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• Gallery: 2017 Oscar nominations

  26-02-2017 23:28 via kxan.com
  
  2017 Oscar nominations “La La Land” matched “Titanic” and “All About Eve” for most nominations ever with nine, earning nods for best picture, stars Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling, its jazz-infused songs and its 32-year-old writer-director, Damien Chazelle. Here, Chazelle, right, is pictured alongside Stone and Gosling at the screening of the film in London on Jan. 12, 2017. (Photo by Joel Ryan/Invision/AP)"Manchester by the Sea" and lead actor Casey Affleck are b
  
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• Police arrest suspect in shooting near LBJ High last Thursday

  26-02-2017 22:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police documents obtained by KXAN Sunday reveal the name of a suspect involved in a shooting near LBJ High School last week – and the extent of the victim’s injuries.
  The documents say suspect Carlos Ray Harris, 28, fired at least a dozen times at the male victim, 19, striking him eight times in the 5600 block of Purple Sage Drive at about 5 p.m. The bullets hit him in his left shin, left glute, left flank, left medial and lateral thigh, right side of his groin,
  
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• Transgender boy wins controversial girls state title

  26-02-2017 21:14 via kxan.com
  
  CYPRESS, Texas (AP) — Mack Beggs had just won a state wrestling title Saturday in a category he didn’t want to be in.
  But instead of wallowing in a debate about what should or should not have happened this weekend at the Texas state girls wrestling tournament, the 17-year-old transgender boy simply decided to be a good teammate.
  “I wouldn’t be here today if it weren’t for my teammates,” he said. “That’s honestly what the spotlight should have been
  
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• Drive-by shooter targets Dallas police substation

  26-02-2017 20:58 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — No one has been injured after someone in a vehicle driving by a Dallas police substation opened fire with a gun, leaving the building with bullet damage.
  Dallas police say an officer parked in front of the South Central Patrol Substation about 10 miles south of downtown Dallas saw muzzle flashes but couldn’t see the vehicle that was driving past just before 5:30 a.m. Sunday.
  Multiple rounds were fired at the building.
  Police spokesman Carlos Almeida says investigators h
  
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• Southside Flying Pizza fires employee for insulting police officer

  26-02-2017 20:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin pizza chain is trying to make things right after a now-fired employee insulted a police officer on a receipt.
  Southside Flying Pizza fired the employee for allegedly leaving an insulting message on the receipt with the word “pig” followed by vulgar language at the bottom.
  “The first thing we did was that the employee was let go,” said Southside Flying Pizza District Manager David Hatley. “We’ve also donated a
  
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• Southside Flying Pizza employee fired following insult to police officer

  26-02-2017 20:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An employee at an Austin pizza shop was fired indefinitely after allegedly leaving an insulting message on a police officer’s receipt.
  Multiple posts making rounds on social media show a receipt from Southside Flying Pizza with the word “pig” followed by vulgar language at the bottom.
  Austin Police tells KXAN they are aware of the incident and are currently investigating what led to the insult.
  Since the post, the Southside Flying Pizza on Cesar Chavez Str
  
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• Raising awareness with ‘Tacos for Tourette’

  26-02-2017 19:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 200,000 people are diagnosed with Tourette syndrome each year. One group is hosting an event to raise money and spread awareness for Tourette syndrome in Central Texas.
  The fundraiser is called Tacos for Tourette, which benefits the Tourette Association Texas Chapter.
  The event will be held on Thursday from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Verdes Mexican Parrilla on Hamilton Pool Road.
  To purchase tickets for the event, click here.
  
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• Local group holds town hall meeting without congressman

  26-02-2017 18:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than a hundred people gathered at The Historic Scoot Inn on Saturday, Feb. 25 to discuss the future of Texas under Trump without Congressman Lamar Smith.
  Smith has no scheduled town hall meetings with his 725,000 constituents, so Austin residents decided to create one.
  Austin resident Ingrid Powell said she was tired of calling Smith’s office every time she felt alarmed by news related to Trump’s administration. Powell is one of the 3,000 members of T
  
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• Family representative says actor Bill Paxton has died

  26-02-2017 17:50 via kxan.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bill Paxton, a prolific and charismatic actor who had memorable roles in such blockbusters as “Apollo 13” and “Titanic” while also cherishing his work in “One False Move” and other low-budget movies and in the HBO series “Big Love,” has died from complications due to surgery. He was 61.
  A family representative issued a statement Sunday on the death but provided no further details.
  Paxton, a Fort Worth, Texas, native, appear
  
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• ‘Apollo 13’ and ‘Titanic’ actor Bill Paxton dies at 61

  26-02-2017 17:50 via kxan.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bill Paxton, a prolific and charismatic actor who had memorable roles in such blockbusters as “Apollo 13” and “Titanic” while also cherishing his work in “One False Move” and other low-budget movies and in the HBO series “Big Love,” has died from complications due to surgery. He was 61.
  A family representative issued a statement Sunday on the death but provided no further details.
  Paxton, a Fort Worth, Texas, native, appear
  
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• Actor Bill Paxton dies from complications to surgery

  26-02-2017 17:50 via kxan.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Bill Paxton, the prolific and charismatic actor whose many memorable roles included an astronaut in “Apollo 13” and a treasure hunter in “Titanic,” has died from complications due to surgery. He was 61.
  A family representative issued a statement Sunday on the death but provided no further details.
  Paxton, a Fort Worth, Texas, native, appeared in dozens of movies and television shows and seemed to be around when history was made both on and off scr
  
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• State of Texas: In-Depth – Questions About the Wall

  26-02-2017 16:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – This week, several of our nation’s lawmakers headed down to the Texas-Mexico border to get a firsthand look at the area where President Donald Trump plans to build a border wall.  House speaker Paul Ryan saddled up a horse to ride along with a patrol along the border.  Speaker Ryan later issued a statement backing the plan for the wall, saying, “Congress is committed to securing the border and enforcing our laws and together with the Trump administrati
  
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• DWI suspected in crash that hurt 28 at New Orleans parade

  26-02-2017 15:22 via kxan.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man who allegedly plowed into a crowd enjoying the Krewe of Endymion parade on Saturday in the Mid-City section of New Orleans is being investigated for driving while intoxicated, police said.
  The accident came during one of the busiest nights of Mardi Gras when thousands of people throng the streets of Mid-City to watch the elaborate floats and clamor to catch beads and trinkets tossed from riders.
  “We suspect that that subject was highly intoxicated,” Pol
  
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• Kansas clinches Big 12 outright with win against Texas

  26-02-2017 05:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Every season somebody emerges to challenge Kansas for supremacy in the Big 12 — an Oklahoma here, a Texas there, this year Baylor and West Virginia for a spell.Nobody ever passes the Jayhawks.
  Josh Jackson scored 18 points and Frank Mason III added 16 to help No. 3 Kansas beat Texas 77-67 on Saturday night to secure its 13th consecutive Big 12 regular season championship outright.
  Devonte Graham and Dwight Coleby added 12 points apiece for the Jayhawks (26-3, 14-
  
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• Kyle police officer shoots car as it charges at him; no one hurt

  26-02-2017 04:09 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) – A Kyle police officer opened fire when a man driving a car charged at him with his vehicle Saturday evening, Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett told KXAN.
  It happened when the officer attempted to do a traffic stop on the car for a suspected DWI at about 7:40 p.m. in the 400 block of Masonwood Drive. The officer turned on his patrol car lights, and the suspect — who police said was a Hispanic man in his 20s — took off.
  The suspect’s car then left the road
  
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• Kyle police officer opens fire at driver accused of trying to run into him

  26-02-2017 04:09 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) – A Kyle police officer opened fire when a man driving a car charged at him with his vehicle Saturday evening, Kyle Police Chief Jeff Barnett told KXAN.
  It happened when the officer attempted to do a traffic stop on the car for a suspected DWI at about 7:40 p.m. in the 400 block of Masonwood Drive. The officer turned on his patrol car lights, and the suspect, identified as 20-year-old Javier Hernandez took off.
  Javier Hernandez (Hays County Sheriff’s Office)During
  
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• Hundreds rally at Capitol for ‘No Ban, No Wall’ protest

  26-02-2017 01:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hundreds of people gathered at the Texas State Capitol Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s actions regarding the border wall along Mexico and the travel ban that targeted seven countries with majority Muslim populations.
  They attended the “No Ban, No Wall” rally, chanting slogans including, “We will rise up! We will rise up!”
  Speakers and attendees said the President’s policies are hurting Latino and Muslim families and should be
  
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• Trump says he won’t attend correspondents dinner this spring

  26-02-2017 00:33 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he won’t be attending the annual White House Correspondents’ Association dinner this spring.
  In a tweet on Saturday, the president doesn’t give a reason but says he wishes “everyone well and have a great evening!”
  The annual fundraiser for college scholarships mixes politicians, journalists and celebrities and is typically attended by the president and first lady.
  Trump has long had an adversarial relationship with
  
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