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• New border facility opened to meet surge of unaccompanied children

  07-12-2016 23:49 via kxan.com
  
  DONNA, Texas (KXAN) — A new temporary facility now stands on the Texas border with Mexico, built to hold up to 500 people as law enforcement sees a surge of unaccompanied children crossing from Mexico.
  The facility at the Donna-Rio Bravo International Bridge, around 10 miles southeast of McAllen, Texas, will remain open pending any changes in the number of people crossing the border between the ports of entry in South Texas.
  “This effort is designed to minimize the impact to bor
  
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• Bill would require students to take class on how to deal with cops

  07-12-2016 23:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Senator John Whitmire, D-Houston, has filed legislation that will require students to take a class on how to interact with law enforcement during a traffic stop. Senate Bill 273 is part of an effort to combat escalated situations between officers and civilians.
  The legislation will require the State Board of Education to adopt rules to require instruction of the course during a student’s 9th-grade year. The course would include the role and duties of officers, a perso
  
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• Trump chooses former WWE exec McMahon for small business

  07-12-2016 23:38 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump is adding former wrestling executive Linda McMahon to his Cabinet as leader of the Small Business Administration.
  McMahon and her husband, Vince, founded and built World Wrestling Entertainment Inc., now a publicly traded sports entertainment company. She stepped down as the company’s chief executive officer in 2009 and in recent years began a start-up to encourage more women business owners.
  She also poured $100 million of her fortune i
  
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• 1 dead, 2 arrested in Houston armored car robbery sting

  07-12-2016 22:51 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP/KPRC) — Two men have been arrested and a third has been shot and killed by Houston police after gunmen attempted to hold up an armored car that authorities were using in a surveillance operation to combat violent armored car robberies.
  Police Chief Art Acevedo says one of the robbers opened fire with an assault-style weapon late Wednesday morning and an officer returning gunfire wounded him. KPRC reports the officer who fired the shots was a SWAT sniper who was stationed on a n
  
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• 2 juveniles charged in Tennessee wildfires that killed 14

  07-12-2016 22:04 via kxan.com
  
  SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities on Wednesday charged two juveniles in an East Tennessee wildfire that killed 14 people and destroyed or damaged more than 1,700 buildings.
  The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, local District Attorney General James Dunn and Great Smoky Mountains National Park announced charges at a news conference Wednesday, but released few other specifics about the juveniles or how the fires started.
  Dunn said the juveniles face aggravated arson charges in the fire
  
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• Arkansas cheese dip beats Texas queso at Senate taste-off

  07-12-2016 21:44 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (KXAN) — Is it too early to demand a recount?
  United States senators from Arkansas and Texas settled a dispute with an eagerly-awaited taste test on Wednesday, starring Arkansas cheese dip and Texas queso.
  Brace yourself, Texas lost. NBC affiliate KARK reported the Arkansas cheese dip was provided by World Cheese Dip Professional Division Champion Heights Taco and Tamale Co. in Little Rock. The Texas queso hailed from Uncle Julio’s of Dallas.
  What a spread!
  
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• Santa resigns after telling boy ‘lay off the burgers’

  07-12-2016 21:16 via kxan.com
  
  FOREST CITY, N.C. (AP) — Here’s a not-so-jolly story: A mother wants her local St. Nick kicked to the curb for fat-shaming her son.
  Ashley Mayse tells WLOS-TV that her 9-year-old son started crying when the Santa Claus on Main Street in Forest City, North Carolina, told him to “Lay off the hamburgers and french fries” during his Christmas visit on Saturday.
  The Santa is employed by the town of Forest City, and Mayse says coal in his stocking would be too good for such beh
  
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• Man accused of killing Stony Point HS coach linked to second hit-and-run

  07-12-2016 21:04 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — New court documents show the driver who hit and killed Stony Point High School Coach Sean Kelley was involved in another hit and run crash minutes before the deadly crash.
  Javier Morales-Ramirez’s wife told police on Friday, Dec. 2, she met her husband before 11 p.m. at La Tapatia Bar at 2132 N. Mays St. While there, they got into a fight and her husband drove off.
  At 10:57 p.m., Round Rock police say they received a 911 call stating a driver struck a vehic
  
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• Fliers urging people to report undocumented immigrants found on Texas State campus

  07-12-2016 20:24 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — The president of Texas State University says maintenance crews spent time Wednesday morning removing fliers around campus calling for people to report undocumented immigrants. President Denise Trauth says the fliers were placed all over campus.
  The fliers also listed the phone number to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as their website to submit tips. The bottom of the flier reads: “We are entering an era of law and order in this countr
  
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• Fliers urging people to report undocumented immigrants found at Texas State

  07-12-2016 20:24 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — The president of Texas State University says maintenance crews spent some of Wednesday morning removing fliers around campus calling for people to report undocumented immigrants. President Denise Trauth says the fliers were placed all over campus.
  The fliers also listed the phone number to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as their website to submit tips. The bottom of the flier reads: “We are entering an era of law and order in thi
  
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• Fliers urge Texas State students to report undocumented immigrants

  07-12-2016 20:24 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — The president of Texas State University says maintenance crews spent some of Wednesday morning removing fliers around campus calling for people to report undocumented immigrants. President Denise Trauth says the fliers were placed all over campus.
  The fliers also listed the phone number to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as their website to submit tips. The bottom of the flier reads: “We are entering an era of law and order in thi
  
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• Texas eyes immunizations as more kids file exemptions

  07-12-2016 20:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas could host the nation’s next major fight over stricter requirements for immunizations as its rates of schoolchildren who refuse to get shots for non-medical reasons rises.
  The number of Texas kindergarten through 12th grade students who reported filing conscientious exemptions for at least one immunization last school year increased 19-fold since 2003. It’s still less than 1 percent of enrolled students.
  Texas and 17 states allow philosophical exempti
  
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• Texas A&M student, Sigma Phi Epsilon member, dies at house

  07-12-2016 20:01 via kxan.com
  
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Investigators say a 20-year-old Texas A&M student and Sigma Phi Epsilon member has died at the fraternity house where he lived.
  The Brazos County Sheriff’s Office says deputies Tuesday afternoon responded to a report of CPR being done and found Matthew Hayes unresponsive on his bed. Officials didn’t immediately release a possible cause of death for the student from Beaumont.
  An autopsy was ordered.
  Other Sigma Phi Epsilon members told deputies
  
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• Travis High students keep traditions alive with tamalada

  07-12-2016 19:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s beginning to smell a lot like Christmas… but it’s not sugar cookies in the oven, but rather the sweet smell of tamales!
  On Wednesday, students in Travis High School’s culinary program chopped, mixed and folded 1,000 tamales in the school’s 9th annual tamalada, a traditional Mexican tamal-making party. Some parents also donned aprons to help the students make the tamales.
  Other students and teachers at the school are already putting in the
  
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• Woman arrested after hitting pedestrian and driving away

  07-12-2016 19:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police have arrested a woman who is accused of hitting a pedestrian and then fleeing the scene of the collision.
  Sophie Corak, 28, was driving down 38th Street when she allegedly hit a pedestrian crossing the road on Dec. 5 around 6:20 p.m. Witnesses told police they saw Corak hit the man causing him to fly in the air and then drive off at high speeds.
  According to the pedestrian, he was crossing the street when he saw a vehicle approaching. Thinking he had time left
  
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• Pedestrian recalls ‘flying through the air’ in hit and run

  07-12-2016 19:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police have arrested a woman who is accused of hitting a pedestrian and then fleeing the scene of the collision.
  Sophie Corak, 28, was driving down 38th Street when she allegedly hit a pedestrian crossing the road on Dec. 5 around 6:20 p.m. Witnesses told police they saw Corak hit the man causing him to fly in the air and then drive off at high speeds.
  According to the pedestrian, he was crossing the street when he saw a vehicle approaching. Thinking he had time left
  
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• Japanese leader Abe won’t apologize at Pearl Harbor

  07-12-2016 19:19 via kxan.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) – Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won’t apologize for Japan’s attack when he visits the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor later this month, the government spokesman said Tuesday.
  Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said that “the purpose of the upcoming visit is to pay respects for the war dead and not to offer an apology.”
  Abe announced late Monday that he would have a summit meeting with President Barack Obama in Hawaii and visit Pearl Harbor. He wi
  
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• Pflugerville neighborhood wakes up to shattered car windows

  07-12-2016 19:00 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Homeowners in the Gatlinburg neighborhood of Pflugerville are busy calling window repair companies after someone shot out their car windows overnight.
  The Pflugerville Police Department says about half-a-dozen vehicles on Oat Meadow Drive were targeted by someone wielding a bb gun. One neighbor called 911 around 1:30 a.m. Wednesday after hearing strange noises outside of their home. Residents say the person might have driven by twice.
  While car windows were sho
  
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• Tips for enrolling in Medicare as deadline approaches

  07-12-2016 18:49 via kxan.com
  
  U.S. (KXAN) — There are less than 24 hours left to enroll in Medicare.
  Beth Reese with United Healthcare, joined us in the KXAN studio to go over some key things to know before enrolling.
  3 Key Points:
  Choice: Medicare is not one size fits all
  Care: The Medicare plan you select can have a major impact on your health and well-being
  Experience: Look for plan benefits and resources that are important to you
  Tips for Procrastinators:
  Review your Annual Notice of Change document
  Get familiar wi
  
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• Law couldn’t help a mom of 6, so a deputy did

  07-12-2016 17:00 via kxan.com
  
  McMINNVILLE, Ore. (KOIN) — It began as a pretty standard disturbance call for Yamhill County Sheriff Deputy Greg Park last Sunday.
  There was a dispute at a home over money, but Deputy Park quickly realized there was not much he could do to solve this.
  The woman at the home — who did not want to appear on-camera — told the deputy “she had put her money on a boyfriend’s card, like a bank card, and that money was for Christmas presents for the children, for her 6 kids
  
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• Deep Eddy Vodka expanding distillery site as demand grows nationwide

  07-12-2016 16:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As Deep Eddy Vodka is gulped down across the country, the company says they are expanding their distillery to keep up with the demand.
  The Dripping Springs distillery has just purchased a 194,000 square-foot facility outside of Austin in Buda. The new site will operate in partnership with the current distillery in Dripping Springs, which will also be expanded. The goal is to increase the amount of bottles put on shelves to more than 5 million cases annually.
  “Deep Edd
  
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• Stuff the Bus providing 50,000 meals to local families in need

  07-12-2016 15:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands of Central Texas families will be getting healthy and nourishing meals thanks to the Stuff the Bus event happening on Wednesday.
  Hanna De Hoyos with Capital Metro joined us live on KXAN TV from the Whole Foods at the Domain. This is the fifth year Cap Metro has hosted Stuff the Bus.
  “This year we want to help provide 50,000 meals in one weekend,” said De Hoyos.
  People are asked to donated:
  Peanut butter
  Canned chicken breast
  Canned tuna
  Canned low
  
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• Pedestrian safety plan proposes lowering speed limits in Austin neighborhoods

  07-12-2016 14:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin’s Mobility Committee is hearing a proposal to lower the speed limits in several neighborhoods.
  The Pedestrian Advisory Council, Vision Zero ATX, and Walk Austin are pushing council members to change the speed limit from 30-miles-per-hour to 25 where officials deem appropriate.
  This proposal was brought forward after a spike in pedestrian deaths this year. The AAA Foundation says 47 percent of pedestrians hit by cars at 30-miles-per-hour are critically injured a
  
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• Businesses say anti-LGBT bills could cost Texas billions

  07-12-2016 14:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (The Texas Tribune) — With the legislative session just weeks ahead, the Texas business community is digging in its heels in opposition to Texas Republicans’ anti-LGBT proposals, warning they could have dire consequences on the state’s economy.
  Representatives for the Texas Association of Business said Tuesday that Republican efforts to pass a bill to keep transgender people from using the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity and anoth
  
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• Pakistani commuter plane crashes

  07-12-2016 13:40 via kxan.com
  
  ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (KXAN) — A commuter plane with about 40 people on board has crashed in Pakistan, the country’s national airline, Pakistan International Airlines, says.
  Flight PK 661 lost contact with Air Traffic Control and disappeared from radar after takeoff from Chitral enroute to Islamabad.
  Daniyal Gilani, the spokesman for Pakistan International Airlines, says their ATR-42 aircraft carrying around 40 passengers and crew lost touch Wednesday with the control tower. He says al
  
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• Trump named Time magazine Person of the Year

  07-12-2016 13:39 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Time magazine Person of the Year is President-elect Donald Trump.
  The president-elect’s selection will be announced Wednesday morning on NBC’s “Today” show.
  “Everything about Trump is a challenge, a test — even for the thousands of people who attend his rallies and cheer his outrages,” said Michael Scherer in the Time Magazine article. 
  The Manhattan real estate magnate went from fiery underdog to win the White House ove
  
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• Surge in homicides along Bastrop, Travis County line

  07-12-2016 13:26 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) — In the last six months, there has been a surge in the homicides along the Bastrop and Travis County line.
  In addition to the charges filed on Tuesday, detective are trying to find suspects in five other cases where nine people were killed. Last month, authorities said some of the cases are linked to the Mexican Drug cartels.
  The Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office has said they will reform their Narcotics Unit to fight cartels and organized gangs. Outgoing Travis C
  
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• Survivors remember deadly Pearl Harbor attack 75 years later

  07-12-2016 12:59 via kxan.com
  
  U.S. (KXAN) — Wednesday marks the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
  Hundreds of survivors are in Hawaii to take part in a week of celebrations and memorials. The attack led to the United States joining World War Two.
  More than 2,400 people were killed and more than 1,000 others were wounded.
  World War II veterans from Austin flew to Washington D.C. to attend the anniversary event. A color guard and bagpipe player led the veterans through the airport. Two of the vete
  
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• Lanes of Hwy 71 closing in Bastrop for overnight construction

  07-12-2016 12:49 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — Drivers should expect some delays Wednesday night on Highway 71 in Bastrop.
  Crews are closing the westbound lanes near the intersection of State Highway 304 from 7 p.m. on Wednesday to 4 a.m. Thursday morning. Traffic will be moved to the frontage road.
  The westbound lanes are going to be closed while crews do some maintenance work.
  Highway 71 closure in Bastrop (Courtesy: Bastrop Police Facebook)
  
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• 2 Texas actors starring in Hairspray Live! on TV

  07-12-2016 12:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Big hair, big voices and even bigger personalities. Don’t miss Hairspray Live! on KXAN Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
  There is also plenty of Texas in the musical. The lead actress Maddie Baillio is from League City, Texas and Austin’s own Tommy Martinez is also part of the cast.
  “I remembered thinking to myself, ‘I want to be in that’. And it wasn’t I want to be in something like that, ‘I wanted to be in Hairspray.’ And the fact t
  
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• 2 Texas actors starring in Hairspray Live! on KXAN

  07-12-2016 12:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Big hair, big voices and even bigger personalities. Don’t miss Hairspray Live! on KXAN Wednesday night at 7 p.m.
  There is also plenty of Texas in the musical. The lead actress Maddie Baillio is from League City, Texas and Austin’s own Tommy Martinez is also part of the cast.
  “I remembered thinking to myself, ‘I want to be in that’. And it wasn’t I want to be in something like that, ‘I wanted to be in Hairspray.’ And the fact t
  
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• Survivor recalls fear, anger on day of Pearl Harbor attack

  07-12-2016 12:37 via kxan.com
  
  PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) – Surprise, fear, anger and pride overcame Jim Downing as Japanese planes bombed Pearl Harbor.
  Then a newlywed sailor, he recalled a Japanese plane flying low and slow in his direction as he rushed to his battleship from his home after hearing explosions and learning of the attack on the radio.
  “When he got the right angle, he banked over, turned his machine guns lose,” Downing, now 103, said in an interview at a Waikiki hotel, “But fortunately h
  
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• Lowe’s hires veteran and his service dog

  07-12-2016 12:33 via kxan.com
  
  ABILENE, TX (WCMH) — The veteran was having a hard time finding a job that allowed him to keep his closest companion by his side, until he applied at Lowe’s.
  “Three deployments out of Uzbekistan, and then two out of Qatar,” Clay Luthy describes his tour of duties to KRBC.
  But after multiple injuries, including several knee surgeries, he was no longer allowed to reenlist.
  Luthy then decided it was time to get a job.
  “We were interviewing people for his position
  
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• Holiday Giving: Give to a cause, not a crook

  07-12-2016 12:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In this day and age anyone can raise money for any person, cause or charity. How do you know where to give or even if your donation is helping people or padding executives’ pockets? We’ve put together this quick guide to checking out charities before you give:
  The Federal Trade Commission put together a Charity Checklist as a place to start. Among the items are basic questions you should be asking before you hand over your hard-earned money.
  Ask for name, addres
  
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• Death toll jumps to 97 after Indonesian earthquake

  07-12-2016 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  MEUREUDU, Indonesia (AP) — The director of the hospital in Pidie Jaya, the district that has taken the brunt of the quake damage, says the facility is overwhelmed with the numbers of injured.
  Muhammad Reza Faisal says many people are being treated in tents pitched on the grounds of the hospital, which was damaged in Wednesday’s shallow magnitude 6.5 quake. He says five of the quake victims died at the hospital. The total death has risen to 97.
  Faisal says: “We are cooperat
  
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• Hundreds protest white nationalist’s speech at Texas A&M

  07-12-2016 11:27 via kxan.com
  
  COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Hundreds of people protested a white nationalist’s speaking engagement at the Texas A&M University campus.
  Several groups protested outside of the student center Tuesday night during and before the appearance by Richard Spencer, who leads a white nationalist organization. Some silently held placards while others loudly chanted slogans. A&M police say two non-students were arrested but gave no details.
  Hundreds gathered at nearby Kyle Field to hea
  
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• Woman comes face to face with suspects in gruesome Del Valle killing

  07-12-2016 04:49 via kxan.com
  
  DEL VALLE, Texas (KXAN) — Investigators say they’ve successfully been able to link a murder suspect to a lengthy crime spree that began with the shooting and burning of a victim, and continued with multiple robberies, assaults and even attempted kidnappings.
  One woman, a victim in the Nov. 7 home invasion, says she remembers the morning the suspects came to her home and took not only her belongings, but her family’s sense of security.
  According to court documents, Tho
  
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• 10,000th live music show rocks Austin airport

  07-12-2016 03:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tuesday marked the 10,000th live music performance at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.
  The Health Alliance of Austin Musicians (HAAM) were presented with a $10,000 donation in honor of the milestone. Grammy winner Ray Benson performed along with an all-star Austin lineup, including Carolyn Wonderland, Redd Volkaert and Shelley King.
  Related: Airlines expected to operate out of South Terminal this spring
  “Music is in the soul of Austin, including its airpor
  
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• More than the Score: Baylor finds its coach in Rhule

  07-12-2016 03:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Erin Hogan from 104.9 The Horn joins Roger Wallace to discuss Baylor’s new football hire and his 104.9 The Horn conversation with Tom Herman.
  
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• Texas WWII vets set off from Austin for 75th Pearl Harbor anniversary

  07-12-2016 02:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two lines of World War II veterans made their way down the terminal at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport Tuesday afternoon. A color guard and bagpipe player led the veterans through the airport. Travelers stopped and watched, some holding their hands to their hearts.
  The 10 veterans from Texas are on their way to Washington, D.C. to attend the 75th Pearl Harbor anniversary event. Two of the veterans survived the surprise attack on the naval base on Dec. 7, 1941, &
  
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• Refrigerator called possible source of deadly Oakland warehouse fire

  07-12-2016 02:51 via kxan.com
  
  OAKLAND, CA (AP) – As crews searched the Oakland warehouse for more bodies, the founder of the arts collective stood near the gutted building Tuesday morning and said he was “incredibly sorry” and that everything he did was to bring people together.
  The death toll remains at 36, with officials saying early Tuesday that no additional bodies have been recovered.
  Alameda County Sheriff’s Deputy Tya Modeste said of the 36 victims found, 26 of their families have been notified
  
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• Officials: Potential for violence from fake news troubling

  07-12-2016 02:12 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The bizarre rumors began with a leaked email referencing Hillary Clinton and sinister interpretations of references to pizza parties. It morphed into fake online news stories about a child sex trafficking ring run by prominent Democrats operating out of a Washington, D.C., pizza joint.
  On Sunday, it culminated in violence when police say a North Carolina man fired an assault rifle inside the Comet Ping Pong restaurant as he attempted to “self-investigate” the
  
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• State’s body camera grant program nearing completion

  07-12-2016 01:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A state grant program has awarded $8.2 million to law enforcement agencies large and small for body cameras. Now, there’s only about $1.8 million left to award, according to the governor’s office.
  More than 120 police departments, including constables, sheriff’s offices and school district police, have received funding for body cameras, including 10 departments in Central Texas. The matching funds are being spent on cameras and storage equipment.
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• Arctic front brings potential for wintry mix early tomorrow

  07-12-2016 01:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you still have your scarves and thick sweaters stowed away, you might want to start bringing them out over the next 24 hours. A strong arctic cold front is heading right for the Lone Star State early tomorrow, possibly bringing more than just freezing temperatures to Central Texas.
  Latest forecast models are showing a weak disturbance kicking up a slight chance of light rain at the same time this cold front is scheduled to arrive. This may lead to some Hill Country count
  
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• Arctic cold front brings potential for wintry mix this week

  07-12-2016 01:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you still have your scarves and thick sweaters stowed away, you might want to start bringing them out over the next 24 hours. A strong arctic cold front is heading right for the Lone Star State late Wednesday, possibly bringing more than just freezing temperatures to Central Texas.
  Latest forecast models are showing a weak disturbance kicking up a slight chance of light rain at the same time this cold front is scheduled to arrive. This may lead to some Hill Country count
  
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• Salvation Army helps homeless Austin family get back on track

  07-12-2016 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — To many of us, the holidays means spending time with family or hosting parties. But there are hundreds of homeless people facing another winter on the streets.
  For Markiese and Leslie Hershkovitz, it’s not the life they had planned for their four children.
  “Being an assistant general manager, that warranted me a very decent lifestyle. Then losing it all gives you a whole different perspective on things,” Markiese said.
  Markiese, an Army veteran,
  
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• Texas senator files bill to expand medical marijuana use

  07-12-2016 00:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN/NEXSTAR) – A Texas senator is looking to help patients with debilitating and chronic medical conditions receive cannabis with a doctor’s recommendation.
  Democratic Senator Jose Menendez filed Senate Bill 269 Tuesday morning. Menendez was joined by veterans, doctors and families at the State Capitol.
  They argued that the proposed legislation is the only way for many of them to live a normal life.
  “I filed this bill because doctors, not politicians, should deter
  
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• Austin doctor leads nation in breakthrough treatment for fibroids

  07-12-2016 00:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For years Bette Whitney wondered why it felt like her body was turning against her. The elementary school teacher was in constant pain, suffering from heavy periods and bloating. She says it felt like there was a constant weight inside of her.
  “Part of me, I just really didn’t want to know,” she remembers. “It’s not a good feeling as a woman thinking there are parts of you that don’t work the way you want them to work. Avoiding it is
  
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• Pilot program to target areas with high animal service calls

  07-12-2016 00:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Come February, Austin’s Animal Services Office will launch a pilot program targeted at various neighborhoods in an effort to keep pets in homes as well as reduce the need for Animal Services’ calls in the area.
  Research shows that need is great in East Austin and Del Valle, specifically in the 78724, 78702 and 78617 zip codes. The 2-year, $1.1 million pilot program is funded by a grant from Maddie’s Fund and will include four temporary positions.
  In a memo
  
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• Pilot program to enhance animal services in several areas of Austin

  07-12-2016 00:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Come February, Austin’s Animal Services Office will launch a pilot program targeted at various neighborhoods in an effort to keep pets in homes as well as reduce the need for Animal Services’ calls in the area.
  Research shows that need is great in East Austin and Del Valle, specifically in the 78724, 78702 and 78617 zip codes. The 2-year, $1.1 million pilot program is funded by a grant from Maddie’s Fund.
  In a memo from Animal Services to the mayor and cou
  
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