HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The victim in a deadly shooting at the Downtown Aquarium has been identified by police. According to the Houston Police Department, 28-year-old Gabriel Moriones Vargas was killed when a man opened fire on him and his wife while they were having dinner Thursday night. His wife survived the shooting, but Vargas died on the scene. They …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — After seeing a significant decrease in COVID-19 cases, doctors say the Houston area is starting to see a slight uptick and they’re associating the change with the fast-spread delta variant. Harris County Public Health said the delta variant could become the dominant variant in Houston, especially since it spreads more easily than previous variant. How prevalent …

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas lawmakers have filed at least three bills targeting how racism, current events and the country’s founding principles are taught in K-12 schools – including a senate bill that would strip out upcoming requirements that students learn white supremacy is “morally wrong” and study particular writings by women and people of color. Senate Bill 3 features more changes than …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houstonians of a certain age may remember restaurants that have long since closed for good, including the Monterey House chain of Mexican food restaurants. While the food was memorable, the complimentary Mexican milk candy known as leche quemada may have been most sought after. Restaurant workers would place the candy inside wax paper and tuck it …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The President of the Houston Federation of Teachers shares what local educators experienced during HISD’s summer school classes. For many Houston-area school districts, summer school for the 2020-21 school year is an opportunity to get students caught up on the learning they lost during the pandemic. This comes following the results of the 2021 STAAR test, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An Army veteran is getting comfortable in his new home in Cypress and he won’t have to pay a mortgage thanks to a group called Operation Finally Home. The nonprofit has been a part of 300 projects for deserving veterans in 34 states since 2005. They teamed up with Howard Hughes Corp, Perry Homes, Greater Houston Builders …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — We are now done with the rainy low pressure system that dropped over a foot of rain southwest of Houston this week. As the low pressure pushes into Mexico this weekend, it will tug the deeper tropical moisture along with it. This will drop our rain chance down but not completely out. Saturday will start off …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Thirty years after the murder of Paul Broussard, there’s no memorial, no sign to mark the place that led to so much change. “People felt like a dam had been unleashed, that it was the straw that broke the camel’s back,” recalls LGBTQ+ activist Andrew Edmonson. “We’re tired of being beaten up in our own neighborhood …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Things have opened up in Texas with more people being vaccinated and while that’s good news, the Delta variant is concerning. “We’re looking at something that is twice as contagious as anything we’ve seen before,” said Baylor College of Medicine’s Dr. Peter Hotez. Dr. Hotez said the variant is already causing cases to increase in parts …

BEIJING: The northern Chinese port city of Qingdao has deployed thousands of boats and powered scoops to deal with a massive algae bloom that is threatening sea life, tourism and water transport. The thick layer of plants that has coated waters and clogged beaches appeared last month and is reportedly the heaviest on record. Such blooms can displace critical food …