Some staff have been signed off work sick since footage of them in "compromising situations" was shared around schools.
Nearly 40% of the security staff at the George Bush airport did not show up - the highest such rate in the country, US media report.
Classes at Gryffe High in Houston are claimed to have taken place in temperatures below health and safety guidelines.
Andy Paterson compared the scene on the M74 overnight to a zombie movie.
Julian Guzman, 11, was shot and killed after ringing the doorbell and running away, police said.
The Texas roommate of a British student nurse is charged with murder after she was stabbed to death.
Tributes are paid to Tami Odunsi, from London, who posted about her nursing degree on TikTok.
Londoner Elizabeth Tamilore Odunsi, 23, was discovered with multiple stab wounds at her flat in Houston.
A helicopter crashed into a radio tower in the city's east on Sunday evening, the fire department says.
