HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Zoo is on cloud nine after the arrival of two cubs. The clouded leopard cubs aren’t just adorable, they’re incredibly rare because of deforestation and hunting. We don’t know their names or gender yet, but the cubs were born to 7-year-olds, Suksn and Tarak. The cubs will remain behind the scenes for several months …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It was a back-and-forth race between Houston Astros teammates, but in the end, Justin Verlander came out on top as the 2019 AL Cy Young Award winner. Verlander bested Gerrit Cole and former Astros teammate Charlie Morton to earn his second honor as the American League’s best pitcher. Verlander won in 2011. Greg Bailey ✔@GregBailey13 You …

LEAGUE CITY, Texas (KTRK) — In 1986, Audrey Lee Cook was 30 years old and living in Houston with her roommate and a new kitten named Caesar. She had moved to Texas from California nine years earlier, ready for adventure. Audrey’s family lived in Memphis, Tennessee. The distance was hard, but she stayed close to her mother, writing letters every …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — U.S. Customs officers found 35 pounds of cocaine in an unusual form and place Monday. A traveler from Colombia had liquid cocaine in 24 shampoo bottles in his bag. The cocaine is valued at over $400,000. Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Patrol found the 26-year-old would-be smuggler as he retrieved his checked baggage from the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Temperatures will stay above freezing this morning, but a cold rain will settle into southeast Texas. You’ll want your umbrella, jacket, and patience before leaving the house Thursday morning. Thursday morning’s commute could be messy as scattered showers blow in ahead of our next cool front. Once again temperatures will be trapped in the 40s. Once …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The body of a plumber who had been buried alive in a trench in north Houston has been recovered, the medical examiner’s office confirms. The recovery effort ended overnight. The plumber was buried while doing a job behind a shopping center along the North Freeway at Parker. According to officials with the Houston Fire Department, the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A driver in a stolen pickup truck is in custody after he led police on a chase, eventually crashing into a pond in west Houston. HPD says it all started around 2:30 a.m. when one of their patrol sergeants in the area of Mangum and Highway 290 saw a blue Dodge truck, ran the license plates …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — There is now video offering some clarity into the firing of an assistant district attorney over how he handled an attempted sexual assault charge. ABC13 has obtained the surveillance video of an incident that happened early in the morning of Nov. 3 in the joint inmate processing center shared by Houston and Harris County. In this …

PEARLAND, Texas (KTRK) — A new film opening this weekend will hit home for a lot of you. Next week marks 20 years since the horrific Texas A&M bonfire collapse that killed a dozen students. “The 13th Man” is a film that explores that tragic night in 1999. The film opens Friday at several theaters in the Houston area, including …

West Indies batsman Nicholas Pooran has been banned for four T20 internationals for tampering with the ball in a one-day match against Afghanistan, cricket´s world body announced Wednesday. Pooran admitted to “changing the condition of the ball” after video footage showed him scratching the surface of the white ball with his thumbnail in Lucknow on Monday. “He will now miss …