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• College quarterback runs down purse snatcher and tackles him

  19-11-2016 22:21 via kxan.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) — Daniel Bronson’s biggest play on a record-setting day as the quarterback at the University of Rochester happened away from the football field.
  The 21-year-old junior from Lockport in Niagara County was leaving a restaurant in his hometown on Nov. 5 when he saw a man run past a 73-year-old woman and yank her purse out of her arms as she walked with her husband.
  Bronson took off after the man, who dropped the purse but kept on running. Bronson kept running, too,
  
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• Watching the post-election markets

  19-11-2016 22:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Keeping your cool can be hard to do when the market goes on one of its periodic roller-coaster rides.
  Mickey Powell of Powell Financial Partners is here to discuss ways to help keep yourself from making hasty decisions that could have a long-term impact on your ability to achieve your financial goals.
  For more information on how to handle your finances during the market’s ups and downs, click here.
  
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• Police: Missing Kansas newborn found in Dallas; 2 in custody

  19-11-2016 21:47 via kxan.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have found a week-old baby who was reported missing Thursday after her mother was shot to death in Kansas, police said Saturday.
  Wichita Police Chief Gordon Ramsay said baby Sophia was found alive after authorities executed a search warrant before dawn at a Dallas home, The Wichita Eagle reported. He said the baby is in protective custody and is doing well.
  “This is the best possible outcome to a very sad case,” Ramsay said at a news conference.
  
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• White Lives Matter, counter-protests continue at State Capitol

  19-11-2016 20:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A clashing protest at the Texas Capitol has gathered hundreds of people Saturday.
  According to Austin Police, over 300 made up of White Lives Matter and a counter protest began around noon.
  Austin Police and the Texas Department of Public Safety are at the scene in riot gear and on mounted patrol.
  No arrests have been made at this time.
  Saturday’s White lives matter demonstration was scheduled just after the dedication of the Texas African-American History Memorial on
  
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• 8 arrested during clashing protests at Texas State Capitol

  19-11-2016 20:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A White Lives Matter protest and a counter protest had hundreds gathered Saturday at the Texas State Capitol and ended with eight arrested on misdemeanor charges.
  According to Austin Police, over 300 made up the White Lives Matter and the counter protests that both began around noon.
  Austin Police and the Texas Department of Public Safety were at the scene in riot gear and on mounted patrol.
  There were eight arrests made at the protests, DPS said. The individuals
  
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• 8 arrested during clashing protests at Texas Capitol

  19-11-2016 20:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A small White Lives Matter demonstration evolved into a much larger scene in downtown Austin Saturday afternoon. According to Austin Police, over 300 people made up the White Lives Matter and the counter protests that both began around noon. Eight people in the crowd were arrested.
  The White Lives Matter group came from Houston. They say they were trying to send the message that white people are also killed by police and hate crimes should be handled evenly across
  
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• African American history memorial unveiled at the Capitol

  19-11-2016 19:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas African American History Memorial was unveiled Saturday morning on the south lawn of the Texas Capitol.
  Governor Greg Abbott delivered the remarks at the unveiling ceremony, along with members of the Texas Legislative Black Caucus and the Texas African American History Memorial Foundation.
  The foundation has raised $2.9 million to build the memorial. Ten person of the funds raised will be retained and used for future maintenance and repairs. The monument was built
  
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• That’s no snow: Sea of foam cascades from airport hangar

  19-11-2016 17:31 via kxan.com
  
  SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Much of the foam that spewed out of a Northern California airport hangar and flooded a city street appears to be gone.
  Television news footage late Friday afternoon showed little of the foam from Mineta San Jose International Airport that was several feet deep in spots and had taken up a city block earlier in the day.
  The bobbing sea of white foam covered cars and blocked businesses as it cascaded onto a nearby street.
  The foam was a chemical used as a fire retardan
  
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• Westlake vs. Converse Judson

  19-11-2016 06:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Westlake beat Converse Judson in overtime, 24-21.
  The Chaparrals advance to the third round of the state playoffs next week and will face United from Laredo.
  
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• HSFB playoffs – Area Round

  19-11-2016 06:12 via kxan.com
  
  PREP FOOTBALLCLASS 6A Division IRegion IAreaAllen 24, Belton 7
  Duncanville 52, Lewisville Hebron 7
  San Angelo Central 66, Keller Timber Creek 14
  Region IIAreaThe Woodlands 51, Garland Sachse 40
  Region IIIAreaGalena Park North Shore 17, Dickinson 7
  Houston Lamar 24, Fort Bend Ridge Point 21
  Katy 31, Cypress Ranch 14
  Region IVAreaAustin Westlake 24, Converse Judson 21, OT
  Lake Travis 40, Smithson Valley 21
  Laredo United 30, Harlingen 26
  CLASS 6A Division IIRegion IAreaAbilene 55, EP Americas 0
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• New protected bike lane an example of changes to come under mobility bond

  19-11-2016 05:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thanks to a partnership between the city and Highland Park Elementary School, the Hancock Bridge over MoPac now has a protected bike lane. Cyclists say they want to see more safe routes like this one and they will thanks to the mobility bond voters recently approved.
  KXAN spoke with parent Karen Marcus, who has two children at Highland Park Elementary.
  “We ride to school every morning. They love it. It’s great for them to get some exercise in the morning be
  
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• Concrete zip barriers could speed up Mopac project

  19-11-2016 05:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority is using concrete zip barriers to speed up the Mopac Expressway Project by several months.
  The zip barriers are placed right between 35th and 45th streets on northbound Mopac. “[It] allows work to occur on both sides of the road at the same time,” said Steve Pustelnyk with CTRMA. He added that crews are able to remove the guardrail in the median and install new lights along with concrete traffic barriers.
  The barrier
  
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• Muslims gather in solidarity at Austin’s Nueces Mosque

  19-11-2016 04:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — About 100 demonstrators gathered Friday afternoon at the Nueces Mosque near the University of Texas at Austin campus to show their support for the Muslim community.
  The group protested suggestions that Muslim-Americans be required to register with and be tracked by the federal government. The idea has been put forward by surrogates of President-elect Donald Trump.
  “He made a comment about how us Muslims should report to him and tell him whatever terrori
  
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• ‘Make America Great Again’ billboard features Bloody Sunday

  19-11-2016 03:35 via kxan.com
  
  PEARL, Miss. (WJTV) — A controversial billboard Highway 80 in Pearl is getting a lot of attention.
  The billboard appears to depict a moment from the civil rights era and has the words “Make America Great Again” on it.
  It’s placed on a Lamar Advertising billboard. The display says that the signage was paid for by For Freedoms. It also says the billboard was not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.
  The original photo dates back to 1965, to a day known
  
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• Mom pulls child from school after mold test

  19-11-2016 03:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Jennifer Matos didn’t think much of it when her 4-year-old daughter, Sapphira, started complaining about a sore throat and upset stomach. She put her to bed and woke up the next morning to start getting her ready for school when she picked up on some unusual symptoms.
  “Her body was contracting, everything looked abnormal,” said Matos. “I noticed that her stomach was heaving it was getting really big as she was breathing.”
  Sapphira receives a breathi
  
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• Levitation music festival won’t return until 2018

  19-11-2016 03:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — “After much deliberation and consultation, we have decided not to hold Levitation in 2017.”
  It has been a tough year for Levitation music festival, held at Carson Creek Ranch, across State Highway 71 from Austin airport. In April, Travis County officials shut down the event over the threat of severe weather, leaving thousands disappointed. Friday, organizers announced they were taking a year off in 2017, with a promise to relaunch in 2018.
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• 91-year-old gay veteran sues Air Force over ‘undesirable discharge’

  19-11-2016 02:29 via kxan.com
  
  NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) — A 91-year-old man who was discharged from the Air Force nearly 70 years ago for being gay isn’t giving up his fight for equality.
  Ed Spires of Norwalk, filed suit to get his “undesirable discharge” status upgraded, and after spending three weeks in the hospital battling pneumonia, one of his last wishes is to be granted permission for a full military burial.
  Out of shame, Spires kept quiet for 70 long years about why he was discharged from the Ai
  
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• 2 moose found frozen mid-fight near remote Alaska village

  19-11-2016 01:44 via kxan.com
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Two moose were recently discovered frozen in battle and encased in ice near a remote village on Alaska’s unforgiving western coast.
  Brad Webster, a middle school social studies and science teacher in Unalakleet, captured images of the massive animals poking through the ice as they lay on their sides with antlers apparently locked together.
  He had taken a friend who recently moved to the village for a walk on Nov. 2 near a frozen slough at Covenant Bible Camp,
  
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• Pediatrician: Parents should avoid cold, cough medicines

  19-11-2016 01:29 via kxan.com
  
  YORK, Pa. (WHTM) – A York County pediatrician says there’s no evidence that proves cold and cough medicines work.
  “These cold and cough medications have no consistent benefits. For most children, they’ll do nothing and the side effects are predictable,” said Dr. David Turkewitz, a pediatrician at WellSpan York Hospital.
  Turkewitz said the FDA recommended years ago that parents stop giving cold and cough medicines to children under age 6.
  “The more se
  
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• Two arrested in San Marcos convenience store shooting

  19-11-2016 01:24 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — Two men have been arrested after a shooting outside a San Marcos convenience store early last week.
  David Labelle, 29, was arrested for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second degree felony. He was taken into custody last Friday at his home in the 300 block of Craddock Avenue. Labelle is being held in the Hays County Jail on a $50,000 bond.
  Police say Labelle got into an argument with another man outside of Sunny’s Food, located at the inters
  
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• At least 8 Travis County assistant DAs asked to resign

  19-11-2016 00:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — At least eight and as many as 15 Travis County assistant district attorneys will be out of the job starting Dec. 31.
  DA-elect Margaret Moore campaigned on the promise of bringing significant changes to the Travis Co. DA’s Office. In order to realize those changes, the new administration will be comprised of several new attorneys Moore is bringing in to the office. Moore told KXAN she would be reorganizing and restructuring the office.
  In an interview with KXAN on Nov.
  
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• White Lives Matter rally planned at Capitol

  19-11-2016 00:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A White Lives Matter gathering on Saturday morning plans to send a message to the capital city — hate crime one, hate crime all, equal justice under law.
  Ken Reed, the rally’s organizer is traveling from Houston to bring that message straight to the front steps of the capital in Austin.
  “There’s lots of white people that are killed by police as well; there’s whites that are killed by minorities as well and you don’t see it havin
  
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• White Lives Matter rally, counter-protest planned at Capitol

  19-11-2016 00:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A White Lives Matter gathering on Saturday morning plans to send a message to the capital city: equal justice under the law.
  Ken Reed, the rally’s organizer, is traveling from Houston to bring that message straight to the front steps of the Capitol in Austin.
  “There’s lots of white people that are killed by police as well; there’s whites that are killed by minorities as well and you don’t see it having such national media attenti
  
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