Members of the West Volunteer Fire Department proceed to a memorial in Waco on April 25, 2013, for victims of the West explosion. Joyce Marshall/MCT/ZUMAPRESS.com
Private foster care and adoption agencies in Texas are brokering contracts for moms to turn over their children in a murky legal world, spawning protracted civil custody battles.
A former dean of the University of Houston Graduate College was let go after coming out as an advocate for reforming the police and foster care systems.