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• State sues Brownsville over plastic bag ban

  12-10-2016 23:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (AP/KXAN) — Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the U.S.-Mexico border city of Brownsville, calling a local $1 fee on plastic bags at store checkouts an illegal sales tax.
  Brownsville’s “environmental fee” was approved locally and took effect in January. It’s meant to reduce waste by discouraging single-use bags.
  The suit was filed Wednesday in state District Court in Brownsville. Paxton said in a statement that the ban has cost Brownsville
  
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• Board preparing for ITT Tech fallout to spread to other for-profit colleges

  12-10-2016 23:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The state’s Higher Education Coordinating Board is preparing for the ITT Technical Institute fallout to spread to other for-profit colleges across the state.
  Raymond Paredes, the Commissioner of Higher Education, gave KXAN an update on for-profit schools. Over the summer, ITT Tech caved in because the federal government would not back student loans to the school. More than 3,000 Texas students couldn’t attend classes or get access to their tr
  
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• VIDEO: Elephants stuck in pond rescued after two days

  12-10-2016 23:28 via kxan.com
  
  YUNNAN PROVINCE, China (NBC News) – Forestry police in southwest China Tuesday rescued three wild Asian elephants that had been trapped in a hilltop pond for two days.
  The police rushed to the site after receiving a report from villagers on Sunday, only to find the three animals, two adults and one baby, struggling in the 16-foot-deep concrete pond while several other elephants were standing beside and reaching out their noses to help.
  The rescuers had to postpone their operation to Monday
  
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• Report: Blacks, Hispanics more likely to experience use of force by APD

  12-10-2016 23:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A report released Wednesday says African-Americans and Hispanics are more likely to experience use of force by the Austin Police Department.
  The report, released by the Urban Institute and the Center for Policing Equity, analyzes Austin police traffic stops and searches, as well as officer use of force in 2014 and 2015. Phillip Goff, the director of the Center for Policing Equity, says there are three possible explanations for the disparity: Community, police poli
  
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• Pflugerville paves way for hospital with $1.38M deal

  12-10-2016 22:24 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — The city of Pflugerville signed off on a $1.38 million economic development deal Tuesday intended to bring in the city’s first hospital or a medical facility.
  The incentive agreement is one piece of an extended process, including zoning changes and the creation of a “planned unit development,” or PUD, within which the medical facility would be built. The development area is located at the northwestern corner of Colorado Sand Drive and East Pfl
  
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• Cedar Park police arrest man accused of sexually assaulting a child

  12-10-2016 21:45 via kxan.com
  
  CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — A man accused of sexual assaulting a child has been arrested by Cedar Park police.
  On Oct. 4, officers arrested Andrew Glass, 35, accusing him of online solicitation of a minor, a second degree felony, following a long undercover investigation into Glass’ online activity.
  He was rearrested by the department on Tuesday, now facing two charges of sexual assault of a child, also a second degree felony, with the same victim.
  Officers say Glass traveled thr
  
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• Cedar Park man accused of sexually assaulting child he met on Kik

  12-10-2016 21:45 via kxan.com
  
  CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — A man accused of sexual assaulting a child has been arrested by Cedar Park police.
  Andrew Glass, 35, is charged with two counts of sexual assault and one count of online solicitation of a minor. According to an arrest affidavit, detectives started looking into Glass when a Cedar Park mom called police in mid-August worried that her 16-year-old daughter had been talking with men on apps.
  When police interviewed the victim, she said she used Kik, Meetme and te
  
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• Texas leaders issue directive to DFPS: Fix backlog involving at-risk children

  12-10-2016 21:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — State leader are issuing a letter to the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) outlining steps the agency needs to take to eliminate the current backlog involving the most at-risk children in Texas.
  Last week, DFPS issued records indicating children at risk for abuse are still not being checked on in a timely manner by state caseworkers. On any given day, nearly 1,000 “high priority” calls for abuse children go unanswered by Child Protective S
  
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• Directive issued to DFPS: Fix backlog involving at-risk children

  12-10-2016 21:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — State leader are issuing a letter to the Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) outlining steps the agency needs to take to eliminate the current backlog involving the most at-risk children in Texas.
  Last week, DFPS issued records indicating children at risk for abuse are still not being checked on in a timely manner by state caseworkers. On any given day, nearly 1,000 “high priority” calls for abuse children go unanswered by Child Protective S
  
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• Teen cleared of drugging Utah officer says he wants apology

  12-10-2016 20:55 via kxan.com
  
  CLEARFIELD, Utah (AP) — A Utah man who was cleared Tuesday after being arrested two months earlier on accusations he a drugged a police officer’s drink said he’s relieved but disappointed in how police handled his case and that they refuse to apologize for sullying his reputation.
  Speaking for the first time since the allegations — and his police mug shot — became a top national story in early August, Tanis Ukena said at a news conference that he has hardly left his
  
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• Dallas man who stomped on pregnant girl gets 10 years

  12-10-2016 20:07 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say a Dallas man must serve 10 years in prison for stomping on the belly of a pregnant alleged rape victim who then miscarried.
  28-year-old Lonnell McDonald was sentenced Tuesday after being convicted of aggravated assault in the March 2013 attack.
  Investigators say the girl, who’s now 17, told relatives she’d been sexually assaulted by another man in August 2012. Several people then allegedly attacked her to force a miscarriage.
  She delivered a
  
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• Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein coming to Austin

  12-10-2016 19:40 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Dr. Jill Stein, the presidential candidate for the Green Party, is going to be in Austin next week.
  Stein is planning to visit the Huston-Tillotson University in East Austin. Stops are also scheduled this Friday in El Paso, Houston and San Antonio.
  A poll recently released by NBC News/Wall Street Journal shows Stein polling at about 2 percent.
  Stein’s schedule in Texas:
  El Paso: Cafe Mayapan on Friday, Oct. 14 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
  Houston: Last Concert Cafe on Satur
  
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• Houston 911 operator faces charges for intentionally hanging up on callers

  12-10-2016 19:25 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (KPRC) –  A former Houston Emergency Center 911 operator has allegedly confessed to hanging up on callers seeking emergency help because “she did not want to talk to anyone at that time,” according to Houston Police Department investigators.
  Crenshanda Williams, 43, has been charged with interference with an emergency telephone call, which is a misdemeanor.
  In one case, Williams allegedly hung up on Hua Li, an engineer who called to report a robbery in progr
  
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• SWAT situation near Smithville’s town square ends

  12-10-2016 18:39 via kxan.com
  
  SMITHVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — A SWAT situation in Smithville involving a man who barricaded himself inside Serenity Star, a treatment center for alcohol and drug abuse, has ended.
  Comfort Cafe, which is the cafe inside the Serenity Star, posted on Facebook around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday indicating a man who doesn’t live at the center is inside the “women’s dorm and locked himself inside with guns.” The post goes on to say all the residents are safe.
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• SWAT responds to barricaded man near Smithville’s town square

  12-10-2016 18:39 via kxan.com
  
  SMITHVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Law enforcement officers in Smithville are trying to reach a man who barricaded himself inside Serenity Star, a treatment center for alcohol and drug abuse.
  Comfort Cafe, which is the cafe inside the Serenity Star, posted on Facebook around 10:30 a.m. Wednesday indicating a man who doesn’t live at the center is inside the “women’s dorm and locked himself inside with guns.” The post goes on to say all the residents are safe.
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• Police: Men dressed as utility workers robs homeowner in west Austin

  12-10-2016 18:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN ) — Police are investigating a home invasion that happened in west Austin Wednesday morning.
  Austin police say the incident happened around 8:30 a.m. in the 6200 block of Ledge Mountain Drive. Initial information indicates two men, who were dressed as utility workers, rang the doorbell of a home and proceeded to rob the person inside the home.
  It is not known if the homeowner was injured in the robbery.
  KXAN News will update this story as more information becomes availabl
  
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• Police: Men dressed as utility workers rob homeowner in west Austin

  12-10-2016 18:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN ) — Police are investigating a home invasion that happened in west Austin Wednesday morning.
  Austin police say the incident happened around 8:30 a.m. in the 6200 block of Ledge Mountain Drive. Initial information indicates two men, who were dressed as utility workers, rang the doorbell of a home and proceeded to rob the person inside the home.
  It is not known if the homeowner was injured in the robbery.
  KXAN News will update this story as more information becomes availabl
  
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• Homeowner in West Austin bound and robbed

  12-10-2016 18:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police are investigating a home invasion and burglary that happened in West Austin, Wednesday morning.
  Austin police say the incident happened around 8:30 a.m. in the 6200 block of Ledge Mountain Drive, near the intersection of RM 2222 and Mesa Drive. Detectives say two men, who appeared to be dressed as utility workers, knocked on the door of a home and robbed the woman inside.
  “The same individual was wearing a yellow hard hat and an orange traffic vest,&r
  
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• Homeowner in Northwest Austin bound and robbed

  12-10-2016 18:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police are investigating a home invasion and burglary that happened in Northwest Austin Wednesday morning.
  Austin police say the incident happened around 8:30 a.m. in the 6200 block of Ledge Mountain Drive, near the intersection of RM 2222 and Mesa Drive. Detectives say two men, who appeared to be dressed as utility workers, knocked on the door of a home and robbed the woman inside.
  “The same individual was wearing a yellow hard hat and an orange traffic vest,&rd
  
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• Attorney General Ken Paxton’s appeal rejected, trial likely

  12-10-2016 17:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —  Even though a federal judge dismissed the SEC fraud charges against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton last week, his criminal fraud charges are moving forward.
  On Wednesday, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals refused to consider dismissing Paxton’s felony indictments out of Collin County. Over the summer, Paxton’s attorneys filed several petitions to have the higher court dismiss his indictments.
  The 53-year-old was indicted on two counts of sec
  
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• Usher steps in to headline Formula 1 after The Weeknd cancels

  12-10-2016 17:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Before music fans shed a tear after the announcement that The Weeknd won’t be performing in Austin for Formula 1, they should first hear who is replacing him.
  Peace up A-town, Usher is coming! He will be joined by The Roots, to headline the concert after the race at the Circuit of The Americas.After announcing he would not be coming to Austin for Formula 1, The Weeknd released this statement, “It is with sincere regret that I am not able to perform at the 2016 F
  
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• Usher now headlining Formula 1 after The Weeknd cancels

  12-10-2016 17:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Before music fans shed a tear after the announcement that The Weeknd won’t be performing in Austin for Formula 1, they should first hear who is replacing him.
  Peace up A-town, Usher is coming! He will be joined by The Roots, to headline the concert after the race at the Circuit of The Americas.After announcing he would not be coming to Austin for Formula 1, The Weeknd released this statement, “It is with sincere regret that I am not able to perform at the 2016 F
  
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• Local food truck could win $10,000 in Trucklandia taste-off

  12-10-2016 16:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — This weekend a local food truck has the chance to win $10,000 for the 4th annual Trucklandia food truck taste-off.
  Joining us in the studio with the delicious details is Case Erickson, producer of the Trucklandia Festival, and Meguel Barrutia, owner of Llama’s Peruvian Creole.The festival will be located at the downtown property of the Austin American Statesman at 305 S Congress Ave on Saturday, Oct. 15.
  “Over 35 food trucks compete for your $10,000 vote as
  
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• Must-have office supplies that will make you excited to go to work

  12-10-2016 16:29 via kxan.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — Most jobs are rewarding in some way, but some mundane tasks can really wear you down. Fun office supplies are one way to avoid the cubicle doldrums.1. Cute Paper Clips: They have paper clips shaped like flamingos, dogs, cameras, bicycles and just about every quirky, cute thing your heart could hope for in clip form. (This jumbo paper clip because it’s decorative AND functional. Who knows when a giant is going to give you a memo you need to save.)
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• 26 must-have office supplies that will make you excited to do your work

  12-10-2016 16:29 via kxan.com
  
  NASHVILLE, TENN. (MEDIA GENERAL)—Most jobs are rewarding in some way, but some mundane tasks can really wear you down—fun office supplies are one way to avoid the doldrums of cubicle life.
    
  1. Cute Paper Clips: They have paper clips shaped like flamingos, dogs, cameras, bicycles and just about every quirky, cute thing your heart could hope for in clip-form. (This jumbo paper clip because it’s decorative AND functional. Who knows when a giant is going to gi
  
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• Mars Petcare recalls specific type of dog food

  12-10-2016 16:13 via kxan.com
  
  MCLEAN, VA (WFLA) — Mars Petcare announced Tuesday is has voluntarily recalled CESAR Classics Filet Mignon Flavor wet dog food.
  The company recalled the food because of a “potential choking risk from hard white pieces of plastic which entered the food during the production process,” Mars said in a statement.
  “We encourage consumers who have purchased affected product to discard the food or return it to the retailer for a full refund or exchange. While a small number
  
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• CoverGirl unveils first ever male model

  12-10-2016 15:40 via kxan.com
  
  U.S. (KXAN) — CoverGirl is introducing their first CoverBoy in an upcoming mascara advertising campaign.
  The 17-year-old social media celebrity James Charles was introduced to the world on Tuesday as the make up companies first male model.
  CoverGirl describes Charles as a makeup artist and boundary breaker. The company pledges he will be the first of what they call “boundary breaking” representatives.
  Charles says his role with CoverGirl includes appearing in a TV commerci
  
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• College admissions specialist gives insight into application process

  12-10-2016 15:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Planning for your kids’ higher education may seem ridiculous while they are in diapers, but a college admissions specialists says it’s never too early to start preparing for college.
  Pamela Donnelly, college admissions specialist, joined us in the KXAN studio to give parents and students some tips before applying. She is in Austin this week to talk to schools about the Gate College System.
  “Gate is on a mission to equalize access to college admis
  
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• Dump truck topples over causing delays on 290, SH130

  12-10-2016 14:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A dump truck has rolled over on westbound US 290 and SH130 causing heavy traffic delays for morning commuters.
  The dump truck was the only vehicle involved in the crash, which has closed one lane of the westbound US 290 service road and two lanes of 130. The driver crashed while making a left turn onto 290 when the top-heavy load toppled over onto the shoulder. Police say the cement boulders may have been improperly loaded.
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  The crash happened around 7
  
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• Dump truck rolls over causing delays on 290, SH130

  12-10-2016 14:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A dump truck has rolled over on westbound US 290 and SH130 causing heavy traffic delays for morning commuters.
  The dump truck was the only vehicle involved in the crash, which has closed one lane of the westbound US 290 service road. Austin police say patrol officers are on the scene.
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  The crash happened around 7 a.m. No one was hurt.
  Police say it will take approximately one hour to clear the crash out of the road.
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• City of Austin trying to dismiss lawsuit of woman ‘violently’ arrested by APD

  12-10-2016 13:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The city of Austin has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was slammed to the ground by an APD officer.
  Breaion King, an elementary school teacher, filed the civil lawsuit back in August in federal court against the city and the officer Bryan Richter. She claims she was subjected to excessive force and racial discrimination during a traffic stop in June of 2015.
  Related: Chief Acevedo ‘sickened,’ saddened by violent a
  
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• City of Austin tries to dismiss lawsuit of woman ‘violently’ arrested by APD

  12-10-2016 13:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The city of Austin has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was slammed to the ground by an APD officer.
  Breaion King, an elementary school teacher, filed the civil lawsuit back in August in federal court against the city and the officer Bryan Richter. She says she was subjected to excessive force and racial discrimination during a traffic stop in June of 2015. Dash camera video shows King slammed to the ground, dragged, and raise
  
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• Austin files motion to dismiss Breaion King’s lawsuit

  12-10-2016 13:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The city of Austin has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by a woman who says she was slammed to the ground by an APD officer.
  Breaion King, an elementary school teacher, filed the civil lawsuit back in August in federal court against the city and the officer Bryan Richter. She says she was subjected to excessive force and racial discrimination during a traffic stop in June of 2015. Dash camera video shows King slammed to the ground, dragged, and raise
  
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• Austin ISD campuses under microscope with new report cards

  12-10-2016 13:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s time for Austin ISD schools to be graded. The district is releasing an online report card of their buildings, warning that without upgrades some campuses will continue to deteriorate.
  AISD says when a school looks good, students learn more. On average the schools are 40-years-old needing some upgrades.
  School leaders says they need to update their facilities master plan because they have one of the state’s fastest growing districts. This week, they are
  
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• AISD report cards examine ‘deteriorating’ campuses

  12-10-2016 13:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s time for Austin ISD schools to be graded. The district is releasing an online report card of their buildings, warning that without upgrades some campuses will continue to deteriorate.
  AISD says when a school looks good, students learn more. On average the schools are 40-years-old needing some upgrades.
  School leaders says they need to update their facilities master plan because they have one of the state’s fastest growing districts. This week, they are
  
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• Traffic snarled after overnight I-35 construction late to wrap up

  12-10-2016 12:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Some Interstate 35 construction late to finish overnight will cause some heavy traffic delays for drivers Wednesday morning as some lanes are still closed.
  There is a huge backup from Slaughter Lane to Stassney Lane on northbound I-35. TxDOT says they are working to re-stripe the lanes of I-35. The road is now completely open, but the residual delays are still strong with up to 30 minutes added to your morning commute.
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  The road is expected to be completely reopened
  
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• Overnight I-35 construction late to wrap up causing delays

  12-10-2016 12:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Some Interstate 35 construction late to finish overnight will cause some heavy traffic delays for drivers Wednesday morning as some lanes are still closed.
  There is a huge backup from Slaughter Lane to Stassney Lane on northbound I-35. TxDOT says they are working to re-stripe the lanes of I-35. The road is now completely open, but the residual delays are still strong with up to 30 minutes added to your morning commute.
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  The road is expected to be completely reopened
  
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• How Texas voter security stacks up to Russian hackers

  12-10-2016 06:11 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Tuesday was the last night you can register to vote for the Presidential Election and there have been questions about protecting your vote.
  The state of Arizona says Russia attempted to breach their system and the Federal Government says it has evidence Russia has attempted to sway the US election this November.
  We wanted to take an in-depth look at how Texas will make sure your vote is counted and went north to Williamson County to see how
  
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• San Antonio officers will be disciplined for wearing Trump hats

  12-10-2016 05:24 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — San Antonio police officers who wore Donald Trump campaign hats on the airport tarmac as the met the Republican presidential hopeful Tuesday will be disciplined, the chief said.
  Chief William McManus said the officers wearing the “Make America Great Again” hats violated department policy.“SAPD officers are charged with protecting the entire community,” McManus said. “The officers displayed poor judgment.”
  In a video Trump post
  
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• San Antonio officers to be disciplined for wearing Trump hats

  12-10-2016 05:24 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — The San Antonio police chief said his officers who wore Donald Trump campaign hats on the airport tarmac Tuesday will be disciplined.
  Chief William McManus said the officers wearing the “Make America Great Again” hats violated department policy. “SAPD officers are charged with protecting the entire community,” McManus said. “The officers displayed poor judgment.”
  In a video Trump posted to Twitter, more than a dozen officers a
  
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• Austin Popeyes employees go on strike following months of no A/C

  12-10-2016 04:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Imagine working without air conditioning in the summer heat.
  That’s exactly what employees at a local Popeyes Chicken say has been happening. Tuesday, they went on strike.
  Employees of the Popeyes Chicken at 2320 E. Riverside Drive say they’ve been working all summer without air conditioning. One worker told us many have complained for months, but nothing has happened.
  “Now that fall is approaching we have this fear that once the temperatures sta
  
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• UT students behind breakthrough to minimize side effects of chemo

  12-10-2016 04:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A major breakthrough that could help cancer patients getting chemotherapy is being studied at the University of Texas at Austin.
  Researchers with the Cockrell School of Engineering have found a way which would help minimize the side effects after chemo.
  “Current treatments they get inside of cells, but only in a very ineffective and inefficient way. You have to really put a lot of doses outside of the cell in order for enough to get inside the cell,” Avinash Gad
  
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• VIDEO: Man running from police tased in middle of busy Texas interstate

  12-10-2016 03:09 via kxan.com
  
  GARLAND, Texas (NBC News/KXAN) – Police in two cities were involved in a dramatic high speed chase Tuesday afternoon that ended with a suspect being tased and arrested in the middle of a busy interstate.
  Police say the chase started when they responded to a report of a suspicious person at a department store.
  One person was arrested inside the store, but a man in a pickup truck outside drove away, heading the wrong way along the President George Bush Turnpike.
  After leading police on a cha
  
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• UT students take up challenge to use wheelchair for the day

  12-10-2016 02:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Sophomore Sydne Fowler sat down in her wheelchair at 10 a.m. Tuesday. She navigated the University of Texas at Austin campus with unease, having to deviate from her normal route to find a ramp or wheelchair-accessible entrance.
  To say it was difficult would be an understatement. But at 6 p.m., just like several other students around campus, she returned her wheelchair and walked away.
  Fowler, a member of the track team at UT, is an eager participant in Archer’s C
  
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• Study: Texas fails to report all officer-involved shootings

  12-10-2016 01:45 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — A study published by a lecturer at Texas State University shows that since 2006 about 220 fatal officer-involved shootings in Texas were never reported to the appropriate agencies.
  “We aren’t talking about a tax increase here, we’re talking about taking someone’s life, the most serious thing a government can do, and we can’t even tell you how often it happens?” asked the study’s author, Dr. Howard Williams.
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• Round Rock family finds ‘White Power, KKK’ tagged on property

  12-10-2016 01:18 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — A mother is furious after she says her 13-year-old daughter found a white supremacist message scribbled in graffiti on a pipe behind her home in the Forest Creek subdivision in Round Rock.
  Amy Ford says the pipe is outside of their fenced-in back yard, but still on their property. Ford says when her family found the message — which says, “White Power. KKK. Trump 2016” — she called Williamson County deputies who reportedly to
  
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• New Williamson Co. center supports kids whose parents have serious illness

  12-10-2016 00:59 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — More than 500,000 Texans currently live with cancer. And this year, more than 1,800 people in Williamson County will learn they have cancer.
  Chris Almendarez learned his wife Jana had brain cancer in 2015, and she passed away almost a year later, in May 2016.
  “I miss my wife every single day of my life,” said Almendarez, president of the Round Rock Express.
  After Jana’s diagnosis, the challenge was how to help their youngest son cope. 
  
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• Kids with seriously ill parents to get support system in Williamson Co.

  12-10-2016 00:59 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — More than 500,000 Texans currently live with cancer. And this year, more than 1,800 people in Williamson County will learn they have cancer.
  Chris Almendarez learned his wife Jana had brain cancer in 2015, and she passed away almost a year later, in May 2016.
  “I miss my wife every single day of my life,” said Almendarez, president of the Round Rock Express.
  After Jana’s diagnosis, the challenge was how to help their youngest son cope. 
  
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• No charges filed in sexual assault case at Anderson High School

  12-10-2016 00:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The principal of Anderson High School sent home a letter to students and parents Tuesday indicating there will not be any charges for an alleged sexual assault that happened on campus last month.
  On Sept. 15, the school said a student was sexually assaulted on campus and an investigation was underway. The day after the school learned of the incident, the principal said the suspect was neither an intruder nor a staff member.
  The principal says the Travis County District
  
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• VIDEO: Explosives fail to bring down 93-year-old Arkansas bridge

  12-10-2016 00:42 via kxan.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — It turns out a 93-year-old bridge deemed structurally deficient isn’t so weak after all.
  Demolition crews triggered explosives Tuesday to bring down the Broadway Bridge between Little Rock and North Little Rock, but the structure’s arch and bridge deck remained upright.
  Arkansas highway department spokesman Danny Straessle says the blasts weakened the bridge, but that workers will likely have to find some “mechanical” means to complete the j
  
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