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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — There’s a front moving through Texas today and it will move into southeast Texas Sunday. While it will drop humidity for next week, high temperatures will still be in the low 90s through the forecast period. A relatively dry flow will persist over Houston through Sunday as an upper level low spins to our east. Ahead of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Both suspects arrested in the death of off-duty Harris County Constable Precinct 3 Deputy Omar Ursin were out on bond in connection with other murder charges. Ahsim Taylor Jr. and Jayland Womack, both 20 years old, were charged on Friday with Ursin’s murder. The 37-year-old deputy was shot and killed in Atascocita while driving home from picking …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — What started out as a girl’s trip full of laughter, good drinks, and an unforgettable experience on the high seas quickly went downhill. Houstonian Maria Ybarra started feeling sick on Sept. 5 and was referred to more extensive medical care onshore in Montego Bay, Jamaica, after being seen by staff on the Carnival Vista. ABC13 was given …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A bond has been set for $300,000 for a 17-year-old accused of holding three people against their will while demanding money from them. Gael Valles is charged with three counts of aggravated kidnapping. According to court documents, Valles and a 15-year-old held three people at a motel on Thursday. Investigators said the two suspects threatened to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Vice President Kamala Harris laid out space priorities while she was visiting the Space City, and they could significantly impact Houston for many years to come. Inside San Jacinto College’s Edge Center are classrooms that could be coming to future schools across the country. “We’re trying to build that pipeline of future space workers,” Dr. Janis Fowler, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We’re watching a cool front pushing down the Plains that could bring some slight humidity relief to Houston next week. A relatively dry flow will persist over Houston through the weekend as an upper level low spins to our east. That said, there will be still be enough moisture in the atmosphere for the low to develop …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police have learned a man that was found with a significant head injury was fatally struck by a vehicle instead of a gunshot wound in the Greater East End. On Aug. 29, patrol officers were responding to a report of a person down at 8000 Hockley Street early Sunday morning. Patrol arrived on the scene and …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An 84-year-old Houston woman and her dog were found safe after they went missing while going on a walk on Wednesday. Pearl Radcliff was last seen leaving her home around 5 p.m. near the 11800 block of Acadian Drive in southwest Houston. EquuSearch said she is known to take walks with her dog, Maximus, along the bayou …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston man is accused of pistol-whipping a transgender woman on Aug. 29, then three days later, pointing a gun at a couple during a road rage incident that ended in a short police chase. Salih A. Alhemoud, 28, is accused of robbing the trans woman at gunpoint, pistol-whipping her, and stomping on her. Court documents state …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A homeowner is being questioned after shooting and killing a man outside an apartment complex parking lot early Friday morning, the Houston Police Department said. Homicide detectives were called to the 7100 block of Village Way near Telephone Road after officers said the man was shot at about 7:25 a.m. Patrol officers arrived on the scene and …