HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Get out and enjoy the pleasant weather before a huge temp swing hits Houston. That’s the advice from Chief Meteorologist Travis Herzog, who says we’ll experience near record highs in the 80s Monday afternoon then temps crash into the 40s Tuesday afternoon.   Before the big temp swing, we get to enjoy a beautiful Sunday with …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The attorney for the 19-year-old accused of killing his parents has asked a judge to dismiss the charges against his client. A.J. Armstrong is scheduled to go back on trial next month following a mistrial earlier this year. RELATED: A.J. Armstrong: 19-year-old’s retrial for parents’ murders pushed back to 2020 Armstrong’s attorney filed paperwork on Friday …

HOUSTON, Texas — It took just four minutes for Houston police sergeant Christopher Brewster to respond to a domestic disturbance call. Less than an hour later, Brewster was pronounced dead from gunshot wounds. Here are how the events unfolded: 5:47 p.m. Call from a female victim that her boyfriend was assaulting her. The victim tells dispatchers the boyfriend was armed …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The death of a Houston police sergeant occurred on the 11th anniversary of a fatal shooting of another HPD officer. Veteran officer Timothy Abernethy was shot and killed on Dec. 7, 2008, in northwest Houston. Police say Abernethy pulled Mabry J. Landor over in a parking lot of an apartment complex but Landoor ran away and …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Just hours after the shooting death of Houston police sergeant Christopher Brewster, support is already coming in from near and far. If you’d like to make a donation to the Brewster family, you can visit AssistTheOfficer.com. Chief Art Acevedo worked through his tears Saturday night as he remembered Brewster. “I’m not surprised he was leading,” said Acevedo. …

HOUSTON, Texas — Incumbent Mayor Sylvester Turner faces Tony Buzbee in the runoff election for Houston’s next mayor. Community Impact Newspaper submitted questions to each candidate about city finances, ethics and infrastructure. Responses may have been edited for length. Early voting takes place through Dec.10. Election day is Dec. 14. Sylvester Turner (incumbent) Website: www.sylvesterturner.com Occupation/experience: Mayor of Houston. I am the …

KARACHI: The country has fixed a low kinno export target of 300,000 tonnes for the current season amid stiff competition in Russian market. Patron-in-Chief All Pakistan Fruit and Vegetable Exporters, Importers and Merchants Association (PFVA) Waheed Ahmed said the target was reduced by 50,000 tonnes as exporters suffered huge losses in Russian market during the last season. He said various …

KARACHI: Investors in the Jhimpir Wind Corridor are alarmed as their projects have now suffered an unprecedented shutdown of six consecutive days since the federal government halted all offtake from their wind farms. “We had been seeing depressed offtake for almost two months now,” a leading investor in the project who did not wish to be identified by name tells Dawn. …

PESHAWAR: The federal and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa governments have agreed to issue Rs250 billion Sukuk bonds to clear the province’s net hydel profit dues. The agreement came during a meeting between federal power minister Omar Ayub Khan and KP finance minister Taimur Saleem Jhagra in Islamabad on Friday. PTI senior leader Jehangir Khan Tareen was also present in the meeting. KP …

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) extended the deadline for retailers to register with tax authorities and install automated point-of-sale (PoS) systems at outlets across the country to Dec 15. The FBR had worked out a comprehensive plan to install PoS systems at outlets across the country within two months to document sales of big retailers who are, as …