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• Predominantly black church vandalized in Central Texas

  12-08-2017 20:49 via kxan.com
  WACO, Texas (AP) — Authorities are investigating vandalism at a predominantly African-American church in Texas that included the use of ketchup and mustard to write “Satan” and the last name of President Donald Trump on its fellowship hall floor, in addition to the drawing of a swastika.
  The Waco Tribune-Herald (http://bit.ly/2uxxpdu ) reports Willow Grove Baptist Church near Waco sustained $3,000 in damages. Pastor Kenneth McNeil called authorities after finding the damage Tue
  
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• Vehicle plows into counter-protesters at white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia

  12-08-2017 18:22 via kxan.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — The Latest on the white nationalist rally being held in Charlottesville (all times local):
  2 p.m.
  Authorities are on the scene after a vehicle plowed into a group of people marching peacefully through downtown Charlottesville.
  An Associated Press reporter saw at least one person on the ground receiving medical treatment immediately afterward the incident. It occurred approximately two hours after violent clashes between white nationalists and counter-protesters.
  
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• Officials: White nationalist rally linked to 3 deaths

  12-08-2017 18:22 via kxan.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, hurting more than a dozen others and ratcheting up tension in a day full of violent confrontations.
  Shortly after, a Virginia State Police helicopter that officials said was assisting with the rally crashed outside Charlottesville, killing the pilot and a trooper.
  The chaos boiled over at what is believed to be the largest
  
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• Hundreds face off ahead of white nationalist rally

  12-08-2017 18:22 via kxan.com
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Hundreds of people are facing off in Charlottesville ahead of a white nationalist rally planned in the Virginia city’s downtown.
  Rally supporters and counter-protesters screamed, chanted, threw punches, hurled water bottles and unleashed chemical sprays on each other Saturday morning.
  Men dressed in militia uniforms were carrying shields and openly carrying long guns.
  Right-wing blogger Jason Kessler says he planned what he calls a “pro-white”
  
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• Raising the stakes: Why North Korea is talking up Guam

  12-08-2017 17:35 via kxan.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s announcement that it is finalizing a plan to launch four ballistic missiles over Japan toward the island of Guam has touched off a series of fiery threats from President Donald Trump and upped tensions between Pyongyang and Washington to a whole new level.
  So are we all headed toward war?
  If past precedent is any guide, the answer is no. Though it has been mostly lost as the current round of tough talk keeps escalating, North Korea just a few m
  
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• Back to school safety and injury prevention

  12-08-2017 17:35 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN)– As the kids head back to school, it is important to help them brush up on a few safety practices. Stewart Williams from the Injury Prevention Program at Dell Children’s Medical Center, joins us in studio to talk about how kids can keep safe when getting to school on foot or on bike.
  He also talked about Austin ISD’s Back to School Bash today where the Dell Medical Center will be providing free booster seats to families. Watch the full interview above.
  
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• Weekend Gardener: Taking care of trees

  12-08-2017 17:20 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN)– When taking care of your trees, the best route is to mimic nature. The weekend gardener advises that you use fallen leaves to your advantage and mulch the ground to keep the tree nice and moist.
  
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• Presley’s friends feel love, pain, 40 years after his death

  12-08-2017 16:25 via kxan.com
  MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — It isn’t just the legend of Elvis Presley that has unmatched staying power 40 years after his death. The guilt, pain and regret felt by those who knew and loved him lingers, too.
  Prolific session musician and producer Norbert Putnam was on vacation with his family in Hawaii when he heard his friend died of a heart attack. After years of making groundbreaking music and acting in more than two dozen movies, Presley’s career had slowed, and historical account
  
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• Silver Alert: Police search for elderly man missing in Richardson

  12-08-2017 15:08 via kxan.com
  RICHARDSON (KXAN)– Richardson Police are searching for Ricky Lee Shockley- a 67 year-old man who went missing lateFriday night. Police say Shockley has a cognitive impairment that threatens his health and safety.
  He was last seen driving a gold, 2007 Hyundai Entourage at West Shore Drive in Richardson, Texas- which is north of Dallas. Police describe him as a 5 feet 10 inches tall white man weighing 175 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a green or brown hat and possibly
  
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• Silver Alert discontinued for elderly man Richardson

  12-08-2017 15:08 via kxan.com
  RICHARDSON (KXAN)– Richardson Police say they have found Ricky Lee Shockley- a 67 year-old man who went missing lateFriday night. Police say Shockley has a cognitive impairment that threatens his health and safety. But he was found safely just after noon on Saturday after being missing since Friday night.
  Before he disappeared, he was last seen driving a gold, 2007 Hyundai Entourage at West Shore Drive in Richardson, Texas- which is north of Dallas.
  If you have any information regarding Sh
  
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• Mural honors musicians in a place where the past meets the present

  12-08-2017 06:31 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new mural honoring local musicians who made their mark from the 1920s to the 1960s covers the downtown Austin landscape.
  Artist Tim Kerr brings music and art together at the corner of Red River and Ninth Streets in his latest work called “There’s more to ‘Texas Music.'”
  The faces of 12 musicians are painted on the back side of Stubb’s, and are now part of the Red River Cultural District which is home to 13 live music venues.
  The lit
  
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• Hutto chase suspect returned to Kansas on capital murder charges

  12-08-2017 06:02 via kxan.com
  NEWTON, Kan. (KSNW) – A man suspected in the slayings of his girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter is being returned to Kansas after waiving extradition in Hutto, where he was arrested.
  Keith Hawkins has been booked into the Harvey County Jail, charged with capital murder and murder in the first degree. His bond has been set at $2.5 million.
  Hawkins was arrested shortly before 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in Hutto, where he allegedly was found driving the murder victim’s vehicle. Accordin
  
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• APD Explorers, volunteers team up to give WWII vet home makeover

  12-08-2017 05:18 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The city, businesses and volunteers teamed up to surprise a local World War II veteran with some big home improvements and a trip to Washington, D.C.
  Bob Goosley, who is 95 years old, served five years in the Army as a medic in northern Africa.
  Friday dozens of volunteers from the city, including Austin Police Department’s Explorer program, where teenagers learn what it’s like to become a police officer, and Home Depot all teamed up to clean up his yard and pain
  
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• Additional charge for abortion coverage will likely become law in Texas

  12-08-2017 04:40 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas may soon charge women extra if they want a health plan to cover abortion. A bill is moving forward that would keep anti-abortion Texans from paying for the procedure in their health insurance plans.
  The Texas Senate Committee on Business and Commerce approved House Bill 214 by Rep. John Smithee, R-Amarillo, six to two. It is expected to be approved by the full Senate in the coming days and signed by Gov. Greg Abbott before the end of the special legislative session.
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• Man has serious injuries after stabbing at Zaragoza Park

  12-08-2017 04:31 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man in his 30s was taken to the hospital with serious, potentially life-threatening injuries in east Austin Friday night following a stabbing.
  Austin-Travis County EMS was called to East Seventh Street and North Pleasant Valley Road, just next to Zaragoza Park, at 8:17 p.m. Medics found a patient with stab wounds.
  Austin police, who were called to the 2600 block of Gonzales St., say no one is in custody.
  Additional details were not immediately available.
  
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• Former Longhorn Tim Crowder joins MTTS

  12-08-2017 04:08 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former Longhorn and NFL vet Tim Crowder joins Roger Wallace on More than the score to talk about his latest venture, Nuclear Athletes.
  
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• West Austin neighborhood businesses prepare for detoured MoPac drivers

  12-08-2017 03:18 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As crews prepare to bring traffic to only one lane this weekend on southbound MoPac Expressway, businesses along neighborhood streets that run parallel to the highway — often used as detour roads during construction — are bracing for the likelihood of increased congestion.
  The freeway will be down to one lane southbound between Ranch to Market 2222 and Enfield Road from Friday, Aug. 11 at 10 p.m. to Monday, Aug. 14 at 5 a.m. The Texas Department of Transportatio
  
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• Austin considers adding overflow homeless shelter in another neighborhood

  12-08-2017 02:35 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A plan to put a homeless shelter in another Austin neighborhood is in the works.
  On Thursday, City Council members ordered city staff to find a city-owned building to turn into a temporary emergency shelter as soon as possible. It’s part of a bigger effort to reduce the size of the homeless population in downtown Austin.
  The Austin Resource Center for the Homeless, also known as the ARCH, is overflowing. The sidewalks along the building look about as busy as you&
  
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• Texas panel approves Senate version of school finance package

  12-08-2017 01:29 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Senate’s education committee voted to send its version of the state’s public school finance reform legislation to the upper chamber.
  Committee Chairman Sen. Larry Taylor, R-Friendswood, admitted minutes into the public hearing that the version of House Bill 21 facing the Senate was much different than the bill that the House passed out.
  “I have been visiting with [House public education committee] Chairman Huberty, he is aware of what we will
  
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