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• PHOTOS: Snakes missing after violent I-35 rollover

  29-06-2017 23:35 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (KXAN) — Seven snakes are missing after the van carrying them and 23 other snakes rolled over on Interstate 35 southwest of San Antonio, Thursday afternoon.
  According to WOAI in San Antonio, the snakes, which include rattlesnakes and cottonmouths, were traveling with a baby alligator and tortoise.
  Snake antivenom: Which hospitals have it and how much it’ll cost you
  An adult driver and child were taken to San Antonio Military Medical Center. No snake bites have been report
  
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• Two police officers injured, suspect dead in San Antonio shooting

  29-06-2017 23:04 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (KXAN) — Two police officers have been seriously wounded in a shooting near downtown San Antonio. One of the officers is not expected to survive, Chief William McManus said Thursday evening.
  First responders were called to the 100 block of Evergreen Street, near San Antonio College and Methodist Hospital, at around 3:25 p.m. Thursday. The two officers were on patrol when they tried to stop two suspects.
  As soon as the officers got out of their vehicle, one suspect opened fire o
  
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• Two officers critically injured in shooting near downtown San Antonio

  29-06-2017 23:04 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (KXAN) — Two police officers were critically wounded in a shooting near downtown San Antonio on Thursday.
  First responders were called to the 100 block of Evergreen Street, near San Antonio College and Methodist Hospital. The two officers were on patrol when they tried to stop two suspects.
  As soon as the officers got out of their vehicle, one suspect opened fire on both officers, striking one in the head and face and the other in the upper torso. The officers returned fire, hi
  
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• San Antonio police officer in ‘grave condition’ after shooting

  29-06-2017 23:04 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (KXAN) — Two police officers have been seriously wounded in a shooting near downtown San Antonio. One of the officers is not expected to survive, Chief William McManus said Thursday evening.
  First responders were called to the 100 block of Evergreen Street, near San Antonio College and Methodist Hospital, at around 3:25 p.m. Thursday. The two officers were on patrol when they tried to stop two suspects.
  As soon as the officers got out of their vehicle, one suspect opened fire o
  
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• East Texas teen hit, killed while riding bike from band director’s funeral

  29-06-2017 22:49 via kxan.com
  
  GRAPELAND, Texas (KETK) — An East Texas teenager was killed after attending a funeral for his high school’s band director.
  According to the Palestine Herald Press, Gus Kennon, 16, of Grapeland, was killed as he rode his bicycle home from the funeral of Grapeland High School Band Director Perry Franks on Wednesday.
  The Palestine-based newspaper reports Kennon was struck by an 18-wheeler while riding his bicycle along Highway 287 South near the Farm-To-Market Road 2423 i
  
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• Instead of another flyover, new approach used with MoPac ‘tunnel’

  29-06-2017 22:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It may not be exactly what comes to mind when you hear “tunnel” but that’s what it is. The enclosure — that’s the part of the drive when you feel like you’re inside a concrete box — measures around 200 feet, depending on which side of MoPac you are traveling.
  Deputy Executive Director with the Mopac Improvement Project, Jeffrey Dailey, says it’s also built for potential floods.
  “There’s a number of inlets that
  
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• Cyclist maimed in random shooting gets $15K in donations

  29-06-2017 22:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The cyclist attacked on East Riverside Drive by a random passenger shooting out of a car received a large donation Thursday from Austin community members. These community members — most of whom had never met 42-year-old Alonso Solis before — came together to offer him care and financial support as he faces medical costs that seemed insurmountable.
  On June 7, Solis was biking back from the store late at night when he was hit in the back, neck, head and face with
  
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• Cyclist maimed in random shooting gets $13K check

  29-06-2017 22:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The cyclist attacked on East Riverside Drive by a random passenger shooting out of a car is receiving a large donation Thursday from Austin community members who want to help him recover.
  On June 7, Alonso Solis was biking back from the store late at night when he was hit in the back, neck, head, and face with pellets from a shotgun blast. Police arrested 19-year-old Merrick Isaacks for shooting Alonso. A police affidavit showed that Isaacks was looking to “blow off s
  
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• Opponents of new immigration law battles Texas over court locations

  29-06-2017 21:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thursday morning, lawyers for the state of Texas faced off in an Austin federal court against opponents of the new immigration enforcement law, Senate Bill 4, that was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott last month.
  It was the second hearing this week in federal court but at an entirely different location. The state is seeking a declaratory judgment granting the “anti-sanctuary cities” law status under the U.S. Constitution. Just a few miles south in San An
  
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• Opponents of new immigration law battle Texas over court locations

  29-06-2017 21:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thursday morning, lawyers for the state of Texas faced off in an Austin federal court against opponents of the new immigration enforcement law, Senate Bill 4, that was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott last month.
  It was the second hearing this week in federal court but at an entirely different location. The state is seeking a declaratory judgment granting the “anti-sanctuary cities” law status under the U.S. Constitution. Just a few miles south in San An
  
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• Bamba’s brother accuses incoming freshman of receiving improper gifts

  29-06-2017 21:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The older brother of Texas basketball recruit Mo Bamba says Bamba took improper gifts and money from a Detroit financial adviser that would make him ineligible to play in college.
  Ibrahim Johnson posted a rambling, profanity-laced, 20-minute Facebook video Wednesday, accusing adviser Greer Love of giving Bamba money and gifts. Love previously worked in New York and was involved in youth sports in Harlem, where he got to know Bamba&rsq
  
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• 82 skateboards, 3 bicycles recovered from Taylor burglary

  29-06-2017 21:04 via kxan.com
  
  TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) –Two juveniles are in jail accused of breaking into a warehouse in downtown Taylor and stealing dozens of skateboards and bicycles from a non-profit organization.
  On Tuesday, the group Project LOOP posted on its Facebook page that more than 80 skateboards, several BMX bikes, helmets, and other gear were stolen from their warehouse on East 2nd Street.
  A commander with the Taylor Police Department recovered three of the stolen bicycles Thursday morning from Buck’s
  
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• YouTube stunt ends in shooting death

  29-06-2017 19:41 via kxan.com
  
  NORMAN COUNTY, Minn. (KVLY/NBC News) — A Minnesota woman is facing charges after a YouTube stunt claimed the life of her boyfriend.
  Monalisa Perez, 19, has been charged with one count of manslaughter in the second degree.
  Tuesday night the Norman County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from Perez. During the call Perez said said she and her boyfriend, later identified as Pedro Ruiz III, were making a YouTube video when she accidentally shot him in the chest.
  When crews arrived on
  
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• 3M to sell west Austin site, move to new Parmer Lane location

  29-06-2017 19:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Office supply manufacturing company 3M is moving to a new location in Austin.
  3M spokeswoman Lori Anderson says the company will break ground on a new, state-of-the-art building off East Parmer Lane later this year. The company expects to move into that building by April of 2019.
  The company plans to sell its current 156-acre site off of Ranch to Market 620 and Ranch to Market 2222 to World Class Capital Group, a private investment firm headquartered in Austin. Anderson say
  
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• More arrests made in illegal game room operation sting in Austin

  29-06-2017 18:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Newly released documents show just how expansive an alleged illegal gambling operation really was.
  More warrants have been served after a three-month long surveillance operation of 53-year-old Chong Pak, who arrested at his Hutto home on Monday.
  A CrimeStopper tip to police in April claimed an illegal game room that was fenced in for security was operating at 602 Provines Dr. in north Austin. The tip added that the location is “very busy” and “people
  
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• Illegal game room sting in Austin nets more arrests

  29-06-2017 18:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Newly released documents show just how expansive an alleged illegal gambling operation really was.
  More warrants have been served after a three-month long surveillance operation of 53-year-old Chong Pak, who arrested at his Hutto home on Monday.
  A CrimeStopper tip to police in April claimed an illegal game room that was fenced in for security was operating at 602 Provines Dr. in north Austin. The tip added that the location is “very busy” and “people
  
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• Parts of Brazos Street blocked due to odor investigation

  29-06-2017 17:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Emergency crews have Brazos Street between Fifth and Sixth Streets shut down as they investigate a possible sulfur smell. AFD Tweet at 10:03 a.m.
  The Austin Fire Department says they were alerted to the odor inside the Littlefield Building at 106 E. Sixth St. just before 10 a.m. Some people voluntarily evacuated the building but there is not a mandatory evacuation in place.
  Authorities have not been able to determine where the odor is emanating from.
  
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• Driver who slammed into church bus indicted on intoxication manslaughter charges

  29-06-2017 17:17 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) – The driver who could be seen swerving in and out of traffic that ultimately ended in a crash that killed 13 members of a New Braunfels church in March has been indicted on 13 counts of intoxication manslaughter and manslaughter. A Uvalde County grand jury heard the case on Monday and issued the indictment on Wednesday.
  Investigators said Jack Young, 20, of Leakey, Texas, was driving along Highway 83 near Garner State Park on March 29 when he struck the bus
  
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• Driver who slammed into church bus indicted on intox manslaughter charges

  29-06-2017 17:17 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) – The driver who could be seen swerving in and out of traffic that ultimately ended in a crash that killed 13 members of a New Braunfels church in March has been indicted on 13 counts of intoxication manslaughter and manslaughter. A Uvalde County grand jury heard the case on Monday and issued the indictment on Wednesday.
  Investigators said Jack Young, 20, of Leakey, Texas, was driving along Highway 83 near Garner State Park on March 29 when he struck the bus
  
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• Tighter rules taking effect on travel to US from 6 nations

  29-06-2017 16:27 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — After months of wrangling, tighter restrictions on travel to the U.S. from six mostly Muslim nations take effect Thursday evening after the Supreme Court gave its go-ahead for a limited version of President Donald Trump’s plans for a ban. Visa applicants from the six countries — and all refugees — will need to show close family or business ties to the United States.
  Visas that have already been approved will not be revoked, and that should help avert the
  
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• Less chaos expected as new travel ban takes effect

  29-06-2017 16:27 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A scaled-back version of President Donald Trump’s travel ban takes effect Thursday evening, stripped of provisions that brought protests and chaos at airports worldwide in January yet still likely to generate a new round of court fights.
  The new rules, the product of months of legal wrangling, aren’t so much an outright ban as a tightening of already-tough visa policies affecting citizens from six Muslim-majority countries. Refugees are covered, too.
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• Global cyberattack may have aimed for havoc, not extortion

  29-06-2017 16:27 via kxan.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The cyberattack that has locked up computers around the world while demanding a ransom may not be an extortion attempt after all, but something more sinister: an effort to create havoc in Ukraine, security experts say.
  “There may be a more nefarious motive behind the attack,” Gavin O’Gorman, an investigator with U.S. antivirus firm Symantec, said in a blog post . “Perhaps this attack was never intended to make money (but) rather to simply disrupt a larg
  
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• Cyberattack may not have been meant to get money

  29-06-2017 16:27 via kxan.com
  
  PARIS (AP) — The dramatic data-scrambling attack that hit computers around the world Tuesday appears to be contained. But with the damage and disruption still coming into focus, security experts worry the sudden explosion of malicious software may have been more sinister than a criminally minded shakedown of computer users.
  “There may be a more nefarious motive behind the attack,” Gavin O’Gorman, an investigator with U.S. antivirus firm Symantec, said in a blog post . &ld
  
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• Travis County programs continue thanks to donations after state axes funding

  29-06-2017 16:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As a federal judge considers whether or not to grant an injunction to keep the anti-sanctuary city law from going into place in September, Travis County says people have donated $133,000 to fund programs that were in danger of being cut due to Gov. Greg Abbott’s feud with Sheriff Sally Hernandez.
  When Sheriff Hernandez announced her immigration detention policy at the Travis County Jail in January, Gov. Abbott was quick to fire back. His office cut $1.5 million in gra
  
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• VIDEO: Pigs stranded on a freeway in Dallas

  29-06-2017 15:27 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (KXAN) — Traffic on Interstate 45 near Dallas is at a complete standstill as dozens of people work to corral pigs that got loose after the trailer they were in crashed.
  KXAS in Dallas reports the crash happened around 6:45 a.m. Thursday in Wilmer. Both directions of I-45 were closed between Pleasant Run Road and Belt Line Road.
  When the truck tipped onto its side, the pigs came tumbling out and ended up running all over the freeway. Video from a news helicopter showed several groups
  
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• Glass-bottom boats in San Marcos being restored for future tours

  29-06-2017 15:10 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — The ecosystem that lives in the clear waters of Spring Lake in San Marcos is magical but can be hard to see if you’re just standing by the shore.
  At the Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, glass-bottom boats can give you the experience of seeing what happens below the surface of the water. The nonprofit is in the process of restoring five boats in its fleet at a cost of $100,000 for each boat.
  The oldest boat, which was built in 1945, recently fin
  
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• Convenience store chain QuikTrip to open 100 stores in Austin, San Antonio

  29-06-2017 15:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Oklahoma-based convenience store chain QuikTrip is opening 100 stores across central Texas, with the first store set to open in the summer of 2018.
  QuikTrip operates a kitchen in each store that cooks up breakfast bowls, pizza and sandwiches.
  The company is different from most other convenience store chains because they do not franchise; all stores are corporate-owned.
  Buc-ee’s expanding to Florida
  QuikTrip first entered the state of Texas in 1999, when they
  
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• Walmart seeks new products amid online battle with Amazon

  29-06-2017 14:18 via kxan.com
  
  LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Hundreds of inventors have flocked to Walmart’s headquarters in Bentonville to find out if the country needs a few more secret sauces, prettier mouse pads or “instant hair gel” packets for the on-the-go clubber.
  The 500 businesses selected to take part in Walmart’s fourth annual “Open Call” Wednesday have already been offered spots on the company’s online portals, as it battles Amazon for billions of dollars in revenue. Vis
  
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• Brightly colored toilets lined Texas State Capitol during Austin PRIDE event

  29-06-2017 14:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Numerous toilets in various colors of the rainbow were lined up at the Texas State Capitol on Wednesday evening as part Austin Pride’s annual Stonewall Rally.
  June 29 was the 48th anniversary of the Stonewall riots in New York City. The raid of the Stonewall Inn led to an uprising and inspiring movement for gay rights.
  Members of Austin PRIDE used this year’s rally to speak out about Texas legislation regarding the so-called “bathroom bill,” which is
  
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• Truck hauling windmill blade blocking intersection near Round Rock

  29-06-2017 13:56 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — An outside lane of Farm to Market 1325 at Shoreline Drive in southern Williamson County is blocked due to a disabled 18-wheeler.
  The Williamson County Sheriff’s Office says the truck broke down around 3 a.m. as it was hauling a large windmill turbine blade. The outside northbound lane of FM 1325 is blocked as crews work to clear the truck, but authorities say it is expected to be there through the morning commute.
  If you’re headed northbound, d
  
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• Shocking video of woman running down alleged thief

  29-06-2017 13:28 via kxan.com
  
  ASHEVILLE, N.C. (KXAN/CNN) — A television station in North Carolina captured the moments as a woman slammed her car into a man she said stole her purse.
  It all unfolded on Wednesday at a Walmart parking in Asheville. Christine Braswell, 26, says she saw a man breaking into her SUV but he started running away when she approached the car. So, Braswell , who is five months pregnant, said she jumped behind the wheel of her vehicle and went after him.
  “I chased a little ways then come [si
  
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• Central Austin residents welcome new sidewalks

  29-06-2017 12:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The first project from the 2016 voter-approved $720 million Austin mobility bond has been completed, but it won’t be for any vehicular traffic, but rather for pedestrians. Austin Mayor Steve Adler said from the get go the first projects he wanted to tackle were the sidewalks because they are easier to engineer and produce than roads and are less expensive.
  The first sidewalk completed is along Chesterfield Avenue in central Austin connecting North Loop with Koenig Lan
  
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• Midland veterinary clinic treating more pets with snake bites

  29-06-2017 12:22 via kxan.com
  
  BIG SPRING, Texas (KMID) — Melanie Gambrell has seen her fair share of snakes, and this summer is no exception.
  “I’ve already had two rattlesnakes in two different dog pens, a baby dead rattlesnake at the back door, and had a bull snake slither across my foot the other morning,” said Gambrell.
  Spencer Ayer, a Vet Assistant at Highland Animal Hospital in Big Spring, says the high temperatures mean snakes are more active.
  This higher activity of rattlesnakes means a greater
  
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• Governor puts momentum behind tree removal law; Austin leaders opposed

  29-06-2017 06:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that he has tapped State Sen. Bob Hall and State Rep. Paul Workman to write a law that would “prevent cities from regulating what property owners do with trees on private land.”
  Austin city leaders responded to this announcement saying they opposed the law and felt that other issues should take priority.
  During his announcement of the special session, Gov. Abbott identified curbing municipal tree removal regulations as one of
  
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• Fight over private property tree removal heats up

  29-06-2017 06:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that he has tapped State Sen. Bob Hall and State Rep. Paul Workman to write a law that would “prevent cities from regulating what property owners do with trees on private land.”
  Austin city leaders responded to this announcement saying they opposed the law and felt that other issues should take priority.
  During his announcement of the special session, Gov. Abbott identified curbing municipal tree removal regulations as one of
  
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• 8 cartel members bringing large amounts of meth to Austin sent to prison

  29-06-2017 05:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A judge sentenced eight members of a drug trafficking cell associated with the La Familia cartel in Austin and San Antonio to prison on Wednesday.
  From December 2015 until September 2016, the men were responsible for receiving and distributing large amounts of meth in the area, smuggled into the United States from Mexico.
  The eight, ranging in age from 20 to 36, will spend anywhere from 42 months to 88 months in federal prison. The names of the eight men are:
  Oscar Maldonad
  
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• U.S. House to vote on controversial immigration bills, ahead of SB4 hearing

  29-06-2017 05:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The United States House of Representatives will vote Thursday on two immigration bills that aim at cracking down on illegal immigration.
  The “No Sanctuary for Criminals Act” would create harsher penalties for sanctuary cities. The legislation is aimed at so-called sanctuary cities that limit their cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and federal immigration officials.
  The act would punish cities and states that do not fully comply with fed
  
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• KXAN off-air for some due to technical difficulties

  29-06-2017 04:12 via kxan.com
  
  KXAN has lost its signal for some over the air viewers, including DirecTV and Dish.
  Our engineers are working to fix the problem and say it may be a while before we return to air.
  We apologize for the problem and hope to have it resolved soon.
  
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• Ex-financial adviser gets 4 years in prison for defrauding Tim Duncan

  29-06-2017 03:53 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — An ex-financial adviser to retired San Antonio Spurs player Tim Duncan has been sentenced to four years in federal prison for defrauding the former NBA star of millions of dollars.
  Federal prosecutors say 49-year-old Charles Banks of Atlanta was sentenced during a court hearing Wednesday in San Antonio.
  A judge also ordered Banks to pay $7.5 million in restitution.
  Banks had pleaded guilty in April to one count of wire fraud. Investigators say Banks manipulated Duncan -w
  
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• Widow of police officer killed in sniper attack sues charity

  29-06-2017 03:42 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (AP) — The widow of a Dallas police officer shot and killed in the July 7 sniper attack that left five officers dead is suing the police relief charity that has collected millions of dollars in donations since the attack.
  Detective Katrina Ahrens is the widow of slain Officer Lorne Ahrens. The lawsuit alleges that the Assist The Officers Foundation had promised the Ahrens family some of the money raised.
  However, KXAS-TV in Fort Worth and Dallas reports the lawsuit alleges the found
  
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• Rainey Street bar under fire for social media comments apologizes

  29-06-2017 03:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The owner of Rainey Street’s newest bar, UnBARlievable, is apologizing after customers claim he made rude and racist comments in response to online reviews. Now many are calling for a boycott.
  “Two weeks ago I was out on Rainey with a couple of friends,” said Christian Rodriguez. “We were choosing where we were going to go out and someone suggested UnBARlievable and one of our friends said, ‘Yeah know, I had a really bad experience there a coup
  
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• Embattled state rep. questions whether she was racially profiled at bank

  29-06-2017 02:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of Austin’s state lawmakers is making waves once again, questioning on Facebook whether an Austin bank racially profiled her as she tries to cash a very large check.
  Already facing an indictment for misusing public funds and tampering with government records, Democratic State Rep. Dawnna Dukes promised to resign from her seat at the beginning of the session.
  That did not happen, and in the months that followed, critics pointed to her often empty desk at the Texas
  
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• Proposed regulations could make short-term rentals legal in San Marcos

  29-06-2017 02:00 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — If you want to rent a home for the weekend in the historic neighborhoods of San Marcos or by the river, you may soon have more options. As it is now, it’s technically illegal to rent out a room in the city through popular sites like AirBnB, but regulations passed through San Marcos Planning and Zoning Tuesday night could change it all.
  The recommendation by planning and zoning restricts people from owning more than one property used as a short-term rental.
  
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• Barbara the Horse readies for trip to Tennessee for needed surgery

  29-06-2017 01:41 via kxan.com
  
  DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (KXAN) — The story of a horse with a rare defect and her young handler rallied KXAN viewers and Central Texans to donate tens of thousands of dollars this spring.
  More than $27,000 has been raised for Barbara on a GoFundMe page, which is enough to cover the surgery she needs. Her owner hopes they’ll be able to raise the full amount of their $39,000 goal so the horse can stay at the University of Tennessee for a full six weeks for post-operation care.
  Her
  
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• With GOP healthcare bill in limbo, some Texans urge Senators to vote “no”

  29-06-2017 01:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A day after the Senate postponed a vote on its version of the American Health Care Act, demonstrators rallied at the Texas State Capitol to protest the new bill.
  Protestors urged Texas Republican Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz to vote “no” on the legislation that would cut funding to Medicaid.
  “This bill is an attack on healthcare for Texas kids,” Adriana Kohler, Senior Health Policy Associate for Texans Care for Children, said.
  Following
  
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• Obamacare repeal plan to lift insurance requirements for substance abuse

  29-06-2017 01:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Addicts and the people who treat them are anxiously waiting to see what the U.S. Senate will do after they just postponed a vote on their repeal and replace plan for the Affordable Care Act, known as Obamacare. The GOP plan would scrap the regulations on private insurance companies that require them to cover substance abuse.
  “Ultimately, if we want a market to lower cost while providing better quality care, we have to get the government out of the way,” Senator
  
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• Snake antivenom: Which hospitals have them and how much it’ll cost you

  29-06-2017 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  LLANO, Texas (KXAN) — Central Texas is prime breeding ground for rattlesnakes and summer is the height of snake bite season.
  Britt and Brenda Meek love the Hill Country view from their backyard in Llano. That is until a couple of weeks ago when they spotted something they never wanted to see.
  “I was so scared and screamed so loud,” Britt said. “It was right by my left foot.”
  The couple spotted a rattlesnake longer than they care to remember and it wasn’t
  
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• Snake antivenom: Which hospitals have it and how much it’ll cost you

  29-06-2017 01:15 via kxan.com
  
  LLANO, Texas (KXAN) — Central Texas is prime breeding ground for rattlesnakes and summer is the height of snake bite season.
  Britt and Brenda Meek love the Hill Country view from their backyard in Llano. That is until a couple of weeks ago when they spotted something they never wanted to see.
  “I was so scared and screamed so loud,” Britt said. “It was right by my left foot.”
  The couple spotted a rattlesnake longer than they care to remember and it wasn’t
  
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• Dallas-area girl abducted by unknown male suspect

  29-06-2017 00:20 via kxan.com
  
  LANCASTER, Texas (KXAN) — An Amber Alert has been issued for Savon Le’Feye Randle, 13, who authorities believe was abducted by an unknown male suspect on Wednesday outside of Dallas.
  The suspect is driving a white, 4-door sedan with a damaged or dark-colored paint transfer on the rear passenger side quarter panel. The suspect was last heard from in Lancaster, Texas — about 15 miles south of downtown Dallas — at around 10 a.m.
  Randle is described as a black female, 5-foot-
  
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