THURSDAY TOP NEWS LINKS:
While many in the country will remember 9/11 anniversary with reflections on where they were, a generation largely born after that tragic day is joining in commemorations that seek to recast the date as a time for service. (Video: KHOU 11 News)
MORE ON 9/11 COMMEMORATIONS:
- Why Yes Prep Students Observe 9/11 By Volunteering At Houston Food Bank
(KUHF Public Radio) - Teaching 9/11 to Texas Students Who Don’t Remember – Or Weren’t Yet Born That Day (KUT Austin)
- Sheriff: Harris County Safer On 12th Anniversary Of 9/11 Attacks (KUHF Public Radio)
- Houstonians mark September 11th’s somber anniversary (KPRC 2 News)
- Somber ceremonies mark 12th anniversary of September 11 attacks (AP)
LOCAL AREA HEADLINES:
- Groups Get Ready To Find Uninsured In Houston And Enroll Them in Obamacare Plans (KUHF Public Radio)
- Spring HS administrators try to calm parents’ fears (KTRK 13 News)
- Houston brothers start group to help Syrian refugees escape violence (KTRK 13 News)
- Non-Profit’s Recycling Program Seeks To Keep Thousands Of Mattresses Out Of Landfills (KUHF Public Radio)
- Mother of young amputee says some parents don’t want her in class (KHOU 11 News)
- HISD hoping to lower dropout rate with student bounty hunters (KRIV 26 News)
- Orange hue lights up City Hall to end hunger (KPRC 2 News)
- Rice is Top Texas University in U.S. News Ranking (Texas Tribune)
TEXAS HEADLINES:
- More than 2,000 whooping cough cases in Texas since January (KPRC 2 News)
- Reviewers are pushing for creationism in Texas biology textbooks (KHOU 11 News)
- Behind the Class of 2014, Texas’ Demographic Future (Texas Tribune)
- As Drought Continues, Texas Reservoirs Could Hit All-Time Lows (State Impact Texas)
NATION & WORLD:
- Black Home ownership lowest since 1995 (KRIV 26 News)
- Haves and have-nots as health care markets open (AP)
- Face of US poverty: These days, more poor live in suburbs than in cities (Christian Science Monitor)
- U.N. Report Finds Both Sides In Syria Commit War Crimes (NPR)