HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Getting thousands of people vaccinated in a day at one location is a huge undertaking. Walter Hall Park in League City has become one of those sites in Galveston County. On Friday, they were slated to vaccinate 3,000 people. It’s part of a large effort by Galveston County, the county health district and the University of …

Several Texas colleges and universities will still require people to wear face masks after Gov. Greg Abbott announced that he will lift the statewide mask mandate and other COVID-19 restrictions starting Wednesday. Those institutions’ decisions come as COVID-19 continues to spread across the state and Houston became the first city to record cases of all major COVID-19 variants. As of March …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Seven CenterPoint Energy workers were injured in a massive gas fire near Klein on Friday. It happened in the 18700 block of Gleannloch Lakes Boulevard around 6 p.m. According to an update issued by the Harris County Fire Marshal’s office on Twitter, Comcast crews were in the area working when they punctured a gas line. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Now that Texas has ordered coronavirus vaccine providers to prioritize teachers for the shots, Houston ISD worked to separate fact from fiction on the vaccines through a town hall with educators Friday. The school district, which employs more than 29,000 staff members, faculty and teachers, held a virtual town hall. HISD recruited the help of a handful …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An isolated shower or two is possible this evening as a Pacific cool front passes through. Once the front clears the area, cooler, drier air will move in for the weekend. Any more rain coming? Dry air coming in behind a cool front will end the chance for a shower shortly after midnight. How is the …

LONDON: Cryptocurrency trading volumes soared by 17% last month in the wake of Tesla’s $1.5 billion bitcoin bet, with larger exchanges taking a growing share of the overall volumes, data showed on Friday. Trading volumes jumped to $2.7 trillion in February, with volumes at major exchanges jumping over 35% to $2.4 trillion, researcher CryptoCompare said. Smaller exchanges saw volumes slump …

NEW YORK: The rollercoster ride in bitcoin since the start of the year has not dampened wealth manager Jim Paulsen’s enthusiasm for the cryptocurrency. BlackRock Inc, the world’s largest asset manager, said on Jan. 21 it was adding bitcoin futures as eligible investments for certain funds. Fund experts expect other asset management firms to follow su Yet the U.S. Securities …

The third time appeared to be the charm for Elon Musk’s Starship rocket – until it wasn’t. The latest heavy-duty launch vehicle prototype from SpaceX soared flawlessly into the sky in a high-altitude test blast-off on Wednesday from Boca Chica, Texas, then flew itself back to Earth to achieve the first upright landing for a Starship model. But the triumph …

The Pakistan Cricket Board announced on Thursday that the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 6 has been delayed “with immediate effect” after seven people participating in the tournament tested positive for Covid-19. The PCB said the decision had been taken out of consideration for the health and wellbeing of all participants in the tournament. “Following a meeting with the team owners …