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  • Mar 25, 2025 | abc13.com | Erica Simon

    HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- All throughout March, we've been highlighting leading ladies doing work in their communities as part of Women's History Month. Dr. Zuri Dale at Texas Southern University is a double threat. "STEM is just so fun. I have always known I was going to be a woman in the sciences," she said with a smile. When Dale was in 9th grade at Barbara Jordan High School, a science project turned into an invite to do research after school at Texas Southern University.

  • Dec 5, 2024 | abc13.com | Erica Simon

    HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- An audience in Houston was among the first to see the untold story of Black women who served our country overseas in World War II. The women are at the center of a new Tyler Perry film, "The Six Triple Eight," about a battalion made up only of Black members of the Women's Army Corps. The Six Triple Eight served a critical role during the war, ensuring mail reached the American troops. As the Wounded Warrior Project points out, that task was quite the worthy undertaking.

  • Sep 6, 2024 | abc13.com | Erica Simon

    SPRING BRANCH, Texas (KTRK) -- A Spring Branch restaurant that gave away free meals after the May derecho was burglarized early Wednesday morning and the thieves were caught on camera. Feges BBQ is already picking up the pieces and moving forward, but the brazen crime has the owners baffled and wondering-- was it worth it? "They hit this glass over here three times with a big chunk of rock, and it didn't break," owner Patrick Feges said.

  • Sep 6, 2024 | abc13.com | Erica Simon

    HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- "American Idol" is gearing up for a new season, and that means hopefuls from across the country are vying for their shot to face the celebrity judges!ABC13 Anchor Erica Simon spoke to a singer from San Antonio, Texas who auditioned virtually about his experience.

  • Feb 12, 2024 | abc7.com | Erica Simon

    HOUSTON, Texas -- To the moon and beyond: for decades, that has been the goal of NASA and its world-famous space crews. One integral part of that mission has been Black astronauts, who are chronicled in National Geographic's new documentary "The Space Race."ABC13 anchor Erica Simon was at Space Center Houston in January when the movie was screened and spoke to past and present stars who've made history in orbit in the midst of racial injustice here on Earth.

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10 Jun 25

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Erica Simon
Erica Simon @EricaOnABC13
10 Jun 25

For the third time in two weeks, there’s been a shooting at The Galleria Mall in Houston. 😒 This time, a man is seen on camera blatantly firing towards a car in the yellow garage. Smh. https://t.co/S40nZOYMPB https://t.co/KaiEoPTFcc

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Erica Simon @EricaOnABC13
10 Jun 25

RT @domnewlandtv: I just wanna be best friends with Keke Palmer. That’s all.