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The top local stories this morning from the KERA Newsroom: Lauren Silverman sits with a cancer survivor while she gets nipples tattoed on her reconstructed breasts; Stella Chavez explains a new report that finds Texas children struggling.  

Five stories that have North Texas talking: A Prime Prep basketball player goes pro – in China; Dallas Cowboys great Robert Newhouse has died; Plano has a water holiday; and more:

A new report published by the Annie E. Casey Foundation shows that Texas ranks within the bottom 10 states in the overall well-being of children. The state has improved in half of the measures used for the rankings, but it still has a long way to go.

As the congressman for a district with unemployment that's higher than the state average, and income that's lower, Rep. Marc Veasey has made jobs his top priority.  Not just creating jobs, but raising salaries for the people who live in Congressional District 33 which stretches from West Fort Worth to West Dallas.

The top local stories this evening from the KERA Newsroom: 

A new report on children's well-being is out and Texas ranked pretty low.

How do you know if you’re going crazy? It may sound like a funny question, but it’s one that psychiatrists seriously consider every day.

Today on Think, Dr. Joel Gold talked about how he works through the possibility.

Gold says diagnosis is often a matter of perspective.

The Malaysia Airlines tragedy last week has rocked the world of AIDS research. An international AIDS conference started Sunday with a tribute to the half-dozen researchers who died on Flight 17. 

Here’s a question. Do you know the difference between your amygdala and the hippocampus? There’s a group of 3 year olds in Oak Cliff who do. And soon, pre-K children in Fort Worth may know, too. The district is teaming up with Momentous Institute in a new partnership aimed at teaching young children how to take care of their social and emotional health.

KERA News collected a half-dozen trophies last weekend, these from the Houston Press Club's Lone Star Awards. That brings the station's total award haul this year to 21 -- including second place for best newscast among large stations nationally from the Public Radio News Directors Inc. Here's a rundown of the station's awards this year.

Our surroundings affect the way we think and act. But psychiatrist Joel and philosopher Ian Gold take this idea further to mental health. The two brothers examined specific cases where society and culture have played a role in producing delusions. Joel joins Krys Boyd today on Think at noon to talk about their latest book, Suspicious Minds: How Culture Shapes Madness.