WASHINGTON — With a government shutdown looming and partisan rancor at a fever pitch, 10 Texas congressmen joined colleagues at Nationals Park just south of the Capitol on Wednesday night, temporarily trading squabbles over infrastructure and debt for a shot at bragging rights on the diamond. Under the big league lights, the Congressional Baseball Game — canceled last year due …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — If you’ve driven by Brays Bayou recently, you’ve seen the orange construction barrels making traffic slightly more unbearable. Luckily, the 20-year project to help relieve flooding in the area is close to done, according to the Harris County Flood Control District. “We’re very pleased with all the work that’s been done,” said Felipe Paz, the …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Tenants at the Cleme Manor Apartments in the Greater Fifth Ward area were on edge this past weekend. Witness video captured gas pouring out of the top of a Union Pacific Railroad car. “All of a sudden, I heard a cap just popped off. Next thing was just ‘Psshh.’ Spewing gas,” Mitchell Curl said. According to …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Houston-area family hopes the greater community can help save their son’s life. Diego is a 15-year-old who lives in The Woodlands with his family. He’s currently battling a relapse of an aggressive form of leukemia. He’s already received a blood and bone marrow transplant from one of his two brothers, but he desperately needs another …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A suspect has been charged with murder after skeletal remains believed to be those of missing Houston woman Ashley Guillory were found Tuesday in Fort Bend County. Willie Pat Brown, 48, has been charged with murder in connection with Guillory’s death. According to Houston police, the skeletal remains were found in Fort Bend County Tuesday night. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In an apparent effort to contain the fallout from his now-fired housing director’s public statements, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner pledged Wednesday to share new information about how Tom McCasland ran the Houston Housing and Community Development Department. McCasland was the director of the department until Turner fired him last week. Hours before he was let go, …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — An elderly woman is dead after the car she was in reportedly flew off an overpass near downtown Houston, authorities say. The crash happened Wednesday afternoon along the inbound lanes of the Southwest Freeway at McGowen. One vehicle was driving southbound on Hamilton and a second vehicle was heading eastbound on Pierce Street, when one of …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Six months after February’s winter storm that killed 210 Texans, people are still recovering, and many are asking if the state is any better prepared if another storm hits. “I have an elderly father who is on oxygen, and I couldn’t get to him,” said Houstonian Robin Carr. “He was in Galveston. He couldn’t get anybody …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The Harris County District Attorney’s Office is trying to shut down an illegal, after-hours club where a deadly shooting happened early Monday morning. cameras captured more than 50 shell casings on the ground in front of Chemistry Lounge, which is just a few yards away from a neighborhood. People who live in the area said they’re …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A 17-year-old girl was stabbed to death in west Harris County, and her twin brother has been charged with murder, authorities said. Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said deputies responded to a call at about 4:45 a.m. Wednesday at a home in the 4100 block of Brown Meadow Court. When deputies arrived, they found Benjamin Elliott in …