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• Dallas-area teacher’s aide faked cancer to be off in criminal case

  24-01-2017 22:43 via kxan.com
  
  MESQUITE, Texas (AP) — Officials say a Dallas-area teacher’s aide faked having cancer and his time off granted for surgery coincided with a West Virginia court date.
  The Dallas Morning News reports administrators Tuesday told students at Wilkinson Middle School in Mesquite that Kevin MaBone does not have cancer and is no longer an employee. He was hired in August.
  Records show MaBone in October pleaded guilty to misappropriating government funds from the Charleston Jobs Corps Center.
  
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• Man tries to break into Round Rock pharmacy via drive-thru window

  24-01-2017 22:16 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Officers are looking for a man who pried open a drive-thru window to break into a Round Rock pharmacy earlier this month.
  Police were called to the Quick Pharmacy at 701 E. Palm Valley Blvd., near the intersection with Sunrise Road, at 12:49 a.m. on Jan. 2 for a report of an attempted burglary.
  Video surveillance showed the suspect and a gray, 2-door vehicle, possibly a Toyota Scion, parked in front of the building during daytime hours. Officers did not say
  
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• Funeral held for Gene Cernan, last man to walk on the moon

  24-01-2017 21:40 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (KXAN) — The funeral service for U.S. Navy Capt. Eugene Cernan is underway at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church in Houston. The former astronaut will be buried at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin during a private burial service with full military honors, Tuesday.
  Cernan died Jan. 16 at the age of 82. He was the commander of what would be the last mission to moon, Apollo 17, having the distinction of being the last astronaut to leave footprints on the lunar surface.
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• Mother of Georgetown cyclist finds his body after hit-and-run

  24-01-2017 20:42 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Authorities are trying to find out who hit and killed a 19-year-old bicyclist in Georgetown between Monday night and early Tuesday morning.
  Georgetown police say Thomas (Tommy) Ketterhagen’s was last seen riding his bicycle in east Georgetown around 5 p.m. Monday. When he didn’t return home that evening, his family reported him missing. On Tuesday morning, his mother found his body in the 2300 block of Patriot Way.
  Investigators believe Kett
  
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• 19-year-old Georgetown bicyclist killed in hit-and-run

  24-01-2017 20:42 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Authorities are trying to find out who hit and killed a 19-year-old bicyclist in Georgetown between Monday night and early Tuesday morning.
  Georgetown police say Thomas (Tommy) Ketterhagen’s was last seen riding his bicycle in east Georgetown around 5 p.m. Monday. When he didn’t return home that evening, his family reported him missing. On Tuesday morning, his mother found his body in the 2300 block of Patriot Way.
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• Texas woman who claimed to be ‘voice of God’ gets 6 years

  24-01-2017 20:25 via kxan.com
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say a North Texas woman who claimed to be the “voice of God” must serve six years in prison for forcing two immigrants to work for years without pay.
  Olga Sandra Murra of Fort Worth was sentenced Monday and ordered to pay the immigrants $795,000. Murra was convicted of two counts of forced labor and two counts of harboring an illegal immigrant.
  Authorities say Murra in the 1990s helped smuggle the two Mexicans into the U.S. She forced them t
  
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• City looks to east Austin parks as alternative event spaces

  24-01-2017 20:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As Austin continues to be one of the hottest locations to host events and festivals, the city of Austin is looking at making sure the Parks Department can keep up with the wear and tear on park grounds.
  On Thursday, the Austin City Council will decide whether to approve the Parkland Events Task Force’s final report, which recommends the number of events at Auditorium/Vic Mathias Shores, Zilker Park and Festival Beach be reduced. The idea, according to the report,
  
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• PHOTOS: Fort Hood soldiers teach Williamson County students flag etiquette

  24-01-2017 19:45 via kxan.com
  
  FLORENCE, Texas (KXAN) – Some Williamson County fourth and fifth graders got an intense lesson in flag etiquette from some of the nation’s bravest on Friday.
  Florence Elementary School was visited by five U.S. Army Operational Test Command soldiers from Fort Hood as part of the Adopt-a-School program.
  “Sometimes, you get tasked. You don’t get asked. You get tasked,” said said Sgt. 1st Class Ryan Neal. “That’s what we say in the Army. And, you know w
  
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• Remaining Austin ride-sharing companies all in compliance with code

  24-01-2017 19:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Eight remaining ride-sharing companies in Austin are currently in code compliance with nearly 200 drivers rejected due to background checks, according to city memo.
  As of December 2016, 8,343 drivers completed a background check and 197 people were not allowed to drive based on Council approved disqualifying offenses.
  According to the memo, to qualify for code compliance, a ride-sharing company must have met an 85 percent requirement by December 1 2016.
   
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• What’s new on Netflix for February

  24-01-2017 19:20 via kxan.com
  
  (WISH) — New titles headed to Netflix next month include “Finding Dory,” “Magic Mike,” “Twilight,” and “Superbad.”
  A complete list of titles coming and going from the streaming service is available below.
  New on Netflix in February:
  February 1Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies, and Cyber Attacks (2016)Babe (1995)Babe: Pig in the City (1998)Balto (1995)Balto 2: Wolf Quest (2001)Balto 3: Wings of Change (2004)Contact (1997)Corpse Bride (2005)Disney
  
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• Brush fire starts in Del Valle after controlled burn fails

  24-01-2017 18:52 via kxan.com
  
  DEL VALLE, Texas (KXAN) – A brush fire threatening cars and structures is the result of a controlled burn failing to remain contained.
  An initial call for help reached Travis County ESD 11 at 11:19 a.m. for the fire at 10220 Doyle Rd. in the Del Valle area.
  Hays County re-instated their burn ban on Tuesday. For full details of where burn bans are in place, check here.
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• Study: Nearly 79,000 minors are sex trafficked in Texas

  24-01-2017 18:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new University of Texas at Austin study is shedding light and providing actual empirical data on the extent of human trafficking in Texas and its far-reaching effects. The study by the Institute on Domestic Violence & Sexual Assault (IDVSA) at The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work states there are more than 300,000 victims of human trafficking in Texas, including almost 79,000 minors and youth victims of sex trafficking and nearly 234,000 adult victi
  
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• Thieves accused of stealing $1,000 worth of DVDs from New Braunfels HEB

  24-01-2017 18:44 via kxan.com
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) — New Braunfels police are asking for help finding two robbery suspects who stole more than $1,000 worth of DVDs from HEB.
  From Jan. 19 through 21, a man and women took numerous “high dollar” DVDs and Blu-Rays from the HEB Plus on the 2600 block of North Interstate 35. Surveillance video captured images of the suspects and now police need help identifying them.
  The man is described by police as white with brown hair and a goatee. The woman is white w
  
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• Standing Rock Sioux : Trump is breaking the law

  24-01-2017 18:30 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe says President Donald Trump is breaking the law with an executive order aimed at moving the Dakota Access oil pipeline forward.
  The tribe has fought for months against the pipeline that passes near its reservation on the North Dakota-South Dakota border. Tribal leaders argue that it risks contaminating water, and they’re promising to fight Trump’s action in court.
  Tribal Chairman Dave Archambault says Trump must honor treaty
  
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• Florida woman accused of kidnapping, beating man she met online for sex

  24-01-2017 18:14 via kxan.com
  
  BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A Broward County woman and two accomplices kidnapped, beat and robbed a man after he arranged to meet her for sex through Backpage.com, authorities said.
  WTVJ reports Jesse Rodriguez, 30, was arrested Sunday on charges including grand theft, battery, illegal use of a credit card and possession of cocaine, according to an arrest report from the Broward Sheriff’s office.
  The victim went to an extended stay hotel to meet with a woman he met on the website,
  
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• Fla. woman kidnapped, beat, robbed man she met online for sex

  24-01-2017 18:14 via kxan.com
  
  BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – A Broward County woman and two accomplices kidnapped, beat and robbed a man after he arranged to meet her for sex through Backpage.com, authorities said.
  WTVJ reports Jesse Rodriguez, 30, was arrested Sunday on charges including grand theft, battery, illegal use of a credit card and possession of cocaine, according to an arrest report from the Broward Sheriff’s office.
  The victim went to an extended stay hotel to meet with a woman he met on the website,
  
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• Will work for marijuana: Lawyer’s license suspended

  24-01-2017 18:10 via kxan.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana lawyer who worked in exchange for marijuana has been suspended from practice for a year. The state’s Supreme Court rejected a disciplinary board’s recommendation to let attorney James Mecca keep working.
  Mecca pleaded guilty in 2014 to a misdemeanor first-offence charge of possessing marijuana in 2013. His six-month jail sentence was suspended and he has served a year of probation, according to an unsigned Supreme Court opinion Friday.
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• VIDEO: Minnesota governor, 69, collapses during speech

  24-01-2017 17:37 via kxan.com
  
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton collapsed while delivering his State of the State speech on Monday, striking his head on a lectern. The 69-year-old Democrat appeared to be conscious as he was helped into a back room several minutes later, and a top staffer said he walked out of the Capitol under his own power.
  Dayton’s chief of staff Jaime Tincher said Dayton quickly recovered after fainting roughly 40 minutes into his annual address. Tincher said he was spending time with hi
  
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• Austin joins Big Jump Project to increase city cyclists

  24-01-2017 17:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin is now one of an elite group of 10 cities working towards the goal of increasing bicyclists.
  Austin was selected as a member of the ‘Big Jump Project’ by nationally recognized PeopleforBikes. The initiative aims to achieve a ‘big jump’ in the number of people biking the city’s central core.
  “Biking helps our city in so many ways – household affordability, low-carbon mobility, community health and competitive attractiveness as
  
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• In interview, Fox Sports reporter Erin Andrews announces cancer diagnosis

  24-01-2017 16:42 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Fox Sports reporter Erin Andrews announced she was diagnosed with cervical cancer late last year in an interview with Sports Illustrated’s MMQB.com.
  Andrews, also known as the host for ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” underwent two procedures last year, Oct. 11 and Nov. 1, without taking time off from her role as Fox’s top sideline reporter for NFL games.
  Andrews admitted in the interview that she was eager to continue working despite her diagnosis
  
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• Video: Wrong-way driver zooms past Santa Fe patrol cars

  24-01-2017 16:18 via kxan.com
  
  SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – Video shows a suspected drunken driver going the wrong way on a highway in New Mexico around 2:30 a.m. last week, driving right past deputies.
  Santa Fe County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Bernardino Jimenez, 59, for aggravated DWI and reckless driving.
  A report says Jimenez was driving north in the southbound lanes of the highway on Tuesday, Jan. 17.
  MoPac wrong-way driver charged with DWI
  Deputies followed the car for about a mile before surrounding it and for
  
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• Dispatcher’s texts help save woman abducted, locked in trunk of car

  24-01-2017 16:02 via kxan.com
  
  SMITHFIELD, N.C. (WNCN) — Thanks to one Johnston County 911 dispatcher, a woman who police say was abducted is now safe and sound.
  On Jan. 14 a Johnston County 911 supervisor took a call from a woman saying she was abducted in Raleigh and locked in the trunk of a moving car.
  But the call dropped and dispatchers weren’t able to get the woman back on the line.
  The night shift supervisor Tim Medlin had an idea. He used his work cell phone to text the victim, something that had never bee
  
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• AISD calls for reaction to proposed master plan

  24-01-2017 15:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin ISD needs your help with the district’s new master plan. Your input will influence the urban education of tomorrow.
  Public meetings are being held about the decision to modernize 130 Austin school campuses. What that means differs from school to school.
  The plan is to address the worst schools first with upgrades. The district has set a 20-25 year time frame.
  Structural damage closes Brown Elementary for the school year
  “We have a lot of schools that are
  
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• JUST ANNOUNCED: Oscars go gaga for ‘La La Land’ with record-tying 14 nods

  24-01-2017 14:50 via kxan.com
  
  HOLLYWOOD, California (AP) – The candy-colored love letter to musicals “La La Land” has landed a record-tying 14 Academy Awards nominations, matching it with “Titanic” and “All About Eve” for most nominations ever.
  “La La Land” has earned nods for best picture, its stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, its songs and its 32-year-old writer-director, Damien Chazelle.
  The other nominees for best picture are: “Moonlight,” ”Arrival,
  
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• Pres. Trump claims millions of illegal immigrants cost him the popular vote

  24-01-2017 14:30 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump’s efforts to build bridges and push through his agenda were overshadowed again with his continued fixation on the election and more false claims.
  During a bipartisan reception with lawmakers at the White House Monday evening, Trump claimed the reason he’d lost the popular vote to his Democratic rival was that 3 million to 5 million immigrants living in the U.S. illegally had voted. That’s according to a Democratic aide familiar wit
  
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• US health officials cancels conference on climate change; don’t say why

  24-01-2017 14:26 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – The government’s top public health agency has canceled a conference next month on climate change and health but isn’t saying why publicly.
  But a co-sponsor said he was told by the CDC that it was worried how the conference would be viewed by the Trump administration.
  The incoming administration did not ask or order that the meeting be canceled, said Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association.
  “They had no idea or not
  
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• UK government loses Brexit case, must consult Parliament

  24-01-2017 14:20 via kxan.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government must get parliamentary approval before starting the process of leaving the European Union, the Supreme Court ruled Tuesday, potentially delaying Prime Minister Theresa May’s plans to trigger negotiations by the end of March.
  The 8-3 ruling forces the government to put a bill before Parliament, giving pro-EU politicians a chance to soften the terms of Brexit — Britain’s exit from the EU. “Leave” campaigners had objected,
  
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• Community mourns San Antonio mall shooting victim

  24-01-2017 13:49 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (WOAI) – As police were making the second arrest on Monday in this weekend’s deadly jewelry store robbery at a San Antonio, Texas mall, the local community was in mourning for the man who lost his life trying to stop the robbers.
  42-year-old Jon Murphy was at Kay Jeweler’s with his wife getting their wedding rings cleaned when he was killed.
  Police say Murphy tried to stop two men who stormed into the jewelry store trying to rob it.
  2 suspects jailed in deadl
  
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• Cosmetics manufacturers begin to phase out microbeads

  24-01-2017 13:13 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (KPRC) – They’re supposed to give a vibrant complexion and help with anti-aging, but the so-called “microbeads” are being banned from many products.
  The government says the beads are polluting the environment and threatening users’ health.
  Right now, companies should be making moves to get rid of the plastic beads in body and face washes. Manufacturers have until next January before the ban will take full effect.
  Baylor College of Medicine medical aes
  
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• Ex-child psychiatrist in prison for sexual assault sued for $1 million

  24-01-2017 12:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Dr. Charles Fischer was sentenced in November to 40 years in prison after being convicted of multiple charges of sexual assault of a child. Now, one of his victims has filed a lawsuit seeking $1 million in damages.
  The lawsuit, filed by a John Doe, says Fischer was responsible for their care at the Austin State Hospital in 2003. During that time, Doe alleges Fischer exposed himself and touched their genitals and forced them to touch his.
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• Thousands expected at school choice rally

  24-01-2017 12:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands are expected to rally on the South Steps of the State Capitol Tuesday morning in support of expanding the state’s school choice program to include a private school choice program. Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick are expected to speak in favor of upcoming legislation that would use tax dollars to help parents pay for private, religious or home school options.
  This is similar legislation Patrick pushed for during the last legislative session but
  
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• School choice rally expected to draw thousands

  24-01-2017 12:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands are expected to rally on the South Steps of the State Capitol Tuesday morning in support of expanding the state’s school choice program to include a private school choice program. Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick are expected to speak in favor of upcoming legislation that would use tax dollars to help parents pay for private, religious or home school options.
  This is similar legislation Patrick pushed for during the last legislative session but
  
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• School choice rally draws thousands

  24-01-2017 12:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands showed up on the south steps of the state capitol Tuesday morning in support of expanding the state’s school choice program to include a private school choice program. Governor Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick spoke in favor of upcoming legislation that would use tax dollars to help parents pay for private, religious or home school options.
  This is similar legislation Patrick pushed for during the last legislative session but after passing in the Senate
  
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• Diversity and ‘La La Land’ ready for their Oscar close-ups

  24-01-2017 11:54 via kxan.com
  
  HOLLYWOOD, California (AP) — After two straight years of all-white acting nominees and an overhauling of the motion picture academy, the Oscars were poised to trend in a different direction Tuesday.
  Barry Jenkin’s luminous coming-of-age tale “Moonlight,” the crowd-pleasing African-American mathematician drama “Hidden Figures” and Denzel Washington’s fiery August Wilson adaption “Fences” are set to lead a notably more diverse group of contend
  
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• Longhorns win thriller

  24-01-2017 05:51 via kxan.com
  
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  After finding so many different ways to lose close games, Texas came back from five points down with 17 seconds to go to beat Oklahoma 84-83 at the Erwin Center on Monday night.Freshman Andrew Jones hit the game winning three pointer with 1.8 seconds to go after OU’s Khadeem Lattin missed two free throws.Jones finished with 16 points and hit all three of his three point attempts.Sophomore Eric Davis Jr. hit a three with 11.5 seconds to go to cut the OU lead to two befor
  
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• Groups urge lawmakers to enact ‘Constitutional Carry’ in Texas

  24-01-2017 05:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — If some Texas lawmakers get their way, most Texans would be able to carry a gun without a license.
  Lone Star Gun Rights and Texans for Accountable Government want lawmakers to pass “constitutional carry.” It would let anyone who can legally own a firearm carry it where people with a license can now.
  They say requiring licenses infringes on the Second Amendment, because of the fees required to obtain and renew it.
  The group still wants people to be able to g
  
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• Mail theft ring investigation zeroing in on south Austin

  24-01-2017 04:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Frustrated homeowners are hoping security video will nab the suspects swiping their packages and mail in their south Austin neighborhood.
  The families say they’ve found mailboxes open and searched in south Austin and packages disappearing. Video from one home shows a blue SUV driving by a house more than a week ago. The driver backs up, a woman then gets out, and heads straight towards the porch. The video shows that within seconds the woman is running back to the SUV
  
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• Texas rural schools wary of state money to private schools

  24-01-2017 04:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Monday, public school advocates challenged supporters of a new “school choice” proposal, Education Savings Accounts. Thousands of Texans are expected to descend on the Capitol Tuesday to push lawmakers to give the state funding per child — around $5,500 — over to parents to decide their educational route.
  It’s “National School Choice Week” and the Coalition for Public Schools wanted to push the alternative side before
  
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• Minnesota governor collapses, then recovers in State of the State speech

  24-01-2017 03:42 via kxan.com
  
  Man, this is scary video of Gov. Mark Dayton collapsing during State of the State address. pic.twitter.com/i4FdxIBNS7
  — Hakeem Onafowokan (@HakeemEsq) January 24, 2017
  ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Gov. Mark Dayton collapsed while delivering his State of the State speech on Monday, striking his head on a lectern. The 69-year-old Democrat was helped into a back room and appeared to be conscious, and two colleagues said he appeared to be OK.
  House Speaker Kurt Daudt said minutes after the in
  
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• Texas attorney general not opposed to suing Trump administration

  24-01-2017 02:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — President Donald Trump got to work inside the Oval Office and exercised some executive powers Monday.
  He signed three executive orders, including one that pulls the U.S. out of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP). Trump also signed an order that freezes hiring by the federal government, with the exception of the military.
  The third executive order reinstated the “Mexico City Policy” on abortion funding, which bans non-governmental organizations that perform o
  
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• Austin ISD getting a better handle on payroll problems

  24-01-2017 02:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District says payroll problems with a new $7 million system are improving.
  Since the summer, several employees have been telling KXAN they were not getting paid correctly. AISD Chief Financial Officer Nicole Conley says in the last two months the district has retrained time keepers and IT staff, provided more online and live training and set up a help hotline
  From July to November of last year, the help hotline received 6,870 calls. T
  
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• Proposal to allow motorcycles to drive between cars back in session

  24-01-2017 02:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s commonly called “lane splitting” when motorcyclists drive between traffic lanes on highways during major congestion. Supporters of Senate Bill 288 say the legislation allowing lane splitting would help ease traffic congestion in the Austin area.
  “We’re asking for common sense items that will make it safer for the community,” says Austin motorcyclist Steven Cochran, one of dozens of bikers who rallied at the Texas State Capitol Monday
  
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• Proposal to allow motorcycle ‘lane splitting’ back in session

  24-01-2017 02:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s commonly called “lane splitting” when motorcyclists drive between traffic lanes on highways during major congestion. Supporters of Senate Bill 288 say the legislation allowing lane splitting would help ease traffic congestion in the Austin area.
  “We’re asking for common sense items that will make it safer for the community,” says Austin motorcyclist Steven Cochran, one of dozens of bikers who rallied at the Texas State Capitol Monday
  
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• Motorcycle ‘lane-splitting’ back before legislature

  24-01-2017 02:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s commonly called “lane splitting” when motorcyclists drive between traffic lanes on highways during major congestion. Supporters of Senate Bill 288 say the legislation allowing lane splitting would help ease traffic congestion in the Austin area.
  “We’re asking for common sense items that will make it safer for the community,” says Austin motorcyclist Steven Cochran, one of dozens of bikers who rallied at the Texas State Capitol Monday
  
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• Longtime Formula 1 chief replaced as Liberty Media completes takeover

  24-01-2017 01:37 via kxan.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Bernie Ecclestone’s reign of Formula One ended after Liberty Media officially completed its takeover of the series on Monday, and named American Chase Carey as the new chief executive.
  Carey acted quickly by naming former Mercedes team principal Ross Brawn as managing director of motorsports, a move that was expected to be widely welcomed as the series prepares for rule changes it hopes will win back disgruntled fans.
  It also brought the curtain down on Ecclestone&rsquo
  
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• Austin considers boycotting official use of Trump products

  24-01-2017 01:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On the heels of President Donald Trump’s inauguration, Austin’s Human Rights Commission is discussing a potential recommendation to city council that would ban the city from using any Trump products or services.
  KXAN spoke with a Trump supporter, as well as the Travis County Taxpayer’s Union, who both said the city should be spending its time on matters it can control, like traffic, for example.
  At the commission meeting Monday night, commissioners said th
  
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• Motorcycle rider, driver killed in separate crashes on FM 1431

  24-01-2017 01:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two people were killed in separate crashes on FM 1431, last Friday.
  The first crash happened in Lago Vista at 7:43 a.m. DPS troopers say a Nissan Versa was driving on the wrong side of the road and crashed into a truck pulling a trailer, killing Brian Michael Young, 50, of Marble Falls. A piece of rebar from the trailer entered the Nissan, hitting Young.
  The two people in the truck were uninjured.
  The second crash happened at 11:35 p.m. in Burnet County, a few miles from Gr
  
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• The fight over facts: How Politifact Texas checks facts

  24-01-2017 00:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — During an intense exchange on Meet the Press this weekend, host Chuck Todd questioned Kellyanne Conway, counselor to the President about the administration’s first press conference which, according to Todd, were filled with falsehoods. Conway referred to them as “alternative facts,” a statement that has nearly gone viral.
  KXAN’s Shannon Wolfson talks with Gardner Selby, the editor of Politifact Texas to discuss how his organization goes about ch
  
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