WEEKEND TOP NEWS LINKS:
While the George Zimmerman verdict in Florida has sparked many local protests and counter protests, one group is seeking to address the issue in a more moderate fashion. Feeling protests miss the mark of working on reforms together, the coalition of church and community leaders is coming together as the American Coalition for Justice in Houston. (Video: KRIV 26 News)
ALSO: Group announces American Coalition for Justice in Houston (KPRC 2 News)
LOCAL AREA HEADLINES:
- Harris County Judge Has Big Questions About Petition For Education Tax (KUHF Public Radio)
- Visionary Billionaire And Philanthropist George Mitchell Dies At 94 (KUHF Public Radio)
- Halliburton Pleads Guilty to Destroying Evidence After Gulf Spill (New York Times)
- Mothers of victims gather to speak about black-on-black violence (KHOU 11 News)
- Self-defense simulation gives grand jurors insight into police training (KPRC 2 News)
- Nonprofits Aim To Keep Students Learning With Summer Creative Camps (KUHF Public Radio)
- Family, friends hold vigil for Rice student killed in Metro train accident (KHOU 11 News)
- Feds ban some Houston Medicare providers in crackdown (Chron.com)
STATE HEADLINES:
- Why The Justice Department’s Eyes Are Upon Texas (KUT-Austin)
- Third human West Nile virus case confirmed in Texas (KPRC 2 News)
- Farmers Look To TCEQ to Restore Water To Dry Crops (KUHF Public Radio)
- Stomach Parasite Spreads To 11 States, Including Texas (KUHF Public Radio)
NATION & WORLD:
- Why The Latest Gulf Leak Is No BP Disaster (KUHF Public Radio)
- What’s the Fairest Way to Dispense Donated Organs? (National Journal)
- Obama Says Income Gap Is Fraying U.S. Social Fabric (New York Times)
- Pope asks for humanistic vision of the economy, an end to poverty (Global Post)