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• To curb burden of school property taxes, Austin looks at ‘tax swap’

  09-08-2017 22:04 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new proposal from the city of Austin would lower the largest part of your tax bill in exchange for an increase elsewhere.
  If someone lives in Austin, 75 percent of their property tax bill goes to AISD, which in turn gives the majority of the districts money back to the state under Texas school finance formulas. City staff presented an idea to city council members in a work session early Wednesday morning. The proposal calls for raising city property taxes to off set schoo
  
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• Taylor teenager recounts moments her friend was killed in hit-and-run crash

  09-08-2017 21:57 via kxan.com
  TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — Most nights Darina Mitchell and her best friend Sharonda Barrett would walk down Old Thorndale Road. The route is now a reminder of the crash that took Barrett’s life on Saturday, Aug. 5. 
  “I just remember getting hit in the shoulder and almost fell but I caught myself,” explains Mitchell. “When I looked up, I saw the truck just like smack her from behind and she went up and flew forward.”
  Police said the vehicle was traveling
  
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• Taylor teenager recounts moment her friend was killed in hit-and-run crash

  09-08-2017 21:57 via kxan.com
  TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — Most nights Darina Mitchell and her best friend Sharonda Barrett would walk down Old Thorndale Road. The route is now a reminder of the crash that took Barrett’s life on Saturday, Aug. 5. 
  “I just remember getting hit in the shoulder and almost fell but I caught myself,” explains Mitchell. “When I looked up, I saw the truck just like smack her from behind and she went up and flew forward.”
  Police said the vehicle was traveling
  
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• Friend of Taylor hit-and-run victim describes moments before crash

  09-08-2017 21:57 via kxan.com
  TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — Most nights Darina Mitchell and her best friend Sharonda Barrett would walk down Old Thorndale Road. The route is now a reminder of the crash that took Barrett’s life on Saturday, Aug. 5. 
  “I just remember getting hit in the shoulder and almost fell but I caught myself,” explains Mitchell. “When I looked up, I saw the truck just like smack her from behind and she went up and flew forward.”
  Police said the vehicle was traveling
  
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• Houston police nix use of Whataburger order numbers at crime scenes

  09-08-2017 21:39 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — Police commanders in Houston say order numbers taken from a popular Texas fast-food restaurant cannot be used to mark evidence at crime scenes.
  Officers are not allowed to use the distinctive orange-colored, tent-shaped numbers Whataburger customers receive so that orders can be brought to their tables.
  Police spokeswoman Jodi Silva says there were concerns use of the markers amounted to a police endorsement of Whataburger.
  She says the action was taken following the shootin
  
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• Officers, bystanders recognized for pulling car off cyclist

  09-08-2017 21:28 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — When a bicyclist was pinned under a car, two Austin police officers and four bystanders jumped in to lift it and bring the woman to safety. On Wednesday, they were recognized for saving her life.
  “I’ve seen a lot of wrecks, not someone that was still alive pinned like that,” said Officer Anthony Martin, who responded to the scene.
  “I didn’t think she was going to make it,” Martin said. “It’s a miracle that she did.”
  
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• CUTE: Black jaguar cubs debut at Alabama zoo

  09-08-2017 19:28 via kxan.com
  MONTGOMERY, Ala. (KXAN) — Four feisty felines made their public debut at an Alabama zoo Tuesday.
  Spotted mother Nikita accompanied the black-coated cubs as they cavorted around the Montgomery Zoo enclosure, to the delight of visitors.
  According to Big Cat Rescue, jaguars can have either spotted or black coats. The father of this litter is a black jaguar.
   
  
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• Woman reports being grabbed on Lake Pflugerville trail

  09-08-2017 18:49 via kxan.com
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Pflugerville police are warning people to be alert while spending time outdoors after a woman reported being grabbed while on a walk Tuesday night.
  The woman was near Lake Pflugerville around 10 p.m. and was not hurt, according to a release. Police said the suspect was gone before officers arrived and they could not find him.
  The suspect is described as being between 20 and 30 years old. He was reportedly wearing red basketball shorts and no shirt.
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• Woman reports being grabbed at Pflugerville Lake

  09-08-2017 18:49 via kxan.com
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Pflugerville police are warning people to be alert while spending time outdoors after a woman reported being grabbed while on a walk Tuesday night.
  The woman was near Pflugerville Lake around 10 p.m. and was not hurt, according to a release. Police said the suspect was gone before officers arrived and they could not find him.
  The suspect is described as being between 20 and 30 years old. He was reportedly wearing red basketball shorts and no shirt.
  PPD will con
  
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• Woman reports being grabbed at Lake Pflugerville

  09-08-2017 18:49 via kxan.com
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Pflugerville police are warning people to be alert while spending time outdoors after a woman reported being grabbed while on a walk Tuesday night.
  The woman was near Lake Pflugerville around 10 p.m. and was not hurt, according to a release. Police said the suspect was gone before officers arrived and they could not find him.
  The suspect is described as being between 20 and 30 years old. He was reportedly wearing red basketball shorts and no shirt.
  PPD will con
  
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• Cuts to Medicaid loom for Texas ambulance companies

  09-08-2017 18:39 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Several ambulance services from across Texas are working to stave off a potential 10 percent cut to their Medicaid reimbursements. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is planning to cut the amounts ambulance services can bill the government for ambulance rides for people on government assistance.
  The Medicaid reimbursement cuts would mean taxpayers would get a break on the amounts the government spends on Medicaid payments nationwide.
  The HHSC is looking to make
  
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• WATCH: Funeral for former Texas Gov. Mark White in Houston

  09-08-2017 17:35 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — A funeral will be held Wednesday in Houston for former Texas Gov. Mark White, who died over the weekend at age 77.
  White will then lie in state Thursday afternoon at the Texas Capitol in Austin. White, a Democrat who served as Texas governor from 1983 until 1987, fought kidney cancer for years. His family said White died Saturday in Houston.
  White’s funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday at Second Baptist Church. On Thursday, White’s body will be transported
  
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• Former Texas Gov. Mark White remembered at funeral

  09-08-2017 17:35 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — Former Gov. Mark White has been remembered as a dedicated and caring Texas leader by someone who later held the same elected position — George W. Bush.
  The nation’s 43rd president spoke Wednesday at White’s funeral at Second Baptist Church in Houston. White, who battled kidney cancer, died Saturday at age 77.
  Bush praised White, who served in the 1980s, as a good and decent man who “envisioned a Texas where all children were educated.”
  Gov. Greg
  
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• Man sentenced in fatal hit-and-run of former UT track athlete

  09-08-2017 17:25 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Joseph Cantu has been sentenced to six years probation for the fatal hit-and-run of former University of Texas track athlete Philip Wood.
  Cantu was found guilty in June of failure to stop and render aid in the March 2, 2014 hit-and-run collision.
  Cantu, who was 34 years old at the time of the collision on North MoPac Expressway, turned himself in to police a week afterward.
  Court documents showed Cantu admitted to hitting Philip Wood as the 23-year-old was walking
  
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• Both sides in fatal hit-and-run of former UT athlete find judge’s sentencing unfair

  09-08-2017 17:25 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Joseph Cantu has been sentenced to six years probation for the fatal hit-and-run of former University of Texas track athlete Philip Wood.
  Cantu was found guilty in June of failure to stop and render aid in the March 2, 2014 hit-and-run collision.
  KXAN met with Wood’s parents Wednesday afternoon.
  “I don’t think really as a parent there’s ever a sense of closure. We will live with this for the rest of our lives,” said Wood’s mother, Ju
  
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• Both sides in fatal hit-and-run of athlete find judge’s sentencing unfair

  09-08-2017 17:25 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Joseph Cantu has been sentenced to six years probation for the fatal hit-and-run of former University of Texas track athlete Philip Wood.
  Cantu was found guilty in June of failure to stop and render aid in the March 2, 2014 hit-and-run collision.
  KXAN met with Wood’s parents Wednesday afternoon. “I don’t think really as a parent there’s ever a sense of closure. We will live with this for the rest of our lives,” said Wood’s mother, Ju
  
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• Construction worker dies after getting pinned under concrete slab

  09-08-2017 16:49 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Even though emergency crews tried to remove a construction worker who was pinned underneath a concrete slab in southeast Austin, the man has died.
  The Austin Fire Department received the call around 9:15 a.m. from a construction site at Wickersham Lane and Cromwell Circle. When they arrived, they discovered the worker was stuck under 30,000-40,000 pounds of concrete.
  A sign in the area indicates Cadence McShane Construction is the company contracted at the site.
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• 15-ton concrete slab crushes construction worker in southeast Austin

  09-08-2017 16:49 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Even though emergency crews tried to remove a construction worker who was pinned underneath a concrete slab in southeast Austin, the man has died.
  The Austin Fire Department received the call around 9:15 a.m. from a construction site at Wickersham Lane and Cromwell Circle. When they arrived, they discovered the worker was stuck under 30,000-40,000 pounds of concrete.
  A sign in the area indicates Cadence McShane Construction is the company contracted at the site. A
  
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• VIDEO: Arlington father, son fight off armed robbers

  09-08-2017 16:33 via kxan.com
  ARLINGTON, Texas (KXAN) — A store owner and his son weren’t having it when two men, armed with guns, came into their Arlington store and demanded money.
  Security cameras were rolling when one of the robbers pointed a gun at the two men and hopped behind the counter. The store’s owner, Khurrum Monga, told KXAS his son started fighting back.
  “When my son jumped in, I just followed him,” Monga said. “If something is going to happen, it’s going to happen to
  
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• Professional soccer to return to Austin in 2019

  09-08-2017 16:19 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Division II soccer players will once again race across the pitch to score goals in Austin, after the United Soccer League announced Wednesday that it will return to the city for the 2019 season.
  The USL will call the Circuit of the Americas in southeast Austin its home. The facility is building a new soccer field for the team that will hold 5,000 seats. CoTA is also home for the new FC Barcelona training academy.
  The Austin Aztex, a team that joined the USL in 2015, st
  
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• Professional soccer returns to Austin in 2019

  09-08-2017 16:19 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Division II soccer players will once again race across the pitch to score goals in Austin, after the United Soccer League announced Wednesday that it will return to the city for the 2019 season.
  The USL will call the Circuit of the Americas in southeast Austin its home. The facility is building a new soccer field for the team that will hold 5,000 seats. CoTA is also home for the new FC Barcelona training academy.
  The Austin Aztex, a team that joined the USL in 2015, st
  
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• Liz Carpenter Splash Pad back open after water leak

  09-08-2017 15:40 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Liz Carpenter Splash Pad is back open after the control board that runs the pad was damaged last week due to a water leak.
  The Austin Parks and Recreation Department closed the splash pad at Butler Park on Aug. 5 as the department waited for a new part to come in. On Wednesday, PARD said crews have been working to make the repairs and the pad is back open.
  Last summer, the same splash pad was closed twice due to equipment issues. The Liz Carpenter location is one o
  
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• Alamo Drafthouse admits violation for women-only ‘Wonder Woman’ screening

  09-08-2017 15:38 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — What was supposed to be a celebration of women’s empowerment at the movies turned into accusations of discrimination, and now the theater that hosted the event admitted it should have taken a different tact.
  Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas acknowledged in a letter to the city of Austin that its event advertising for two women-only Wonder Woman screenings in June violated Austin’s non-discrimination policy. According to the letter, an individual filed a complaint agains
  
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• David Letterman headed back to talk TV with Netflix series

  09-08-2017 15:23 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — David Letterman, who said goodbye to his long-running talk show two years ago, will say hello to TV again with a new show for Netflix.
  Netflix announced Tuesday that the six-episode series has Letterman combining two primary interests: in-depth conversations and in-the-field segments sparked by his curiosity and humor. In each hour-long episode, Letterman will conduct a long-form conversation with a single guest and explore topics of his own outside the studio.
  The series,
  
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• New Texas law allows merchants to decline card purchases without ID

  09-08-2017 14:54 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — A law that takes effect in January will allow Texas merchants to ask for photo identification for credit and debit card purchases – and turn down transactions if a buyer won’t show it.
  The aim of the law — which the Legislature passed during the regular session that ended in May — is to reduce debit and credit card fraud. Though merchants will sometimes pick up the tab for money lost to fraud, it often falls to banks to absorb the loss
  
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• Memphis teenager accused of carjacking vehicle with 2 children inside

  09-08-2017 14:44 via kxan.com
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (KXAN) — Police in Memphis are searching for a teenager who they say carjacked a car with two young children inside Tuesday night.
  The victim said her car was stolen when she went inside a store and left her car running outside with her 2-month-old and 4-year-old in the car. When she came back out, the 14-year-old suspect pushed her to the ground and took off in the car.
  Police say the suspect abandoned the car a few blocks away. The children were not hurt.
  “This could
  
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• Disney to pull content from Netflix

  09-08-2017 14:35 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — With new streaming services in the works, Disney is trying to set itself up for a future that’s largely been framed by Netflix: Providing the stuff you want to watch, when you want to watch it.
  The Magic Kingdom is launching its own streaming service for its central Disney and Pixar brands and another for live sports. That would allow it to bypass the cable companies it relies on — and Netflix — to charge consumers directly for access to its popular movies
  
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• Man arrested in search for driver who hit French soldiers

  09-08-2017 14:11 via kxan.com
  LEVALLOIS-PERRET, France (AP) — French police arrested a man Wednesday in the search for a driver who slammed his BMW into soldiers in a Paris suburb Wednesday, injuring six of them in what appeared to be a carefully timed ambush before speeding away, officials said.
  The driver’s motive was unclear, but officials said he deliberately aimed at the soldiers, and counterterrorism authorities opened an investigation. None of the soldiers had life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
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• Man ambushes French soldiers in car attack, later arrested

  09-08-2017 14:11 via kxan.com
  LEVALLOIS-PERRET, France (AP) — French police shot and arrested a man suspected of slamming a BMW into soldiers in a Paris suburb on Wednesday, injuring six of them in what appeared to be a carefully timed ambush before speeding away, officials said.
  The driver’s motive was unclear, but officials said he deliberately aimed at the soldiers, and counterterrorism authorities opened an investigation. The attacker and soldiers were hospitalized.
  It was the latest of several attacks target
  
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• Trump, North Korea trade escalating threats of fire

  09-08-2017 13:28 via kxan.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In an exchange of threats, President Donald Trump warned Pyongyang of “fire and fury like the world has never seen” and the North’s military claimed Wednesday it was examining plans for attacking Guam.
  The high-level tit-for-tat follows reports that North Korea has mastered a crucial technology needed to strike the United States with a nuclear missile.
  Despite regular North Korean threats against Guam, a U.S. territory in the Pacific about 2,100
  
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• Austin summer grief camp helps kids cope with loss

  09-08-2017 13:28 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Summer camps in Austin are full of arts, crafts and games.
  But the kids who go to Camp Red Bird in Austin have something in common they’d rather not —  they’ve all had someone close to them die.
  “Yeah, I miss him,” said Quenton Owens. “Our baby brother Mathis passed away when we were really little.”
  Quenton and his younger sister Allanah are Camp Red Bird campers and share the story of their 2-year-old brother who died from bra
  
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• 5 dogs found dead inside Florida pet resort that caught fire

  09-08-2017 13:16 via kxan.com
  VALRICO, Fla. (WFLA) – Firefighters made a sad discovery inside a pet resort outside of Tampa, Fla., that caught fire on Tuesday night: five dead dogs were found inside the burned business.
  A Hillsborough County Fire Rescue spokesperson said at 8:30 p.m. HCFR received a 911 call about a fire at the Almost Home Pet Resort located at 513 St Cloud Ave. N. in Valrico.
  When firefighters arrived they saw smoke and flames coming from the building.
  Firefighters knocked the flames down. The majorit
  
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• Manor ISD gets new schools as district prepares to double enrollment

  09-08-2017 12:45 via kxan.com
  MANOR, Texas (KXAN) — As the start of school quickly approaches, the rush is on to finish two new schools in Manor. Lagos Elementary School is getting its finishing touches with new furniture, and teachers are getting their classrooms ready. At the Manor New Tech Middle School, construction crews are still trying to finish both the inside and outside to get it ready for the open house slated to happen on Saturday, Aug. 19.
  Both schools will expand Manor ISD’s new tech learning approa
  
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• Groups look to APD contract negotiations for improved police transparency

  09-08-2017 06:22 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Community groups gathered in front of a city of Austin building Tuesday to send a message to the Austin Police Association and to City Council: they want more transparency and accountability from Austin police.
  The groups met Tuesday because they’ve been following Austin Police Association negotiations with the city over their public safety contract. There are five more meetings scheduled, the Austin Police Association said.
  The groups present Tuesday included ACLU-Te
  
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• Cowboys Crawford injured in practice

  09-08-2017 05:59 via kxan.com
  OXNARD, Calif. (AP) — Dallas defensive end Tyrone Crawford badly turned his right ankle when he closed in on running back Ezekiel Elliott during practice at training camp Tuesday, and there was no immediate word on the severity of the injury.
  Crawford has started 45 games at end and defensive tackle over the past three seasons since missing all of 2013 after tearing his left Achilles tendon in training camp.
  The 27-year-old Crawford appeared to be in tears as he was taken to the locker roo
  
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• Ford pinpoints why carbon monoxide leaks in police vehicles are happening

  09-08-2017 05:08 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Ford Motor Company says they have a better idea of why carbon monoxide leaks are happening in police patrol vehicles.
  The company says while the investigation is ongoing, they believe the problem has to do with modifications done to the Explorers when they’re turned into patrol cars.
  “We discovered that some police interceptor utilities had holes and gaps in the rear of vehicles which were not properly sealed after being modified with police equipment after
  
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• The Latest: Officials in Guam say it’s safe from North Korea

  09-08-2017 04:40 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs (all times local):
  1 a.m.
  Elected officials in Guam are reassuring constituents that the U.S. territory is safe following North Korea’s claim that it is examining its plan for “making an enveloping fire” around the strategically important Pacific island.
  Governor Eddie Baza Calvo said Wednesday there is no threat to Guam or to the Mariana Islands to the north. He adds that he will continue di
  
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• The Latest: Australia dubs North Korea reckless, provocative

  09-08-2017 04:40 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs (all times local):
  10 p.m.
  Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says North Korea is reckless, provocative, dangerous and a threat to peace.
  Turnbull’s comments on Wednesday come after North Korea said it is examining its operational plans for attacking Guam to contain U.S. bases there.
  The prime minister said of North Korea’s regime: “Its conduct is illegal, it’s reckless, it&rsqu
  
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• Texas House votes to restrict insurance coverage of abortion

  09-08-2017 04:38 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (AP) — The Texas House has given preliminary approval to a a bill requiring women to purchase separate insurance policies for coverage of abortions, except during medical emergencies.
  Amarillo Republican Rep. John Smithee’s proposal passed 95-51 after hours of tense debate Tuesday. A final House vote Wednesday sends it to the Texas Senate, which already approved similar rules.
  Smithee said his bill only requires purchasing supplemental coverage for “elective” abort
  
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• Hays Co. dispatch holds 911 call for 20 minutes before alerting police

  09-08-2017 03:51 via kxan.com
  BUDA, TX (KXAN) – The Hays County Sheriff’s Department is investigating how dispatchers sat on a 911 call for 20 minutes before contacting a local police department to let them know there was a burglary in progress.
  Last Friday, two men broke into A-Line Outdoor Power Equipment and made off with thousands of dollars in merchandise.
  “This whole display here when I showed up Friday was empty, I think there was one chainsaw and two blowers left, so yeah I would say it was 99 perce
  
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• With thousands more crisis calls, APD welcomes new mental health center

  09-08-2017 02:56 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In a single year, the Austin Police Department responds to more than 10,000 calls related to mental illness.
  How officers respond can protect not only police and the person in question, but the public as well. Tuesday, community leaders unveiled a new facility to help police get people suffering a mental health crisis the help they need.
  “Do you feel like wanting to hurt yourself or anybody else or anything?” Officer James Turner asked a woman. Turner, part of A
  
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• Despite conflict, key state leaders meet with end of session in sight

  09-08-2017 02:33 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (NEXSTAR) — State Rep. Carol Alvarado, D-Houston, tweeted a photo Tuesday of the House vote on HB 214, which would limit insurance coverage for abortions.
  She highlighted the political divide by saying the vote showed “absolutely no bipartisanship” in the legislature.
  “This has been a very difficult to predict legislative session because of all the conflict,” noted Jim Henson with the Texas Politics Project. “I think for the most part, other than the li
  
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• Suspect in murder of woman, 4-year-old girl caught after chase in Hutto

  09-08-2017 01:16 via kxan.com
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — A suspect wanted in the double murder of a woman and her 4-year-old daughter in Kansas was caught by police in Hutto after officers used a spike strip to stop a chase.
  According to a post on the Hutto Police Department Facebook page, an alert police supervisor helped Taylor police catch the murder suspect they were pursuing.
  The suspect lost control and crashed into three cars in the parking lot of Christian Brothers Automotive at 580 US 79 — just east of State
  
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• Double murder suspect stopped by police after chase in Hutto

  09-08-2017 01:16 via kxan.com
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — A suspect wanted in the double murder of a woman and her 4-year-old daughter in Kansas was caught by police in Hutto after officers used spike strips to stop the chase.
  According to a post on the Hutto Police Department Facebook page, an alert police supervisor helped Taylor police catch a murder suspect they were pursuing.
  The suspect lost control and crashed into two cars in the parking lot of Christian Brothers Automotive at 580 US 79 — just east of State Hig
  
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• Chase in Hutto leads authorities to Kansas murder suspect

  09-08-2017 01:16 via kxan.com
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — A suspect wanted in the double murder of a woman and her 4-year-old daughter in Kansas was caught by police in Hutto after officers used a spike strip to stop a chase.
  According to a post on the Hutto Police Department Facebook page, an alert police supervisor helped Taylor police catch the murder suspect they were pursuing.
  The suspect lost control and crashed into three cars in the parking lot of Christian Brothers Automotive at 580 US 79 — just east of State
  
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• Texas Tech students build device to prevent hot car deaths

  09-08-2017 01:02 via kxan.com
  LUBBOCK, Texas (KLBK) — July 2017 was called the “deadliest month yet” for children being left in hot cars, with 11 children nationwide dying in the heat. One group of Texas Tech students is building a device to prevent these tragedies from ever happening.
  Gage Dutkin and three other students created C-Safe, a sensor that connects a car seat to the user’s iPhone to alert a parent if they leave their child in the car for more than 5 minutes.
  “Obviously, I don’t
  
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• Injuries mount for Longhorns into second week of camp

  09-08-2017 00:55 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Training camp injuries are starting to pile up as the Longhorns are into their second week of training camp.
  Not only is the list of players banged up growing, but there are some guys expected to play major roles in the upcoming season. UT released the names of players that missed all or part of Tuesday’s practice: Junior OL Terrell Cuney (concussion), junior OL Elijah Rodriguez (high ankle sprain), sophomore DE Malcolm Roach (turf toe sprain), redshirt freshman DL An
  
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• Injuries mount for Longhorns

  09-08-2017 00:55 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Training camp injuries are starting to pile up as the Longhorns are into their second week of training camp.Not only is the list of players banged up growing, but there are some guys expected to play major roles in the upcoming season.UT released the names of players that missed all or part of Tuesday’s practice, Junior OL Terrell Cuney (concussion), junior OL Elijah Rodriguez (high ankle sprain), sophomore DE Malcolm Roach (turf toe sprain), redshirt freshman DL Andr
  
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• Trump warns NKorea of ‘fire and fury’ as nuke threat worsens

  09-08-2017 00:40 via kxan.com
  BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — President Donald Trump threatened North Korea “with fire and fury like the world has never seen” on Tuesday after reports suggested the communist country has mastered one of the final hurdles to being able to strike the United States with a nuclear missile.
  Trump’s stern words to the camera at his golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey, sought to match the gravity of North Korea’s newfound ability to wed its nuclear warhead with its missiles,
  
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• WATCH: Driver caught on dash cam video ditching dog

  09-08-2017 00:15 via kxan.com
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A man’s personal dash cam video showing a driver ditching a dog is generating outrage online.
  Jerit Gaddis was driving in the Seminole Heights community around 6:30 p.m. Monday with his dash cam recording.
  The video shows a car in front of him stopping in the area of North Boulevard and West Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard.
  The back door opens and a dog leaps out of the car before the driver speeds off.
  The dog is seen running after the vehicle in an effort to c
  
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