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• Texas student accused of urinating in teacher’s cup charged

  15-09-2017 23:56 via kxan.com
  MOODY, Texas (AP) — A charge has been filed against a Central Texas student on allegations he urinated in a teacher’s drinking cup in April. The Waco Tribune-Herald reports that McLennan County juvenile prosecutors this week filed a harassment of a public servant charge against the Moody High School student.
  A hearing has been set for Oct. 2 in state district court. His attorney, Chadrick Henderson, says his client says he’s not guilty.
  Moody police investigated the April incid
  
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• Hurricane Harvey insurance claims expected to reach $19 billion

  15-09-2017 23:40 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As homeowners impacted by Hurricane Harvey continue to rip out moldy walls and work on rebuilding homes that were ripped apart, the Insurance Council of Texas estimates the insured losses from the storm will be $19 billion.
  The group estimates windstorm and other storm-related property losses are expected to top $3 billion. When Harvey made landfall as a category 3 hurricane on Aug. 25, it came barreling with 130 mph winds.
  The council says with approximately 250,000 v
  
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• Typhoon Doksuri batters central Vietnam, killing 4

  15-09-2017 23:19 via kxan.com
  HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Typhoon Doksuri slammed into central Vietnam on Friday, killing four people and injuring 10 others as heavy rains and strong winds ripped off roofs and knocked over many electricity poles.
  Blackouts were widespread and technicians tried to restore power. Flooding was reported in some villages.
  Packing maximum sustained winds of 135 kilometers (84 miles) per hour, the typhoon made landfall in Ha Tinh province, pounding six coastal districts and destroying the roofs of
  
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• UT now only automatically accepting top 6 percent of graduating class

  15-09-2017 22:38 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It just got a little harder to be automatically accepted into the University of Texas at Austin.
  The university says due to a steep increase in the number of applications to UT, along with continued growth of Texas high school graduates, they will now only automatically accept students in the top 6 percent of their high school graduating class — beginning in the summer and fall of 2019.
  UT said Friday the change will not impact currently enrolled high school seniors a
  
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• Graduating in top 7 percent of your class won’t cut it anymore

  15-09-2017 22:38 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It just got a little harder to be automatically accepted into the University of Texas at Austin.
  The university says due to a steep increase in the number of applications to UT, along with continued growth of Texas high school graduates, they will now only automatically accept students in the top 6 percent of their high school graduating class — beginning in the summer and fall of 2019.
  UT said Friday the change will not impact currently enrolled high school seniors a
  
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• New app helps residents prepare for emergencies in Williamson County

  15-09-2017 22:12 via kxan.com
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — It’s easy to get caught in the chaos of a flood or tornado, so having a plan of what to do when a disaster hits, could help you or your family.
  The Williamson County Office of Emergency Management has launched a free mobile app called WILCO Ready, to help residents create plans for emergencies. Once you download the app, you’ll receive alerts if there’s an emergency in Williamson County.
  But county officials really want you to use the app to sta
  
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• North Texas dairy part of raw milk warning, 1 sick

  15-09-2017 22:05 via kxan.com
  PARADISE, Texas (AP) — Experts say people who consumed raw milk or raw milk products from a North Texas dairy could have contracted an infectious disease and need to take antibiotics.
  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday issued the brucellosis (broo-suh-LOH’-sis) warning involving K-Bar Dairy in Paradise, near Fort Worth.
  The Texas Department of State Health Services says K-Bar Dairy has complied with state law and is cooperating after two cows tested positive for
  
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• High school dropout wins Texas Teacher of the Year

  15-09-2017 21:51 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Lanier High School media arts teacher will now represent Texas in the National Teacher of the Year competition.
  On Friday, Tara Bordeaux, learned she was anointed the 2018 Texas Teacher of the Year during the awards luncheon at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin. Both state-level winners will receive a cash award and a commemorative trophy.
  “I know first-hand how hard life can be on a young heart, and I know how easy it is to give up,” said Borde
  
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• AISD teacher named Texas Teacher of the Year for 2018

  15-09-2017 21:51 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Lanier High School media arts teacher will now represent Texas in the National Teacher of the Year competition.
  On Friday, Tara Bordeaux, learned she was anointed the 2018 Texas Teacher of the Year during the awards luncheon at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin. Both state-level winners will receive a cash award and a commemorative trophy.
  “I know first-hand how hard life can be on a young heart, and I know how easy it is to give up,” said Borde
  
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• Pollo Tropical closes all remaining restaurants in Texas

  15-09-2017 21:38 via kxan.com
  DALLAS (KXAN) — The company behind Pollo Tropical is closing all of its restaurants in Texas, with an online company map showing their only remaining restaurants are spread throughout Georgia and Florida.
  Fiesta Restaurant Group says the decision to close the remaining six Pollo Tropical Company-owned restaurants in Texas was due to limited awareness of the brand as well as ongoing uncertainty in the area due to the effects of Hurricane Harvey.
  The company says up to two of the closed rest
  
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• 11-year-old boy gets lawn-mowing gig at White House

  15-09-2017 20:41 via kxan.com
  WASHINGTON (AP) — An 11-year-old boy in khaki shorts and a red polo shirt got the lawn-mowing gig of a lifetime Friday when President Donald Trump put him to work in the Rose Garden.
  Frank Giaccio, who goes by the initials FX, was so focused on doing his job that he didn’t even notice when Trump emerged from the White House to check out his work.
  FX, who lives in the Washington suburb of Falls Church, Virginia, kept right on pushing the mower in a long, straight row as Trump walked a
  
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• Faulk Central Library officially closing

  15-09-2017 20:31 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Faulk Central Library will shut its doors to book borrowers Saturday, but its not completely closed for business.
  The building on W. 8th Street and Guadalupe Street will store some of the Austin Historical Society’s archives, leaving it up for the City Council to decide what to do with the rest of the space.
  The city is opening a new Central Library on 710 W. César Chávez St. on Oct. 28. It cost a total of $125 million, after starting out as a $
  
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• Road rage murder suspect’s brother asks victim’s family for forgiveness

  15-09-2017 20:07 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three days after a man was killed in an apparent road rage shooting that ended in the parking lot of a northeast Austin CVS pharmacy, the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is on the case, assisting in efforts to find the suspect.
  According to an arrest warrant, Juan de Dios Carbajal-Jaimes, 18, faces a first degree murder charge. The teenager is accused of shooting Alfred Lockett, 48, Tuesday afternoon after their cars apparently collided. Lockett died at the sscene at the corn
  
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• Federal agents now searching for road rage murder suspect

  15-09-2017 20:07 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three days after a man was killed in an apparent road rage shooting that ended in the parking lot of a northeast Austin CVS pharmacy, the Lone Star Fugitive Task Force is on the case, assisting in efforts to find the suspect.
  According to an arrest warrant, Juan de Dios Carbajal-Jaimes, 18, faces a first degree murder charge. The teenager is accused of shooting Alfred Lockett, 48, Tuesday afternoon after their cars apparently collided. Lockett died at the sscene at the corn
  
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• Michigan teacher on leave for Pledge of Allegiance controversy

  15-09-2017 20:01 via kxan.com
  FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. (WDIV) — Many NFL players have expressed their beliefs by kneeling for the national anthem before games, but when a Farmington Hills, Michigan student took a similar stand, he said his teacher crossed the line.
  A teacher was put on leave and is under investigation after he allegedly got physical with a student who refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance.
  The student, Stone Chaney, is a sixth-grader at East Middle School in Farmington Hills.
  Stone had just star
  
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• LBJ Fire Academy gifted equipment from Austin fire

  15-09-2017 19:45 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department donated $70,000 of equipment to the LBJ Fire Academy Friday.
  The items have either reached their expiration date or were retired by the fire department. All the products are still good for training purposes, just not active incidents.
  “They get to see what the job is like. They get to become certified,” said Assistant Chief Aaron Woolverton. “And if they don’t come to work for the Austin Fire Department, they could als
  
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• Draft 2 of CodeNEXT released, Austin wants public input

  15-09-2017 19:43 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — To address and keep Austin’s growth in check, the city of Austin has released its Draft 2 of CodeNEXT. CodeNEXT focuses on five main areas: mobility, community, environment housing and permitting.
  Draft 2 of CodeNEXT includes an updated land development code and zoning map. The new code allows for more diverse housing types such as duplexes, cottages and rowhouses, which the city hopes will make homes more affordable.
  In terms of the environment, the new code encourag
  
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• NFL seeks quick action to get Elliott suspension reinstated

  15-09-2017 19:42 via kxan.com
  The NFL filed an emergency motion a federal appeals court Friday, hoping to get a swift ruling on its request to overrule a judge who blocked a six-game suspension for star Dallas Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott in a domestic violence case in Ohio.
  The league filed its request with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans, even though a federal judge in Texas hasn’t ruled on a request to put the injunction on hold while an appeal is pursued. The emergency motion asks the c
  
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• Texas team a finalist in Hyperloop competition

  15-09-2017 19:35 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A trip from Austin to Dallas that takes 20 minutes could be a reality if a Texas team of researchers is selected to complete its project as part of the Hyperloop One Global Challenge.
  Texas Hyperloop is one of 10 finalists in the competition, which is searching for the best routes around the world. The Hyperloop One is a company working to develop high-speed travel using tubes to connect major destinations. Hundreds of people applied.
  The Texas plan spans 640 miles and woul
  
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• White ex-St. Louis cop acquitted in black suspect’s killing

  15-09-2017 19:33 via kxan.com
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — A judge acquitted a white former St. Louis police officer of murder in the 2011 killing of a black drug suspect, a decision that could spark protests with National Guard troops on standby.
  Judge Timothy Wilson found the former officer, Jason Stockley, not guilty of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of 24-year-old Anthony Lamar Smith. The bench ruling came more than a month after testimony concluded.
  Activists had threatened civil disobedience if Stockley was acqui
  
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• Red River Street will have lane closures this weekend

  15-09-2017 18:34 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Part of the southbound lane of Red River Street downtown will be shut down this weekend for construction related to the Dell Seton Medical School.
  The southbound right turn lane and southbound traffic lane will be closed from Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard to Robert Dedman Drive. The sidewalk on the north side of Red River Drive will also shut down. They will stay closed from 7 a.m. Saturday to 7 p.m. Sunday.
  The University of Texas at Austin says crews will be working
  
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• Round Rock residents will have to pay more in property taxes

  15-09-2017 18:15 via kxan.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — The cost of living in one of Austin’s largest suburbs is going up. On Thursday, the Round Rock City Council approved the $330 million budget for the new year which includes a 2.7 cents rate increase to the overall effective tax rate.
  For a median priced home of $227,715, homeowners can expect to pay $91 more per year at the new tax rate of 43 cents per $100 of property valuation.
  The city says the rate increase is needed to fund basic services like public s
  
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• MoPac lane closures this weekend as crews prepare for new Express Lane

  15-09-2017 18:03 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The last set of paving on North MoPac before opening the new Express Lane is slated for this weekend, according to the Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority. Drivers can expect lane closures and delays over the next few days.
  Northbound MoPac will be down to just the right lane from Friday at 10 p.m. to Sunday at 8 a.m. from Enfield Road to Ranch to Market 222.
  Southbound MoPac will have a series of closures throughout the weekend:
  45th Street and 35th street on and off
  
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• PHOTOS: Thieves make off with $43K worth of cellphones in Tyler

  15-09-2017 16:59 via kxan.com
  TYLER, Texas (KETK) – Tyler Police Department has released pictures of thieves who took more than $40,000 worth of cellphones from Sam’s Club.
  Police said four women and one man stole 78 cellphones from the store on SSW Loop 323 on Sunday at around 6 p.m.
  Public Information Officer Don Martin said the thieves were able to compromise the casing and slip the phones out. The thieves loaded a mattress and merchandise on a flat cart to shield them from the public and store employees while
  
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• Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull postpone tour because of hurricanes

  15-09-2017 16:32 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Fans of Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull will have to wait to see the duo perform. The Frank Erwin Center announced Friday their tour is postponed because of Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Irma.
  “Due to the devastating effects of Hurricane Harvey in Texas and Hurricane Irma in Florida, the Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull Live! Tour is moving their upcoming shows in both states to new dates in November,” the Frank Erwin Center posted on its Facebook page.
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• Water main breaks in east Austin, shuts down road

  15-09-2017 16:11 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Officials with Austin Water have closed part of an east Austin road after a 16-inch water main broke Friday morning.
  Sendero Hills Parkway is closed from Loyola Lane to Cordoba Drive, with traffic delays on Loyola lane and Farm to Market 969.
  The City of Austin tweeted that drivers should plan ahead and avoid the area. The road is expected to be closed throughout the day. It is not yet know how it will affect water customers.#ATXTraffic: Plan ahead. Closure expected to last
  
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• PHOTOS: Florida ‘hot cops’ become internet sensation after Hurricane Irma

  15-09-2017 15:31 via kxan.com
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA/KXAN) —  Men in uniform in Texas are challenging one another to a hunk-off and bringing the heat back to Tampa Bay.
  Multiple posts on social media have gone viral of law enforcement agencies who got right to work after the destruction Hurricane Irma brought to Florida.It started when the Gainsville Police Department posted a photo of three of their officers working the night shift to help after Irma. The Facebook post garnered thousands of comments, ranging
  
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• Police surprise grandmother with hurricane supplies ahead of Irma

  15-09-2017 15:06 via kxan.com
  CLEARWATER, FL (WCMH) – A Florida grandmother was excited to see the boys in blue when several officers checked in on her before Hurricane Irma hit the state.
  According to Clearwater Police, Rachel Copeland was worried about her 94-year-old grandmother, Betty Helmuth, as Hurricane Irma approached Florida.
  Copeland had lived through Hurricane Harvey and wanted to make sure her grandmother was prepared.
  She reached out to Clearwater Police through Facebook to if there was anything that could
  
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• H-E-B returns favor and sends supplies to those impacted by Irma

  15-09-2017 14:45 via kxan.com
  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — When Harvey hit, Publix supermarkets came to Texans’ aid. Now H-E-B is returning the favor.
  The San Antonio-based company is sending trucks filled with supplies to Florida to help those in the wake of Hurricane Irma. The company posted a Facebook message Wednesday saying the reason it decided to do so was that “We’re stronger together.”
  “Our friends near and far were there in our time of need, so it’s our turn to lend a helpin
  
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• First-ever indoor swiftwater rescue training facility opens in Austin

  15-09-2017 13:06 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN)– When first responders train for rescue scenarios, they can only recreate Mother Nature’s wrath to a certain point. Fathom Academy in North Austin is working to change that.
  Barton Bollfrass is the CEO of Fathom Academy and was inspired to start the business after serving in the U.S. Navy.
  “We tailor everything as best we can — environmentally, psychologically — to allow people to run through scenarios in a safe, controlled environment so that we
  
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• Explosion at London subway station considered terrorist attack

  15-09-2017 12:10 via kxan.com
  LONDON (AP) — A reported explosion at a train station sent commuters stampeding in panic, injuring several people on Friday at the height of London’s morning rush hour, and police said they were investigating it as a terrorist attack.
  About 18 people have been taken to the hospital with injuries. Authorities have not reported any deaths.
  Photos taken inside a District Line train show a white plastic bucket inside a supermarket shopping bag. Flames and what appear to be wires can be s
  
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• East Austin homeowner fears potential for gas meter explosion

  15-09-2017 06:12 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An east Austin homeowner tells KXAN she has fears for her life after roots of a now leaning tree, damaged by Havey, are entwined around her gas meter. The concern is, if that tree falls, it could lead to a fire or even an explosion.
  Texas Gas Service customer Ada Bolden says her calls for a fix have gone unanswered.
  “With the roots tangled up in that gas meter, it’s gonna blow this house up. I’m 68 years old. I don’t have anywhere else to stay,&
  
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• Texas Advocacy Project helping Harvey victims escaping abuse

  15-09-2017 06:01 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Advocacy Project is actively working to make sure the stress from Hurricane Harvey doesn’t escalate other potentially dangerous situations along the coast.
  There are current 203 open cases in Harvey impacted counties. So far, the project has only been able to get in touch with half of those people.
  “Victims of domestic, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, that already have these issues and are trying to get the protections and safeties that
  
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• City of Austin goal is to clear the Harvey mega shelter by noon Friday

  15-09-2017 04:26 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The city of Austin is working to move all of the Harvey evacuees out of the city’s mega shelter by Friday at noon.
  Still, more than 100 people are staying the night Thursday in the shelter. The city told KXAN workers won’t just close up shop and have the evacuees figure things out on their own. They’re trying to find long term housing for the remaining people still in the shelter.
  But Cristie Hardeway is skeptical.
  She came to Austin two weeks ago, after H
  
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• Is the new city of Austin budget sustainable, affordable?

  15-09-2017 03:21 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Council passed a new budget Wednesday, raised some of the taxes Austin residents will be paying and placed funds behind new community services.
  For the average taxpayer, Mayor Steve Adler noted that total fees and expenses will go up a little over $12 each month. He added that many of the fees you see on your utility bill will not change at all.
  The budget approved a 7.9 percent increase in the tax rate. If the council had increased the tax rate to anything grea
  
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• VIDEO: Purse snatched from elderly woman’s scooter

  15-09-2017 03:01 via kxan.com
  BURBANK, Calif. (WCMH/KCAL) – Police in California are looking for a woman who stole a purse from an elderly woman’s electric scooter.
  According to Burbank police, the 82-year-old woman was maneuvering through a Marc’s store in an electric scooter with her purse on the floor board.
  When the woman reached up to grab an item from a store shelf, another woman grabbed the purse from the scooter and left the store.
  Police found the purse a short time later with the victim’s cr
  
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• Missing 10-year-old boy found safe in north Austin

  15-09-2017 02:33 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — At least a dozen Austin Police Department units and a helicopter were searching for a missing 10-year-old boy in north Austin, before he was found safe around 7:45 p.m. Thursday.
  Police say they were called to the 7900 block of Gault Street, near the intersection of West Anderson Lane and North Lamar Boulevard, at 6:12 p.m.
  At 7:20 p.m., police sent out an emergency message to phones in the area alerting to the missing boy.
  Officers say the Hispanic boy was wearing a blue M
  
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• TABC implements new ‘warning-based’ enforcement system

  15-09-2017 02:14 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission begins using new standards for certain violations starting on Friday, Sept. 15.
  TABC’s new enforcement system is warning-based, “designed to encourage voluntary compliance with state liquor laws among businesses which manufacture, distribute, or sell alcoholic beverages.”
  Spokesperson Chris Porter said the policy does not affect violations related to public safety, such as over-serving or serving to minors.
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• Alcohol-selling businesses to get more warnings instead of citations

  15-09-2017 02:14 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission begins using new standards for certain violations starting on Friday, Sept. 15.
  TABC’s new enforcement system is warning-based, “designed to encourage voluntary compliance with state liquor laws among businesses which manufacture, distribute, or sell alcoholic beverages.”
  Spokesperson Chris Porter said the policy does not affect violations related to public safety, such as over-serving or serving to minors.
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• Stray bullet flies through Dripping Springs home

  15-09-2017 01:38 via kxan.com
  DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (KXAN) – A Dripping Springs family is thankful they weren’t home when a stray bullet came barreling through their bedroom window. The McDonald family says a friend found the bullet hole while checking on the house while the family was on vacation.
  “It is a bit concerning because obviously I don’t think anyone would have done this intentionally, but even the possibility that this could happen unintentionally is a little concerning,” said Katie
  
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• Felony case against Rep. Dawnna Dukes placed on hold

  15-09-2017 01:16 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With a trial date already set, the Travis County District Attorney’s Office says they are putting the brakes on pursuing the 13 felony charges against State Rep. Dawnna Dukes.
  However, officials say they are still moving forward with a trial for her misdemeanor offense of abuse of official capacity by a public servant.
  The DA’s office issued a statement Thursday stating they are “further investigating” the felony charges but wouldn’t elaborate
  
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• South Korea says North has fired another missile over Japan

  15-09-2017 00:53 via kxan.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s military said North Korea fired an unidentified missile Friday from its capital Pyongyang that flew over Japan before landing in the northern Pacific Ocean.
  It was the second aggressive test-flight over the territory of the close U.S. ally in less than a month and it followed the sixth and most powerful nuclear test by North Korea to date on Sept. 3.
  South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile traveled about 3,700 kilometers (2,3
  
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• North Korea fires missile over Japan in longest-ever flight

  15-09-2017 00:53 via kxan.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired an intermediate-range missile over Japan into the northern Pacific Ocean on Friday, U.S. and South Korean militaries said, its longest-ever such flight and a clear message of defiance to its rivals.
  Since President Donald Trump threatened the North with “fire and fury” in August, Pyongyang has conducted its most powerful nuclear test and launched two missiles of increasing range over U.S. ally Japan. It tested its first-ever intercont
  
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• 7-year-old girl dies after apparent carbon monoxide poisoning from generator

  15-09-2017 00:45 via kxan.com
  POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation on Tuesday regarding the death of a seven-year-old who apparently died as the result of carbon monoxide poisoning from a generator being run inside a home.
  The girl’s mother, Shashunda Wilson, 41, who lives at Dossey Road South in Lakeland, said she work up this morning and felt dizzy.
  Her daughter, Terryn Wilson, who sleeps in her bed with her, appeared to be dead.
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• VIDEO: Teen slammed by car in east Austin hit-and-run

  15-09-2017 00:41 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Officers are searching for the driver who hit a teenager crossing the street in east Austin and then drove away.
  Police say it happened around 6:23 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 11 in the 7200 block of Cameron Road, near East St. John’s Avenue.
  Surveillance video released by the Austin Police Department shows two people running across the road when the car enters the frame, hitting one of them. The teenager appears to come to rest on top of the car as they then exit the frame
  
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• Renovations at McNeil High on track, despite setbacks

  15-09-2017 00:39 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After three years and few answers, McNeil High School parent Amy Weir says she’s frustrated with the slow construction process at her childrens’ school.
  Weir was on the bond committee for McNeil High School and voted for remodeling the school in a 2014 bond election. She fully supports upgrading McNeil High, but not the long process she says it has taken to get there. “At the district level, they have not done their job and nobody’s held them account
  
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