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• What a 20% tax on Mexican imports would mean for you

  26-01-2017 23:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Of the $252 billion in total imports to Texas last year, $84 billion came from Mexico, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
  Thursday, the White House announced plans to possibly implement a 20 percent tax on all Mexican imports to the United States. A 20 percent tax would impact the prices of goods “Made in Mexico,” a tag commonly seen throughout Texas stores and supermarkets.
  U.S. imports of agricultural products from Mexico totaled $21 billion i
  
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• What a 20% import tax on Mexico would mean for consumers

  26-01-2017 23:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Of the $252 billion in total imports to Texas last year, $84 billion came from Mexico, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
  Thursday, the White House announced plans to possibly implement a 20 percent tax on all Mexican imports to the United States. A 20 percent tax would impact the prices of goods “Made in Mexico,” a tag commonly seen throughout Texas stores and supermarkets.
  U.S. imports of agricultural products from Mexico totaled $21 billion i
  
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• Austin murder suspect on FBI’s Most Wanted list turns himself in

  26-01-2017 21:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin man who was added to the Federal Bureau of Investigations 10 Most Wanted Fugitive List in December in connection with a 1983 murder has turned himself in.
  The FBI says Robert Francis Van Wisse, 51, turned himself at the Port of Entry in Laredo just before 2 p.m. Thursday. Since the December announcement, law enforcement officers from various agencies have conducted extensive investigation and followed up on numerous leads in an effort to locate and apprehend Van W
  
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• Trump wants 20 percent tax on Mexican imports to pay for wall

  26-01-2017 21:56 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump possibly wants to pay for his proposed southern border wall by slapping a 20 percent tax on imports from Mexico.
  White House spokesman Sean Spicer says Trump has discussed the idea with congressional leaders and wants to include the measure in a comprehensive tax reform package.
  Spicer spoke to reporters on Air Force One as Trump flew back from a Republican retreat in Philadelphia. He says that taxing imports from Mexico would generate $10 billion a
  
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• CTRMA looks to secure funding for express lanes on US 183

  26-01-2017 21:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — At this point it may feel like there’s no end in sight when it comes to construction. Having passed the environmental studies, the 183 North Mobility Project would be the next major road project to break ground once funding is available.
  The project not only adds two express lanes on US 183 from State Highway 45 to the MoPac Expressway ramp, but also adds another non-tolled lane along the stretch, turning US 183 from three lanes to four lanes.
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• FBI Director James Comey scheduled for SXSW event

  26-01-2017 20:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — South by Southwest announced Thursday that FBI Director James Comey will participate in a conversation with Newseum CEO Jeffrey Herbst during the 10-day long festival in March.
  “This year we will conduct a unique conversation examining the tensions between privacy and national security,” said Herbst. “Being able to share a high level conversation with FBI Director James Comey and the audience in Austin will help us all understand the challenges to our righ
  
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• Attorneys release bodycam video of Fort Worth arrest

  26-01-2017 19:45 via kxan.com
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (KXAN) — The Fort Worth Police Department has decided to dismiss the charges against a Fort Worth woman and her daughter after video of their December arrest went viral.
  In the Facebook video, it shows Officer William Martin arresting Jacqueline Craig and Brea Hymond. Craig initially called police accusing a neighbor of grabbing and choking her 7-year-old son because he littered in his yard. When Officer Martin showed up and starting talking to both parties involved,
  
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• Horse left behind in wilderness survives for 6 weeks

  26-01-2017 19:38 via kxan.com
  
  CHEYENNE, WY (AP) — On a 16-mile trek off a mountain, a young horse lay down — she could not go another step. The mare looked deathly ill to the men leading a train of horses out of a base camp for hunting and fishing excursions.
  In a race against the weather last fall, they left behind the horse they named Valentine to get the rest of the animals down. When they went back for her the next day, she had vanished into the vast Wyoming wilderness.
  Six weeks later, a worker spotted
  
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• Quick-thinking gas station customer shoots would-be robber during tussle

  26-01-2017 19:34 via kxan.com
  
  WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. (WFLA) – An armed robbery suspect was airlifted to a hospital after deputies say the suspect was shot by a customer during a robbery attempt in Florida.
  Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco said that around 6:30 a.m. on Thursday, a customer was getting his morning cup of coffee at the Marathon gas station in Wesley Chapel.
  The customer was at the counter with the clerk when Christopher Lilly, 31, entered the store wearing a mask and pointed a gun at the clerk and customer a
  
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• Ex-Baylor officer says in suit school retaliated against her

  26-01-2017 19:28 via kxan.com
  
  WACO, Texas (AP) — A former financial aid officer at Baylor has filed a federal lawsuit claiming the university retaliated by firing her after she sought to reinstate the scholarship of a football player.
  Lyn Kinyon filed the lawsuit Wednesday in Waco arguing Baylor violated federal Title IX protections when she was fired last year.
  The lawsuit says the unnamed football player filed an appeal after Baylor revoked his scholarship under the claim he wasn’t truthful about his academic s
  
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• Border Patrol chief out day after Trump border fence decree

  26-01-2017 19:07 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Border Patrol chief is leaving the agency on the heels of President Donald Trump’s announcement of an ambitious plan to build a massive wall at the Mexican border and hire 5,000 Border Patrol agents.
  It was not immediately clear whether Mark Morgan resigned or was asked to leave.
  Customs and Border Protection said Thursday that Morgan’s last official day in office will be Tuesday. But a U.S. official and a former official said Border Patrol agents were tol
  
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• New Hampshire murder suspect could’ve had ties to Austin

  26-01-2017 18:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Authorities in New Hampshire are seeking any information on a murder suspect who had connections in Travis County during the 80s.
  Police say they have a big break in the decades-old murder mystery of an unidentified woman and three unidentified little girls found in steel barrels in Allenstown, N.H. DNA has linked one of the victims found in the barrels to a man known as Bob Evans, who died in prison in 2010. The DNA tests revealed the little girl, believed to have been 2 t
  
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• Bible left untouched among tornado wreckage in Mississippi

  26-01-2017 18:21 via kxan.com
  
  HATTISBURG, MS (WCMH) — The town of Hattiesburg, Mississippi is still cleaning up from last week’s tornado, but one discovery is giving residents there new hope.
  The EF-3 tornado tore through buildings at William Carey University, even damaging the campus church. When staffers started sifting through the damage, they made a stunning discovery: An open Bible on the puplit was left untouched by the surrounding debris.
  What’s more is that the Bible was open to Psalm 46, which read
  
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• Mexican president cancels trip to DC to meet Trump

  26-01-2017 18:16 via kxan.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) – Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto says he will not attend a planned Jan. 31 meeting with President Donald J. Trump, hours after Trump tweeted the meeting should be canceled if Mexico won’t pay for a border wall.
  Pena Nieto’s message on Twitter ended days of uncertainty about what he would do.
  Earlier on Thursday, the Mexican government said it had no immediate reaction to a tweet by U.S. President Donald Trump that appeared aimed at canceling a planne
  
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• Unhappy patient charged for pulling gun on chiropractor

  26-01-2017 18:15 via kxan.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A Portland man is accused of attempting to kill his former chiropractor.
  Kyle Allan Cleys will be arraigned on Thursday at the Multnomah County Justice Center. Records show he posted 10 percent of his $275,000 bail on January 23.
  He was arrested on Jan. 14 after North Precinct officers responded to reports of a disturbance in the 2100 block of Northeast Broadway. The initial report indicated that he walked into a medical office and pulled a gun, according to po
  
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• New tool is chipping away at wildfire risk in Travis County

  26-01-2017 18:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lake Travis Fire Rescue has a new, cutting-edge, tool when it comes to wildfire mitigation: a remote-controlled chipper than can maneuver itself over different types of terrain. This chipper is the first in the state for a fire department, according to Will Boettner, a Wildfire Mitigation Specialist with the department.
  Firefighters on a Wildland Fuels Reduction Crew with Lake Travis Fire Rescue routinely spend time clearing out vegetation that could serve as
  
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• Texas PTO president accused of massive embezzlement

  26-01-2017 18:03 via kxan.com
  
  BAYTOWN, Texas (KPRC) – The president of a Texas parent teacher organization has been charged with stealing more than $100,000.
  The money turned up missing from Baytown’s Victoria Walker Elementary school bank account and police accuse Vanessa Rodriguez of taking it.
  According to court documents, Rodriguez, 27, used a school-issued debit card to access the money. She’s also accused of withdrawing cash from the ATM, and in person, inside the bank.
  “To see that amount of mo
  
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• Texas Tribune talks issues facing lawmakers

  26-01-2017 17:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Texas Tribune’s Ross Ramsey joined Sally Hernandez Wednesday on KXAN News Today to talk issue facing state legislators this session.
  The big focus, immigration and sanctuary cities.
  Also discussed, whether Governor Greg Abbott and actually remove Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez for her recent comments about how the county will handle illegal immigrants.
  
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• K9s from around the world deputized to help with Super Bowl in Houston

  26-01-2017 17:08 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (KXAN) –  Man’s best friend will be part of heightened security around Super Bowl 51 and the events leading up to it.
  More than 50 K9s and their law enforcement officers from across the country were sworn in Wednesday as Special Deputy U.S. Marshals for the Super Bowl in Houston.
  The newly deputized K9 teams have arrived from all parts of the country… San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Phoenix and Norfolk, just to name a few.
  VIDEO: Painters prepping
  
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• Texas joins 3 other states in suing Backpage operators

  26-01-2017 16:40 via kxan.com
  
  SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — New lawsuits were filed Wednesday in four states on behalf of women who say they were victimized as teenagers when they were sold for sex on an international website.
  The suits filed in Alabama, California, Texas and Washington are believed to be the first to individually name the operators of Backpage.com, Seattle attorney Jason Amala said in an email.
  Chief executive officer Carl Ferrer and purported owners Michael Lacey and James Larkin are among those being su
  
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• Special needs woman kidnapped from Ohio for Super Bowl trafficking in Houston

  26-01-2017 16:20 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, TX (WCMH) – A 21-year-old Ohio girl is getting help in Texas after she says she was kidnapped and forced into sex trafficking near the site of the Super Bowl.
  “This is probably the saddest scenario I have come across in my 14 years of dealing with the human sex trafficking,” Kathryn Griffin told KTRK.
  Griffin is a recovery coach specialist with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office.
  New measures against human trafficking announced by Ken Paxton
  The woman was ki
  
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• Wife of ex-border agent pleads guilty in smuggling scheme

  26-01-2017 16:05 via kxan.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A woman has pleaded guilty in El Paso to her role in helping people enter the country illegally as part of a scheme that also involved her husband, a supervisor with U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
  Federal authorities say 39-year-old Odet Madrid-Corchado pleaded guilty Wednesday to multiple charges that include conspiracy to commit alien smuggling for financial gain.
  Court records show Madrid-Corchado conspired with her husband, Lawrence Madrid, to collect smuggli
  
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• Doctors say ‘Big Bang Theory’ promoting unsafe infant sleeping habits

  26-01-2017 15:55 via kxan.com
  
  BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) – The CBS sitcom “The Big Bang Theory” may be a hit comedy but pediatricians aren’t finding the show funny lately.
  The show recently shot a scene showing parents co-sleeping with their infant. Studies show that co-sleeping is extremely dangerous.
  According to the Ohio Department of Health, three babies in Ohio die each week as a result of being in an unsafe sleep environment. Overall, 15 percent of deaths in the first year of life are sleep rela
  
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• Facebook tweaks ‘trending’ feature to root out fake news

  26-01-2017 14:04 via kxan.com
  
  Facebook is updating its “trending” feature that highlights hot topics on its social networking site, part of its effort to root out the kind of fake news stories that critics contend helped Donald Trump become president.
  With the changes announced Wednesday, Facebook’s trending list will consist of topics being covered by several publishers. Before, it focused on subjects drawing the biggest crowds of people sharing or commenting on posts.
  The switch is intended to make Facebo
  
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• Garbage truck dumps load in northeast Austin intersection after catching fire

  26-01-2017 13:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A garbage truck caught fire Thursday morning in northeast Austin and had to dump its load in the intersection.
  It happened around 6 a.m. in the 12000 block of Dessau Road at Parmer Lane.
  Authorities investigating said they did not know why the truck caught fire but had to close the intersection as crews figured out how to clear the trash.
  Businesses nearby had Austin police block the entrances to their parking lots, as people were cutting through.
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• Knitting store refuses to sell yarn for women’s movement protesters

  26-01-2017 13:07 via kxan.com
  
  FRANKLIN, TN (AP) — The owner of a Tennessee knitting store doesn’t want anyone buying its yarn for arts and crafts for the women’s movement, following weekend protests by marchers in knitted, pointy-eared hats.
  The Tennessean newspaper reported that the comments Tuesday on the Facebook page of The Joy of Knitting store in Franklin drew thousands of responses — both support and vows of a boycott.
  The social media post by Elizabeth Poe said that as a business own
  
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• Good Samaritan explains why he shot, killed trooper’s attacker

  26-01-2017 12:18 via kxan.com
  
  TONOPAH, Arizona (KPNX) – Facing extraordinary circumstances with little time to think, he acted instinctively firing his weapon to save the life of another man. But, if you ask him, he doesn’t consider himself a hero.
  The man, whose actions ultimately saved the life of Arizona Department of Public Safety Trooper Edward Andersson, gave an emotional account of the events that morning publicly for the first time on Tuesday.
  Officials: ‘Good Samaritan’ fatally shoots man att
  
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• City could receive $2 million grant to improve pedestrian safety

  26-01-2017 12:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the past two years nearly 60 people in Austin have died from being hit by a car while crossing the street. On Thursday, Austin city council will vote on $1.9 million in grant funds from the Texas Department of Transportation in an effort to make it safer to walk across the street.
  The city is looking to install 500 countdown timers at intersections throughout the city. Laura Dierenfield, the Active Transportation and Street Design Manager with the city’s Transporta
  
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• Dell Medical School goes green with ‘green roof’ full of plants

  26-01-2017 11:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – New buildings for the Dell Medical School are still under construction at the University of Texas and one of them is already going green.
  A new green roof was installed on the seventh floor of the Health Transformation Building which houses a variety of plants and flowers still in the process of growing.
  Scientists at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center say the data collected from the green roof will be used to determine how well it functions in our city
  
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• Annual Economic Forecast to be released Thursday

  26-01-2017 10:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)- A major Austin-area consulting firm is giving its annual forecast for the city’s economy on Thursday. AngelouEconomics along with the Austin Business Journal is releasing the forecast in a webinar format.
  Angelos Angelou told KXAN the Austin market is cooling off but he expects the economy to remain strong. Traffic and affordability will continue to remain issues. He said the key to our future is consistency.
  
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• More than the score: Texas football recruiting

  26-01-2017 05:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Mike Craven, the recruiting writer for HookEm.com, joins Roger Wallace on More than the score to talk about the Longhorns’ 2017 recruiting class with National Signing Day quickly approaching.
  
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• Texas women run win streak to 13 straight

  26-01-2017 05:33 via kxan.com
  
  FORT WORTH (KXAN) — The 12th-ranked University of Texas women ran their win streak to 13 straight on Wednesday night with a 77-69 win at TCU. The Longhorns (15-4, 9-0 in Big 12) were led by junior Ariel Atkins’ game-high 17 points, while freshman Joyner Holmes had 15 points and 14 rebounds.
  TCU cut the Texas lead to 60-58 with 7:48 to go in the game before Atkins scored seven straight points to give the Longhorns breathing room.
  Texas is back home on Sunday afternoon for a 3:00
  
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• At 83, UT researcher working to better treat Parkinson’s Disease

  26-01-2017 05:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — At age 83, Dr. Adam Heller isn’t sure he’ll ever retire. The research professor at the University of Texas at Austin has over 260 U.S. patents and 392 pending. Among his many awards, Heller was awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation in 2008, the highest technology award in the United States.
  His latest ambition: making it easier for Parkinson’s Disease patients to get the medicine they need. Dr. Heller says Parkinson’s is a cond
  
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• APD: Auto theft reports rising in West Campus

  26-01-2017 05:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Concerns continue about an uptick of recent reports of auto theft in the West Campus area. A young Austin couple is the latest victim of that increasing trend.
  Kali McFarland, 20, and her boyfriend Austin Beard, 24, were moving to Oregon this weekend to begin a new chapter of their life together, complete with new jobs. The couple sold most of their large possessions, like furniture, and packed the rest of their belongings in McFarland’s 1999 tan Toyota Corolla.
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• Texas working to keep sex offenders and predators out of classrooms

  26-01-2017 04:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott sent a tweet Wednesday calling for harsher punishments for teachers who engage in sexual relationships with students.
  It came after another teacher in Dallas was placed under investigation for sleeping with one of her middle school students.
  The Texas Education Agency says from September 2016 through December 2016, they’ve investigating 80 reports of inappropriate relationships.
  In Central Texas last year, teachers in Cedar Park, Manor and Llano
  
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• Mexican president rejects US decision to build border wall

  26-01-2017 04:18 via kxan.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president says he rejects the decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to build a border wall and repeated that his country would not pay for it.
  President Enrique Pena Nieto did not address reports that he was considering” canceling next week’s visit to Washington following Trump’s order to begin construction of the wall between the two countries.
  In a recorded address televised nationally, Pena Nieto said “I regret and reject the d
  
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• Fire that spread to south Austin home put out by firefighters

  26-01-2017 04:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A fire in a shed spread to a south Austin home, Wednesday night.
  The Austin Fire Department says no injuries have been reported in the fire at the home on Minturn Lane, located near the intersection of South First Street and Slaughter Lane.
  The number of people affected by the fire was not immediately available.
  A shed fire that spread to a house on Minturn Lane in south Austin on Jan. 25, 2017 (Austin Police Department Photo)
  
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• Federal grant money in jeopardy for ‘sanctuary jurisdictions’

  26-01-2017 03:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN/AP) — White House spokesman Sean Spicer said the Trump administration is going to “strip federal grant money from the sanctuary states and cities that harbor illegal immigrants.”
  Still, President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that appeared more limited than that. It referred to withholding Justice Department and Homeland Security funds from only those jurisdictions that bar local officials from communicating with federal authorities about someone’
  
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• City’s ATX Music manager put on administrative leave

  26-01-2017 02:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The man who runs the city’s music and entertainment division, ATX Music, is on administrative leave and under investigation.
  Don Pitts heads an office of seven people that fosters the growth of Austin’s music industry.
  City representatives won’t say why the City Auditor’s office is investigating him, or how long his administrative leave might last.
  Pitts has worked for the city since 2010.
  ATX Music focuses on job creation, talent export, trade
  
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• Charges dropped against mom in 1985 abduction of daughters to Houston

  26-01-2017 02:36 via kxan.com
  
  PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — An abduction charge has been dropped against a woman who disappeared from Rhode Island in 1985 with her two daughters.
  The office of Attorney General Peter Kilmartin on Wednesday announced it dismissed the case against Liana Waldberg, who went by the name Elaine Yates before fleeing the state 30 years ago.
  Police tracked down the 69-year-old mother and her two adult daughters in Houston last week.Her lawyer has said Waldberg was a victim of domestic violence and fle
  
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• McDonald’s to give away 10,000 bottles of special sauce

  26-01-2017 02:11 via kxan.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — To get you to come into McDonald’s and buy new versions of its Big Mac, the chain is giving away 10,000 bottles of its trademark special sauce for people to use at home.
  The move is to celebrate the introduction of the Mac Jr. and the Grand Mac, two different-sized variations of the classic sandwich.
  The giveaway is a first in the United States.
  McDonald’s introduced the Big Mac in 1968. In 1975, the special sauce got its own callout in the signature Big Ma
  
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• How to avoid ‘digital depression’

  26-01-2017 01:58 via kxan.com
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — The term digital depression is the feeling of being overwhelmed and overworked by technology.
  With cell phones, emails and social media, digital depression can be an unwelcome reality. It may be time to unplug.
  “There are a lot of great benefits to being online but there’s also a downside,” said Lesley Cross, clinical counselor at Bridge Counseling in Worthington. “People today over share online. Were used to being online more than we used to
  
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• PHOTOS: Glorious sunsets sweeping across the Austin-area sky

  26-01-2017 01:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Another batch of beautiful sunsets are sweeping across the Austin-area skyline.
  From pink to orange, the golden hues can be seen lighting up the sky just before dusk.
  If you have some great weather photos send them our way through Report-It.  Golden Austin-area sunset Smithville sunset (KXAN Viewer Photo/ Schmidt Melodie)This VW Bug is enjoying the sunset in north Austin (KXAN Viewer Photo/ Danyel H)Awe-inspiring sunset over Austin (KXAN Viewer Photo/ Ruth King)Golden
  
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• Texas lawmakers look to punish or remove Austin council members

  26-01-2017 01:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The tension between Texas and some local governments escalated on Wednesday. On Fox News, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vowed to oust Sally Hernandez, sheriff of Travis County, if she doesn’t change her current policy. The governor wants lawmakers to make it possible.
  “We are working on laws that would, one, ban sanctuary cities, [and two] remove from office any office holders who promote sanctuary cities,” said Gov. Abbott.
  Now, many conservative lawma
  
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• Texas lawmakers look to punish or remove Austin City Council members

  26-01-2017 01:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) –  The tension between Texas and some local governments escalated on Wednesday. On Fox News, Texas Governor Greg Abbott vowed to oust the Sally Hernandez, Sheriff of Travis County, if she doesn’t change her current policy and he wants lawmakers to make it possible.
  “We are working on laws that would, one, ban sanctuary cities, remove from office any office holders who promote sanctuary cities,” said Gov. Abbott.
  Now, many conservative law
  
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• Pregnant woman who traveled to Brownsville infected with Zika

  26-01-2017 01:24 via kxan.com
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Texas has identified the first instance of a lab–confirmed Zika infection in a pregnant woman who did not travel outside the state.
  The woman, a resident of the San Antonio-area, traveled to Brownsville in November around the same time six Brownsville residents acquired Zika from local mosquitoes, according to the Department of State Health Services. In December, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautioned pregnant woman to avoid travel to Bro
  
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