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Teen who once couldn’t walk without crutches hitting huge milestones


December 28, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — In just four short months, Himanshu Prasad has made great progress. Once not able to easily bend his legs, today he is climbing stairs and he’s got even bigger goals. “2022 is going to be the year that everything changes,” said Prasad, a high school senior at Cypress-Ridge High School. The 17-year-old was born with spastic …

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No mailbox fix from USPS until neighborhood Turns to Ted


December 28, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — For months, residents of a neighborhood in northwest Harris County wasted hours endlessly going back and forth to the post office just to pick up their mail. “The mailboxes were vandalized. Totally. I mean, with crowbars and the doors were wide open,” Bob Braman told Ted Oberg. That was back in November 2020. Soon afterwards, Braman …

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New year…new temperatures!


December 28, 2021

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Record warmth continues for the rest of 2021, but you won’t have to wait long in 2022 for a real blast of winter air. We will start off warm Tuesday with temperatures in the low 70s. Clouds will be plentiful on Tuesday, but temperatures will still manage to reach into the low 80s. We are forecasting …

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For Karachi’s basketball players, the future doesn’t hold much hope


December 27, 2021

KARACHI: They idolise NBA players, well and truly knowing that reaching that level would be beyond them. Even beyond the future generations of basketball players raised in Karachi. But they continue to play and during the 16th edition of the weeklong Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup here at the Aram Bagh Court, there was a flurry of action with as many as …

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Haider, Huraira give Northern hope of first-innings lead


December 27, 2021

KARACHI: Still 190 runs behind their opponents. But, still, well-placed to get a first-innings lead. Thanks largely to their openers Haider Ali and Mohammad Huraira, Northern reached 184-3 against defending champions Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at stumps on the second day of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final on Sunday. Having bowled out Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for 374, both Haider and Huraira hit half-centuries as …

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Six of the best for City as Arsenal, Spurs cruise


December 27, 2021

LONDON: Manchester City opened up a six-point lead at the top of the Premier League with a first half demolition of Leicester City in a thrilling 6-3 win as Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur were also comfortable winners on Sunday. Three of the scheduled nine Boxing Day matches were postponed due to coronavirus outbreaks as Britain battles record numbers of cases …

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Hapless England on the canvas after Boxing Day pounding


December 27, 2021

MELBOURNE: England’s earnest dressing-room discussions about improving shot selection failed to bear fruit on Sunday’s opening day of the third Ashes Test, as shambolic batting delivered a Boxing Day feast of wickets for Australia at Melbourne Cricket Ground. England face more honest discussions after they were bowled out for 185 on Sunday. Australia reached 61-1 at stumps. Leading 2-0 after …

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KL Rahul masterclass gives India ideal start in quest to conquer SA


December 27, 2021

CENTURION: Opener K.L. Rahul showed superb application to score a seventh Test century and gave India an ideal start in their quest to win a Test series in South Africa with a solid century on the first day of the first Test at SuperSport Park on Sunday. Rahul made 122 not out as India reached 272-3 at the close after …

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The Ashes: Australia scent victory as England collapse again in 3rd Test


December 27, 2021

A dazed England lost four wickets in a hostile late spell to leave them still trailing by 51 runs and fighting to stave off defeat Monday at stumps on day two of a gripping third Ashes Test against Australia. It came after the visitors — who must win in Melbourne — were rocked by four positive Covid cases in their …

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