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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Four employees at the Houston Forensic Science Center were fired last week, after their superiors discovered they started a private DNA testing lab, then lied about it when questioned by their employer. Operating the lab while employed as forensic scientists is a direct violation of their employment contracts. The company was called DNA Mavens. It is unclear …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman is recovering after breathing in smoke from a house fire in the West University area Saturday morning, according to officials. West University firefighters said they found heavy flames coming from a two-story brick home on Oberlin Street and West Point Drive at about 4 a.m. Southside Place Fire Department crews, along with Houston firefighters, assisted …

Israeli forces killed two Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Thursday, Palestinian officials said, in heavy clashes that erupted in the Jenin refugee camp during a pre-dawn raid. The Islamic Jihad group said in a statement that one of the men killed was its leader. There was no immediate comment on the incident from the Israeli military. Six Palestinians …

SPRING BRANCH, Texas (KTRK) — Two people are dead, and two others are injured after a shooting in the Spring Branch area on Thursday evening, officials said. Caution tape, multiple squad cars, and two Northwest police officers were posted in front of a home where officers responded to a shooting call in the 1500 block of Bagget Lane near Writ Road. …

One person died after the vehicle they were in crashed Saturday night in Lake Highlands during a police pursuit. Just after 10 p.m., Garland police tried to stop a Tahoe they believe was involved in string of robberies, according to a department news release, adding at least one occupant of the vehicle was known to be armed during the burglaries …

SPRING, Texas (KTRK) — A motorcyclist died after crashing into a Harris County Precinct 4 Deputy Constable on Saturday, according to investigators. Deputies said the wreck happened at about 1 a.m. in north Harris County on Rothwood near Madrona Creek. The deputy was traveling northbound on Rothwood, approaching a curve in the road when the biker traveling southbound veered into the …

HARRIS COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) — More than a dozen families will spend Thanksgiving week trying to rebuild their lives after an overnight apartment fire in north Harris County. Firefighters responded to the two-alarm fire at the Rock Creek at Hollow Tree Apartments near Cypress Station at about 11:45 p.m. on Friday. Officials said it took firefighters about an hour and a …

MENTONE — A strong earthquake shook a sparsely populated patch of desert in West Texas on Thursday, causing tremors felt as far away as the Mexican city of Ciudad Juárez. The earthquake, initially measured at magnitude 5.3, struck about 3:30 p.m., according to Jim DeBerry, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Midland. The United States Geological Survey later tweeted …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A driver died after causing a multivehicle crash that left another man dead who was changing his tire on the freeway, according to investigators. At about 1:30 a.m., deputies with the Harris County Precinct 5 Constable’s Office responded to a major crash on the W. Sam Houston Parkway Toll Road. Upon arrival, deputies found at least six …

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Video captured an apartment building in flames after a gas-line was hit in east Houston overnight. Houston fire crews said a gas-line was hit on the exterior of the apartment on Everton Street near Sherman Street and Milby Street. Officials said all residents were able to get out and no one was hurt. The cause of the …