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I pick the brains of Climate Central a lot in this blog and want to introduce a new tool they debuted yesterday! The Climate Shift Index (CSI, but not the TV show!) is designed to illustrate the influence of human-induced global warming in today’s real-time environment....the shift we’ve seen in...

Crime Stoppers is hosting a press conference Wednesday with Jim “Mattress Mack” McIngvale and other area leaders to discuss public safety challenges and solutions. The news conference is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. KPRC 2 is carrying a livestream of the event. Crime Stoppers will also...

Wednesday’s forecast: We are starting the day with light rain along our coastal cities and that will turn into some widely separated sea breeze thunderstorms this afternoon. Temperatures climb to the upper 90s with it feeling like 102-106 degrees. Triple digits four days in a row: As high...

The summer travel season is shaping up to be a messy one. Both overbooked and canceled flights have airlines feeling the heat. If an airline is overbooked, can they make you change your flight? What should you get if you volunteer to get off the flight? Our KPRC 2 Investigates team has what you...

Marie Moreno, former teacher at Las Americas Newcomer School and Jane Long Futures Academy, won the honor of being named on the first-ever Verizon and TIME’s Innovative Teachers of the Year list. Moreno was honored for her efforts in helping immigrant refugee children and their families...

One jeweler and his family in Houston are devastated over the loss of more than $1 million in gems and diamonds after investigators said a thief took off with them Sunday evening at the NRG Center. Iftikhar Sayed has had a passion for jewelry for decades. He started his business, Sayed...

Deputies are investigating after a body was found in northwest Harris County Tuesday afternoon. Constable Mark Herman with Harris County Precinct 4 said deputies responded to reports of a dead body in the 14800 block of Cascade Bend Lane around 6 p.m. Investigators are working to determine how...

The mother of a 4th-grade student is calling on Cy-Fair ISD to fire a teacher who she says cut her daughter’s hair without her permission. The incident happened during summer school classes at Woodard Elementary School. Isabella Redman, 10, says she was building a coding robot when she held it...

Maria Castillo’s backyard is filled with memories. “He was a very nice person and everyone in the neighborhood knew who he was,” she said. “We talked a lot about him doing the garden for me.” She’s talking about her brother-in-law, 51-year-old Nicolas Vasquez— KPRC first spoke with Maria last...

On Tuesday morning, Texas Children’s Hospital became the first location in Houston to begin vaccinating toddlers and babies as young as six months old. While kids can recover easily from COVID-19, there have been many instances where a child has suffered severe infection, hospitalization or...

The Fort Bend County Commissioners Court held an emergency meeting Tuesday to approve an outdoor burn ban for unincorporated areas of the county, according to a release. Due to drought conditions and the high risk of fire dangers, the ban limits the use of open flames which includes the burning...

A Houston artist is shedding light on the darkness of Alzheimer’s with a two-day event, being held on Tuesday and Saturday. “The Longest Day” is a charity event and art sale in Spring Valley Village, focusing on raising money for Alzheimer’s and Dementia research. Artist and Houston native...

Cy-Fair Department firefighters battled a fire at a recycling plant Tuesday in northwest Harris County, according to the fire department. The fire was reported around 4 p.m. at the plant, located in the 6100 block of Cunningham Road. Smoke could be seen billowing for miles from the fire...

A suspect was shot and killed by an employee during a robbery attempt at a gun shop on Tuesday, according to the Houston Police Department. The incident was reported around 3:17 p.m. at Carter’s Country, located in the 11800 block of South Wilcrestt Drive and Southwest Freeway. Police said the...

Galveston native June Collins Pulliam learned all about the history of Juneteenth from her mother. Pulliman’s mother Izola Ethel Fedford Collins authored the book Island of Color: Where Juneteenth Started, a history of African-Americans in Galveston. The purpose of the book, in Collins’ words...

A 33-year-old Brazoria County man has pleaded guilty to threatening employees at the Lake Jackson Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic, U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery announced Tuesday. Mark Williams Jr. was a U.S. Army veteran receiving treatment at VA facilities. He admitted to making a...

Who is responsible for tree branch damage if the tree is not in your yard? Plus, we’ve got a warning about people making calls pretending to be from Centerpoint energy. And - a possible solution to Texas’ fraudulent paper plate problem. Call with threat to cut off power We hope by now you’ve...

The Texas Department of Public Safety released a timeline of events leading up to, and during, the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas that left 19 children and two teachers dead. The log of events shows that officers - with rifles - stood and waited in the school hallway...

Houston police are investigating a road rage incident that occurred at a Walmart on Monday. The woman said an angry driver targeted her while she was at the Walmart on the west Beltway near Bissonnet. The alleged victim said the incident started when she was backing into a parking spot and the...

The Houston Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating a man missing since Saturday evening. Whillie “Marque” Ferrell, 60, was last seen at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 18 in the 5000 block of Lingonberry Street. He was wearing a white shirt and blue jeans. Lambert is described...