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• Blind dog found after eight days lost in the mountains

  07-03-2017 23:49 via kxan.com
  
  BOULDER CREEK, CA (WCMH) – After a blind dog got lost in the mountains of California, an entire community came together to find her.
  KSBW reported Sage’s owner had almost given up hope when they made a post on social media.
  “We’d almost given up. You know, we’d had signs up. It was up on social media,” said Beth Cole.
  The response to the post was immediate.
  “Praying the pup is safe and gets home,” read one post. “Praying,” read another.
  
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• Lockhart ISD retirees among 4 killed in bus crash

  07-03-2017 22:25 via kxan.com
  
  BILOXI, Miss. (KXAN) — Four passengers on a bus from the Austin area were killed Tuesday when their bus got stuck on train tracks in Biloxi, Mississippi. A CSX freight train then barreled into the bus, with 51 on board, pushing the bus for several hundred feet.
  Two of the deceased have been identified by Lockhart ISD as retired administrators Ken and Peggy Hoffman. In a letter to staff, LISD called the Hoffmans “colleagues, teachers and leaders in our community”
  
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• At least 3 killed after train hits charter bus that originated in Austin

  07-03-2017 22:25 via kxan.com
  
  BILOXI, Miss. (KXAN/AP) — At least three people are dead after a train hit a charter bus in Biloxi, Mississippi, Tuesday afternoon.
  According to WLOX, the charter bus originated in Austin. Around 50 people were on board the bus when it was hit.
  Biloxi city spokesman Vincent Creel says emergency responders were still removing injured people from the bus more than 30 minutes after the crash Tuesday.
  Creel says a CSX train headed eastbound hit the bus at a crossing in downtown Biloxi jus
  
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• 4 killed, 35 injured after train hits charter bus from Austin area

  07-03-2017 22:25 via kxan.com
  
  BILOXI, Miss. (KXAN) — Four passengers on a bus from the Austin area were killed Tuesday when their bus got stuck on train tracks in Biloxi, Mississippi. A CSX freight train then barreled into the bus, with 51 on board, pushing the bus for several hundred feet.
  Two of the deceased have been identified by Lockhart ISD as retired administrators Ken and Peggy Hoffman. In a letter to staff, LISD called the Hoffmans “colleagues, teachers and leaders in our community”
  
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• 4 killed, 35 injured after train hits charter bus from Austin

  07-03-2017 22:25 via kxan.com
  
  BILOXI, Miss. (KXAN/AP) — Four are dead and another 35 taken to the hospital after a train hit a charter bus in Biloxi, Mississippi, Tuesday afternoon. Law enforcement officials say the charter bus came from Austin and was headed to a casino in Biloxi.
  Family members confirm senior groups from Lockhart and Bastrop were on board the bus at the time of the crash.
  Around 50 people were on board the bus when it was hit. Officials say it was a chaotic scene as passenger
  
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• 3 killed, 35 injured after train hits charter bus from Austin area

  07-03-2017 22:25 via kxan.com
  
  BILOXI, Miss. (KXAN) — Three passengers on a bus from the Austin area were killed Tuesday when their bus got stuck on train tracks in Biloxi, Mississippi. A CSX freight train then barreled into the bus, with 51 on board, pushing the bus for several hundred feet.
  Fire Chief Joe Boney lowered the death toll, previously reported at four, to three.
  Thirty-five passengers were taken to local hospitals after the crash at around 2:14 p.m. The president of Bastrop Senior Center says
  
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• VIDEO: Daycare worker charged with pushing child down stairs

  07-03-2017 22:20 via kxan.com
  
  PRIMOS, PA (NBC News) — Police in Pennsylvania have arrested a daycare worker caught on camera shoving a young child down stairs.
  According to authorities in Primos, Pennsylvania, the video shows a daycare worker pushing a 4-year-old girl down the stairs on Friday evening.
  Police say workers at the day care had just installed a surveillance camera about a half hour before the incident took place.
  In the video, a woman who police identified as 52-year-old Sarah Gable, looks up at the c
  
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• VIDEO: College student juggles to prove to officers he isn’t drunk

  07-03-2017 21:44 via kxan.com
  
  CONWAY, AR (KARK) – A University of Central Arkansas junior pulled over by police proved his sobriety by juggling… And it was all caught on UCA Police dash and body cameras.
  Blayk Puckett said he was driving home from the library on campus late Friday night. He said he was driving slow because he knew he had a brake light out. But despite efforts to avoid police, the junior with the license plate ‘JUGGLER,’ was pulled over.
  Sgt. Keith McKay with UCA Police was one of two
  
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• Construction at I-35 and FM 3406 breaks ground in Round Rock

  07-03-2017 21:39 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Construction is underway on I-35 at FM 3406/Old Settlers Boulevard. Crews will widen the Old Settlers bridge, adding two U-turn bridges in each direction while building sidewalks and bicycle lanes at the intersection.
  Round Rock Mayor Alan McGraw calls the interstate a blessing and a curse. It’s helped bring in big names to the area, like IKEA, making Round Rock a shopping destination
  “The problem with it is, it’s not just Round Rock reside
  
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• Trump set to roll back federal fuel-economy requirements

  07-03-2017 21:05 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to roll back federal fuel-economy requirements that would have forced automakers to increase significantly the efficiency of new cars and trucks, a key part of former President Barack Obama’s strategy to combat global warming.
  The Environmental Protection Agency is close to an announcement reversing a decision made in the waning days of the Obama administration to lock in strict gas mileage requirements for cars and light trucks th
  
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• Texas deputy fired for not checking on inmate found hanged

  07-03-2017 20:39 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — Investigators say a Texas deputy on jail infirmary duty has been fired after an internal review determined an inmate was not properly monitored before he was found hanged.
  The Harris County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday said the deputy, whose name wasn’t released, didn’t conduct face-to-face checks of the inmate in a timely manner. The case has been referred to prosecutors.
  A sheriff’s statement said deputies on Feb. 13 found Vincent Dwayne Young hangin
  
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• Starburst releasing bags filled only with the pink ones

  07-03-2017 20:33 via kxan.com
  
  COLUMBUS (WCMH) — The red ones are good. The orange ones aren’t bad. But just about everyone knows the best Starburst flavor is pink.
  And Wrigley, the company behind the Fruit Chews candy, has taken notice. It’s getting ready to release limited edition bags dedicated to its pink flavor (also known as Strawberry).
  The decision was based on the conversations seen on social media.
  “On social media we’re seeing people talk about pink Starburst more than any other flavor
  
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• Trump offers Planned Parenthood funds if it halts abortions

  07-03-2017 20:26 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has offered to maintain federal funding for Planned Parenthood if the group stops providing abortions. Its president spurned the proposal and noted that federal money already is not allowed to be used for abortion.
  Trump confirmed Monday there had been discussions after The New York Times inquired about what it described as an informal proposal. In a statement to the newspaper, Trump said polling shows most Americans oppose public funding for aborti
  
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• San Marcos names second interim city manager

  07-03-2017 20:16 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) – The city of San Marcos has named an interim city manager for the second time after previous City Manager Jared Miller left in January.
  Steve Parker was named to the post late Tuesday evening.
  Miller announced that he would be leaving in January after accepting a position of city manager for the city of Amarillo. That same month the City Council appointed Assistant City Manager Collette Jamison as the interim city manager.
  As a new mayor himself, John Thomaides sa
  
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• San Marcos continues search for city manager after interim steps down

  07-03-2017 20:16 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) – The city of San Marcos is looking for a person to serve as the interim city manager for the second time after previous City Manager Jared Miller left in January.
  Miller announced that he would be leaving in January after accepting a position of city manager for the City of Amarillo. That same month the City Council appointed Assistant City Manager Collette Jamison as the interim city manager.
  Last week, Jamison decided to step down from the position for personal
  
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• Cuban imprisoned for impersonating US border agent in Texas

  07-03-2017 19:21 via kxan.com
  
  MCALLEN, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say a Cuban man living in South Texas must serve 18 months in a U.S. prison for impersonating a Border Patrol agent to scam other immigrants.
  Eugene Agustin Munoz-Canellas was sentenced Monday by a federal judge in McAllen, Texas.
  Investigators say the 55-year-old man is a permanent U.S. resident who lived in Mission, Texas.
  Authorities say Munoz-Canellas falsely portrayed himself as a Border Patrol agent in 2015 and 2016 to solicit bribes from people seek
  
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• Texas again mulls bill banning guns at psychiatric hospital

  07-03-2017 19:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A bill that would again allow state psychiatric hospitals to ban handguns on their premises has begun making its way through the Texas Legislature.
  Such hospitals long prohibited guns, but weren’t included in a list of exemptions to a law the Legislature approved in 2015 making it easier for Texans with permits to bring handguns on state property.
  That law even calls for fines for governmental entities that have signs banning guns — the kind of signs that T
  
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• Bone fragments discovery halts work at Oakwood Cemetery Chapel

  07-03-2017 19:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — While bones are usually synonymous with a cemetery, bone fragments discovered from an unknown source halted work on the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel in Austin.
  On Nov. 29, 2016,  as work was underway to rehabilitate the cemetery’s chapel, archaeologists found tiny bone fragments four feet below the work-site. Work was immediately stopped on the historic cemetery and the investigation began.
  Improvements to the cemetery were approved by voters under the 2012 Municipal
  
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• Reward offered for Texas’ Most Wanted fugitive from Brownsville

  07-03-2017 18:35 via kxan.com
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — A cash reward up to $7,500 is being offered for anyone with information about a Brownsville fugitive with gang ties on the run.
  Agapito Salinas, 45, was added to the state’s top 10 Most Wanted Fugitives list by the Texas Department of Public Safety as he is accused of violating his parole. In 2003, he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for an aggravated robbery in Dallas County.
  Salinas has a history with law enforcement. In the 1990s he was convicted of
  
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• WikiLeaks publish 1000s of what it says are CIA Cyber intelligence documents

  07-03-2017 18:27 via kxan.com
  
  PARIS (AP) – WikiLeaks on Tuesday published thousands of documents purportedly taken from the Central Intelligence Agency’s Center for Cyber Intelligence, a dramatic release that appears to provide an eye-opening look at the intimate details of America’s cyberespionage toolkit.
  The dump could not immediately be authenticated by The Associated Press and the CIA declined comment, but WikiLeaks has a long track record of releasing top secret government documents. Experts who&rsquo
  
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• Ex-San Antonio officers sentenced for orchestrating sex scam

  07-03-2017 18:19 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Two former San Antonio police officers have been sentenced to prison for making women believe they needed to have sex with them as part of an important undercover operation.
  Thirty-one-year-old Emmanuel Galindo was sentenced by a jury Monday to 10 years in prison and 29-year-old Alex Chapa was given a six-year term.
  Prosecutors say the pair promised money and legal help to the women if they participated in an undercover operation that the men said involved members of a M
  
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• FBI director Comey cancels South By Southwest appearance

  07-03-2017 18:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — FBI director James Comey has canceled a planned address next week at Texas’ South By Southwest festival, citing scheduling conflicts that will keep him in Washington.
  The music and film festival announced Tuesday that FBI General Counsel James Baker will take Comey’s place.
  Baker will be interviewed by Jeffrey Herbst, president of the Newseum, on Monday evening, during a portion of the festival that focuses on interactive technology.
  Without evidence, Presi
  
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• As president, Trump seeks answers on his own wiretap mystery

  07-03-2017 18:00 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — If Donald Trump wants to know whether he was the subject of surveillance by the U.S. government, he may be uniquely positioned to get an answer.
  In a series of weekend tweets, the president accused his predecessor, Barack Obama, of ordering wiretaps on his phones but offered no proof to back the claim. The White House then called on Congress to investigate the allegations.
  But former government lawyers say Trump hardly needs Congress to answer this question.
  “The in
  
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• Dan Rather on the role of the press, president

  07-03-2017 17:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Dan Rather stopped by the KXAN News studio on Tuesday to discuss the Rather Prize, a reward for Texas teachers who come up with innovative ideas, but we asked the legendary news anchor for his viewpoint on the current relationship between the media and the president.
  “There have always been squabbles,” KXAN Anchor John Dabkovich said, “but is this any different from what you saw in your career?”
  “The press’ job, of course, is to be aggres
  
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• Ben Carson compares slavery to immigration to America

  07-03-2017 16:35 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson on Monday compared slavery to immigration in the United States, a view that experts on slavery called a misleading read on American history.
  Carson, who was confirmed as HUD secretary last week and is the only black member of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, was talking about the work ethic and dreams of immigrants who came to the United States through Ellis Island in his first speech at the department.
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• Wildfires burning 100,000 acres in Texas panhandle, killing 3

  07-03-2017 15:47 via kxan.com
  
  PERRYTON, Texas (KXAN) — Three separate wildfires are burning thousands of acres in the Texas panhandle killing several people and injuring firefighters.
  KFDA-TV in Amarillo reports that a wildfire killed three people in Gray County, Texas while they were trying to save cattle. The cause of the fire that started on Monday is being investigated as the optional evacuation has been lifted. Authorities say the fire hopped over Farm to Market 2851 onto Farm to Market 1321 around 6:50
  
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• 4 Dead as wildfires burn across Texas panhandle

  07-03-2017 15:47 via kxan.com
  
  PERRYTON, Texas (KXAN) — Several wildfires, including two large ones, have burned more than 125,000 acres, killing four people and injuring four more.
  A wildfire killed three people in Gray County, Texas while they were trying to save cattle. The cause of the fire that started on Monday is being investigated as the optional evacuation has been lifted. Authorities say the fire hopped over Farm to Market 2851 onto Farm to Market 1321 around 6:50 p.m. The fire was reportedly contained by
  
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• George Michael died of natural causes, British coroner says

  07-03-2017 15:44 via kxan.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — George Michael died of natural causes as the result of heart disease and a fatty liver, a British coroner said Tuesday.
  Darren Salter, senior coroner for the county of Oxfordshire in southern England, said a post-mortem has found that the singer died of “dilated cardiomyopathy with myocarditis and fatty liver.”
  Dilated cardiomyopathy is a condition in which the left ventricle of the heart becomes stretched and weakened, limiting the heart’s ability to pump b
  
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• Dan Rather challenging Texas teachers to innovate

  07-03-2017 14:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former CBS News anchor Dan Rather is challenging teachers across Texas to come up with innovative ways to improve education.
  As part of the challenge, Rather introduced the Rather Prize, a $10,000 award for educators who come up with the best idea to improve education in Texas.Katie Landaverde is this year’s winner of the Rather Prize for her plan to improve education in Texas. Landaverde and Rather joined us in the KXAN studio to discuss their efforts.
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• Harry Potter play gets 11 Olivier Awards nominations

  07-03-2017 14:42 via kxan.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Magical adventure “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” leads the race for British theater’s Olivier Awards , with nominations in 11 categories including best new play.
  Jamie Parker, who plays a grown-up Harry in the two-part, five-hour sequel to J.K. Rowling’s wizarding saga, is nominated for best actor. The show’s other nominations include director John Tiffany; Noma Dumezweni, a supporting actress contender for playing the adult Hermione Granger
  
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• Connecticut mom arrested after letting 10-year-old drive streaming on Facebook

  07-03-2017 14:29 via kxan.com
  
  MONROE, Conn. (WTNH) — A Monroe mom has been arrested for letting her child drive on public roads, says police.
  Police arrested 38-year-old Lisa Nussbaum of Monroe on Friday after several residents complained to police of a live streaming video on Facebook that showed a child driving a car.
  Monroe police determined Nussbaum was recording her 10-year-old child driving a car on public roads throughout Monroe and was streaming it on her Facebook account.
  Nussbaum is charged with risk of injur
  
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• Proposal aims to protect the mentally ill from execution in Texas

  07-03-2017 14:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bill that is being filed on Tuesday aims to protect people with mental illness from the death penalty in Texas.
  This proposal would prevent Texans convicted of serious crimes with severe mental illness from getting the death penalty. State Rep. Toni Rose, D-Dallas, says Texas should not execute a person that does not understand their actions.
  The bill states that mental illness can impair judgement and decision making leading to difficulties with impulse control. Addition
  
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• Woman unconscious after crash in north Austin causing delays

  07-03-2017 13:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A trauma alert has been declared for a woman unconscious after a crash in north Austin Tuesday morning around 6 a.m., according to Austin/Travis County EMS.
  ATCEMS says two cars crashed on Burnet Road and Rutland Drive. The woman has critical life threatening injuries and is estimated to be in her 50s. A second woman was injured in the crash with non-life threatening injuries; she is estimated to be in her 20s.
  Drivers should expect traffic delays in the area.
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• Woman critically injured in north Austin crash

  07-03-2017 13:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A trauma alert was declared for a woman unconscious after a crash in north Austin Tuesday morning around 6 a.m., according to Austin/Travis County EMS.
  ATCEMS says two cars crashed on Burnet Road and Rutland Drive. The woman has critical life threatening injuries and is estimated to be in her 30s. A second woman was injured in the crash with non-life threatening injuries; she is also estimated to be in her 30s.
  Traffic was heavily delayed in the area while cr
  
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• Avalanche strikes French ski resort of Tignes; no fatalities

  07-03-2017 12:59 via kxan.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — Skiers caught up in an avalanche that struck a resort in the French Alps on Tuesday are all safe, and rescuers ended a large search and rescue operation without finding any victims.
  An official with the regional administration, or prefecture, said a couple of hours after the avalanche at the Tignes resort that the operation was called off. The resort’s press service confirmed there were no casualties.
  The avalanche struck at 9:50 a.m. (0850 GMT; 3:50 a.m. EST) on the La
  
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• Chance the Rapper gives $1 million to Chicago schools, blasts governor

  07-03-2017 12:35 via kxan.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — Chance the Rapper’s unusual intervention into Chicago Public Schools’ funding crisis took an even more curious turn Monday when the Grammy-winner presented a $1 million check to city schools and urged Gov. Bruce Rauner to use his executive powers to help the nation’s third-largest district.
  The Republican governor, a former venture capitalist, responded by noting his own philanthropy and floating Chicago school funding ideas that would face tough odds in th
  
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• Hit man in San Antonio murder-for-hire slaying set to die

  07-03-2017 12:33 via kxan.com
  
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court is considering appeals from attorneys trying to keep a paid hit man from execution in Texas for gunning down a San Antonio woman in a life insurance scheme nearly a quarter-century ago.
  Rolando Ruiz was convicted of accepting $2,000 to fatally shoot 29-year-old Theresa Rodriguez outside her home in 1992. Evidence showed her husband and brother-in-law both orchestrated her contract murder.
  Ruiz’s lethal injection Tuesday evening would be
  
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• Mother suing drunk driver who killed her daughter in north Austin

  07-03-2017 12:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A mother is filing a lawsuit against a drunk driver and the business she says served him too much alcohol leading to her daughter’s death.
  Maleeca Smith, 20, was killed around 2:22 a.m. in north Austin on Gracy Farms Lane and Burnet Road in April of 2015. Police say 26-year-old Shawn Amende was driving drunk when he ran a red light and slammed into her car.
  In the lawsuit, Smith’s mother claims Casa Chapala Mexican Grill served alcohol to Amende,
  
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• Mother suing drunk driver, restaurant after daughter dies in crash

  07-03-2017 12:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A mother is filing a lawsuit against a drunk driver and the business she says served him too much alcohol leading to her daughter’s death.
  Maleeca Smith, 20, was killed around 2:22 a.m. in north Austin on Gracy Farms Lane and Burnet Road in April of 2015. Police say 26-year-old Shawn Amende was driving drunk when he ran a red light and slammed into her car.
  In the lawsuit, Smith’s mother claims Casa Chapala Mexican Grill served alcohol to Amende,
  
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• ‘Bathroom Bill’ under revision as public feedback begins

  07-03-2017 12:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The first public hearing for Senate Bill 6, deemed the Bathroom Bill by critics, is going before the State Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Lawmakers are planning for hours of testimony.
  KXAN’s media partner, The Texas Tribune, is reporting the bill will have two sections modified before public comment begins. The first removes the section of increased penalties for certain crimes committed in a bathroom. For example, if someone is assaulted in the bathroom it would have
  
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• Texas families plead with lawmakers to improve access to hearing aids

  07-03-2017 06:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Babies born in Texas are required to undergo a newborn hearing screening. It’s aimed at identifying hearing loss in children as early as possible to help them succeed later on in life. Hearing aids and other technologies can help prevent delays in vocabulary, communication and cognitive skills development.
  After a diagnosis, many parents are surprised to learn that hearing aids and cochlear implants are rarely covered by insurance.
  “When he was di
  
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• First step to fix ‘broken’ Texas school finance system unveiled

  07-03-2017 03:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas House leaders unveiled House Bill 21 Monday, what they call a first step to fix a “broken” school finance system.
  The bill, introduced by House Public Education Committee Chair Rep. Dan Huberty, R-Houston, would increase the amount of money school districts in the state get for each student by about $200. Additional funds would come from state transportation dollars, something the districts have not had access to in the past.
  “It provides more resour
  
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• Effort, turnovers main message for Herman’s Horns

  07-03-2017 03:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tom Herman takes on his first spring practice as head coach at Texas. There’s little room for misinterpretation in Herman’s first head coaching run with the Longhorns.
  “I want them to know what champions practice like. I want that to be fully ingrained,” Herman said.
  “We don’t miss. We don’t ever — winning championships is exhausting, and toeing the line is exhausting. But we as a staff are going to make sure that if a drill s
  
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• Police stepping up West Campus patrols after student sexually assaulted

  07-03-2017 03:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police say they’re stepping up patrols in the West Campus area after a UT student was sexually assaulted sometime Saturday night.
  The university sent out an alert saying multiple suspects were involved, but now police aren’t saying if there was more than one suspect. They’re still working to get more information from the female victim.
  Student government staff and UT parents say the issue highlights a bigger problem with safety in the West Campus ar
  
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• ‘Blue Alerts’ would quickly notify other agencies of injured officer

  07-03-2017 03:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — Lawmakers advanced two bills Monday that aim to protect police officers across Texas.
  Senate Bill 1138 would permanently put a Blue Alert System in the books for every local law enforcement agency in the state.
  Similar to an Amber Alert, the Department of Public Safety would put out a Blue Alert if an officer is hurt or killed in the line of duty. “And immediately alert other law enforcement agencies, the press and actually the public of the suspects on the loose,&
  
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• Herman’s Longhorns start spring practice

  07-03-2017 03:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas opens spring practice Tuesday under head coach Tom Herman. Roger and Andrew break down what to look for from the Longhorns and how Herman shuffles the Longhorn leadership.
  
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• Travel ban impacting Austin entrepreneurs

  07-03-2017 02:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — President Donald Trump released the details of a new travel ban Monday. The White House still stops short of calling it a ban, rather, a 90-day “pause.”
  A federal court struck down Trump’s original order.
  The five major changes are:
  The White House says the policy will start 10 days from now.
  Iraq is no longer on the list.
  The first ban affected seven predominantly Muslim countries. But officials said because the Iraqi government is now helping w
  
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• Texas coalition worries about tinkering with Medicaid

  07-03-2017 02:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As GOP leaders unveil and move their replacement plan for the Affordable Care Act through Congress, millions of Texans will be watching. Hundreds showed up Monday to protest changes to Medicaid by making it a “block grant,” giving state lawmakers money to implement health insurance for poor and disabled Texans without strings from Washington attached.
  A coalition of several groups called “Cover Texas Now” rallied against several new ideas for healthc
  
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• Cows take over California highway after herd escapes

  07-03-2017 01:47 via kxan.com
  
  SACRAMENTO COUNTY, Calif. (KCRA) — Traffic along California’s Highway 16 near Sacramento was shut down Monday morning after several loose cows were struck and killed by a pickup truck.
  No humans were hurt in the crash on Highway 16, also known as Jackson Highway, Boulevard where the herd of escaped cows was hit by a pickup truck.
  Most of the herd was corralled back into a field near Jackson Highway, but the incident prompted the road to be shut down for about an hour.
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• K2 overdoses a ‘total drain’ on downtown resources

  07-03-2017 01:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thirty-six people are facing new charges they dealt K2 or related synthetic drugs as part of a new Austin police roundup involving synthetic drugs stemming from a late-2016 string of overdoses.
  Overdoses have been a “total drain on our downtown police resources” as well as fire and EMS, explained APD organized crime commander Troy Officer.
  As a result of the operation, officers have arrested 10 people, while 5 were already in jail and officers are actively looki
  
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