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• Texas fans’ three favorite games against Bob Stoops

  07-06-2017 23:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As Texas fans digest the news of Bob Stoops’ unexpected retirement from Oklahoma, we look back on what are likely Longhorns’ favorite memories of the ex-Sooner coach.
  3. 2015 – Texas 24, Oklahoma 17
  Charlie Strong’s only win over Oklahoma was perhaps the most unexpected win of his three-year tenure. Texas came into the game with a 1-4 record and a three-game losing streak.The Sooners were ranked in the Top 10. The Longhorns jumped on top early,
  
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• Date scheduled for judge to hear suit against sanctuary cities law

  07-06-2017 23:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The preliminary injunction hearing against Texas’ new sanctuary cities law is scheduled for Monday, June 26.
  Austin, San Antonio, El Paso County and El Cenizo are the plaintiffs in the suit against the State of Texas. Their lawsuit challenges Senate Bill 4, which was signed by Gov. Greg Abbott last month. Mayor Steve Adler and members of the Austin City Council believe the new law is vague and unconstitutional.
  The law, passed by the Texas House in a 94-54 vote, 
  
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• Legal expert: Greg Kelley could be released on bond

  07-06-2017 23:15 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Attorneys for a man convicted of sexually assaulting a child want him released on bond before the August hearing in his case and legal experts say that is a possibility.
  Greg Kelley, 22, has been in state prison for almost three years after his 2014 conviction for molesting a 4-year–old boy at a home day care. He was transported back to Williamson County Tuesday to await the Aug. 3 hearing after new evidence being presented by his attorney suggests someone
  
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• How our warm winter is impacting Hill Country peaches

  07-06-2017 22:51 via kxan.com
  
  FREDERICKSBURG, Texas (KXAN) — The peach sorting machine is rolling at Vogel Orchard’s roadside stand. Terri Vogel, who runs the stand with her husband, is the second generation to keep the farm of 7,000 peach trees going.
  The past three years have been bumper crop summers. This season, however, is expected to produce fewer peaches, because our winter has been so warm.
  Winter ’16-’17 was Austin’s warmest winter on record. This year, our first freeze was mo
  
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• Comey to Congress: President Trump told him ‘I need loyalty’

  07-06-2017 22:30 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Former FBI Director James Comey will testify that President Donald Trump sought his “loyalty” and asked what could be done to “lift the cloud” of investigation shadowing his White House, according to prepared remarks released ahead of his appearance on Capitol Hill on Thursday.
  Comey will also tell lawmakers that he informed Trump that he was not personally under investigation, validating the president’s previous claims that he was not the ta
  
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• Driver ejected, killed in crash on William Cannon Dr. identified

  07-06-2017 22:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man who police say was driving the wrong way on William Cannon Drive crashed into the center median last week and flipped the Chevrolet Tahoe he was driving multiple times.
  Emmanuel Castro Ramirez, 34, died from his injuries at St. David’s South Austin Medical Center the day after the crash on May 30. 
  Officers say Ramirez was driving eastbound at 9:18 p.m. in the westbound lanes of the 400 block of William Cannon Drive when he hit the median, crashing int
  
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• Children diagnosed with cancer get to ride in style to the Texas State Capitol

  07-06-2017 22:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A group of nearly 30 children and teenagers battling cancer got a police escort in high-class rides to the Texas State Capitol Wednesday.
  Forty different models of luxury vehicles drove the visitors, who are from all over the country, along Interstate 35 before dropping them off at the capitol. The children were provided the special treatment with the help of the non-profit organization Sunshine Kids, which is dedicated to helping children with cancer.
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• Sooners’ Bob Stoops retiring after 18 seasons

  07-06-2017 21:35 via kxan.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KXAN) — The longest-tenured coach in college football, Oklahoma Sooners’ Bob Stoops is retiring after 18 seasons, according to The Oklahoman.
  Stoops has led the Sooners to 190 wins and is the winningest coach in the school’s history. He has also led the football team to a school-record 18 consecutive bowls.
  Stoops started his career at OU in 1999 and in that time, he has beaten Texas 11 times, one of the school’s biggest rivals known as the Red River Showdo
  
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• Police: Man tired of paying child support meant to kill kids

  07-06-2017 19:57 via kxan.com
  
  BEEVILLE, Texas (AP) — Police say a West Texas man tired of paying child support drove some 450 miles (724 kilometers) with the intention of killing his two young children and their mother.
  Beeville police Sgt. Greg Baron said Wednesday that 34-year-old Bryan Campbell of Odessa is being held in the Bee County jail on four counts of attempted murder.
  Baron says Campbell was armed with a machete and hatchet May 31 when he broke into the Beeville home of the woman he used to date and their ch
  
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• Tired talk: LeBron dunks idea he’s worn out guarding Durant

  07-06-2017 19:51 via kxan.com
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) — LeBron James dismissed the idea he’s exhausted from guarding Kevin Durant.
  After the warp-speed Golden State Warriors overran the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first two games of the NBA Finals, with Durant averaging 35.5 points in the wins, one of the trending topics has been whether James is being worn down in trying guard the 7-footer.
  “Do I look tired?” James asked at Wednesday’s morning shootaround in advance of Game 3. “I’m averaging
  
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• Woman who believed crack cocaine was actually spider egg arrested

  07-06-2017 19:45 via kxan.com
  
  WESTERVILLE, OH (WCMH) — A woman has been charged in Franklin County court after she checked herself into the hospital and said she thought the crack cocaine a friend had sold her was actually a spider egg.
  Rachel Mitchell, 45, reportedly went to Mt. Carmel St. Ann’s after smoking the crack cocaine
  “After smoking the cocaine, Mitchell said that she felt like little spiders were inside her,” the investigating officer writes in his report. “She thought that her f
  
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• Fire damages Wimberley antique store

  07-06-2017 19:42 via kxan.com
  
  WIMBERLEY, Texas (KXAN) — An antique shop in Wimberley’s town square was damaged when a fire broke out Wednesday morning.
  The Wimberley Fire Department says the fire started just after 8 a.m. at the Chick-a-Dee located at 204 Wimberley Square. When firefighters arrived, they discovered fire in an interior wall and were able to put it out within 30 minutes.
  The business sustained fire damage to the front of the building but the entire building has smoke and water damage. The store was
  
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• Twitter users, blocked by Trump, cry censorship

  07-06-2017 19:32 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump may be the nation’s tweeter-in-chief, but some Twitter users say he’s violating the First Amendment by blocking people from his feed after they posted scornful comments.
  Lawyers for two Twitter users sent the White House a letter Tuesday demanding they be un-blocked from the Republican president’s @realDonaldTrump account.
  “The viewpoint-based blocking of our clients is unconstitutional,” wrote attorneys at the Knight Fir
  
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• New app launched in Texas makes getting birth control easier

  07-06-2017 19:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new app launched this week allows women and teen girls to get birth control delivered to their door.
  It is called the Nurx app. Thanks to a new law signed by Gov. Greg Abbott last month, patients can answer an online questionnaire and a Nurx doctor will write a birth control prescription based on those questions.
  The app can also get in contact with insurance providers and pharmacies. For some patients with health insurance the prescription may be free. Patients who wish
  
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• Police: Mom taped son, 11, to chair, took other child to swim

  07-06-2017 18:40 via kxan.com
  
  BOARDMAN, Ohio (WKBN) – A Boardman woman is facing charges after police said she taped her child to a chair while taking another one to swim at the YMCA.
  A relative of 32-year-old Susan Malysa called police after finding the 11-year-old boy to a chair in the basement, according to a police report.
  Police said the boy’s legs were taped to the chair and his hands were taped together. His mouth was also taped shut with duct tape.
  “The relatives had not cut the duct tape away. They
  
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• Austin ISD offering bonuses for bus drivers

  07-06-2017 18:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Independent School District says they are in desperate need of bus drivers for this upcoming school year.
  In order to make a dent in the open positions, the district is hosting a job fair on Tuesday, June 20 for anyone interested in a career in transportation, food service or maintenance. The starting pay for bus drivers is $15.19 per hour. You must be at least 21 years old and have no record of DWI.
  AISD is also offering a $400 signing bonus for new bus drivers.
  
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• Austin man wins $1M on Texas Lottery scratch-off ticket

  07-06-2017 18:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Don’t be discouraged if you play the Texas Lottery’s Money scratch-off game, there are five top prizes left after an Austin man claimed the second of seven million dollar prizes.
  Dale C. McConnell bought his ticket at the Mesa Mart at 8143 Mesa Drive. That store owner will get a $10,000 retailer bonus for selling the winning ticket.
  Money offers more than $107.9 million in prizes with the odds of winning any prize being 1 in 3.05.
  In January, a Dripping Springs
  
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• Two US senators urging SXSW to move due to ‘anti-immigrant’ laws in Texas

  07-06-2017 17:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two United States Senators are asking the CEO of South by Southwest to abandon Austin and Texas and hold the festival in a different state due to the recent passing of the sanctuary city law.
  U.S. Senators, Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, and Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, drafted a letter to Roland Swenson on June 6. In the letter, the lawmakers thanked Swenson and SXSW for speaking out against “harsh immigration policies” when President Donald Trump original
  
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• Man pepper-sprayed by Austin police on 6th St. in 2015 files suit

  07-06-2017 17:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two years after the video gained nationwide attention, a lawsuit has now been filed against the Austin Police Department for pepper spraying a man on Sixth Street.
  The suit, filed by Carlos Amaya’s attorney, charges excessive force and illegal search and seizure for the events that occurred on June 6, 2015.
  The video, which APD formally investigated, shows a Mounted Patrol officer grab the phone from Amaya, who was in the crowd recording a disturbance. Another of
  
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• Man pepper-sprayed by APD on 6th St. in 2015 files suit, speaks out

  07-06-2017 17:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two years after the video gained nationwide attention, a lawsuit has now been filed against the Austin Police Department for pepper spraying a man on Sixth Street.
  The suit, filed by Carlos Amaya’s attorney, charges excessive force and illegal search and seizure for the events that occurred on June 6, 2015.
  The video, which APD formally investigated, shows a mounted patrol officer grab the phone from Amaya, who was in the crowd recording a disturbance. Another of
  
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• Mom used pliers to remove son’s teeth in Walmart bathroom, police say

  07-06-2017 16:41 via kxan.com
  
  AMERICAN FORK, Utah (ABC4 Utah) Police call it “child abuse in its purest form.”
  A Utah woman faces child abuse charges after police say she pulled two of her son’s teeth in a Walmart restroom.
  Police say on April 2, Jeannine Cherilynn Isom went into Walmart and bought hand sanitizer and needle nose pliers.  According to police, she took her 7-year-old son into the restroom and pulled out two of his teeth with the pliers.
  “She proceeded to use the needle nose&nb
  
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• Texas state representative arrested for DWI in Dallas

  07-06-2017 16:20 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS, Texas (KXAN) —  Police in Dallas have arrested a Texas State Representative for driving while intoxicated early Wednesday morning.
  According to KXAS, 36-year-old Victoria Neave was booked into the Dallas County Jail at 3:38 a.m.
  Neave, a Democrat, represents District 107, which includes eastern portions of Dallas, Mesquite and Garland. She was in the news in April for taking part in a hunger strike to protest Senate Bill 4, recently signed into law by Governor Greg Abbott
  
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• Myanmar military plane with 120 aboard goes missing

  07-06-2017 15:49 via kxan.com
  
  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A military transport plane with 120 people on board went missing Wednesday on a flight from southern Myanmar to Yangon, a military spokesman said. There were fears it may have crashed into the ocean, since its route would have taken it over the Andaman Sea.
  Gen. Myat Min Oo said the Chinese-made Y-8 turboprop aircraft was carrying 106 passengers — mostly families of military personnel — and 14 crew members when it went missing Wednesday afternoon. In an e
  
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• Bodies, aircraft parts found in search for Myanmar plane

  07-06-2017 15:49 via kxan.com
  
  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A navy ship found bodies and aircraft parts in the seas off Myanmar while searching Thursday morning for a military transport plane carrying 120 people, a spokesman said.
  The Chinese-made Y-8 turboprop aircraft disappeared Wednesday afternoon about a half-hour after leaving Myeik, also known as Mergui, for Yangon on a route that would have taken it over the Andaman Sea. It was raining, but not heavily, at the time.
  Nine naval ships, five army aircraft and three helic
  
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• Uber moves to repair tainted image with 20 firings, 1 hiring

  07-06-2017 15:35 via kxan.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Uber, the world’s leading ride-hailing company, has taken two big steps toward repairing its corporate image: It fired 20 employees for a host of harassment problems and hired an Apple marketing executive to rescue its tainted brand.
  Those fired for sexual harassment as well as bullying, discrimination and other behavior that violated company policies included both managers and lower-level workers. Some had retaliated against other employees after they complained about
  
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• 6 vehicle crash on MoPac at 35th caused 100+ minute delay from 183

  07-06-2017 14:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are investigating what caused a a six vehicle crash on MoPac at 35th Street Wednesday morning.
  The crash happened around 6:50 a.m. in the 3100 block of MoPac. Four tow trucks were on scene to pull the vehicles out of the way.
  Two southbound lanes of MoPac were closed and that caused delays of more than 100 minutes from US 183 to the 35th Street ramp.
  Delays from 6 vehicle MoPac crash (KXAN photo)One person was transported with non-life threatening injuries.
  Th
  
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• Kids being ticketed by police in Pflugerville…for being ‘cool’

  07-06-2017 14:34 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) —  Pflugerville police are out ticketing our children but it’s not for the reasons you think.
  Officers are stopping kids and ticketing them for “Cool Moves.” Those are moves that the department said promote safety. The tickets are actually for free ice cream cones. Kids get them for wearing helmets while on their bicycles, looking both ways when crossing the street and holding hands with their parents or siblings when out and about.
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• Trump to nominate ex-Justice Department official to lead FBI

  07-06-2017 14:10 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his pick for FBI director — a former Justice Department official who served as New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s personal lawyer during the George Washington Bridge lane-closing investigation.
  Trump’s early morning two-sentence tweet that he intends to nominate lawyer Christopher Wray came one day before the FBI director that Trump fired last month, James Comey, was to testify in public
  
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• Schulenburg’s Swiss Alp Dance Hall for sale on eBay

  07-06-2017 14:07 via kxan.com
  
  SCHULENBERG, Texas (KXAN) — If you have deep pockets, or several friends who like to dance, you can own a part of Fayette County history.
  The popular Swiss Alp Dance Hall, built in the early 1900’s, is on the auction block after the owners decided it was time to retire.
  The dance hall is “is a classic example of a historic hall that has seen virtually all of the changing trends and styles of Texas popular music over the last century,” the auction states.
  Bidding as of 7 a
  
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• Peacock takes out $500 in wine after crashing liquor store

  07-06-2017 13:36 via kxan.com
  
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A female peacock has ruffled more than just feathers at a Los Angeles-area liquor store.
  Without a peep, the peahen strutted into the open door of the Royal Oaks Liquor Store in Arcadia on Monday. Store manager and college senior Rani Ghanem said he didn’t even know it was there until a customer walked in and asked him about “el pollo,” Spanish for “the chicken.”
  Ghanem, a 21-year-old San Bernardino resident whose family owns the store,
  
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• Feathered frenzy: Peacock breaks bottles inside liquor store

  07-06-2017 13:36 via kxan.com
  
  ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) — A female peacock has ruffled more than just feathers at a Los Angeles-area liquor store.
  Without a peep, the peahen strutted into the open door of the Royal Oaks Liquor Store in Arcadia on Monday. Store manager and college senior Rani Ghanem said he didn’t even know it was there until a customer walked in and asked him about “el pollo,” Spanish for “the chicken.”
  Ghanem, a 21-year-old San Bernardino resident whose family owns the store,
  
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• Islamic State claims stunning attack in heart of Iran

  07-06-2017 13:29 via kxan.com
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — The Islamic State group claimed responsibility Wednesday for a pair of stunning attacks on Iran’s parliament and the tomb of its revolutionary leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, which killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 40.
  Tehran Police Chief Gen. Hossein Sajedinia announced late Wednesday night that five suspects had been detained for interrogation, according to a report in the semi-official ISNA news agency. Sajedinia did not offer any further det
  
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• IS-claimed attacks on Iran’s parliament, shrine kill 12

  07-06-2017 13:29 via kxan.com
  
  TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Gunmen and suicide bombers attacked Iran’s parliament and the shrine of its revolutionary leader on Wednesday, killing at least 12 people, wounding dozens and igniting an hours-long siege at the legislature that ended with four attackers dead.
  The Islamic State group claimed the attacks, marking the first time the Sunni extremists have taken responsibility for an assault in Shiite-majority Iran. The militants are at war with Iranian-backed forces in Syria and Iraq
  
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• Eric Trump calls father’s critics ‘not even people’

  07-06-2017 13:21 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Eric Trump says critics of his father are “not even people.”
  President Donald Trump’s son told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Tuesday that he’s “never seen hatred like this” and “morals have flown out the window” when it comes to attacks against his father.
  Eric Trump took special aim at the Democratic Party, which he says is “imploding.” He calls Democratic National Committee chairman Tom Perez “a total wackj
  
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• Adler responds to Abbott’s “People’s Republic of Austin” comments

  07-06-2017 13:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s comments about the city of Austin during a Monday night speech in Belton are raising some eyebrows, namely of Mayor Steve Adler.
  “I got to tell you, it’s great getting out of the People’s Republic of Austin,” the governor said during his time at the Bell County Republican Dinner’s podium. “As you’re driving, you guys know this, as you leave Austin and start heading up North you start feeling d
  
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• Shuttered Mabel Davis pool leaking 220,000 gallons

  07-06-2017 12:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The summer swim season is here, but in Austin, the Parks and Recreation Department is being forced to close several pools due to extensive leaks. Shipe, Govalle and Givens pool will remain closed through the summer. Because temporary repairs were too costly, city officials have allocated $3 million for both Shipe and Govalle to be completely rebuilt for the summer of 2018. Both pools are currently in the design phase.
  This week maintenance crews are working to figure out wh
  
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• Aging facilities and leaking Austin pools leading to closures

  07-06-2017 12:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The summer swim season is here, but in Austin, the Parks and Recreation Department is being forced to close several pools due to extensive leaks. Shipe, Govalle and Givens pool will remain closed through the summer. Because temporary repairs were too costly, city officials have allocated $3 million for both Shipe and Govalle to be completely rebuilt for the summer of 2018. Both pools are currently in the design phase.
  This week maintenance crews are working to figure out wh
  
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• Dustin McComas wraps up the Texas baseball season

  07-06-2017 06:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas baseball season ended Monday night in the Long Beach State regional final. Dustin McComas from Orangebloods.com joined More than the Score to put a bow on the Longhorns 2017 campaign.
  
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• Royals homer halts Astros’ win streak at 11

  07-06-2017 06:03 via kxan.com
  
  KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Moustakas hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning after Kansas City rallied from a six-run deficit, and the Royals snapped the Houston Astros’ 11-game winning streak with a 9-7 victory Tuesday night.Moustakas drove an 0-1 pitch from Ken Giles (1-2) out to right with Salvador Perez aboard. Moustakas had four hits and three RBIs.
  Kansas City trailed 7-1 in the fourth inning but completed its comeback with a four-run eighth. Whit Merrifield hit
  
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• UT stabbing victim’s father dies from ALS

  07-06-2017 05:03 via kxan.com
  
  GRAHAM, Texas (KXAN) — The father of the University of Texas at Austin student killed in a stabbing attack on campus last month has died after a two-year battle with ALS, The Graham Leader is reporting.
  The newspaper says 56-year-old Dr. Kurt Brown, a chiropractor, died on Monday at his home in Graham, Texas surrounded by family. His son, 19-year-old Harrison Brown, was killed on May 1 in a stabbing that injured three other UT students.
  Lori Brown, Harrison’s mother, told KXAN’
  
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• Source: Comey didn’t want to be alone with President Trump

  07-06-2017 04:39 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A person familiar with the situation says former FBI Director James Comey asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to keep him from being alone with President Donald Trump.
  The person, who was not authorized to discuss the matter by name and spoke on condition of anonymity, says the request was made because of concerns Comey had about Trump.
  Comey is expected to testify before the Senate intelligence committee on Thursday about his encounters with Trump in the weeks before hi
  
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• Local concerns persist over looming GOP health care bill

  07-06-2017 04:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Local advocates for affordable health care spoke out Tuesday against the American Health Care Act (AHCA), as part of a national day of action.
  When Erin Smith was 16, she was diagnosed with Lupus, an autoimmune disease that results in an overproduction of white bloods cells. Smith says the blood cells normally attack illness when someone is sick, but when she’s not sick, they begin to attack her organs.
  “Off my medications, I’m basically immobile,” e
  
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• Ride-hailing services compete for business with Uber, Lyft back in town

  07-06-2017 03:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — RideAustin says now that Uber and Lyft are back in Austin, its trip numbers are down 55 percent from the previous week. It’s now in the process of rallying dozens of non-profits who benefit from a portion of RideAustin trips to promote the service.
  KXAN spoke with RideAustin and Fasten after reaching out to remaining ride-hailing services on the heels of Fare’s departure. Around 1 a.m. Tuesday morning, Fare alerted its riders it was pulling out of Austin because
  
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• Community college athletes from Central Texas deface national monument

  07-06-2017 02:54 via kxan.com
  
  WACO, Texas (KWKT) — McLennan Community College says six baseball athletes are in trouble for defacing the Colorado National Monument on May 26.
  The students visited Grand Junction for Junior World Series Baseball Tournament.
  Six students confessed to taking part in this action, but only one student faces a citation for carving letters and drawings on the rock.
  The officials at the National Park told Fox 44 that the college has been very cooperative and expressed their deep regret.
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• Suspects wanted in armed robbery of Dan’s Hamburgers in north Austin

  07-06-2017 02:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two men with guns robbed the Dan’s Hamburgers on North Lamar Boulevard Monday night. Now with the aid of surveillance photos, Austin police are asking for your help in identifying the two suspects.
  Officers were called to the burger chain’s location at 5602 N. Lamar Blvd. at around 11:30 p.m. after the suspects left with an undisclosed amount of cash, heading westbound toward Sunshine Drive.
  The suspects were seen in the restaurant parking lot for a “
  
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• Texas ousted by Long Beach State in Regional Final

  07-06-2017 02:00 via kxan.com
  
  LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Zak Baayoun escaped a sixth-inning jam with back-to-back strikeouts and five Long Beach State pitchers combined on a four-hitter to beat Texas 2-1 on Monday night and reach its first super regional since 2004.
  Long Beach State (41-18) will play Cal State Fullerton in a best-of-three series for a chance at the Dirtbags’ first College World Series appearance since 1998.
  Dave Smith opened with four scoreless innings on 51 pitches, and Baayoun (3-0) strande
  
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• Video captures microburst wind event over Austin on Monday

  07-06-2017 01:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Tree limb damage and a destroyed billboard on North Lamar Boulevard Monday were the result of a weather phenomenon known as a “microburst,” and it was captured on video.
  Downburst, or on a smaller scale, microburst winds are not rare in Texas thunderstorms, but capturing them in a video time lapse is. That is exactly what Victor Ituarte did while heavy thunderstorms moved over the middle of Austin late Monday afternoon.
  His video captured the dramatic moment the
  
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• Rosewood Pool in east Austin closed due to cloudy water

  07-06-2017 01:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Rosewood Pool in east Austin will be closed for the next 10 days as city crews work to prevent the water from clouding due to the pool’s paint.
  The city Parks and Recreation Department closed the pool on Wednesday, June 7 and they expect to reopen it on Saturday, June 17. The city says the paint from the bottom of the pool is causing the water to turn cloudy, resulting in poor visibility for the lifeguards.
  While Rosewood Pool is closed, PARD will open Dottie Jordan P
  
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• ‘Miracle baby’ born without nose dies at 2 years old

  07-06-2017 01:13 via kxan.com
  
  MOBILE, Ala. (WCMH) — An Alabama family is mourning the death of a little boy born without a nose whose struggle captured hearts around the nation.
  NBC affiliate WPMI reports Eli Thompson was born with congenital Arhinia, meaning he had no nose, nasal cavity, or sinus cavity. It is an extremely rare condition, as the National Institute of Health reports there are only about 30 reported cases of Arhinia so far.
  Eli died Saturday night. His father Jeremy Finch shared the heartbreaking update
  
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• VIDEO: Florida woman charged for letting snake bite baby

  07-06-2017 01:04 via kxan.com
  
  SEBRING, Fla. (WFLA) – A Sebring, Florida woman is facing a charge of child abuse after a video was posted to social media that showed a snake biting a 1-year-old baby, after it was presented to the infant in a Tupperware container.
  According to an arrest affidavit, Chartelle St. Laurent uploaded a video of the incident to Facebook.
  The video shows the 1-year-old child reaching for the snake and the snake striking her on her right thumb. A woman’s voice can be heard laughing as the g
  
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