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• Spieth one-over, defending champion Johnson 10-back at US Open

  15-06-2017 23:45 via kxan.com
  
  ERIN, Wis. (AP) — Dustin Johnson stood on the back of the ninth green at Erin Hills and stared at a leaderboard filled with red numbers under par.
  His name was to the right with a black number — 3-over par.
  And then the defending U.S. Open champion missed a 10-foot birdie putt to cap a most forgettable 75 that included one birdie, three three-putts and six shots out of the knee-high fescue that frame the generous fairways of Erin Hills.
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• AT&T landline customers with numbers starting with 512-266 can’t call 911

  15-06-2017 23:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — AT&T landline customers with phone numbers that start with 512-266-XXXX are unable to connect to 911, the Travis County Sheriff’s Office warned at around 4:35 p.m. Thursday.
  Those with the affected numbers, located in the Lakeway area, should call 512-482-5860 if they have an emergency during the outage.
  The sheriff’s office says AT&T has contacted the Capital Area Council of Governments and is trying to work out the problem.
  In March, AT&T cell phon
  
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• AT&T 911 outage for landline customers in Lakeway resolved

  15-06-2017 23:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — AT&T landline customers with phone numbers that start with 512-266-XXXX were unable to connect to 911, the Travis County Sheriff’s Office warned at around 4:35 p.m. Thursday.
  At around 6 p.m., AT&T said the problem was resolved.
  Those with the affected numbers, located in the Lakeway area, were asked to call 512-482-5860 if they had an emergency during the outage.
  The sheriff’s office says AT&T has contacted the Capital Area Council of Governments an
  
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• Rabies Alert: Test results from man bitten by bat in Kyle come back positive

  15-06-2017 23:31 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — Test results from a man bitten by a bat in Kyle on Tuesday have come back positive for rabies, according to the Hays County Sheriff’s Office.
  The bite happened in the area of Pin Oak Drive at around 4 p.m., deputies say. Neighbors are being urged not to pick up any bats they find lying on the ground. If you do come across a dead bat, call the Animal Control Unit in your area so they can dispose of the bat after testing it.
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• Rabies Alert: Test results from man bit by bat in Kyle come back positive

  15-06-2017 23:31 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — Test results from a man bit by a bat in Kyle on Tuesday have come back positive for rabies, according to the Hays County Sheriff’s Office.
  The bite happened in the area of Pin Oak Drive at around 4 p.m., deputies say. Neighbors are being urged not to pick up any bats they find lying on the ground. If you do come across a dead bat, call the Animal Control Unit in your area so they can dispose of the bat after testing it.
  Four possibly Russian people scoop bat out
  
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• Ft. Hood declares missing soldier swept away in floodwaters dead

  15-06-2017 22:56 via kxan.com
  
  FORT HOOD, Texas (KXAN) — Fort Hood officials have declared a missing soldier who was swept away in floodwaters on April 11 to be dead.
  Spc. Darius Cooper, 40, was swept away near Turkey Run Road on Fort Hood and, despite an extensive search effort involving more than 800 people, was never found. A police dive team member searching for Cooper also lost her life.
  “Despite the diligent effort to find Specialist Cooper, it is heartbreaking for our Soldiers and the Fort Hood Family that
  
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• Man killed in head-on West Anderson Ln. crash identified

  15-06-2017 22:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Daniel R. Sullins has been identified by Austin police as the man killed in a crash on West Anderson Lane over the weekend.
  Fifty-eight-year-old Sullins, driving a 2000 blue Honda Civic, was heading westbound in the 1300 block of West Anderson at around 10:30 p.m. Saturday, just west of North Lamar Boulevard, when he veered to the left across the turn lane and into the path of a Toyota Tacoma, according to police.
  Sullins’s vehicle crashed into the front of the Tacoma
  
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• New Barton Creek bike and pedestrian bridge at Mopac opens

  15-06-2017 21:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Checking out a new and exciting perspective of the Barton Creek Greenbelt should be added to your Austin bucket list. The Schlemmer family have already crossed it off their list.
  They had a few ways to describe the spectacular views.
  “I was thinking that my stomach got some butterflies in it,” says Sedona Schlemmer of the new bike and pedestrian path that stretches right over Barton Creek. The bridge was built to help cyclists coming from southwest Aus
  
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• Summer: hotter, wetter than usual

  15-06-2017 21:34 via kxan.com
  
  The Climate Prediction Center issued its three-month outlook on Thursday, June 15th for the astronomical months of summer: July, August and September. The summer solstice occurs late on Tuesday, June 20th this year and the autumnal equinox occurs on the afternoon of September 22nd.
  The outlook indicates a hotter than normal summer. The average first day of triple digits is July 10th in Austin, but that day may come early this year. We already hit 98 degrees on June 13th, which is the warmes
  
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• $1M lottery ticket tears friends apart after winner ‘cheated’

  15-06-2017 19:44 via kxan.com
  
  LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) – A Lakeland man is suing a friend who he says cheated him out of money from a $1 million lottery ticket.
  Court records show John Rhoades filed a lawsuit against Tyler Scott, and Scott’s girlfriend Brittany Causey. Wells Fargo Bank is also listed as a defendant.
  Rhoades tells News Channel 8 he used his own money to purchase a winning Florida Lottery scratch-off ticket from a Wawa gas station located on Highway 98 in Lakeland.
  He says he showed Scott the winning
  
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• At 87, man hopes to eventually see execution of wife’s killer

  15-06-2017 19:11 via kxan.com
  
  NEW CONCORD, OH (AP) — At age 87, Norman Stout may not have a lot of time left to witness the execution of the man who killed his wife more than three decades ago. He’s determined to be there if possible.
  “I want to make damn sure that it finally is accomplished,” Stout said.
  The state of Ohio wants the execution to happen, as well, and says it finally has the means to put condemned killer John Stumpf to death after years of trying to obtain lethal drugs.
  Whether that thr
  
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• Teen accused of shooting cyclist with shotgun was ‘blowing off steam’

  15-06-2017 18:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Nurses told Austin police a cyclist hit by a random shotgun blast on June 7 might not survive due to pellets that entered his brain stem, causing concern for hospital staff.
  According to a police affidavit, the cyclist was found by someone who began performing CPR on him around 11:52 p.m. at 6305 East Riverside Dr.
  Austin-Travis County EMS transported the victim with then-unknown injuries to his back, shoulder and head. When officers arrived they found a small puddle of the
  
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• Cyclist hit by shotgun blast in random Austin drive-by has pellets in brain

  15-06-2017 18:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Nurses told Austin police a cyclist hit by a random shotgun blast on June 7 might not survive due to pellets that entered his brain stem, causing concern for hospital staff.
  According to a police affidavit, the cyclist was found by a citizen who began performing CPR on him around 11:52 p.m. at 6305 East Riverside Dr. Austin-Travis County EMS transported the victim with then unknown injuries to his back, shoulder and head. When officers arrived they found a small puddle of t
  
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• Jury deadlocks in Cosby trial; judge says keep deliberating

  15-06-2017 18:15 via kxan.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial said Thursday they are deadlocked on charges he drugged and molested a woman in 2004, but a judge ordered them to keep trying to reach a unanimous decision in a case that has already helped obliterate the TV star’s career and nice-guy reputation.
  The panel deliberated about 30 hours over four days before telling Judge Steven O’Neill they “cannot come to a unanimous consensus on any of the counts&rdqu
  
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• Judge to deadlocked Cosby jury: Keep trying to reach verdict

  15-06-2017 18:15 via kxan.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial said Thursday they are deadlocked on charges he drugged and molested a woman in 2004, but a judge ordered them to keep trying to reach a unanimous decision in a case that has already helped obliterate the TV star’s career and nice-guy reputation.
  The panel deliberated about 30 hours over four days before telling Judge Steven O’Neill they “cannot come to a unanimous consensus on any of the counts&rdqu
  
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• Deadlocked jury in Cosby trial wraps up for the night

  15-06-2017 18:15 via kxan.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Four days after getting the case, deadlocked jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial struggled to end their impasse Thursday on charges he drugged and molested a woman in 2004, the prospect of a mistrial growing larger even as the judge directed them to keep talking.
  Still undecided, they wrapped up after 9 p.m. and will resume their work Friday morning.
  The jurors had deliberated about 30 hours before telling Judge Steven O’Neill they couldn’t
  
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• Deadlocked jury in Bill Cosby trial struggles to end impasse

  15-06-2017 18:15 via kxan.com
  
  NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Four days after getting the case, deadlocked jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial struggled to end their impasse Thursday on charges he drugged and molested a woman in 2004, the prospect of a mistrial growing larger even as the judge directed them to keep talking.
  The jurors had deliberated about 30 hours before telling Judge Steven O’Neill they couldn’t reach a unanimous decision on any of the counts against the 79-year-old comedian. The jud
  
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• Trump lashes out at ‘bad,’ ‘conflicted’ Russia investigators

  15-06-2017 17:12 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump lashed out Thursday at the investigators driving the Russia investigation as “very bad and conflicted people,” responding angrily to reports that the special counsel is looking into whether Trump obstructed justice.
  In a series of statements on Twitter, Trump called special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign a “WITCH HUNT” based on the “phony” premise of pos
  
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• Reports say Mueller probe now examining possible obstruction

  15-06-2017 17:12 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The special counsel appointed to investigate Russian influence in the 2016 presidential campaign is now examining whether President Donald Trump tried to obstruct justice, it has been reported.
  Accusations of obstruction arose last month when Trump fired FBI Director James Comey. Last week, Comey testified in a Senate hearing that he believed he was fired “because of the Russia investigation.” Comey also testified he had told Trump he was not under investigati
  
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• Student freed by North Korea in coma suffered ‘severe neurological injury’

  15-06-2017 16:22 via kxan.com
  
  WYOMING, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio hospital spokeswoman says the American college student who was released by North Korea in a coma suffered a “severe neurological injury.”
  Kelly Martin of the University of Cincinnati Medical Center said Thursday that Otto Warmbier is in stable condition after arriving at the hospital two days ago.
  Doctors plan a news conference on campus later Thursday.
  His father, Fred Warmbier, said Thursday he does not believe North Korea’s explanation that
  
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• Summer vacation? Lots of Americans say they can’t afford it

  15-06-2017 15:53 via kxan.com
  
  Forget frequent flier miles, last-minute getaways and even road trips. Nearly half of Americans say they won’t be taking a vacation this summer, mostly because they can’t afford it, according to a new poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
  The new AP-NORC survey, conducted in May, said 43 percent of Americans won’t be taking a summer vacation. The top reason for skipping a trip was the cost, cited by 49 percent of non-vacationers. Another 11 perce
  
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• Official: Russian hackers targeted Dallas voter registration

  15-06-2017 15:42 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — A top Texas elections official says Russian hackers attempted to access voter registration rolls in Dallas County before November’s presidential election.
  County elections administrator Toni Pippins-Poole says the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in October alerted elections offices about some 600 IP addresses linked to Russian hackers.
  She told The Dallas Morning News that Dallas County scanned county servers for those IP addresses — numeric designations that
  
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• Extending metered parking, ESD4 fire services on Austin council agenda

  15-06-2017 15:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Here’s a quick rundown of city council items topping this week’s agenda:
  Park use, enforcement, parking and vendor penaltiesThe proposed ordinance implements recommendations from the Parkland Events Task Force Report, which was presented to council members back in December. During the year-long study, city staff says a majority of the themes centered on event impacts and mitigating illegal parking and illegal vending. Both have an effect on pedestrian flow and m
  
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• UT alum shot at Congressional baseball practice appears on Today Show

  15-06-2017 14:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas at Austin alumnus who suffered a gunshot wound inthe Congressional baseball practice shooting Wednesday spoke publicly for the first time Thursday on the Today Show.
  Zack Barth took a bullet to the calf in the rampage. He’s since been released from the hospital.
  Barth appeared alongside Rep. Roger Williams, R-Austin, who sprained his ankle during the shooting. Barth works as a legislative correspondent in Rep. Williams’ office.
  
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• WATCH: United flight to Italy canceled when fuel leaks from wing

  15-06-2017 14:12 via kxan.com
  
  NEWARK, N.J. (AP/WCMH) — A United Airlines flight bound for Italy has been canceled after fuel gushed from one of its wings as it taxied to the runway at Newark Liberty International Airport.
  The spill occurred Tuesday night. Witnesses said the fuel came from the edge of the plane’s left wing, but it wasn’t clear what caused the leak, where it originated or how much fuel was spilled.
  Video posted to Twitter by Rachel Brumfield shows fuel gushing from the wing.
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• Suspect identified in China kindergarten explosion; 8 killed

  15-06-2017 13:46 via kxan.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — A suspect has been identified in an explosion at the front gate of a kindergarten in eastern China and the death toll on Friday rose to eight from a blast that struck as relatives were picking up their children at the end of the day.
  Police were investigating the explosion as a criminal act and said they had “targeted” a suspect, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. It was unclear if the suspect was apprehended and no potential motive was provided.
  Two peopl
  
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• Government: 7 killed in explosion at east China kindergarten

  15-06-2017 13:46 via kxan.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — A city government says seven people were killed and 59 injured in an explosion at the front gate of a kindergarten in eastern China as relatives were picking up their children at the end of the school day.
  The Xuzhou city government in Jiangsu province said the blast at the Chuangxin Kindergarten in Fengxian, which struck at 4:50 p.m. Thursday, was under investigation.
  It wasn’t immediately clear whether the explosion was deliberately set or the result of an accident.
  
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• ‘No easy answers’ to Ben White/Manchaca homeless concerns

  15-06-2017 13:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Following more than a year of calls to city leaders for help, Wednesday night, neighbors in South Austin came together to meet with Council Member Ann Kitchen, police and service agencies. It was all to address continued concerns stemming from the homeless population in the Ben White/Manchaca area.
  The meeting was standing room only, packed with neighbors giving ideas on what the city should do to address a growing homeless population they say feels like it is second in siz
  
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• Cyclist hit during 6th St. crash receives life threatening injuries

  15-06-2017 12:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are investigating a crash between two vehicles that left a cyclist with potentially deadly injuries Thursday morning.
  Police said they responded to a crash in the intersection of Sixth Street and North Lamar Boulevard around 12:50 a.m.
  According to the preliminary investigation, a vehicle heading westbound on Sixth Street collided with a van heading north on Lamar. The cyclist, who was heading south on Lamar, was caught in the middle of the crash. It’s n
  
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• Amarillo firefighters cheered after uplifting photo shows them comforting kids

  15-06-2017 05:37 via kxan.com
  
  AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR) — A couple of weeks ago, KAMR highlighted the recent surge the Amarillo Fire Department has made on social media. Monday, one of their posts showing two firefighters taking care of children got a lot of praise on Facebook.
  When it comes to showing compassion on the scene for Amarillo firefighters, they say it’s just something that comes natural and there is no way that they prepare for it.
  Firefighter John Griego says when they go to a scene they make sure to t
  
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• 11 Longhorns taken in MLB Draft

  15-06-2017 05:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three days and 40 rounds later, 11 Longhorns were taken in the 2017 MLB Draft.
  Texas tied Michigan and Stanford for the most products taken this year from a division one program.
  “That’s the type players we want,” Head coach David Pierce said. “We want players that come in here and aspire to have a great degree and be involved in a great program, but we also want guys to aspire to play in the big leagues, so there’s the fine line. I don’t
  
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• Report shows Austin’s average home price hits record $400K

  15-06-2017 04:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The news keeps getting worse for Austin home buyers.
  A new report from RealtyAustin shows for the first time ever, the average price for single family homes in the Austin area is nearly $400,000, up 9.6 percent from May 2016.
  For first time home buyers like Caitlin Intrator, the number seems a bit daunting.
  “I’ve lived in Austin for about three years now, looking back on when I first moved here I thought, ‘Why didn’t I invest then? Why didn&rsqu
  
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• Florida man runs into flaming house to save woman, her two dogs

  15-06-2017 04:08 via kxan.com
  
  BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. (WESH) — A Good Samaritan saw a Cocoa, Florida home on fire Tuesday and ran into the flames to save a woman and two of her dogs.
  “Driving by and I seen some clouds and it was too big to be a bonfire,” Josh Leissa said.
  Leissa decided he needed to act.
  “I went into the front door and that part was blocked so I couldn’t go in there. So I had to go to the back and she was in the back room.” he said. ” A lot of smoke. Could barely see an
  
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• Going to a new course for US Open is nothing new

  15-06-2017 03:36 via kxan.com
  
  ERIN, Wis. (AP) — To drive along the two-lane roads that wind through Wisconsin pastures on the way to Erin Hills, to see the rolling terrain of a golf course built on 652 acres that opened only 11 years ago, is sure to pose a natural question.
  What is the U.S. Open doing here?
  Forget for a moment that very few Americans were even aware of golf at the time, and the same could have been said about that two-lane road that led to Shinnecock Hills when it first hosted the U.S. Open.
  Then again
  
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• Car repair assistance program axed in budget had a lot of money left over

  15-06-2017 02:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The governor is putting the brakes on a program designed to help low-income drivers in Texas pay for car repairs.
  He said he vetoed its $87 million in funding over two years from the budget he signed Monday in part because the groups administering it aren’t spending what they already have. That’s true — there’s a lot of money left on the table — but the program itself might not be to blame.
  To find out why, KXAN visited M.E. Gene Johnson Garage
  
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• $1 million of meth-laced lollipops seized by Houston-area deputies

  15-06-2017 01:26 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (KPRC) — Investigators in Harris County, Texas have recovered nearly $1 million worth of meth-laced lollipops.
  Deputies were responding to a call Monday about a burglary to a home in Spring when they discovered the drugs.
  Two suspects, Evonne Mick and David Salinas were caught leaving the residence and loading a vehicle with the drug-laced candy.
  MORE: 8 kilos of cocaine found during traffic stop of 17-year-old in Williamson County
  Deputies said the suspects couldn’t even clo
  
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• Man accused of raping woman in San Marcos bar has charges upgraded

  15-06-2017 01:06 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — A man accused of sexually assaulting a woman inside a San Marcos bar has been indicted for aggravated sexual assault and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
  According to court documents, Christian Clayton, 23, sexually assaulted a woman on Dec. 6 inside the Green Parrot bar located on the San Marcos Downtown Square. The woman told police she had been sitting at the bar talking to Clayton when he told her to go to the back to talk. A bartender allowed them to
  
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• ‘There could have easily been 25 deaths,’ Rep. Williams says of shooting

  15-06-2017 00:30 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (KXAN) — Rep. Roger Williams described the attack on members of Congress and their staff at a baseball practice in Virginia in detail on Wednesday, his voice cracking as he spoke of the bravery of the Capitol police officers who protected them.
  Four people were shot when the gunman opened fire, including Louisiana Congressman Steve Scalise. The suspect, shot by officers returning fire, died from his injuries.
  Williams, R-Austin, who coaches the Republican Congressional baseball
  
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• Statewide multi-year Alzheimer’s study targets Hispanics

  15-06-2017 00:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN  (KXAN) — Austin doctors say an expanded study could reveal the cause of Alzheimer’s that’s stumped researchers for years. The answer to what causes it may come from one group of Texans: Mexican-Americans.
  Over the last five years, Brent Bradshaw has watched his wife Shelley’s Alzheimer’s progress. They were on a trip to New Mexico when the family noticed something was wrong.
  “Everybody was piling into the car to go see Nana and Granddad. And,
  
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