Texas County On High Alert After Second Law Official Is Killed
Kaufman County, Texas, is coming to grips Monday with the Easter-weekend shootings of the district attorney and his wife at their home — just two months after his top assistant district attorney was...
View ArticleYoung Adults With Autism Can Thrive In High-Tech Jobs
The job hunt is complicated enough for most high school and college graduates — and even tougher for the growing number of young people on the autism spectrum. Despite the obstacles that people with...
View ArticleAt Bush Library, A Chance To Be The Decider-In-Chief
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abXiVNRa6vw The Situation Room is one of the most mysterious and important rooms in the White House. It's where Lyndon Johnson made decisions about the Vietnam War; where...
View ArticleHow The Death Of A 12-Year-Old Changed The City Of Dallas
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzfJ_O8ij2A Forty years ago, thousands of Mexican-Americans in Dallas, Texas came together for a protest at city hall. Four days earlier, a white police officer had shot...
View ArticleTexas Megachurch At Center Of Measles Outbreak
Measles was declared eliminated in the U.S. more than a decade ago. But in recent years, the highly infectious disease has cropped up in communities with low vaccination rates, most recently in North...
View ArticleIn These Gyms, Nobody Cares How You Look In Yoga Pants
If you want to lift weights or use the treadmill at Downsize Fitness, you have to be at least 50 pounds overweight.Kendall Schrantz is a fan – and a member.The 24-year-old has struggled with her weight...
View ArticleLife-Support Battle Over Pregnant Texas Woman Heads To Court
The case of the Texas woman, 22 weeks pregnant and being kept on life-support machines at a Forth Worth hospital against her husband's wishes, goes before a judge in North Texas on Friday.Marlise Munoz...
View ArticleNew Heat Treatment Has Changed Lives For Some With Severe Asthma
If you've ever tried to drink something through one of those little red coffee stirrers instead of a full-sized straw, you know what it's like to breathe with asthma.Twenty-five million Americans have...
View ArticleOne Wealthy Couple's Mission To Save Marriages, En Masse
At a church in South Dallas, in one of the poorest parts of town, the room is packed with hundreds of couples. They're sitting, holding hands and staring into each other's eyes.Their hosts,...
View ArticleAirline Social Media 'Command Centers' Direct Complaint Traffic
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: Flight running late? Wondering what happened to your lost luggage? Instead of waiting in line for information you might want to take out your...
View ArticleIn Dallas, Many Lessons Learned From First Ebola Case
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View ArticleFDA Cracks Down On Fake Ebola Cures Sold Online
Snake venom, vitamin C, Nano Silver and herbs have all been pitched online as a treatment or cure for Ebola. None has the backing of the FDA."Unfortunately during public health threats such as Ebola,...
View ArticleIn 'Disaster City,' Learning To Use Robots To Face Ebola
About three hours southeast of Dallas, there's a city that's been hit by almost every disaster you could imagine including earthquakes, hurricanes and even bombs. It's appropriately called Disaster...
View ArticleHigh Schools Seek A Safer Path Back From Concussion
Nearly half of all reported sports concussions occur during a high school football game or practice. And even when injured bodies are ready to get back on the field, injured brains might not be ready...
View ArticleA 'Breastaurant' That Turns The Tables
Copyright 2016 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: They're called breastaurants (ph), casual dining chains like Hooters, Twin Peaks and Tilted Kilt Pub. These dining spots do really well in...
View ArticleIn Texas, Uneven Expansion Of Obamacare Sows Frustration
People in Texas are significantly more likely than adults nationwide to report that it has gotten harder to see a doctor in the past two years.The finding comes from polling done by NPR, the Robert...
View ArticlePastoral Medicine Credentials Raise Questions In Texas
You've probably heard of the credentials M.D. and R.N., and maybe N.P. The people using those letters are doctors, registered nurses and nurse practitioners. But what about PSC.D or D.PSc? Those...
View ArticleDallas Residents Process Deadly Shootings Of Police Officers
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View ArticleThe App That Aims To Gamify Biology Has Amateurs Discovering New Species
It's dusk at a park in Dallas, and white sheets are pinned up next to tall trees, fluttering like ghosts in the wind. They've been lit up with ultraviolet lights to attract moths.A handful of people...
View ArticleScanning The Future, Radiologists See Their Jobs At Risk
In health care, you could say radiologists have typically had a pretty sweet deal. They make, on average, around $400,000 a year — nearly double what a family doctor makes — and often have less...
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