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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s the baseball version of lightning striking twice for the Valdez family. For starters, they were lucky enough to be at Citizens Bank Park Wednesday night, when the Astros threw the first combined no-hitter in World Series history. “When it got to the seventh inning, that’s when I got really nervous,” Freddie Valdez said. “I just started …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A nurse who heard shots the night Migos rapper Takeoff was killed, is now sharing more about what happened after and her fast action to help. Kirshnick Khari Ball, better known as Takeoff, was killed Tuesday morning at 810 Billiard and Bowling alley at 1210 San Jacinto Street in downtown Houston. A nurse, who doesn’t want to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We’re learning more about the two men found dead in a car that crashed into a bayou on Monday. The medical examiner ruled that Moses Ajih and Ovie Ekuerhare accidentally drowned. However, these new details are raising even more questions. “What is going on? Where is this boy,” Ajih’s uncle, Festus Jide, asked. On Monday, the family …

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KTRK) — Astros pitcher Justin Verlander was recorded flipping the bird getting off the Astros’ team bus. got to the bottom of the bird story. Verlander autographed a ball for the fan and then took some photos. One picture featured the pair with their thumbs up, while the other shows them with their middle fingers up. According to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Retired Marine Corp Vet Nick Perales is on a mission sprouted out of a passion for bringing awareness and giving back. Currently, he is walking with a purpose carrying a 50-pound rucksack on his back. “(I’m doing it) to raise awareness but more importantly to inspire people to take action, start achieving more in life, push themselves …

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (KTRK) — How do you respond to an embarrassing 7-0 loss in Game 3? Hit and pitch like your life depends on it in Game 4. The Astros guaranteed the World Series will return to Houston for at least Game 6. All they had to do was throw the first World Series no-hitter in 66 years. Astros baserunners getting …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — With two full days of early voting left, worked to find out how the process has been going and what, if any, issues have voters may be facing. According to the Harris County Elections Administrator’s office, one thing they want people to realize is that the ballot is substantial and that it may take them a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — November is here, and like October, it usually brings a lot of weather changes along with it. Historically, this month brings Houston’s first fall day with a high in the 50s and the first morning with a low in the 30s. Freezes are possible in November, but they usually hold off until December. High temperatures start the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The southbound main lanes of the West Sam Houston Tollway in northwest Harris County are open again after downed power lines prompted an emergency closure. Harris County Toll Road Authority first mentioned the closure at 3:32 p.m. Wednesday on its Twitter account. “Southbound/westbound traffic is being diverted to the frontage road. Please use caution in the area …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Just days after authorities released surveillance images of the man accused of fatally stabbing a METRORail rider in southeast Houston, we’re getting our first look at him in court. Wednesday morning, 52-year-old Christopher Washington appeared in probable cause court on aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charge. That will likely be upgraded to murder since the victim, …