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• Drivers say new signal light installed on RM 2222 to make area safer

  24-02-2017 23:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Ranch to Market 2222 at Mount Bonnell Road in west Austin is busy throughout the day not just during peak travel times in the mornings and evenings.
  A signal light was installed and activated earlier this week. The city of Austin says the light was installed to address significant safety concerns resulting from making turns at the intersection.
  We talked with drivers who live in the area and they said that exiting the neighborhood felt unsafe before the signal lig
  
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• DPS graduates largest trooper class in more than 16 years

  24-02-2017 23:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — One-hundred and thirty-four new Texas Highway Patrol troopers are fanning out across the state after they graduated from a 24-week program Friday.
  For Matthew Gaitan, donning the “Texas Tan” is a dream he’s had since he was a young boy. “I love the state of Texas,” says Gaitan. “It’s an honor to say that I can wear that same uniform.”
  Trooper Matthew Gaitan (KXAN Photo/Todd Bailey)The Texas Department of Public Safety says thi
  
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• Civil rights activist recounts childhood spared from racism

  24-02-2017 23:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN  (KXAN) — There are several sides to every story. One long-time Austin civil rights activist says stories like hers are rarely recited. Her hidden history is one that’s almost unscathed by the ills of segregation and racism, all because of a simple lesson learned on a farm in southeast Travis County.
  “This is a story that doesn’t get told, said 95-year-old Ada Anderson.
  It starts with her great-grandfather, Newton Isaac Collins, Sr. He was a biracial free
  
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• Judge denies request to delay lawsuit against Texas voter ID

  24-02-2017 22:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (AP/KXAN) — A long-running lawsuit over Texas’ contentious voter ID law will move forward in federal court, even as the Republican-controlled Legislature considers how best to modify it.
  A federal judge on Friday denied a request from the U.S. Justice Department and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to delay the case.
  The Trump administration joined with Texas to ask that next week’s hearing be postponed until June when the Texas Legislature’s session finishes
  
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• Mother and baby daughter found dead in Killeen home

  24-02-2017 22:17 via kxan.com
  
  KILLEEN, Texas (KXAN) — Police are investigating after a woman and her baby daughter were found dead inside a home in Killeen.
  A 911 call reporting an unresponsive woman and infant was made at 6:39 p.m. Tuesday. First responders arriving to the 2400 block of Lavender Lane found the woman and baby lying on the floor inside the house.
  Killeen police say someone who lives in the home found the two not breathing. Holley Shavahn Newkirk, 36, and her baby, Teegan Newkirk, were pronounced dead at
  
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• Fifth grade Round Rock student dies after emergency on school bus

  24-02-2017 22:17 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — A fifth grade student at a Round Rock elementary school is dead after an emergency on a school bus Thursday.
  In a notice to parents, Round Rock ISD officials said that the Laurel Mountain Elementary student had a “non-traffic” related emergency on the bus during the ride home after school around 3 p.m.
  When the bus driver was told, he pulled over to help in the 9100 block of Caira Cove. Austin-Travis County EMS was called to assist and took the c
  
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• White House bans major news outlets from briefing

  24-02-2017 21:35 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) – News organizations including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN and Politico were blocked from joining an informal, on the record White House press briefing on Friday.
  The Associated Press chose not to participate in the gaggle following the move by White House press secretary Sean Spicer.
  “The AP believes the public should have as much access to the president as possible,” Lauren Easton, the AP’s director of media relations, said in a
  
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• VIDEO: After standing for more than 100 years, power plant imploded

  24-02-2017 21:09 via kxan.com
  
  CLEVELAND, Ohio (NBC News) – It stood for more than a century, but this morning the First Energy Lakeshore power plant in Cleveland is nothing more than a pile of rubble.
  Shortly after 1 o’clock Friday morning, crews set off explosives imploding the age-old structure.
  It took 200 pounds of explosives to knock down the 306-foot concrete stack and associated 170-foot boiler building.
  VIDEO: Texas water tower demolished after tornado damage
  At its peak, the plant supplied power for
  
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• How to score tickets to Hamilton

  24-02-2017 20:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Broadway sensation Hamilton is coming to Austin. Don’t hold your breath though, it won’t be here until 2018 or even 2019.
  While tickets for Hamilton are not on sale in Austin yet, musical lovers can start getting in line starting in 2018 to be the first ones to score a seat to the show.
  The musical will be presented by the Lexus Broadway in Austin presented by Texas Performing Arts. When the tickets do go on sale, season subscribers get first dibs.
  
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• IRS releases annual ‘Dirty Dozen’ list of tax scams

  24-02-2017 20:39 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (WCMH) — The IRS has released the 2017 version of its “Dirty Dozen” tax scams, in hopes that people won’t fall victim to schemes aimed at getting taxpayer’s personal information.
  According to the IRS, these are scams listed as the “Dirty Dozen” this year:
  Phishing: Taxpayers need to be on guard against fake emails or websites looking to steal personal information. The IRS will never initiate contact with taxpayers via email abo
  
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• Alamo Drafthouse Mueller opens March 9th

  24-02-2017 19:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Fans of the Alamo Drafthouse only have a short while to wait until the next iteration opens in east Austin.
  Alamo’s Mueller location, the sixth Drafthouse in Austin, will open on March 9. Located right next to the Thinkery, the popular movie theater will also include a state of the art bar and event space, the Barrel O’ Fun.
  Six auditoriums will hold a potential 609 movie goers at a time for the latest Hollywood blockbusters and the curated specialty progra
  
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• Bastrop bank robbery suspect arrested at his home 15 minutes later

  24-02-2017 19:41 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP, Texas (KXAN) — An alleged bank robber is behind bars after police say he stole money and threatened workers at a Bastrop bank Friday morning.
  Around 9:51 a.m. Bastrop police were called to the Greater Texas Federal Credit Union after a man pulled out a gun and started demanding money. Fearing for their lives, police say, the bank clerks handed over an undisclosed amount of cash.
  The suspect, identified as 45-year-old Warren Massey, managed to escape before police arrived. A mere 1
  
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• FBI warning UT Austin about phone scam

  24-02-2017 19:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The phone rings and panic ensues as the caller says they are with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and need immediate payments of unpaid taxes.
  The real FBI is warning the University of Texas at Austin community that this a phone scam targeting unsuspecting students. The FBI says they have recently received an increasing number of reports of this fraud scheme from across Texas as well. Even if the call seems legitimate because they have your name, background, and phone n
  
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• Child’s note to God found in bible inspiring people to pray

  24-02-2017 19:13 via kxan.com
  
  WEXFORD CO, Michigan (WPBN/NBC News) A Michigan couple is asking for prayers after stumbling upon a child’s letter to God tucked away in a hospital Bible.
  Charles Brodberg and his fiance Melissa Smith were at Munson Healthcare Cadillac Hospital when they stopped in the chapel. While Brodberg was reading through the Bible he noticed the note.
  The note reads “Dear God, please my Dad get better. Please God, one more thing. Please help my Mom and Dad get back together. P.S. Love Bianca&r
  
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• Free fun in Austin from from cash bash, to school fairs

  24-02-2017 18:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — From honoring a music legend, to getting your kids ready for summer, there is a lot of free fun planned in Austin this weekend.
  Nurture My Child Summer Camp Fair: Summer is coming up and the Nurture My Child Camp Fair wants to help you pick the right camp for your kids. Representatives from more than 60 camps will be at the event. The fair kicks off Sunday at 1 p.m. at the Norris Conference Center on West Anderson Lane.
  Cash Bash: Celebrate the life of musician Johnny Cash
  
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• American Homebrewers Association holds rally in Austin

  24-02-2017 18:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you received a brew your own beer kit for Christmas, you’re not alone. The number of people getting into homebrewing has steadily increased over the past decade.
  On Saturday, the American Homebrewers Association is hosting a rally in Austin to connect other beer enthusiasts and homebrewers in the area. The AHA Rally will take place from 1-3 p.m. at the Oskar Blues Brewery in north Austin.
  Rallies are free for current AHA members. Non-members can join online, or sig
  
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• Broadway hit Hamilton coming to Austin

  24-02-2017 17:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Broadway smash heard rapping around the world is coming to Austin.
  Hamilton has announced their national tour and tickets are now on sale. But before you start jumping for joy, the musical won’t be here until the 2018-2019 season and the Austin tickets are not on sale yet.
  The musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda is the story of the immigrant orphan who grew up to be the first U.S. Treasury Secretary, Alexander Hamilton. The diverse cast has been praised, along with the
  
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• Trump blasts media, anonymous sources _ after WH uses them

  24-02-2017 17:14 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump unloaded on the news media Friday for using anonymous sources — just hours after members of his own staff insisted on briefing reporters only on condition their names be concealed.
  Unleashing a line of attack that energized an enthusiastic crowd at the nation’s largest gathering of conservative activists, Trump said unethical reporters “make up stories and make up sources.”
  “They shouldn’t be allowed to use source
  
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• ‘No anonymous sources,’ Trump scolds _ after WH uses them

  24-02-2017 17:14 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump escalated his criticism of the news media Friday, taking direct aim this time at the use of anonymous sources. Reporters “shouldn’t be allowed to use sources unless they use somebody’s name,” he declared, just hours after members of his own staff held a press briefing and refused to allow their names to be used.
  “A source says that Donald Trump is a horrible, horrible human being, let them say it to my face,” Trum
  
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• Williamson County Jail back to normal after bomb threat

  24-02-2017 16:05 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Business has returned back to normal at the Williams County Jail after a reported bomb threat earlier Friday morning.
  The jail was placed on lockdown for a short period time while authorities secured the building. The jail has an approximate daily inmate population of 650 though it can hold more than 1500 inmates.
  A KXAN crew at the scene indicated people were walking in and out of the building just before 10 a.m.
   
  
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• Blue Bell launches Ice Cream Cone flavor

  24-02-2017 15:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Just in time for record warm temperatures in February, Blue Bell is launching a new twist on the ice cream experience.
  The Ice Cream Cone flavor is vanilla ice cream mixed with dark chocolate-coated cone pieces, chopped peanuts and a chocolate sundae sauce swirl.
  “We may have solved one of the biggest dilemmas for ice cream fans, cone versus bowl,” said Ricky Dickson, Blue Bell president. “Ice Cream Cone is a great combination of everything you would expec
  
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• Domestic violence bill would help survivors get back on their feet

  24-02-2017 15:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Sen. John Cornyn, D-Texas, is coming to Austin on Friday to raise awareness about his proposed domestic violence bill which would prioritize funding for survivors who need help with housing, and other key items they need to get back on their feet.
  The Senator is taking part in a round-table discussion with the CEO of SAFE Alliance Kelly White, the Texas Council on Family Violence and Texas victims of domestic violence.
  The legislation is called the Helping End Abusive
  
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• Nurse allegedly stole boy’s medicine, his death ruled a homicide

  24-02-2017 14:24 via kxan.com
  
  ALLEGAN, Mich. (WOOD) — Detectives are investigating a caregiver after a 4-year-old boy with disabilities died, alleging she stole some of the medicine that was meant to keep him alive, according to the boy’s autopsy report.
  Ryley Maue of Allegan died on Aug. 26 from a seizure related to cerebral palsy, the autopsy report shows. He had been taking liquid Valium to help control seizures, but the caregiver allegedly replaced some of the Valium with water or some other liquid, the repor
  
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• Florida man claims dog shot sleeping girlfriend

  24-02-2017 14:19 via kxan.com
  
  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WFLA) – A Westside man claims a dog shot his sleeping girlfriend in the leg Tuesday night, according to the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office.
  WTLV reports police were called to the home just before 11:30 p.m. for the report a 25-year-old woman had been shot.
  The man said he was sleeping next to her when Diesel the dog woke him up.
  WTLV reports the man took the dog outside, then came back inside with the dog leading.
  When he walked in the bedroom, he saw a flash and h
  
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• Barton Springs Pool back open offering relief from high temperatures

  24-02-2017 13:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With one of the hottest Februaries Austin has ever seen, many people are looking to cool down with temperatures feeling a lot like summer.
  There is relief in sight, Barton Springs Pool is back open on Friday after Sunday night’s heavy rains. It opened around 5 a.m. for early morning swimmers.
  FORECAST: Swings from summer heat to winter chill
  Austin Parks says the pool will resume normal hours from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.
  Earlier this month, the pool was emptied to crea
  
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• Statewide ‘No-Kill’ bill could save pets needing quick medical help

  24-02-2017 12:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — This month Austin is celebrating six years being a “no-kill” city. Now lawmakers are considering a bill that would make it easier for shelters to care for pets without a license.
  The bill, which will be filed on Friday, would also open the door for the “no kill” movement to reach other cities across the state. Lawmakers who wrote the bill say the laws on the books are too old and out of touch with the “no-kill” direction many ci
  
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• Caitlyn Jenner calls Trump transgender decision ‘a disaster’

  24-02-2017 12:52 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Caitlyn Jenner is taking President Donald Trump to task for his administration’s reversal of a directive on transgender access to public school bathrooms.
  Jenner addresses Trump in a video posted Thursday night on Twitter. She says, “From one Republican to another, this is a disaster.”
  The Trump White House has ended a directive issued during Barack Obama’s presidency that told public schools to let transgender students use bathrooms and locker roo
  
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• Plans to expand convention center go before public

  24-02-2017 12:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A multi-million dollar expansion of the Austin Convention Center is being proposed and this weekend city officials want to know if the public thinks it’s a good idea. Several concerns have been raised, from the price tag to the land the city would have to acquire to build the expansion and the impact if the Texas Privacy Act passes.
  The proposed expansion is estimated to cost between $400 to $600 million. Five different scenarios have been proposed.
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• Multi-million dollar expansion proposed for Austin Convention Center

  24-02-2017 12:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A multi-million dollar expansion of the Austin Convention Center is being proposed and this weekend city officials want to know if the public thinks it’s a good idea.
  Several concerns have been raised, from the price tag, to the land the city would have to acquire to build the expansion and the impact if the Texas Privacy Act passes.
  The proposed expansion is estimated to cost between $400 to $600 million. Five different scenarios have been proposed.
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• Car bomb near Syria town captured from IS kills 35 people

  24-02-2017 12:25 via kxan.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — A car bombing north of a Syrian town just captured by Turkish forces and Syrian opposition fighters from the Islamic State group killed at least 35 people on Friday, mostly civilians who had gathered trying to go back home, Turkey’s news agency and Syrian activists said.
  According to Mohammed al-Tawil, a leading Syrian opposition fighter in the area, a suicide attacker blew his small pick-up truck outside a security office in Sousian village, about 8 kilometers (5 miles
  
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• Attacks near Syria town captured from IS kill 62

  24-02-2017 12:25 via kxan.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — Two attacks near a Syrian town just captured by Turkish forces and Syrian opposition fighters from the Islamic State group killed at least 60 people, mostly civilians, and two Turkish soldiers on Friday, as the group retreats from one of its last remaining strongholds in northern Syria, Turkey’s news agency and Syrian activists said.
  A suicide car bomb went off Friday outside a security office operated by Syrian opposition north of al-Bab, killing 60 people, mostly civi
  
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• Attacks near Syria town captured from IS kill 60

  24-02-2017 12:25 via kxan.com
  
  BEIRUT (AP) — At least two attacks Friday near a Syrian town just captured by Turkish forces and Syrian opposition fighters from the Islamic State group killed more than 60, mostly civilians and including two Turkish soldiers, as the group retreats from one of its last remaining strongholds in northern Syria, Turkey’s news agency and Syrian activists said.
  In a hallmark IS attack, a suicide car bomb went off outside a security office operated by the Syrian opposition in a village eig
  
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• Police: 2 officers, 1 suspect wounded in DC shooting

  24-02-2017 12:02 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Authorities say two police officers have been shot and wounded in Washington, D.C.
  Police spokesman Officer Sean Hickman says the incident occurred late Thursday night on the northeast side of Washington. Hickman says the wounded officers were conscious and breathing when they were transported to a hospital.
  Authorities also say an adult male suspect was shot and taken to the hospital. His condition is not yet known.
  Additional details surrounding the shooting were
  
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• Women accused of attacking Lyft driver who took them to wrong destination

  24-02-2017 06:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Lyft driver says he was pepper sprayed, cut with a knife and choked by two passengers after he drove them to the wrong location.
  Tiffany Houston, 23, and Reyanna Copeland, 21, have been charged with aggravated assault, a second degree felony, a year after the attack happened.
  On Feb. 17, 2016, police were called to the parking lot of a grocery market and gas station at 2109 Holly St. in east Austin for a “violent disturbance.”
  Arriving officers talked to
  
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• Four suspects break in, rob Texas State student’s apartment

  24-02-2017 06:19 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — Texas State University sent an alert out to its students and staff Thursday evening after a student reported a robbery.
  At around 7 p.m. Thursday, a student said four suspects broke into the apartment in the Bobcat Village Apartments, located at 1301 Aquarena Springs, just east of campus.
  Texas State police describe the four suspects as black males, one with dreadlocks and another with a red t-shirt pulled up over his face. After taking several items, the suspect
  
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• Concordia University responds to nursing shortage with fast-track program

  24-02-2017 05:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two college seniors at Concordia University Texas are so close to the finish line.
  “I’ve wanted to be a nurse since I was eight years old,” said Katie Schmidt. “When my little brother was born.”
  She and her friend Sabrina Lawlor have spent nearly four years pursuing their childhood dreams. “No one in my family is a nurse, but my dad started going to physical therapy school,” said Lawlor. “He started opening up the an
  
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• Austin Spurs beat Sioux Falls

  24-02-2017 05:44 via kxan.com
  
  http://embed.sendtonews.com/oembed/?SC=DFuYoQUbVw-261564-6876&autoplay=on&sound=off&V=2&format=json Austin (KXAN) — The Austin Spurs of the NBA D-League knocked off Sioux Falls (Miami Heat) 122-105 Thursday night at the HEB Cedar Park Center.Bryn Forbes scored 36 points to lead the way for the Spurs.The Spurs are back home on Friday against Northern Arizona.
  
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• City of Austin may require smaller developments to pay for traffic mitigation

  24-02-2017 05:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Under the current city code, any new development in Austin — and we know there are many — must generate 2,000 trips per day before the city is allowed to step in to help mitigate traffic.
  The transportation department has been looking to change that and get involved with smaller-scale projects, that on their own may not generate thousands of trips, but combined with other nearby developments have a bigger impact.
  Austin’s Emerging Projects Map shows p
  
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• Rockets roll past new look Pelicans

  24-02-2017 05:11 via kxan.com
  
  BRETT MARTEL, AP Sports Writer
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Boogie-and-Brow era in New Orleans is off to a highly inauspicious start.
  The Pelicans’ tandem of newly acquired All-Star DeMarcus Cousins and All-Star Game MVP Anthony Davis was no match for the surging Houston Rockets on Thursday night.
  Reserve Lou Williams hit seven 3-pointers and scored 27 points in his Rockets debut after a trade from the Lakers, and Houston crushed New Orleans, 129-99.
  Davis had 29 points, and Cousins finish
  
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• Dustin McComas talks UT Basketball recruiting on More Than the Score

  24-02-2017 04:55 via kxan.com
  
  Austin (KXAN) — As soon as Monday’s UT-West Virginia game was over in Morgantown, Shaka Smart was back out recruiting.Dustin McComas from Orangebloods.com joins Roger Wallace on More Than the Score to talk about the big man Smart is trying to get to Austin on More Than the Score.
  
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• Poll: Approval ratings for Texas Republicans increase under Trump

  24-02-2017 04:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — Across the board, Texas Republicans are benefiting from the post-election partisan divide, according to a new poll by the Texas Tribune and the University of Texas released Thursday.
  “We are seeing in many areas a very polarized state,” said Jim Henson, director of the Texas Politics Project at UT Austin and the co-director of the poll.
  Henson said, “Partisanship is really defining this so you see two things, you see Democrats uniformly disapproving of
  
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• Missing Kyle teenager may be in Austin or Wimberley

  24-02-2017 04:06 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — Kyle police are asking for your help finding a missing teenager who may be in the area of Austin or Wimberley.
  Officers say Kylei Ashlyn Glasgow, 13, was last seen in her residence in the 4400 block of Mather in Kyle at around 9 p.m. on Wednesday.
  Glasgow is described as five feet tall, 100 pounds, thin build, with hazel eyes and short blonde hair. She was last seen wearing black shorts, a gray t-shirt (with alien pocket) and black size 7 Vans shoes.
  Police say she may
  
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• When parents are deported, what happens to children?

  24-02-2017 03:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN and McALLEN, Texas (KXAN) — In the wake of President Trump’s expedited and expanded immigration policy, more people will likely be deported. Immigration attorneys tell us the biggest concern is what will happen to their children.
  The most common impact would be changing a united family to a single-parent family.
  Maria Torres Cornejo moved to Mercedes, Texas, illegally with her son who has autism, Arturo. She applied to become documented in 2008 so her son could get better
  
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• What happens to a child when their parents are deported?

  24-02-2017 03:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN and McALLEN, Texas (KXAN) — In the wake of President Trump’s expedited and expanded immigration policy, more people will likely be deported. Immigration attorneys tell us the biggest concern is what will happen to their children.
  The most common impact would be changing a united family to a single-parent family.
  Maria Torres Cornejo moved to Mercedes, Texas, illegally with her son who has autism, Arturo. She applied to become documented in 2008 so her son could get better
  
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• If parents deported, first place children go are to friends and family

  24-02-2017 03:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN and McALLEN, Texas (KXAN) — In the wake of President Trump’s expedited and expanded immigration policy, more people will likely be deported. Immigration attorneys tell us the biggest concern is what will happen to their children.
  The most common impact would be changing a united family to a single-parent family.
  Maria Torres Cornejo moved to Mercedes, Texas, illegally with her son who has autism, Arturo. She applied to become documented in 2008 so her son could get better
  
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• Foster Bill of Rights removes references to fair treatment on sexual orientation

  24-02-2017 02:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Changes to a Bill of Rights for youth in foster care in Texas remove references to fair treatment based on sexual orientation and gender identity, KXAN has discovered.
  A version of the bill on the Department of Family and Protective Services website shows a promise of “Fair Treatment whatever my: gender, gender identity, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, disability, medical problems or sexual orientation.”
  However, a mirror document that is in a printa
  
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• Hospitalized asylum seeker returned to Texas detention center

  24-02-2017 01:32 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A Salvadoran woman seeking asylum in the United States was returned to a Texas detention center after spending almost two weeks in a hospital, U.S. immigration officials said Thursday.
  Attorneys for Sara Beltran Hernandez, 26, said Thursday that they were seeking a humanitarian parole of the woman that would allow her family more control over her medical care. In a statement translated from Spanish and released to The Associated Press, Beltran Hernandez said that she had been
  
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• Deputy describes ammonia ridden home after animal seizure

  24-02-2017 01:12 via kxan.com
  
  UHLAND, Texas (KXAN) — Animal Control Deputy Hannah Garrett can only describe the scene inside a Caldwell County home in one phrase: “It was absolutely unbelievable.”
  Garrett first got a call from a neighbor on Misty Drive about a dog nearby eating a chicken. “Based on just the amount of dogs that I saw and their living conditions, I knew this was something that couldn’t be corrected within a reasonable amount of time,” Garrett said.
  After digging a bit deeper
  
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• Former House speaker predicts ‘Obamacare’ won’t be repealed

  24-02-2017 01:10 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former House Speaker John Boehner predicted on Thursday that a full repeal and replacement of “Obamacare” is “not going to happen.”
  The Ohio Republican, who was forced out by conservatives in 2015, said he started laughing when he heard President Donald Trump and Republicans promise swift action on undoing and replacing the health law.
  “Republicans never ever agree on health care,” Boehner said.
  Congressional Republicans are “goin
  
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• LBJ High School on lockdown, man shot multiple times nearby

  24-02-2017 00:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man has serious injuries after being shot multiple times near LBJ High School in east Austin, causing the school to go on lockdown.
  Police were called to the 5600 block of Purple Sage Drive at 5:10 p.m. Student Zoe Czarnecki, a junior at the Liberal Arts and Science Academy (LASA), which shares a campus with LBJ, says she was practicing with the school’s Ultimate Frisbee team on fields next to campus when they heard a series of shots. The soccer and track teams were
  
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