HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A Christmas party created for single mothers and their children was a huge hit Tuesday night. Ashley Home Store, AK Law Firm, and Walmart helped make it happen. The families were treated to a gourmet dinner from Eddie V’s Prime Seafood, surprise gifts, festive fun, but that’s not all. The same families went on a shopping …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — You have one more day to enjoy cool, December-like weather before it really warms up. We’ll go from the 40s to the 60s on Wednesday before southerly winds kick in and put us in record territory on Christmas. How long will this cool air stick around? Wednesday will be the last day of the cool stuff. …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A married mother has been charged in connection with the wrong-way, drunk driving crash that killed two people on the North Freeway. Sarah Gay, 26, faces two counts of intoxication manslaughter, and remains hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, according to Houston police. The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences identified the two victims killed in the crash …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Two people were shot during a home invasion on Harvey Lane in northeast Houston overnight, according to police. Investigators said a man and a woman had just gotten home from a game room around 2:45 a.m. when two people burst through their front door, armed with a shotgun and a pistol “They went inside the house. …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Over the course of two weeks, Harris County went from announcing the first known case of the omicron variant in our area to announcing the first known death. “As we’ve been expecting, the omicron variant of COVID-19 has arrived in full force,” said Judge Lina Hidalgo. “Early data suggests it’s doubling in two to three …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner is continuing his recovery from COVID-19 after he tested positive last week. Now, he has advice for all Houstonians as Christmas approaches and the omicron variant surges. Turner is crediting his vaccination status for his lack of severe symptoms during his recovery. He wants his experience to be a lesson to everyone. …

ALMATY: A Japanese billionaire returned to Earth on Monday, after 12 days on the International Space Station where he made videos about performing mundane tasks including brushing teeth and going to the bathroom. Online fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa and his assistant Yozo Hirano parachuted onto Kazakhstan’s steppe at around the expected landing time of 0313 GMT on Monday, along with …

MADRID: Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal said on Monday he had tested positive for Covid-19, which puts in doubt his participation in the Australian Open next month where he was expected to make his big comeback after months of injury. The Spanish former world number one said he took the test when he returned to Spain from Abu Dhabi where …

ZURICH: International football leaders were told by FIFA on Monday that a switch to a biennial World Cup would create an extra $4.4 billion in revenues for the world body. FIFA is holding a ‘global summit’ of leaders of national football federations to discuss their proposal to increase the frequency of the World Cup from every four years to every …