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• Worker at Houston Subway killed while protecting his mother

  23-02-2017 22:56 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (KPRC) — An 18-year-old employee at a southeast Houston Subway restaurant was shot and killed while trying to protect his mother during an attempted robbery.
  Javier Flores and his mother were the only people in the Subway when the two suspects rushed in and pointed a gun at the mother, according to KPRC.
  Flores was shot as he tried to push his mother out of the way. The teenager was a junior in high school.
  Police say the robbers ran from the store empty-handed.
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• City leaders working to address homelessness in Austin

  23-02-2017 22:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Neighbors say what used to be one to two tents, is now a homeless camp that is growing in numbers in north Austin.
  City leaders are pushing to make changes to help crackdown on the rising number of homeless people in Austin. Officials living in District 4, which is represented by Council Member Greg Casar, want to help cut down on the problem. Advocates say District 4 has the second highest rate of homelessness in the city outside of downtown. The district extends from
  
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• Child sex predator demands legal right to be on Facebook

  23-02-2017 21:57 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR MEDIA) — The Supreme Court will soon decide whether child sex predators have a constitutional right to operate social media accounts.
  Lester Packingham is suing North Carolina over a state law passed in 2009 which prohibits registered sex offenders from being active on sites like Facebook and YouTube where social contacts are easily made.
  Lester Packingham (North Carolina Dept. of Public Safety)He says the Tarheel State’s blanket ban violates his First Amendment r
  
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• Inauguration singer: Trump, meet my transgender sister

  23-02-2017 21:40 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — More than a month after performing at President Donald Trump’s inauguration, singer Jackie Evancho says she and her transgender sister want to meet with him about transgender rights.
  The 16-year-old made the request in a tweet Wednesday night. Evancho appeared alongside her sister, Juliet, on ABC’s “Good Morning America” on Thursday. Juliet Evancho says they hope to “enlighten” the president.
  The tweet followed the Trump administra
  
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• We’re talking some Nascar on More Than the Score

  23-02-2017 21:29 via kxan.com
  
  Austin (KXAN) — Sunday will be the 59th running of the Daytona 500.On More Than the Score, Andrew Schnitker shares some of his experiences while living in the heart of NASCAR country.
  
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• 4 arrested after 15-pound 9-year-old boy with cerebral palsy dies

  23-02-2017 21:26 via kxan.com
  
  VIGO COUNTY, Ind. (WTWO) — Four people are charged with neglect in connection to the death of malnourished 9-year-old Indiana boy with cerebral palsy.
  Cameron Hoopingarner died Tuesday after he went into cardiac arrest.
  Authorities said the boy, who was also blind, was severely malnourished and weighed just 15 pounds.
  In a news conference Wednesday night, Vigo County Sheriff Greg Ewing said emergency personnel responded to the boy’s home in Fontanet, approximately 60 miles west of In
  
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• Man dies after falling into BBQ grill in Wichita Falls

  23-02-2017 21:05 via kxan.com
  
  WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KFDX) — Fire investigators are on the scene of a reported house fire on River Road in Wichita Falls. The home is now surrounded by crime scene tape and officials say the man is dead.
  Investigators believe that the man was cooking over an outdoor grill, fell into the grill, caught fire, and then ignited nearby trash which then caught a house on fire.
  How or why the man may have fallen into the grill is not know at this time, however investigators believe it may have be
  
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• 11-year-old that shot beehive with BB-gun stung 400 times

  23-02-2017 21:03 via kxan.com
  
  PHOENIX, Arizona (KPNX) –  Ambushed by bees, an Arizona boy is healing at Phoenix Children’s Hospital after one of the most terrifying moments of his life.
  Andrew Kunz’s family says the attack also sent at least three emergency responders to the hospital. Stung nearly 400 times and allergic to bees, they say it’s a miracle he’s alive.
  “It felt like 400 bullets were shooting me,” Andrew said, after being stung.
  The 11-year-old was playing with his BB
  
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• Homeland Security vows ‘no mass deportations’ or use of military for immigration enforcement

  23-02-2017 20:20 via kxan.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly says there will be “no mass deportations” and “no use of military forces” in enforcing President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
  Kelly is speaking in Mexico City after he and U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met their Mexican counterparts. Kelly says everything the U.S. does on immigration will be done legally and with respect for human rights.
  He also says actions will occur in close co
  
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• Federal Court: Assault weapons not protected by Second Amendment

  23-02-2017 19:47 via kxan.com
  
  ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) – Maryland’s ban on 45 kinds of assault weapons and its 10-round limit on gun magazines were upheld Tuesday by a federal appeals court in a decision that met with a strongly worded dissent.
  In a 10-4 ruling, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, said the guns banned under Maryland’s law aren’t protected by the Second Amendment.
  “Put simply, we have no power to extend Second Amendment protections to weapons of war,” Ju
  
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• Man rescued after being stuck in mud for a day and a half

  23-02-2017 19:39 via kxan.com
  
  BOSTON TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — A man who was rescued Wednesday after being stuck in the mud for a day and a half is expected to be OK, emergency responders say.
  The Saranac Fire Department responded to Riverside Drive and Hotchkiss Road in Boston Township, between Lowell and Saranac, after someone heard the man’s yells for help and called 911.
  Saranac Fire Department Capt. Dale Hice Jr. said the man was digging a hole with a small backhoe — though it’s unclear why he was
  
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• New rules coming to parks along the San Marcos River

  23-02-2017 19:28 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) – The city of San Marcos is hoping to eliminate overcrowding at public parks this summer by implementing new rules along the San Marcos River.
  At Tuesday’s city council meeting, Assistant Parks Director William Ford said a recent study shows that 90 percent of park visitors on the weekend are from out of town. Ford adds that parking is limited with the amount of people visiting the parks during the summer months and that a large amount of trash is left behind
  
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• Texas day care fires teacher over anti-Semitic tweets

  23-02-2017 19:19 via kxan.com
  
  ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — A North Texas day care says it has fired a teacher who posted a number of anti-Semitic tweets including one that encourages Jewish people to be killed.
  The Children’s Courtyard in Arlington said in a statement this week that the comments by Nancy Salem are offensive and don’t reflect the center’s views.
  One tweet tells another person who’s traveling abroad to, “Kiss the Palestine ground for me and kill some jews!”
  Another tweet as
  
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• Tom Brady lists stolen jersey suspect board

  23-02-2017 18:56 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (WCMH) — New England Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is still missing his Super Bowl jersey.
  But that doesn’t mean he can’t have a little fun.
  Brady posted a “suspect board” to his Instagram account Wednesday, CNN reported.
  He lists Lady Gaga, Gollum from “Lord of the Rings” and even his own teammate Julian Edelman. He even made room for that creepy courtroom sketch of himself.
  Later, the Super Bowl LI MVP posted an offer for fans to w
  
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• Father accused of killing 16-month-old son, claims he drowned

  23-02-2017 17:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 21-year-old father is in jail accused of killing his 16-month-old boy earlier this week.
  On Monday night, William Robert Gallogly called 911 from the Motel 6 on Interstate 35 near Rundberg Lane to report that his son, Noah Lyndon Armand, was “dying” and CPR was in progress, according to an arrest affidavit. When emergency crews arrived, they found Gallogly giving the baby CPR.
  The father initially told police he and his son were taking a bath together when his
  
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• Father accused of killing 16-month-old boy, claims he drowned

  23-02-2017 17:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 21-year-old father is in jail accused of killing his 16-month-old boy earlier this week.
  On Monday night, William Robert Gallogly called 911 from the Motel 6 on Interstate 35 near Rundberg Lane to report that his son, Noah Lyndon Armand, was “dying” and CPR was in progress, according to an arrest affidavit. When emergency crews arrived, they found Gallogly giving the baby CPR.
  The father initially told police he and his son were taking a bath together when his
  
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• Giraffe cam back on YouTube after being flagged as ‘sexually explicit’

  23-02-2017 16:54 via kxan.com
  
  HARPURSVILLE, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) — The Animal Adventure Park Giraffe Cam is up and running again on YouTube after being taken down.
  The park’s owner, Jordan Patch, said the webcam was taken down Thursday because animal rights activists reported the feed to YouTube as “sexually explicit or nude content.”
  The feed shows a giraffe named April who is expecting to give birth to a calf at any moment.
  The video has gone viral in recent days, garnering hundreds of thousands of view
  
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• Ohio man celebrates for 103rd birthday with help of favorite restaurant

  23-02-2017 15:52 via kxan.com
  
  STEUBENVILLE, Ohio (WTRF) — An Ohio restaurant helped a man celebrate a big birthday in a big way.
  Wintersville resident Frank Rahly turned 103 on Tuesday and all he wanted to do was go to his favorite restaurant, Eat’n Park.
  Rahly is a regular at the Eat’n Park in neighboring Steubenville and sometimes eats at the restaurant five times a week.
  On Tuesday, employees knew they had to celebrate.
  “We love Pap,” server Carla McAllister said, adding, “He makes us h
  
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• Jack Ingram, Matthew McConaughey raising funds for Central Texas kids

  23-02-2017 15:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former UT Coach Mack Brown, Academy Award winner Matthew McConaughey and country music star Jack Ingram are getting ready to host the Mack, Jack and McConaughey event, which raises money for Central Texas organizations.
  Since the two day event launched in 2013, the nonprofit has given over $5 million to charitable organizations. Mack, Jack and Matthew are specifically concerned about family and children in the community.
  “Funds raised through MJ&M 2017 will s
  
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• Person dies in crash on I-35 in Comal County

  23-02-2017 14:03 via kxan.com
  
  COMAL COUNTY (KXAN) — A person is dead following a crash involving a tractor trailer and a vehicle in Comal County Thursday morning, according to the Department of Public Safety.
  The crash had southbound Interstate 35 at Old Bastrop Road closed and one lane of northbound I-35 closed. The road reopened around 8 a.m.
  Police say there were major delays for southbound drivers.
  KXAN Traffic Map: Detours
  The crash happened around 5:09 a.m. near Watson Lane.
  Investigators have not said what
  
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• Person dies in crash closing southbound I-35 in Comal Co.

  23-02-2017 14:03 via kxan.com
  
  COMAL COUNTY (KXAN) — A person is dead following a crash involving a tractor trailer and a vehicle in Comal County Thursday morning, according to the Department of Public Safety.
  The crash has southbound Interstate 35 at Old Bastrop Road closed and one lane of northbound I-35 closed.
  Police say there are major delays for southbound drivers. The delay in the northbound direction is not as heavy.
  KXAN Traffic Map: Detours
  The crash happened around 5:09 a.m. near Watson Lane.
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• Petition aims to make tacos official food of Texas

  23-02-2017 13:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Before the battle of the Alamo and the Texas Revolution, residents of the Lone star state were enjoying the food infused with Mexican tradition; tacos.
  A group gathering support from taco-lovers across the state is petitioning to have tacos become the official food of Texas. From breakfast to lunch and dinner, Texans eat tacos for every meal.
  “I invite you, along with the Texas Taco Council (yeah, that’s a thing!) to sign this petition and let’s make tacos
  
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• Texas inmate says racial testimony led to death sentence

  23-02-2017 13:08 via kxan.com
  
  TEXAS (KXAN) — The Supreme Court has ordered a new court hearing for a Texas prison inmate who claims improper testimony about his race led to his death sentence.
  The justices voted 6-to-2 in favor of Duane Buck. He was sentenced to death for killing his ex-girlfriend and another man at her Houston apartment in 1995.
  During the trial in 1997, defense expert witness Walter Quijano told jurors Buck was more likely to be dangerous in the future because he is black. Buck tried for years to get
  
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• Vigil to highlight economic contributions of Texas immigrants

  23-02-2017 12:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The immigration debate is taking center stage on the south steps of the State Capitol Thursday night. Hundreds are expected to turn out for a candlelight vigil to show lawmakers the vital contribution immigrants make to the Texas economy.
  The vigil was prompted by Senate Bill 4, which would prohibit sanctuary city policies. While this type of legislation has come up during past sessions, the immigration advocacy group, Immigrants United, who is holding the vigil, says they
  
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• ICE arrests highest percentage of non-criminals in Austin

  23-02-2017 12:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — New information is showing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Austin arrested the highest percentage of non-criminals than other regions nationwide.
  Earlier this month, 51 people were arrested across the Austin-area. Of those people, 28 were considered non-criminals, other than being in the U.S. illegally. That is more than half of the total number of people arrested by ICE. The next closest region was Atlanta, Georgia with one-third of their arrest
  
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• Austin ICE arrests highest percentage of non-criminals nationwide

  23-02-2017 12:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — New information is showing that Immigration and Customs Enforcement operations in Austin arrested the highest percentage of non-criminals than other regions nationwide.
  Earlier this month, 51 people were arrested across the Austin-area. Of those people, 28 were considered non-criminals, other than being in the U.S. illegally. That is more than half of the total number of people arrested by ICE. The next closest region was Atlanta, Georgia with one-third of their arrest
  
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• Williamson County town hall goes on without congressman

  23-02-2017 06:40 via kxan.com
  
  CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — Many republican lawmakers have been skipping out on a tradition that usually happens during the legislative break: town hall meetings with constituents. Recent town halls nationwide have led to confrontations with lawmakers, specifically Republicans.
  Felicia Miyakawa organized the event, saying she felt compelled to get more politically active after the election.
  “No, no, other than voting regularly, I have never been this involved. This is a new thing
  
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• Long ball powers Texas past Sam Houston State

  23-02-2017 05:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas and Sam Houston State played baseball for the 94th time on Wednesday and first in Hunstville, Texas where they had a record crowd.The Longhorns got homers from Michael Cantu and Travis Jones on their way to a 7-2 win to improve to 3-2.Cantu hit his first home run since March of 2015 to give UT a 2-0 lead in the top of the 5th inning.Jones hit a three run homer in 6th to stretch the lead to 5-0.Sophomore Nolan Kingham (1-1) pitched five shutout innings to pick up the w
  
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• ‘Stars are bright’ at Texas Medal of the Arts ceremony

  23-02-2017 03:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott hosted a ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion Wednesday to honor the 2017 Texas Medal of the Arts recipients.
  In attendance was musician Kris Kristofferson and John Paul DeJoria, who is a co-founder of the Paul Mitchell haircare line and Patron Spirit Company. Kenny Rogers is receiving this year’s lifetime achievement award at the ceremony.
  Earlier Wednesday, Gov. Abbott, while gathered around the honorees, said, “At what, 10:30 in
  
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• Trump administration lifts transgender student bathroom guidance

  23-02-2017 02:53 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Wednesday ended federal protection for transgender students that allowed them to use public school bathrooms and locker rooms matching their gender identities.
  The Justice and Education departments said in a letter being sent to school districts nationwide that the Obama-era guidance caused a spike in lawsuits over how the guidance should be applied.
  It will now be up to states and school districts to interpret federal anti-discrimination law a
  
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• Houston-area 17-year-old charged after killing bald eagle

  23-02-2017 02:16 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (KPRC) – A 17-year-old has been charged with hunting without the landowner’s consent after authorities said he shot a bald eagle to death Tuesday near Houston, Texas.
  A witness told police that he saw three males standing near the base of a tree where an American bald eagle had nested for a few years. One of the men was armed with a rifle, police said.
  Before deputies arrived, the witness said Orlando David Delgado and two friends returned to the area and one of them p
  
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• CEO of Round Rock manufacturing company to meet with President Trump

  23-02-2017 02:04 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — The Austin area is known for technology, which now plays a big part in manufacturing. You may have seen or heard of augmented reality; you put on a helmet and you can see what’s in front of you, with virtual graphics. Emerson Innovation Center in Round Rock makes sensors for the technology.
  National, state and local leaders gathered at Emerson Wednesday morning to begin the 2017 National State of Manufacturing address. “It’s not the same manufac
  
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• Woman killed by officer in possible ‘suicide by cop’ in south Austin

  23-02-2017 01:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A woman who police say tried to run down three officers with her car was shot and killed when she came at an officer with a knife.
  The shots were fired by the officer only seconds after police dispatch broadcast that the 25-year-old woman was trying to commit “suicide by cop,” Interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley said.
  The first 911 call concerning the incident was received at 5:58 p.m. Wednesday. Nothing was said and then the caller hung up. Two minute
  
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• Officer involved in deadly shooting in south Austin

  23-02-2017 01:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened on Manchaca Road near Keilbar Lane in south Austin.
  The call came in around 6:15 p.m. Initial information indicates an officer fired shots. Austin-Travis County EMS says there is a deceased woman in her 20s at the scene. The officer was not injured.
  Traffic coming southbound on Manchaca Road is being detoured to Matthews Lane at this time.
  The last time the Austin Police Department had a deadly offic
  
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• Capital Metro bus and car collide in southeast Austin, injuring 6

  23-02-2017 01:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Six people were taken to the hospital Wednesday afternoon after a Capital Metro bus and car were involved in a crash in southeast Austin.
  Medics with Austin-Travis County EMS were called to the intersection of East Riverside Drive and Willow Creek Drive at 4:58 p.m.
  Three ambulances took the six patients to the hospital, all with minor injuries.
  Additional details on the crash were not immediately available.
  In October 2016, a driver was killed after crashing with a Capital
  
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• Speaker Paul Ryan tours the Rio Grande Valley

  23-02-2017 00:44 via kxan.com
  
  McALLEN, Texas (Nexstar) — House Speaker Paul Ryan traveled to the Rio Grande Valley for the first time Wednesday to get a first-hand look at the area where President Donald Trump plans to build a border wall. Ryan was joined by two Texans, House Homeland Security Chairman Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, and Rep. John Carter, R-Round Rock.
  As soon as the delegation touched down at McAllen International Airport, they immediately boarded a helicopter for an aerial tour of the border. The aeri
  
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• Violent crimes on Linden Road have Del Valle community concerned

  23-02-2017 00:20 via kxan.com
  
  DEL VALLE, Texas (KXAN) — Police are searching for the suspects in a shooting that sent two people to the hospital Tuesday night in Del Valle. The shooting happened on Linden Loop, in the same area where a number of homicides have happened since last year.
  For those living along Linden Road, they say the sight of flashing police lights and investigators sweeping the area is unfortunately very familiar.
  “The police or the cars come by… we don’t know what is
  
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• Last of pipeline opponents leave North Dakota protest camp

  23-02-2017 00:03 via kxan.com
  
  CANNON BALL, N.D. (AP) — The last of the Dakota Access pipeline opponents abandoned their protest camp Wednesday ahead of a government deadline to get off the federal land, and authorities arrested others who defied the order in a final show of dissent.
  The camp has been home to demonstrators for most of a year as they tried to thwart construction of the pipeline. Some of the last remnants of it went up in flames when occupants set fire to makeshift wooden housing as part of a leaving cere
  
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