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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court appeared before Senate Judiciary Committee members on Monday. Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson faces four days of high-profile confirmation hearings from the committee’s 11 Republicans and 11 Democrats. Many African-Americans are beaming with pride over this historic event, including students at Texas Southern University. TSU students at …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A person believed to be around 17 years old was shot and killed early Sunday morning in the Denver Harbor area, according to police. Police said the shooting victim was talking to someone inside a pickup truck at about 1 a.m. on Woolworth near Market. The victim and man in the truck spoke for about five …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A single-vehicle crash led to multiple gravesites being destroyed at Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home on Saturday evening, police said. Houston police responded to a crash at the 6800 block of Lawndale at about 7 p.m. Upon arrival, suspects fled the scene despite there being multiple witnesses and video, police said. One witness told that the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Nearly four years after being arrested, a former Harris County deputy pleads guilty for possession of child pornography on Friday. On March 29, 2018 Donald Dehnert faced three felony charges of possession of child pornography. The 50-year-old appeared before a judge on Friday morning where he pleaded guilty to those charges. Prosecutors say Dehnert admitted to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — March Madness continues for the University of Houston men’s basketball team. The Coogs are headed back to the Sweet 16 after defeating No. 4 ranked Illinois 68-53. On Thursday, UH will head to San Antonio to face off against the winner between Arizona and TCU. This will be the team’s third straight Sweet 16 appearance.  

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A store clerk was shot and killed on Sunday morning in northeast Houston, according to police. Police said it happened at 8:20 a.m. at V Stop Food Mart in the 6500 block of Homestead Road. Investigators found the clerk in the back room with at least one gunshot wound on his right shoulder, according to detective …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Police are searching for two men who are wanted for questioning in the fatal shooting of a man at the Galleria parking garage on Saturday. The men caught on camera were seen with the victim, who has not been identified, minutes before he was killed at 5150 Hidalgo Street about 3:20 p.m. Upon arrival, police found …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Exclusive surveillance footage shows the chaos that unfolded after a birthday party celebrating a 16-year-old turned into a deadly shooting. A 17-year-old boy was shot to death, and three other teens were injured at the 2900 block of South Sam Houston Parkway near Highway 288 on Saturday night, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Two …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Bystanders helped lead officials to a suspected drunk driver after a Houston police officer was struck in a hit-and-run crash. According to police, the crash happened just after 2 a.m. Monday on the North Freeway at Little York. An HPD officer was on his way back to the police station after investigating a separate crash when …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man is in custody after barricading himself in an apartment in southwest Houston Sunday morning, police say. Neighbors told HPD the noise began at about 3 a.m. when the armed man in his 30s was throwing objects from his balcony, shouting, and exposing his penis. Police say he was throwing rocks and broken bottles while …