MONDAY TOP NEWS LINKS:
With an estimated one out of every four homeless men being a veteran, area agencies cooperated in an effort to locate and find them over the weekend. With hopes that a targeted outreach will help them find a way off the streets.
(Video: KRIV 26 News)
RELATED:
• Houston’s Homeless Veterans ‘Stand Down’ At Emancipation Park (KUHF Public Radio)
OTHER LOCAL AREA HEADLINES:
- 11 Days Before Final Phase of Law Begins, Obamacare Supporters Remain Positive (KUHF Public Radio)
- Lives are shattered by accidental backovers while legislation languishes (Houston Chronicle)
- Horse Therapy Expands For Special Needs Kids (KRIV 26 News)
- State Suspends Charter School For Hiring Problems (KUHF Public Radio)
- Houston Tour de Cure participants show support despite rained-out bike ride (KTRK 13 News)
- Sports trainers defy gravity to get patients back on their feet faster (KPRC 2 News)
- Montgomery County man hopes to bury father lost for decades after 1952 plane crash in Alaska (KTRK 13 News)
- Out of the shadows: Undocumented immigrant youths share their lives in striking Instagram photos (Houston Culture Map)
- Young Friends of Ronald McDonald House brave stormy weather for Kendra Gives Back Party (Houston Culture Map)
TEXAS HEADLINES:
- Three Ways the Oil Boom Has Increased Hunger in Texas (State Impact Texas)
- New power plant rules may have little Texas impact (KPRC 2 News)
- Violence Behind Bars: A Tie to Mental Illness (Texas Tribune)
- How Texas Could Make Or Break The Affordable Care Act (Texas Public Radio)
NATION & WORLD:
- How A Pregnant Woman’s Choices Could Shape A Child’s Health (NPR)
- Child Labor Is Down, But 168M Children Still Work, U.N. Says (NPR)
- Catholics cheer pope’s remarks on gays, abortion (AP)
