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• Masters champion Ben Crenshaw talks Lions golf course

  14-02-2017 23:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin City Council met behind closed doors Tuesday to discuss the University of Texas at Austin’s offer to extend the lease on the historic Lions Municipal Golf Course in west Austin. University regents wanted to use the land for something else, but last week they offered the extension.
  On Wednesday, Austin native and two-time Masters Golf Champion Ben Crenshaw is expected to lay out plans to restore the “Muny” course—if the city were to sign th
  
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• Girl turned away from daddy-daughter dance for taking mother

  14-02-2017 23:49 via kxan.com
  
  KALAMAZOO, Mich. (WOOD) — A Kalamazoo mom is upset because she was turned away from a father-daughter dance after she was initially told she could attend.
  The dance was held at the Bernhard Center on Western Michigan University’s campus over the weekend. The organization sponsoring the event says it never agreed to allowing moms.
  Caitlin Sumey says her daughter Isabella’s father left them six months after Isabella was born. So when Isabella got a flyer for the daddy-daughter Va
  
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• AISD warns teachers against giving students sanctuary from authorities

  14-02-2017 23:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District is warning its teacher and staff of the potential consequences of interfering with law enforcement seeking a student.
  Over the weekend, AISD teachers attended a union workshop on how to answer students’ questions and fears on immigration policy, including what to do if an immigration officers knock on their door.
  While the district acknowledged the politically and social active epicenter that is the Texas capital city, they remin
  
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• Police: Naked intruder at NBC Washington bureau bites man

  14-02-2017 22:56 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Police say a naked man assaulted another man at the entrance of NBC News’ Washington bureau, then ran into the building and bit a man who helped stop him.
  According to a police report, the man approached the entrance of the building that’s also home to WRC-TV Saturday night and hit a man in the face, pushed him to the floor and ran inside.
  Another man told police he spotted the naked intruder running down the hall with building security in pursuit and helped s
  
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• Mexican national jailed for voter fraud says she was used as an example

  14-02-2017 22:46 via kxan.com
  
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A Mexican national sentenced to eight years in prison for voter fraud in Texas says she was wrongly used by authorities as an example of fraud.
  Rosa Maria Ortega, who was brought to Texas as an infant, says she held a green card and always believed she was allowed to vote.
  The 37-year-old Ortega told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that she didn’t understand the difference between a permanent resident and a citizen.
  She likely will be deported once she’s r
  
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• ICE detainer on accused molester initially denied, opening door to policy change

  14-02-2017 22:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Travis County Sheriff’s Office says they are reviewing their ICE detainer policy and are now considering modifications due to a recent case where the jail initially denied a retainer on an accused child sex abuser.
  The man, Hugo Gallardo-Gonzalez, 31, was booked Sunday on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a young child, which is not one of the four charges in Sheriff Sally Hernandez’s policy that leads to an accepted Immigration and Custom Enf
  
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• Woman blames United Airlines for her dog’s death

  14-02-2017 22:05 via kxan.com
  
  PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — A woman says United Airlines is to blame for the death of her dog Jacob.
  Kathleen Considine just moved from Michigan to Bend, Oregon. She was flying with Jacob from Detroit to Portland on United Airlines, with a layover in Chicago, in a crate under the plane. The flight from Chicago to Portland was too full, however, to fit Jacob on, and the airline sent the dog to a kennel overnight, for approximately 20 hours.
  When Jacob finally arrived in Portland, Considine
  
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• Lawsuit: Ford Explorers may be making hundreds of owners sick

  14-02-2017 21:42 via kxan.com
  
  DETROIT, MI (WCMH) — A lawsuit filed by a California police officer claims a defect in Ford Explorers can leak poisonous gasses into the SUV.
  NBC affiliate WDIV reports that more than 400 people have filed complaints with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
  In the lawsuit, Newport Beach, California police officer Brian McDowell claims he suffered a traumatic brain injury after he passed out while driving a Ford Explorer. McDowell’s lawyer told WDIV that McDowell
  
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• Man protests citation for obscene bumper sticker

  14-02-2017 21:23 via kxan.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tennessee (WSMV/NBC News) – Dustin Owens says he never dreamed he get in trouble over the sticker on the back of his Chevy Blazer.
  “My brother ordered it and it was nighttime when he put it on because he was trying to make a joke out of it, and I was sleeping,” Owens says.
  The sticker depicts two stick figures engaged in sexual activity above the phrase “Making My Family”.
  Owens said he was driving home from work on Friday when a Nashville Metro police of
  
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• Study: Texas schools failing students on sex education

  14-02-2017 20:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas has one of the highest teen birth rates in the nation, according to the Center for Disease Control. 
  Eight years after releasing an initial report on sex education in public schools, the Texas Freedom Network is pushing lawmakers to change the curriculum.
  The organization’s new report shows that most Texas school districts don’t have classes about sexual education. The Conspiracy of Silence: Sexuality Education in Public Schools report
  
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• Study: Southerners more likely to stand by their romantic partner

  14-02-2017 20:08 via kxan.com
  
  RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) – A national study conducted by Avvo was released Tuesday, which shows that 72 percent of southerners said they are “very” satisfied with their romantic relationships.
  Around 2,000 U.S adults, aged 18 and over were interviewed by Avvo as part of an online study to understand American’s opinions on relationships, divorce, prenuptial agreements and other relationship dynamics.
  Comparatively when it comes to satisfaction in a romantic
  
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• Study: 25 percent of school districts in Texas don’t teach sex ed

  14-02-2017 20:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In a state with one of the highest teen birth rates in the nation, a new study by the Texas Freedom Network Education Fund shows that Texas high schools are failing when it comes to teaching students about sex education.
  The Conspiracy of Silence: Sexuality Education in Public Schools report found eight in 10 school districts in Texas either don’t teach high school students about birth control or offer no sex education at all. According to the report, 16 percent of Te
  
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• Lady Gaga, Jimmy Kimmel condemn Texas ‘bathroom bill’

  14-02-2017 19:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Musicians Lady Gaga and Alicia Keys along with Oscar winner Jennifer Lawrence are among more than 140 artists and celebrities condemning a Texas “bathroom bill” targeting transgender people.
  Britney Spears and late-night host Jimmy Kimmel also signed a letter Tuesday criticizing the Republican-backed efforts as a “denial of basic human dignity.” The bill would require people to use bathrooms that correspond to the sex on their birth certificate.
  
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• Woman who livestreamed rape of teen gets 9 months in prison

  14-02-2017 19:53 via kxan.com
  
  COLUMBUS (AP) – An Ohio woman accused of livestreaming images of a man raping a 17-year-old girl has been sentenced to nine months in prison.
  Nineteen-year-old Marina Lonina was sentenced Monday in Columbus after pleading guilty to one count of obstructing justice under a deal with prosecutors. She initially faced other charges, including rape and pandering sexual matter involving a minor.
  Authorities alleged that she used the social media app Periscope to livestream the assault last Febru
  
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• Police say man shot after displaying threatening behavior

  14-02-2017 18:48 via kxan.com
  
  BRYAN, Texas (AP) — A 33-year-old man has improved from critical to stable condition with gunshot wounds incurred when he approached Bryan police in a threatening manner.
  Bryan authorities said in a statement that officers responded late Sunday to a disturbance call and were speaking with a woman when the man approached.
  Police say he disregarded officers’ commands and made statements and movements that conveyed that he was armed. According to a police statement Monday, he pulled a b
  
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• Danica Patrick gets sponsorship help days before Daytona 500

  14-02-2017 18:48 via kxan.com
  
  CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — One of Danica Patrick’s sponsors has stepped up to fill a sudden funding void created when Stewart-Haas Racing sued her primary backer for $31 million in a breach-of-contract lawsuit.
  Aspen Dental said Tuesday it will be the lead sponsor for Patrick and debut on her car during the Feb. 26 season-opening Daytona 500. Teams arrive this week to begin preparations for one of NASCAR’s showcase races.
  Patrick and SHR were left with 20-some races to fill less th
  
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• Lakeway wants $23M bond to fund new police station

  14-02-2017 18:39 via kxan.com
  
  LAKEWAY, Texas (KXAN) — The Lakeway Police Department says it needs a new building because the current space is “clearly inadequate” and cannot accommodate the number of people currently employed with the department. In May, Lakeway residents will determine whether or not they want to pass a $23 million bond to fund the land acquisition and construction for a new police station.
  The Lakeway City Council voted to put the item on the May 6 ballot at Monday’s meeting. The pr
  
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• Mayor Adler responds to ‘secretive’ ICE actions in Austin

  14-02-2017 18:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Mayor Steve Adler has put pen to paper in an open letter to Austinites amidst safety concerns as immigration actions are increasing across the city.
  “The overly broad way these [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] raids are being conducted is making our community less safe and causing disproportionate harm by dividing the families of non-serious offenders and others who are of no threat and have been caught merely in the wrong place at the wrong time,” says Adl
  
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• Austin mayor responds to ‘secretive’ ICE actions

  14-02-2017 18:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Mayor Steve Adler has put pen to paper in an open letter to Austinites amidst safety concerns as immigration actions are increasing across the city.
  “The overly broad way these [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] raids are being conducted is making our community less safe and causing disproportionate harm by dividing the families of non-serious offenders and others who are of no threat and have been caught merely in the wrong place at the wrong time,” says Adl
  
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• Coaches, students arrested in Midland ISD bus incident

  14-02-2017 17:52 via kxan.com
  
  MIDLAND, Texas (KMID) –  Two coaches and four students have been arrested in connection with an assault that reportedly occurred on a bus back in January, according to the Midland Independent School District.
  The coaches, Irving Gomez and Rogelio Gutierrez, are charged with tampering with evidence and have been fired from the district following a vote by the board of trustees Monday night.  MISD officials declined to specify the charges the students faced.
  Gomez and Gutierrez wer
  
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• Malaysia official: N.Korea leader’s brother slain at airport

  14-02-2017 16:44 via kxan.com
  
  KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Kim Jong Nam, the older brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, was attacked at a Kuala Lumpur airport and died on the way to a hospital, a senior Malaysian official said Tuesday.
  FILE – In this May 4, 2001, file photo, a man believed to be Kim Jong Nam, the eldest son of then North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, looks at a battery of photographers as he exits a police van to board a plane to Beijing at Narita international airport in Narita, northeast o
  
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• Tornadoes suspected of causing damage southwest of Houston

  14-02-2017 16:05 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Tornadoes are suspected of damaging homes and knocking out power southwest of Houston as part of a strong storm system that moved quickly across much of the state.
  National Weather Service meteorologist Scott Overpeck says agency teams are inspecting damage in three locations to confirm whether a tornado touched down Tuesday in each area.
  He says damage is evident in communities stretching from Van Vleck in Matagorda County north to Wharton and Rosenberg.
  The weather service
  
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• Texas storm system brings heavy rain, tornado warnings

  14-02-2017 16:05 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A strong storm system has unleashed heavy rains across much of Texas, tornado warnings for many counties and powerful winds.
  Rain has slowed the morning commute Tuesday for motorists in Austin, Dallas, Houston and other parts of the state.
  The National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for dozens of counties as the storm system tracked eastward across the state.
  Some of the most recent weather service warnings, including ones for severe thunderstorms, were issued for th
  
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• Feds: At least 6 tornadoes cause damage southwest of Houston

  14-02-2017 16:05 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — Residents of a coastal area southwest of Houston are cleaning up debris after severe storms, including at least six tornadoes, swept through the area.
  At least six people were injured in Van Vleck, about 70 miles southwest of Houston, by a weak tornado rated by a federal survey team as of EF1 strength with winds of 86 to 110 mph. An EF2 tornado with winds of 111-135 mph caused extensive damage to subdivisions 27 miles southwest of Houston. A weak tornado also was confirmed in
  
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• TSA: cocaine ring suspect worked at ABIA

  14-02-2017 15:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) ‑- One member of a 12-man Transportation Security Administration drug ring suspected of smuggling tons of cocaine from Puerto Rico to the U.S. worked at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, according to the U.S. Department of Justice and TSA.
  TSA officials confirmed Thursday that Antonio Vargas-Saavevra worked for TSA at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico, before being transferred on June 26, 2016, to ABIA. He has not worked at o
  
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• Suspected TSA cocaine ring member arrested near Austin

  14-02-2017 15:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) ‑- One member of a 12-man Transportation Security Administration drug ring suspected of smuggling tons of cocaine from Puerto Rico to the U.S. was arrested in the Austin area, a U.S. Department of Justice spokesperson has confirmed.
  Antonio Vargas-Saavevra is named as one of six men in the group employed by the TSA and assigned to security at Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Federal officials believe the group conspired to bypass security measu
  
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• Playboy magazine reverses position, brings back naked women

  14-02-2017 14:35 via kxan.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Naked women are back in Playboy magazine, ending a year-old ban on the nudity that made the magazine famous.
  Playboy celebrated the reversal on Twitter and Facebook with the hashtag #NakedIsNormal.
  The about-face came Monday with the release of Playboy’s March-April issue. The 63-year-old magazine had banished naked women from its print edition because it felt the content had become passe in an era of online porn that is just a click away on personal computers an
  
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• Appellate court takes up ‘Making a Murderer’ inmate’s case

  14-02-2017 14:32 via kxan.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — A federal appeals court will consider the fate of a Wisconsin inmate featured in the Netflix series “Making a Murderer.”
  Brendan Dassey was sentenced to life in prison in 2007 in the death of photographer Teresa Halbach two years earlier. Dassey told detectives he helped his uncle, Steven Avery, rape and kill Halbach in the Avery family’s Manitowoc County salvage yard.
  A federal magistrate judge overturned Dassey’s conviction in August. He ruled that
  
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• Hays CISD moving forward with $250M bond to improve schools

  14-02-2017 14:08 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The Hays Consolidated Independent School District board voted Monday night to move forward with a $250 million bond election.
  The election date will be May 6. Two propositions will be on the ballot.
  Prop 1 – A new high school, two new elementary schools = $189 million
  Prop 2 – Everything else: CTE, fine arts, athletics, security =  $60 million
  Grand total = $250 million
  In 2006, the Hays CISD had fewer than 12,000 students. Fast forward 10
  
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• I-35 back open after 18-wheeler crash

  14-02-2017 13:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An 18-wheeler that was stuck in the median at the 7800 block of South Interstate 35 between William Cannon Drive and Slaughter Lane has been removed.
  The left southbound lane of I-35 was closed for several hours before crews were able to tow it away. The 18-wheeler crashed with another vehicle around 4:43 a.m.
  There are heavy traffic delays being reported in the area.
  KXAN Traffic Map: Detours
  Austin/Travis County EMS says no one was seriously injured in the crash.
  
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• 18-wheeler stuck in median closes one lane of south I-35

  14-02-2017 13:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An 18-wheeler is stuck in the median at the 7800 block of south Interstate 35 between William Cannon Drive and Slaughter Lane.
  The left southbound lane of I-35 will be shut down until the tow truck arrives. The 18-wheeler crashed with another vehicle around 4:43 a.m.
  There are heavy traffic delays being reported in the area.
  KXAN Traffic Map: Detours
  Austin/Travis County EMS says no one was seriously injured in the crash.
  We have a KXAN crew on the way to the scene. 
  
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• Texas police: Standoff ensues after woman beaten at complex

  14-02-2017 13:29 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Police in San Antonio have taken a man into custody following an hours-long standoff that they say began when he broke into an apartment, beat a woman and then held her against her will.
  Authorities say the unidentified man broke into the apartment early Monday and began to choke and strike the woman. Police say the woman either once dated the man or currently does.
  A second woman fled the apartment and the one who was attacked eventually was able to escape as a large co
  
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• Standoff ensues after woman beaten at complex

  14-02-2017 13:29 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Police in San Antonio have taken a man into custody following an hours-long standoff that they say began when he broke into an apartment, beat a woman and then held her against her will.
  Authorities say the unidentified man broke into the apartment early Monday and began to choke and strike the woman. Police say the woman either once dated the man or currently does.
  A second woman fled the apartment and the one who was attacked eventually was able to escape as a large co
  
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• Library of Congress store removes misspelled Trump poster

  14-02-2017 13:23 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An inauguration poster of President Donald Trump that included a misspelling in a quote has been removed from the online store of the Library of Congress.
  The poster includes Trump’s quote, “No dream is too big, no challenge is to great. Nothing we want for the future is beyond our reach.” The phrase should be “too great.”
  Twitter users quickly spotted the error over the weekend and the item was removed. An archived version of the listing is
  
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• Wildfire fears rising as map of areas at risk delayed

  14-02-2017 13:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It has been nearly four weeks since Austin has seen heavy rain. This is good news for firefighters who say the rain will help prevent grass and brush fires.
  The Austin Fire Department has been busy trying to get ahead of the threat by clearing out heavy brush. However, there’s one tool in their toolbox that isn’t ready yet.
  FORECAST: 90 percent chance of rain for Valentine’s Day
  Shoal Creek is slowly rising during Tuesday morning’s downpour. It 
  
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• Austin Fire: Map of at-risk wildfire areas still not ready

  14-02-2017 13:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The sight of rain is good news for firefighters who say the rain will help prevent grass and brush fires.
  The Austin Fire Department has been busy trying to get ahead of the threat by clearing out heavy brush. However, there’s one tool in their toolbox that isn’t ready yet. The department was tasked with making a fire map that tells you which parts of Austin are considered to have the highest risk of fire danger. The map was supposed to be finished in Octob
  
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• Hail Storm Bill could make it harder to sue insurance companies

  14-02-2017 12:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — There is a bill at the State Capitol that would make it harder for drivers to sue their insurance company.
  Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and Senator Kelly Hancock, R-North Richland Hills, says the current law encourages frivolous lawsuits and raises your deductibles. Patrick says in the last several years hail storm cases have skyrocketed by Texas attorneys, who he claims are only padding their own pockets to increase premiums for home and business owners.
  “We will rein in
  
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• Suspicious spouses seek out private investigators more around Valentine’s Day

  14-02-2017 12:11 via kxan.com
  
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Valentine’s Day is meant for romance, but local private investigators say their workload increases around the Hallmark holiday.
  Renee Brewer is with the Hendersonville-based private investigations firm Still Watch Investigations. She says on Valentine’s cheating spouses often buy gifts or steal moments with the person they’re cheating with.
  “When people suspect someone’s stepping out, they believe their spouse is going to get romantic
  
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• Students traveling the world and beyond on virtual field trips

  14-02-2017 06:19 via kxan.com
  
  CEDAR CREEK, Texas (KXAN) — With school field trip budgets tight, new technology is opening up a whole new world for local students in the Bastrop Independent School District.
  Monday, Mrs. Edwards’ kindergarten class at Bluebonnet Elementary were ready to take off on another adventure called a Google Expedition.
  “To be on this field trip you have to be an astronaut,” Mandy Edwards told her class as they sat in a circle on a big rug in the middle of the room. “Rememb
  
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• Undocumented immigrants facing ‘impossible’ legal mountain to climb

  14-02-2017 06:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Recent arrests by ICE have prompted many who are not in the immigrant community to ask why people who are in the U.S. illegally don’t just apply for citizenship. Immigrants and immigration attorneys say if the process were simple, there would be may who would’ve already applied.
  “If there was a comprehensive immigration reform people would definitely try to get their citizenship,” Mayte Lara, an undocumented UT student says. “Right now because
  
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• Citizenship process for many undocumented immigrants nearly impossible

  14-02-2017 06:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Recent arrests by ICE have prompted many who are not in the immigrant community to ask why people who are in the U.S. illegally don’t just apply for citizenship. Immigrants and immigration attorneys say if the process were simple, there would be may who would’ve already applied.
  “If there was a comprehensive immigration reform people would definitely try to get their citizenship,” Mayte Lara, an undocumented UT student says. “Right now because
  
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• Michael Flynn, national security adviser, resigns over Russia controversy

  14-02-2017 05:11 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (KXAN) — Less than a month into the presidency of Donald Trump, his national security adviser, Michael Flynn, has resigned following accusations he misled the administration on his communication with Russia before the election.
  In his resignation letter, Flynn, a retired United States Army lieutenant general, says he “inadvertently” gave then Vice President-elect Mike Pence incomplete information on his phone calls with the Russian ambassador to the United States.
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• Firefighters put out blaze at home with flames going through roof

  14-02-2017 04:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin firefighters put out a fire at a home that was first reported to have flames coming through the roof.
  First responders were called before 9 p.m. to the home on Mountain Quail Road, near the intersection of Metric Boulevard and West Rundberg Lane. The fire department says everyone inside of the single family home was able to get out.
  One man was inside the house sleeping when the fire started. His son got home just in time to wake him up and get out, firefighters say.
  
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• Austin house fire caused by cooking left unattended

  14-02-2017 04:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin firefighters put out a fire at a home that was first reported to have flames coming through the roof.
  First responders were called before 9 p.m. to the home on Mountain Quail Road, near the intersection of Metric Boulevard and West Rundberg Lane. The fire department says everyone inside of the single family home was able to get out.
  One man was inside the house sleeping when the fire started. His son got home just in time to wake him up and get out, firefighters say.
  
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• Man stabs neighbor after argument in southeast Austin

  14-02-2017 04:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An argument between two neighbors led to a stabbing in southeast Austin, Monday evening.
  Two men were arguing when one stabbed the other at around 7:10 p.m. in the 2400 block of Wickersham Lane, near the intersection of East Oltorf Street and South Pleasant Valley Road.
  Austin-Travis County EMS say the injured man in his 20s was taken to South Austin Medical Center with serious injuries that are not expected to be life-threatening.
  The suspect is in custody. Additional deta
  
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• UT Women run win streak to 19 straight

  14-02-2017 04:31 via kxan.com
  
  JOE REEDY, Associated Press
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Brooke McCarty scored a career-high 29 points as No. 8 Texas won its 19th straight Monday night, beating No. 4 Florida State 92-88 in double overtime.
  The junior guard, who shot 11 for 16 from the field and 5 for 8 on 3-pointers, scored three points in the second extra period. Ariel Atkins added 21 points as the Longhorns (21-4) got their second road win against a top-five team in eight days. They won at then-No. 2 Baylor on Feb. 6.
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• Texas teachers speak out against ‘anti-union’ bill

  14-02-2017 03:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — Teachers from across the state of Texas gathered at the Capitol to speak out against a bill they say unfairly targets educators.
  Filed by Houston Republican Sen. Joan Huffman, the legislation would put an end automatic payroll deductions for unions and professional organizations. “This bill has one purpose, this bill’s purpose is to try to shut teachers up,” said Byron Hildebrand, a retired teacher from San Antonio.
  The Senate Committee on State Affairs
  
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• Jordan Spieth’s first win of 2017

  14-02-2017 03:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After several top 10 finishes, Jordan Spieth gets on the board with his first win of 2017 at Pebble Beach. Roger, Chris and Andrew discuss Spieth’s newest claim in PGA Tour history.
  
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• 3 year old taken during armed robbery at Killeen home

  14-02-2017 03:17 via kxan.com
  
  KILLEEN, Texas (KXAN) — Police say a 3-year-old boy was taken by a man and woman from a Killeen home Saturday during an armed robbery.
  Officers were called to Golden Gate Drive at 11:59 p.m. Saturday. The legal guardian of 3-year-old Jamal Powell told officers that Lanae Hoskins and James Harris stole money and a vehicle at gunpoint, before leaving the house with Powell.
  Killeen police say they are investigating the incident as a possible kidnapping. As for why an Amber Alert has not
  
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• Former banker Mnuchin sworn in as Treasury secretary

  14-02-2017 02:54 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A bitterly divided Senate on Monday confirmed Steven Mnuchin as treasury secretary despite strong objections by Democrats that the former banker ran a “foreclosure machine” when he headed OneWest Bank.
  Mnuchin took the oath of office in the Oval Office Monday night.
  Republicans said Mnuchin’s long tenure in finance makes him qualified to run the department, which will play a major role in developing economic policy under President Donald Trump.
  “He
  
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