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SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KTRK) — Brittney Griner was just hours away from being back on American soil Thursday night. The WNBA star and Houston native had been detained in Russia since February, while people, politicians, and celebrities across the country advocated for her freedom. The news of a prisoner swap broke early Thursday morning. Nine months of separation from her wife, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Our foggy, humid, and warm weather is going nowhere until a strong cold front arrives next week. Dense fog could slow you down this morning, with a Dense Fog Advisory issues for most locations south of I-10 through 10AM. Patches of dense fog will be possible well north of Houston, but the most widespread fog will be …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston ISD’s plans to relocate students with serious disabilities who attend a special program at the T.H. Rogers campus are on pause, the district announced. On Nov. 15, HISD officials announced a plan to move all 49 students in the district’s PSI, or Preparing Students for independence Program, to their individual neighborhood schools. They explained this was …

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — “Growing up myself I was limited. I was always told you can’t. I wasn’t really around deaf culture, deaf families,” Signs Estefani Arevalo, also known on her social media platforms as @thatdeafamily, “Now that I’m raising my kids, I don’t want them to go through the same life that I did. I want to empower them.” The decision …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — La estrella de la WNBA Brittney Griner está libre este jueves después de que el gobierno de Biden negoció su liberación de una colonia penal rusa a cambio de un traficante de armas, Víktor Bout, informó el Ministerio de Defensa de Rusia. El 8 de diciembre de 2022 en el aeropuerto de Abu Dhabi se completó con …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The holidays are among us, and Santa Claus is swamped with work, but he set out time in his busy December schedule to meet you! ABC13 compiled a list of places where you and your family can take photos with Mr. Claus. If you plan to attend any of these events, be sure to check if the …

TEXAS CITY, Texas (KTRK) — Be careful, drivers! A water main break can be seen flooding Timmons Lane in the Greenway Plaza and Upper Kirby area.  SkyEye was at the scene where the water was flowing on Timmons Lane just north of Richmond Avenue. According to the City of Houston Public Works website, a water leak was reported near that area, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities are asking for more victims to come forward as an investigation continues into a man accused of assaulting members of the LGBTQ community, according to a release. Salih Alhemoud, 28, is currently in custody pending trial on federal hate crimes charges that were allegedly motivated by gender identity and sexual orientation. The charges allege that Alhemoud …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man is dead after an ongoing argument between him and another tattoo shop worker ends in a shooting in northeast Houston, police said. Thursday at about 6 p.m., officers responded to a shooting call in the 800 block of Mesa Drive. A man was found with a single gunshot wound at the scene, and was pronounced …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The City of Houston has voted to amend the city’s code of ordinances to require outdoor music events on private property to have a permit if the attendance is 500 or greater. This amendment, which was largely talked about as a response to internet influencers and producers who create pop-up music events that leave the city scrambling to keep …