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• 2 Muslim men from Texas say American Airlines profiled them

  21-09-2019 21:06 via kxan.com
  DALLAS (AP) — Two Muslim men from Texas say American Airlines profiled them and canceled their flight after crew members said they “didn’t feel comfortable” flying with the pair.Abderraoof Alkhawaldeh and Issam Abdallah said they filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Transportation against the Fort Worth-based airline, asking the federal agency to investigate the incident. The men say American Airlines discriminated against them Saturday for appearing Muslim and M
  
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• Wendy Davis talks about ‘The Democratic Do-Over’

  21-09-2019 21:02 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) – The Texas Tribune Festival begins on September 28, bringing together pundits, policy makers, and politicians to discuss the issues facing Texas.One candidate in the spotlight is former state senator Wendy Davis, a Democrat who’s running for Congress. She’ll appear in a Trib Fest panel called The Democratic Do-Over.The panel will be hosted by Abby Livingston, and Davis will also be joined by Kim Olson, Gina Ortiz Jones and Sri Kulkarni. These are all candidate
  
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• US 183 closed after crash in southeast Austin

  21-09-2019 20:37 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Traffic is delayed Saturday after roads were closed due to a crash in southeast Austin.According to a tweet from the Texas Department of Transportation,US Highway 183 has been closed at McKenzie Road due to a crash.Drivers are being encouraged to seek an alternate route.This is a developing story. KXAN will update it as more information becomes available.
  
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• US 183 back open after crash in southeast Austin

  21-09-2019 20:37 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Highway 183 is back open Saturday after roads were closed due to a crash in southeast Austin.According to a tweet from the Texas Department of Transportation,US Highway 183 was closed at McKenzie Road due to a crash.Drivers were encouraged to seek an alternate route, but the road has since been reopened.
  
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• Mobility Bond helps make Slaughter Lane safer

  21-09-2019 19:56 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The intersection of Slaughter Lane and South First Street just got safer as Austin Transportation finished their project Friday to improve safety and mobility.New dual left-turn lanes, shared-use paths and increased storage space for vehicles turning left are some the improvements made to the area.
  High-visibility crosswalks and reconstructed Americans with Disabilities Act-accessible curb ramps are other improvements that fall in line with the city council&r
  
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• Mayor Adler sits down with KXAN to discusses homelessness in Austin

  21-09-2019 17:50 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After several public forums and hours of public testimony, there was still no decision made in the homelessness issue facing Austin.
  The Austin City Council postponed any changes or clarification to the city’s homeless ordinance, despite setting a goal to finalize a plan Friday.
  City Council is going to wait another month to update the city’s rules around homeless camping, sitting and lying.
  Ahead of next week’s Texas Tribune Fest, Austin mayor Steve Adler
  
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• Texas Online Overtime: Week 4

  21-09-2019 16:55 via kxan.com
  AMARILLO, Texas (Nexstar) — We have a battle in the Concho Valley with Sonora taking on Wall.Plus one of the Texas Panhandle’s best teams traveling down south to El Paso to play Americas.That and so much more coming up on Texas Online Overtime.
  
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• There’s a lot of new changes to this year’s ACL Festival

  21-09-2019 15:04 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Limits brings people from all over the country to Austin. This year the festival is going to be even bigger with new experiences for festival-goers inside and outside of Zilker Park.
  Want even more entertainment? One of the biggest changes to the festival is the addition of the Bonus Track Stage. The stage will host an array of different events from podcast recordings to special guest appearances.
  You can find all of the Bonus Track Stage festivities on the regu
  
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• Houston area sees relief, rescues after Imelda leaves 4 dead

  21-09-2019 14:16 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — Emergency workers used boats Friday to rescue about 60 residents of a Houston-area community still trapped in their homes by floodwaters following one of the wettest tropical cyclones in U.S. history.At least four deaths have been linked to the remnants of Tropical Storm Imelda, which deluged parts of Texas and Louisiana and drew comparisons to Hurricane Harvey two years ago. Officials took advantage of receding floodwaters to begin assessing how many homes and cars were flo
  
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• President Donald Trump gets heat for urging Ukraine probe

  21-09-2019 14:09 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump urged the new leader of Ukraine this summer to investigate the son of former Vice President Joe Biden, a person familiar with the matter said. Democrats condemned what they saw as a clear effort to damage a political rival, now at the heart of an explosive whistleblower complaint against Trump.It was the latest revelation in an escalating controversy that has created a showdown between congressional Democrats and the Trump administration, which has
  
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• Deep-pocketed co-living company wants to make a splash in Austin

  21-09-2019 13:30 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) — A global co-living business is homing in on Austin as part of its big U.S. expansion.Germany-based Quarters plans to open a five-story, 120-bedroom co-living facility at 1108 Nueces St. downtown in 2021, according to a Sept. 18 announcement — replacing a low-slung office building currently on the site. The company said it would be Austin’s largest space for co-living, usually defined as housing where residents share communal areas such as kitc
  
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• Game night: Week 4 high school football scores

  21-09-2019 05:53 via kxan.com
  PREP FOOTBALLCLASS 6AAllen 56, Plano 20Arlington Lamar 48, N. Richland Hills Richland 9Austin Vandegrift 28, Pflugerville Hendrickson 21Cypress Lakes 27, Cypress Springs 7Dallas Jesuit 38, Plano West 3Dickinson 49, Katy Taylor 6Euless Trinity 27, Tyler 10Harlingen 20, Weslaco East 7Houston Stratford 27, Cypress Ridge 17Katy Mayde Creek 34, Alvin 0Lake Travis 49, Austin Akins 0Laredo Nixon 21, Zapata 14Longview 17, West Monroe, La. 7Plano East 21, McKinney Boyd 14Prosper 49, McKinney 14Round Rock
  
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• Speed likely a factor in early morning fatal crash, San Marcos police say

  21-09-2019 05:33 via kxan.com
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) —Police suspect speed played a role in a fatal crash early Friday morning.At about 12:02 a.m., San Marcos Police and Fire and Hays County EMS were dispatched to the 300 block of West Hopkins for a major traffic collision.Responding units located a motorcycle and driver who was deceased. The driver has been identified as 37-year-old Brandon Heath Gutierrez, of New Braunfels. Justice of the Peace JoAnne Prado pronounced Gutierrez deceased at the scene.
  
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• Man taken to hospital after being shot in northwest Austin

  21-09-2019 05:27 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-Travis County EMS took a man to the hospital after he was shot in northwest Austin on Friday.Austin Police said responded to the call to 8536 Foxhound Trailaround 9 p.m. but had no information on the suspect.Medics took the victim to St. David’s Round Rock with serious non-life threatening injuries.
  KXAN will update this with information as it becomes available.
  
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• Round Rock ISD teacher pledges to eat lunch with all her 120 students

  21-09-2019 05:03 via kxan.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — While standing at the front of her 6th grade World Cultures class, Elizabeth Rodriguez dove into how different forms of government work.
  She held the attention of her students at Round Rock ISD’s Deerpark Middle School while explaining differences between monarchies, oligarchies and democracies.
  Come lunchtime, it’s her student, not government, that she digs into.
  When we met Rodriguez she was dining with Isaiah Odem, one of 120 students who she hopes
  
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• 3rd grader dies in ‘freak accident’ riding bike on her 9th birthday

  21-09-2019 04:21 via kxan.com
  HODGENVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — A Kentucky community is gathering this weekend to remember a 9-year-old who died after she fell off her bike.Nine-year-old Charlie Sipes went to school at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School where teachers describe her as a caring and charming little girl.Sipes was riding her bike, celebrating her ninth birthday, when she wrecked it and a freak accident claimed her life.Larue County Sheriff Russell Mccoy said the girl was riding on a rural road in Hodgenville, Kentu
  
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• Maine mom allegedly rubs heroin on daughter’s gums, killing her

  21-09-2019 03:35 via kxan.com
  PENOBSCOT COUNTY, Maine (WDTN/CNN) – A mom in Maine is accused of causing her 1-year-old daughter’s death by rubbing heroin on her gums as a sleep aid.Court documents say the mother, Kimberly Nelligan, allegedly did the same thing with her two older children in the past.Nelligan was arrested Tuesday, nearly a year after her daughter was found dead in her home. Nelligan pleaded not guilty to child endangerment and drug possession charges. She’s out on bail.Police say Nelligan in
  
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• I-35 near Howard Lane shut down due to 18-wheeler fire in north Austin

  21-09-2019 03:24 via kxan.com
  (Austin Fire Department)AUSTIN (KXAN) — I-35 southbound near Howard Lane is shut down after an 18-wheeler caught fire on Friday night.The Austin Fire Department responded to 12900 Howard Lane around 7:15 p.m.AFD tweeted that the fire was out shortly after and crews remain on scene tackling the fire.(AFD)Drivers are advised to avoid the area and expect delays.
  
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• October is the best time to book holiday flights, AAA says

  21-09-2019 03:23 via kxan.com
  (WTNH) — The holidays are right around the corner, and AAA said the best time to book those trips is coming up.The company said September 25 – October 27 is the best time to score a deal on airfare.“Procrastinating travelers may be able to find last-minute deals on flights close to the holidays, as airlines look to fill their last few remaining seats, but flight availability for these peak travel weeks will be very limited by that time,” said Paula Twidale, vice president
  
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• Liberty Hill mother catches drivers illegally passing stopped school buses

  21-09-2019 02:58 via kxan.com
  LIBERTY HILL, Texas (KXAN) — Law enforcement agencies in Williamson County stepped up patrols this week after a mother caught people continually breaking the law at her children’s bus stop in Liberty Hill.
  Lyndsi Bennett took several videos on her cell phone showing cars illegally driving past the school bus with flashing lights on stopped near her family’s home along S.H. 29.
  “The bus comes up, puts on its caution lights and stops. The red lights are on. Cars fly by,&rdq
  
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• 162 occupants evacuated from Vie Lofts student housing in San Marcos due to safety concerns

  21-09-2019 02:50 via kxan.com
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — On Friday, the San Marcos Fire Marshal issued a mandatory evacuation order for the off-campus student housing building Vie Lofts at San Marcos, located at 817 Chestnut St., in response to safety concerns over stability and means of exit.On Friday evening, city staff and apartment personnel went door-to-door to notify the 162 occupants that they needed to leave. Residents were encouraged to take one bag including essentials and they were encouraged to stay with a
  
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• Texas students join global climate strike

  21-09-2019 01:18 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — When Wendy Granados heard about how Austin students would participate in a local rally as part of the global climate strike, she says it was a no-brainer to check her son out of school so he could participate. “It’s only going to get worse if we don’t do our part now and this is all about teaching our children and the future of this world what we can do to make sure that they have a long sustainable life on a long-living planet,” Granados sai
  
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• Man accused of hitting woman with car, trying to sexually assault her at The Domain

  21-09-2019 00:48 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are asking for the public’s help identifying and locating a man accused of attempting to sexually assault a woman at The Domain around 5:50 a.m. on Monday Sept. 16.According to Austin Police Department, the victim says she was jogging alone in the early morning near 11501 Rock Rose Avenue when a dark vehicle with tinted windows hit her.She fell to the ground, she says.Police say that the male driver stopped the car, got out and stood over the woman. He t
  
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• Can Texas snap Oklahoma State’s decade-long winning streak?

  21-09-2019 00:45 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When thinking about the past decade of Texas football, the streak isn’t all that surprising.Oklahoma State faces Texas Saturday with an overall four-game winning steak and over a decade-long winning streak in Austin against the Longhorns.The Cowboys have won five straight in Austin. The last Longhorns’ win at home against OSU was in 2008 — when Colt McCoy, Jordan Shipley and Quan Cosby led Texas to a 28-24 win.Oklahoma State has enjoyed a decade of excelle
  
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• Controversy over phone confiscation leads AISD roundtables on private phone policy

  21-09-2019 00:21 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Controversy involving the confiscation of a phone belonging to the president of the Austin Independent School District labor union has resulted in a call for AISD to clarify what can and can’t be asked for from personal cell phones.
  Education Austin, representing teachers at AISD, called on district leaders to start roundtable discussions after the union’s president Ken Zarifis’ phone was confiscated after a heated AISD Board Meeting over sex education pol
  
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• Gov. Abbott, Texas business leaders travel to Asia

  21-09-2019 00:20 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas business leaders are heading overseas.Gov. Greg Abbott is leading a delegation of business groups from around the state on a week-long trip to Asia to build relationships and potentially foster future partnerships. The visit includes three stops in Japan— Osaka, Nagoya and Tokyo — as well as Seoul, South Korea.15 different business organizations will join Abbott on the trip, which his office has dubbed a “mission.”The delegation is made up o
  
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