HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — A dice game turned fatal overnight in northeast Harris County after a man was shot by unidentified suspects who approached and demanded money, according to the sheriff’s office. The shooting happened in the 13100 block of Forest Acres Drive. Deputies responded to the area and discovered the victim, 46-year-old Hector Ruiz, shot multiple times. He was …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Authorities have released a police sketch of a suspect accused of attempting sexual assault in Houston about a month ago. Police said the victim was sexually assaulted at midnight on April 20 in the 13000 block of Westheimer Road. The suspect is described as a black male in his early to mid-20s, standing between 5 feet 8 …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man accused of luring a 12-year-old girl into a Walmart dressing room, was arrested on Thursday, according to court documents. Paul Palacios, 75, has been charged with enticing a child with the intent to commit a felony. Court documents show that Palacios was given a notice to not to return to the Walmart store at 4412 …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — Several cities in southeast Harris County hosted a hurricane workshop on Saturday in recognition of the start of hurricane season, which begins June 1 and lasts until Nov. 30. Residents from La Porte, Pasadena, and surrounding cities attended the workshop at the Pasadena Convention Center and learned about preparation efforts to stay safe. Families learned to …

Google News stopped functioning on Friday preventing millions of its users globally from searching latest updates and queries. While Google Search engine continues to operate normally, the “News” tab is not showing results. The ‘News’ tab is experiencing an outage on its desktop page, iOS and Android apps while some complained that Google Search is also affected. Users began complaining …

Nvidia could soon surpass Apple to become the world’s second-most valuable company, as the biggest beneficiary of the surge in adoption of AI applications takes on the iPhone maker that has been the largest Wall Street firm by market value for years. The reliance of virtually all artificial intelligence applications such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT on Nvidia’s high-end chips has helped …

GNIEZNO (Poland): In a spirited comeback, Pakistan played a 4-4 draw against Malaysia on the opening day of the FIH Nations Cup in Gniezno on Friday. The green-shirts were trailing 4-1 in the third quarter before they launched a magnificent revival to square the match. Pakistan are placed in pool ‘B’ alongside Canada, France and Malaysia while pool ‘A’ comprises …

Twenty people, including children, drowned when a boat sank during a river crossing in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province on Saturday, a provincial official said. “A boat with women and children on board sank on Saturday morning at 7am in the river in the Basawul area of Momand Dara district” of eastern Nangarhar, said Quraishi Badloon, the head of the province’s …

DALLAS: Cricket ventures into uncharted territory on Saturday as the first ever major tournament to be staged in the United States gets under way in Texas with the opening game of the T20 World Cup. A month-long festival of the fastest and most explosive form of the sport — which is being shared between venues in Texas, Florida, New York …