HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A former University of Houston athletics department tutor is accused of writing papers for football players in exchange for money, according to the NCAA. The NCAA announced several University of Houston violations Wednesday. The organization says last year, the former tutor wrote four papers for two football players in exchange for money over a month and …

CLOVERLEAF, Texas (KTRK) — The Harris County Sheriff’s Department is actively investigating an incident where a woman is seen on her Facebook Stories shooting a gun outside of her car window. The video appeared as part of her Facebook Stories video feed Tuesday evening. The specific video lasts around four seconds. In it, she points a gun out of the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston area athletes made their dreams come true by taking advantage of early period for National Signing Day. Here’s where some of Houston’s top football players plan on playing:   Parker Washington , wide receiver from Travis High School, commits to Penn State Corey Flagg Jr., linebacker from North Shore, commits to University of Miami (FL) Upton Stout, defensive back from North …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston police officer opened fire at a suspect who ended up barricaded in a home in the Fifth Ward on Wednesday night. Police said SWAT and hostage negotiations teams were called out to the 2200 block of Lockwood Drive, near Lee Street. It was not immediately known if the suspect was hit by police gunfire. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police say a toddler is now safe with his mother after he was barricaded inside a home with his grandfather. Police were called to Bendell Street in southeast Houston Wednesday night.   Houston Police ✔@houstonpolice Our SWAT & Hostage Negotiations teams are en route to a barricaded male inside a residence in the 8000 block of …

WASHINGTON — As the House of Representatives moved to impeach a president for the third time, McKinney resident Michael Rich, 64, took time from a family vacation in the nation’s capital to witness what he called a “sad day of total partisanship.” Rich waited in line for an opportunity to sit in the House gallery as lawmakers debated the articles …

NEW ORLEANS — The “individual mandate” of former President Barack Obama’s health care law is invalid, but other parts of the law need further review, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 2-1 ruling handed down by a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans largely sidestepped what happens to some of the most popular …

WASHINGTON – The outcome of the House impeachment debate Wednesday wasn’t in doubt, but that didn’t make it any less historic. House Republicans stuck by President Donald Trump. But Democrats had more than enough votes to formally accuse him of abusing his office in a scheme to coerce Ukraine to tarnish a political rival, then stonewall Congress by withholding documents …

WASHINGTON — Texas GOP Rep. Michael Cloud briefly broke the internet during Wednesday’s vote to impeach President Donald Trump when he became the only Republican to vote in favor of the first article of impeachment — a clerical error that was quickly fixed. “Obviously, it was a mistake,” said Cloud, a freshman from Victoria. “I didn’t see it because I …

WASHINGTON – Wednesday was a momentous day in American history. Some observations after a long day in Seat #4 of the press gallery, front row and to the right as you view the Speaker’s dais, on tribalism, shame and sarcasm. 1. Tribalism may be the most powerful force in the universe, even more than compound interest. The physical segregation by party …