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PEARLAND, Texas (KTRK) — After eight decades, a U.S. Marine from Houston was brought home for a proper burial after being killed during World War II. ABC13 was the only one there when Pfc. John Wilson Hoffman Jr. took his final resting place with a 21-gun salute and taps years in the making. Hoffman was killed in 1943 but wasn’t identified …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The energy capital of the world could soon become even more important with more than a billion dollars being invested in a new hydrogen hub. More than 50 years after landing on the moon, President Joe Biden stood in a facility in Philadelphia to announce an investment he hopes brings the next big innovation. “We’re the United …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Astros manager Dusty Baker is looking forward to the American League Championship Series and the matchup against Bruce Bochy and the Rangers. “It should be a heck of a series,” Baker said. Fresh off the Astros’ AL Division Series win over Minnesota, the reigning World Series champions will face a Rangers team that’s unbeaten so far in …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — They are fun fantastical creatures, with vibrant, often neon colors on intricate patterns. They have a way of making your eyes and your soul gravitate to them. Alebrijes are creatures that literally came to us from the dream world. In 1906, Pedro Linares was born in Mexico City. In 1936, Linares fell ill and while unconscious, he …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In jailhouse calls obtained only by, 18-year-old Joseph Harrell admits to attacking 44-year-old Nhung Troung in February. In one of the calls, Harrell said, in part, “That (expletive) wasn’t even worth it.” He then said he wouldn’t settle for prison time and would “come out on top, only with probation.” Harrell was sentenced to 30 years …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As the conflict in the Middle East nears the one-week mark, many Jewish people in the Houston area spent Shabbat, or day of rest, showing solidarity with Israel. At the Shul of Bellaire, there was a prayer mixed with a horrific personal story. “On Saturday morning, Hamas terrorists took over the town and abducted the entire family, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A U.S. Attorney is concerned that a former school board president who pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges two years ago will leave the country as she awaits sentencing. The FBI raided the Houston Independent School District’s headquarters in 2020. The following year, former HISD board president, Rhonda Skillern-Jones, entered a plea agreement on a conspiracy charge. Officials …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Shots fired at a busy Home Depot parking lot Wednesday afternoon got us wondering how safe the city of Houston is these days. ABC13’s Neighborhood Safety Tracker uses data from the Houston Police Department and helps shed light on crime trends across the city. It shows most criminal activity is down over the past 12 months – including homicides, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A boy was wounded in the arm when gunshots interrupted the evening worship service at a southeast Houston church. Houston police officers responded to a shooting call just after 8 p.m. Wednesday on Glenbrook United Methodist Church’s property on Glen Valley Drive and Wilmerdean Street. There was some confusion, though. The injured boy was actually part of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In the last 48 hours, has covered four shootings in communities across Houston that have wounded at least six people. One of those shootings was caught on surveillance video just before 8 p.m. on Wednesday. A silver sedan is seen rolling through a strip mall parking lot on S. Kirkwood. According to police, someone in the …