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• Lake Travis & Longhorn golfer Kaitlyn Papp joins MTTS

  26-06-2017 23:53 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lake Travis’ state champion golfer Kaitlyn Papp joins More than the Score discusses her recent trip to Japan and her future with the University of Texas’ women’s golf team.
  
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• Man dies after cliff jumping into Lake Buchanan

  26-06-2017 23:16 via kxan.com
  
  LAKE BUCHANAN, Texas (KXAN) — A 39-year-old man died Sunday after jumping from a cliff into Lake Buchanan, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department says.
  Joshua Reid jumped into the water at 3:45 p.m. near Fall Creek — on the far north side of the lake — and didn’t resurface.
  Texas Parks and Wildlife say his friends tried to find him but were unable to. They immediately called 911 leading to a multi-agency response to find him.
  The Buchanan Dam dive team found his body at
  
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• VIDEO: Tourists attacked, robbed in NOLA’s French Quarter

  26-06-2017 23:05 via kxan.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS, La. (KXAN) — Two tourists walking in New Orleans’ French Quarter were attacked and mugged Saturday evening and it was all caught on camera.
  Video shows two men walking on the sidewalk to their hotel on Bienville Street when they’re attacked from behind by four suspects. New Orleans police say the two victims were from the Boston area and were in town for the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association.
  In the video, one of the victims who was attacke
  
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• Audit shows GOP Senate health care bill would leave 22M more uninsured

  26-06-2017 22:43 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate health care bill would result in 22 million more uninsured Americans over the next decade compared to current law.
  That’s according to an analysis Monday from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
  The figure may further complicate Senate GOP leaders’ plans to pass their bill this week. It’s barely an improvement upon the health care bill that passed the House — which would have resulted in 23 million more uninsured.
  Several GOP se
  
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• Passenger on flight to Houston tries opening emergency exit in midair

  26-06-2017 22:15 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (KXAN) — Passengers on a flight to Houston Sunday were quick to react after a woman jumped over her fellow passengers, trying to open the emergency exit door while they were still in flight.
  KPRC spoke to an off-duty Cleveland, Texas school police officer on the flight who jumped up and pulled the woman away from the door.
  The flight from Los Angeles to Houston then made an emergency landing in Corpus Christi. Officer Pamela Minchew had been watching the situation involving the wom
  
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• First 4 women to to graduate cavalry school headed to Ft. Hood

  26-06-2017 22:03 via kxan.com
  
  FORT HOOD, Texas (KWKT) — All four of the first women to graduate the Army’s Cavalry School at Fort Benning will be coming to Fort Hood as part of the 1st Cavalry Division.
  The four women became the first female graduates of the school last week. The four have stated they want no special publicity, will not be doing media interviews and want to be treated just like any other soldiers.
  Col. John Cushing, commander of the 194th Armored Brigade, reiterates that the male and female
  
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• San Marcos woman kidnapped by man accused of stalking her for months

  26-06-2017 21:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A woman who filed numerous complaints against a man who she said was stalking and harassing her ended up being kidnapped by the man last week, according to an arrest warrant.
  On June 22, the victim texted her friend stating she had been kidnapped by Stephen Milder, 24, and that he was punching her whenever he saw her texting. The victim was able to relay the type of vehicle she was in and says Milder was driving her around in circles in West Campus and then somewhere on Olt
  
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• Man seriously injured in 30 ft. fall from scaffolding

  26-06-2017 21:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man in his 20s has been seriously injured after falling 30 feet from scaffolding just west of Loop 360.
  Austin-Travis County EMS was called to the 60 block of St. Stephen’s School Road at 1:11 p.m. for the reported fall in a neighborhood down the road from St. Stephen’s Episcopal School.
  The man was taken to Dell Seton Medical Center with injuries that, while serious, are not expected to be life-threatening.
  KXAN has a crew on the way to the scene and will upd
  
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• Violation of free speech a key complaint in sanctuary city hearing

  26-06-2017 20:39 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — Austin’s elected officials were front and center outside the federal courthouse in downtown San Antonio Monday morning protesting the new Texas immigration enforcement law.
  City Council Members Delia Garza and Greg Casar, along with Mayor Steve Adler, have been prominent opponents of Senate Bill 4, the law that requires local officials to hold alleged criminals here illegally for federal deportation. Their lawyers argued to U.S. District Court Judge O
  
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• Good Samaritan helping lost toddler gets beat up by parent, Facebook shamed

  26-06-2017 20:16 via kxan.com
  
  LAKELAND, Fla. (WFLA) – A good Samaritan trying to help a lost toddler ended up becoming a victim when the parents mistook him for a child predator.
  On Saturday June 24, the Lakeland Police Department responded to a disturbance at the Southwest Sports Complex.
  During a game, a 2-year-old child got separated from her parents.
  A citizen who was at the at the game visiting with a few friends noticed the young girl wandering by herself and believed that she was lost. The citizen attempted to a
  
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• Texas State University seeking man who went on ‘9/11 rant’

  26-06-2017 19:52 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — Police at Texas State University need help identifying a man who came into a classroom and “went on a rant” about the 9/11 attacks.
  University police say the incident happened on Friday, June 23 around 2 p.m. at a room inside the McCoy Hall. Witnesses say an unknown man came in the room, brought up 9/11 and mentioned that he wanted to talk to the highest authority over the attack. The suspect also mentioned Texas State University President Denise Trau
  
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• Second Austin Energy employee investigated for misuse of city resources

  26-06-2017 19:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A city investigation found evidence a longtime Austin Energy employee misused city resources when he managed his real estate interests on city computers.
  The city of Austin Auditor’s office said IT Senior Geospatial Analyst Brent Curry used his work computer, email account and phone for the side business activities. The Auditor’s Office received allegations in 2016 that Curry was using his work computer to “communicate with the manager of his properti
  
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• Bertram police officer rear-ended while on a traffic stop

  26-06-2017 18:59 via kxan.com
  
  BERTRAM, Texas (KXAN) — A Bertram police officer suffered minor injuries when someone struck his patrol car as he was conducting a traffic stop Saturday evening.
  The crash happened before 10 p.m. in the 700 block of West State Highway 29, which is near Roadside Park in Bertram. The officer’s SUV patrol car was rear-ended by another vehicle as he was stopped on the shoulder for a traffic stop involving a driver who was caught speeding.
  Bertram Chief of Police J.J. Wilson said the offi
  
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• Super Nintendo Classic announced, includes 21 of the best games

  26-06-2017 18:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Choo Choo! It’s the nostalgia train pulling into the station again with a hot new item for the 2017 holiday season.
  This time, following up on the massive success of last year’s miniature Nintendo, according to Kotaku, the company is releasing the Super Nintendo Classic complete with, what many believe, are the best games for the system, 21 of them total.
  Contra III: The Alien Wars™
  Donkey Kong Country™
  EarthBound™
  Final Fantasy III
  F-ZERO&trad
  
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• VIDEO: Teen falls 20 feet from amusement park ride

  26-06-2017 18:45 via kxan.com
  
  QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (WNYT) — A 14-year-old girl is recovering after falling nearly 20 feet from the SkyRide at Six Flags The Great Escape amusement park.
  Loren Lent was among the first park guests to spot the girl dangling from the ride.
  “He was screaming, ‘You got to help her, she can’t hold her, she’s going to fall, she’s slipping, she’s choking, she can’t breathe, her head is caught,” Lent said. “It was just hysterics.”
  Riders res
  
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• Carjacking suspect hops onto moving plane’s wing in attempt to hijack it

  26-06-2017 18:06 via kxan.com
  
  LAKELAND, Florida (WFLA) — A suspect accused of stealing a van managed to get to a nearby airport and hop on the wing of a plane preparing to take off, before being captured.
  According to police, the victim, Allen Stokes, Jr. of Orlando was working along Harden Boulevard as a surveyor for National Data and Surveying Services. Stokes had stepped out of his 2008 Dodge van and was removing tools from the rear of the van. He observed the suspect, Gregory A. Hoch, 37 years old, riding by on a b
  
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• Houston-based sign language interpreter signs to tour with Chance the Rapper

  26-06-2017 17:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Chance the Rapper announced that he will now have American Sign Language interpreters for the remainder of his spring 2017 Be Encouraged tour in order to make sure his shows are more inclusive for his fan who are deaf or hard of hearing. In some cases, the ASL interpreters almost steal the entire show from their hip-hop counterparts!
  “We will have interpreters at the show, which will be a new thing going forward,” Chance stated on social media before h
  
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• Mother suffers facial paralysis after being beaten over broken sippy cup

  26-06-2017 17:17 via kxan.com
  
  COLUMBUS (WCMH) — Columbus Police are searching for two people who brutally assaulted a woman in a west Columbus park over a broken sippy cup.
  On June 10, an young mother of two was playing with her children at Westgate Park when one of her toddlers broke another child’s sippy cup. She apologized to the other child’s mother and offered to pay $10 for the broken cup.
  According to police, the unidentified mother became irate and said that $10 was not enough. The young mother apol
  
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• Illegal gambling investigation leads authorities to home in Hutto

  26-06-2017 16:49 via kxan.com
  
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — Austin police SWAT members along with the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office served a felony warrant Monday morning leading to a brief standoff with a barricaded subject.
  Several people in the Star Ranch neighborhood in the 1200 block Augusta Bend Drive reached out to KXAN about the activity they said had been happening since around 7:30 a.m. Residents reported hearing several loud bangs during the commotion.
  Authorities said the incident happened as part of a s
  
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• High Court reinstates Trump travel ban, will hear arguments

  26-06-2017 16:37 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is letting a limited version of President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from six mostly Muslim countries take effect, a victory for Trump in the biggest legal controversy of his young presidency.
  The justices will hear full arguments in the October in the case that has stirred heated emotions across the nation. In the meantime, the court said Monday that Trump’s ban on visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen can be enforced
  
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• Manchaca firefighter ID’d as Sunday’s motorcycle crash victim

  26-06-2017 16:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A motorcyclist who crashed with a car in South Austin Sunday afternoon has been identified as Manchaca firefighter Sam Porter.
  Authorities said the crash happened around 2:00 p.m. on West Gate Boulevard at Coatbridge Drive.
  According to Manchaca Fire Department Chief Chris Barron, Porter, a driver and operator, has been with the department for three years.
  Austin-Travis County EMS said on Sunday that Porter received potentially critical and possibly life-threatening in
  
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• First responders train for 18-wheeler rollover rescues

  26-06-2017 15:50 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Round Rock and Georgetown first responders got hands-on training Monday, preparing them for some of the worst scenarios they’ll ever face on the job.
  Several mock truck crashes were set up in Georgetown for the training. The trucks were set up on top of cars and SUV’s, mimicking real life crashes where time is often not on the side of first responders looking to save lives.
  Medics practiced life-saving operations and the fire department worked on diff
  
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• Philando Castile family reaches $3M settlement in death

  26-06-2017 15:24 via kxan.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The mother of Philando Castile, a black motorist killed by a Minnesota police officer last year, has reached a nearly $3 million settlement in his death, according to an announcement Monday by her attorneys and the Minneapolis suburb that employed the officer.
  The settlement to be paid to Valerie Castile, who is the trustee for her family in the case, will avoid a federal wrongful death lawsuit stemming from Philando Castile’s death. The 32-year-old elementary scho
  
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• Austin kidnapping suspect caught at San Antonio Iron Maiden concert

  26-06-2017 14:37 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — An Iron Maiden fan and aggravated kidnapping suspect is no longer ‘Running Free‘ after Bexar County Sheriff’s deputies found him at the band’s San Antonio concert Saturday.
  According to a Facebook post from the sheriff’s office, they were tipped off by Austin police that Derrick Roseland, wanted on a warrant, could be at the Iron Maiden concert after a friend of his posted a picture of the concert tickets and exact seats they’
  
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• Travel ban, church-state case await action by Supreme Court

  26-06-2017 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Before taking their long summer break, the Supreme Court justices are poised to act on the Trump administration’s travel ban and a separation of church and state dispute involving a Missouri church playground.
  But something could overshadow rulings in those high-profile cases: If Justice Anthony Kennedy were to use the court’s last public session on Monday to announce his retirement.
  Kennedy has given no public sign that he would step down this year and give P
  
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• Supreme Court last day notable for what was and wasn’t said

  26-06-2017 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The last day of the Supreme Court’s term was notable not only for what was announced but also for what wasn’t.
  There had been speculation that Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy could reveal his retirement from the court Monday. But the court recessed without any retirement announcement from Kennedy.
  The justices did make a number of significant rulings. They decided to allow a limited version of President Donald Trump’s ban on travel from six mostly
  
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• San Antonio wife sentenced to prison for killing officer husband

  26-06-2017 13:59 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A woman has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for killing her husband — a San Antonio police officer — by running him over with her vehicle.
  The San Antonio Express-News reports (http://bit.ly/2t5BkfB ) Diana Marileen Lopez was sentenced following a court hearing on Friday.
  The 27-year-old Lopez had pleaded guilty in April to failure to stop and render aid resulting in death.
  Prosecutors say she intentionally drove her SUV into Ernesto Vasquez in December
  
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• Coal on the rise in China, US, India after major 2016 drop

  26-06-2017 13:34 via kxan.com
  
  BEIJING (AP) — The world’s biggest coal users — China, the United States and India — have boosted coal mining in 2017, in an abrupt departure from last year’s record global decline for the heavily polluting fuel and a setback to efforts to rein in climate change emissions.
  Mining data reviewed by The Associated Press show that production through May is up by at least 121 million tons, or 6 percent, for the three countries compared to the same period last year. The c
  
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• Weather-related fire on pole leaves north Austin residents without power

  26-06-2017 13:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin Energy crew was busy Monday morning working to restore power to nearly 4,000 customers in north Austin.
  Around 5:12 a.m. Austin fire department began responding to a ‘wires down’ situation in the 9000 block of Burnet Road. Austin Energy said, at the time, there were about 3,889 customers in the area from Mopac down to Lamar Boulevard and Research Boulevard up to Braker Lane in the dark.
  Crews investigating determined a weather-related fire of a bird ne
  
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• WATCH: Man trapped on rock in raging waters rescued

  26-06-2017 12:58 via kxan.com
  
  NEVADA COUNTY, California (NBC News) — Dramatic video from the California Highway Patrol shows a swimmer being rescued by helicopter after he was stranded on a rock in the middle of turbulent river in northern California.
  It happened Aaturday in the Emerald Pools just south of Lake Spaulding in Nevada County.
  A swimmer thought he could swim across the rushing river but realized it was too much.
  He made his way to a rock in the middle of the rushing water where he sat waiting for help.
  Than
  
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• Group hopes ‘Day Without Local Music’ will bring attention to plight of some Austin musicians

  26-06-2017 05:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin’s known as the “Live Music Capital of the World.” That very name is why some are not happy to see DJ’s replacing live musicians at some bar on Sixth Street.
  “It started when a friend of mine who plays blues was at Maggie Mae’s. They asked him to leave,” said Felicia Molandes, an Austin photographer and filmmaker. “That’s where Janis Joplin played. Jimi Hendrix played there. I don’t understand why they don&rs
  
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• ‘Day Without Local Music’ to bring attention to plight of Austin musicians

  26-06-2017 05:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin’s known as the “Live Music Capital of the World.” That very name is why some are not happy to see DJ’s replacing live musicians at some bars on Sixth Street.
  “It started when a friend of mine who plays blues was at Maggie Mae’s. They asked him to leave,” said Felicia Molandes, an Austin photographer and filmmaker. “That’s where Janis Joplin played. Jimi Hendrix played there. I don’t understand why they don&r
  
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• Toddler, 3 adults killed in wrong-way crash near La Grange

  26-06-2017 04:45 via kxan.com
  
  FAYETTE COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – Four people died, including a three-year-old girl, when a car on the wrong side of the road slammed head-on into a pickup truck, said a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety.
  It happened at about 11:47 a.m. late Sunday morning when a 2009 Hyundai Sonata traveling westbound on SH 159 about half a mile from La Grange struck an eastbound 2000 GMC Sierra pickup, DPS said.
  All three people in the car died at the scene. They were driver Sherry Will
  
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• 4 killed in head-on crash near La Grange

  26-06-2017 04:45 via kxan.com
  
  FAYETTE COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – Four people died, including a three-year-old girl, when a car on the wrong side of the road slammed head-on into a pickup truck, said a spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety.
  It happened at about 11:47 a.m. late Sunday morning when a 2009 Hyundai Sonata was going westbound on SH 159 about half a mile from La Grange struck a eastbound 2000 GMC Sierra pickup, DPS said.
  All three people in the car died at the scene. They were driver Sherry Willi
  
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• Spieth wins in dramatic fashion

  26-06-2017 04:27 via kxan.com
  
  CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Jordan Spieth needed an extra hole, a little bit of luck and an amazing final shot to finish off a wire-to-wire victory in the Travelers Championship.
  The two-time major champion holed out from 60 feet for birdie from a greenside bunker on the first hole of a playoff with Daniel Berger on Sunday at TPC River Highlands.
  The 23-year-old Texan joined Tiger Woods as the only PGA Tour players in the era since World War II with 10 victories before the age of 24. Woods
  
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• Forgiveness offered as New Braunfels bus crash suspect heads to court

  26-06-2017 04:27 via kxan.com
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) – The driver of a pickup truck that crashed head-on into a church bus in March, killing 13 people, will be facing a grand jury Monday to decide what charges he could face.
  It’s been almost three months since the crash and the pastor of the church says his congregation is still healing.
  “We’ve suffered a great loss but that does not stop the progress of the gospel,” said New Braunfels First Baptist Church Pastor Brad McLean.
  McLean says th
  
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• Deadly New Braunfels bus crash case heads to a grand jury

  26-06-2017 04:27 via kxan.com
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) – The driver of a pickup truck that crashed head-on into a church bus in March, killing 13 people, will be facing a grand jury Monday to decide what charges he could face.
  It’s been almost three months since the crash, and the pastor of the church says his congregation is still healing.
  “We’ve suffered a great loss, but that does not stop the progress of the gospel,” said New Braunfels First Baptist Church Pastor Brad McLean.
  McLean says
  
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• Austin businesses, citizens, organizations stand with city in opposing SB 4

  26-06-2017 04:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN  (KXAN) — As the City of Austin prepares to head to court Monday to challenge the constitutionality of Texas’ new Senate Bill 4, the city’s case is supported by filings from citizens, businesses and organizations in the city who also oppose the law.
  On Sunday KXAN spoke with Susana Vivanco, the owner of Lima Criolla Peruvian restaurant in Austin who has filed  an affidavit in that case opposing SB4. As an active member of the Hispanic community and the business
  
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• Family sets up fundraiser for victims of Temple Lake Park boating tragedy

  26-06-2017 04:03 via kxan.com
  
  BELL COUNTY, Texas (KXAN and KWKT) – The family of a girl killed when a houseboat ran over her and whose father lost his legs after he tried to save her has set up a Gofundme page to help pay for medical bills and funeral expenses.
  Kaitlyn Oliver, 4, died and her father, Patrick Oliver, 37, had to have his legs amputated following the incident at Temple Lake Park at Lake Belton on Friday evening.
  Patrick’s aunt, Christine Alfonso, told KXAN that he is still in critical condition and
  
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• State of Texas: The best and the worst

  26-06-2017 03:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The four largest cities in Texas are taking the state to court over its new immigration law. Senate Bill 4 bans sanctuary city policies in Texas. Austin, Houston, San Antonio and Dallas claim the new law is unconstitutional. A federal district judge in San Antonio will hear a motion for injunction, which would stop the law from taking effect in September, on Monday.
  The Department of Justice issued a statement on Friday supporting the new state law. State Senator
  
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• Sanctuary cities lawsuit heads to court Monday

  26-06-2017 03:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Monday morning, the battle over Senate Bill 4, the sanctuary cities bill now signed into law, begins as Austin, Dallas, Houston, El Paso County and several other organizations will challenge Gov. Greg Abbott’s “anti-immigrant” legislation.
  The law, set to begin on Sept. 1, requires local government and law enforcement to follow all federal immigration laws and detainer requests with the threat of criminal charges if the law is neglected. 
  
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• Purple Stride 5k raises money for pancreatic cancer

  26-06-2017 01:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network held one of the country’s 55 Purple Stride 5k races Sunday in Austin. PanCAN’s goal is to support patients while raising hope.
  About 700 people showed their support by forming 5K teams for people they have known that have been affected by pancreatic cancer. They also honor those that have been lost and those that are still fighting.
  “It’s amazing, I love purple, it’s one of my favorite colors so that’s
  
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• 6 cows killed, deputy hurt in suspected drunk driving crash

  26-06-2017 00:09 via kxan.com
  
  BISHOP, Texas (AP) — Authorities say six cows were killed and a South Texas deputy was injured during a suspected drunk driving accident.
  KRIS-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2sFi5Jh ) an unidentified driver was traveling on a road around 1 a.m. Saturday when she crashed into a group of cows.
  Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper Marco Everett says a Nueces County Sheriff’s Office deputy who was leading the cows off the roadway they had wandered onto was injured.
  The deputy suffered no
  
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