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• 4 dead after tornado rips through south Mississippi

  21-01-2017 23:50 via kxan.com
  
  HATTIESBURG, Miss. (AP) –” Four people were killed, roofs were ripped from homes and churches, and trees were torn from the earth early Saturday when a tornado hitting in the dark of night ripped through a region in southern Mississippi, officials said.
  Four people died after the twister blew through the city and surrounding area, said Forrest County Coroner Butch Benedict. The twister was part of a wall of stormy weather traveling across the region, bringing with it rain and unstable
  
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• Comparing the benefits of testosterone restoration and replacement

  21-01-2017 22:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Therapy using topical treatments often lower sperm counts. However, while testosterone replacement effectively improves the symptoms of “low T,” it causes the body to produce even less of its own testosterone. Sperm counts also decrease because the body needs its own testosterone to produce sperm.
  Reproductive Urologist at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center Dr. Parviz Kavoussi was in the KXAN studio to talk about the difference between testostero
  
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• Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas opens new mentor center

  21-01-2017 22:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas is a non-profit which matches adult volunteers and children to build create positive, influential relationships together.
  Now in its 46th year, the program is celebrating their time in Austin with a new mentoring center.
  Brenda Lindfors and Jamie Avila were in the KXAN studio to talk about the grand opening of the Bennett-Rathgeber Mentoring Center.
  
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• Fire destroys multiple storage units in Central Austin

  21-01-2017 20:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A fire heavily damaged multiple storage units in Central Austin Saturday morning.
  It happened at the AAA Self Storage on the 6700 block of Shirley Ave. around 11 a.m.
  According to the Austin Fire Department, the fire involved two storage units in the area. Crews were able to control the fire and salvage and overhaul the units affected.
  The cause of the fire is unknown at this time.
  
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• As Trump takes office, 120+ DC restaurants donate profits to diversity groups

  21-01-2017 20:09 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (MEDIA GENERAL) – Tens of thousands of activists marched through the streets of Washington on Saturday to protest the inauguration of Donald J. Trump as America’s 45th president.
  The Women’s March on Washington drew a wide cross-section of hundreds of organizations, ranging from Planned Parenthood to the ACLU and AFL-CIO, all of which oppose Mr. Trump’s divisive rhetoric and administrative priorities.
  While the Trump inauguration lacked serious star power, cel
  
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• Women’s March on Austin to kick off at Capitol

  21-01-2017 18:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands of people from across the state are expected to gather at the state Capitol for the Women’s March on Austin Saturday afternoon.
  After the inauguration of President Trump, people across the country have also gathered for the Women’s March on Washington. The march in Austin is one of over 670 sister marches across the world.
  Women’s March taking over downtown Austin at the State Capitol (KXAN Viewer Photo/ Derrick)A prayer service in front of the S
  
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• WATCH: Women’s March on Austin moving through downtown

  21-01-2017 18:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands of people from across the state are gathering at the state Capitol for the Women’s March on Austin Saturday afternoon.
  After the inauguration of President Trump, people across the country are also gathering for the Women’s March on Washington. The march in Austin is one of over 670 sister marches across the world. More than 30,000 people are expected to show up for the event.
  Women’s March taking over downtown Austin at the State Capitol (KXAN Vi
  
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• Thousands participate in Women’s March on Austin

  21-01-2017 18:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands of people from across the state are gathering at the state Capitol for the Women’s March on Austin Saturday afternoon.
  After the inauguration of President Trump, people across the country are also gathering for the Women’s March on Washington. The march in Austin is one of over 670 sister marches across the world. More than 30,000 people are expected to show up for the event.
  Women’s March taking over downtown Austin at the State Capitol (KXAN Vi
  
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• 50,000 participate in Women’s March on Austin

  21-01-2017 18:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands of people from across the state gathered at the state Capitol for the Women’s March on Austin Saturday afternoon.
  After the inauguration of President Trump, people across the country are also gathering for the Women’s March on Washington. The march in Austin was one of over 670 sister marches across the world. Event organizers say more than 50,000 people were in attendance, almost double the amount expected.
  “I didn’t expect such a hug
  
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• Update: Missing elderly man found safe

  21-01-2017 14:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police have located an elderly man who had earlier been reported as missing.
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  Austin police is asking for the public’s help in locating an elderly man last seen early Saturday morning.
  Police say 95-year-old Howard Slataper was seen at the 100 block of Oertli Lane in north Austin at around 12:30 a.m.
  Slataper is described as a white male and who is 6 feet tall and weighs around 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a green jacket, black/g
  
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• PHOTOS: Inauguration Day protests in Austin

  21-01-2017 05:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Protesters made their way throughout downtown Austin on Friday, marching against the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
  Major roads and bridges were blocked, snarling traffic for many, similar in range and size to protests in Austin after the presidential election. 
  Photos taken by KXAN photographers, reporters and viewers show what the day was like for those in the thick of the protest, and in some cases, counter-protest. Protesters march through Austin as Presid
  
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• Families don’t shy away from bringing children to Trump protests

  21-01-2017 03:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department say there were no arrests on inauguration day in Austin despite having thousands of people protesting and rallying across downtown and the Capitol.
  Officers told us their main goal was to keep everyone safe as they exercised their First Amendment right to free speech.
  In the crowds of demonstrators there were many families and parents with small children of all ages. “We’re here to say he’s not our president, he doesn’t r
  
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• Police searching for family of man found dead on Christmas Eve

  21-01-2017 03:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Officers have been unable to find family of a man found dead at the H-E-B at 9414 N. Lamar Blvd., near Rundberg Lane, on Dec. 24.
  Police were called at around 4 a.m. on Christmas Eve to the scene. Officers did not say where the man, Cesar Hernandez-Sanchez, 56, was found on the property.
  Foul play is not suspected in the death.
  The Travis County Medical Examiner’s Office (TCME) is asking for the public’s help. If anyone has information about his family
  
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• Suspects broke into Capital Metro rail station to steal bicycle

  21-01-2017 03:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Surveillance photos released by the Austin Police Department on Friday show two suspects who broke into a north Austin Capital Metro rail station last year to steal a bicycle.
  Police say the burglary happened at the rail station’s bike shelter at 2427 Kramer Ln. on Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2016 at 3:04 a.m. Now, officers are asking for your help identifying the two men in the photos.
  The first suspect is described as a white male, short, with a small build. The second susp
  
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• Woman who had ‘high unlike any other’ after brutal stabbing gets 15 years

  21-01-2017 02:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A woman who wrote she experienced ‘a high unlike any other’ after stabbing another woman 21 times in March of 2016 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison as part of a plea deal.
  Pearl Moen, who was 17-years-old at the time of the attack, hid in the bushes and attacked a woman because she wanted to know what it would feel like to kill someone, according to diary entries found in her home.
  In the diary, she goes on to call herself a “homicidal psychopath w
  
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• Woman hit by car in east Austin critically injured

  21-01-2017 02:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A woman in her 60s has critical injuries Friday evening after being hit by a car in east Austin.
  Medics with Austin-Travis County EMS responded to the incident in the 7200 block of Cameron Road, just north of US 290.
  Austin police say they were called to the scene at 7:12 p.m. No additional information was immediately available.
  
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• 7 things President Trump promised to do on Day One

  21-01-2017 02:29 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (KXAN) — You’ve heard the chants to build a wall and the calls to repeal Obamacare, now President Trump is starting his new job in the Oval Office.
  Here are some of the things he promised to start on his first full day:
  1. A hiring freeze
  A plan on the Trump campaign’s website shows the president plans to put a freeze on hiring federal employees. The idea is to reduce the size of the federal workforce through attrition.
  2. One in, two out
  In an effort to reduce regul
  
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• President Trump signs order to ease burden of Obamacare

  21-01-2017 02:24 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has signed his first executive order as president, ordering federal agencies to ease the burden of President Barack Obama’s sweeping healthcare law.
  The order notes that Trump intends to seek the “prompt repeal” of the law. But in the meantime, it allows the Health and Human Services Department and other federal agencies to delay implementing any piece of the law that might impose a “fiscal burden” on states, healt
  
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• One20 movement spreads kindness on Inauguration Day

  21-01-2017 02:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — While many spent the morning with eyes glues to the TV, watching the swearing-in of the nations 45th president — others chose to keep their hands busy.
  The movement is known as One20, not only marking the actual date in January, but to encourage people, regardless of political affiliation, to give back and transform inauguration day into a day of service.
  A group of volunteers in Austin worked through organizing papers for staff and patients at Manos de Cris
  
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• Texas judge cited after allegedly making obscene gesture

  21-01-2017 01:46 via kxan.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A state district judge in El Paso is accused of shaking his middle finger at another judge in a fit of anger and now has a court date after being charged with disorderly conduct.
  State District Judge Patrick Garcia is scheduled for trial in April after the El Paso County district attorney’s office determined the misdemeanor case should be prosecuted.
  A county court judge filed a complaint after he says Garcia gave him the finger in November outside the county co
  
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• West Texas teacher admits luring immigrant teachers for kickbacks

  21-01-2017 01:20 via kxan.com
  
  PECOS, Texas (AP) — A West Texas schoolteacher who is an Indian immigrant has admitted to luring other Indian immigrants to teach in the West Texas district, then taking kickbacks from each of the teachers’ paychecks.
  George Mariadas Kurusu pleaded guilty before a federal magistrate Friday in Pecos to a variety of fraud and witness tampering charges. He admits that from December 2012 to May 2016, he defrauded several people out of more than $50,000 for a sham “visa package&rdqu
  
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• Austin Water Utility official being disciplined after scathing audits

  21-01-2017 01:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin Water Utility manager is being disciplined after three tough audits of the utility’s communications office that found alleged favors for vendors, “grossly uneconomical” use of city resources and an inappropriate business relationship, according to audits and a utility executive.
  Kevin Buchman, a utility marketing services manager, was issued a pre-disciplinary action Thursday. Buchman will have three days to respond. The disciplinary action will
  
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