HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — As Houston and the entire country deals with the increase in COVID-19 cases, videos are surfacing of Houston venues attracting large crowds. An attendee of a Thanksgiving Eve concert at Spire Nightclub shared a video with ABC13. The video shows partygoers shoulder-to-shoulder while inside the nightclub. “It’s very disturbing,” said Mayor Sylvester Turner, who is very …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The threat of severe weather is over for Houston, but more rain is on the way. As thunderstorms spread across Houston, street flooding was abundant on Friday afternoon around 2:30 p.m. near S. Rice and Braeswood Blvd. Saturday will feature widespread showers off and on throughout the day as temperatures drop from the 60s into the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The 73-year-old woman who died in a house fire in northeast Houston Wednesday was a loving and vibrant grandmother of eight, family members said. Nieva Espinoza Moreno was home alone at the house on Pinetex Drive that she shares with her husband, son and grandchildren when the fire started. The family said they rushed to the …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A love story ended tragically on Thanksgiving eve with one woman dead and her partner charged with manslaughter. Brittinie Green was driving home with 30-year-old Rhonda Clay after visiting their premature baby in the hospital. Authorities say Brittinie tried to beat an oncoming train, but was hit. Rhonda was killed, and Brittinie was flown to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston Police Department officer lost his life to COVID-19, Chief Art Acevedo announced on Twitter. A 36-year veteran of the Houston Police Department, Senior Police Officer Ernest Leal Jr., 60, was battling coronavirus in the hospital for some time. He died on Friday evening. “It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the …

KARACHI: The District East Hockey team, which recently won the Sindh Inter-district Hockey Championship, was feted at a dinner held at the KHA Sports Complex on Thursday. The ceremony was organised by KHA in collaboration with Sindh Sports department to honour the victorious team for winning the title after a long time. Secretary Sports Department Sindh Syed Imtiaz Ali Shah …

AUCKLAND: Paceman Lockie Ferguson unleashed a devastating five-wicket barrage as New Zealand downed the West Indies in a roller coaster Twenty20 International series opener at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday. The match — the first international cricket played in New Zealand for almost nine months — produced a nail-biting finale as the Black Caps reached 179-5 in the final …

KARACHI: Batsmen generally dominated play on the second day of the fifth-round action in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy here on Friday but Khyber Pakhtunkhwa braced themselves for a long struggle against Northern at the National Stadium. Sindh made a befitting response to Balochistan with a strong show and defending champions Central Punjab also put up their best performance in the their derby …

Mike Tyson stepped onto a spotlighted stage on Friday and weighed in at 220 pounds, ripping off his shirt to reveal a muscled torso that could belong to an athlete of half his 54 years. The former heavyweight champion moved into a Covid-protective glass box and went nose-to-nose with Roy Jones Jr, once the most talented fighter in the world. …

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Commerce on Friday said that it will help facilitate creation of a national database of women entrepreneurs in an effort towards increasing their participation in trade of goods and services. The suggestion came from Commerce Secretary Muhammad Sualeh Ahmad Faruqui, while chairing the second meeting of consultative committee of the Women Economic Empowerment (WEE). The committee …