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• Live Hurricane Irma coverage from WFLA in Tampa

  09-09-2017 23:22 via kxan.com
  Our sister station, WFLA in Tampa, Florida, is broadcasting 24/7 as Hurricane Irma targets western Florida. You can watch their broadcast here. Latest Hurricane Irma Updates Hurricane Irma lashes Cuba; Jose poses threat elsewhere Updated: 11 mins agoIrma battered Cuba with deafening winds and relentless rain Saturday, while a second hurricane, Jose, threatened to lash already-reeling isl…Watch Hurricane Irma from these Florida webcams 2:28 pmA number of webcams are showing live feeds
  
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• Hurricane Irma lashes Cuba; Jose poses threat elsewhere

  09-09-2017 23:21 via kxan.com
  CAIBARIEN, Cuba (AP) — Irma battered Cuba with deafening winds and relentless rain Saturday, while a second hurricane, Jose, threatened to lash already-reeling islands elsewhere in the Caribbean.
  Cuban coastal cities were clobbered by high winds from Irma that upended trees, toppled utility poles and scattered debris across streets. Roads were blocked, and witnesses said a provincial museum near the eye of the storm was in ruins.
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• After raking Caribbean, Irma gains strength, targets Florida

  09-09-2017 23:21 via kxan.com
  ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — After battering Cuba early Saturday and leaving more than 20 dead across the Caribbean, newly strengthened Irma is taking aim at south Florida with 160 mph (257 kph) winds as another hurricane follows close behind.
  Irma regained Category 5 status late Friday as thousands of people in the Caribbean fought desperately to find shelter or escape their storm-blasted islands and more than 6 million people in Florida and Georgia were warned to leave their homes.
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• Tank failures in Harvey reveal vulnerabilities in storm

  09-09-2017 22:53 via kxan.com
  More than two dozen storage tanks holding crude oil, gasoline and other contaminants failed when Harvey slammed into the Texas coast, spilling at least 145,000 gallons (548,868 liters) of fuel and spewing toxic pollutants into the air.
  The tank failures follow years of warnings that the Houston area’s petrochemical industry was ill-prepared for a major storm. The Associated Press identified the spills by analyzing pollution reports submitted to state and federal agencies.
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• Private pilots airlift school supplies from ABIA for youngest Harvey victims

  09-09-2017 22:05 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than two dozen pilots took off from Austin Bergstrom International Airport Saturday morning to make a special delivery.
  At least 25 airplanes were packed with school supplies going to some of the youngest Harvey victims in Port Arthur, Beaumont and surrounding areas.
  The organizers of the airlift said Port Arthur’s police chief told them that in a normal year, local teachers spend between $1,500 and $1,800 of their own money on supplies for their students.
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• Scramble to flee Irma underscores rich, poor divide

  09-09-2017 21:22 via kxan.com
  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Hotel dishwasher Wilman Hernandez waited with this wife and young son at a Miami Beach bus stop, desperately looking for a way to get to a shelter where they could ride out Hurricane Irma.
  Hernandez fears the storm will destroy their first-floor apartment. With no car to join the bumper-to-bumper traffic heading north and no supplies other than water, their options, like those of many low-income Florida residents, were limited.
  “I have been calling 311 to
  
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• Austin police discover $300,000 worth of cocaine in drug bust

  09-09-2017 21:20 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police arrested a man accused of transporting cocaine between Houston and Austin on Friday.
  According to an arrest affidavit, Natividad Loredo had been on the APD’s Gang Supression Unit’s radar for a while. Throughout August, the department had been receiving information about a drug trafficking organization that was supplying “large amounts of cocaine” in both Houston and Austin. The department learned that the drugs were brought into the cou
  
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• Austin Police discover $300,000 of cocaine in drug bust

  09-09-2017 21:20 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police arrested a man accused of transporting cocaine between Houston and Austin on Friday.
  According to an arrest affidavit, Natividad Loredo had been on the APD’s Gang Supression Unit’s radar for a while. Throughout August, the department had been receiving information about a drug trafficking organization that was supplying “large amounts of cocaine” in both Houston and Austin. The department learned that the drugs were brought into the cou
  
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• Watch Hurricane Irma from these Florida webcams

  09-09-2017 21:07 via kxan.com
  A number of webcams are showing live feeds as Hurricane Irma approaches Florida. Please note that livestreams may go down as weather conditions worsen. Here’s where you can watch the storm:
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• They’ve been warned: Some insist on riding out Irma at home

  09-09-2017 20:49 via kxan.com
  REDINGTON SHORES, Fla. (AP) — Carl Roberts has Chinese food, a case of water and a million-dollar view in his 17th floor Gulf front condo — all he needs, he says, to weather the massive storm coming straight at him.
  Authorities have beseeched more than 6 million people in Florida and Georgia to evacuate before Hurricane Irma’s storm surge and fierce winds make it impossible to flee or be rescued. Many are staying nevertheless, even boasting about surviving Camille, Andrew, Katr
  
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• Despite threat, some choosing to ride out Irma at home

  09-09-2017 20:49 via kxan.com
  MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — As Hurricane Irma threatened catastrophic damage to Florida, patrons at the most infamous South Beach dive bar tossed back drinks, shot pool and played the jukebox loud.
  Clouds of cigarette smoke floated in the air at Mac’s Club Deuce where Miami Beach resident Kathleen Paca, 56, was perched on a stool. She’d just finished spray painting “We’re Open Irma” on the bar’s plywood window protections. The word “Irma” covere
  
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• Giant portrait of toddler peers over US-Mexico border wall

  09-09-2017 19:25 via kxan.com
  TECATE, Calif. (AP) — A photo of a giant toddler stands in Mexico and peers over a steel wall dividing the country from the United States.
  The boy appears to grip the barrier with his fingers, leaving the impression the entire thing could be toppled with a giggle.
  A French artist who goes by the moniker “JR” erected the cut-out of the boy that stands nearly 65 feet (20 meters) tall and is meant to prompt discussion of immigration.
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• Beyonce sheds tears as she visits victims of Harvey

  09-09-2017 18:12 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — Beyonce returned to her hometown of Houston to provide comfort to those affected by Hurricane Harvey, telling them, “This is a celebration of survival.”
  Accompanied by her mother and former Destiny’s Child bandmate Michelle Williams, Beyonce visited with evacuees Friday at the St. John’s Church, where she grew up singing.
  She wiped away tears as she listened to their stories, including from a family of 16 that fled to Houston after Hurricane Katrina a
  
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• The Latest: Mexico quake death toll rises to 64

  09-09-2017 18:01 via kxan.com
  JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) — The Latest on Hurricane Katia and a major earthquake in Mexico (all times local):
  12:55 p.m.
  The death toll in Mexico’s earthquake has risen to 64 with three more deaths reported in the southern border state of Chiapas.
  The state government now says 15 people died there due to Thursday night’s magnitude 8.1 quake, in addition to 45 reported dead in Oaxaca and four in Tabasco.
  The state government says more than 1,000 homes were destroyed in Chiapas, and
  
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• Mexico reports 2 dead due to Hurricane Katia

  09-09-2017 18:01 via kxan.com
  JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) —  The governor of the Gulf coast state of Veracruz is reporting two deaths related to the arrival of Hurricane Katia, which hit the state overnight.
  Gov. Miguel Angel Yunes says the two died in a mudslide. The mountainous region where the storm has been dumping rain has a history of deadly floods and slides.
  Yunes said Saturday that there were no other reports of major damage, though he said some rivers had risen to near flood stage.
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• Meet Harvey & Irma: Washington couple celebrating 75 years of marriage

  09-09-2017 17:42 via kxan.com
  SPOKANE, Wash. (WSAV) – Say hello to Harvey and Irma. No not the hurricanes, the couple celebrating 75 years of wedded bliss.
  When they first heard the news, Harvey and Irma thought their daughter was playing a joke on them.
  “Oh, yeah, sure, and she looked at me and said, ‘Mom, I’m telling you the truth,” says Irma Schluter.
  Because how could two devastating hurricanes be named after two very sweet people?
  103-year-old Harvey and 92-year-old Irma met in Spokane many
  
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• With saxophones and sobbing, Mexicans mourn earthquake dead

  09-09-2017 16:05 via kxan.com
  JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) — Slow-moving funeral processions converged on Juchitan’s cemeteries from all directions on Saturday, so many that they sometimes caused temporary gridlock when they met at intersections.
  A monster earthquake and a Gulf coast hurricane have combined to take at least 67 lives in Mexico, and no place suffered more than the Oaxaca state city of Juchitan, where 37 died as buildings collapsed in the magnitude 8.1 temblor.
  The graveyard swelled with mourners and blari
  
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• Recovery efforts pick up in earthquake-damaged Mexican town

  09-09-2017 16:05 via kxan.com
  JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) — Relief supplies and cleanup crews began arriving in earnest in this city in southern Mexico, two days after a devastating earthquake killed 37 here – more than half the nationwide total.
  Government cargo planes delivered much-needed supplies and the military began distributing boxes of food, though many residents of this city in a region of Oaxaca state known as the Isthmus complained that progress was slow and they hadn’t yet received assistance.
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• Mexico mourns 66 dead after twin punch of quake, hurricane

  09-09-2017 16:05 via kxan.com
  JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) — Amid the sounds of snare drums, saxophones and sobbing, Mexicans on Saturday began mourning some of the 66 dead after a one-two punch from a monster earthquake and a Gulf coast hurricane.
  Hardest hit was Juchitan, a Oaxaca state city where 36 people died when the magnitude 8.1 quake toppled buildings.
  Slow-moving slow-moving funeral processions converged on one of Juchitan’s cemeteries from all directions on Saturday sometimes causing temporary gridlock when t
  
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• Deadly quake, Hurricane Katia a one-two punch for Mexico

  09-09-2017 16:05 via kxan.com
  JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) — One of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded in Mexico and a raging hurricane dealt a devastating one-two punch to the country, killing at least 61 people as workers scrambled to respond to the twin national emergencies.
  The 8.1 quake off the southern Pacific coast just before midnight Thursday toppled hundreds of buildings in several states. Hardest-hit was Juchitan, Oaxaca, where 36 people died and a third of the city’s homes collapsed or were otherwis
  
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• Deadly quake, hurricane a one-two punch for Mexico; 63 die

  09-09-2017 16:05 via kxan.com
  JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP) — One of the most powerful earthquakes ever to hit Mexico was followed by a Gulf coast hurricane, dealing a one-two punch to the country that killed at least 63 people as workers scrambled Saturday to respond to the twin national emergencies.
  The 8.1 quake off the southern Pacific coast just before midnight Thursday toppled hundreds of buildings in several states. Hardest-hit was Juchitan, Oaxaca, where 36 people died and a third of the city’s homes collapsed or
  
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• Irma is looking more and more Tampa-bound, forecasters say

  09-09-2017 15:30 via kxan.com
  The National Hurricane Center says it’s looking more likely that the eye of powerful Hurricane Irma will strike the Keys, southwestern Florida and Tampa Bay region. While the core of the massive storm is expected to miss the populated Florida southeast coast, forecasters say the Miami region will still experience life-threatening hurricane conditions.
  Its winds weakened to 130 mph when it hit Cuba, but Irma is forecast to regain strength over the ultra-warm Florida Straits and hit western
  
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• Irma’s victims in the Caribbean brace for another hurricane

  09-09-2017 15:19 via kxan.com
  ST. JOHN’S, Antigua (AP) — Thousands of Irma victims across the Caribbean fought desperately to find shelter or escape their storm-blasted islands altogether Friday as another hurricane following close behind threatened to add to their misery.
  Irma regained Category 5 status late Friday, and with its 160 mph (260 kph) winds battering Cuba and taking aim at the Miami metropolitan area of 6 million people, the death toll in the storm’s wake across the Caribbean climbed to 22.
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• VIDEO: Webcams show Hurricane Irma in real time

  09-09-2017 15:17 via kxan.com
  TAMPA, Fla. (WATE) — Hurricane Irma is set to hit Florida. Watch live webcams as residents brace themselves for the storm.
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  Typically Mallory Square in Key West, Florida is known for its sunset crowds and boat traffic, but in the prelude to Hurricane Irma it looks like a ghost town.
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• Two injured in early morning East Austin stabbing

  09-09-2017 14:38 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN, (KXAN)– Police are responding to a stabbing incident that happened early Saturday morning. Officials say they received the call a few moments before 7:20 a.m. and responded to the incident on Clubview Avenue and East Riverside Drive.
  Police say when they arrived, they witnessed two people that had been stabbed. Austin Police could not confirm whether a suspect is in custody or whether there is a threat to the public.
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• Police searching for second suspect in east Austin stabbing

  09-09-2017 14:38 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police say they are searching for the second suspect in a stabbing incident that happened early Saturday morning. Officials say they received the call around 7:13 a.m. and responded to the incident on Clubview Avenue and East Riverside Drive.
  Police say when they arrived, they witnessed two people that had been stabbed. Austin-Travis County EMS say they transported a man and a woman, both in their 30s, to a hospital. Police say they have arrested one suspect but are still s
  
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• 2 suspects arrested in East Austin stabbing

  09-09-2017 14:38 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police say they have arrested two suspects in a stabbing incident that happened early Saturday morning. Officials say they received the call around 7:13 a.m. and responded to the incident on Clubview Avenue and East Riverside Drive.
  Police say when they arrived, they witnessed two people that had been stabbed. Austin-Travis County EMS say they transported a man and a woman, both in their 30s, to a hospital with serious injuries.
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• The Latest: Irma regaining strength over bathtub-warm water

  09-09-2017 08:32 via kxan.com
  The Latest on Hurricane Irma (all times local):
  7:10 p.m.
  The center of Hurricane Irma has now cleared the Cuban coast and entered the Florida Straits, where bathtub-warm water of nearly 90 degrees (32 degrees Celsius) will enable the storm to intensify.
  Irma had fallen to a Category 3 storm with 125 mph winds, but National Hurricane Center spokesman and meteorologist Dennis Feltgen says it’s already showing signs at high altitudes of regaining its previous powerhouse strength and becoming
  
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• The Latest: Authorities probe if Irma caused Keys crash

  09-09-2017 08:32 via kxan.com
  The Latest on Hurricane Irma (all times local):
  5:45 p.m.
  Authorities say they are investigating whether Irma’s wind and rains contributed to a fatal crash in the Florida Keys.
  Monroe County Sheriff Rick Ramsay said Saturday that first responders patrolling during a lull in the storm found the man’s truck wrapped around a tree.
  The sheriff says after receiving a report of the crash, his office found a tow truck that quickly removed the truck and body for safekeeping.
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• The Latest: 50,000 head to Florida shelters ahead of Irma

  09-09-2017 08:32 via kxan.com
  The Latest on Hurricane Irma (all times local):
  3:00 p.m.
  More than 50,000 people in Florida are seeking shelter in schools, community centers and churches as Hurricane Irma nears the state.
  The government-sponsored shelters were open Saturday as officials warned 6.3 million Floridians to evacuate. The storm was expected to make landfall in Florida on Sunday. Those with nowhere to turn headed to the shelters while others sought lodging at hotels or with friends and family.
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• Stolen tow truck leads to SWAT standoff in east Austin

  09-09-2017 07:33 via kxan.com
  UPDATE: Austin Police say the SWAT situation is over. Waiting to hear more from officers about the investigation.
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police have blocked off Oak Springs Drive and Airport Boulevard after a tow truck was stolen and the driver is now barricaded inside with a passenger.
  A nearby McDonald’s and bystanders have been evacuated from the area. Officers do not know if the suspect is armed and it’s unclear if the passenger is a hostage.
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• High school football comes back to Harvey-hit Rockport

  09-09-2017 07:01 via kxan.com
  SINTON, Texas (Nexstar) — There’s no doubt that the recovery from Hurricane Harvey is tough, but a Texas tradition may help ease some of the pain: high school football.
  There’s a certain buzz on the coastal bend as the week comes to a close, a buzz that one could argue the entire region needs.
  Two weeks since Harvey ravaged Rockport High School, football is bringing light to a gloomy scenario.
  The Rockport-Fulton Pirates are playing their first game of the year. The sounds of t
  
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• High School Football Week 2: Midway vs. Cedar Ridge

  09-09-2017 06:25 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Hewitt Midway defeated Round Rock Cedar Ridge 34-19.
  
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• Bluebonnet Air Show features WWII aircraft aiding in hurricane relief

  09-09-2017 06:02 via kxan.com
  BURNET, Texas (KXAN) — For a look back at history, the Highland Lakes Squadron wants you to look up. The 26th Annual Bluebonnet Air Show will be held at the Burnet Municipal Airport on Saturday and feature aircraft from World War II.
  The Bluebonnet Bell, a C-47 from 1944, just returned earlier this week from delivering relief supplies to Hurricane Harvey victims. The crew is on standby if they need to help in the aftermath of Irma.
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• Texoma community helps out after Make-A-Wish trip to Disney is postponed

  09-09-2017 05:57 via kxan.com
  WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KFDX) — Hurricane Irma is headed for the Florida coast, putting a trip of a lifetime on hold for a special little girl in Texoma.
  Liliana is currently in remission after battling cancer for the last year and a half and all she ever wanted was to meet some of her favorites at Disney World, so the community has rallied to ensure her wish still comes true. She’s just a few days shy of celebrating her third birthday.
  “Going from panicking to getting ready for
  
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• Max Olson joins MTTS to talk Texas football

  09-09-2017 05:35 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The All-American’s Max Olson joins More than the Score to talk Texas football and Texas A&M’s loss to UCLA
  
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• Sketch released of man who forced way into home, assaulted woman in Wimberley

  09-09-2017 05:15 via kxan.com
  WIMBERLEY, Texas (KXAN) — Deputies have released a composite sketch of the man who assaulted a woman at her home in Wimberley last week.
  The man forced his way into her home near Woodacre Drive and Happy Hollow Lane on Friday, Sept. 1, at around 11:30 p.m.
  The suspect is described as a white male, between 16 and 20 years old, around 5-foot-11 and of thin build. The suspect has blonde hair (short/neat cut), and was last seen wearing blue jeans and a gray shirt with small gray stripes.
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• UT invention identifies cancer in seconds

  09-09-2017 04:33 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s a pen with the promise of detecting cancer, every bit of it during surgery. A team of scientists at the University of Texas invented a tool that gives precise information about what tissue to keep or get rid of, within seconds.
  KXAN sat down with a cancer survivor who wishes she had the peace of mind of knowing without a doubt the cancer is all gone.
  “I got a few migraines that year and thought oh I hope I’m not allergic to red wine or coffee, that wo
  
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• Double-headed rattlesnake found in Arkansas

  09-09-2017 04:14 via kxan.com
  JONESBORO, Ark. (KARK) — The local Nature Center is sure to attract droves of visitors with the recent donation of a rare creature: a two-headed rattlesnake.
  The rare, venomous snake was found Wednesday, Sept. 6, and is believed to have been captured near Forrest City.
  A Facebook post from a friend of the man who caught the snake reads, “It is absolutely real! But I don’t think it’s a sign from God that the end times are near…”
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• Miami shelters homeless against their will as Irma closes in

  09-09-2017 03:58 via kxan.com
  MIAMI (AP) — On what is likely the last clear day in Florida before Hurricane Irma’s monster wind and rain, social workers and police officers are giving Miami’s estimated 1,100 homeless people a stark choice: Come willingly to a storm shelter, or be held against their will for a mental health evaluation.
  With the outer edge of the storm approaching Friday, these officials — backed by a psychiatrist and observed by an Associated Press team — rolled through chillingl
  
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• Disney, Universal, Busch Gardens, SeaWorld announce closures as Irma nears

  09-09-2017 03:50 via kxan.com
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – As Hurricane Irma closes in on Florida, the state’s major amusement parks are adjusting their schedules. Disney World, Busch Gardens, Sea World and more have announced closures as Irma threatens the entire state. This is Disney World’s fifth time closing since it first opened its doors in 1971.
  Disney World:
  “The Most Magical Place on Earth” will close early on Saturday and remain closed through Monday.
  Blizzard Beach water park will be clo
  
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• PHOTOS: Rainbows fill the clouds over Central Texas Friday

  09-09-2017 03:41 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Why would Friday’s clouds over Central Texas appear to be different colors?
  The reason here is that ice crystals in distant cirrus clouds are acting like little floating prisms. Sometimes known as a fire rainbow for its flame-like appearance, a circumhorizontal arc lies parallel to the horizon.
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  For a circumhorizontal arc to be visible, the Sun must be at least 58 degrees high in a sky where cirrus clouds are present, a
  
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• Country star Don Williams, ‘the Gentle Giant,’ remembered

  09-09-2017 02:29 via kxan.com
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Don Williams, an award-winning country singer with love ballads like “I Believe in You,” has died. He was 78.
  A statement from his publicist Kirt Webster said he died Friday after a short illness.
  Williams had 17 No. 1 hits before retiring in 2016. His mellow sound influenced a later generation of singers including Joe Nichols and Josh Turner and Keith Urban has said Williams drew him to country music.
  Williams, nicknamed “the Gentle Giant,”
  
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• Austin council member wants to pursue Amazon opportunity but has questions

  09-09-2017 01:59 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The day after news broke that the e-commerce giant Amazon was looking for a city to house its second headquarters, an Austin city council member wants to go after the opportunity.
  District 2 Council Member Delia Garza wants to make the pitch but has some questions on what the end product would look like.
  Amazon promises to spend $5 billion on the headquarters, bringing up to 50,000 new jobs with salaries averaging $100,000 a year.
  Garza, who represents southeast A
  
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• Austin-based app helping millions communicate with hurricane rescuers

  09-09-2017 01:45 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin area is working to strengthen the lines of communication between first responders and Central Texans in major emergencies like Harvey, Irma or other natural disasters. The goal is to ensure that even if the power is out and cell towers go down, people can still get the help they need.
  The Capital Area Council of Governments (CAPCOG) will soon roll out its 10 countywide Text-to-911 service. Its implementation has faced delays after originally being inten
  
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• Retired AFD supervisor accused of recording women in station locker room

  09-09-2017 00:54 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department confirmed Friday a now retired lieutenant is under investigation for claims he secretly recorded women in a fire station locker room.
  The former supervisor, who has not been named, is facing a possible criminal charge of improper photography.
  The Austin police special investigations unit is investigating.
  READ: Swim company employee hid camera in locker room, owners say
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• Judge blocks Ezekiel Elliott’s suspension

  09-09-2017 00:30 via kxan.com
  DALLAS (AP) A federal judge has blocked Dallas Cowboys star Ezekiel Elliott’s six-game suspension over a domestic violence case, setting the stage for a potentially lengthy legal fight with the NFL.
  Last year’s league rushing leader was already cleared to play in the opener against the New York Giants on Sunday night before the ruling by U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant on Friday.
  Mazzant agreed with union lawyers that Elliott didn’t receive a “fundamentally fair” h
  
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• Helicopter crash kills country singer Troy Gentry and pilot

  09-09-2017 00:28 via kxan.com
  LUMBERTON, N.J. (AP) — A helicopter carrying singer Troy Gentry, of the award-winning country music duo Montgomery Gentry, crashed on Friday, killing Gentry and the pilot.
  The crash occurred in a wooded area as the helicopter approached the Flying W Airport in Medford hours before Montgomery Gentry was due to perform at a resort housed at the airport, authorities said.
  The band’s website called Gentry’s death “tragic” and said details of the crash were unknown.
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