HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A 48-year-old man has been charged with murder after his stepfather was found beaten to death on Father’s Day, according to police. On Sunday, the Houston Police Department said Ricky Ray Allen confessed to beating his 71-year-old stepdad and claimed it was an act of self-defense. At about 5:45 a.m., Allen and his mother reportedly flagged down a passing …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — On Monday, a Houston man was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for making several threatening phone calls to California Democratic U.S. Rep. Maxine Waters. Brian Michael Gaherty, 61, was sentenced and fined $10,000 by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner. The judge found that Gaherty targeted Waters because of her race and applied a …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities are investigating a girl’s death after her body was found in a creek on the city’s north side Monday morning. Houston Police Department investigators and Mayor John Whitmire held an evening press conference, where they said they have reason to believe the girl sneaked out of her home sometime at 10 p.m. Sunday night. She had …

TAROUBA: New Zeal­and thrashed Uganda by nine wickets in a T20 World Cup Group ‘C’ clash of already-eliminated teams in Trinidad on Friday. New Zealand, whose exit from the global tournament was confirmed by Afghanistan’s win over Papua New Guinea on Thursday, cruised to an easy win after restricting Uganda to a paltry 40 all out off 18.4 overs, with …

KARACHI: Pakistan’s ex-stars blamed team discord and biased selection for the Asian cricket powerhouse’s humiliating first-round exit from the Twenty20 World Cup. The 2009 champions were knocked out after the USA-Ireland match was abandoned because of rain — the earliest-ever elimination from a T20 World Cup for Pakistan. They suffered a shock defeat to first-timers USA before losing to arch-rivals India. Pakistan’s only win was against Canada. “Pakistani …

LAUDERHILL (Florida): India’s T20 World Cup group match against Canada in Lauderhill, Florida was abandoned on Saturday, after rain left the Central Broward Park stadium with wet patches in the outfield. India progressed to the Super Eight stage as the top team in Group ‘A’ with seven points from four matches. Canada, already eliminated, finished with three points. The United …

AS on many previous occasions, Pakistan needed other results going their way, and some divine intervention, to stay in the tournament. That did not happen this time. On cricket’s newfound land, at the T20 World Cup in the US, Pakistan’s luck ran out. The rains and the accompanying flooding in Florida washed away the last vestiges of hope for Pakistan. The abandonment …

LAUDERHILL (Florida): With arch-rivals India and USA sealing the two spots for the Super Eight stage from Group ‘A’, Pakistan have been confined to some introspection and relook at their T20 game. But before all that, Babar’s side will have to first thwart the Irish challenge. Ireland had beaten Pakistan comprehensively in a bilateral game in days leading to the T20 World …

ISLAMABAD: Julian Gorman, head of Asia-Pacific at GSMA, has expressed concerns that Pakistan’s recent increase in taxes on mobile phone manufacturing could jeopardise the GSMA’s Smartphone for All initiative. Talking to the media, Mr Gorman highlighted that mobile phone penetration in Pakistan is currently at 40 per cent, a figure that should exceed 70pc given the country’s substantial youth population. …