 NPR, along with Texas Public Radio and the program 1A, found that companies that broke the rules rarely were criminally charged. When charges were brought, most offenders got off with a fine, probation, or little time in jail. Cheryl W. Thompson, NPR News. Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has died. Her family confirmed she died yesterday in a hospital in Houston. She had announced last month that she had pancreatic cancer.