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• Texas sophomore Breckyn Hager “injure that quarterback”

  31-10-2016 23:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas linebacker/defensive end Breckyn Hager has apologized for his comments toward Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
  During Monday’s weekly availability, Hager said he wanted injure the nation’s top passer.
  “I say injure that quarterback, that’s the mentality right now. We’ve got to take him out. We know he’s banged up and we’ve just got to get after him,” Hager said.
  Mahomes is questionable for Saturday’s game ag
  
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• Longhorn apologizes for comments against Texas Tech quarterback

  31-10-2016 23:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas linebacker/defensive end Breckyn Hager has apologized for his comments toward Texas Tech quarterback Patrick Mahomes.
  During Monday’s weekly availability, Hager said he wanted to injure the nation’s top passer.
  “I say injure that quarterback, that’s the mentality right now. We’ve got to take him out. We know he’s banged up and we’ve just got to get after him,” Hager said.
  Mahomes is questionable for Saturday’s game
  
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• WATCH: Autistic 8-year-old nails Michael Jackson ‘Thriller’ dance

  31-10-2016 23:22 via kxan.com
  
   
  LONDON, U.K. (WFLA) — An 8-year-old autistic boy entered a webcam challenge, and completely mastered his impression of Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” dance.
  William Ryan won the ‘webcam challenge’ in St. Ives, a British coastal city.
  In a Facebook comment on the original post, his mom Gemma Ryan wrote, “Three years ago, when William was five he was diagnosed with autism. He struggled to communicate, struggled academically in school and continue
  
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• Texas State student found dead was dragged by shuttle bus

  31-10-2016 23:21 via kxan.com
  
  MARTINDALE, Texas (KXAN) — A Texas State University student whose body was found on Saturday in Martindale was dragged by a bus, deputies say.
  The Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office says they were called at 1:09 p.m. on Oct. 29 to Cool River Ranch, located at 601 Dupuy Ranch Road, southeast of San Marcos. The body of Jordin Taylor, 20, of Burleson, Texas, was found under the rear axle of a bus.
  Police say there was a fraternity party at the ranch on Friday evening. At around 11:15 p.m
  
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• Reward up to $200,000 for missing Texas college student

  31-10-2016 22:46 via kxan.com
  
  ALPINE, Texas (AP) — Alpine police say the reward for information leading to the whereabouts or safe return of a missing West Texas college student has increased to $200,000.
  Police announced the increase Monday in the disappearance of Zuzu Verk, a 22-year-old from Fort Worth who is a junior at Sul Ross State University in Alpine.
  Police have said her boyfriend, Robert Fabian, has been named a suspect because investigators believe he was the last person with her before she disappeared. No
  
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• WATCH: Man sprays people with wasp spray, swings machete at airport

  31-10-2016 21:35 via kxan.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (NBC News) – Horrifying airport security footage obtained by the New Orleans Advocate shows a security line descending into chaos as a man sprayed wasp spray on passengers and then swung at people with a machete.
  This video shows the first moments of the 2015 rampage at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
  The attacker can be seen at the top of the frame. He calmly walks up to passengers in the security line and then pulls a can of wasp spray and begins
  
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• VIDEO: Officer pulls 87-year-old woman from burning car

  31-10-2016 19:53 via kxan.com
  
  SANTA FE, New Mexico (NBC News) A New Mexico police officer’s body camera recently captured an amazing rescue.
  The video shows the Santa Fe police officer coming to the aid of the 87-year-old woman.
  Police say she had been driving on a flat tire when the vehicle caught fire.
  The officer was able to get the woman out of her vehicle in time and even rescued her cane before putting out the fire himself.
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• Toyota to test car-sharing system that doesn’t use keys

  31-10-2016 19:33 via kxan.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Toyota will test a new car-sharing system next year that lets users unlock doors and start cars with their smartphones.
  The Smart Key Box system eliminates the need for a physical key. Toyota will test the system in San Francisco with the Getaround car-sharing service starting in January. A Toyota investment fund put money into Getaround this month.
  Toyota says a user’s phone will get codes to access the smart key box inside car-sharing vehicles. When the phone gets cl
  
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• Surprise! Elevator door-close buttons don’t do anything

  31-10-2016 19:29 via kxan.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) —The same applies to many crosswalks and office thermostats.
  Hold onto your seats, this news is going to shock you.
  How many times have you pressed the door-close button in an elevator thinking it would help you get to your destination faster?
  Well, according to a report by the New York Times, those buttons haven’t actually done anything since the introduction of the Americans With Disabilities Act in 1990.
  Yes, you read that correctly: Every time you’ve h
  
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• Veteran, paralyzed from chest down, stands for anthem

  31-10-2016 18:28 via kxan.com
  
  DENVER, Colorado (KUSA) The cameras have recently been focused on the NFL players protesting during the national anthem, but Matt Keil wants you to see him standing.
  The Iraq War veteran, paralyzed from the chest down by a sniper’s bullet, gathered with family and friends outside Mile High Stadium in Denver before Sunday’s Broncos-Chargers game.
  “The message that we’re all hoping to send is that not standing for the national anthem does nothing but disrespect every servic
  
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• 12-year-old crashes car after trying to elude Austin police

  31-10-2016 17:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSITN (KXAN) — A preteen is in the hospital after police say he crashed a car while trying to getting away from an officer Monday morning.
  Austin police tried to pull the 12-year-old driver over on Springdale Road around 8 a.m. when he took off. The driver ended up crashing into a utility pole on South Pleasant Valley near East Riverside Drive.
  The child was taken to Dell Children’s Medical Center for treatment but authorities expect him to be okay.
  The Austin Police Department
  
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• Little girl dresses as a mom for Halloween and it’s perfect

  31-10-2016 17:22 via kxan.com
  
  (MEDIA GENERAL) — Spit up and dark eye circles have never had moms laughing so hard.
  An Indiana girl’s “mom” costume might be so accurate it’s frightening.
  Rachael Fansler Beachy posted the picture of her friend’s daughter Lainie, 7, in her Halloween costume on her Facebook Saturday. The look on her face is perfect, summing up how many moms feel on a daily basis.
  She’s wearing a pink sweatshirt – complete with spit up on the shoulder, pink sweatpan
  
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• $1M worth of meth found inside fire extinguishers

  31-10-2016 17:05 via kxan.com
  
  FAYETTE COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A traffic stop in Fayette County led authorities to approximately $1 million worth of methamphetamine.
  The Fayette County Sheriff’s Office says the discovery was made on Friday afternoon along Interstate 10. Once the deputy spoke to the driver and his passenger, he asked if he could search the vehicle.
  With the help of the K9 unit, authorities found two fire extinguishers in the vehicle that were stuffed with 23 pounds of meth.
  The driver Vidal Rodrigue
  
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• Red Cross launches app targeted towards military families

  31-10-2016 16:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The American Red Cross has launched a new app to help connect people serving in the military with their loved ones around the world.
  The Hero Care App allows families in the middle of an emergency to reach out to their military loved ones to initiate the effort to bring them home if necessary. The app allows members to securely store and easily access their military member’s personal information.
  Bristel Minsker joined KXAN News Today to explain why the app is needed
  
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• Woman hit, killed on Wolf Lane in Bastrop County

  31-10-2016 14:10 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Authorities in Bastrop County are investigating a deadly crash on Wolf Lane near Farm to Market 535.
  The Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office says a woman’s body was found on the road around 4:45 a.m. Monday. It is not known at this time if the driver stayed at the scene of the crash but police say conditions were very foggy at the location of the crash site.
  Wolf Lane is currently closed from FM 535 to State Highway 71.
  
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• Cubs stop Indians, cut World Series deficit to 3-2

  31-10-2016 14:08 via kxan.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — They have waited 108 years for a championship. So with this World Series on the verge of slipping away, the Chicago Cubs could not wait any longer.
  Manager Joe Maddon summoned closer Aroldis Chapman from the bullpen in the seventh inning for the first eight-out save of his big league career, a desperate move in a dire situation with the Cubs needing to hold off the Cleveland Indians in Game 5.
  As nervous fans fretted at Wrigley Field, the big Cuban left-hander fired his 100
  
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• 30% of registered voters have cast their ballots in Travis Co.

  31-10-2016 13:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the second week of Early Voting starts, exactly 220,001 people in Travis County have already cast their ballots.
  The first day of Early Voting started strong and broke records with 47,017 people voting. While the number steadily decreased throughout the week, people were still making it to the polls on Saturday and Sunday (22,161 and 10,733 respectively). Thirty-percent of the 728,806 registered voters in Travis County have voted.
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• 220,001 people have cast their ballots in Travis County

  31-10-2016 13:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the second week of Early Voting starts, exactly 220,001 people in Travis County have already cast their ballots.
  The first day of Early Voting started strong and broke records with 47,017 people voting. While the number steadily decreased throughout the week, people were still making it to the polls on Saturday and Sunday (22,161 and 10,733 respectively). Thirty-percent of the 728,806 registered voters in Travis County have voted.
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• WATCH: Fireball streaks across northern Japan

  31-10-2016 13:44 via kxan.com
  
  Niigata, Japan (KXAN) — People in northern Japan saw a rare fireball streak across the sky early Monday.
  A Nippon TV weather camera captured video of the fireball. The fiery, greenish object shot across the sky for 15 seconds before vanishing to the northeast.
  One astronomer said the object was likely a brighter-than-typical meteor, which is technically called a fireball. The astronomer speculated that it could have been caused by space debris such as a satellite fragment burning up as it
  
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• Clinton seeks to use new FBI inquiry as galvanizing force

  31-10-2016 13:21 via kxan.com
  
  WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (AP) — Hillary Clinton’s team is plunging into the final full week of campaigning before Election Day on two parallel tracks.
  The campaign has launched a vigorous, coordinated effort to press the FBI to release more details about the new email inquiry, hoping more information distances Clinton from the discoveries.
  They’re also wielding the controversial decision to disclose the developments in the election’s final days as a way to shake off Democratic
  
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• Round Rock officers search for Mustang involved in deadly crash

  31-10-2016 12:53 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — A memorial has gone up at the Round Rock intersection where a father and his 12-year-old daughter were killed in a crash on Saturday.
  Round Rock police are searching for the driver of a “grabber blue” Ford Mustang, between the years of 2010-2013. Round Rock police say two drivers in Ford Mustangs, one blue and one red, were driving when the red Mustang clipped a silver minivan. The collision pushed the minivan onto the sidewalk whe
  
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• Round Rock officers search for Mustang connected to deadly crash

  31-10-2016 12:53 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — A memorial has gone up at the Round Rock intersection where a father and his 12-year-old daughter were killed in a crash on Saturday.
  “It’s pure hell being here.This is where I lost my son and my granddaughter.”
  For the first time since the crash, Janice Bell and other family members of 43-year-old Tyrone Price and his daughter Cheyenne, saw the spot where their loved ones were killed.
  Round Rock police are searching for the driver of a &ld
  
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• Roadside memorial setup for Round Rock father, daughter killed in crash

  31-10-2016 12:53 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — A memorial has gone up at the Round Rock intersection where a father and his 12-year-old daughter were killed by a driver who police say was street racing on Saturday.
  On Sunday afternoon, Pastor Fred Timmons and several other people gathered at A.W. Grimes at Gattis School Road to remember Tyrone and Cheyenne Price. Flowers, teddy bears and a sign that reads “please drive safe” adorn the apartment complex fence where the tragic crash occurred.
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• Family wants closure after Round Rock crash kills father, daughter

  31-10-2016 12:53 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — A memorial has gone up at the Round Rock intersection where a father and his 12-year-old daughter were killed in a crash on Saturday.
  “It’s pure hell being here. This is where I lost my son and my granddaughter.” For the first time since the crash, Janice Bell and other family members of 43-year-old Tyrone Price and his daughter Cheyenne, saw the spot where their loved ones were killed.
  Officers are searching for the driver of a &ldquo
  
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• Double-decker CapMetro bus hits the road

  31-10-2016 12:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Starting Monday morning, you’ll get a chance to ride Capital Metro’s brand new double-decker bus.
  The bus is going to run one of CapMetro’s busiest routes: from Tech Ridge in north Austin down to the University of Texas and through the city ending at Riverside Drive and Interstate 35.
  CapMetro expressed an interest in double-decker buses for commuter routes after recent pilots in Atlanta, Oakland and Reno. Tests in other cities have shown that these double
  
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• Firefighters battling duplex fire in southwest Austin

  31-10-2016 11:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin firefighters are working to put out a duplex fire in southwest Austin Monday morning.
  The Austin Fire Department says the fire broke out around 4:45 a.m. in the 6000 block of Westcreek Drive. When firefighters arrived at the home, the duplex was engulfed in flames. Initial information indicates everyone got out of the 2-story duplex safely.
  The fire is right behind Patton Elementary School so traffic to the school may be impacted later this morning.
  KXAN’s Alic
  
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• Fire destroys duplex in southwest Austin

  31-10-2016 11:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin firefighters are continuing to work to put out a duplex fire in southwest Austin Monday morning.
  The Austin Fire Department says the fire broke out around 4:45 a.m. in the 6000 block of Westcreek Drive. When firefighters arrived at the home, the 2-story duplex was engulfed in flames.
  Officials say a neighbor pounded on the homeowner’s door to wake everyone up. Four adults and three children were all able to get out safely. Initial information indicates the fire
  
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• Free Fun in Austin for week of October 31

  31-10-2016 10:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)- Looking for some fun this Halloween week that won’t cost you a dime? Here’s what our partners at Free Fun in Austin recommend.
  Halloween Trick-or-Treat Storytime – Monday, October 31 at 10:30 a.m. This storytime will be filled with BookPeople’s favorite type of treats – new books. Storytime will feature stories full of monsters, ghosts, and witches (but none of them will be too scary). Then, after storytime, join the costume parade arou
  
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• Cowboys win sixth straight

  31-10-2016 05:37 via kxan.com
  
  By SCHUYLER DIXONAP Sports WriterARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Dak Prescott threw a 5-yard touchdown pass to Jason Witten in overtime to give the Dallas Cowboys their sixth straight victory, 29-23 over the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night.Prescott won the rookie quarterback duel with Carson Wentz, rallying the Cowboys with a late tying pass to Dez Bryant. Dallas (6-1) overcame a 10-point deficit in the fourth quarter to take a two-game division lead.The 23-year-old Prescott recovered from a s
  
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• 5 shot by man dressed as Freddy Krueger at Halloween party

  31-10-2016 05:25 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — A Halloween party turned into a nightmare early Sunday morning after a man dressed as Freddy Krueger pulled a gun from his costume and shot five people in San Antonio.
  According to police, there were four male victims and one female. Three of the male victims were transported to University Hospital and the fourth was treated at Baptist Medical Center downtown. The female victim decided to drive herself to the hospital but wrecked on the way there, howe
  
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• Small business owners voice concerns over mobility bond unknowns

  31-10-2016 04:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Some call it a risky $720 million blank check with no promise. Others say it’s a necessary step to jump start congestion relief that should have happened years ago on roads like Lamar, Airport and Burnet. As voters continue to turn out to the polls in record numbers, we wanted to explore another piece of Austin’s mobility bond.
  Honest Transportation Solutions, the political action committee (PAC) opposing the bond, held a gathering Sunday afternoon to
  
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• Toddler hit, killed in south Austin parking lot identified

  31-10-2016 02:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, (KXAN) — A 2-year-old girl who died after being hit by a truck in the parking lot of a busy south Austin shopping center Sunday has been identified by the Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office as Amarie Macias.
  Austin police say the girl was with her family at the Southpark Meadows shopping center when she darted out in the parking lot around 7 p.m. A driver in a pick-up truck hit the girl but he told police he did not realize he struck the child until several witnesse
  
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• Toddler dies after being hit by truck at Southpark Meadows shopping center

  31-10-2016 02:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, (KXAN) — Austin police say a 2year-old girl has died after being by a car in the parking lot outside the Spirit Halloween at the Southpark Meadows shopping center just after 7 p.m. Sunday.
  The toddler was initially transported to Dell Children’s Medical Center in serious condition, but died at the hospital. Police say the child was with her family but was hit when she darted out into the parking lot. The pick-up truck driver did not realize he struck the child until seve
  
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• Toddler dies after being hit by truck at south Austin shopping center

  31-10-2016 02:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, (KXAN) — Austin police say a 2-year-old girl has died after being by a car in the parking lot outside the Spirit Halloween at the Southpark Meadows shopping center just after 7 p.m. Sunday.
  The toddler was initially transported to Dell Children’s Medical Center in serious condition, but died at the hospital. Police say the child was with her family but was hit when she darted out into the parking lot. The pick-up truck driver did not realize he struck the child until sev
  
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• Child hit by car at Southpark Meadows seriously hurt

  31-10-2016 02:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, (KXAN) — According to the Austin Police Department , a vehicle versus pedestrian accident occurred in the Spirit Halloween parking lot at the Southpark Meadows shopping center at 7:08 p.m. Sunday.
  The child is in critical condition, according to Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services.
  This is a developing story and this page will be updated as more information is available.
  
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• Child dies after being hit by truck at Southpark Meadows shopping center

  31-10-2016 02:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, (KXAN) — Austin Police say a two-year-old girl has died after being by a car in the parking lot outside the Spirit Halloween at the Southpark Meadows shopping center just after 7 p.m. Sunday.
  The two-year-old female child was initially transported to Dell Children’s Medical Center in serious condition, but died at the hospital.
  Investigators have flashlights out and are checking every inch of the truck that hit the child. The truck has a grill guard on the front and
  
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