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• California storm causes flooding, triggers evacuations

  22-01-2017 22:51 via kxan.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fast-moving floodwaters swept through mountain communities and residents fled homes below hillsides scarred by wildfires as the third — and largest — in the latest series of storms brought powerful rain Sunday and warnings about damaging mudslides.
  The National Weather Service cautioned that the system was expected to gain strength throughout the day and could be the strongest storm in at least seven years. California has been swamped during a wet winter that
  
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• George H.W. Bush will be moved out of ICU today

  22-01-2017 22:40 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Doctors treating former President George H.W. Bush and his wife at a Houston hospital say they are both improving and Barbara Bush has already been released from the hospital.
  Former President George H.W. Bush’s, 92, health continues to improve and doctors expect to move him out of the intensive care unit at Houston Methodist Hospital Monday afternoon. He has been receiving treatment for breathing difficulties from pneumonia while she is recovering from bronc
  
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• George H.W. Bush improving, wife staying night in hospital

  22-01-2017 22:40 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Former President George H.W. Bush’s health continues to improve and his wife, who is also recovering from illness, has chosen to remain hospitalized one more night to be “closer to her husband,” a family spokesman said Sunday.
  The 92-year-old former president and his wife Barbara remained at Houston Methodist Hospital. He has been receiving treatment for breathing difficulties from pneumonia while she is recovering from bronchitis.
  The 41st president’
  
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• Man killed in Martindale fatal crash

  22-01-2017 21:38 via kxan.com
  
  CALDWELL COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A Houston man is dead following a single vehicle crash late Saturday night.
  The crash happened on TX-80 and FM 1979 just before midnight in Martindale.
  According to Caldwell County Justice of the Peace Precinct 3, the man was traveling at a high rate of speed in a Chevy Silverado pickup when he hit a guardrail and left the roadway. The driver of the truck traveled nearly 250 feet down an embankment before crashing into the base of the bridge direct
  
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• Hill Country Bike Ride for AIDS kicks off annual fundraiser

  22-01-2017 21:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Hill Country Bike Ride for AIDS has kicked off their annual fundraiser.
  Now entering its 18th year, the bike ride is one of the largest fundraisers in Central Texas for HIV and AIDS services.
  Alicia Inns spoke with HCR director Prentiss Douthit about this year’s kickoff event.
  
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• Current, former major leaguers die in Dominican crashes

  22-01-2017 21:08 via kxan.com
  
  SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — Kansas City Royals pitcher Yordano Ventura and former major leaguer Andy Marte died in separate traffic accidents early Sunday in their native Dominican Republic.
  Highway patrol spokesman Jacobo Mateo said Ventura died on a highway leading to the town of Juan Adrian, about 40 miles (70 kilometers) northwest of Santo Domingo. It was not clear if Ventura was driving.
  Metropolitan traffic authorities say Marte died when the Mercedes Benz he was driving
  
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• Runners gather for the annual 3M Half Marathon

  22-01-2017 20:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 6,500 runners rushed past the starting line of the of the 23rd annual 3M Half Marathon early Sunday morning.
  The marathon began on Stonelake Boulevard near Loop 360 where runners headed south near MoPac and passed the finish line on 17th Street and Congress Avenue.
  The 3M Half Marathon partners with 3Mgives, supporting their beneficiary Girlstart which provides year-round STEM programs for girls in grades K-12.
  For more information about the 3M Half Mara
  
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• PHOTOS: Women’s March on Austin becomes largest march in Texas history

  22-01-2017 19:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 50,000 people gathered downtown for the Women’s March on Austin.
  Austinites and others from across state headed to the Texas Capitol Saturday afternoon to march for human rights, equality and public safety.Austin, Texas right now. #WomensMarch pic.twitter.com/TnuLcobEp5
  — Lonely Child (@thisisbray) January 21, 2017
  More than 600 marches took place on Saturday, exceeding more than 2.5 million participants around the world.
  Here are some o
  
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• 11 people killed in Georgia following severe weather

  22-01-2017 16:26 via kxan.com
  
  ATLANTA (AP) — Eleven people were killed and 23 were injured after severe weather struck southern Georgia, officials said Sunday.
  Catherine Howden of the Georgia Emergency Management Agency said the deaths occurred in Cook, Brooks and Berrien counties in southern Georgia near the Georgia-Florida line.
  She said the deaths were related to severe weather but could not specify whether tornadoes were the cause. Tornado warnings had been issued for parts of Georgia overnight.
  Local officials are
  
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• Texas can’t slow down the Kansas backcourt in loss

  22-01-2017 06:00 via kxan.com
  
  LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Devonte’ Graham scored 18 points, Frank Mason III added 17 and No. 2 Kansas beat Texas 79-67 on Saturday.
  Freshman Josh Jackson chipped in 15 points for the Jayhawks while Svi Mykhailiuk added 12 points and Landen Lucas had 12 rebounds.
  Kansas (18-1, 7-0 Big 12) hovered between a six- and eight-point lead for most of the second half. The Jayhawks only pulled away with 60 seconds remaining, as Graham and Mykhailiuk hit back-to-back corner 3-pointers in front of t
  
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• No. 12 Texas women 8-0 in Big 12, roll past Texas Tech

  22-01-2017 05:59 via kxan.com
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — Joyner Holmes scored 13 points and grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds to lead No. 12 Texas to a 77-57 victory over Texas Tech on Saturday night for its 12th straight win.
  Texas extends its program-best Big 12 Conference start to 8-0. The Longhorns opened conference play 5-0 three times, the latest during the 2015-16 season.
  Brooke McCarty had 14 points and Ariel Atkins added 13 for Texas (14-4, 8-0), which swept the season series against Texas Tech (11-7, 3-4) for the
  
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• Austin middle schooler grows 750 pounds of vegetables for the hungry

  22-01-2017 03:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin middle school student is helping to change the world, by feeding hundreds of people who might not otherwise have a meal on the table.
  Ian McKenna, 12, held a hunger awareness dinner at El Buen Samaritano in south Austin Saturday evening.
  McKenna is part of Katie’s Krops, a nationwide organization that encourages children to grow vegetables to help reduce hunger. Since McKenna joined the organization a year ago, he has grown more than 750 pounds of fresh food
  
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• Over 1 million join anti-Trump women’s marches worldwide

  22-01-2017 03:34 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — In a global exclamation of defiance and solidarity, more than 1 million people rallied at women’s marches in the nation’s capital and cities around the world Saturday to send President Donald Trump an emphatic message on his first full day in office that they won’t let his agenda go unchallenged.
  “Welcome to your first day, we will not go away!” marchers in Washington chanted.
  Many of the women came wearing pink, pointy-eared “puss
  
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• Rainbows and storm clouds over Central Texas

  22-01-2017 01:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Beautiful pictures sent in by KXAN viewers. Storm clouds over Central Texas Jan. 21, 2017 Sunset in Elgin on Jan. 21, 2017 (KXAN Viewer/Doug Smith)Rainbow over Lakeway on Jan. 21, 2017 (KXAN Viewer/Donna Karcher)Mammatus clouds over Round Rock on Jan. 21, 2017 (KXAN Viewer/Dave Crawford)Kelvin-Helmholtz clouds over Elgin on Jan. 20, 2017 (KXAN Viewer/Brock Logan)Rainbow over Tuscan Village in Lakeway on Jan. 21, 2017 (KXAN Viewer)Clouds over Llano on Jan. 21, 2017 (KXAN Vie
  
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• State of Texas: In-Depth – Words of Unity and Division

  22-01-2017 01:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Donald Trump set the tone for his presidency just moments after taking the oath of office. The vision he laid out in his inaugural address brought both cheers and condemnation, with the difference falling largely along political lines.
  “To me it sounded like two people wrote the speech,” mused Democratic political strategist Harold Cook.  He noted how the President sent a unifying message in some passages, but also returned to the divisive tone of his campa
  
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• Woman stabbed in possible southeast Austin robbery

  22-01-2017 00:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are investigating after a woman was stabbed in southeast Austin Saturday evening.
  Officers responded to the call in the 1100 block of Montopolis Drive just before 4:45 p.m.
  Police say the incident may have been a robbery attempt. The woman, in her 70s or 80s, was stabbed in the shoulder. She was taken to Brackenridge hospital, but her injuries are not expected to be life-threatening.
  
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• Woman injured in partial ceiling collapse at Office Depot

  22-01-2017 00:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin fire officials say a female customer was injured after a portion of exterior ceiling collapsed at an Office Depot Saturday afternoon.
  The 20 by 12 foot piece of ceiling fell from the store’s entrance at around 3 p.m.
  Austin-Travis County EMS reports the woman, in her 20s, has potentially serious, but not life-threatening, injuries. She has been taken to St. David’s South Austin Medical Center.
  The store, near Lamar Boulevard and Oltorf Street, w
  
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