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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Mike Yu said he’s owned Midtown Auto Service on Almeda Road for 25 years, and each summer, he receives cars that don’t start due to the climate. “Everyone thinks batteries die in cold weather, but, normally, heat kills a battery faster,” Yu explained. Rob Milstead, president of Texford Battery Company, which is located across the freeway from …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On another 100-degree day in Houston, many families were out at the Levy Park splash pad as temperatures rose Tuesday morning. And while one of the main impacts of the extreme heat is physical, it’s important to consider how the heat can also impact one’s mental health, too. In a recent interview with, a family physician, Dr. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Flames died down at a hotel along the West Beltway near Westheimer Road after Houston firefighters required a three-alarm response Tuesday afternoon. SkyEye captured a Houston Fire Department response in progress at a Motel 6. Fire engines were seen with ladders extended toward the middle of the building. HFD confirmed receiving a call about the fire at …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A first-of-its-kind cultural experience is coming to Houston and you can check it out for free this weekend. On Friday, Asia Society Texas will celebrate the grand opening of “Explore Asia,” its new $4.6 million exhibition. President Bonna Kol said it’s the only interactive learning exhibit in Texas focused specifically on Asia, from its art and culture, to its …

The US State Department has pledged to find creative ways to get Dr Shakil Afridi out of prison in Pakistan, after a US lawmaker suggested trading him for Dr Aafia Siddiqui. Afridi was accused of helping the US track down Osama bin Laden in 2011 and jailed for 33 years the following year. Siddiqui, meanwhile, is serving out her sentence after a Manhattan court …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In baseball terms, the Houston Astros are light years away from a high-stakes East Coast road trip that kicks off Aug. 3 in The Bronx. But the ballclub now knows what it plans to do with an off day scheduled between a four-game series with the Yankees and the start of a three-game set with the Baltimore …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s almost hard to breathe in the sizzling heat, but anchor Greg Bailey watched Dekaney High School’s football players laugh and joke as they prepared for their morning workout. “Make it fun. Everybody out here loves this. Not everybody can come out here and do this,” Nicholas Townsend said. The workouts seem to mean more for …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Chas McCormick didn’t need the typical claps and chants of his name that he usually gets at Minute Maid Park when he took the plate in Anaheim over the weekend. He just simply took it upon himself to chomp away at the LED scoreboard in right field all by himself. The Houston Astros outfielder was responsible for …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The chances of getting struck by lightning per year are one in nearly 1.2 million, according to the National Weather Service. Despite those odds, Susroonya Kodura has been in the hospital fighting for her life, after officials say lightning either struck her directly or a nearby tree. According to family members, Kodura was enjoying the long holiday weekend …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Surveillance cameras captured landscaping crews falling victim to a suspected jugging while out on the job in the Greenway and Upper Kirby area, according to police. Investigators say on June 30, the victim withdrew cash from the bank for one of his workers before heading to a job site in the 3700 block of Purdue Street. While …