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• Cigarettes ignite balcony fire at NW Austin apartment complex

  30-07-2017 23:43 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Firefighters extinguished a small balcony fire on the third floor of an apartment complex in northwest Austin Sunday afternoon, said the Austin Fire Department.
  The call for the fire came in about 3:45 p.m. to the Estate on Quarry Lake Apartments in the 4600 block of Seton Center Parkway near the intersection of US 183 and West Braker Lane.
  AFD investigators said these improperly discarded cigarettes caused a third-story balcony fire at an apartment complex in northwest Aus
  
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• Venezuelans stay away from polls to protest government vote

  30-07-2017 23:14 via kxan.com
  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans stayed away from the polls in massive numbers on Sunday in a show of protest against a vote to grant President Nicolas Maduro’s ruling socialist party virtually unlimited powers in the face of a brutal socio-economic crisis and a grinding battle against its political opponents and groups of increasingly alienated and violent young protesters.
  The government swore to continue its push for total political dominance of this once-prosperous OPEC nati
  
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• US bombers fly over South Korea after North’s 2nd ICBM test

  30-07-2017 23:11 via kxan.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The United States flew two supersonic bombers over the Korean Peninsula on Sunday in a show of force against North Korea following the country’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile test. The U.S. also said it conducted a successful test of a missile defense system located in Alaska.
  The B-1 bombers were escorted by South Korean fighter jets as they performed a low-pass over an air base near the South Korean capital of Seoul before returning to Andersen
  
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• East Texas man rescues grandson, 3, after fall into water well

  30-07-2017 21:59 via kxan.com
  VAN, Texas (KETK and AP) – Authorities in East Texas said a 3-year old boy is OK after he was pulled from a water well by his grandfather after he fell 30 feet into it.
  It happened early Saturday morning in the city of Van, about 70 miles east of Dallas, said the Van Fire Department.
  Firefighters said the young boy walked over the well cover, which was brittle and collapsed.
  An East Texas man rescued his grandson when he fell into this well in Van, Texas, on Saturday, July 29, 2017. (Photo
  
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• 1-year anniversary of deadly Texas hot air balloon crash

  30-07-2017 20:23 via kxan.com
  LOCKHART, Texas (AP) — Friends and relatives of 16 people killed a year ago Sunday when a hot air balloon crashed in Central Texas have marked the anniversary with a church service and memorial flowers.
  A few dozen people attended a church service Saturday and then went to the site of the July 30, 2016, crash near Lockhart, about 30 miles (48.28 kilometers) south of Austin.
  The crash remains under investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board.The balloon struck some power lines
  
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• Murder suspect kills himself after shooting at officers during car chase

  30-07-2017 18:27 via kxan.com
  HILL COUNTY, Texas (KWKT) — Two men are dead following a chase that spanned two Central Texas counties.
  Hill County Sheriff’s Office says one man shot another man in Abbott, Texas on Friday around 9 p.m. in the area of Interstate 35.
  Fifty-nine-year-old Dennis Pavlas from West, Texas later died at Baylor Scott and White Hillcrest Hospital in Waco.
  The deputies say the suspect caught the attention of Robinson police a few hours later, who then chased after him.
  Hewitt police join
  
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• State of Texas: Lawmakers aim to limit local control

  30-07-2017 16:53 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Texas lawmakers are looking to limit how much cities can spend. Senate Bill 18, which caps how much city councils or county commissioners can spend, was quickly approved by the Texas Senate last week. It’s one of several measures limiting local governments. Senators also approved bills to put new limits on a city’s ability to annex land and a measure to cut back local rules to protect trees on private property.
  Concern about the state limiting local control led
  
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• MS-13 member wanted for 2 Texas murders arrested in Virginia

  30-07-2017 16:48 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — Houston police say an MS-13 gang member known by the name “Terror” and charged with two murders in the Houston area has been arrested in Virginia.
  Police say 20-year-old Douglas Alexander Herrera-Hernandez was taken into custody Saturday in Arlington, Virginia, just outside Washington.
  Authorities have said he’s from El Salvador and in the U.S. illegally.The Texas Department of Public Safety last week placed him on the agency’s list of most wanted fug
  
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• Father takes baby, leads police on chase through east Austin

  30-07-2017 16:30 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man led police on a 30 minute chase after taking his baby from the mother, police say. Officers say they received a call at 3 a.m. Saturday that the man had taken the baby and the mother believed the circumstances were dangerous.
  The incident began near US 183 and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The man, with the baby in the car, led officers on a chase that involved Austin police and Department of Public Safety troopers.
  The chase ended at a parking lot on Wall Street,
  
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• Father takes baby, leads police on chase

  30-07-2017 16:30 via kxan.com
  Austin (KXAN)– A man led police on a 30 minute chase after taking his baby from the mother, police say. Austin Police say they received a call at 3:00 a.m. Saturday that the man had taken the baby and the mother believed the circumstances were dangerous.
  The incident began near US 183 and Martin Luther King. Jr. Boulevard. The man, with the baby in the car, led officers on a chase that involved  Austin Police and Department of Public Safety.
  The chase ended at a parking lot on Wall St
  
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• Teenager stabbed in north Austin

  30-07-2017 14:48 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A male teenager is in the hospital after he was stabbed in North Austin early Sunday morning, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  It happened at about 6:39 a.m. in the 9400 block of North Interstate 35 near East Rundberg Lane. Medics transported the teen to Dell Seton Medical Center with potentially serious injuries. They said the injuries were not expected to be life-threatening.
  Austin police said no arrests have been made in the stabbing.
  
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• Teen stabbed, police searching for suspects

  30-07-2017 14:48 via kxan.com
  Austin (KXAN)–A teenager is in the hospital after he was stabbed near  the intersection of North IH-35 and East Rundberg Lane.
  Austin Travis County Emergency Medical Services tweeted that the teen had been transported to Dell Seton Medical Center with injuries that are serious but not expected to be life threatening.
  Austin Police say they are still searching for the suspects but so far they are receiving unclear information from the victim.
  
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• Seton helps hundreds during free medical day in Round Rock

  30-07-2017 05:40 via kxan.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Hundreds turned out to Seton Medical Center Williamson on Saturday to receive free health care services.
  It was part of its Medical Mission at Home program.
  This is Seton’s fourth event in just two years, and organizers said people could get free help with dental care, vision care, sports physicals, or any other medical concern.
  They said it’s important to help people today, and connect them with follow-up care in their community they might not be awa
  
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• UT grads hope to get you from Austin to Dallas in 20 minutes

  30-07-2017 05:38 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Guadaloop team is looking for a final push to make it to California for the SpaceX Hyperloop Competition, which will be held Aug. 25-27.
  The group, wholly comprised of graduates from the University of Texas, held a fundraiser Saturday at Capital Factory where they unveiled the pod they put together.
  They’re one of 20 teams to build a pod capable of transporting people up to 760 miles per hour. At that speed, it would take you from Austin to Dallas in just 20
  
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• Popular pet TV host helps Shadow Cats celebrate 20 years

  30-07-2017 05:37 via kxan.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) – Jackson Galaxy, the popular host of Animal Planet’s “My Cat From Hell,” was in Central Texas Saturday night to attend a benefit for Shadow Cats.
  The group is celebrating its 20th year of helping abused, abandoned, feral, stray and injured cats in Round Rock and Austin.
  Galaxy came to help them raise money and praise the organization for its efforts.
  “These guys have gone out of their way to put their lives on the line, sacrificed their hom
  
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• Texas’ biggest classic video game fest packs Palmer Events Center with nostalgia

  30-07-2017 05:36 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Nintendo, Sega, Atari — nostalgia is in full swing at the Palmer Events Center this weekend where the Classic Game Fest is underway.
  Visitors can play classic video games from the 80s and 90s, as well as newer games.
  And if you miss the times of old school “Mario,” you can also purchase old machines and games.
  This is the 10th year for the event and during that time it has grown to be the biggest in Texas and one of the top five in the entire country.
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• Trump threat: End health payments unless there’s an overhaul

  30-07-2017 00:22 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened once more to end required payments to insurance companies unless lawmakers repeal and replace the Obama-era health care law.
  In apparent frustration over Friday’s failure by the Senate Republican majority to pass a bill repealing parts of the Affordable Care Act, Trump tweeted: “If a new HealthCare Bill is not approved quickly, BAILOUTS for Insurance Companies and BAILOUTS for Members of Congress will end very soon
  
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• 3 killed after truck hits group helping fallen motorcyclist

  30-07-2017 00:03 via kxan.com
  LYTLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities say three people were killed after a truck hit a group of people who were helping a motorcyclist who had fallen off his bike and landed on a roadway near San Antonio.
  The Texas Department of Public Safety says the motorcyclist was riding on a frontage road of Interstate 35 near Lytle at around 2 a.m. Saturday when he fell off his bike. Lytle is located about 25 miles southwest of San Antonio.
  The man’s nephew and two others were trying to help the man
  
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