca Rivera lives in Houston but has been in contact with her brother, Miah’s father, since the tragedy in Uvalde. On the day of the shooting, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston city leaders have been assuring safety and security in advance of the National Rifle Association convention, which got underway Friday at the George R. Brown Convention Center. But none of the leaders ignored the potential for high tension in the wake of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman unleashed a …

HOUSTON, Texas — Street artist Banksy has always been known for his secrecy, and Houston will get a taste of that when the new immersive art exhibition, Banksyland, comes to the city for a brief stint, August 12-14. Taking place in a secret location somewhere in Houston that will be revealed to ticketholders only two weeks before the opening of …

DHAKA: Sri Lankan seamers cut through the Bangladesh top order in the second innings after centuries from Angelo Mathews and Dinesh Chandimal gave the visitors a commanding lead in the second Test here at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium on Thursday. Bangladesh were a dangerous 34-4 at stumps on the fourth day and still need another 107 runs to ward off …

PARIS: Unstoppable world number one Iga Swiatek racked up her 30th successive victory at the French Open on Thursday as Karolina Pliskova became the sixth top 10 women’s seed to exit Roland Garros when she was knocked out by world number 227 Leolia Jeanjean. Swiatek swept past Alison Riske of the United States 6-0, 6-2 to reach the third round. …