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By KTRK Staff Click here for updates on this story CONROE, Texas (KTRK) — The remains of a missing 31-year-old Conroe man have been identified after he was last seen in Austin over seven months ago. Authorities found skeletal remains north of SH-45 and Mopac Expressway near Austin on Oct. 11. In an update on
Continue ReadingBy Shelley Childers Click here for updates on this story HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — Heads up, parents. Over the next few weeks, Texas public school students in kindergarten through eighth grade will be coming home with Child I.D. kits. The kits collect an inkless fingerprint and DNA sample to help identify students in case of
Continue ReadingBy Kylie Atwood and Jennifer Hansler, CNN The Biden administration has had communications with Russia to try and secure the release of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan “as recently as within past days” said a senior administration official, speaking to CNN on Griner’s 32nd birthday, which she will be spending in a Russian jail. The
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PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The Kosovar prosecutors’ office has reported that an ethnic Serb accused of killing ethnic Albanians in 1999 was arrested in Hungary. A statement Tuesday said the Serb man — identified only as S.S. — was arrested in Budapest on an international arrest warrant. He is suspected of taking part in the
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — A court in Russia has rejected imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s second appeal of a nine-year sentence. The 46-year-old dissident is serving the sentence, handed to him in March, on the charges of fraud and contempt of court, in a high-security prison. Navalny, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s fiercest foe, was arrested in
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By JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants to move past fossil fuels but he’s looking to increase oil supplies ahead of next month’s midterm elections. Administration officials have teased that additional oil can be released from the U.S. strategic reserve as part of a response to recent
Continue Reading By JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden wants to move past fossil fuels but he’s looking to increase oil supplies ahead of next month’s midterm elections. Administration officials have teased that additional oil can be released from the U.S. strategic reserve as part of a response to recent
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By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden promised Tuesday that the first bill he sends to Capitol Hill next year will be one that writes abortion protections into law — if Democrats control enough seats in Congress to pass it — as he sought to energize his party’s voters just
Continue Reading By SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden promised Tuesday that the first bill he sends to Capitol Hill next year will be one that codifies Roe v. Wade — if Democrats control enough seats in Congress for Biden to sign abortion protections into law — in a speech designed to
Continue ReadingBy Gregory Krieg, CNN Georgia midterm voters turned out in record numbers on the first day of early in-person voting, Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said on Tuesday. More than 131,000 people cast ballots on Monday, the state’s top elections official said, up from roughly 71,000 back in 2018, an 85% increase from the
Continue Reading HOUSTON (AP) — A woman accused by authorities of killing her 5-year-old daughter near a suburban Houston park because she thought the girl was an “evil child” has a history of mental illness, her attorney said Tuesday. Melissa Towne, 37, has been charged with capital murder in the death of her daughter Nichole and was
Continue Reading By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Authorities say they plan to search a Georgia landfill for the remains of a toddler reported missing nearly two weeks ago. Chatham County Police Chief Jeff Hadley said Tuesday that investigators have evidence that leads them to believe 20-month-old Quinton Simon’s body was dumped in a
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Early voting is already underway for the General Election on Nov. 8. Ahead of election day, News Channel 3 is taking an in-depth look at the candidates running for Desert Hot Springs City Council. It is the first year the city is holding district elections. The candidates for DHS City Council: District 1 Gary Gardner District
Continue Reading DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The family of an American citizen arrested in Saudi Arabia says he was tortured and sentenced to 16 years in prison over tweets he sent while in the United States. The 72-year-old retired project manager, who was living in Florida, was arrested last November while visiting family in the
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macamilarincon (CNN) –– Corea del Norte disparó un total de 250 proyectiles de artillería frente a sus costas este y oeste este martes, informó el Ejército de Corea del Sur. “Corea del Norte disparó este martes alrededor de 100 proyectiles de artillería hacia el mar Amarillo desde aproximadamente las 10 p.m. [9 a.m., hora de
Continue Reading Alexandra Ferguson Washington (CNN) — Durante una entrevista en el Despacho Oval en diciembre de 2019 con el entonces presidente Donald Trump, el periodista del Washington Post Bob Woodward le preguntó si su retórica belicosa hacia el líder norcoreano Kim Jong Un había tenido la intención de llevar a Kim a la mesa de negociaciones.
Continue Reading Germán Padinger (CNN Español) — Mientras la guerra en Ucrania se extiende sin un final a la vista, Rusia está haciendo cada vez más uso de los llamados “drones kamikaze” para bombardear las ciudades ucranianas. A estos sistemas aéreos pequeños y portátiles se los conoce más precisamente como municiones o bombas merodeadoras (del inglés loitering
Continue ReadingBy Lisa Respers France, CNN By now you may have heard something about Olivia Wilde’s salad dressing. Internet detectives have been furiously trying to figure out her recipe after it was mentioned in a story published Monday by the Daily Mail. There is even a theory that Wilde previously shared the recipe for the dressing
Continue ReadingBy Carma Hassan, CNN Black, American Indian/Alaska Native and Hispanic adults are more likely than their White peers to be hospitalized for the flu, but less likely to be vaccinated against it, a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds. The CDC Vital Signs report released Tuesday finds that Black,
Continue Readingby Devon M. Sayers Girl Scouts of the USA received its largest ever donation from a single individual, a gift of $84.5 million from MacKenzie Scott, the ex-wife of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, the group said in a release. The donation will be awarded to 29 local councils selected by Scott, along with the national
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