In Bankruptcy, American Airlines Looks At All Options
Imagine going into bankruptcy with billions of dollars in cash still in your bank account. That's what American Airlines did last November. The thinking was that management would gut the company's...
View ArticleRain Over Texas Quenches Dry Lone Star State
While severe drought is taking hold in the Midwest, Texas is doing better. At this time last year, the state was on fire, crops were desiccated in the field and livestock were slowly starving. But...
View ArticleWhen The Ship Comes In To Brownsville, Rip it Up
This fall, the U.S. Navy will contract three Cold War-era aircraft carriers — the USS Forrestal, the USS Saratoga and the USS Constellation — for scrapping. Often called "supercarriers" owing to their...
View ArticleCourt Paves Way For Texas Planned Parenthood Cuts
Officials in Texas say they will cut off state funding to Planned Parenthood following a federal court ruling last week. The decision by a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals says the state...
View ArticleMany Texans Bereaved Over 'Dead' Voter Purge
Quite a few Texas voters are seeing dead people in the mirror these days when they go to brush their teeth in the morning.In Houston, high school nurse Terry Collins got a letter informing her that...
View ArticleSmoke Cleared, Texas Gun Owners Remain Wary
Texas state Rep. Wayne Christian was born two blocks from where he now lives in what is called Deep East Texas."We were not wealthy people, [we were] common laborers, but that was typical in rural East...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines Fliers Fed Up As Labor Clash Rages
Pat Henneberry is an airline's dream customer. She flies all week, every week, and buying an $800 ticket so that she can have full flexibility is standard operating procedure. She's an American...
View ArticleGOP Governors Say Party Lost On Strategy, Not Issues
Republican governors got together in Las Vegas last week to take stock of the election results, which continue to sink in.Going into Election Day, Republican confidence was high that the Grand Old...
View ArticleTeenager's Faith At Odds With Locator Tags In School IDs
A federal court in Texas on Monday will take up the case of a high-school student who refuses to wear her location-tracking school ID.The 15-year-old sophomore says the ID badge, which has an embedded...
View ArticleAmid Calls For Gun Control, Some Push For Weapons At School
A growing number of lawmakers are indicating they are open to considering new gun control measures in the wake of Friday's school shooting in Newtown, Conn. But while much of the national debate has...
View ArticleTea Party Texan Cruz Gives GOP Hope In Hunt For Hispanic Votes
Sen.-elect Ted Cruz of Texas is a bright young Hispanic star who will be sworn in this week in Washington. The Republican Party nationally hopes Cruz will be part of the solution to its growing problem...
View ArticleAnother George Bush Plans To Try His Hand At Politics
Another member of the Bush family is throwing his hat into the political ring: George Prescott Bush, 36, the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has announced he is running for office in Texas.The...
View ArticleTexas Court Of Inquiry To Decide If Prosecutor Lied
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: In Texas, a court of inquiry has been convened to consider prosecuting a Texas judge. He's Ken Anderson. He used to be the district attorney in Williamson County, Texas,...
View ArticleTexas Study Points To A Longer Natural Gas Boom
There are few things in life more joyful than discovering a giant oil or natural gas field in Texas. You're suddenly rich beyond your wildest dreams. When the scope and size of the natural gas...
View ArticleConstruction Booming In Texas, But Many Workers Pay Dearly
Like almost everything in the Texas, the construction industry in the Lone Star State is big. One in every 13 workers here is employed in the state's $54 billion-per-year construction...
View ArticleTexas Contractors Say Playing By The Rules Doesn't Pay
This story is part of a two-part series about the construction industry in Texas. Find the first part here.Homes in Texas are cheap — at least compared with much of the country.
View ArticleOfficials Seek Answers In Aftermath Of Deadly Explosion
With the house-to-house search over and the living and dead largely accounted for, the town of West, Texas, began the transition from shock and disbelief to communal grieving.On Friday night, mourners...
View ArticleThousands Attend Memorial For Plant Explosion Victims
President Obama visited Waco, Texas, on Thursday day to take part in a memorial for those killed in the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, last week.
View ArticleMourners Pack Arena To Honor Victims Of Texas Explosion
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne.Nearly 10,000 mourners gathered yesterday to honor the men who died...
View ArticleAt NRA Convention, Dueling Narratives Displayed With Guns
The National Rifle Association is holding its annual convention in Houston this weekend. More than 70,000 people are expected to attend for speeches and demos and acres of guns, ammo and camo.The NRA...
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