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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Randy Kubosh was getting his second round of chemotherapy at a treatment center in Memorial City when his sister-in-law saw him go into cardiac arrest. “She said I was shaking. My eyes rolled back in my head, and I laid back, and they started doing CPR, and put oxygen on me,” Kubosh recalled. “It lasted a long …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man is facing two charges of aggravated kidnapping after police say he held two women at gunpoint and demanded money. Houston police arrested 55-year-old Hubert Riascos Hurtado after an investigation. “The motion cites that (Riascos Hurtado) was aware that the (women) were kidnapped and held a gun to their head before disposing of it,” a court …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The World Series isn’t the only thing rolling into Houston Friday. A round of severe weather is also possible as a line of thunderstorms sweeps through much of Texas. It’s important to keep in mind that the chance you’ll get rain is high, but the chance you’ll encounter severe weather is lower. That said, tornadoes, hail, high …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It is a big time of year in Houston as the World Series begins Friday, and a few days after that, it is Halloween. As it turns out, two of those events might have a little in common. The neighborhood where Minute Maid Park now sits used to be known as Quality Hill, which, legend has, could …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston ISD is announcing a new initiative to make sure your child isn’t drinking lead at school water fountains. On Wednesday, HISD held an event to highlight the process it’s making in protecting schoolchildren from lead in drinking water. HISD will begin a project to add bottle-filling stations with lead filters and work with the Texas Commission …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The man convicted of murdering beloved Harris County Deputy Sandeep Dhaliwal during a traffic stop in 2019 has been sentenced to death. Robert Solis showed no emotion as the sentence was read on Wednesday. Jurors deliberated for just 35 minutes before recommending the death penalty in the punishment phase of the trial. They deliberated for 25 minutes …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A luxury hair extension company in north Houston was robbed by a man and woman posing as customers. The theft happened on Tuesday afternoon at She’s Happy Hair along the North Freeway. Anita Bates, chief operating officer for the luxury hair store, said the suspects asked for a specific type of 40-inch extensions. “Once the sales consultant …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s crazy to think that if it wasn’t for the MLB lockout, the Houston Astros and the Philadelphia Phillies facing off with each other during this past regular season would be a distant memory – a six-month-old memory to be exact. The two World Series combatants were slated to begin 2022 against each other. Their three-game series …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A luxury hair extension company in north Houston was robbed by a man and woman posing as customers. The theft happened on Tuesday afternoon at She’s Happy Hair along the North Freeway. Anita Bates, chief operating officer for the luxury hair store, said the suspects asked for a specific type of 40-inch extensions. “Once the sales consultant …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — After jurors deliberated for 17 hours and 58 minutes, a mistrial has been declared for the second time in the capital murder case of A.J. Armstrong, who is accused of killing his parents, Dawn and Antonio. Dawn and Antonio were killed as they slept in the family’s southwest Houston home in 2016. A.J. was just 16 years …