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• Police looking for suspect after stabbing in downtown parking garage

  20-07-2017 23:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man has critical, life-threatening injuries after a stabbing in a downtown Austin parking garage, Thursday afternoon. Officers are currently searching for a suspect.
  Without specifying which one, Austin police say they were called to a parking garage near the intersection of East Ninth Street and San Jacinto Street at 3:37 p.m.
  The Homer Thornberry Judicial Building, Prosperity Bank and the J.J. Pickle Federal Building are in the immediate vicinity of the intersection.
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• Kay Bailey Hutchison responds to Russia questions at confirmation hearing

  20-07-2017 22:50 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Several of President Donald Trump’s nominees for key ambassador posts declined Thursday to say unequivocally whether Russia sought to interfere in the 2016 presidential election.
  Their unwillingness to say definitively that Moscow meddled troubled a few members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, who said America’s envoys need to firmly and plainly back U.S. objectives in their overseas posts. U.S. intelligence agencies have concluded Russia pried, they
  
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• Mardi Gras mask-wearing suspect robs Cedar Park convenience store

  20-07-2017 22:38 via kxan.com
  
  CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — A suspect wearing a green Mardi Gras mask and a yellow hat robbed the Circle K Store
  Officers were called to the store at 12020 North Farm to Market 620, near Hatch Road, at 12:58 a.m. on Wednesday. The suspect, believed to be between 20 and 30 years old, 5-foot-9 and 150-160 pounds, entered the store and pulled out a handgun.
  He ran from the store with an undisclosed amount of cash. There were two clerks in the store at the time, but no customers.
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• Texas sued again over abortion year after Supreme Court loss

  20-07-2017 22:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Planned Parenthood is suing Texas over a new ban on a common abortion procedure that other Republican-controlled states have also tried outlawing in recent years.
  The lawsuit filed Thursday comes one year after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down sweeping anti-abortion measures in Texas that prompted more than half of the state’s abortion clinics to close after 2013.
  Texas Republicans were undeterred by the ruling, and Gov. Greg Abbott began signing new abortion r
  
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• Tree in Marble Falls poisoned; business offering $5K reward

  20-07-2017 22:12 via kxan.com
  
  MARBLE FALLS, Texas (KXAN) — A Marble Falls western wear store is offering a $5,000 reward in search of the person employees say poisoned a 16-year-old live oak tree on the store’s property.
  Owner Todd Blair says in late June he started noticing that the only tree in front of Blair’s Western Wear began showing signs of the poisoning. Blair says the leaves began turning yellow, then falling off. A month later, the tree is very sparse and doesn’t show much hope of surviving
  
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• Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington dies in LA at 41

  20-07-2017 21:56 via kxan.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington, who sold millions of albums with a unique mix of hard rock, hip-hop and rap, was found dead in his home near Los Angeles on Thursday, the Los Angeles County coroner says. He was 41.
  Coroner spokesman Brian Elias said authorities are investigating Bennington’s death as an apparent suicide but no additional details are available.
  The Grammy Award-winning group sold 10 million copies of their 2000 debut, “Hybrid Theory
  
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• WATCH: ‘Supernatural’ stars talk Austin, beer business

  20-07-2017 19:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When the stars of CW’s Supernatural appeared on the Conan show Wednesday night, Austin was name-dropped several times. Both Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles live in Austin when they’re not shooting the show in Vancouver, B.C.
  Since it was Padalecki’s 35th birthday Wednesday, he was “forced” to do a keg stand… that contained beer from Ackles’ newest business venture–a brewery near the Dripping Springs area. Ackles used
  
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• San Marcos payday lending employee threatened during robbery

  20-07-2017 19:41 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — San Marcos police are searching for two men they say robbed a payday lending business and threatened to kill an employee Wednesday afternoon.
  Authorities say the two men came into the Advance America store located at 909 Highway 80 just after 5 p.m. Witnesses say one of the suspects was armed with a black handgun.
  An employee told police the suspects pointed the gun at her and told her they would kill her if she did not comply while she walked to the safe. T
  
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• Dead bat found in Buda prompts rabies alert

  20-07-2017 18:54 via kxan.com
  
  BUDA, Texas (KXAN) — A dead bat that was found in Buda has the city reminding people people to not touch or handle bats that are on the ground.
  The city says the most recent dead bat was found on July 17 in the 200 block of Sequoyah around 6 p.m. Health officials couldn’t test the bat for rabies due to decomposition. Even though rabies wasn’t confirmed, as a precaution, the state treats these types of cases as a positive rabies case.
  In June, the city issued the same alert afte
  
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• Toddler rushed to the hospital after being bitten by rattlesnake

  20-07-2017 18:34 via kxan.com
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas (KLBK) — A 2-year-old from Plainview had to taken by medical helicopter to Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock after she was bitten by a rattlesnake Wednesday morning. Hospital officials report she remains in fair condition.
  Dr. Juan Fitz with the Covenant Medical Center ER said people who get bit in communities surrounding Lubbock are usually transported to their facility because rural communities struggle to afford the expensive snake antivenom.
  “Each vile
  
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• Brush fire at prescribed burn site near Buda flares back up

  20-07-2017 18:05 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Even though firefighters have been monitoring the brush fire that started as a controlled burn just west of Buda, the fire flared up again Thursday morning.
  As of late Wednesday night, the Austin Fire Department said the Onion Creek Fire on Farm to Market 967 was 100 percent contained. The prescribed burn started around 11 a.m. Wednesday but around 2:45 p.m., the fire “escaped” and set fire to an extra 200 acres crews didn’t
  
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• Brush fire at prescribed burn site near Buda flared back up

  20-07-2017 18:05 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Even though firefighters have been monitoring the brush fire that started as a controlled burn just west of Buda, the fire flared up again Thursday morning.
  As of late Wednesday night, the Austin Fire Department said the Onion Creek Fire on Farm to Market 967 was 100 percent contained. The prescribed burn started around 11 a.m. Wednesday but around 2:45 p.m., the fire “escaped” and set fire to an extra 200 acres crews didn’t
  
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• I-35 will be shut down at Oltorf Street this weekend

  20-07-2017 17:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In order to demolish a section of the Oltorf Street bridge, Interstate 35 will have to be shut down twice this weekend.
  The Texas Department of Transportation says I-35 mainlanes will be closed temporarily from 11 p.m. to 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights, July 21 and 22. During the closure, freeway traffic will be detoured to the frontage roads.
  Drivers going on Oltorf Street will also be detoured. Drivers are encouraged to use alternate routes during the closure.
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• McCain’s cancer diagnosis jolts Senate

  20-07-2017 17:00 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain’s diagnosis of brain cancer jolted the Senate where Republicans and Democrats offered prayers and words of encouragement for a six-term lawmaker with a war hero past.
  “The outpouring of bipartisan respect and love for John McCain as he faces this cancer battle reminds us that after all the meanness there is a human side to politicians,” said Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Thursday. “Count this Democrat in John McCain’s corner
  
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• McCain says ‘I’ll be back soon’ as he battles brain cancer

  20-07-2017 17:00 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Battling brain cancer, Sen. John McCain on Thursday promised to return to work, leveling fresh criticism at the Trump administration and aiming a good-natured dig at Republican and Democratic colleagues who were jolted by news of the six-term lawmaker’s diagnosis.
  “I greatly appreciate the outpouring of support — unfortunately for my sparring partners in Congress, I’ll be back soon, so stand-by!” McCain said in a tweet.
  The 80-year-old McCain
  
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• Despite cancer diagnosis, McCain says, ‘I’ll be back soon’

  20-07-2017 17:00 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Battling brain cancer, John McCain on Thursday vowed to return to the Senate, leveling fresh criticism at the Trump administration and aiming a good-natured dig at Republican and Democratic colleagues shaken by news of his diagnosis.
  “I greatly appreciate the outpouring of support — unfortunately for my sparring partners in Congress, I’ll be back soon, so stand-by!” McCain said in a tweet. Showing no signs of stepping back from political and nation
  
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• Kevin Durant surprises children at IDEA Rundberg, invests in Austin

  20-07-2017 16:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A little more than a month after NBA All-Star Kevin Durant helped the Golden State Warriors win the 2017 NBA finals, the basketball legend is headed back to Austin to invest in the community.
  Thursday morning at the IDEA Rundberg campus in north Austin, Durant surprised a group of 40 students from the school who were invited to a basketball clinic run by an instructor from the Kevin Durant Youth Basketball Fantasy Pro Camp. The camp is part of his Summer of Opportunity init
  
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• Kevin Durant surprises children at IDEA Rundberg

  20-07-2017 16:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —  A little more than a month after NBA All-Star Kevin Durant helped the Golden State Warriors win the 2017 NBA finals, the basketball legend is headed back to Austin to invest in the community.
  Thursday morning at the IDEA Rundberg campus in north Austin, Durant surprised a group of 40 students from the school who were invited to a basketball clinic run by an instructor from the Kevin Durant Youth Basketball Fantasy Pro Camp. The camp is part of his Summer of Opportunit
  
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• VIDEO: Mice scurry around Dallas Chipotle

  20-07-2017 16:17 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (KXAN) — Chipotle just can’t seem to catch a break; video surfaced Wednesday showing mice scurrying around a Dallas-area location while employees used a broom to chase them out of the building.
  The mice apparently fell from the ceiling while customers were eating.
  KXAS in Dallas reports some customers left the restaurant immediately while others continued eating.
  Chipotle calls the mice invasion at its North Market Street location an extremely isolated incident. They say the m
  
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• FORBES: Austin is second-most overvalued housing market in the nation

  20-07-2017 15:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The city of Austin has the second most overvalued housing market, Forbes reports.
  According to data from Fitch Ratings, Forbes reports the Austin market is overvalued by 17 percent with a median value of $286,400. Austin is second to San Antonio which Fitch shows is overvalued by 18.6 percent with a median value of $202,600.
  The ratings were determined using data for nominal income growth, population growth, unemployment, change in rental prices and change in home prices.
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• One dead after motorcycle crash on FM 973

  20-07-2017 15:04 via kxan.com
  
  COUPLAND, Texas (KXAN) — One person is dead following a crash involving a motorcycle on FM 973 between Taylor and Manor.
  Austin\Travis County EMS reports a male in his 30’s was pronounced dead at the scene.The Department of Public Safety was called in to investigate.
  Additional details weren’t immediately available. KXAN has a crew on their way to the scene and will update this story as more information becomes available.
  
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• Hot jobs: How outside workers are handling the Austin heat

  20-07-2017 13:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With these searing temperatures, many of us are lucky enough to be comfortable in an air-conditioned office. But for some other workers, they have no choice — their office is in the elements.
  Nationally, in 2014 2,630 workers suffered from heat illnesses and 18 died from heat stroke and related causes on the job.
  Damian Alvarez is no stranger to the heat. Working in the construction field for several years means he knows what to expect come summer time and the im
  
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• Trump’s critique of Sessions reflects long-held frustrations

  20-07-2017 13:38 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s extraordinary public denouncement of Attorney General Jeff Sessions reflected a long-simmering frustration with one of his staunchest allies, but was not a calculated attempt to force Sessions from the Cabinet, according to two Trump advisers.
  For weeks, the president has seethed about Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the federal investigation into whether Trump’s campaign coordinated with Russia during last year’s
  
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• Sessions staying as attorney general despite Trump rebuke

  20-07-2017 13:38 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday he has no immediate plans to resign after President Donald Trump excoriated the nation’s top prosecutor for recusing himself from the probe of suspected Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. political campaign.
  “We love this job, we love this department and I plan to continue to do so as long as that is appropriate,” Sessions said.
  A former senator from Alabama, Sessions was one of Trump’s earliest and arden
  
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• WATCH: O.J. Simpson asks parole board to set him free

  20-07-2017 13:37 via kxan.com
  
  LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) — A gray-haired O.J. Simpson pleaded with a Nevada parole board Thursday to set him free after more than eight years in prison for a Las Vegas hotel room heist, insisting — as he has all along — that he was only trying to retrieve mementos stolen from him and never meant to hurt anyone.
  The former football star, looking trimmer than he has in recent years, walked briskly into the hearing room dressed in jeans, a light-blue prison-issue shirt and sneakers. H
  
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• The Juice will be loose: O.J. Simpson granted parole

  20-07-2017 13:37 via kxan.com
  
  LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) — O.J. Simpson was granted parole Thursday after more than eight years in prison for a Las Vegas hotel-room heist, successfully making his case for freedom in a nationally televised hearing that reflected America’s enduring fascination with the former football star.
  Simpson, 70, could be released as early as Oct. 1. By then, he will have served the minimum of his nine-to-33-year armed-robbery sentence for a bungled attempt to snatch sports memorabilia and other me
  
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• OJ Simpson making case for his freedom on live TV

  20-07-2017 13:37 via kxan.com
  
  LOVELOCK, Nev. (AP) — Former football star and convicted felon O.J. Simpson will command the world’s attention once again Thursday when he pleads for his freedom on live TV.
  Simpson was convicted in 2008 of an armed robbery involving two sports memorabilia dealers in a Las Vegas hotel room. The 70-year-old will ask four parole board members to release him in October after serving the minimum nine years of a 33-year sentence.
  An aging Simpson will appear as inmate No. 1027820, dressed
  
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• Longview PD: Man caught on highway driving stolen Walmart cart

  20-07-2017 13:29 via kxan.com
  
  LONGVIEW, Texas (KETK) — Longview Police were able to catch a thief on the run– rather drive — on Wednesday morning.
  According to Longview Police Department, Edward Dickard, 52, of Longview, was caught trying to make off with a Walmart electric shopping cart. Dickard was located driving the cart north on Highway 259 just north of city limits, police said.
  Authorities began investigating the incident after receiving a call around 6:49 a.m. about a theft in progress at the W
  
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• Ice cream with a side of democracy: Voter registration drive at Amy’s Thursday

  20-07-2017 13:21 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Texas) – Travis County will be registering voters at Amy’s Ice Creams locations all over Austin from noon to 8 p.m. Thursday.
  The drive, run by volunteer deputy voter registrars, will take place at every Amy’s store except the airport location. Around 60-70 volunteers will be taking part and will have registration forms on hand.
  County voting officials say while registration numbers are high, new people are moving in Travis County and new people are turning 18 every day
  
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• Video shows APD officer as carbon monoxide sets in

  20-07-2017 12:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — KXAN has obtained video of an APD officer in the moments he realizes something is wrong with his patrol car and is making him sick.
  The dash camera video tells the story as Sgt. Zachary LaHood asks another officer to check his car when he realizes something could be wrong. As it turns out, carbon monoxide leaking inside his APD patrol car.
  “Can you hop in my driver’s seat and see if you smell…I almost hit the road twice and I think I’m going to
  
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• TX Senate OKs agency oversight bill in late-night session

  20-07-2017 09:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP/KXAN) — Early Thursday morning, Gov. Greg Abbott announced he would like Texas senators to move on to the other major issues they are taking up during the special session.
  Abbott’s announcement came after the Texas Senate approved bills reauthorizing the Texas Medical Board and other state agencies whose operations were jeopardized by similar measures stalling in May.
  Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick convened an unusual floor session after midnight Thursday for the move on
  
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• Texas Senate OKs agency oversight bill in late-night session

  20-07-2017 09:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP/KXAN) — Early Thursday morning, Gov. Greg Abbott announced he would like Texas senators to move on to the other major issues they are taking up during the special session.
  Abbott’s announcement came after the Texas Senate approved bills reauthorizing the Texas Medical Board and other state agencies whose operations were jeopardized by similar measures stalling in May.
  Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick convened an unusual floor session after midnight Thursday for the move on
  
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• Lawmakers accepting donations during special session in a ‘gray area’

  20-07-2017 05:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The day after the start to the special session, there are concerns about the way Texas lawmakers are raising money for their campaigns. Right now they’re collecting political donations at the same time they’re trying to pass new laws.
  The practice is not normally allowed, but special sessions are different.
  The Texas Election Code prohibits lawmakers from accepting any campaign contributions in and around the regular legislative session. The idea being to keep c
  
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• Round Rock seamstress saves brides’ big day after Alfred Angelo shutdown

  20-07-2017 05:36 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — It’s been nearly a week since bridal company Alfred Angelo shut down its stores nationwide.
  Many brides still haven’t been able to track down the wedding dresses they paid for, but in Round Rock one woman is working overtime to make sure Central Texas brides’ special days aren’t ruined.
  In Lupita Mendoza’s Round Rock alteration studio hang some of the dresses brides thought were long gone.
  Many women gave up hope they’d ever fi
  
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• Austin dentist sues Nancy Grace, news outlets over Daisy Lynn Torres coverage

  20-07-2017 05:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin dentist is suing several national media outlets for alleged defamation more than a year after a toddler died following a visit to his office.
  Michael Melanson is suing The Nancy Grace Show, CNN parent company Turner Broadcasting, CBS Television and the Daily Mail.
  Fourteen-month-old Daisy Lynn Torres died after going under anesthesia at Austin Children’s Dentistry in northwest Austin last year.
  Melanson claims those media outlets portrayed him as causing the
  
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• Allen stops by More Than the Score

  20-07-2017 04:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former Longhorn Jarrett Allen says he’s healthy and ready to go.  Allen missed summer league after being drafted 22nd overall by the Brooklyn Nets with a hip injury.  Allen was our guest on More Than the Score Wednesday and talked about why he was ready to leave Texas and a little back story to that dunk heard around college basketball at West Virginia.
  
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• Two more APD officers sent to hospital from carbon monoxide leaks

  20-07-2017 04:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two more Austin police officers were sent to the hospital Wednesday night, after becoming ill from carbon monoxide in their patrol vehicles.
  The conditions of the two officers have not been released, or additional details on what happened in the most recent case that has plagued the Austin Police Department. Last week, six officers reported carbon monoxide leaks in their Ford Explorers and were treated and released.
  The Austin Police Association has asked for more sensitive
  
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• Housing market strong in Manor, despite concerns over industrial plant

  20-07-2017 03:31 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — City leaders in Manor say they’re not worried about a new industrial plant that’s ramping up development near their city limits, thanks to a boom in residential development.
  However, homeowners who live less than a mile from the new facility say they’re moving out — not only worried about the long-term effects living so close to the facility could have on their family.
  “We’re also worried about the long-term effects on the h
  
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• Sen. John McCain has brain cancer, doctors say

  20-07-2017 02:30 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Doctors say Arizona Sen. John McCain has a brain tumor associated with a blood clot that was removed last week.
  In a statement late Wednesday, doctors reveal that McCain has been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive cancer. The statement says the 80-year-old senator and his family are reviewing further treatment, including a combination of chemotherapy and radiation.
  The senator has been recovering at his Arizona home after doctors at the Mayo Clinic removed a blood
  
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• Family’s lost dog given away to woman after microchip mix-up

  20-07-2017 01:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Janell Sloan is angry and frustrated. Her mother’s silky terrier “Angel” ran away from home in early May.
  “I have been trying every day to get her back,” Sloan said.
  There was a glimmer of hope in early July when Sloan found out her dog’s microchip was scanned only days after Angel went missing. A woman found Angel roaming around and took her to Hill Country Animal Hospital in hopes of reuniting the dog with her family.
  “We scanned
  
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• Dallas police suspend probe into incident involving Elliott

  20-07-2017 01:51 via kxan.com
  
  FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Dallas police have suspended an investigation into an incident at a bar involving Ezekiel Elliott, the latest off-field issue for the Cowboys’ star running back.
  Police said Wednesday the investigation was suspended “due to the lack of a complaint,” and that no other witnesses had come forward. The statement said investigators had made several unsuccessful attempts to reach the 30-year-old man who was punched in the nose Sunday night.
  Dallas coach Jas
  
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• Sunset bill still center stage on day two of special session

  20-07-2017 01:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas lawmakers set their sights squarely on House Bill 1 and Senate Bill 20, their respective versions of the sunset bill. That legislation would keep critical auditing agencies open, related to the health of Texans.
  The House Committee on State Affairs held a public hearing Wednesday to gather input from Texans about HB 1.
  “It’s our goal to vote this bill out and have it on the floor of the House next week,” Rep. Charlie Geren, R-Fort Worth, said. Geren
  
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• Texas receives grant to prevent local bats from disease-causing fungus

  20-07-2017 01:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Watching the bats take flight at the Congress Avenue Bridge is a staple attraction to those who live and visit Austin. Just take a walk in the area on a warm summer evening, and you’ve likely seen them.
  But a disease-causing fungus is slowly killing off millions of bats in the eastern United States, threatening the number of bats we could see in the future. The disease is known as “white-nose syndrome,” for the powdery white fungus that grows on their nose
  
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• Gov. Greg Abbott talks reelection campaign, special session

  20-07-2017 01:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott called a special session on 20 items he deemed a priority for the state. On Wednesday, Abbott conducted interviews from his new campaign studio in downtown Austin.
  With $41 million in his war chest, Abbott has extra funds that could be used in the Republican primaries to support people who support his special session agenda.
  “I need to see what my opposition looks like but obviously I’m going to be supporting members who have philosophies and po
  
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• Boone Elementary parents drop suit alleging daughter was sexually assaulted

  20-07-2017 01:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two months after the Travis County District Attorney’s Office said there was insufficient evidence that a 4-year-old Boone Elementary student’s injuries were criminal in nature, the parents of the girl have dropped their federal lawsuit.
  The lawsuit claimed Austin Independent School District and their police department failed to properly investigate and respond to the allegation that the girl was assaulted.
  The lack of action by the district resulted in a hostil
  
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• Trump campaign inner circle called before Senate committees

  20-07-2017 00:18 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Members of the Trump campaign’s inner circle, including his eldest son and son-in-law, are being called before Senate committees next week to talk about the 2016 election.
  The week has the potential to deliver the most high-profile congressional testimony involving the Russian meddling probes since former FBI Director James Comey appeared in June.
  Donald Trump Jr. is scheduled to appear July 26 before the Senate Judiciary Committee along with former campaign chairma
  
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• Russian lawyer who met Trump Jr. ready to testify in Senate

  20-07-2017 00:18 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Russian lawyer who met with President Donald Trump’s eldest son during the 2016 election campaign said she’s ready to testify before the U.S. Senate and “clarify the situation behind this mass hysteria.”
  Donald Trump Jr. agreed to meet with Natalia Veselnitskaya in the expectation of receiving incriminating information about Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton as part of a Russian government effort to help his father’s White House campai
  
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