When Mexican-owned Kidzania was looking to site the first U.S. franchise for its upscale children’s entertainment center, North Texas was an easy winner. “It has great economic development and the demographic that we need — families with children who are interested in their education and good socioeconomic standing to pay for tickets,” said Enrique Mena, chief of staff and business …

CRANE — Rusted pipes litter the sandy fields of Ashley Williams Watt’s cattle ranch in windswept West Texas. The corroded skeletons are all that remain of hundreds of abandoned oil wells drilled long before her family owned the land. The wells, unable to produce any useful amounts of oil or gas, were plugged with cement decades ago and forgotten. But …

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A man was shot to death and five others were hurt early Sunday when gunfire erupted at a north Harris County nightclub. It happened around 2 a.m. at ‘The Night Game,’ a private club in the 2600 block of FM 1960 East near Treaschwig Road and Humble Westfield Road. It began with a fight inside the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman died early Sunday and another was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash on Houston’s north side. It happened along the 610 North Loop near Kirkpatrick around 2 a.m. While it wasn’t clear what exactly led to the crash, the vehicle involved took off after it happened, according to Houston police. The westbound lanes of …

TOKYO: Holding back tears, her freshly won seventh Olympic gold medal hanging around her neck, Svetlana Romashina announced the end of the greatest Olympic career in artistic swimming history. After leading the Russian squad to victory in the team event on Saturday, the 31-year-old Romashina wants to embrace motherhood. Already the mother of a three-year-old daughter, Romashina said it’s time …

SPIELBERG: Jorge Martin grabbed pole position for the Styrian Grand Prix in a frantic finish to qualifying on Saturday. Championship leader Fabio Quartararo crossed with a faster time at the end of the session, but his lap was scrubbed out because he exceeded track limits, while six-time world champion Marc Marquez, pushing hard, crashed on his final lap. Martin, a …

NOTTINGHAM: England captain Joe Root was left eyeing a hundred as wickets fell around him to leave the first Test against India at Trent Bridge intriguingly poised at tea on Saturday’s fourth day. England were 235-5 in their second innings, a lead of 140 runs. Root was 96 not out, having top-scored with 64 in England’s meagre first innings 183. …

TOKYO: The second to last day of competition at the Tokyo Olympics produced a gold medal bonanza for the United States. The Americans kept up their domination in men’s basketball and women’s water polo with gold medal victories in both on Saturday, and Allyson Felix won her 11th career medal with a gold one as part of the US women’s …

TOKYO: There was a lot of pressure on Arshad Nadeem. Heaps of it. There was also the weight of history. There were hope and expectation in equal measure as Arshad stepped into the Olympic Stadium on Saturday, the 24-year-old javelin thrower having become the first athlete from Pakistan to qualify for the Olympics and the first to reach a track-and-field …