HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Celebratory New Year’s gunfire injured at least two people in three separate incidents in the Houston area, including a 24-year-old woman and an 8-year-old who was shot in the hand overnight. Northwest Harris Count An 8-year-old boy was shot in the hand 10 minutes into the new year. Houston police say a stray bullet went through …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man was killed Friday night in southeast Houston in what police believe was a possible robbery or a drug deal gone bad. Houston police say a man in his 40s was shot while possibly sitting down on a bed playing video games inside a room at Smile Inn in the 8700 block of Gulf Freeway. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston’s Office of Emergency Management is using lessons learned from responding to the pandemic and historic weather events in 2020 to improve response and communication for what may lie ahead in 2021. In August 2020, at least 100 first responders were re-routed to Louisiana after Hurricane Laura devastated our neighbors. The video went viral and made …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — COVID-19 vaccines will be distributed to more members of the general population starting as early as Saturday, Jan. 2 Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner announced on New Year’s Day the opening of the city’s first coronavirus vaccination clinic. “The virus has taken a toll, especially among the elderly and Black and brown communities,” said Turner. “The vaccine …

ISLAMABAD: The statistics of National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) has shown that the coronavirus pandemic claims 71 more lives, whereas, 2,463 new infections were reported during the last 24 hours. In the past 24 hours, 71 more people succumbed to the disease, taking the death toll to 10,176. 2,156 patients have recovered from the virus in a day and …

vac ZURICH: The World Health Organization on Thursday listed Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a move seeking to speed access in the developing world. The United Nations health agency said it will work with regional partners to tell national health authorities about the two-dose shot and its anticipated benefits. The WHO established its emergency use listing …

BERLIN: BioNTech is working flat out with partner Pfizer to boost production of their COVID-19 vaccine, its founders said, warning there would be gaps in supply until other vaccines were rolled out. The German biotech startup has led the vaccine race but its shot has been slow to arrive in the European Union due to relatively slow approval from the …

WASHINGTON: The hacking group behind the SolarWinds compromise was able to break into Microsoft Corp and access some of its source code, Microsoft said on Thursday, something experts said sent a worrying signal about the spies’ ambition. Source code – the underlying set of instructions that run a piece of software or operating system – is typically among a technology …

Christchurch: All-rounder Faheem Ashraf has aimed not to repeat the mistakes the Pakistan team did in the first Test against New Zealand at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui. Blackcaps defeated Pakistan by 101 runs but there were few standout performers including Faheem, who tried to save the Test after being down and out in the first innings. “We identified our mistakes …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Thursday named a 17-member women’s squad for the ODI and T20I series against South Africa. Javeria Khan will lead the team in the absence of Bismah Maroof who pulled out of the tour due to family reasons. Urooj Mumtaz-led selection committee, which also includes Asmavia Iqbal and Marina Iqbal, considered on-field performances in the National Triangular T20 …