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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police say a motorcyclist trying to get away from a wreck died when she crashed while being followed by a driver behind a west Houston grocery store. According to Houston police, the deadly crash happened around 6 p.m. in the area of Voss and San Felipe. A female driver of a sedan at the scene told …

MIAMI, Florida (KTRK) — A shirtless teenager wrestled a fake alligator, but the charges against him are real. Police say it was a social media stunt. Gianny Sosa-Hernandez, 18, performed wrestling moves with a fake alligator on display at a mall. Sosa-Hernandez has been charged with criminal mischief. Sosa-Hernandez was also arrested last week for trying to perform the same …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Walking into Kroger to get your groceries could be a thing of the past, starting this spring. Two Houston stores will soon see deliveries brought curbside from a driverless robotic car. Busy mom Patricia Donnelly thinks the cars could be the best way to get time back with her family. “I do have three kids, I work …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are looking for the three suspects who shot and killed a store clerk during a robbery in southwest Houston. Several clerks were on duty when the masked suspects burst through the doors of the convenience store at 9200 Main and Murworth around 11:30 p.m. Monday. One of the clerks behind the counter was shot during …

Americans this week are remembering the anniversaries of the plant explosion in West, Texas and the bombing of the Boston Marathon. However, the span of April 14-20 is one that has been filled with tragedies throughout American history. Globally, April 15 will be remembered as the day one of the world’s most famous cathedrals burned in Paris See these other horrific …

Photos taken at Notre Dame Cathedral offer a glimpse inside the cathedral’s sanctuary and roof structure, offering some hope — but a newly-released aerial image of the roof show widespread damage. One French official and the Paris fire chief say they think Notre Dame Cathedral’s landmark rectangular towers have been saved from the fire that caused horrific damage, but the …

PARIS (AP) — A catastrophic fire engulfed the upper reaches of Paris’ soaring Notre Dame Cathedral as it was undergoing renovations Monday, threatening one of the greatest architectural treasures of the Western world as tourists and Parisians looked on aghast from the streets below. The blaze collapsed the cathedral’s spire and spread to one of its landmark rectangular towers, but …

A golf cart caught fire Sunday night inside a garage at boxing legend George Foreman’s house in northeast Harris County, according to the Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office. The fire was mostly contained to the golf cart, and only a small area of the building was burned, fire marshal spokeswoman Rachel Moreno said. The garage contained about 40 cars, most …

Palm Sunday was a painful day for a Houston mother who lost her 12-year-old son in a car crash on Highway 249. During Sunday’s service, music filled the Christ Temple Apostolic Church, and soothed the pain enveloping LaTonya Harrison. Just three days ago, Harrison’s only son JoAnthony, known as Jojo to friends, was killed in a tragic car accident near …

LEAGUE CITY, Texas (KTRK) — Police said a man and woman were found dead early Sunday morning in an apparent murder-suicide in northeast League City. It happened aroud 8:30 a.m. in the 300 block of Moody Avenue. Police said when they arrived, they tried to make contact with the person who made the 911 call and later heard what sounded …