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Houston-area schools see 2,535 fewer active COVID cases so far this week


September 21, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — It’s the start of a new school week and this time, numbers show there are 6,493 active COVID-19 cases among students and staff. The recent number of cases is down 28% from Friday’s data, when there were 9,028 active cases. There are 2,535 fewer active cases so far this week. Nearly all of the 35 dashboards …

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How neuroengineering is helping people fight addiction in Houston


September 21, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Doctors at the J. Flowers Health Institute say they can fix your brain fog, and even more significantly, your addictions by combining neuroscience and medicine with technology. Neuroengineering is known to fix the deficiencies in your brain. Right now, Houston is the only city in the country where you can get free-standing brain-mapping used by NASA, professional athletes, …

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Houston police officers shot: 1 officer killed, 1 injured while executing warrant in NE Harris Co.


September 21, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston police officer was killed in a shooting at an apartment complex in northeast Harris County Monday morning while executing a warrant. The shooting happened at 7:28 a.m. in the 5300 block of Aeropark at the Timber Ridge Apartments, not far from Bush Intercontinental Airport. According to HPD, two officers were shot while they were …

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Houston Texans could turn to rookie Davis Mills at QB with Tyrod Taylor day-to-day


September 21, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Houston Texans face a quarterback crisis with just a handful of days between their loss against the Cleveland Browns and their next matchup, a Thursday night game against the Carolina Panthers. Tyrod Taylor, the team’s starting play-caller, was taken out of Houston’s game on Sunday with a left hamstring injury. On Monday, head coach David Culley gave …

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Couple robbed at gunpoint at their downtown Houston apartment


September 21, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston police are looking for a man they say robbed a couple at their downtown apartment. On Aug. 13 at 7 p.m., the couple had just parked their car in the parking garage of their apartment in the 400 block of Travis. They were walking up to the elevators when they were approached by a man …

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US launches mass expulsion of Haitian migrants from Texas


September 21, 2021

DEL RIO, Texas — The U.S. is flying Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland and blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico in a massive show of force that signals the beginning of what could be one of America’s swiftest, large-scale expulsions of migrants or refugees in decades. More than 320 migrants arrived in Port-au-Prince on …

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What we know about the Houston police officer killed while serving warrant


September 21, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Early Monday morning, a senior officer with the Houston Police Department died while serving a warrant in northeast Harris County, and many knew him as a great man and a great father. Senior Officer William “Bill” Jeffrey, who was 54 years old, was shot multiple times, including once in the chest, and later died from his …

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Fall front moves in late Tuesday bringing cooler temperatures


September 21, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Big changes are coming up for the weather here in southeast Texas. A cool front is expected to move in Tuesday evening bringing scattered rain showers ahead of the front followed by cooler air. It’ll be another super steamy day before the front arrives. High temps Tuesday afternoon will flirt with the upper 90s and feels …

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