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☆ Houston Fans Flock to See Beyoncé, on the Big Screen This Time
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-01 | by ( Maria Jimenez Moya | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Fans in silver hats, pants and boots flooded movie theaters on Thursday night as they came to see Houston’s own Beyoncé on the silver screen. Movie theaters nationwide prepared to receive the BeyHive, and at the AMC Houston 8, special cocktails were served in a silver disco ball, with souvenir soda cups and popcorn buckets. “Whatever gets me the Beyoncé cup,” Paris Louis, 25, told the cashier at the concession stand as he purchased empty receptacles, no popcorn or soda needed. Mr. Louis bought his tickets for Thursday’s premiere a month in advance and already had tickets to see the movie again. In Houston, some theaters had sold out their evening shows.

Persons: Beyoncé, ” Paris Louis, Louis Organizations: AMC Houston Locations: Houston

“That’s pretty significant for us,” Mr. Smith said. “Even for Phoenix standards.”“People certainly need to be taking precautions to protect themselves from the heat,” Mr. Smith added. “People need to keep in mind that heat is the No. More than half of the heat-associated deaths occurred in the month of July, according to the report, and 107 of the deaths occurred on days with an excessive heat warning. Still, throughout the region, people are finding ways to make do and assessing how much of the heat this year is extraordinary, and how much just feels like summer in the South and the Southwest.

Persons: Mr, Lojero, Isaac Smith, “, ” Mr, Smith Organizations: National Weather Service, Weather Service, Phoenix, Maricopa County Department of Public Health Locations: Arizona, U.S, Maricopa

☆ Where 9-Year-Olds Do 60 M.P.H.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-06 | by ( Scott Rossi | Maria Jimenez Moya | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As mechanics tinkered with vehicles, drivers talked strategy with their coaches and tried to memorize the curves of the racetrack at the Speedsportz Racing Park outside Houston. “I imagine it in my brain,” said Mikey Collins as he waited for his heat to start on the last weekend in April. “I envision it and try to do laps.”Mikey isn’t a professional racecar driver, yet — he’s only 9. But for lots of kids who dream of racing professionally, this is where it all starts: steering go-karts around a twisting track at 60 to 70 miles an hour, flying just inches over the ground. Like lots of drivers, Mikey started young, when he was just 5, on his local track in Orlando, Fla.

Persons: “, ”, Mikey Collins, ” Mikey isn’t, Mikey Organizations: Texas, Prix, ” Locations: Houston, Orlando, Fla, Texas

☆ In Texas, Heat That Can Make You Faint
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( David Montgomery | Maria Jimenez Moya | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Kevin Randal, a construction worker in Houston, has his routine. Mr. Randal, 60, who works on air conditioning, roofing, flooring and kitchens, spent Saturday inside an attic, drenched in sweat in 100 degree temperatures, fixing an air conditioning unit. He takes breaks every 20 minutes, drinks a mix of lime juice, salt and water to keep him hydrated and takes little sips of water to prevent nausea and throwing up, he said. “If you don’t calculate time correctly, you will faint,” Mr. Randal said, adding, “The heat comes and goes, and the jobs come and go with it.”But for now, the heat is mostly coming and staying. An onslaught of record heat that shows no sign of easing has united all strata of society with the same fundamental purpose of staying cool, comfortable and safe, while putting particular strains on the poor and those without air conditioning.

Persons: Kevin Randal, Randal, Mr Locations: Houston

A Texas gunman who was being sought in connection with the fatal shooting of five people on Friday night after a neighbor asked him to stop firing his weapon remained at large, the authorities said on Sunday. The gunman, Francisco Oropesa, 38, refused a request by the neighbor to stop shooting because the noise was keeping his baby awake. Instead, the authorities said, Mr. Oropesa retrieved an AR-15 and opened fire at his neighbor’s home in Cleveland, Texas. Mr. Oropesa, officials said, shot several members of the same family. At a news conference on Sunday, the authorities said that more than 200 law enforcement officers were looking for Mr. Oropesa and that they had no leads regarding his whereabouts.

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