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• Skip the doctor’s office, video chat promoted as alternative

  10-02-2017 23:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — After a long battle, lawmakers and medical professionals in Texas say they have finally reached an agreement on legislation that will make the practice of telemedicine, where doctors see patients via remote technology, easier.
  State Sen. Charles Schwertner, R-Georgetown, sat down with doctors and medical and industry leaders this week hoping to resolve the longstanding fight over rules to allow doctors to see patients electronically. Schwertner confirmed the meeting was
  
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• Mother deported after Trump executive order reunited with children

  10-02-2017 22:55 via kxan.com
  
  MESA, Arizona (KPNX/NBC News) –  A mother who deported as a result of President Trump’s border security executive order has reunited with her American-born children in Mexico.
  Guadalupe Garcia de Rayos was taken away from her children Wednesday night in Mesa, Arizona.
  Rumors of ICE action swirling on social media
  Immigration and customs enforcement agents removed her amid protests and legal challenges.
  “No teenager should ever have to go through this. It’s a nightmar
  
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• Puppy Love: Photoshoot between officer and K9 goes viral

  10-02-2017 22:07 via kxan.com
  
  INDIANA (KXAN) – The bond between an officer and his K9 is something that has to worked on for a long time. Seems like an Indiana State Parks duo has it all figured out.
  Conservation Officer Levi Knach and his K9 partner Kenobi were in the middle of taking their professional photos when the unexpected happened. Kenobi decided that he needed documentation of a special moment between his companion and friend and made his move mid-shot.
  The little moment caught Kenobi giving Knach a kiss and
  
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• Killeen judge gives man $4 billion bond, highest in U.S. history

  10-02-2017 21:23 via kxan.com
  
  KILLEEN, Texas (KCEN) – A record-breaking $4 billion bond was set Tuesday for a Killeen man who turned himself in last week to police.
  Antonio Willis, 25, is in jail for the murder of Donte Samuels who was found dead in the yard of a Killeen home.
  Newly elected Justice of the Peace Claudia Brown set the bond, the largest in Bell County history and possibly the United States.
  According to law firm Nuttall & Coleman, the highest bond set in U.S. was $3 billion for New York real estate he
  
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• 21-year-old man killed in apparent drug deal in San Marcos

  10-02-2017 20:45 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — San Marcos police are searching for the suspect who they say shot and killed a man during an apparent drug deal Thursday night.
  The shooting happened at the Avenue at San Marcos Apartments at 1111 Avalon just before 9 p.m. When officers arrived, the victim, 21-year-old Terrance Valentine II, was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head.
  Several witnesses told police the victim and another man were involved in an argument during a drug transaction when the situ
  
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• What we know about ICE operations in the Austin area

  10-02-2017 20:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A targeted Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation is underway in South and Central Texas, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro says he learned Friday.
  Castro, D-San Antonio, released a statement stating ICE informed him that the agency’s San Antonio field office has launched a targeted operation as part of Operations Cross Check. Rep. Castro says he’s asking for clarification on whether or not the individuals ICE are identifying in the operation are “dangerous&
  
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• Targeted ICE operation underway in Central and South Texas, rep. says

  10-02-2017 20:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A targeted Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation is underway in South and Central Texas, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro says he learned Friday.
  Castro, D-San Antonio, released a statement stating ICE informed him that the agency’s San Antonio field office has launched a targeted operation as part of Operations Cross Check. Rep. Castro says he’s asking for clarification on whether or not the individuals ICE are identifying in the operation are “dangerous&
  
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• Rumors of ICE action swirling on social media

  10-02-2017 20:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Over the past several weeks KXAN has received several calls from people claiming there have been immigration raids across Austin. These rumors have been circulating widely across social media worried that Immigration and Customs Enforcement is cracking down on undocumented immigrants.
  City Council member Greg Casar claims there have been “large amounts” of ICE raids in north Austin. However, an immigration attorney with an ICE background says while raids are pos
  
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• Joe Biden, wife sign with Hollywood talent agency

  10-02-2017 20:28 via kxan.com
  
  WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden and his wife, Jill Biden, have hired Hollywood agents.
  The Bidens and Creative Artists Agency announced Friday that CAA would represent them.
  Since leaving office last month, Biden has launched a foundation and announced partnerships with the University of Delaware and the University of Pennsylvania. The former vice president and longtime U.S. senator from Delaware will continue to work on his initiative to end cancer, which took the
  
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• Man who completed 744 marathons dies at age 96

  10-02-2017 20:05 via kxan.com
  
  ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) – Don McNelly, known worldwide for powering through marathon runs and running up record totals into his 70s and 80s, has died.
  A retired paper company executive from upstate New York, McNelly died Sunday at age 96, according to the Richard H. Keenan Funeral Home in the Rochester suburb of Fairport.
  McNelly didn’t start running marathons until he was nearly 50 after a close friend died of a heart attack. He ran his first marathon in Boston in 1969. Forty years lat
  
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• Hackers steal 350,000 customers’ data from Arby’s

  10-02-2017 18:06 via kxan.com
  
  ATLANTA, GA (WCMH) — Arby’s is warning customers to keep an eye on their credit card and debit card statements for unusual activity after a data breach.
  According to CNN, the company says a data breach may have affected more than 355,000 customers’ credit and debit cards.
  It’s the same kind of malware attack behind earlier breaches at Target and Home Depot.
  The breach occurred between Oct. 25 and Jan. 19.
  The malware allows hackers to steal data as the card is swiped
  
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• Police need help identifying armed robbery suspect

  10-02-2017 16:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are asking for help from the community to find the suspect accused of robbing a gas station on Dec. 31, 2016.
  The robbery was at the Chevron at 7801 Farm to Market 969 around 11:18 p.m. The woman threatened the Chevron employees with a weapon and then robbed the business.
  Police say no one was injured in the robbery.
  The suspect is described as a Hispanic female, approximately 5’2″, with a thin build. She was seen wearing a striped T-shirt, brown j
  
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• Can you recognize this armed robbery suspect

  10-02-2017 16:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are asking for help from the community to find the suspect accused of robbing a gas station on Dec. 31, 2016.
  The robbery was at the Chevron at 7801 Farm to Market 969 around 11:18 p.m. The woman threatened the Chevron employees with a weapon and then robbed the business.
  Police say no one was injured in the robbery.
  The suspect is described as a Hispanic female, approximately 5’2″, with a thin build. She was seen wearing a striped T-shirt, brown j
  
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• Iranians trample on US flag, mark 1979 Islamic Revolution

  10-02-2017 15:58 via kxan.com
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians on Friday marked the anniversary of the country’s 1979 Islamic Revolution with nationwide celebrations and mass rallies that saw people step on large U.S. flags laid out on the streets while President Hassan Rouhani called the new American administration “a problem.”
  This year, the anniversary came against the backdrop of remarks by President Donald Trump, who has already engaged in a war of words with Iran’s leadership and put Tehran &l
  
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• Iranians celebrate 1979 revolution with rallies

  10-02-2017 15:58 via kxan.com
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranians began a nationwide celebration Friday to commemorate the 38th anniversary of the 1979 revolution with rallies around the country, and President Hassan Rouhani called the new U.S. administration “a problem.”
  Demonstrators in Tehran chanted traditional slogans against the U.S. and Israel. The rallies come at a time when new U.S. President Donald Trump has already engaged in a war of words with Iran’s leadership and put Tehran “on notice&rd
  
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• Hundreds of police departments cracking down on outstanding warrants

  10-02-2017 15:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police from hundreds of departments across the state are about to crackdown on people with outstanding warrants.
  They have sent letters to people with warrants for violations as minor as unpaid parking tickets asking them to pay their fines. Offenders have until Feb. 25 to pay their fines.
  The goal is to get people to voluntarily contact the courts and resolve their obligations before they are tracked down by police.
  Starting on Feb. 26, police will go out and begin roundin
  
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• Round Rock approves $2M in funding to study MoKan corridor

  10-02-2017 15:51 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK (KXAN) — Transportation officials with the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization approved $2 million in funding to study if there is a feasible transportation alternative for the MoKan rail corridor.
  The 28-mile MoKan corridor stretches from Highway 29 in Georgetown to Central Austin. The funding will be used to study a section of the corridor that runs through Round Rock from University Boulevard to State Highway 45.
  The MoKan corridor runs parallel to Kenney Fort Bou
  
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• City of Round Rock approves $2M in funding to study MoKan corridor

  10-02-2017 15:51 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK (KXAN) — Transportation officials with the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization approved $2 million dollars in funding to study if there is a feasible transportation alternative for the MoKan rail corridor.
  The 28-mile MoKan corridor stretches from Highway 29 in Georgetown to Central Austin. The funding will be used to study a section of the corridor that runs through Round Rock from University Boulevard to State Highway 45.
  The MoKan corridor runs parallel to Kenney
  
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• $2M approved to study Round Rock MoKan corridor

  10-02-2017 15:51 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK (KXAN) — Transportation officials with the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization approved $2 million in funding to study if there is a feasible transportation alternative for the MoKan rail corridor.
  The 28-mile MoKan corridor stretches from Highway 29 in Georgetown to Central Austin. The funding will be used to study a section of the corridor that runs through Round Rock from University Boulevard to State Highway 45.
  The MoKan corridor runs parallel to Kenney Fort Bou
  
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• Russian Olympic champion Maria Savinova stripped of gold medal, banned

  10-02-2017 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian runner Maria Savinova was stripped of her 2012 Olympic gold medal for doping on Friday, putting Caster Semenya in line to become a two-time champion.
  Savinova, who won the 800-meter title at the London Games ahead of Semenya, was also banned for four years by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
  CAS said the 31-year-old Savinova was “found to have been engaged in using doping” from July 2010 until August 2013.
  In 2014, Savinova was caught in
  
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• ICE officer injured while making arrest in northwest Austin

  10-02-2017 13:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three suspects are now in custody after a disturbance in northwest Austin involving an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer Friday morning.
  The situation began as a traffic stop around 6:05 a.m. at US 183 and Woodland Village Drive. Austin police say an immigration officer pulled over a man for a traffic stop that resulted in the ICE officer calling Austin Police Department officers for assistance. When the APD officers arrived at the scene, they also found two wome
  
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• 3 arrested in northwest Austin after disturbance with immigration officer

  10-02-2017 13:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three suspects are now in custody after a disturbance in northwest Austin involving an immigration officer.
  The situation at US 183 and Woodland Village Drive began around 6:05 a.m. and was cleared by 7:40 a.m. Two women had warrants out for their arrest and were apprehended by Austin police. A third suspect was pulled over by the immigration officer in a traffic stop.
  According to Austin — Travis County EMS, a man was injured during the arrest and is being transporte
  
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• State forensics looking to streamline rape kits in Texas

  10-02-2017 13:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The same group that helped shut down Austin’s crime lab last summer is meeting Friday with a big question to answer.
  The Texas Forensic Science Commission wants to know how the lab’s technicians were able to examine a large number of cases if there were so many glaring problems?
  However, there is another issue on the commission’s agenda. The commission is considering a proposal to standardize the way rape kits are collected in Texas. Experts believe s
  
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• Share the love for Valentine’s Day, pet adoptions now free in Austin

  10-02-2017 12:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you are looking to cuddle up to a furry friend for Valentine’s Day there is an event across Austin making adoptions free.
  Animals are rejoicing over the sixth year of Austin being a no-kill city. To celebrate all animal shelters in Austin are teaming up for the first time for a Mega Pet Adoption event. Starting on Friday to Feb. 12, all pet fees will be waived in hopes of getting 600 pets adopted.
  The Petco foundation is providing funding to cover the cost of the w
  
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• El Gallo owners sued for more than $150,000 in unpaid rent

  10-02-2017 12:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The owners of the now-closed El Gallo restaurant on South Congress are being sued by their landlords.
  According to the landlords, they owe more than $150,000 in unpaid rent and property taxes. Last month, the restaurant manager told KXAN growing expenses forced them to shut their doors forever.
  In 2006, the landlord says they signed a lease agreement with El Gallo for $5,906.25 each month. Under the agreement the owners were also responsible for property taxes and the build
  
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• When’s a good time to start a will?

  10-02-2017 12:42 via kxan.com
  
  FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA) — Only 42 percent of U.S. adults have a Last Will and Testament.
  If you don’t have a will and you die, it can cause a real mess for your family.
  “I think people are just busy and people think that’s something they could do later, and when you think about a will, you’re thinking about dying and people don’t like to think about that,” explained Vicki Bronson of Conner & Winters, a law firm with offices in Texas, Oklahoma, Arka
  
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• Immigration workshop aims to help undocumented Central Texas parents

  10-02-2017 12:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — There is growing concern among undocumented parents in Central Texas about being detained.
  While there have been no confirmed reports of immigration raids, one local teacher’s union said the main concern is being pulled over for a traffic stop. That’s why Education Austin is asking teachers, counselors and social workers to help parents get a plan together so their children are not sent to foster care in the event they are detained.
  While APD and the Travis Coun
  
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• Couple walks into school and pays off all student lunch balances

  10-02-2017 05:48 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Parents and teachers at Rowe Lane Elementary are buzzing about some unexpected visitors.
  A couple walked into the front office last week with their checkbook in hand, and asked to speak to the school principal.
  Principal Ben O’Connor had never seen the couple before. “They said, ‘we don’t have any kids that go to Rowe Lane, but we had a niece who went through. You guys are our neighborhood school, so we thought — we want to drop by
  
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• Woman found dead in home after calling 911 about ‘out of control’ husband

  10-02-2017 05:01 via kxan.com
  
  WIMBERLEY, Texas (KXAN) — A woman who called 911 to report her husband acting “out of control” was found dead inside her Wimberley home, Thursday.
  At around 4:45 p.m. the sheriff’s office says a woman, who they are not identifying, called 911 and said her husband was out of control and that she needed law enforcement’s help.
  The call was disconnected and attempts by deputies to call her back were unsuccessful.
  Deputies responding to her home in the Wood Creek North
  
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• Man admits to killing wife after she called 911 about ‘out of control’ husband

  10-02-2017 05:01 via kxan.com
  
  WIMBERLEY, Texas (KXAN) — A woman who called 911 to report her husband acting “out of control” was found dead inside her Wimberley home, Thursday. Now her husband, 68-year-old Jimmy Lee Rhodes, has been charged with murder after admitting to detectives that he killed his wife.
  The Hays County Sheriff’s Office says they received a 911 call at 4:21 p.m. from Christina Pollock Anderson, 67, stating her husband was out of control and that she needed law enforcement’s he
  
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• VIDEO: Woman forced to give birth on jail floor

  10-02-2017 04:49 via kxan.com
  
  MACOMB COUNTY, Michigan (WDIV) —  Jessica Preston said it was the most terrifying day of her life when she was forced to give birth to her son on the floor of a cell at Michigan’s Macomb County Jail.
  It’s a personal story that’s hard for her to tell. Preston adores her baby boy, Elijha, but she had been keeping the details of his birth a secret out of embarrassment. Now, she can’t keep it quiet anymore.
  “I wouldn’t want that happening to my worst en
  
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• Economic incentive changes could bring more middle-skill jobs to east Austin

  10-02-2017 04:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Chamber has unveiled an agenda meant to improve the city’s affordability, ranging from housing needs to permitting and building a skilled workforce. Mayor Steve Adler says access to economic opportunity is another important piece, one an “Economic Incentives Reform Resolution” hopes to tackle, by meeting people where they’re at, connecting jobs with communities in need.
  Council members Ellen Troxclair, Ora Houston, Jimmy Flanniga
  
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• VIDEO: Taking you inside split-second police decisions

  10-02-2017 03:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Municipal Police Association let KXAN Investigator Kevin Schwaller try a virtual use of force simulator in order to let you see the kinds of decisions police face.
  Before beginning, TMPA outfitted Schwaller with a modified gun, Taser and safety glasses. The simulator plays out scenarios officers could face on patrol. An operator watches and chooses outcomes based an officer’s actions.
  In the first scenario, a man comes out of a gas station and shoots. Schwal
  
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• Sunburned pig found in Corpus Christi parking lot on the mend

  10-02-2017 03:00 via kxan.com
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (KRIS) – Police got a call early Wednesday morning for a strange character causing a disturbance at a convenience store.
  A lost female pig was apparently following customers in the parking lot.
  The pot-bellied pig showed up in the parking lot around 3 a.m. and remained their until it was picked up by animal control.
  It took five police officers and an Animal control employee to round her up and get her on a truck. Piggy Wiggy, who it turns out is a she, is now at
  
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• New border arrest data show fewer major drug busts

  10-02-2017 03:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – KXAN first revealed how more than a billion of your tax dollars are being spent in the Texas Department of Public Safety’s “border surge” last November. Our investigation found state troopers dispatched to the border region are mostly arresting drunk drivers and small time drug users who have nothing to do with the drug and human smugglers they were sent to catch. And now, new data show the efforts along the border is yielding even fewer major drug busts.
  
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• Police: Woman points gun at semi while driving drunk with her 5 kids

  10-02-2017 02:37 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — A mother is accused of driving drunk with her five children in the car and pointing a gun at a semi truck on Interstate 35.
  Crystal Blancarte, 30, was arrested Wednesday and charged with five counts of child endangerment, unlawfully carrying a weapon, theft of property and driving with an invalid license.
  San Marcos police were called at 4:29 p.m. for a report of a black BMW SUV whose driver had pointed a gun at a semi truck on I-35 northbound.
  Police found
  
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• Mother accused of pointing gun at semi while driving drunk with 5 kids

  10-02-2017 02:37 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — A mother is accused of driving drunk with her five children in the car and pointing a gun at a semi truck on Interstate 35.
  Crystal Blancarte, 30, was arrested Wednesday and charged with five counts of child endangerment, unlawfully carrying a weapon, theft of property and driving with an invalid license.
  San Marcos police were called at 4:29 p.m. for a report of a black BMW SUV whose driver had pointed a gun at a semi truck on I-35 northbound.
  Police found
  
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• Popular pizzeria denied alcohol permit after neighbors push back

  10-02-2017 02:26 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — Having the chance to sell alcohol is proving difficult for a popular pizzeria in San Marcos. Gumby’s Pizza is looking to relocate just off the downtown square and their new neighbors are not happy.
  Gumby’s applied for a Conditional Use Permit (CUP) for the sale of alcohol for on-site consumption on Oct. 24, 2016. The Planning and Zoning Commission approved their request Jan. 10 with various conditions. On the same day the Planning and Zoning Commissio
  
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• Lowering neighborhood speed limits by 5 mph boosts odds of survival

  10-02-2017 01:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Experts say lowering speed limits in neighborhoods by just 5 mph could mean the difference between life and death.
  Texas State Rep. Celia Israel, D-Austin, filed House Bill 1368, otherwise known as the Safe Neighborhood Streets Bill, which would lower the default speed limit in Texas neighborhoods from 30 to 25 mph.
  Kathy Sokolic, whose nephew was critically injured after he was hit by a car in the Mueller neighborhood, said it’s a miracle he lived. “He should h
  
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• UT’s leading scorer Brooke McCarty on MTTS

  10-02-2017 01:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The UT women have won 17 in a row.Following their win over #2 Baylor, leading scorer Brooke McCarty spoke with Roger Wallace on More Than the Score.
  
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• ‘Career criminal’ punches police dog in east Austin, evades arrest

  10-02-2017 00:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man punched and injured a police K9 in east Austin Monday, causing bleeding above the dog’s left eye, according to a warrant issued for his arrest by the Austin Police Department.
  Police K9 Murph was taken to an animal hospital where he was treated and released.
  The incident began when police spotted a man, Woody Hornsby IV, 24, who they said had several outstanding warrants, getting into a car at the intersection of East 8th Street and Neches Street in downtow
  
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• Dell Children’s eliminates child life assistant positions

  10-02-2017 00:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Child life assistants, who help kids battling some of the most serious diseases, have been eliminated at Dell Children’s Medical Center.
  “We compared ourselves to 36 other top children’s hospitals in the country, and what we found was that we had about four times as many child life assistants,” explains Deb Brown, vice president of Patient Care Services and chief operating officer at Dell Children’s. “We said how can we reorganize th
  
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• Funeral processions now under stricter guidelines in Austin

  10-02-2017 00:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thursday, the Austin City Council approved changes to a 25-year-old city ordinance dealing with the way funeral processions happen. The recommendations come after the death of Austin Police Officer Amir Abdul-Khaliq, who was killed by another driver during a procession he was working while off-duty.
  During the procession, Officer Abdul-Khaliq’s, 46, was using his personal motorcycle which had flashing lights on, but was not equipped with a siren, which was agains
  
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• Austin changes how funeral processions are conducted

  10-02-2017 00:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thursday, the Austin City Council approved changes to a 25-year-old city ordinance dealing with the way funeral processions happen. The recommendations come after the death of Austin Police Officer Amir Abdul-Khaliq, who was killed by another driver during a procession he was working while off-duty.
  During the procession, Officer Abdul-Khaliq’s, 46, was using his personal motorcycle which had flashing lights on, but was not equipped with a siren, which was agains
  
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• US court refuses to reinstate Trump’s travel ban

  10-02-2017 00:17 via kxan.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – A federal appeals court in San Francisco has refused to reinstate President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from seven predominantly Muslim nations.
  The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday wouldn’t block a lower-court ruling that suspended the ban and allowed previously barred travelers to enter the U.S. An appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court is possible.
  U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle issued a temporary restraining order halting the ban
  
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• Beaumont police arrest mom, daughter in staged kidnapping

  10-02-2017 00:16 via kxan.com
  
  BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Beaumont police say a woman who allegedly had money trouble staged a kidnapping involving her 7-year-old daughter and her own mother.
  Police on Thursday arrested 25-year-old Tiffany Hawkins and 38-year-old Brandy Springer on misdemeanor charges of filing a false police report. Police say the women faked the Feb. 2 abduction to explain to Hawkins’ boyfriend about some missing money.
  Officer Carol Riley says Hawkins and her child were bound with duct tape, photos
  
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