Category: Lifestyle

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Significant changes may finally come to a longtime Westbury neighborhood eyesore. Homeowners told ABC13 the sooner, the better. A quick walk-through of the former Spring Village Apartments on Chimney Rock at Ludington would not be pleasant these days. There are several burned-out units, missing doors and windows, and the air is a mix of mold and decay. Two fires were set on the property over the last six weeks, including one this past weekend. But to hear Becky Edmondson tell it, it’s a pain before the…

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A second pizza delivery driver was set up and carjacked miles apart from a similar robbery near River Oaks, the Houston Police Department said. According to HPD, officers were called to Domino’s Pizza on Tuesday on Kirby Drive in the Rice Village at about 12:30 p.m. The caller, a delivery driver, reported he had been robbed of his car and phone while delivering a pizza in the 1700 block of Vassar Street in the Boulevard Oaks neighborhood. The home turned out to be vacant. An employee…

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By6abc Digital Staff Wednesday, April 17, 2024 4:16AM Video shows elephant walking through traffic after escaping circus in Montana BUTTE, Montana — This is not something you see every day. Video captured an elephant walking through the streets of Butte, Montana. It escaped from a traveling circus. The elephant, reportedly a 58-year-old Asian elephant, stopped traffic and knocked over a fence before her trainers corralled her back to safety. She was in the parking lot of the city’s civic center being washed ahead of a performance Tuesday when a car…

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A federal judge is fining Texas $100,000 per day for routinely neglecting to adequately investigate allegations of abuse and neglect raised by children in the state’s struggling foster care system. U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack in Corpus Christi ruled Monday that the Texas Health and Human Services agency has shown contempt of her orders to fix the way the state investigates complaints by children in its care. This is the third such contempt finding in a case that began with a 2011 lawsuit over foster…

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HOUSTON, Texas — Since its inception in May 2022, Mala Market has been making waves as a non-profit collective, championing local businesses while prioritizing eco-consciousness. “First thing people always say is ‘It smells really good in here, what is that?’ and honestly all we can say is that it’s a combination of everyone’s amazing things,” Founder Somya Gupta said. Mala Market provides a platform for more than 40 local makers, creators, and artisans to showcase their products, including Signature Sudz. “We make natural household cleaning products and Mala Market seemed…

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HOUSTON, Texas — A judge has recommended that the conviction and death sentence of Melissa Lucio, a Texas woman whose execution was delayed in 2022 amid growing doubts she fatally beat her 2-year-old daughter, should be overturned amid findings that evidence in her murder trial was suppressed. Senior State District Judge Arturo Nelson on Friday approved an agreement between prosecutors and Lucio’s attorneys that found the suppressed evidence, including witness statements from Lucio’s children and a report by Child Protective Services, would have corroborated Lucio’s defense that her daughter Mariah…

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Antisemitic incidents in the United States more than doubled last year, rising sharply since the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel, according to the Anti-Defamation League, a Jewish civil rights advocacy group. “From Oct. 7 to Dec. 31, 2023, there were more incidents during that period than the last two years combined,” Mark Toubin, ADL Southwest’s regional director, said. “We’re no longer saying this could be an issue. This is an issue. This is a national crisis.” In Houston alone last year, the agency reported 67…

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A woman is facing felony charges after being accused of sending drugs to detention centers across Texas. The suspect, 19-year-old Kylie Rae Alvarado, was arrested on Monday and appeared at probable cause court on Tuesday evening. Investigators say the 19-year-old allegedly sent drug-soaked stationery through the mail to detention centers. Alvarado’s bond totals $50,000 on felony charges of delivery of synthetic cannabinoids and possession of meth. At this point, it’s unclear how many or which centers around the state she’s accused of sending letters saturated with…

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THE WOODLANDS, Texas (KTRK) — A fetus in the early stages of development was found inside an urn that was floating in a pond in The Woodlands, deputies said on Tuesday. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office, a Woodlands Township Park Ranger made what authorities called a “distressing discovery” at about 3:50 p.m. at Copper Safe Park at 75 South Golden Arrow Circle. MCSO detectives and a Montgomery County Forensics Center death investigator were called to the pond. An autopsy was also scheduled. Deputies added that there was no…

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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — A man was found lifeless behind the wheel of a car along the I-45 North Freeway feeder road in north Houston. According to the Houston Police Department, the deadly shooting happened in the 600 block of West Canino Road just before 10 p.m. Monday. Family members identified the man as 27-year-old Ricardo Vega, a father of two. Houston police said the driver of a tan or silver pickup truck fired several times at Vega near the stop sign on West Canino and the North Freeway feeder…

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