HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — After four long years of construction and delays, the SH-288 toll lanes will open at 9:30 a.m.   SH-288’s 10.3 miles of new freeway, including huge flyovers and managed toll lanes, stretch from downtown Houston to Clear Creek. The project broke ground in 2016. It was supposed to take 1,000 days from start to finish, but …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Fire Department responded to reports of a fire at the Kroger Store in the 3300 block of Montrose, otherwise known as “Disco Kroger,” Monday morning. HFD was called to the store around 4:30 a.m. Upon arrival, officials found a fire outside the store in the back. Firefighters say a pile of trash, shelving and other …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Even after eight months of the pandemic, which has sickened nearly 168,000 people during that time, Harris County health officials say there’s still a lot to be learned about COVID-19’s spread throughout the most populous county in Texas. On Tuesday, Harris County Public Health announced plans for a month-long survey of randomly selected residents, in which …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In the wake of Sunday’s front, skies have cleared and dry air is in place. We are expecting a lot of sunshine Monday which will help to warm us up into the low 70s. Gorgeous weather looks to continue throughout most of the work week. Overall, it will be a great week to spend outdoors! Moisture …

Moderna’s experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing COVID-19 based on interim data from a late-stage trial, the company said on Monday, becoming the second U.S. drugmaker to report results that far exceed expectations. Together with Pfizer’s vaccine, which is also more than 90% effective, and pending more safety data and regulatory review, the United States could have two vaccines …

KARACHI: Operations at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases (NICVD) across Sindh have been postponed for a week after another doctor and a score of staff tested positive for the COVID-19. According to Head of Cardiac Surgery, Dr Pervaiz, all the scheduled operations have been cancelled for a week at all centres of the NICVD across the province after the …

Over the years, Pakistan has made its mark as a manufacturer and exporter of sports goods, with the Sialkot-based industry earning hundreds of millions of dollars in foreign exchange every year. The scene, as far as the sporting world goes, has transformed globally, with the digital platform running parallel to the physical. And it is here that Pakistan has not …

ISLAMABAD: A United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) mission is in Pakistan to support the country’s digital transformation. Former chairman of National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) Tariq Malik, who is currently the UNDP’s chief technical adviser on digital governance, is spearheading the mission. Mr Malik, who is advising member states on digital interventions aimed at improving governance, will initiate official …

s TOKYO: The IOC and Tokyo Olympic organizers have been shouting the message for months now, that despite the continuing pandemic, the Games will open on July 23, 2021. The volume will be turned up louder on Monday and Tuesday. International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach will be in Tokyo making the rounds, shaking hands and posing for photos in …

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station on Sunday, Nasa’s first full-fledged mission sending a crew into orbit aboard a privately owned spacecraft. SpaceX’s newly designed Crew Dragon capsule, which the crew has dubbed Resilience, lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 7:27pm eastern time from Nasa’s Kennedy Space …