These days, wherever you go you can take your phone number with you, even if you switch phone carriers. It’s pretty common and an easy way to keep up with old contacts. That’s why a Cypress man was shocked when his phone company disconnected his number and reassigned it to someone else. The number is essential for his business. He called our KPRC 2 Investigates team for help.

The number of students failing to meet grade-level went up statewide across all grade levels and nearly all subject areas according to results of the Spring 2021 STAAR test released Monday by the Texas Education Agency.

Last week’s count of new applications for unemployment benefits was down from 757,000 the previous week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The number of people who are continuing to receive traditional unemployment benefits fell to 6.8 million, the government said, from 7.2 million. That suggests that more Americans are finding jobs and no longer receiving unemployment aid. Government stimulus, in the form of federal unemployment benefits, aid for small businesses and checks to most individuals has largely run out. And unless Congress continues the extended benefit program, millions of jobless people will run out of aid entirely by year’s end.

HOUSTON – The number of homicides reported in Houston this year is the highest since at least 2015. Data from the Houston Police Department showed the number of homicides reported in 2020 in the city is at 345. Joe Gamaldi, of the Houston Police Officers Union, said 2020′s number is approaching the most homicides in two decades -- 377 were reported in 2005. Over the past six years, the lowest number of homicides reported in Houston was 269 in 2017. There’s no question about that.”“When you look at the numbers this year, the numbers are exponentially higher,” Turner added.

The United States leads the world with the number of COVID-19 cases. We're all anxiously waiting for the number of cases to start to decline but 2020 might have more in store. Every year, we hear doctors talk about flu season, starting in October and November and stretching through the spring. Does this virus come back or if it comes back does it come in the fall or this time next year?” Peter Hotez, MD, with Baylor College of Medicine asked. Experts also say if there is a fall in a resurgence in the United States, researchers are working to better test and identify COVID-19, as well as trace contacts.