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Tips for students still struggling with online learning Share: HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- For some students and teachers, online learning continues to pose unique challenges. Our partners at Community Impact Newspapers reported this week that Cy-Fair ISD officials voiced concerns after its district's diagnostic tests revealed it could take up to two years to get students back on track after losing school days following March 2020, and for those falling behind online. Sky Guerra is a high school student learning online, along with her younger siblings. She said system glitches, access to a lapto...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A long-time Houston Heights resident says he spent almost 60 hours trying to get a busted washer-dryer replaced before he Turned to Ted. The best part of the solution is that the replacement wasn't even for him, but a needy charity. "Here's the deal," Robert Fowler told ABC13 recently in his backyard, "We bought it in July of 2019." Fowler was speaking of a busted clothes washer still sitting just inside his breakfast room. "We would put the clothes in, it would start to spin, it would stop and it would say, 'Rebalance load,'" he said. "It would go 15 or 30 seconds, i...

The Cuban nationals had been reportedly stranded on Anguilla Cay for 33 days, officials said. #UPDATE@USCG rescued the 3 Cuban nationals stranded on Anguilla Cay. A helicopter crew transferred the 2 men & 1 woman to Lower Keys Medical Center with no reported injuries. More details to follow.#D7#USCG#Ready#Relevant#Responsivepic.twitter.com/4kX5WJJhs8— USCGSoutheast (@USCGSoutheast) February 9, 2021 A U.S. Coast Guard Clearwater helicopter hoisted the two men and woman off the island. The rescue took about 30 minutes, Mike Allert, the aircraft commander on the helicopter, told ABC News. The ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A Houston high school senior who made national headlines for giving up her entire college savings to help pay for her mom's rent has been receiving an overwhelming amount of support and now, she's even being offered a free graduation party. Alondra Carmona, a senior at Yes Prep East End, said she chose to put her Ivy League dreams on hold after her mom disclosed to her that she's been unemployed for three months and is behind on rent. Carmona decided to give her mom all of the money she saved for college and even created a

"It is scary because I don't ever want this again," said Aguilar. There are several highly contagious COVID-19 variants moving in the U.S., including the one that originated in the U.K., which is expected to become the dominant strain by the end of March. But it's the South African one that experts are worried about, as they said the vaccines seem to be less effective against it. Researchers at Houston Methodist have been gathering data on every COVID-19 positive case in their system since March. They have been examining the genome sequence or genetic make-up in each one of those positive cas...