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• Man found dead in Pedernales River in west Travis County

  09-07-2017 22:15 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – A man’s body was found in the Pedernales River in far west Travis County Sunday afternoon, said the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.
  The man lived in a house near where his body was found in the 500 block of Nomad Drive right along the river, which is north of SH 71 and east of Paleface Ranch Road.
  Witnesses told law enforcement that he was last spotted on a dock on the river at about 3:30 p.m. on Saturday. After looking for him in the neighbor
  
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• Body found in Pedernales River in west Travis County

  09-07-2017 22:15 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – A body was found in the Pedernales River in far west Travis County Sunday afternoon, said the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.
  At this time, it is unknown if the cause of death is drowning or if the death is suspicious, TCSO said. The body was discovered at about 3 p.m. near the 500 block of Nomad Drive, which is north of SH 71 and east of Paleface Ranch Road.
  TCSO is investigating the scene and said they would provide more details later Sunday.
  Last week
  
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• State of Texas: Cruz health care proposal raises new concerns

  09-07-2017 19:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – While the fight over health care is stalled in Washington, a Senator from Texas could hold the key to making a deal. Senator Ted Cruz toured the state to promote his amendment to the Republican health care bill that was introduced just days before the July 4th recess.
  Senator Cruz’s opposition to the Republican plan helped stall plans for a quick vote on the bill. Cruz says he’s against the bill because it does not do enough to cut costs.  An amendment he a
  
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• Parents still fighting for Charlie Gard’s treatment

  09-07-2017 17:38 via kxan.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The British parents of a terminally ill baby, facing another court hearing on his condition and care, said Sunday they are hopeful he will receive the experimental treatment that previous rulings have prevented.
  “If he’s still fighting, we’re still fighting,” said Connie Yates, the mother of 11-month-old Charlie Gard.Yates and Charlie’s father, Chris Gard, spoke outside London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital, where the baby is in intensive c
  
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• Public Safety Day program to teach emergency preparedness

  09-07-2017 17:15 via kxan.com
  
  10th-grader Nolan Screen joined us in studio to talk about an event that he started- Public Safety Day.
  Nolan is part of the Texas Youth Preparedness Council- an organization that brings young people together who are interested in working to make their communities resilient in the face of disaster.
  The event will allow members of the community to meet first responders in order to help people feel more comfortable. Participants will be able to look inside of various first responder vehicles and u
  
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• Trump: US must work with Russia, move past election issues

  09-07-2017 15:29 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that “it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia” after his lengthy meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany. But he is still avoiding the question of whether he accepts Putin’s denial that Russia was responsible for meddling in the 2016 election.
  Speaking in a series of tweets the morning after returning from a world leaders’ summit in Germany, Trump said he “strongly p
  
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• Trump says it’s ‘time to move forward’ with Russia

  09-07-2017 15:29 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that “it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia” after his lengthy meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany. But he is still avoiding the question of whether he accepts Putin’s denial that Russia was responsible for meddling in the 2016 election.
  Speaking in a series of tweets the morning after returning from a world leaders’ summit in Germany, Trump said he “strongly p
  
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• Man found shot, dead in apartment complex parking lot

  09-07-2017 13:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are investigating the death of a man whose body was found with gunshot wounds in the parking lot of the Pleasant Hill Apartments in Southeast Austin early Sunday morning.
  Officers were called to the 2500 block of Anken Drive near South Pleasant Valley Road and Oltorf Street just before 1:15 a.m. When they got to the the apartment, they found the man’s body.
  Police are still trying to piece together what happened and why, but they say it looks like the ma
  
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• Community raises funds to help HS student with medical bills

  09-07-2017 05:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The good news for one Austin-area high school student: It’s not cancer. The bad news — getting to this point cost a lot of money.
  On Saturday, friends, family and supporters of Akins High School sophomore Serena Guerrero showed up at the Texas Club Bar and Grill to show their love and help raise some dough to help her with medical costs.
  In February 2017, Guerrero found a tumor in her right breast. Lots of testing revealed that it was not cancerous.
  But, it kept
  
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• Special sale gives buyers chance to own scientific relics

  09-07-2017 05:36 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — As many as 500 people got a look back at science history at Southwestern University in Georgetown on Saturday as the school prepares for a face-lift.
  The university held a “Scientique Sale,” complete with all the antique science equipment you could imagine, selling some items that date as far back as the early 1900s.
  Up for sale? Unique physics, biology and chemistry equipment that was used decades ago — everything from glassware, to furniture a
  
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• UT students charge into hands-on lessons racing solar-powered car

  09-07-2017 04:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Saturday’s sunshine was just what the mechanic ordered at Circuit of the Americas.
  A different kind of race wrapped up there over the weekend, as college students from Central Texas and beyond charged up and charged around the track.
  “It’s a new experience for all of us, and we’re all trying to just figure out what to do,” Cole Forsythe, a junior mechanical engineering student at the University of Texas, said. Each lap in the Formula Sun Grand
  
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• Lubbock tattoo shop offers $25 tatts … with a twist

  09-07-2017 04:37 via kxan.com
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas (KLBK) – In Lubbock yesterday, people lined up outside the doors of a tattoo parlor, Sunken City Ink, to get a special discount on their ink. The catch? Customers get a mystery tattoo.
  “This is called the Hole in the Wall Tattoo,” Sunken City Ink Owner and Tattoo Artist Mike Diaz said. “We have it in the doorway, a make-shift door. We have holes in it so you can stick your arm, your leg, or any body part that you can fit through the hole.”
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• Austin family still searches for missing teen 11 years later

  09-07-2017 03:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – An unsolved mystery into the disappearance of an Austin woman plagues her family. Every year, on or near the day she vanished, her family searches.
  Elizabeth Harris has been on an 11-year crusade. Her mission: Find her daughter, Roxanne Paltauf.
  The method: Pass out anything that reminds people of the ongoing search into the 18-year-old’s disappearance.
  “Something happened to her that night. Somebody is hiding it from us,” Harris said. “It&rsquo
  
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• 8 suspects arrested in beating death of Austinite in Greece

  09-07-2017 01:47 via kxan.com
  
  ZAKYNTHOS, Greece (KXAN) — Authorities in Greece have now arrested eight people in connection with the beating death of an American citizen, 22-year-old Bakari Henderson of Austin.
  Covering their faces, several suspects were led out of a van and into a courthouse on the island of Zakynthos on Saturday.
  Police were called out to a brawl outside a bar in the early morning hours on Friday.
  Serbia’s foreign ministry said six of those arrested are citizens of Serbia.
  A police spokesman sa
  
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• 4 suspects in beating death of Austinite appear in Greek court

  09-07-2017 01:47 via kxan.com
  
  ZAKYNTHOS, Greece (KXAN) — Authorities in Greece have made arrests in connection with the beating death of an American citizen, 22-year-old Bakari Henderson of Austin.
  Police said four suspects were initially arrested in the case.
  Covering their faces, several suspects were led out of a van and into a courthouse on the island of Zakynthos on Saturday.
  Police were called out to a brawl outside a bar in the early morning hours on Friday.
  A police spokesman said that the brawl involved two gr
  
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• Body of missing Giddings woman found near car in Fayette County

  09-07-2017 01:27 via kxan.com
  
  FAYETTE COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The body of a 26-year-old woman last seen leaving her apartment in Giddings last Monday was found in Fayette County Saturday afternoon, said the Lee County Sheriff’s Office.
  Jennifer Lynn Bailey was found after a family friend flew a private helicopter over an area in Fayette County and spotted her car – a black Dodge Avenger – in some woods, LCSO said.
  Officers went to the scene at about 2 p.m. Saturday and found her body a short distance f
  
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• Lightning sparks west Austin house fire

  09-07-2017 00:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Multiple fire agencies battled a house fire in west Austin after lightning from a quick-moving storm struck its roof, said the Austin Fire Department.
  The call came in just before 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon when people inside the home heard a loud boom and called 9-1-1. The lightning started a heavy attic fire at the two-story house in the 3000 block of Barton Point Drive just south of Bee Cave Road and north of the Barton Creek Habitat Reserve.
  The four people inside evacua
  
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• Fire crews battle west Austin house blaze after storms pass through

  09-07-2017 00:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Multiple fire agencies are battling a house fire in west Austin after a quick-moving storm blew through. The Austin Fire Department said lightning likely struck the house.
  The call came in just after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon for a heavy attic fire at a two-story house in the 3000 block of Barton Point Drive just south of Bee Cave Road and north of the Barton Creek Habitat Reserve.
  Fire departments responded from Westlake ESD 9, Lake Travis ESD 6, Ce-Bar ESD 10 and Austin.
  
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