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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman was arrested after her 26-year-old brother was shot and left critically injured, according to police. The shooting happened Tuesday at about 5:25 a.m. in the 12100 block of Tambourine Drive. Yaquelin Artiga-Rosales is charged with aggravated assault of a family member after authorities said she shot her brother and then called 911 to inform police …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Texans could make the playoffs for the first time in four years. All they have to do is win their final regular season game against the Colts on Saturday. The team landed in this position after a dominant New Year’s Eve win over the Titans at home. It happened as quarterback CJ Stroud returned after missing …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are searching for 18-year-old Joseph Refugio Ramos after a man was allegedly targeted by a group of masked men back in November. The Houston Police Department released an image of Ramos on Wednesday, saying he is facing a murder charge for 26-year-old Dominique Rice’s death. Rice was shot and killed on Nov. 12 while walking with …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A grand jury declined to file charges against the man who fatally shot an alleged robber at a busy southwest Houston-area taqueria. On Tuesday, almost a year after the incident, a Harris County grand jury decided not to charge the man who killed Eric Eugene Washington on Jan. 5, 2023, at the El Ranchito restaurant on S. Gessner. It …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Newly sworn-in Mayor John Whitmire started negotiations regarding Houston firefighters’ pay on Wednesday. Whitmire met with representatives of the Houston Professional Firefighters Association and ordered an attorney to withdraw the appeal of the city’s challenge to a case involving firefighter backpay. The city says this begins the process of ending former Mayor Sylvester Turner’s long-running court fight …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The start of the New Year also ushered in the arrival of cedar season in southeast Texas. A cold front moved through over the weekend, allowing for cedar pollen counts that originate near Austin and in the Hill Country to blow into Houston. Cedar pollen is unique, being that it’s a winter pollen. It’s most prevalent in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It was New Year’s Eve, and Sabina Barajas was dressed up and ready to celebrate with her family in north Houston. Just minutes after taking a video of her daughters singing karaoke, her head started pounding. “I hear my brother telling people to turn off the music,” her daughter, Esmerelda De Leon, explained. “Something happened, and I’m …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The City of Houston has dropped an arrest warrant for a 92-year-old woman who is dealing with health problems after Action 13 reached out on her family’s behalf. The warrant was issued after she failed to remove a disabled vehicle in her yard. Jay Jones said his mother, Gloria, first received a citation in 2020 from the …

Thousands of women stocked up on abortion pills just in case they needed them, new research shows, with demand peaking in the past couple years at times when it looked like the medications might become harder to get. Medication abortion accounts for more than half of all abortions in the U.S., and typically involves two drugs: mifepristone and misoprostol. A …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On Dec. 13, a resident of Haven at Elgin spoke only to about his gruesome discovery. “The elevator, whenever it opened, I saw a body. He looked pretty lifeless,” the resident, who wished to stay anonymous, said. When the elevator doors opened, he found a 16-year-old boy shot to death. “I’ve never really seen a body so …