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• PeaceBox hopes to melt away more stress with second mobile meditation center

  25-06-2017 23:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As stress levels rise, more companies and schools are incorporating meditation and mindfulness practices into the work flow.
  According to the American Institute for Stress, the cost of stress in the American workplace is estimated at almost $300 billion annually due to absenteeism, lower productivity, turnover, and rising healthcare costs.
  PeaceBox, Austin’s first “pop-up” mobile meditation center that opened in January, is expanding with a second mob
  
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• Man attacks US Customs SUV at ABIA, breaks out windows, police say

  25-06-2017 23:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin police arrested a man who they said broke windows on a US Customs and Border Protection SUV parked at Austin Bergstrom International Airport on Thursday, according to an Austin Police report. Police said they believe the incident could have been an attempt at “suicide by cop.”
  Police said Eric Wightman, 43, was seen throwing rocks, punching and kicking the SUV at about 8:25 p.m. Thursday night while it was parked on the lower east end of the airport&rsquo
  
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• Motorcyclist has life threatening injuries after crash in South Austin

  25-06-2017 22:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital Sunday afternoon after colliding with a car in South Austin.
  It happened just after 2:00 p.m. on West Gate Boulevard at Coatbridge Drive. Austin-Travis County EMS says the man in his 30’s who was on the motorcycle has potentially critical and possibly life-threatening injuries.
  Austin police are asking drivers to avoid the area. There will be lane closures south of Stassney Lane on West Gate until officers clear the scene.
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• Kidnapped Border Patrol agent says he feared for family

  25-06-2017 20:09 via kxan.com
  
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — An off-duty U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas tells investigators he got into a vehicle with two men who then allegedly kidnapped and attacked him to get them away from his family.
  The El Paso Times reports (http://bit.ly/2t9ZKp7 ) Border Patrol Agent Lorenzo Hernandez told authorities he was helping his mother at her food truck June 9 when the men asked for a ride, saying their car broke down.
  According to federal court records, Hernandez said he agreed to give them
  
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• Woman arrested after smoking crack in front of police

  25-06-2017 19:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin Police arrested a woman Saturday, after she attempted to smoke crack in front of the officers who responded to a crash that she was involved in.
  Police say Regina Barnes, 45, was driving south on Chicon Street when she drove into two parked cars and then onto a sidewalk. Police were called to the crash and alerted that a woman was pinned in her car. When officers arrived, the woman was not hurt, instead she was attempting to smoke crack cocaine from a glass pipe.
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• Speed a likely factor in crash that killed 2 women on US 281

  25-06-2017 18:09 via kxan.com
  
  BURNET COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) –Two women are dead after a single car crash on US 281 in Burnet County Saturday afternoon.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety says the crash happened around 2 p.m. near Park Road 4, which is just a few miles south of Burnet.
  A witness told authorities a Hyundai was going southbound on US 281 at “very high speeds.” When the driver, identified as Lila Acosta, 34, of El Paso, tried to pass another vehicle, she rolled the car and struck a fence, DPS
  
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• Tips to stay safe as you head to the pool this summer

  25-06-2017 17:38 via kxan.com
  
  As we get into the summer months, pediatrician Dr. Avni Shah joins us in studio to talk about water safety for children and tips you can use to keep your young ones safe this summer. Dr. Shah defines the difference between wet and dry drowning and how to spot the signs.
  On Thursday, locations across the world participated in the eighth annual event for The World’s Largest Swimming Lesson. It was created to serve as a platform to help local community aquatic facilities get the word out abou
  
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• Importance of prostate exams and the new device making them more accurate

  25-06-2017 16:52 via kxan.com
  
  June is Men’s Health awareness month and urologist Dr. Koushik Shaw joins us in studio to talk about the importance of getting prostate exams annually. He also talked about a new device that helps to more accurately locate areas of the prostate that are most likely to have cancer.
  
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• Options for Supreme Court on Trump travel ban

  25-06-2017 16:49 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is expected to decide within days whether the Trump administration can enforce a ban on visitors to the U.S. from six mostly Muslim countries.
  The high-stakes legal fight has been going on since President Donald Trump rolled out a travel ban just a week after his inauguration. He casts it as critical to deterring terror attacks in the United States.
  Trump seeks to halt visits from residents of Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen for 90 days so h
  
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• Overturned oil tanker explodes in Pakistan, killing 153

  25-06-2017 15:41 via kxan.com
  
  BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan (AP) — An overturned oil tanker burst into flames in Pakistan on Sunday, killing 153 people who had rushed to the scene of the highway accident to gather leaking fuel, a hospital official said as the death toll continued to rise.
  Dr. Javed Iqbal at Bahawalpur’s Victoria Hospital in south Punjab said the latest deaths occurred at a hospital in Multan where some of the 50 critically injured, many of whom suffered extensive burns, had been taken.
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• Over 150 dead as overturned fuel truck explodes in Pakistan

  25-06-2017 15:41 via kxan.com
  
  BAHAWALPUR, Pakistan (AP) — Alerted by an announcement over a mosque’s loudspeaker that an overturned tanker truck had sprung a leak, scores of villagers raced to the scene with fuel containers Sunday to gather the oil. Then the wreck exploded, engulfing people in flames as they screamed in terror.
  At least 153 men, women and children were killed, with dozens more in critical condition, hospital and rescue officials said.
  “I have never seen anything like it in my life. Victims
  
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• Transitional home move-in ready for first former foster child

  25-06-2017 14:40 via kxan.com
  
  DRIFTWOOD, Texas (KXAN) — In March, KXAN reported on a Texas non-profit building hope for foster care boys once they age out of the system.
  On Saturday, the Burke Center for Youth, a treatment center for abused and neglected boys, held a ribbon cutting and a housewarming party at their first transitional home in Driftwood.
  It was built from the ground up thanks to hundreds of donors, and provides a safe place for boys to live after they turn 18.
  “It’s truly amazing because when
  
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• New center aims to bring wildlife rehab services to Amarillo

  25-06-2017 04:15 via kxan.com
  
  AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) – The Wild West Wildlife Rehabilitation Center is a place for animals to get the care they need by people who truly love what they do.
  The Amarillo area was in need of a wildlife rehab center. That is when the owner and founder of Wild West Wildlife Rehabilitation Center Stephanie Oravetz made her dream a reality.
  “When I moved up here, I thought honestly well it’s kind of flat and it was a bigger city so I figured there’s probably not tha
  
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• Tallest building west of Mississippi River opens in LA

  25-06-2017 03:54 via kxan.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — The tallest building west of the Mississippi River opened its doors on Friday in once-stodgy downtown Los Angeles, which is sprouting a crop of new skyscrapers.
  Here are some things to know about the Wilshire Grand Center:
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  HOW TALL IS TALL?
  The 73-story building has a huge spire that brings its height to 1,100 feet (335 meters), topping the nearby U.S. Bank Tower by more than 80 feet. The Bank Tower had held the height record since 1989.
  Critics might argue that a sp
  
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• Now in Washington, Melania Trump still no social butterfly

  25-06-2017 03:52 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Two weeks into her new life as a full-time Washingtonian, Melania Trump is staying true to her reputation as more homebody than social butterfly.
  Not that she hasn’t been busy fulfilling her duties as first lady and first mom.
  Her top priority has been settling in 11-year-old son Barron — the first boy in the White House since John F. Kennedy Jr. more than 50 years ago.
  Even the smallest details of every recent Barron sighting have drawn interest: his T-shirt
  
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• UK Parliament investigates cyberattack on user accounts

  25-06-2017 03:45 via kxan.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — British officials were investigating a cyberattack Saturday on the country’s Parliament after discovering “unauthorized attempts to access parliamentary user accounts.”
  A statement from the House of Commons said that as a precaution, remote email access for members has been disabled in order to protect the network from hackers.
  “As a result, some Members of Parliament (lawmakers) and staff cannot access their email accounts outside of Westminster,&rdqu
  
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• More people expected to travel this July Fourth than ever before

  25-06-2017 01:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — More people are expected to head out of town this Fourth of July than ever before.
  AAA Texas forecasts more than 3.2 million people in the Lone Star State will travel this Independence Day weekend — a 3.2 percent increase from last year.
  Nationally, AAA says 44.2 million people across the country will travel 50 miles or more.
  That’s 1.25 million more travelers than last year, making it the most traveled Independence Day weekend since AAA has been keeping track.
  
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• The Backyard to emerge as a place where music, food and business converge

  25-06-2017 01:24 via kxan.com
  
  BEE CAVE, Texas (KXAN) — The Backyard music venue in Bee Cave is back with the help of local billionaire John Paul DeJoria, but it’ll look different from how you remember it.
  Saturday afternoon developers hosted a groundbreaking ceremony at the site off Bee Cave Parkway. Dozens of people gathered for the event and a performance by singer and songwriter Bob Schneider.
  The Backyard, which opened in the spring of 1993, was home to numerous Willie Nelson concerts through the years. In 20
  
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• Community meeting gathers input for future of Seaholm Waterfront

  25-06-2017 00:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austinites are still working to figure out what to do with a local facility that’s no longer in use.
  The historic Seaholm Intake Facility is by the Lady Bird Lake waterfront between the Pfluger Bridge and Shoal Creek bridge.
  Two non-profits are paying $450,000 for a study on how to best use the old intake facility and the surrounding three acres.
  A public input meeting was held Saturday morning where Austinites were able to say what they want to see done with the spac
  
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