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• New plea for bottled water, canned goods as Austin mega-shelter remains open

  16-09-2017 23:51 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin Disaster Relief Network and the Central Texas Food Bank issued an urgent plea Saturday for more bottled water and canned food donations to help with Hurricane Harvey recovery.
  They will be accepting those donations at a free two-day Harvey Benefit concert happening until 11 p.m. Saturday night and then continuing on Sunday from noon to 9 p.m. It’s being held at the Moontower Saloon at 10212 Manchaca Road in South Austin.
  “It’s natural for all of
  
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• Girl Scouts build 3D-printed prosthetic hands for disabled children

  16-09-2017 21:42 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A group of Girl Scouts gathered to do a service project Saturday. But they weren’t hosting a bake sale or picking up trash on the street. They were making 3D-printed prosthetic limbs for disabled children.
  As part of the Helping Hands program, Girls Scouts of Central Texas partnered with Wayside Sci-Tech Preparatory School and EOS North America, an industrial 3D printing company.
  9th grade engineering students from Wayside Sci-Tech led the girls in building 15 child-s
  
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• One dead in Williamson County ATV crash

  16-09-2017 20:47 via kxan.com
  Williamson County, Texas (KXAN)– One person is dead following an ATV crash that happened around 12:40 p.m. Saturday. Williamson County Sheriff Robert Chody tweeted that deputies were working a one-passenger ATV accident in northern Williamson County.
  According to the county, only one person was involved in the crash. Because there is still an active scene, officials could not immediately release an exact location.
  
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• Boy, 15, killed in ATV crash in Liberty Hill

  16-09-2017 20:47 via kxan.com
  LIBERTY HILL, Texas (KXAN) – A 15-year-old boy was killed when the ATV he was riding rolled over on a trail in Liberty Hill on Saturday, said the Williamson County Sheriff’s Office.
  WCSO said it happened at about 12:40 p.m. on Quiet Oak Cove.
  When help arrived, two people were attempting CPR but were unable to revive him, the sheriff’s office said.
  Officials said the boy lived in Liberty Hill and that his parents have been notified. They said an initial investigation shows that
  
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• Austin man accused of picking woman up, sexually assaulting her

  16-09-2017 20:46 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – An Austin man is behind bars after police say he sexually assaulted a woman Friday night.
  According to an arrest affidavit, a woman was walking to her car from the OK Corral on West Ben White Boulevard, when 27-year-old Juan Alberto Izaguirre offered to give her a ride. The woman told police she was hesitant, because she didn’t know Izaguirre, but eventually got in his car because she had parked far away and her phone battery had died, making it impossible to call any
  
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• How fitness trackers can help you get ahead of Atrial Fibrillation

  16-09-2017 20:25 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN)– Dr. Amin Al-Ahmad joins us on KXAN News Today to discuss atrial fibrillation- a condition in which the upper chamber of the heart contracts irregularly.
  He says fitness trackers like Fitbit are helping people track their heart rates to get ahead of the condition which sometimes does not show symptoms until it is too late.
  
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• Weekend Gardener: Caring for garden mums

  16-09-2017 19:50 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN, (KXAN)– We are beginning to see the first shipments of Chrysanthemum. These plants are from Greece and typically in a gold color, although they have been crossed to give an array of colors. The weekend gardener gives tips on how to take care of Chrysanthemum and other garden mums.
  
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• Man accused of human trafficking in Austin, other Texas cities

  16-09-2017 19:34 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A man is being held in the Travis County Jail after police say he lured an 18-year-old woman online, then forced her into prostitution in Dallas and Austin.
  According to an arrest affidavit, the victim told investigators she met 31-year-old Christopher Perez online last month. She said after they spent a period of time messaging, Perez told her he wanted to meet and pursue a romantic relationship. The victim said they agreed to meet, and he picked her up near her home in Ho
  
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• UK police make ‘significant’ arrest in London subway blast

  16-09-2017 18:06 via kxan.com
  LONDON (AP) — British police made a “significant” arrest Saturday in the manhunt for suspects a day after the London subway was hit by a partially-exploded bomb and launched a heavily armed search of a home southwest of London.
  The fast-moving inquiry into the subway blast that wounded 29 people has shifted to Sunbury, on the outskirts of the British capital, where neighbors were evacuated amid the police operation as a precaution.
  A no-fly zone was established over the area to
  
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• St. Louis braces for more protests over cop’s acquittal

  16-09-2017 17:13 via kxan.com
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hundreds of people protesting the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the fatal shooting of black man several years ago marched for hours in mostly peaceful demonstrations, until a broken window at the mayor’s home and escalating tensions led riot police to lob tear gas to disperse the crowds.
  For weeks, activists had been threatening civil disobedience if Jason Stockley were not convicted of murder for killing Anthony Lamar Smith, prompting autho
  
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• Police search home in London suburb after attack

  16-09-2017 16:17 via kxan.com
  LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the London subway attack and manhunt for suspects (all times local):
  3 p.m.
  British police say that armed officers are searching a home in a London suburb and evacuating neighbors as a precaution as part of the investigation into the subway blast.
  Police say the operation is taking place in Sunbury, an area on the southwestern outskirts of the capital and about five miles (eight kilometers) from London’s Heathrow Airport.
  Police said cordons were put in pl
  
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• Key Equifax executives departing after huge data breach

  16-09-2017 15:32 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Equifax announced late Friday that its chief information officer and chief security officer would leave the company immediately, following the enormous breach of 143 million Americans’ personal information.
  The credit data company — under intense pressure since it disclosed last week that hackers accessed the Social Security numbers, birthdates and other information — also released a detailed, if still muddled, timeline of how it discovered and handled the
  
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• Bullfighter Shorty Gorham joins More than the Score

  16-09-2017 07:37 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Bull fighter Shorty Gorham joined More than the Score to talk about the PBR’s stop in Austin this weekend
  
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• High School Football Week 3: LBJ vs. Anderson

  16-09-2017 07:14 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — LBJ beat Anderson, 48-20 Friday night.
  The Jags play Manor on Thursday night, while the Trojans host Austin High for their homecoming next Friday.
  
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• ‘Hot Cop Challenge’ continues but this time the ladies nailed it

  16-09-2017 04:22 via kxan.com
  CORAL SPRINGS, Fla. (WFLA) — Sorry fellas, but these ladies mean serious business.
  Coral Springs Police Department posted a photo of their strong women on the force on social media as a “Hot Cop Challenge.”
  And, they are totally showing up the boys.
  These five fabulous ladies represent many branches of the Coral Springs Police Department including, Training Unit, SWAT Team, Strategic Enforcement Team, Road Patrol and Youth Liaison Unit.
  Part of the caption reads, “Wh
  
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• Leander school drops game time rivalry to help out Rockport High

  16-09-2017 04:02 via kxan.com
  SEGUIN, Texas (KXAN) — The newest high school in Leander is dropping game time rivalries in the spirit of moving forward Friday night.
  Glenn High School is in Seguin, taking on Rockport-Fulton High School.
  But because of Hurricane Harvey, Rockport’s marching band is unable to come.
  High school football comes back to Harvey-hit Rockport
  Glenn High’s marching band spent the week learning the competition’s fight song, to play it for them during the game. Members of the band
  
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• Cedar Park now has lowest property tax rate in 15 years

  16-09-2017 03:52 via kxan.com
  CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — The city of Cedar Park says they have now lowered their tax rate for five years in a row, and this year’s rate is the lowest the city has seen in 15 years.
  The new 45.750 cents for every $100 of property valuation is one of the lowest property tax rates among other cities in the area, a statement from Cedar Park said.
  The rate represents a 1.25 cent decrease from last year’s 47 cents. City Council adopted the new rate at its Thursday regular meeting.
  
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• Judge: Texas inmates evacuated during Harvey now part of lawsuit

  16-09-2017 03:49 via kxan.com
  HOUSTON (AP) — A judge says at least 600 inmates evacuated during Harvey to a prison unit with oppressive heat are now part of an ongoing lawsuit about conditions at the facility.
  U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison ruled Thursday that by being evacuated to the Pack Unit, a state prison near Houston, these inmates were also being put at risk.
  In July, Ellison found the heat at the unit threatened the health of many inmates. As a result, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice moved more tha
  
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• Police: Woman finds boyfriend on daughter, 12, stabs him

  16-09-2017 03:19 via kxan.com
  CLEVELAND (AP) — Police in Cleveland say a woman stabbed her boyfriend several times after finding him naked on top of her 12-year-old daughter.
  Cleveland.com reports the 31-year-old man was stabbed five times in his chest and once in the back of his head at a home in Cleveland early Tuesday morning.
  A police report says the woman told investigators she was going to bed when she found the man on her daughter.
  The report says the woman grabbed her pocket knife and attacked him.
  Both the wom
  
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• After Harvey, antiques shows bring needed sense of normality to Fayette Co.

  16-09-2017 03:03 via kxan.com
  WARRENTON, Texas (KXAN) — The annual antiques shows that Fayette County is famous for are returning this weekend, providing vendors and customers a taste of normal life in the midst of rebuilding from devastating flooding from Hurricane Harvey.
  “You know, it kind of gives you hope,” Timera Thornton said.
  She was shopping at various vendor tents at the antique show taking over the Bar W field in Warrenton Friday. It’s one of several popping up along State Highway 237 betwe
  
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• Principal accused of locking student in closet when she was ‘bad’

  16-09-2017 02:41 via kxan.com
  BATON ROUGE, La. (BRProud.com) — The charter school administrator accused of locking a student in a cafeteria closet in late August has now turned himself into authorities, Friday.
  Shaffeq Syid Shamsid Deen turned himself in early in the morning to Baton Rouge police three days following the issuing of an arrest warrant. According to the arrest warrant, Deen was wanted on one felony count of Cruelty to a Juvenile and a misdemeanor False Imprisonment of a student at Laurel Oaks Charter Scho
  
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• VIDEO: Driver crashes into gas station, steals $10K in lottery tickets

  16-09-2017 02:04 via kxan.com
  DELHI, La. (KARD/KTVE) — A burglary suspect is on the run after crashing into a local gas station and stealing an entire rack of lottery tickets.
  Delhi Police Chief Roy Williams tells us the incident happened at 1:28 a.m. Friday at the U-Pak-It located at 1015 Broadway St. in Delhi, Louisiana.
  Surveillance video shows the suspect backing into the entrance of the store, getting out of his vehicle and taking an entire rack of lottery tickets.
  Chief Williams says there was $10,000 in lottery
  
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• Florida ‘hot cop’ suspended for alleged anti-Semitic Facebook posts

  16-09-2017 01:02 via kxan.com
  GAINESVILLE, Fla. (KXAN) — An investigation into a Florida police officer’s posts on Facebook have thrown cold water on a series of “hot cop” social media posts coming out of the state during the response to Hurricane Irma.
  One of the officers in a widely shared photo of three Gainesville cops is being investigated for claims he posted anti-Semitic comments on his personal Facebook page.
  Officer Michael Hamill, center in the photo, is alleged to have made the posts on Fac
  
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• Trooper fired for Sandra Bland arrest: ‘My safety was in jeopardy’

  16-09-2017 01:00 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – It's dashcam footage that many will never forget and that sparked criticism around the country questioning police use of force. Now, newly released audio recordings show former Texas Department of Safety Trooper Brian Encinia claims he feared for his own personal safety after pulling over Sandra Bland, a 28-year-old black woman, in Waller County on July 21, 2015.
  "My safety was in jeopardy at more than one time,” said Encinia, during an interview with the agency&
  
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