HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — For more than a year now, the daily routine at Sonoma Wine Bar involves masking up and wiping down. With the statewide mask mandate going away next week, owner Farrah Cauley is now more worried about the health of her employees. “It’s scary, we get some guests that believe it or don’t believe it,” she said, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — With the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo once again canceled for in-person events because of the pandemic, organizers have opened an online portal for rodeo retail and food exhibitors. Senior manager of exhibits and events, Amanda Schlatre, said the Rodeo Drive Shops has been in the works since last fall. “We are working to make it …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Following Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to lift all COVID-19 restrictions, local businesses and restaurants are deciding whether they will drop or keep COVID-19 measures in place. According to Abbott’s executive order announced on Tuesday, starting Wednesday, March 10, all businesses located in counties that do not have high COVID-19 hospitalization numbers will be allowed to open …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Animals will soon have a safe place to cross along Houston’s busy Memorial Drive. A land bridge is currently being built at Memorial Park that will work like an overpass for animals. The park says, sadly, they see wild animals hit and killed along the roads about two times a week. An animal bridge already built …

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has recorded 75 more coronavirus-related deaths in the past 24 hours, taking the overall death toll to 13,013. According to the latest statistics of the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC), the COVID-19 has claimed 75 more lives and 1,388 fresh infections were reported during the said period. The total count of active cases is 16,648. In the …

WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Tuesday called on U.S. states to prioritize COVID-19 vaccinations for teachers to ensure children could return to school quickly and safely, and said every educator should receive at least one shot by the end of March. Biden also announced that Merck & Co Inc would help make rival Johnson & Johnson’s single-shot COVID-19 vaccine, a …

A company, Orbital Assembly Corporation (OAC), is all set to begin the construction of the first-ever Voyager space hotel in 2025 to open it for guests by 2027 that will have Earth-viewing lounges and other services with accommodation for 400 people. The company has planned to open the Voyager space hotel to guests by 2027 by offering them hotel services …

PARIS: Boeing Co has raised concerns over the design of arch-rival Airbus’ newest narrow-body jet, the A321XLR, saying a novel type of fuel tank could pose fire risks. The U.S. plane giant’s intervention is not without precedent in a global system that regularly allows manufacturers to chime in whenever safety rules are being interpreted in a way that might affect …

BUCHAREST: Romanian blockchain start-up Elrond is preparing to have its new global payments app support Bitcoin this month as it looks to rival more established rivals PayPal or Revolut, its CEO said, as it taps surging interest in crypto currencies. Led by a sharp rise in Bitcoin, digital asset markets rose above $1 trillion in early 2021, as big money …