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• Super Bowl 55 moved from Los Angeles to Tampa

  23-05-2017 23:19 via kxan.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – Super Bowl 55 has been moved to Tampa, the NFL Network reported on Tuesday.
  The network reported NFL owners voted unanimously to move the game to Tampa, while Los Angeles will host Super Bowl 56, according to sources. Super Bowl 55 (LV) will tentatively take place Feb. 7, 2021.
  “Being awarded Super Bowl 2021 is a testament to our city’s ability to shine on the international stage,” said Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn. “Tampa does big events as well as
  
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• Ex-Round Rock assistant principal accused of choking boy at skating rink

  23-05-2017 23:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A former assistant principal of a Round Rock middle school is accused of choking a 10-year-old boy at an Austin skating rink.
  Chad Warren Sanders, 40, was arrested on Monday — his birthday — and has been charged with causing injury to a child, a third-degree felony.
  On May 12, the 10-year-old was skating at Playland Skate Center at 8822 McCann Dr. in north Austin when the incident happened. The boy told officers he saw a birthday party table being clea
  
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• Capital Metro testing new free ride-hailing app in east, northeast Austin

  23-05-2017 22:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bus that picks you up at your front door and delivers you to where you need to go. Nope, it’s not the newest for-profit ride-hailing app but rather it’s Capital Metro’s way of providing door-to-door service in the public transportation realm.
  Capital Metro launches its new on-demand Pickup app on June 6. The free pilot program, which replaces the MetroFlex Upper Eastside pilot route, will operate in east and northeast Austin. Riders can use the
  
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• San Marcos starts first ever ‘no refusal’ period for Memorial Day weekend

  23-05-2017 21:57 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — The San Marcos Police Department is conducting its first “no refusal” enforcement program for driving while intoxicated arrests on Memorial Day weekend.
  From May 26 to May 28, officers pulling over someone they suspect of DWI will apply for search warrants to draw blood from anyone who refuses a breath test.
  While this will be San Marcos’ inaugural no refusal period, the city of Austin has recently gone from having no refusal weekends during hol
  
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• Did you see something during Friday’s South Congress homicide?

  23-05-2017 20:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police are hoping that someone saw something the day Van Kevin White, 51, was shot and killed in the parking lot of the Congress Square II office building.
  Authorities said the shooting, which happened at 611 South Congress Ave. around 7:09 a.m. on Friday, May 19, was probably visible to residents living on the south side of The Crescent apartment building and also on the north side of the City View at SoCo apartment building.
  Police said the area was “unusual”
  
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• Warning of “imminent” attack, Britain raises threat level

  23-05-2017 20:36 via kxan.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — As officials hunted for accomplices of a suicide bomber and Britain’s prime minister warned another attack could be “imminent,” thousands of people poured into the streets of Manchester in a defiant vigil Tuesday for victims of a blast at a pop concert — the latest apparent target of Islamic extremists seeking to rattle life in the West.
  The attack left at least 22 dead, including an 8-year-old girl, shattering the revelry at a show by Ame
  
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• Manchester police hunt for accomplices after concert blast

  23-05-2017 20:36 via kxan.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England (AP) — As investigators hunted for possible accomplices of a suicide bomber, thousands of people poured into the streets of Manchester in a vigil Tuesday for victims of a blast that bathed a pop concert in blood — the latest apparent battle-scarred target of Islamic extremists seeking to rattle daily life in the West.
  The attack left at least 22 dead, including an 8-year-old girl, shattering the revelry at the close of a show by American singer Ariana Grande, wher
  
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• Hays CISD offers stipend to improve performance at elementary school

  23-05-2017 19:48 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) – A poor rating from the state last school year has Hays Consolidated Independent School District officials working on a new plan to improve performance at Hemphill Elementary School.
  On Tuesday, board members approved a new stipend plan for teachers and administrators. The stipend will compensate turnaround campus staff for additional hours or days worked to support planning and instruction activities for the campus.
  For the 2015-2016 school year, the Texas Education Ag
  
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• Richard Overton, nation’s oldest living veteran, released from the hospital

  23-05-2017 19:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After being hospitalized for five days, Richard Overton, was released from the hospital Tuesday morning.
  Overton, who turned 111 years old on Thursday, May 11, was originally taken to the hospital on Friday and diagnosed with pneumonia, according to a family member. Overton’s short stint at the hospital probably seemed like a lifetime for him since his family said he “just couldn’t wait to get on the porch and smoke a cigar.”
  Last month, Overton
  
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• Man sought for connection to 7 Austin robberies

  23-05-2017 19:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —  Austin police hope you can help them track down a pointy-nosed man they believe has been on a crime spree at convenience stores throughout the city.
  Police said the man, believed to be between 25 and 30 years old, is approximately 6 feet tall with a medium build and dark hair. Police made a point about his nose, saying it was large.
  In the seven robberies that are spread across the city, the man enters the store, displays a gun and demands money from a register.
  The i
  
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• ‘Get a damn job’, store clerk confronts serial robber

  23-05-2017 19:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —  Austin police hope you can help them track down a pointy-nosed man they believe has been on a crime spree at convenience stores throughout the city.
  Police said the man, believed to be between 25 and 30 years old, is around 6 feet tall with a medium build and dark hair. Police made a point about his nose, saying it was large.
  In the seven robberies that are spread across the city, the man enters the store, displays a gun and demands money from a register.
  “He ca
  
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• Texas House takes up reworked Voter ID law as courts watch on

  23-05-2017 19:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Before the 2016 election, a court ordered Texas to change its strict voter ID law. Tuesday, state lawmakers look to put the changes into law. If the Texas House doesn’t pass it, the state could face direct oversight from the federal government to ensure state officials don’t violate the Voting Rights Act.
  Senate Bill 5, which would allow someone to vote without a photo ID as long as they sign a certified note, already passed the Texas Senate and n
  
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• Texas House reworks, approves Voter ID law as courts watch on

  23-05-2017 19:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas House of Representatives approved softening the state’s strict law to get to the polls. It likely will have to negotiate details with the Senate before getting the governor’s signature. The House advanced the measure Tuesday evening.
  Before the 2016 election, a court ordered Texas to change its strict voter ID law. Last fall, if you didn’t have one of the forms of state approved ID, you’d have to sign an affidavit promising you are who
  
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• High-risk sex offender from Austin added to Most Wanted list

  23-05-2017 18:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A high-risk sex offender from Austin who sexually assaulted a 15-year-old girl is wanted for violating his probation.
  Everett Cole Rainey, 25, has been added to the Texas Department of Public Safety’s 10 Most Wanted Sex Offenders list. Rainey’s last known address was in Austin but he has ties to San Marcos and San Antonio.
  In October 2011, Rainey was convicted of a 2009 aggravated sexual assault of a teenager in Caldwell County. According to the San Marcos Mercu
  
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• Austin counterintelligence expert: Attack in Manchester is the new norm

  23-05-2017 17:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN/AP) — The United States’ top intelligence official says the U.S. government has not yet verified that the Islamic State group is responsible for the attack in Manchester, England, but called the deadly incident a reminder of how serious the terror threat remains.
  “This threat is real, it’s not going away, and it needs significant attention,” Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats said during testimony Tuesday before the Senate Armed Services Commit
  
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• Nearly 740,000 foreigners overstayed US visas last year

  23-05-2017 17:29 via kxan.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (AP) — Nearly 740,000 foreigners who were supposed to leave the United States during a recent 12-month period overstayed their visas, the Homeland Security Department said Monday, detailing a crucial but often overlooked contributor to the number of people in the country illegally.
  President Donald Trump has proposed spending billions of dollars to erect a wall on the U.S. border with Mexico and hire more border agents, but those measures would not address people who arrive legal
  
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• Man en route to Texas cemetery for burial told body found in plot

  23-05-2017 16:59 via kxan.com
  
  GALVESTON, Texas (AP) — A Southeast Texas man says he and his family had left a memorial service for his mother and were en route to a cemetery to bury her when he learned an unknown body was found in the family plot.
  Mike Lamb told The Galveston County Daily News a headstone has been in place for decades marking the plot as the burial site for his mother, who died May 11.
  Lamb says about 200 people were heading toward Mainland Memorial Cemetery near Galveston when the family learned of th
  
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• 8 things you can do to prevent leaving your kids in a hot car

  23-05-2017 16:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (WFLA) – With the hot Texas summer quickly arriving, the interior of cars can heat up quickly, putting kids at risk if they’re left behind in a car.
  Janette Fennell is the president of the non-profit organization Kids and Cars, which focuses on improving child safety in cars.
  Kids and Cars produced a startling Public Service Announcement to remind people about the danger of leaving children in hot cars (watch above).
  According to Kids and Cars, on average, 38 children die in h
  
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• PHOTOS: A look at the Manchester attack

  23-05-2017 16:07 via kxan.com
  
  Manchester concert attack An unidentified member of the public places a floral tribute at St Ann's square, Manchester, England Tuesday May 23, 2017. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Tuesday for the suicide attack at an Ariana Grande show that left more than 20 people dead as young concertgoers fled, some still wearing the American pop star's trademark kitten ears and holding pink balloons. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)Police look at floral tributes left at St Ann's square, Manchester, Engl
  
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• Longest-serving James Bond star Roger Moore dies at 89

  23-05-2017 15:54 via kxan.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Roger Moore, the longest-serving movie star to play iconic British spy James Bond in the famed film series, has died in Switzerland after a brief bout with cancer. He was 89.
  A message from his family shared on the actor’s official Twitter account Tuesday read: “With the heaviest of hearts, we must share the awful news that our father, Sir Roger Moore, passed away today. We are all devastated.”
  The statement continued that Moore “has passed away today
  
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• Gas station nacho cheese tainted with botulism kills man

  23-05-2017 15:10 via kxan.com
  
  SACRAMENTO (KRON) — Authorities say an Antioch man is dead in an apparent botulism outbreak stemming from nacho-cheese dip sold at a gas station this month.
  Martin Galindo-Larios Jr., 37, died Thursday.
  According to a GoFundMe page, Galindo-Larios Jr. became ill around the beginning of May when nacho cheese sauce was being sold at a Sacramento-area gas station.
  California health officials say the illnesses appear caused by botulism carried in nacho-cheese dip sold at a gas station in the S
  
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• Stevie Wonder is the post-race headliner for F1

  23-05-2017 14:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — How do you follow up Justin Timberlake? The simple answer, for Circuit of the Americas, is with legend Stevie Wonder.
  Wonder, who has won 25 GRAMMY awards and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, was announced as the post-race singer Tuesday.
  Timberlake performs on Saturday, Oct. 21 and Wonder will perform on Sunday, Oct. 22.
  Local and Texas-based bands will be playing at stages across the venue. They will be announced at a later date.
  Last year’s performance b
  
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• Unsold food from ABIA donated to charity to reduce waste

  23-05-2017 13:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Remember what your mother told you about that food you didn’t eat on your plate? Someone out there would be grateful to have it. That’s why Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is going to do their part to reduce food waste.
  The airport’s food rescue program started on March 1 and, in the first month, 3,500 unsold food products like sandwiches and salads were donated to those in need with the help of Keep Austin Fed.
  “We were kind of surprised to s
  
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• 2 rescued after car splashes into Little Walnut Creek

  23-05-2017 10:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two people were taken to Dell Seton Medical Center with potentially serious injuries after their car went down an embankment and ended up in Little Walnut Creek Tuesday morning.
  Austin-Travis County EMS says the call came in at 2:37 a.m. in the 5900 block of Ed Bluestein Boulevard near the intersection of Loyola Lane.
  A man and woman in the car were rescued. Austin Police say wreckers got the car out of the water and were able to reopen the road by 4 a.m.
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• 2 rescued after car goes into Little Walnut Creek

  23-05-2017 10:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two people were taken to Dell Seton Medical Center with potentially serious injuries after their car went down an embankment and ended up in Little Walnut Creek Tuesday morning.
  Austin-Travis County EMS says the call came in at 2:37 a.m. in the 5900 block of Ed Bluestein Boulevard near the intersection of Loyola Lane.
  A man and woman in the car were rescued. Austin Police say wreckers got the car out of the water and were able to reopen the road by 4 a.m.
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• Carbon monoxide detector alerts Austin officer to leak in patrol vehicle

  23-05-2017 06:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — City of Austin officials say they are trying to find out how carbon monoxide possibly seeped into an officer’s patrol car recently.
  The officer in the latest incident did not become ill. He was alerted to the leak by a carbon monoxide warning system, installed not long after an Austin police officer became sick after getting carbon monoxide poisoning in his police vehicle in March.
  Austin police could not say what time or day the most recent incident happened. They sa
  
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• Curry’s 36 points leads Warriors to sweep Spurs

  23-05-2017 06:02 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 36 points and the Golden State Warriors closed out the Western Conference Final against the injury-ravaged San Antonio Spurs with a 129-115 victory Monday night, becoming the first team in league history to start the playoffs 12-0.Golden State led by as many as 22 points in cruising to its third straight NBA Finals. The Warriors await a possible third straight championship matchup with Cleveland, which leads Boston 2-1 in the East finals.
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• Austin ISD’s recommended $1.4 billion budget includes pay raises

  23-05-2017 04:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District board of trustees have two big dollar decisions to dive into Monday night.
  KXAN has been following the bond planning process that will likely result in a November school bond election. The committee trying to prioritize the district’s most immediate needs has been working on getting the wish list under $1 million. A preliminary bond presentation is on the board agenda, along with a presentation of the recommended FY 201
  
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• Hopes high for bill to bring bachelor’s degrees to community college

  23-05-2017 03:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bill allowing community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees passed through the Texas House Saturday, after passing through the Senate earlier this month. Now Austin Community College is optimistically waiting, hopeful this bill could soon end up on the governor’s desk.
  SB 2118, authored by Senator Kel Seliger R-Amarillo, would allow certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs in the fields of applied science, applied technology
  
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• ACC could offer nursing degrees if bill passes

  23-05-2017 03:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bill allowing community colleges to offer bachelor’s degrees passed through the Texas House Saturday, after passing through the Senate earlier this month. Now Austin Community College is optimistically waiting, hopeful this bill could soon end up on the governor’s desk.
  SB 2118, authored by Senator Kel Seliger R-Amarillo, would allow certain public junior colleges to offer baccalaureate degree programs in the fields of applied science, applied technology
  
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• VIDEO: I-35 rock throwing attack on UTPD patrol car

  23-05-2017 03:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the first time, we’re seeing the video that ultimately helped police catch the man who terrorized and injured drivers along Interstate 35 for two years.
  KXAN obtained dash camera video showing the moment Pat Johnson hurled a rock at a University of Texas at Austin patrol car in May of 2016. Johnson, who was sentenced to 40 years in April as part of a plea deal, is responsible for the bulk of the rock attacks on I-35.
  UTPD’s Sgt. Eric Johanson was on his
  
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• New video shows I-35 rock throwing attack on UTPD patrol car

  23-05-2017 03:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the first time, we’re seeing the video that ultimately helped police catch the man who terrorized and injured drivers along Interstate 35 for two years.
  KXAN obtained dash camera video showing the moment Pat Johnson hurled a rock at a University of Texas at Austin patrol car in May of 2016. Johnson, who was sentenced to 40 years in April as part of a plea deal, is responsible for the bulk of the rock attacks on I-35.
  UTPD’s Sgt. Eric Johanson was on his
  
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• Texas lawmakers to consider spending $1.2 billion on state hospitals

  23-05-2017 03:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas legislature will soon decide the future of state hospitals, and by doing so, arguably the safety of patients in those hospitals, as well.
  In the latest draft of the state budget, the funding for state hospitals — adopted by the Conference Committee — was $875.5 million for the next two years. That’s in addition to $300 million more for state hospitals and $160 million for state supported living centers and critical repairs at state hospitals.
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• Recount of Lakeway election shows $23M bond still passed

  23-05-2017 01:25 via kxan.com
  
  LAKEWAY, Texas (KXAN) — When the bond for the new Lakeway police station passed by only nine votes earlier this month, Tiffany McMillan requested a recount. McMillian was the only candidate running for a city council seat who opposed the $23 million bond.On Monday, Travis County Clerk Dana DeBeauvoir conducted a recount for the city of Lakeway and determined there were no changes to the official results, which were 1,063 FOR and 1,054 AGAINST. Recount observers representing the city a
  
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• Trump condemns “evil losers” behind Manchester attack that killed 22

  23-05-2017 00:58 via kxan.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England (KXAN/AP) — President Donald Trump is expressing solidarity with the United Kingdom in the wake of a deadly explosion at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, condemning the “evil losers” behind the blast.
  Trump spoke Tuesday after a meeting in Bethlehem with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
  Trump says the attack preyed on “innocent children.” He says this “wicked ideology must be obliterated. And I mean c
  
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• Trump condemns “evil losers” as Islamic State claims Manchester attack

  23-05-2017 00:58 via kxan.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England (KXAN/AP) — The Islamic State group says one of its members planted bombs in the middle of crowds in Manchester, England, where 22 people died in an explosion.
  IS says “a soldier of the caliphate planted bombs in the middle of Crusaders gatherings” then detonated them. It did not say whether the attacker was killed.
  NBC News reports the bomber was Salmon Ramadan Abed, 22.BREAKING: Suspected Manchester bomber identified as 22-year-old Salmon Ramadan
  
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• 19 confirmed dead after explosions at Ariana Grande concert in England

  23-05-2017 00:58 via kxan.com
  
  MANCHESTER, England (KXAN) — Nineteen people are confirmed dead after explosions at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester, England, according to local police.
  Around 50 people have been injured following possibly two explosions at the concert. U.S. officials say British authorities are investigating the incident as a possible suicide bombing.
  Greater Manchester police say they were called just before 10:35 p.m. on Monday for reports of the explosion at Manchester Arena. Aut
  
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• Police: City of Austin employee used work laptop to download child porn

  23-05-2017 00:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Investigators say a city of Austin employee accidentally shared a video of a young naked girl on a department-wide hard drive, eventually leading to him being charged with possession of child pornography.
  Jeffrey Lynn Walters, 51, was charged on Friday, May 19, with the third degree felony charge and resigned from his position Monday morning.
  Austin police were contacted on April 10 by the IT security analyst for the city of Austin, who found a video of a sho
  
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