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Healthcare workers help rehab patients vote in person


October 30, 2020

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Denina Gilliam was a patient at TIRR Memorial Hermann, a rehabilitation facility, since August after being treated for MS at a hospital. “After the hospital, I went to the rehab center to get stronger, exercise these muscles,” she said. On Thursday, a day she had been looking forward to for some time, she and other patients …

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Fiancée of fallen HPD sergeant says she’s ready to forgive killer


October 30, 2020

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police Sgt. Harold Preston, who was shot and killed while responding to a domestic violence call last week, was supposed to celebrate his retirement in the coming months. He spent 41 years on the force. The beloved sergeant was honored by his friends and family during a service Thursday. In a heartbreaking interview with ABC13’s …

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Pakistan lose 2 wickets in 19 overs in 1st ODI against Zimbabwe at Rawalpindi Stadium


October 30, 2020

Pakistan were two for 92 in 19 overs in their series-opening one-day international against Zimbabwe at the Pindi Cricket Stadium on Friday. Earlier, captain Babar Azam had won the toss and elected to bat. Both teams are opening their World Cup Super League campaigns after the International Cricket Council introduced the competition to bring context to ODI cricket. The top …

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Family and friends remember deputy killed by driver high on drugs


October 30, 2020

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — At the same place where Harris County Sheriff’s Deputy Jesse Valdez III was fatally injured, his family and friends remembered him Thursday night. “My dad was a good man. He went out there and saved lives every day,” said Valdez’s son, Avery, to a crowd of supporters. Thursday marked six years since Valdez was hit head-on …

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Australia pick Green for India limited-overs series


October 30, 2020

MELBOURNE: Highly-touted all-rounder Cameron Green has been selected in Australia’s One-day International and Twenty20 International squads for the upcoming series against India, while Moises Henriques earned a recall. The 21-year-old Green averages 52.23 with the bat and 21.53 with the ball from 17 first-class matches for Western Australia, and former Test captain Greg Chappell has described him as the best …

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Djokovic almost assures year-end No.1 ranking


October 30, 2020

VIENNA: Novak Djokovic virtually ensured equalling Pete Sampras’s record of ending the year as world number one for the sixth time on Wednesday when he reached the Erste Bank Open quarter-finals. Djokovic defeated Croatia’s Borna Coric 7-6 (13-11), 6-3 and will secure the year-end top spot as long as Rafael Nadal does not take an unlikely wild card into the …

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Babar warns Pakistan against complacency in Zimbabwe ODIs


October 30, 2020

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan captain Babar Azam warned his side shouldn’t take Zimbabwe lightly on eve of the first of three One-day Internationals at the Pindi Cricket Stadium here on Friday with points at stake for both teams in the newly-instituted World Cup Super League, which is the qualification process for the 50-over mega event in 2023. The Zimbabwe series, which also …

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PCB continues to play hide and seek on new PSL financial model


October 30, 2020

pcb LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), it seems, is hushing up the affairs of HBL Pakistan Super League, as it continues to avoid responding to media queries over the affairs of the League, the country’s flagship Twenty20 event. Second time in a month’s time, neither the PCB media department nor the marketing department was ready to answer the queries …

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Brad Pitt and Nicole Poturalski were never together?


October 30, 2020

Brad Pitt and Nicole Poturalski have reportedly parted ways after two months of romance and reports are claiming that the relationship was never ‘real’. After enjoying some moments together, the showbiz stars reportedly broke up. A media outlet, citing a source, reported that the relationship between them was nothing but a ‘casual fling’. The outlet called their courtship a ‘fling’ …

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