HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Mayor Sylvester Turner joined volunteers at a mask giveaway Sunday, as the city continues to cope with the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic."As people move forward, please be mindful," said Turner. "The virus is still in our city."Turner's appearance came after Gov. Greg Abbott announced the number of recoveries have exceeded the number…
HOUSTON – A Houston strip club announced in multiple social media posts that it will reopen at 12 a.m. Friday as the statewide “stay home” order expires one minute before that.While adult entertainment venues are not on the list of businesses allowed to reopen Friday, restaurants are, and so Club Onyx says it will reopen…
Updated 1:13 pm CDT, Friday, April 24, 2020 Mattress Mack announced a morning mask giveaway at Gallery Furniture on Friday, April 24. Mattress Mack announced a morning mask giveaway at Gallery Furniture on Friday, April 24. Photo: Twitter Mattress Mack announced a morning mask giveaway at Gallery Furniture on Friday, April 24. Mattress Mack announced a…
Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here.A recent order from Harris County judge Lina Hidalgo is facing backlash in Houston, Texas. The order would fine citizens $1,000 if caught not wearing a face mask in public for the next 30 days starting next week.TEXAS JUDGE'S 30-DAY CORONAVIRUS…
Houston police are balking at enforcing a Harris County official’s order requiring everyone over age 10 to wear face masks in public, calling the measure “idiotic.” In a fiery letter, Joe Gamaldi, president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union Fraternal Order of Police, said that officers have no time to enforce the order issued Wednesday,…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…