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• DPS backs down from plan to charge agencies for crime lab services

  28-07-2017 23:32 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Following a request from the governor of Texas, the Department of Public Safety has withdrawn its plan to charge law enforcement agencies a fee for forensic analysis of evidence.
  In a statement Friday, DPS says legislative leadership agreed with Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision. The department says they will continue to provide the services to local agencies at no cost.
  The governor asked DPS Director Steven McCraw to retract his July 20 letter, which put local agencies on
  
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• Trump: White House Chief of Staff Reince Priebus out of the job

  28-07-2017 22:57 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (KXAN) — President Donald Trump has announced on Twitter Friday that Reince Priebus is out as White House chief of staff, and the president’s secretary of Homeland Security is in.
  “I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House Chief of Staff. He is a Great American….” the president said in a tweet at 4:49 p.m. eastern time.
  In another tweet, President Trump thanked Priebus for his service. “We accom
  
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• Trump pushes out Priebus, names Kelly WH chief of staff

  28-07-2017 22:57 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — His White House in turmoil, President Donald Trump abruptly announced late Friday he was appointing Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to be his chief of staff, ending the tumultuous six-month tenure of Reince Priebus.
  After months of speculation about Priebus’ fate, Trump tweeted his decision as he landed in Washington after a speech in New York in which he lavishly praised Kelly’s performance at Homeland Security.
  Priebus, the former Republican National
  
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• Driver accused in viral cyclist hit-and-run facing federal charges

  28-07-2017 21:58 via kxan.com
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) – The motorist accused of injuring a cyclist during a hit-and-run crash on the Natchez Trace Parkway earlier this month is facing federal charges.
  Marshall Grant Neely III, 58, has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon, providing a false statement to a federal agent and destruction of evidence. The charges carry a maximum prison sentence of 37 years.
  Neely is accused of hitting Tyler Noe with his SUV on July 8 while he was riding with a friend.
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• World Swimming Championships to air on KNVA

  28-07-2017 20:47 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — NBC Sports coverage of the World Swimming Championships will air on KNVA instead of KXAN.
  Saturday’s coverage can been seen on KNVA from 1 to 2 p.m. while Sunday’s coverage will be seen from 2-4 p.m., also on KNVA.
  KNVA can be found on the following channels:
  AT&T U-Verse: Channel 1012 (HD) – Channel 12 (SD)DirecTV: Channel 54 (HD/SD)Dish Network: Channel 54 (HD/SD)Grande Communications: Channel 812 (HD) – Channel 12 (SD)Northland Cable: Channel
  
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• Police arrest Austin man after they say girlfriend finds child porn on phone

  28-07-2017 20:14 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin police arrested a man this week after they said his girlfriend reported finding child pornography on an old mobile phone he owned, said an Austin police report.
  The woman told police she became suspicious when she saw her boyfriend of four months, identified as Garry Williams, 37, using his old phone with a cracked screen instead of a newer one he had bought to replace it.
  A few days before this, she told police she had come across an online profile for Williams that
  
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• British baby Charlie Gard dies, was center of legal battle

  28-07-2017 20:07 via kxan.com
  LONDON (AP) — Charlie Gard, the critically ill British baby at the center of a contentious legal battle that attracted the attention of Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump, died Friday, according to a family spokeswoman. He would have turned 1 next week.
  Charlie suffered from a rare genetic disease, mitochondrial depletion syndrome, which caused brain damage and left him unable to breathe unaided.
  His parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, raised more than 1.3 million pounds ($1.7
  
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• British baby Charlie Gard at center of legal battle dies

  28-07-2017 20:07 via kxan.com
  LONDON (AP) — Charlie Gard, the terminally ill British baby at the center of a legal and ethical battle that attracted the attention of Pope Francis and U.S. President Donald Trump, died Friday. He was one week shy of his first birthday.
  Charlie’s parents fought for the right to take him to the United States for an experimental medical treatment for his rare genetic disease, mitochondrial depletion syndrome, which left him brain damaged and unable to breathe unaided. His case ended u
  
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• Apple kills iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle as music moves to phones

  28-07-2017 18:01 via kxan.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The iPod Nano and iPod Shuffle have played their final notes for Apple.
  The company discontinued sales of the two music players Thursday in a move reflecting the waning popularity of the devices in an era when most people store or stream their tunes on smartphones.
  The iPod product line still remains alive, though. Apple plans to continue selling its internet-connected iPod Touch.
  In a show of its commitment to the iPod Touch, Apple doubled the storage capacity of its
  
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• 5th person dies trying to cross Rio Grande into Texas

  28-07-2017 18:00 via kxan.com
  EL PASO, Texas (AP) — A fifth person has died this week in the El Paso area after being pulled from the Rio Grande while attempting to cross from Mexico.
  U.S. Border Patrol agents were conducting a river patrol Thursday with Mexican law enforcement officials when the body of a man believed to be in his 30s was found.
  The discovery comes after the bodies of three people, all Guatemalan nationals, were recovered Tuesday after they drowned while trying to cross.
  The El Paso Times reports a wo
  
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• North Korea test-fires second ICBM, lands in sea off Japan

  28-07-2017 17:48 via kxan.com
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea test-fired on Friday its second intercontinental ballistic missile, which flew longer and higher than its first ICBM launched earlier this month, officials said.
  “We assess that this missile was an intercontinental ballistic missile, as had been expected,” Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt. Jeff Davis said in Washington.
  The missile was launched on very high trajectory, which limited the distance it traveled, and landed west of Japan’s
  
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• North Korea says 2nd ICBM test puts much of US in range

  28-07-2017 17:48 via kxan.com
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S. mainland, hours after the launch left analysts concluding that a wide swath of the United States, including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now in range of North Korean weapons.
  The Korean Central News Agency said that Kim expressed “great satisfaction” after the Hwasong-14 missile, which the country fi
  
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• North Korea says 2nd ICBM test puts ‘entire’ US in range

  28-07-2017 17:48 via kxan.com
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Saturday the second flight test of an intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated his country can hit the U.S. mainland, hours after the launch left analysts concluding that a wide swath of the United States, including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now in range of North Korean weapons.
  The Korean Central News Agency said that Kim expressed “great satisfaction” after the Hwasong-14 missile reached a maximum hei
  
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• North Korea fires missile which lands in sea off Japan

  28-07-2017 17:48 via kxan.com
  TOKYO (AP) — North Korea fired a ballistic missile Friday night which flew longer than any of its previous missiles and landed in the ocean off Japan, according to officials from Japan, South Korea and the United States.
  There was no immediate announcement of the type of missile. On July 4, North Korea test-launched its first intercontinental ballistic missile in a major step toward its goal of developing nuclear-armed missiles capable of reaching the United States.
  Japanese government spo
  
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• North Korea 2nd ICBM test puts much of US in range: experts

  28-07-2017 17:48 via kxan.com
  PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea on Friday test-fired its second intercontinental ballistic missile, which flew longer and higher than the first according to its wary neighbors, leading analysts to conclude that a wide swath of the U.S., including Los Angeles and Chicago, is now within range of Pyongyang’s weapons.
  Japanese government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said the missile, launched late Friday night, flew for about 45 minutes — about five minutes longer than the IC
  
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• Austin Police pulling nearly 400 Ford SUVs from patrol over carbon monoxide fears

  28-07-2017 17:26 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Increasing concerns over carbon monoxide leaking into patrol vehicles has prompted the Austin Police Department to pull its nearly 400 Ford Explorer Police Interceptors from the streets of Austin.
  “We’re happy that the city and department have seen the wisdom in taking these vehicles offline and it was clear through NHTSA’s testing that there were multiple problems with these vehicles,” Austin Police Association President Ken Casaday said.
  Ford Explo
  
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• Austin police pull nearly 400 Ford SUVs from patrol over carbon monoxide fears

  28-07-2017 17:26 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Increasing concerns over carbon monoxide leaking into patrol vehicles has prompted the Austin Police Department to pull its nearly 400 Ford Explorer Police Interceptors from the streets of Austin.
  “I’ve made the decision to remove the vehicles form the fleet immediately,” Interim City Manager Elaine Hart said Friday. “This decision is out of an abundance of caution at this point.”
  “We’re happy that the city and department have seen
  
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• McCain, fighting cancer, turns on GOP and kills health bill

  28-07-2017 16:25 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John McCain appeared poised to be the savior of the GOP health bill when he returned to the Capitol earlier this week despite brain cancer.
  He turned out to be the bill’s executioner.
  In an astonishing development early Friday, the longtime Arizona senator turned on his party and his president, joining two other GOP senators in voting “no” on Republicans’ final effort to repeal “Obamacare.”
  His unexpected vote killed the bill, and
  
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• McCain, expected to save health bill, became the executioner

  28-07-2017 16:25 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain seemed poised to be the savior of the GOP health bill when he returned to the Capitol despite a brain cancer diagnosis.
  He turned out to be the executioner.
  The longtime Arizona senator stunned pretty much everyone Friday by turning on his party and his president and joining two other GOP senators in voting “no” on the Republicans’ final effort to repeal “Obamacare.”
  That killed the bill. And it also dealt what looks like a death
  
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• Deputies searching for man wanted for child sex crimes

  28-07-2017 15:50 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man wanted for continuous sexual assault of a child may be in the Austin or Bastrop area, Hays County Deputies say.Deputies are looking for 30-year-old Osiel Castaneda Rojas, also known as Osiel Rojas Castaneda, on warrants for the sexual charges as well as theft.If you have seen or have information regarding the whereabouts of Rojas,contact the Hays County Sheriff’s Office at 512-393-7896 and speak with the Criminal Investigations Division or you may contact the Ha
  
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• Authorities: Man robs bank, then gets naked and throws money

  28-07-2017 14:55 via kxan.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in Florida say they arrested a man who robbed a bank, stripped naked and ran down the street throwing stolen money — a spectacle that he somehow thought would jump-start his career as a comedian.
  Instead, the FBI says 25-year-old Alexander Sperber is charged with bank robbery.
  A federal complaint says the man told authorities he parked his car at the bank, made a gun motion with his hand and demanded money from the teller, who gave him about $
  
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• 4-year-old killed by family dogs in El Paso

  28-07-2017 14:19 via kxan.com
  EL PASO, Texas (KXAN) — A 4-year-old El Paso boy is dead after police say he was mauled by a pack of dogs in his backyard.
  Details of the incident are scarce however, El Paso Police told KTSM-TV the boy lived at the home and  dogs were the family’s pets.
  Police were called to the Lower Valley home around 9 p.m. after neighbors heard a commotion.
  Animal control was called to the scene and took the dogs into custody.
  This story will be updated as more information becomes available
  
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• VIDEO: Clerk body slams would-be robber

  28-07-2017 13:55 via kxan.com
  ALBUQUERQUE, NM (NBC) — A store clerk staring down the barrel of a gun made a heroic decision to turn the tables on an armed robber.
  Security camera footage shows the robber entering a Family Dollar store in Albuquerque and then pushing the gun against the clerk’s temple. Once the clerk’s register was empty, the robber turned his attention to another register. That’s when the first clerk noticed there was no magazine in the gun and decides to take down the robber.
  The cle
  
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• Thrill ride was OK’d hours before deadly state fair accident

  28-07-2017 13:34 via kxan.com
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Inspectors repeatedly looked over a thrill ride while it was assembled at the Ohio State Fair and signed off on it hours before it flew apart in a deadly accident that flung passengers into the ground, according to authorities and records released Thursday.
  Investigators worked to find out what caused the opening day wreck, which killed a high school student who had just enlisted in the Marines. Seven other people were injured, including four teenagers.
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• “Our marketplace is expanding” – non-profit happy Skinny Repeal failed

  28-07-2017 13:14 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The defeat of the Skinny Repeal was welcomed news to some local non-profits who help those find health insurance on the marketplace. Elizabeth Colvin, the Director of Insure Central Texas at Foundation Communities spends a good portion of her day answering questions from those concerned about their insurance.
  “I get texts from people saying can I go to the oncologist next week?  Do I still have insurance? People who need transplants are wondering ‘am I goin
  
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• Never Gonna Give You Up: Rickroll anthem turns 30

  28-07-2017 13:13 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Rick Astley’s famous anthem “Never gonna give you up” turns 30 today.
  Released in 1987 as a single from his first album, it quickly topped charts worldwide but its fame didn’t end there. The song saw a resurgence in the mind 2000’s in the form of a popular Internet prank known as “Rickrolling.”
  Astley marked the occasion by taking to Twitter saying, “30 years ago today I said I was Never Gonna Give You Up. I am a man of my wo
  
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• Texas executes man for killing woman in 2004 after break-in

  28-07-2017 12:37 via kxan.com
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas prisoner was executed Thursday evening for killing a San Antonio woman after breaking into her apartment more than 13 years ago.
  TaiChin Preyor, 46, was put to death after his attorneys failed to convince courts that he had deficient legal help during earlier stages of his appeals and that he deserved a reprieve so his case could be reviewed more fairly.
  The U.S. Supreme Court rejected his final appeal about 2 ½ hours after the six-hour execution win
  
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• Texas attorney general now facing December trial date

  28-07-2017 12:21 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A new trial date of Dec. 11 is set for Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to face felony securities fraud charges.
  It’s the third time a trial date has been set. Paxton’s case was previously scheduled to begin in April, then September. The Houston Chronicle reports that jury selection is now expected to start Dec. 1.
  The case previously was moved from the conservative Dallas suburb of McKinney, where Paxton lives, to Houston after special prosecut
  
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• AISD musical ‘Peter Pan’ set to hook audience, program needs funding

  28-07-2017 12:15 via kxan.com
   
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After a summer of hard work, the grand production of “Peter Pan” is ready to hook its audience. A group of  more than 120 students from across 22 different Ausin ISD schools are bringing the story of the lost boy to life through the summer musical performance this weekend.
  Peter Pan is the second of the AISD’s Summer Musical Program performances. In 2016, students showcased The Little Mermaid.
  “Oh I think it’s fun, I think
  
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• Free medical care available at Seton Williamson tomorrow

  28-07-2017 12:11 via kxan.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — One of the largest healthcare providers in Central Texas is offering free medical care this weekend as part of its Medical Mission at Home program.
  Seton is assembling physicians and health providers at Seton Medical Center Williamson, 201 Seton Parkway Round Rock, TX 78665,  from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday.The organization will accept provide services until their provider schedules are full.
  Beyond providing free doctor’s appointment to kids and adults
  
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• ‘Obamacare’ repeal reeling after Senate defeat

  28-07-2017 11:46 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Dealing a serious blow to President Donald Trump’s agenda, the Senate early Friday rejected a measure to repeal parts of former President Barack Obama’s health care law after a night of high suspense in the U.S. Capitol.
  Unable to pass even a so-called “skinny repeal,” it was unclear if Senate Republicans could advance any health bill despite seven years of promises to repeal “Obamacare.”
  “This is clearly a disappointing moment,&r
  
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• GOP blame-game begins after Senate sinks health care drive

  28-07-2017 11:46 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican finger-pointing commenced after the Senate’s dark-of-night defeat of the GOP’s flagship effort to repeal much of the Obama health care law in a startling vote that dealt a blistering blow to President Donald Trump.
  “3 Republicans and 48 Democrats let the American people down,” Trump tweeted early Friday after GOP leaders failed to patch party divisions and the Senate rejected a last-ditch bill to keep the effort alive. “As I said f
  
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• GOP blame-a-thon over health bill crash, but no clear path

  28-07-2017 11:46 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The resounding Senate crash of the seven-year Republican drive to scrap the Obama health care law incited GOP finger-pointing Friday but left the party with wounded leaders and no evident pathway forward on an issue that won’t go away.
  In an astonishing cliff-hanger, the GOP-run Senate voted 51-49 to reject Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s last ditch attempt to sustain their drive to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul with a starkly
  
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• K-9 Wiley retires from the Austin Police Department

  28-07-2017 06:04 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is saying “happy trails” to a well-liked four-legged officer.
  Wiley is an 11-and-a-half year old Belgian Malinois who has been with APD since 2009. Thursday, the department held a retirement ceremony for him downtown.
  Wiley has been assigned to Senior Officer Jimmie Davenport, and alongside his human partner, Wiley has been responsible for nearly 200 arrests, including homicide, burglary and robbery suspects, as well as finding
  
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• New data collected on NICU babies could improve treatment, detect problems

  28-07-2017 05:30 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — New equipment has been installed in local hospital rooms to improve health care for premature babies.
  The Seton Healthcare Family and Dell Medical School at UT Austin are teaming up to collect and utilize medical information that, until now, has lived on a patient’s medical chart.
  “We’re calling it the neo-natal data warehouse,” said Michael Minks, chief information officer with Seton Healthcare Family.
  Special monitors were added to two Se
  
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• Austin pedestrian crashes affect more minority, lower-income communities

  28-07-2017 05:25 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A pedestrian safety plan released this week after a year-long analysis of crash data shows certain demographic groups are impacted more than others when it comes to Austin crashes.
  Minority, non-English speaking and lower-income communities were found to have higher rates of serious pedestrian crashes.
  Between 2010 and 2015 there were nearly 1,900 people who were involved in pedestrian crashes just walking, leading to 121 fatalities. For every pedestrian killed in Aust
  
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• Texans’ O’Brien pleased with Watson’s offseason progress

  28-07-2017 05:11 via kxan.com
  WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va. (AP) — Houston Texans coach Bill O’Brien has insisted throughout the offseason that fourth-year quarterback Tom Savage is the starter entering the season.And that’s even with rookie Deshaun Watson having impressed during the offseason and two days of training camp.
  Watson entered camp with plenty of accolades after a collegiate career that featured a national championship last year at Clemson and being a two-time Heisman Trophy finalist.
  The Te
  
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• New spending cap bill could cut into big Austin city projects

  28-07-2017 05:11 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas lawmakers want to limit how much cities and counties can spend while in Austin the mayor says it could hamper the city’s efforts to house the homeless, expand the convention center and finish other large projects.
  State representatives and senators are beginning to chug through the 20 items Gov. Greg Abbott called them back to work on in a 30-day special session. One of those items is a cap on local spending.
  When tax bills hit, many might have one or two progra
  
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• Round Rock ISD coaches tackle technique

  28-07-2017 05:06 via kxan.com
  ROUND ROCK (KXAN) — Round Rock ISD football coaches tackled technique in preparation for the new season.
  USA Football’s Heads Up Program teaches coaches the right way to tackle. There are three proper techniques to prevent head and neck injuries in football, and changing the game is the only way to make it safer. A recent study found the brain disease, CTE, in 99% of deceased NFL players to be tested.
  “It’s a little disconcerting at times to think that our game could
  
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• Austin woman calls police after finding ‘naked peeping Tom’ on patio

  28-07-2017 04:39 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin woman is warning her neighbors after looking through the blinds early Thursday morning to see a man — fully nude — standing on the other side of her sliding glass door.
  It’s not the first time something like this has happened in the city’s Hyde Park neighborhood.
  “I was hanging out at home last night,” the woman, who asked not to be identified, said in an interview Thursday. “It was probably two or three in the morning and
  
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• Victim injured on Ohio State Fair ride speaks out

  28-07-2017 04:33 via kxan.com
  COLUMBUS (WCMH) – It was easily the most horrifying moment of 19-year-old Abdihakim Hussein and 20-year-old Hannah Sallee’s life. The young couple went to the Ohio State Fair together Wednesday evening with some friends. The first thing they did was get in line for The Fire Ball.
  Hussein and Salle said they didn’t start fearing for their lives until they noticed they were getting closer and closer to the ground with each swing of the ride.
  “I’m sitting there scared,
  
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• Investigation into Ford Explorer carbon monoxide concerns expanded

  28-07-2017 04:10 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is expanding its investigation into carbon monoxide problems with Ford Explorers.
  The agency — in a report, Thursday night — says they’ve learned the police interceptor version of the Ford Explorer is experiencing exhaust manifold cracks, which could explain the exhaust odor.
  They expanded the investigation after getting nearly 800 complaints about the 2011-2017 Ford Explorer models.
  Second APD officer joi
  
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• Gov. Abbott grants meeting with West Texas mayors after open letter

  28-07-2017 03:45 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Three mayors from West Texas met with Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday. The visit marks the second of three planned meetings between Abbott and mayors from across the state.
  Amarillo Mayor Ginger Nelson, Lubbock Mayor Dan Pope and El Paso Mayor Dee Margo spent time outlining several concerns with Abbott during their trip to the Capitol.
  The mayoral meetings came in response to a letter signed by 17 Texas mayors on July 17, addressing worries they have over the special sessio
  
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• Indiana police officer shot, killed while responding to crash

  28-07-2017 03:24 via kxan.com
  HOMECROFT, Ind. (WISH) — A Southport police officer was shot and killed while responding to a traffic accident Thursday afternoon in southern Marion County.
  Lt. Aaron Allan was shot multiple times when he approached an overturned vehicle that had crashed at Madison Avenue and Maynard Drive, said Kendale Adams, a spokesman for Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department. Allan was pronounced dead at Ezkenazi Hospital, where authorities including the city’s police chief gathered t
  
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• Boy Scout leader apologizes for Trump’s political rhetoric

  28-07-2017 03:10 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The Boy Scouts’ chief executive apologized Thursday to members of the scouting community who were offended by the aggressive political rhetoric in President Donald Trump’s recent speech to the Scouts’ national jamboree.
  The apology came in a statement from Chief Scout Executive Michael Surbaugh, three days after Trump’s speech to nearly 40,000 scouts and adults gathered in West Virginia.
  Other U.S. presidents have delivered nonpolitical speeches at p
  
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• ‘Hard working, well liked’: Friends remember murdered Austin businessman

  28-07-2017 02:20 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Word spread quickly Thursday of the murder of Austin businessman Majid Hemmasi, especially in in the area around Airport Boulevard and Guadalupe Street where he owns AAA Fire and Safety.
  Police were called to the business just before 8 p.m. Wednesday and found Hemmasi on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds. Neighbors reported hearing between six to 10 gunshot wounds.
  An employee at the AAA was also shot in that gunfire, but she escaped inside the store and was eventuall
  
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• FBI: Man says he killed wife on cruise ship because she laughed at him

  28-07-2017 01:20 via kxan.com
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — A Utah man killed his wife aboard an Alaska cruise and told an acquaintance who later walked into the couple’s blood-splattered room that he did it because she laughed at him, the FBI said in documents released Thursday.
  Kenneth Manzanares was charged with murder after he was found with blood on his hands and clothes and blood spread throughout the cabin on the Princess Cruises ship Tuesday night, according to a criminal complaint by FBI Special Agent Michael
  
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• Firefighters get fit to save lives in Williamson County

  28-07-2017 01:00 via kxan.com
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Looking around a room at the Public Safety and Operations Training Center in Georgetown, there are a lot of “buff” firefighters, but the focus is on how they got so fit.
  “If my knees are not in line, if my back is out of position, I’m just stressing that, so that later I’m on the fire truck, I step off the fire truck, I blow a knee out,” explains Cedar Park firefighter Taylor Selden.
  Selden is just one of the firefighters from
  
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• Highly contagious dog flu spreading across Austin-area

  28-07-2017 00:55 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A dog flu is spreading throughout Central Texas according to area veterinarians.
  Dr. Taia Lubitz says a strain of canine influenza known as H3N2 has returned to Central Texas and is highly contagious, spreading through the area’s canine population.
  “Virtually 100 percent of dogs who are exposed to the virus will contract the virus,” said Dr. Lubitz. “Eighty percent of those dogs will show illness.”
  Jofka Forman-Clinton says her nearly 2-ye
  
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• Ex-swim coach charged in drowning death of Texas teen

  28-07-2017 00:25 via kxan.com
  FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Prosecutors say a former school swim coach in Texas has been charged in the death of a 13-year-old girl who drowned during practice.
  Forty-nine-year-old Tracey Anne Boyd is scheduled to appear in court next week on a charge of abandoning or endangering a child by criminal negligence.
  Boyd was indicted June 29 in the death of Elise Cerami, who competed for a Carroll school district swim club near Fort Worth.
  A medical examiner has ruled the girl’s death in Jun
  
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