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• Now hiring: Ag Commissioner Sid Miller needs a wheelman

  13-01-2017 23:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you ever wanted to go on long road trips with Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller, now could be your chance. There’s a unique, limited-time job opening at the Ag Department. Miller needs a driver, some specials skills required.
  Applicants should know how to “perform highly complex motor vehicle operations,” according to the job posting. Pay tops out at about $35,000.
  Mark Loeffler, an Agriculture Department spokesman, said the employee would
  
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• Liberty depicted as black woman on $100 gold coin

  13-01-2017 22:35 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Mint has unveiled a commemorative $100 gold coin that features an image of Liberty as a black woman.
  The 2017 American Liberty 225th Anniversary Gold Coin shows the woman’s head in profile with a crown of stars. It features the year of the mint’s founding, 1792, as well as 2017. The mint says the other side of the coin will depict an eagle in flight.
  Treasury official says Harriet Tubman will go on $20 bill
  The coin will be released on April 6. The mi
  
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• VIDEO: James Bond-like remote-control screen used to dodge tolls

  13-01-2017 22:28 via kxan.com
  
  APOPKA, FL (WCMH) – A Florida man is facing felony charges for using a sophisticated remote-control device in order to dodge a $1.25 highway toll.
  A Florida Highway Patrol trooper was driving behind Joshua Concepcion-West when the trooper noticed a black cover come down over the license plate just before the car went through a toll plaza.
  Woman accused of driving with homemade cardboard license plate
  The screen went back up after passing the toll both, WKMG reported.
  Troopers demonstrated
  
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• Two juveniles accused of burglarizing Georgetown ISD maintenance yard

  13-01-2017 22:01 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Two juvenile suspects are being questioned in connection with a burglary at Georgetown Independent School District’s Maintenance Yard.
  While the burglary happened on Nov. 21, Georgetown police put out an alert trying to identify the suspects on Thursday evening. Police say the two suspects entered the yard and burglarized several vehicles. The suspects also stole various tools and set off the fire extinguishers.
  After sharing the surveillance photos showing
  
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• Don’s what? Portable toilet names covered for inauguration

  13-01-2017 21:54 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s the great port-a-potty cover-up for President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration.
  Workers preparing for the inauguration Jan. 20 have taped over the name of the company — “Don’s Johns” — that has long supplied portable restrooms for major outdoor events.
  Inaugural concert to feature Toby Keith, Jennifer Holliday
  Virginia-based Don’s Johns calls itself the Washington area’s top provider of portable toilet rentals. B
  
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• Tornado damages business, homes in Williamson County

  13-01-2017 20:28 via kxan.com
  
  WALBURG, Texas (KXAN) — The National Weather Service has confirmed that a minor tornado formed Friday morning in northeast Williamson County.
  The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office said the tornado occurred around 9:30 a.m. in a relatively unpopulated area along Farm to Market 1105 between Walburg and Weir. No one was injured. Authorities say two homes and one business were damaged. Initial information indicates the homes lost some shingles and sheet metal were ripped from some
  
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• Suspects in stolen vehicle lead Austin police on chase

  13-01-2017 20:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three suspects are in custody after police say they crashed a stolen vehicle during a short pursuit Friday afternoon.
  Austin police say around 1 p.m., an officer pulled over a vehicle for a traffic stop at Pleasant Valley Road and Third Street. When he ran the license plate, it came back as reported stolen earlier in the day. As the officer was waiting for backup, the driver in the vehicle took off. As the suspects were trying to get away, police say they hit one vehicle an
  
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• Woman stolen from hospital as newborn in 1998 found alive

  13-01-2017 20:03 via kxan.com
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) – A newborn who was kidnapped from a Jacksonville hospital in 1998 has been found living in South Carolina with the woman accused of abducting her.
  The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday that Kamiyah Mobley is now 18 years old and living in the town of Walterboro, which is located in the South Carolina Lowcountry.
  The sheriff’s office said that tips to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children led them to Gloria Williams, ag
  
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• Pflugerville teacher candidate for national LifeChanger award

  13-01-2017 19:43 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) – A Pflugerville ISD teacher is on the shortlist for one of the nations most prestigious awards.
  It was a parent who nominated Veronica Escaname, a math intervention teacher at Windermere Elementary School, for the LifeChanger of the Year Award.
  “Ms. Escaname has helped many children, including my child, believe that they’re good at math,” Toni Raymond said. “The year they had Ms. Escaname, everything changed. Their test scores and co
  
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• Abandoned newborn found in San Antonio with umbilical cord attached

  13-01-2017 19:23 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (KXAN) — Kids playing outside an apartment complex found a crying newborn, with it’s umbilical cord still attached in San Antonio on Thursday.
  The children took the baby to their mother. She cleaned the new newborn off and immediately called police.
  “That’s really sad that a person could be that heartless and just throw a child on the side of the road. But, it was really sweet for children to walk by and to let somebody know a child is in the ditch so that doe
  
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• Several local schools finalists for HEB Excellence in Education Awards

  13-01-2017 19:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lake Travis, Hutto, and Dripping Springs Independent School Districts have been selected as finalists for HEB’s Excellence in Education Award.
  Over the years, the program has given out $8.5 million in funds to public schools in Texas. HEB says this year there is $85,000 on the table for the winners, which will then be entered in a statewide competition for more prizes.
  A panel of judges will have until May to visit each school district and school board to determine th
  
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• Analysis: Joe Biden falls seven gets up eight

  13-01-2017 18:40 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) — Joe Biden is such an icon in his small state of Delaware that for one of his six campaigns he printed bumper stickers that simply said “Joe.” Nothing more. They didn’t even refer to the Senate. They didn’t need to. He won in a landslide.
  Yet, don’t think Biden has waltzed though life or was born on third base. Hard from it. The outgoing vice president has lived a life filled with unimaginable pain. His first wife and 1-year-old dau
  
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• Teen runaway sexually assaulted in Austin park bathroom

  13-01-2017 18:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 14-year-old who was looking for a place to stay after running away from home ended up at a park in south Austin where she was sexually assaulted, according to an arrest warrant.
  On Nov. 30, 2016, police were called to Gillis Park where the teenager told officers she was the victim of a sexual assault. The suspect has been identified as 51-year-old Booker Castle, who police say is homeless.
  The teen admitted to spending two nights in the park bathroom with Castle. The affi
  
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• Austin teen runaway sexually assaulted in park bathroom

  13-01-2017 18:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin 14-year-old was looking for a place to stay after running away from home in 2016. Police say the teen was sexually assaulted at an Austin park and the suspect is now facing charges.
  On Nov. 30 police were called to Gillis Park in Austin where the teen told officers she was the victim of a sexual assault. The suspect has been identified as 51-year-old Booker Castle, who police say is homeless.
  The teen admitted to spending two night in the park bathroom with C
  
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• Postal worker assaulted delivering mail in Johnson City

  13-01-2017 16:06 via kxan.com
  
  JOHNSON CITY, Texas (KXAN) — A man is in custody after police say he assaulted a postal worker and a nearby resident in Johnson City.
  On Jan. 10 around 11:26 a.m. a U.S. Postal Service employee called police to report that a man with a post was attacking her and damaging her mail truck. The suspect then went to a nearby house on Twin Sisters Drive and threatened a resident while damaging another vehicle.
  The resident was able to snap a picture on his phone of the suspect, which h
  
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• Millennials are falling behind their boomer parents

  13-01-2017 15:04 via kxan.com
  
  SOUTH MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (AP) — Baby Boomers: your millennial children are worse off than you.
  With a median household income of $40,581, millennials earn 20 percent less than boomers did at the same stage of life, despite being better educated, according to a new analysis of Federal Reserve data by the advocacy group Young Invincibles.
  The analysis being released Friday gives concrete details about a troubling generational divide that helps to explain much of the anxiety that defined th
  
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• Sister sister: Bush twins give Sasha, Malia advice on life after White House

  13-01-2017 14:53 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON D.C. (KXAN/NBC) — President George W. Bush’s twin daughters are giving some advice to Malia and Sasha Obama.
  Both of President Obama’s kids are soon to be former first kids. The Bush daughters sent the girls a letter about their transition.
  “Malia and Sasha, eight years ago on a cold November day, we greeted you on the steps of the White House. The four of us wandered the majestic halls of the house you had no choice but to move into. When you slid down th
  
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• Ex-NFL QB Vince Young gets probation in Texas DWI case

  13-01-2017 14:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP/KXAN) — Former Texas and NFL quarterback Vince Young has pleaded no contest and been sentenced to 18 months of probation for a 2016 drunken driving arrest in Austin.
  Young was also fined $300 Thursday and ordered by Travis County Judge Elisabeth Earle to complete 60 hours of community service.
  He also must attend a drunken-driving class and install a device in his vehicle that won’t let it start if it detects alcohol on his breath.
  According to the county attorney&r
  
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• Snowboarders trapped, injured in Utah avalanche survive

  13-01-2017 13:36 via kxan.com
  
  UTAH (KXAN/NBC) — Two snowboarders are alive after an avalanche trapped them in the mountains of Utah.
  Investigators say a group of 11 snowboards triggered the avalanche. Two of them ended up getting trapped.
  One of the men was pinned against a tree, breaking both of his legs, according to rescuers. The other man was buried under six to 12 inches of snow for an estimated eight minutes.
  Avalanche forecasters say the falling snow poses a serious danger.
  “It’s sort of like being s
  
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• Texas guitarist who avoided Buddy Holly plane crash dies at 85

  13-01-2017 13:16 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Tommy Allsup, a guitarist best known for losing a coin toss that kept him off a plane that later crashed and killed rock `n’ roll stars Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “Big Bopper” Richardson, has died. He was 85.
  Singer and musician Austin Allsup says his father died Wednesday at a Springfield, Missouri, hospital from complications from a hernia operation.
  Tommy Allsup was part of Holly’s band when the Lubbock, Texas, singer died in the 1959 pla
  
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• Chinese factory makes giant inflatable ‘Trump-like’ roosters

  13-01-2017 13:10 via kxan.com
  
  JIAXING, China (AP) — A factory in eastern China has been doing a brisk business selling giant inflatable roosters, some as tall as 16 feet, based on a design widely perceived to resemble President-elect Donald Trump.
  Yifang Inflatables, a factory in the city of Jiaxing, near Shanghai, began selling the inflatables after images of a large sculpture of a similar design outside a shopping center in the northern city of Taiyuan went viral on social media last month.
  Chinese state media have d
  
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• Texas children still missing on Amber Alert Awareness Day

  13-01-2017 12:59 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (KXAN) — Friday is Amber Alert Awareness Day, which started in Texas after 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted and killed in 1996.
  While police spread awareness about this crucial program, they are still looking for three Texas children who went missing on Jan. 11. The Department of Public Safety says Doris Camerena took the children from Houston. Camerena could be driving a 2011 Chevrolet Cruz.
  Details for the missing Texas kids:
  Jason Frausto, 2 years old, 09/08/14, 2&r
  
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• Police still searching for missing children on Amber Alert Awareness Day

  13-01-2017 12:59 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (KXAN) — Friday is Amber Alert Awareness Day, which started in Texas after 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted and killed in 1996.
  While police spread awareness about this crucial program, they are still looking for three Texas children who went missing on Jan. 11. The Department of Public Safety says Doris Camerena took the children from Houston. Camerena could be driving a 2011 Chevrolet Cruz.
  Details for the missing Texas kids:
  Jason Frausto, 2 years old, 09/08/14, 2&r
  
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• Amber Alert discontinued for missing Texas children

  13-01-2017 12:59 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (KXAN) — Friday is Amber Alert Awareness Day, which started in Texas after 9-year-old Amber Hagerman was abducted and killed in 1996.
  While police spread awareness about this crucial program, they have discontinued the Amber Alert for three Texas children who went missing on Jan. 11. The Department of Public Safety says Doris Camerena took the children from Houston.
  Details for the missing Texas kids:
  Jason Frausto, 2 years old, 09/08/14, 2’00”, 30 lbs, black hai
  
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• Toyota adds 543,000 vehicles to Takata air bag recalls

  13-01-2017 12:48 via kxan.com
  
  TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. says it is recalling another 543,000 vehicles in the U.S. for defective front passenger air bag inflators made by Japan’s Takata Corp.
  Takata is at the center of a massive recall of inflators that can explode in a crash, spewing metal shrapnel inside the vehicles.
  Toyota said Friday that the recall includes various models of sedans and SUVs made between 2006-2012. Among those recalled are the 2008-2009 Scion xB; 2009 and 2012 Corolla and Corolla Matrix
  
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• Takata pleads guilty, to pay $1B for hiding air bag defect

  13-01-2017 12:48 via kxan.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Takata Corp. has agreed to plead guilty to a single criminal charge and will pay $1 billion in fines and restitution for concealing a deadly defect in its air bag inflators.
  The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit announced the plea deal on Friday.
  Takata will pay a $25 million criminal fine, $125 million to individuals who were injured by the air bags and $850 million to automakers that purchased the inflators. The U.S. district court in Detroit has appointed attorney K
  
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• Texas adoptees fighting for access to original birth certificates

  13-01-2017 12:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An original birth certificate can reveal so much about the person it belongs to. For adoptees, it can reveal their genetic background that is linked to life-saving medical information.
  In Texas, adult adoptees cannot access their birth certificates, because current laws are blocking them from access. However, one bill being considered this legislative session may change that. Adoptee rights groups said at least 10 state senators have signed on to back the bill.
  Currently, o
  
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• Tax center offering to do taxes for free

  13-01-2017 12:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tax season is here. This year 40 million Americans will have to wait a bit longer to get their tax refunds.
  The IRS says anyone claiming earned income tax credit and additional tax credits will have to wait until after Feb. 15 for their refund. The reason they say is to crack down on fraud. This change impacts mainly low income families.
  In order to help families making $55,000 or less, Foundation Communities will prepare taxes for free starting Friday. Hundreds of voluntee
  
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• More than the Score: Karen Aston 1-1

  13-01-2017 05:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas women’s basketball coach Karen Aston went one on one with Roger Wallace on More Than The Score.The Longhorns are off to a 5-0 start in the Big 12 and are riding a nine game win streak.
  
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• SWAT team called to northwest Austin barricaded suspect

  13-01-2017 05:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police are asking people to avoid Hunters Chase Drive in northwest Austin after the SWAT team responded to a barricaded suspect.
  Officers were called to the scene, near US 183, at 8:20 p.m. Thursday. Additional details were not immediately available.
  KXAN will update this page as we get additional information. 
  
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• Breakup turns into fight calling SWAT team to northwest Austin

  13-01-2017 05:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A disagreement was sparked after a woman broke up with her boyfriend leading to a SWAT situation on Hunters Chase Drive in northwest Austin.
  The woman arrived at the apartment Thursday night to find it locked and her key no longer working. Police say the woman broke into the apartment to find her ex inside. She told him she wanted to get her things, but the man barricaded himself inside the apartment and she left.
  Officers were called to the scene, near US 183, at 8:20
  
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• Pedestrian hit, killed on I-35 in Kyle identified

  13-01-2017 05:16 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — A man is dead after he was hit by a vehicle on Interstate 35 in Kyle, Thursday night.
  The crash happened near the Center Street/FM 150 exit. The pedestrian has been identified as 22-year-old Jonathan Reyes from Kyle.
  Police say the man was hit just before 9:30 p.m. and pronounced dead before 10:15 p.m.
  
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• Man killed by vehicle on I-35 in Kyle shuts down southbound traffic

  13-01-2017 05:16 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — A man is dead after being hit by a vehicle on Interstate 35 in Kyle, Thursday night.
  All southbound lanes of the interstate are closed near the Center Street/FM 150 exit. Police say the man was hit just before 9:30 p.m. and pronounced dead before 10:15 p.m.
  At around 10:50 p.m., the city of Kyle said southbound traffic is expected to be blocked for a further four hours while they conduct their investigation. Westbound traffic on the Center Street bridge is being d
  
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• Man hit, killed by vehicle on I-35 in Kyle

  13-01-2017 05:16 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — A man is dead after he was hit by a vehicle on Interstate 35 in Kyle, Thursday night.
  The crash happened near the Center Street/FM 150 exit. Police say the man was hit just before 9:30 p.m. and pronounced dead before 10:15 p.m.
  The name of the victim is being withheld until family is notified.
  We’ll update this page as we get additional information. 
  
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• Car hits, kills person in Kyle, shutting down southbound I-35

  13-01-2017 05:16 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — At least one person is dead after being hit by a vehicle on Interstate 35, Thursday night.
  The Kyle Fire Department says all southbound lanes are shutdown and will remain closed for several hours. The crash happened near the Center Street Bridge, where drivers are being diverted off the interstate. Drivers can then return to I-35 on the next available entrance ramp south of Yarrington Road.
  Find detours with the KXAN Traffic Map
  KXAN has a crew on the way to the s
  
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• South Austin neighbors fear encroaching homeless camp

  13-01-2017 05:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As city officials focus their attention on ways to serve and get a grip on Austin’s growing homeless population, KXAN is hearing from more areas with problems, including a spot off William Cannon Drive in south Austin where neighbors say they don’t feel safe.
  Below the bustle of traffic, on the other side of the train tracks, you’ll find signs of life, now encroaching on nearby neighborhoods.
  “I would say I noticed it about 6 months back, where it lo
  
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• Long-term contraception for Texas students proposed in bill

  13-01-2017 03:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — State Rep. Donna Howard, D-Austin, is proposing a pilot program to offer long-acting reversible contraception (LARC), such as IUDs or contraceptive implants, to Texas students.
  The program would take place in six yet-to-be-determined school districts in the state, if passed. The bill would also require parental consent for students younger than 18 years old.
  Howard says she was impressed by the results she saw out of a similar program in Colorado.
  “So we wanted to try
  
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• Woman killed by intoxicated driver in hit-and-run remembered by family

  13-01-2017 02:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Nearly two weeks after the hit-and-run crash that killed a 21-year-old woman, friends and family members of the victim are gathering to honor her memory.
  The victim, Cristal Ortiz Lopez, died three days after an intoxicated man crashed into her vehicle and fled the scene on Jan. 7, according to an arrest affidavit. She was a graduate of Lyndon B. Johnson Early College High School in northeast Austin.
  The suspect has been identified as Edgar Orlando Camateco-Mercado. Th
  
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• Woman killed by driver in hit-and-run called a ‘beautiful soul’

  13-01-2017 02:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Nearly a week after the hit-and-run crash that killed a 21-year-old woman, friends and family members of the victim are gathering to honor her memory.
  The victim, Cristal Ortiz Lopez, died three days after an intoxicated man crashed into her vehicle and fled the scene on Jan. 7, according to an arrest affidavit. She graduated from Lyndon B. Johnson Early College High School in 2014.
  “She loved everybody. She would get along with everybody. She always brought
  
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• Justice Willett: ‘Young people clueless’ on how our Republic works

  13-01-2017 02:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Supreme Court Justice Don Willett, in a keynote address to the Texas Public Policy Foundation Thursday, said more needs to be done to make sure children learn about government.
  “Young people are utterly clueless about the basics about how our Republic works,” the justice said. “More people can name all three American Idol judges than one member of the U.S. Supreme Court.”
  In May 2016, President-elect Donald Trump revealed his short list of judg
  
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• 12-year-old boy pulls gun on classmate, demands chicken nugget

  13-01-2017 02:03 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (WCMH) – A 12-year-old boy is in custody after police say he pulled a gun on a classmate and demanded she give him a chicken nugget.
  It happened earlier this week when the boy saw a girl buy chicken nuggets at a McDonalds at Lexington Avenue and 103rd Street in New York, WPIX reported.
  The boy asked the girl for a nugget, but she refused.
  NYPD officials said then the boy followed the girl into a train station, pointed a gun at her head and again demanded a nugget. The girl pushed
  
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• Austin woman says cable company caused nearly $1,300 in damages

  13-01-2017 01:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Jenny Richardson is all out of patience. “I have been sending emails, I have been calling and  I keep getting the runaround.”
  The problems at her northeast Austin home started in September. “There was a huge hole in my street the previous day and the street was blocked off. The city of Austin was working on my next door neighbor’s water line,” she said. “In the process of digging the massive hole, the city of Austin cut my Time Warne
  
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• Police searching for suspect in North Austin shooting

  13-01-2017 01:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man shot Thursday afternoon in North Austin has been taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
  Austin police say they were called to the 600 block of Barwood Park, near Interstate 35 and Rundberg Lane, for a report of shots fired at 4:45 p.m.
  Officers located the victim and Austin-Travis County EMS took the man in his 30s to University Medical Center Brackenridge
  Police say they are setting up a perimeter while they search for the suspect.
  KXAN will update
  
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• Man shot in North Austin; search for suspect comes up empty

  13-01-2017 01:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man shot Thursday afternoon in North Austin has been taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
  Austin police say they were called to the 600 block of Barwood Park, near Interstate 35 and Rundberg Lane, for a report of shots fired at 4:45 p.m.
  Officers located the victim and Austin-Travis County EMS took the man in his 30s to University Medical Center Brackenridge
  After setting up a perimeter and searching for the suspect, the police were unable to find the
  
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• Hospital trains how to stop bleeding when minutes count

  13-01-2017 01:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When Victoria Rocha was hit by a falling bullet New Year’s Eve in downtown Austin, she and her fiance were in panic mode. “We had no idea how to stop the bleeding,” explained Rocha. “Someone off the street had mentioned ‘take your beanie off and apply pressure.'”
  In a similar emergency, other people may feel the same way. That is where experts at University Medical Center Brackenridge can help. They’re teaching classes on how to app
  
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• Three deaths in Southeast Texas possibly linked to K2

  13-01-2017 00:53 via kxan.com
  
  BEAUMONT, Texas (KXAN) — Law enforcement agencies in southeast Texas are warning people about a potentially deadly batch of K2 hitting the streets. Three deaths are being attributed to the synthetic marijuana.
  “This batch that is in our community right now is deadly,” said Brit Featherson, acting U.S. Attorney. “It’s all bad, there’s nothing good about any of it but that’s why we’re here today because we’ve had three deaths and we don’t
  
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• San Diego Chargers are no more after leaving for Los Angeles

  13-01-2017 00:31 via kxan.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Chargers fans knew for several years that this dreaded day could be coming, that their beloved NFL team might move up the freeway to tap the perceived riches of Los Angeles.
  That didn’t make it any easier Thursday, when the San Diego Chargers ceased to exist after 56 seasons.
  They’re now the Los Angeles Chargers, set to join the recently relocated Rams to give the nation’s second-largest media market two NFL teams for the first time since 1994.
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• New measures against human trafficking announced by Ken Paxton

  13-01-2017 00:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the state is taking extra measures to fight human trafficking.
  In a press conference Thursday, Paxton said Texas is one of the states in the nation with both victims and human traffickers. Part of his ongoing effort will be to release a a new training video for state employees that integrates media coverage, experts and survivors to train them with knowledge to help save victims.
  In addition, Paxton says “Truckers
  
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• Driver cited for hitting child on Leander sidewalk

  13-01-2017 00:06 via kxan.com
  
  LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — A child walking on a sidewalk in Leander was hit by a car Thursday afternoon.
  The collision happened at 4:46 p.m. near the intersection of Lakeline Boulevard and Rimfire.
  The 12 year old was taken to the hospital with minor, non-life threatening injuries by Williamson County EMS. Leander police say the driver was cited for failing to yield the right of way to a pedestrian on a sidewalk.
  “Just a friendly reminder,” police said, “make sure you are st
  
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• Driver cited for hitting boy riding bike on Leander sidewalk

  13-01-2017 00:06 via kxan.com
  
  LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — A boy riding his bicycle on a sidewalk in Leander was hit by a car Thursday afternoon.
  The collision happened at around 4:16 p.m. near the intersection of Lakeline Boulevard and Rimfire.
  The 12 year old was taken to the hospital with minor, non-life threatening injuries by Williamson County EMS. Leander police say the driver was cited for failing to yield the right of way to a pedestrian on a sidewalk. Officers say the woman driving was leaving an apartment com
  
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