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• Missing Austin woman found safe, police say

  03-04-2017 22:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A woman whose family said in a Facebook post that she was taken has been found safe, Austin police said Tuesday morning.
  Officers were asking for your help finding 32-year-old Takeisha Raneke Wilson, who goes by Keisha. Austin police believed Wilson is in danger.
  Wilson is described by police as a black female, 5-foot-11, 250 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen in the 5100 block of Manor Rd., near the intersection with East 51st Street, on Sunday at ar
  
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• Missing Austin woman believed to be in danger

  03-04-2017 22:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Officers are asking for your help finding 32-year-old Takeisha Raneke Wilson. Austin police believe Wilson is in danger.
  Wilson is described by police as a black female, 5-foot-11, 250 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen in the 5100 block of Manor Rd., near the intersection with East 51st Street, on Sunday at around 4:30 p.m. Wilson was wearing a short black wig with maroon highlights, a gray thigh-length sundress, and gray/black sandals.
  Police say th
  
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• Family of missing Austin woman says someone has taken over her Facebook

  03-04-2017 22:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Officers are asking for your help finding 32-year-old Takeisha Raneke Wilson, who goes by Keisha. Austin police believe Wilson is in danger.
  Wilson is described by police as a black female, 5-foot-11, 250 pounds, with black hair and brown eyes. She was last seen in the 5100 block of Manor Rd., near the intersection with East 51st Street, on Sunday at around 4:30 p.m. Wilson was wearing a short black wig with maroon highlights, a gray thigh-length sundress, and gray/black sa
  
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• Driver in Biloxi bus crash tests negative for alcohol and other drugs

  03-04-2017 22:37 via kxan.com
  
  BILOXI, Miss. (KXAN) — The driver of a coach bus that collided with a train in Biloxi, Mississippi almost a month ago tested negative for alcohol and other drugs. The train crew, which were not required to do so, were not tested.
  In preliminary findings released by the National Transportation Safety Board on Monday, the agency says the bus tour operator changed the planned route on Interstate 10 to a more scenic route along the coast.
  The NTSB said the scenic route has been used in previou
  
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• ICE operation nets 24 Austin-area suspects

  03-04-2017 22:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 12-day operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) netted 24 Austin-area suspects.
  ICE says the operation took place from March 20-31 in Austin, San Antonio, Rio Grande Valley and Laredo areas. A total of 153 undocumented immigrants with criminal records were arrested. The agency arrested the most people in San Antonio, with 62 people.
  All of the suspects arrested had prior criminal convictions, according to an ICE press release. The agency
  
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• Man dies after 50-foot fall from Barton Creek Greenbelt

  03-04-2017 21:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —  A man who was taken to the hospital after falling more than 50 feet from the Barton Creek Greenbelt Saturday afternoon died at the hospital later that day.
  Austin-Travis County EMS medics responded to the 3500 block of South Lamar Boulevard around noon for a person who fell from a cliff. Austin Fire Department, STAR Flight and EMS crews were able to contact the patient just after 12:30 p.m.
  The victim, 31-year-old Mark Creasy, was taken by helicopter to Universit
  
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• White House releases official portrait of Melania Trump

  03-04-2017 20:42 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (KXAN) — The White House has released First Lady Melania Trump’s official portrait.
  “I am honored to serve in the role of First Lady, and look forward to working on behalf of the American people over the coming years,” Mrs. Trump, 46, said in a news release. The photograph was taken at the White House.
  In the portrait, the First Lady of the United States is wearing a simple black blazer. On her ring finger sits her 15-carat diamond engagement ring.
  Since taking
  
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• Honduran man on Texas death row gets Supreme Court review

  03-04-2017 20:33 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to consider the appeal of a Honduran man on Texas death row for beating and strangling a Houston woman during a robbery at her home more than 20 years ago.
  Attorneys for 47-year-old Carlos Ayestas have argued he unfairly was treated because he was not a U.S. citizen.
  The high court also has reversed the judgments and returned to a lower court the cases of two other death row inmates — one a 1993 case from Red River County in far northe
  
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• Woman accused of stealing ATCEMS ambulance identified

  03-04-2017 19:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The woman police believe stole an Austin-Travis County EMS ambulance told investigators during an interrogation that she did not remember much because she had recently started drinking after several months of sobriety, a police affidavit said.
  Shelly Robinson, 47, was detained on March 30 for public intoxication. On March 29, the day the ambulance was taken, she had been transported to South Austin Hospital for a medical condition and was released. Hospital staff believed h
  
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• Target shoplifting suspects sought by Pflugerville police

  03-04-2017 18:57 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Two people are being sought by police for their part in a January shoplifting incident at a Pflugerville Super Target.
  According to Pflugerville police, on Jan. 14 around 8:56 p.m. the male and female couple stole merchandise from the store at 18700 Limestone Commercial Dr. Police would not say what they got away with.
  The female is described as approximately 5 feet tall with long brown hair and blond streaks on the ends. The male is described as approximately
  
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• Texas lawmakers consider declaring fantasy sports legal

  03-04-2017 18:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (TEXAS TRIBUNE) — A year after Texas’ attorney general questioned whether fantasy sports are legal, state lawmakers are considering proclaiming that they are.
  In a non-binding opinion in January 2016, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton equated paid fantasy sports sites to online gambling, which is illegal.
  But one fantasy football-playing Democrat in the Legislature has filed a measure that he says would protect Texans who play the online games from repercus
  
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• Police: Man steals luggage from Austin airport

  03-04-2017 18:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Twin sisters who were traveling to Austin for a bachelorette weekend had their luggage stolen from the Austin Bergstrom International Airport, according to an arrest affidavit.
  Austin police say on March 30, the victims reported that their two suitcases were taken from the baggage carousel. Surveillance video showed a man, later identified as 28-year-old Christopher Becerra, taking the suitcases and boarding a Capital Metro bus from the airport.
  ABIA baggage handler accused
  
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• Corpus Christi father arrested after son, 2, dies in accidental shooting

  03-04-2017 18:06 via kxan.com
  
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — Police in South Texas have arrested a father hours after his 2-year-old son found a loaded gun on the kitchen table and accidentally shot himself in the head, killing him.
  Corpus Christi police officer Gena Pena says 22-year-old Eric Javier Morales is charged with criminally negligent homicide and is being held at the Nueces County jail.
  Pena says the child shot himself Sunday morning. Morales was not home at the time but the child’s mother was there, as
  
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• LISTEN: Woman finds message from father during WWII on old record

  03-04-2017 17:54 via kxan.com
  
  LEES SUMMIT, MO (KSHB) Laurie Meyer was recently going through a trove of family belongings when she came across a long forgotten family relic — a vinyl recording of her father during World War II.
  The message – a family hidden treasure – was from Meyer’s father, Jim Rudy, to her mother, June, from January 15, 1943. It was recorded in Chicago just before Rudy was shipped out to the front lines of Europe with the Army Airborne unit.
  Although Meyer had heard the record once
  
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• Trump says US is ready to act alone on North Korea

  03-04-2017 17:36 via kxan.com
  
  POTOMAC FALLS, Va. (AP) — President Donald Trump says that the United States is prepared to act alone if China does not take a tougher stand against North Korea’s nuclear program.
  Trump’s comments in an interview with the Financial Times come just days before he is set to host Chinese President Xi Jinping at his Mar-a-Lago estate in South Florida. The two are expected to discuss a number of issues, including North Korea, trade and territorial disputes in the South Chi
  
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• Search underway for gunman after Baytown deputy constable killed

  03-04-2017 17:03 via kxan.com
  
  BAYTOWN, Texas (AP/KXAN) — A Harris County Precinct 3 deputy constable has died after being shot near county government offices east of Houston and a search is underway for the gunman.
  The shooting occurred about 7 Monday morning in Baytown in the 700 block of West Baker Road. Assistant Chief Deputy Clint Greenwood, a 30-year veteran of the force was airlifted to a hospital where he later died just before 10 a.m as he was on his way to work.
  Details about the shooter and a possible motive
  
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• Some EpiPens recalled, may not work

  03-04-2017 16:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A recall of the emergency anti-allergy medicine EpiPen is expanding to the U.S. and other markets in North America, Europe, Asia and South America because the allergy shots may not work.
  The notice issued Friday by Mylan N.V. expands upon warnings made earlier this month after two reports of the device failing.
  Mylan didn’t immediately respond to a question about how many devices are affected by the recall. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says the recall covers
  
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• Texas teen struck, killed by car after fleeing CPS office she lived at

  03-04-2017 16:19 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — A 15-year-old foster girl has been killed and another foster child injured when they were struck by a vehicle in Houston hours after running away from state offices where they were living.
  The two teens were struck early Sunday morning while walking with others along a road. Both were living at Child Protective Services’ offices because the state agency was unable to find a foster home for them.
  Children sleeping in state offices due to foster parent shortage
  The death
  
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• Winning safety messages chosen for Austin digital billboards

  03-04-2017 15:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hundreds of entries later, Austin Transportation Department has announced which messages will grace the digital billboards around the city.
  Fifteen winning messages were chosen out of 342 entries received since the contest was announced in January. Topics that will be referenced include road work, the city’s hands-free ordinance, drinking and driving, the importance of wearing seatbelts and general safety on the roads.
  Judges said a large number of the messages entere
  
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• The Latest: Trump: subway bombing is ‘terrible thing’

  03-04-2017 15:04 via kxan.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Latest on the explosion on a train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg (all times local):
  9:05 p.m.
  President Donald Trump calls the deadly bomb blast on a Russian subway train “absolutely a terrible thing.”
  Trump spoke Monday before a working lunch with Egypt’s President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi (AHB’-del fat-AH’ el-SEE’-see). Trump says “it’s happening all over the world.”
  The president did not make an
  
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• The Latest: Trump calls Putin to offer condolences for bomb

  03-04-2017 15:04 via kxan.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Latest on the explosion on a train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg (all times local):
  3:40 a.m.
  The Kremlin says that U.S. President Donald Trump has called Russian President Vladimir Putin to offer condolences over the St. Petersburg subway bombing.
  The Kremlin’s statement said Trump offered condolences to the families of the victims of Monday’s blast and asked Putin to convey his support for the Russian people. It said Putin thanked Tru
  
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• The Latest: Russian health minister confirms 10 dead

  03-04-2017 15:04 via kxan.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Latest on the explosion on a train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg (all times local):
  6:10 p.m.
  Russia’s health minister says that 10 people died in the subway explosion in St. Petersburg. The minister, Veronika Skvortsova, said on live television that seven people were killed on the spot, another died in an ambulance heading for a hospital and two others died at the hospital.
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  5:55 p.m.
  Russian news reports say that a security camera has ca
  
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• The Latest: Putin says terror attack, other causes possible

  03-04-2017 15:04 via kxan.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Latest on the explosion on a train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg (all times local):
  4:35 p.m.
  Russian President Vladimir Putin says investigators were looking into whether the St. Petersburg subway explosion was a terror attack or if there might have been some other cause.
  He says: “Law enforcement agencies and intelligence services are doing their best to establish the cause and give a full picture of what happened.”
  Putin happened to
  
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• The Latest: Police think 1 suspect planted subway bombs

  03-04-2017 15:04 via kxan.com
  
  ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The Latest on the explosion on a train in the Russian city of St. Petersburg (all times local):
  11:55 p.m.
  The Interfax news agency says Russian police think a man they suspect of blowing himself up to attack a St. Petersburg subway train had links to radical Islamists.
  The agency cited an unidentified law enforcement official saying that investigators believe the suspect carried an explosive device onto the train in a rucksack.
  Interfax says evidence found at
  
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• Texas sheriff says man called for help, fired at deputies

  03-04-2017 14:42 via kxan.com
  
  WEATHERFORD, Texas (AP) — Authorities in Texas have arrested a man who allegedly opened fire on sheriff’s deputies after calling for help in an apparent ruse.
  The Parker County sheriff’s office said Saturday that 47-year-old Allen Dewayne Thomas told call center operators two people were “loose” around his property and that he had shot two others.
  He’s accused of firing at deputies arriving at the scene, hitting a vehicle three times and narrowly missing a dep
  
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• Second man indicted in missing Texas college students’ death

  03-04-2017 14:33 via kxan.com
  
  ALPINE, Texas (AP) — A Texas grand jury has indicted a second suspect on charges related to the disappearance and death of a missing college student.
  A Brewster County grand jury indicted Chris Estrada Friday on charges of tampering with or fabricating physical evidence by concealing a human corpse in the death of Sul Ross State University student Zuzu Verk, the San Antonio Express-News reported (http://bit.ly/2nLssax ).
  Robert Fabian, Verk’s boyfriend at the time of her disappearanc
  
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• State lawmakers to consider bill that outsources CPS to nonprofits

  03-04-2017 14:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — State lawmakers will hold a hearing for a house bill Monday that seeks to privatize much of Texas’ embattled Child Protective Services. The bill calls for the statewide implementation of what’s being called ‘community-based foster care.’
  House Bill 6 essentially calls for the outsourcing of CPS to nonprofits. Rep. James Frank, R-Wichita Falls, says it’s about increasing community involvement. Critics say there’s risk in los
  
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• UT reflects on Haruka Wesier’s murder, one year later

  03-04-2017 13:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Students at the University of Texas will mark a solemn anniversary Monday night.
  One year ago, 18-year-old freshman Theatre and Dance student Haruka Weiser was found dead in Waller Creek on campus.
  FULL COVERAGE: Haruka Weiser
  It was determined Weiser was murdered on the campus on the way back to her dorm after her family says she had finished preparing for the upcoming dance performance. 18-year-old Meechaiel Criner was charged for her death and is awaiting trial
  
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• UT reflects on Haruka Weiser’s murder, one year later

  03-04-2017 13:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Students at the University of Texas will mark a solemn anniversary Monday night.
  One year ago, 18-year-old freshman Theatre and Dance student Haruka Weiser was found dead in Waller Creek on campus.
  FULL COVERAGE: Haruka Weiser
  It was determined Weiser was murdered on the campus on the way back to her dorm after her family says she had finished preparing for the upcoming dance performance. 18-year-old Meechaiel Criner was charged for her death and is awaiting trial
  
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• Memorial service set to honor Haruka Weiser a year after her murder

  03-04-2017 13:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Students at the University of Texas will mark a solemn anniversary Monday night.
  One year ago, 18-year-old freshman Theatre and Dance student Haruka Weiser was found dead in Waller Creek on campus.
  FULL COVERAGE: Haruka Weiser
  It was determined Weiser was murdered on the campus on the way back to her dorm after her family says she had finished preparing for the upcoming dance performance. 18-year-old Meechaiel Criner was charged for her death and is awaiting trial
  
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• Man dead after being thrown from vehicle during rollover on SH 71

  03-04-2017 12:35 via kxan.com
  
  DEL VALLE, Texas (KXAN) — A man transported to the hospital after a rollover crash early Monday died before arriving, Texas Department of Public Safety officials said.
  According to Austin-Travis County EMS, the crash happened before 1:50 a.m. on State Highway 71 at Richards Drive in Del Valle. The man in his 30s was thrown from his vehicle after the single vehicle crash.
  The man was transported to South Austin Medical Center with CPR in progress but authorities said around 5 a.m. that he d
  
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• Tree falls on, kills man in NW Austin

  03-04-2017 05:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A significant part of a tree snapped off and fell on a man, killing him Sunday night, said the Austin Police Department.
  It happened at about 9:22 p.m. in the 7400 block of McNeil Drive just north of US 183 in northwest Austin.
  Austin-Travis County EMS confirmed that the tree caused “injuries incompatible with life” to the man in his 50s. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Storms raged through Central Texas earlier Sunday, but investigators said it’s too
  
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• Tree falls on, kills man in northwest Austin

  03-04-2017 05:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A significant part of a tree snapped off and fell on a man, killing him Sunday night, said the Austin Police Department.
  It happened at about 9:22 p.m. in the 7400 block of McNeil Drive just north of US 183 in northwest Austin.
  Austin-Travis County EMS confirmed that the tree caused “injuries incompatible with life” to the man in his 50s. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Storms raged through Central Texas earlier Sunday, but investigators said it’s too
  
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• Henley’s win in Houston comes with a big bonus

  03-04-2017 04:23 via kxan.com
  
  HUMBLE, Texas (AP) — Russell Henley no longer gets to take a week off, and he couldn’t be happier.
  He’s going to the Masters.
  Henley overcame a four-shot deficit Sunday in the Houston by closing with a 7-under 65 for a three-shot victory, one of the most important final rounds of his career. Only later did he realize it might have his best.
  He made 10 birdies. He never went more than two holes without a birdie.
  “I made 10 birdies today?” he asked. “Oh, wow. Wo
  
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• Pastor comforts New Braunfels congregation in first service since tragic crash

  03-04-2017 02:09 via kxan.com
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) — The First Baptist Church of New Braunfels held its first service Sunday morning since losing 13 members in a deadly crash earlier last week in Uvalde County.
  In his sermon, Senior Pastor Brad McLean told the congregation that the grieving process would not be done in just one Sunday — or even a week — but that it would take time to deal with their loss.
  “It’s important for us to recognize this morning that our pain is real, our loss is
  
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