Houston Chronicle - 2021-09-02

• Border security bill gets easy OK
• Districts scramble to prepare alternate plans as COVID soars
• Purdue Pharma settlement shields owners
• Texans GM opens up about what he thinks it will take to rebuild.
• Houston customers will start to see rising water bills this month.
• State law effectivel­y ends abortion rights
• Attacks escalating against health workers
• Council OKs name change for part of Calhoun Road
• Harris County opens new felony court
• Suspects’ car spotted day of detective’s killing
• GOP bill would OK audits of elections
• Over 100 Afghans arrive in Houston
• COVID linked to lingering kidney problems
• Better weather slows California wildfire, but flames keep moving
• 3 officers, 2 paramedics charged in death of man put in chokehold
• Hunger may be next Afghan crisis with food stockpiles running low
• Weather disasters more frequent, costlier, but deaths fall, U.N. says
• Voting and guns
• Here’s what our Afghan heroes need
• Texas returns to Wild West
• U.S. military’s sacrifice in Afghanista­n was not in vain
• Veterans deserve truth about Afghanista­n exit
• Abortion provider fears for the patients
• Mattress Firm considerin­g IPO
• Conoco sells off natural gas wells for $67M
• FAT Brands to acquire Twin Peaks restaurant­s for $300M
• Some landlords in region began evictions even before court’s ruling on moratorium
• Holiday motorists could see $1 hike from 2020 gas prices
• EU restrictio­ns, delta variant put air travel recovery on ‘bit of detour’
• New site aims to help ease claims process
• Supply squeeze, delta rip through factories
• Storm’s damage to cost insurers close to $18B
• Small gains push Nasdaq to a record high
• Conn’s reports jump in profits as demand rises
• Officials outline plans to improve home affordabil­ity
• Delta variant is impacting holiday shopping
• BARBARA HORWITZ
• SARA ANN MENEFEE COOK
• Ida’s aftermath another blow to small firms
• ‘Rare and special’
• Slumber party drags into 2nd day
• Fisher handed raise and extension
• Roster-building work never ends for Caserio
• ‘Definitive answer’ missing from Watson’s situation
• Rebound rides largely on Jones
• Cole fans 15, lifts Yankees to win
• Maldonado’s value growing behind plate
• ‘Big Bank’ says he’s ready to cash in on promise
• Offense can’t answer yet another early goal
• Recovering Reed on the road again
• DIVING BACK IN
• After COVID, white coats mean something different.
• Tips for using food to control your blood sugar level.
• Houston doctor shares her pandemic frustratio­n.
• Coping with the new school year
• Search is on for alternativ­e to coconut macaroons for IBS
• Couple welcomes pandemic ‘miracle baby’
• What to watch THURSDAY
• DAILY CROSSWORD
• CATCH A CLASSIC
• ACES ON BRIDGE
• ROYAL STARS
• Don’t get COVID-19 booster vaccine too soon

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