WEEKEND TOP NEWS LINKS:
Law enforcement and Child Protective Services staff will be working overtime this weekend as these two sad cases came to light over the last few days.
Newborn found behind dumpster at southeast Harris County apartment complex
(Video: KTRK 13 News)
Houston mother charged with injury to a child, tampering with evidence
(Video: KHOU 11 News)
LOCAL AREA HEADLINES:
- Houstonians take extra precautions during Saturday’s record heat (KHOU 11 News)
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield reach contract with Memorial Hermann (Chron.com)
- Notorious Houston apartment complex shows improvement after crackdown on gangs (KHOU 11 News)
- Houston’s White-Hot Summers Are Most Dangerous For Area Homeless (KUHF Public Radio)
- Off-duty police officer hits homeless man with unmarked patrol car in downtown Houston (KTRK 13 News)
- U.S. Coast Guard, good Samaritans rescue 5 people near Houston Ship Channel (KHOU 11 News)
- Why is stinky seaweed piled on Galveston beaches? (KHOU 11 News)
- New warnings posted at deadly San Luis Pass (Chron.com)
STATE HEADLINES:
- Perry: Davis’ origins should make her care more for ‘right to life’ (Austin Statesman)
- Changes to the Voting Rights Act: What Texans Need to Know (KUT News)
- Observer Analysis Finds Fracking Water Use Underestimated in Eagle Ford Shale (Texas Observer)
- Former pedophile priest denied early exit from Texas prison (KPRC 2 News)
- Law Could Set Stage for Juvenile Justice Reforms (Texas Tribune)
NATION & WORLD:
- House takes up own immigration fix, no citizenship (AP)
- U.S. Supreme Court justice denies bid to stop California gay marriages (Reuters)
- Obama honors Mandela, pushes electric power for Africa (USA Today)
- Southwest bakes in 115 to 120-degree heat (Yahoo News)
- War Correspondent’s Unflinching ‘Diary Of A Very Bad Year’ (NPR)