HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Residents of Kashmere Gardens in Fifth Ward say they have been dealing with a detrimental problem for years. “All our neighbors are dead. We have one, two, three, four original people. Everyone else has died off from cancer,” a concerned neighbor Sandra Edwards shared. Edwards believes her beloved neighborhood has had a cancer problem for years …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — The company in charge of outreach and application intake for Harris County’s Hurricane Harvey recovery program was fired on Friday. Virginia-based ICF International was notified in a termination letter on Dec. 6 that it would no longer be needed for “disaster recovery program operations, support, intake and outreach services” for Harris County’s Project Recovery program. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s well documented that Jose Altuve’s legion of fans spans all generations, and this week, he proved that he’s not just a hero to children. The Astros slugger visited Buckner Parkway Place, a senior living community in west Houston, where he met with Shirley Clark, who turned 100 years old on Monday. There was reason for …

KATY, Texas (KTRK) — When James Lundberg learned that the contractor paid $1.3 million for outreach and application of Harvey flood recovery applications was fired today by Harris County, he said it was long overdue. He said he pre-applied to the program to help with the repair of his Katy home in February. His complaint was familiar: Repeat visits to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A major temp swing will visit Houston after we enjoy the gorgeous weekend ahead. Collin Myers says the Pacific cool front that blew through Friday morning will bring amazing weather Saturday and Sunday. Expect lows around 50 and highs around 70. The great weather comes to an abrupt end Monday. An unusually warm surge of air …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A driver authorities say carjacked someone and then led police on a 100-mph chase in that stolen vehicle has been arrested. Harris County sheriff’s deputies say the chase started at Highway 6 and Little York just before 3 a.m. Friday when deputies tried to stop the SUV after running the plate and it came back as …

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Friday launched Foreign Office’s new website — ‘VisionFO’ — as part of a project for digitisation and enhanced e-governance. After launching the new website at a ceremony that was attended by foreign diplomats, digitisation experts and foreign ministry officials, the foreign minister said that the project would take the FO into 21st century …

VIENNA: The powerful Opec group of oil producers and its allies reached a deal on Friday to cut production by 500,000 barrels per day in a bid to stem prices which have been under pressure from abundant reserves and weak global economic growth. Friday’s so-called Opec+ meeting included Russia, the world’s second-largest oil producer and not a member of the …

KARACHI: Extending the seemingly unending bull run, the stock market opened on Friday in the positive and the KSE-100 index closed the first session before prayers at intraday high of 347 points. In the second half, investors thought it prudent to reduce positions ahead of the weekend as many were nervous over the already high levels. The index finished at …

ISLAMABAD: The local steel industry has expressed concerns over proposed grant of special concessions to establish Directly Reduced Iron (DRI) technology in the country, claiming that the initiative was being taken without consultations with local sector. In a letter to several government functionaries, the Pakistan Association of Large Steel Producers (PALSP) said that none of the representative bodies of steel …