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• Pope says he’ll seek common ground with Trump, won’t preach

  13-05-2017 23:28 via kxan.com
  
  ABOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AP) — Pope Francis says he won’t try to convince U.S. President Donald Trump to soften his policies on immigration and the environment when they meet this month, but wants instead to find common ground and work for peace.
  Francis said proselytizing isn’t his style — in politics or religion.
  Speaking to reporters while traveling home Saturday from a trip to Portugal, Francis said he would say what he thinks sincerely to Trump and listen respectfully
  
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• Public sessions seek feedback for Waller Creek parks district

  13-05-2017 22:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Parks and Recreation Department and the Waller Creek Conservancy have teamed up to provide a series of public sessions to get feedback from the community about the Waller Creek parks district.
  The “Waller Creek Conversations” include two sessions in May where the community will learn about potential designs. Members will go over designs for locations such as Waterloo Park, the Moody Amphitheater and will also get a first look at the Waller Delta,
  
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• Public gets look at designs for Waller Creek parks district

  13-05-2017 22:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s a project that has spent years in the making, and early Saturday some Austinites got a closer look at plans for a Waller Creek Park downtown.
  The Waller Creek Conservancy and city parks department hosted the first of two conversations at the Metz Recreation Center. They gave the public a look at plans and designs to build the new park, and also asked attendees to write their thoughts down — what they liked and what they didn’t
  
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• Sister: Weakened ‘Sandra Bland Act’ in Texas ‘gut-wrenching’

  13-05-2017 21:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The sister of Sandra Bland, a black woman found dead in a Texas jail following a confrontational traffic stop with a white state trooper, says it is “gut-wrenching” that lawmakers stripped police reforms from a bill named after her sibling and are now pushing a weakened compromise that “painfully misses the mark.”
  Bland’s death in 2015 was a national flashpoint in the Black Lives Matter movement — the 28-year-old Chicago woman was st
  
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• American Heart Association host 20th annual Heart Ball

  13-05-2017 21:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 700 people are expected to attend the 20th annual AHA Heart Ball, which raises money for research.
  The event is presented by St. David’s HealthCare and will be held Saturday night at the JW Marriott Austin at 6 p.m.
  The Austin chapter of the American Heart Association holds the annual event to educate and spread awareness about heart disease. This time, the ball will feature live auction items and survivors will share their success stories.
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• Dell Seton Medical Center celebrates opening with community tour

  13-05-2017 16:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s a big month for Seton as they open up their newest teaching hospital later this month.
  To celebrate, the Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas opened its doors Saturday afternoon for a public open house.
  The event was at the hospital, which is located on 15th Street and Red River. Festivities kicked off with a parade down 15th Street — which sits between the two hospitals — from the old University Medical Center Brac
  
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• Dell Seton Medical Center celebrates opening with a community tour

  13-05-2017 16:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s a big month for Seton as they open up their newest teaching hospital later this month.
  To celebrate, the Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas will open their doors early for an open house Saturday afternoon.
  The event will be held at the hospital on 15th Street and Red River from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Festivities will kick off with a parade from University Medical Center Brakenridge to Dell Seton.
  The public is invited to the open h
  
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• Weekend Gardener: Growing tomato crops

  13-05-2017 16:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Summer is almost here and as Texas temperatures begin to rise, the perfect time to grow tomatoes is near.
  A flamenco crop or even a heirloom can make for some good tomato varieties to plant in a garden.
  John Dromgoole with the Natural Gardener has some tips on how to plant the healthiest tomato crops in your garden.
   
   
  
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• 4 candidates to be FBI director are in line for interviews

  13-05-2017 14:57 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Four candidates to be FBI director were in line Saturday for the first interviews with Attorney General Jeff Sessions and his deputy, Rod Rosenstein, at Justice Department headquarters.
  The Trump administration is looking to fill the job after President Donald Trump abruptly fired Director James Comey this past week.
  The first candidate to arrive was Alice Fisher, a top Justice Department official in the George W. Bush administration. She said nothing to reporters as she
  
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• Big 12 Golfer of the Year Doug Ghim joins MTTS

  13-05-2017 05:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Big 12 Golfer of the Year Doug Ghim joins Roger Wallace on More than the Score. Ghim’s Texas team hosts the NCAA Austin Region starting Monday, May 15th.
  
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• Runaway West Texas boy found dead with gunshot wound

  13-05-2017 04:36 via kxan.com
  
  HOWARD COUNTY, Texas (Local 2/Fox 24) — Jose Hernandez, a reported runaway, was found at Scenic Mountain Medical Center in Big Spring with a gunshot wound, according to authorities.
  The 12-year-old later died. Police have said the shooting occurred at a home in Howard County and that the boy was taken to the hospital by a private vehicle. However, details remain limited as the investigation continues.
  A family friend describes Hernandez as a good person, one that deserved a second chance a
  
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• UTPD officer calls interaction with UT stabbing suspect ‘eerie’

  13-05-2017 04:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Travis County state district judge has granted several motions to preserve the television interview UT stabbing suspect Kendrex White did with KPRC from jail.
  White’s attorney filed the motions Thursday, and in the court documents called it “relevant” and “possibly favorable to the defense.”
  The day before, White’s attorneys Jana Ortega and Gabriella Young said they, along with White’s family, “are greatly dis
  
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• Vietnam vet to canoe entire Mississippi River for Gold Star families

  13-05-2017 03:09 via kxan.com
  
  LAKE CITY, Minn. (KTTC) — Vietnam veteran Jim Crigler met his first Gold Star Family 45 years ago when a fellow pilot, and his good friend, lost his life.
  “I had the honor, and the burden, of escorting his body back to his family, 45 years ago this month,” Crigler says.
  Since the Vietnam was such a poorly seen war in the public eye, he says many of those Gold Star Families didn’t get the recognition they deserved.
  “So for 45 years these families have had to live wit
  
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• Unsolved: Young, black and vanished

  13-05-2017 03:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Debra Kay Stewart disappeared in 1976, when she was 19 years old. Stewart, who was a student at the University of Texas, was last seen leaving work from the Sears at the Hancock Center near Hyde Park.
  Forty years later, detectives are still searching for Stewart as well as the missing link connecting her disappearance to two other young, black women, all of whom went missing in Austin within days of each other.
  Stewart was last seen leaving the Sears on May 21, 19
  
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• Social media-shamed thief returns package to homeowner

  13-05-2017 02:58 via kxan.com
  
  ABILENE, Texas (KTAB) — An Abilene woman is crediting a Facebook post for helping in the return of a stolen package. The item was stolen off her front doorstep in broad daylight and it was all caught on camera.
  “My husband told me, I have a package coming can you keep an eye out for it,” stated Kate Miller.
  The package never made it to their front door, or so they thought.
  “You can track your packages on Amazon and he had said it was delivered but it wasn’t on our f
  
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• One arrested locally in nationwide trafficking of 16 Chinese women

  13-05-2017 02:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Sixteen Chinese women were being trafficked around the United States and Canada by a trafficking ring with suspects in Austin and Waco.
  The human trafficking investigation began on Sept 28, 2016, focused in and around Waco. Investigators learned the trafficking ring was bringing women from China and sending them around the country for prostitution.
  Search warrants conducted over the last six months in Houston and Austin led to New York City as the primary suspect locat
  
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• Seasonal allergies aren’t just a human thing, your pets could be suffering too

  13-05-2017 00:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Many of us are familiar with how Oak and Cedar season hits us hard in Central Texas, yet we often forget about our pets and that they suffer from seasonal allergies, too.
  Jessica Ray and her best friend, Chloe, love to spend time outdoors. Dog parks, the Greenbelt…just as most Austinites do! But they often find themselves at the vet at the same time, every year. Turns out, our pets are just as sensitive to pollen in the air, just like humans. Dogs can experience skin
  
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• DA: Boone Elementary Pre-K student’s injuries are not crime-related

  13-05-2017 00:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After much back and forth on whether or not a 4-year-old girl’s alleged sexual assault case has been mishandled, the Travis County District Attorney’s Office says they do not have enough evidence that would indicate a crime occurred.
  “The Travis County DA’s Office, in conjunction with the Child Protection Team, has now completed this investigation in accordance with our procedures,” District Attorney Margaret Moore said. “We find, based u
  
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