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• Man shot in the neck while driving on Cameron Road

  18-09-2017 23:59 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The man who says he was shot in the neck while driving Sunday night tells KXAN he feels lucky to be alive and he wants to to see the person responsible brought to justice.
  Jedidiah Breeze said he was shot in central Austin Sunday.  He told KXAN that he drove a friend to a home of a man they knew in South Austin to sell a camera. Breeze explained that this man and his friend had been communicating about the camera over text or Facebook message, then planned to meet up.
  
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• Man says he was shot while driving on Cameron Road

  18-09-2017 23:59 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The man who says he was shot in the neck while driving Sunday night tells KXAN he wants to to see the person responsible arrested.
  Jedidiah Breeze said he was shot in central Austin Sunday.  He told KXAN that he was driving with his friend when a man “displayed his guns to intimidate.” Breeze said he drove away but the suspect chased him and shot him.
  “I didn’t know he was behind me until I heard a bang, felt pain,” Breeze said.
  He ex
  
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• Man wanted for screwdriver attack arrested by fugitive task force

  18-09-2017 23:54 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The man police say brutally attacked his father with a screwdriver has been arrested by the U.S. Marshal’s Lone Star Fugitive Task Force.
  Juan Ricardo Artea-Castaneda, 33, of Mexico, was arrested Monday afternoon in the 1100 block of North Lamar Boulevard, after the task force learned of his whereabouts.
  According to the warrant for his arrest, Artea-Castaneda and his father were helping a friend fix a flat tire in the 10931 block of Stonelake Boulevard last June when
  
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• Google Fiber expands into south Austin

  18-09-2017 23:23 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Those looking to upgrade to high speed internet in Austin have a new option. Google Fiber is opening up sign ups for its service to a new area in the southern part of the city starting Tuesday.
  As part of its planned expansion, Google Fiber is letting those living along Brodie Lane, Manchaca Road and Interstate 35 south of Slaughter Lane sign up for the service. Other areas of south Austin are already a part of the service area. Those who sign up before the end of October w
  
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• Austin lands jumbo jet service to London

  18-09-2017 23:23 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Queen of the Skies will soon be a regular sight above Austin as British Airways upgrades the aircraft flying its nonstop route from Austin to London.
  The Boeing 747-400 will offer six more first class seats, 10 more business class seats and 116 more economy seats than the 787 Dreamliner currently serving the Austin market.
  The regularly-scheduled jumbo jet passenger service begins April 8, 2018 with the first arrival scheduled for approximately 4:15 p.m.
  The airline has
  
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• Students unhurt in minor school bus collision

  18-09-2017 22:44 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bus coming from Kealing Middle School was involved in a minor accident Monday afternoon, the Austin Independent School District reports.
  Austin Police say a bus carrying 44 students and a vehicle collided at 15th Street and North Lamar Blvd.
  The school district says no students were hurt in the incident. Austin-Travis County EMS was called to the scene to evaluate the students as a precaution.
   
  
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• Plane makes emergency landing at Austin airport

  18-09-2017 22:32 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A United plane had to make an emergency landing at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport after a reported engine fire, according to the Austin Fire Department.
  The call came in around 3:09 p.m. Monday at 10185 Hotel Drive, in the northern part of the airport. The Austin Fire Department says the plane is on the ground and will be towed and escorted back to its gate.Re Alert 3 ABIA. Passenger Plane with reported engine fire.Plane to be towed/escorted back to gate. ALL furthe
  
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• Man says apartment complex sprayed foam on bats, left them to slowly die

  18-09-2017 21:59 via kxan.com
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) – A tenant at the Sanctuary Loft apartment in San Marcos was shocked when he discovered bats had been trapped and killed by spray foam in the complex’s parking garage.
  He tells KXAN the complex asked residents to move their vehicles so they could do upgrades to the parking garage. When he returned he says foam had been sprayed in all the cracks where bats once lived.
  “I went out that night, just because I was curious to see if there was going to be any
  
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• Bats found encased in foam during removal at San Marcos apartment

  18-09-2017 21:59 via kxan.com
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) – A tenant at the Sanctuary Loft apartment in San Marcos was shocked when he discovered bats had been trapped and killed by spray foam in the complex’s parking garage.
  He tells KXAN the complex asked residents to move their vehicles so they could do upgrades to the parking garage. When he returned he says foam had been sprayed in all the cracks where bats once lived.
  “I went out that night, just because I was curious to see if there was going to be any
  
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• Researchers emerge after 8 months together in a NASA dome

  18-09-2017 21:53 via kxan.com
  MAUNA LOA, Hawaii (KXAN/NBC News) — For eight months, researchers lived on a Hawaii volcano inside a 1,200 square-foot dome, with only each other for company.
  The four men and two women emerged Sunday from the structure, designed to simulate what it would be like during a long-term manned mission to space. They began living together in the NASA-designed dome in January, and were greeted with applause and cheers after their successful mission at the Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and
  
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• Texas inmate, woman get prison time for drug-soaked greeting card

  18-09-2017 21:19 via kxan.com
  PLANO, Texas (AP) — A North Texas jail inmate and a female friend who acknowledged mailing him a greeting card soaked in liquid methamphetamine must serve more than four years in federal prison.
  Prosecutors on Monday announced the punishment for 29-year-old Amanda Lynn Mollison of Allen and 39-year-old Justin Chadwick Brown of Grand Prairie.
  Mollison in May pleaded guilty to providing contraband in prison. Brown pleaded guilty to possession of such contraband. Both received 51-month terms.
  
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• Man jailed, accused of armed robbery spree across Austin

  18-09-2017 20:03 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man who suffered a gunshot wound from an Austin police officer in 2014 is now accused of half a dozen armed robberies that spanned a few weeks in September.  According to an arrest affidavit, Jawhari D’Andre Smith, 26, is in the Travis County Jail charged with seven counts of aggravated robbery.
  Austin police say the spree started on Monday, Sept. 11. Around 8:30 a.m. police received a 911 call for a home invasion at the Copper Mill Apartments at 10000 North La
  
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• Gov. Greg Abbott announces staffing shakeup

  18-09-2017 19:25 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Gov. Greg Abbott held a news conference Monday afternoon to address a staffing shakeup within his office.
  According to the Texas Tribune, Abbott’s chief of staff, Daniel Hodge, is leaving and being replaced by Luis Saenz. Abbott aides tell the Texas Tribune the staffing changes as a natural transition at this point in his tenure.
  Texas Tribune reports the new additions also include Tommy Williams, currently the vice chancellor for federal and state relations at the Te
  
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• Dallas mulls renaming schools with Confederacy-tied names

  18-09-2017 18:36 via kxan.com
  DALLAS (AP) — A Dallas school district is researching the histories of more than 20 historical figures to determine if their connections with slavery or the Confederacy should prompt consideration of removing their names from district campuses.
  The Dallas Morning News reports Dallas Independent School District administrators recommended changing the names of Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston and William L. Cabell elementary schools last week.
  District Chief of School
  
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• Maria grows to a Cat 3, nears already battered Caribbean

  18-09-2017 18:19 via kxan.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Maria grew into a Category 3 storm on Monday as it barreled toward a potentially devastating collision with islands in the eastern Caribbean. Forecasters warned it was likely to grow even stronger.
  The storm was on a path that would take it near many of the islands already wrecked by Hurricane Irma and then on toward Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Maria could hit Puerto Rico on Wednesday as a Category 3 or 4 hurricane, said Ernesto Morales wi
  
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• Hurricane Maria grows, threatens storm-battered Caribbean

  18-09-2017 18:19 via kxan.com
  SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hurricane Maria grew into a Category 3 storm on Monday as it barreled toward a potentially devastating collision with islands in the eastern Caribbean. Forecasters warned it was likely to grow even stronger.
  The storm was on a path that would take it near many of the islands already wrecked by Hurricane Irma and then on toward a possible direct strike into Puerto Rico on Wednesday as a Category 4 hurricane.
  “This storm promises to be catastrophic for our
  
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• Trump, in UN debut, urges the world body to reform

  18-09-2017 18:11 via kxan.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump made his debut at the United Nations on Monday, using his first moments at the world body to urge the 193-nation organization to reduce bureaucracy and costs while more clearly defining its mission around the world.
  But while Trump chastised the United Nations — an organization he sharply criticized as a candidate for president for its spiraling costs — he said the United States would “pledge to be partners in your work”
  
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• Trump calls on UN to reform

  18-09-2017 18:11 via kxan.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump made his debut at the United Nations on Monday, using his first appearance to urge the 193-nation organization to reduce bureaucracy and costs while more clearly defining its mission around the world.
  But while Trump chastised the U.N. — an organization he sharply criticized as a candidate for president — he said the United States would “pledge to be partners in your work” in order to make the body a more effective force
  
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• Trump calls for UN reform, but with more restrained tones

  18-09-2017 18:11 via kxan.com
  UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Donald Trump used his United Nations debut on Monday to prod the international organization to cut its bloated bureaucracy and sharpen its ill-defined mission. But he pledged U.S. support for the world body he had excoriated as a candidate, and his criticisms were more restrained than in years past.
  “In recent years, the United Nations has not reached its full potential due to bureaucracy and mismanagement,” Trump said. “We are not seeing t
  
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• Whataburger launches fundraiser to benefit food pantries

  18-09-2017 18:07 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Starting Monday, Sept. 18, three Central Texas Whataburger’s will participate in a fundraising event that will benefit food pantries in the area.
  During the “Stock the Shelves” fundraiser, customers can donate $1 during their dine-in or drive thru experience and receive a coupon for a free Whataburger with purchase of medium fry and 32-ounce drink as a thank you for the donation. All of the funds raised will go to local organizations to help stock their pa
  
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• Target near UT campus now hiring for November opening

  18-09-2017 17:39 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The smaller footprint Target that will open near the University of Texas at Austin campus is now expected to open on Nov. 8.
  Target says it needs to hire approximately five dozen employees for the store located at Dobie Twenty 21 on Guadalupe Street. In order to do so, Target will hold two job fairs, one on Sept. 21 and another on Sept. 29.
  The UT store will be the company’s 16th store in the Austin metro area, and the company’s first small-format location in Te
  
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• SeaWorld San Antonio welcomes new baby beluga

  18-09-2017 17:12 via kxan.com
  SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — There’s a new baby in town and she comes in at a whopping 125 pounds.
  On Sunday afternoon, SeaWorld San Antonio welcomed its newest addition to the beluga whale family. Mother “Chrissy” delivered the calf just at 12:34 p.m. The baby hasn’t been named yet since it will take some time before animal care specialists can get close enough to determine the calf’s gender.
  Beluga calves are generally dark gray when they are born but they ch
  
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• Charter bus barrels into NYC bus, killing 3 and injuring 16

  18-09-2017 16:12 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A charter bus owned by a company with a record of safety problems barreled through an intersection, slammed into a city bus and then plowed across a sidewalk and into a building Monday, killing three people.
  The wreck, which was captured by a security camera, ripped away the facade of a fried chicken restaurant and started a small fire. The video appeared to show the charter bus racing through the intersection without applying its brakes.
  “The tour bus was flying,&rdq
  
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• 3 die as buses collide at New York City intersection

  18-09-2017 16:12 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — A city bus and a tour bus collided and spun around in a New York City intersection on Monday, leaving three people dead, including a pedestrian, officials said.
  Mayor Bill de Blasio said he was shocked by the “sheer destruction,” and noted that “one of those who was lost was simply walking down the sidewalk” as the crash came “out of nowhere.”
  The pedestrian was killed along with the tour bus driver and a passenger on the city bus. Sixtee
  
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• Location scout for Netflix’s ‘Narcos’ found shot to death in Mexico

  18-09-2017 15:56 via kxan.com
  MEXICO CITY, Mexico (KXAN) — A location scout for the hit Netflix show Narcos was found shot to death in central Mexico last week, according to Variety. 
  The death of Carlos Muñoz Portal, 37, was first reported by journalists in Mexico. According to reports, Muñoz’s body was found on Monday, Sept. 11, in a remote area near San Bartolo Actopan, which is said to have one of the highest murder rates in Mexico. His body was reportedly found in a car with several g
  
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• Mourners recall Beaumont mother who died in Harvey flooding

  18-09-2017 14:54 via kxan.com
  BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — Services have been held for a Southeast Texas mother who died in Hurricane Harvey flooding but her 3-year-old daughter survived by clinging to the woman’s body.
  Family and friends gathered Saturday in Beaumont to pray and remember Collette Sulcer. Mourners at Cathedral of Faith Baptist Church recalled how Sulcer died so that her daughter could live.
  Authorities say the 41-year-old Beaumont woman died Aug. 29 after her vehicle got stuck in a flooded parking lot
  
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• Marble Falls man indicted in deadly Fourth of July crash

  18-09-2017 14:06 via kxan.com
  MARBLE FALLS, Texas (KXAN) — A man who police say was involved in a deadly hit and run in Marble Falls on the Fourth of July has been indicted on three charges.
  According to court records, Thomas Pfeifer Jr. 33, of Marble Falls, was indicted earlier this month on intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle, manslaughter and accident involving death. The crash happened just before 11 p.m. in downtown Marble Falls.
  Police say 60-year-old Cynthia Lee Young, a Comal County Sheriff’s Of
  
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• PHOTOS: Stars shine at the 69th Emmy Awards

  18-09-2017 13:37 via kxan.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP/KXAN) — The dystopian vision of “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the deeply cynical Washington comedy “Veep” and the ever-topical “Saturday Night Live” won top series honors Sunday in an Emmy Awards ceremony that took almost nonstop aim at President Donald Trump in awards and speeches.
  The moment everyone is talking about? When former White House press secretary, Sean Spicer, made a surprise Emmys appearance, wheeling in his own podium. 69th
  
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• President Trump omnipresent over Emmy Awards ceremony

  18-09-2017 13:25 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump never won an Emmy, it’s true. But his presence was felt at this year’s television awards ceremony more than any actor, writer or producer.
  “Saturday Night Live,” for which Trump was an endless fount of comedy during his campaign and early presidency, had its best Emmys haul in the show’s 41-year history. “The Handmaid’s Tale,” the Hulu drama about an authoritarian society where some found disturbing echo
  
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• Dozens arrested in St. Louis after more protests, vandalism

  18-09-2017 13:05 via kxan.com
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Hundreds of police officers in riot gear mobilized in downtown St. Louis after another day of peaceful protests over an ex-police officer’s acquittal in the death of a black man, a scene that grew ugly after nightfall amid dozens of arrests and reports of property damage and vandalism in the streets.
  Authorities made the arrests shortly before midnight, saying people had ignored orders to disperse after the peaceful protests.
  A judge ruled Friday that Jason Stockley,
  
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• Medical school wants your ideas on how people can get healthy

  18-09-2017 12:38 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Few people know the Blair Woods Nature Preserve exists. It’s a quiet, wooded set of trails with a small pond. If you want to get there, don’t be on the lookout for a sign – there’s only an unmarked dirt road off of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard.
  It’s one of the winning ideas from the University of Texas Dell Medical School’s first crowdsourcing competition to find solutions to health-related problems. It’s part of a new plan crea
  
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• South Austin elementary considers shuffling students

  18-09-2017 12:08 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Enrollment numbers at a south Austin elementary school is causing district leaders to reevaluate classes just weeks into the school year. That means some students at Baranoff Elementary school may get shifted to a new class with a new teacher–which is called leveling.
  While it’s not a new process, it is something many parents who e-mailed KXAN to alert us to the changes say they don’t want to happen just weeks into their kid’s school year.
  Leveling i
  
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• The Latest: Prime minister: ‘Merciless’ winds on Dominica

  18-09-2017 11:44 via kxan.com
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on tropical weather (all times local):
  10 p.m.
  A series of Facebook posts by Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit is capturing the power of Hurricane Maria as it roars past the island as a Category 5 storm.
  About 8:45 p.m. Skerrit writes: “The winds are merciless! We shall survive by the grace of God!”
  A few minutes later, he writes that he can hear the sound of galvanized steel roofs coming off houses on the small, rugged island in the eastern Cari
  
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• The Latest: ‘Potentially catastrophic’ Maria nears Dominica

  18-09-2017 11:44 via kxan.com
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on tropical weather (all times local):
  8:30 p.m.
  Forecasters expect “potentially catastrophic” Category 5 Hurricane Maria to move near Dominica in the next few hours and approach Puerto Rico by Tuesday night.
  The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday evening that the storm with 160 mph (260 kph) winds may continue to strengthen during the night.
  Dangerous storm surge is expected to accompany Maria, raising water levels by 6 to 9 feet (2 to 3 met
  
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• The Latest: Maria develops ‘dreaded pinhole eye’

  18-09-2017 11:44 via kxan.com
  MIAMI (AP) — The Latest on tropical weather (all times local):
  6 p.m.
  Hurricane forecasters are predicting that already powerful Hurricane Maria will become a destructive Category 5 hurricane with winds reaching 155 mph (250 kph).
  The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Monday that the storm would reach the highest measurement on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale within 24 hours.
  University of Miami hurricane researcher Brian McNoldy says one key sign of Maria’s growing str
  
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• Austin to begin second phase of changes to address homelessness downtown

  18-09-2017 06:37 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin, Austin Police, and many community groups will launch their second phase of major changes to address homelessness downtown Monday.
  After the first phase ended on Friday, Austin is starting a second 30-day trial in an effort to make sure that the people who need resources in downtown Austin are the ones actually being connected with services.
  The first phase of this effort started on August 15 as a 30 day pilot program to cut down on crime, eliminate overc
  
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• Austin rolls out second phase to tackle homelessness downtown

  18-09-2017 06:37 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The city of Austin, Austin police and many community groups will launch their second phase of major changes to address homelessness downtown Monday.
  After the first phase ended on Friday, Austin is starting a second 30-day trial in an effort to make sure that the people who need resources in downtown Austin are the ones actually being connected with services.
  The first phase of this effort started on Aug. 15 as a 30-day pilot program to cut down on crime, eliminate overcrow
  
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• Parents of premature triplets among those thanking St. David’s Women’s Center

  18-09-2017 06:14 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s amazing what sharing your experience with others can do and how it can make someone feel who has gone through a similar situation.
  That is what this reunion is all about.
  The St. David’s Women’s Center of Texas held its 8th Annual NICU Reunion on Saturday.
  Anyone who has had children in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit was welcome.
  The Women’s Center said they have the largest number of births in Austin with 7,000 projected this year.
  Of those,
  
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• Annual cleanup event hauls tons of garbage out of Lake Travis

  18-09-2017 06:11 via kxan.com
  LAKE TRAVIS, Texas (KXAN) – Eight dive groups grabbed bags and jumped into Lake Travis on Sunday for the 2017 Lake Travis Underwater and Shoreline Cleanup.
  It’s an annual event that helps rid the lake of tons of debris and waste. Each year, organizers say the event helps clear out about five tons of trash from the lake and 11 parks around the lake.
  One dive group that joins in every year is from Lake Travis Scuba.
  “We pulled in 12 bags of trash between seven divers,” said
  
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• Swimmers compete for chance to be in Special Olympics Fall Classic

  18-09-2017 06:09 via kxan.com
  BEE CAVE, Texas (KXAN) – More than 200 swimmers from the Central Texas area dove right in on Sunday for the Special Olympics Aquatics Competition.
  Competitors ages 8 and all the way up to 78 competed in a variety of events at Nitro Swim in Bee Cave, including assisted swim, walk, flotation race, laps and other events.
  And these competitors set their sights high.
  “First place works every time,” said Joey Mikel, a 50-meter freestyle competitor.
  Swimmers were competing to be eligi
  
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• Man suffers serious injuries from gunshot wound in NE Austin

  18-09-2017 06:01 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A man in his 30s suffered a gunshot wound in northeast Austin Sunday night, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  They said they received the call at 9:12 p.m. in the 5300 block of Cameron Road north of East 51st Street.
  Medics said they took the man to Dell Seton Medical Center with serious injuries.
  Video KXAN took at the scene shows a white pickup with a shattered back window at a gas station.
  The Austin Police Department said it could not confirm any details about the shooting
  
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• Man shot while driving in central Austin

  18-09-2017 06:01 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A man in his 30s suffered a gunshot wound in central Austin Sunday night, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  They said they received the call at 9:12 p.m. in the 5300 block of Cameron Road north of East 51st Street. Medics said they took the man to Dell Seton Medical Center with serious injuries.
  Video KXAN shot at the scene shows a white pickup with a shattered back window at a gas station.
  The victim tells KXAN he was driving with his friend when a guy “displayed h
  
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• Man shot in central Austin

  18-09-2017 06:01 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A man in his 30s suffered a gunshot wound in central Austin Sunday night, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  They said they received the call at 9:12 p.m. in the 5300 block of Cameron Road north of East 51st Street.
  Medics said they took the man to Dell Seton Medical Center with serious injuries.
  Video KXAN shot at the scene shows a white pickup with a shattered back window at a gas station.
  The Austin Police Department said it could not confirm any details about the shooting,
  
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• Pregnant woman survives venomous snake bite

  18-09-2017 04:47 via kxan.com
  KINGSLAND, Texas (KXAN) — After being bit by a water moccasin in a popular swimming spot, an expecting mother is sending a warning to those soaking up the final days of summer to be extra careful.
  Anyone growing up in Kingsland can probably draw a map of the walking trails winding around The Slab without much thought.
  “We’ve walked it hundreds and hundreds of times,” said expecting mother Kamri Thompson.
  The Slab is where Thompson has spent the majority of her summer.&nbs
  
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• Pregnant woman survives bite from water moccasin

  18-09-2017 04:47 via kxan.com
  KINGSLAND, Texas (KXAN) — After being bit by a water moccasin in a popular swimming spot, an expecting mother is sending a warning to those soaking up the final days of summer to be extra careful.
  Anyone growing up in Kingsland can probably draw a map of the walking trails winding around The Slab without much thought.
  “We’ve walked it hundreds and hundreds of times,” said expecting mother Kamri Thompson.
  The Slab is where Thompson has spent the majority of her summer.&nbs
  
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• Expecting mother survives venomous snake bite at popular swimming spot

  18-09-2017 04:47 via kxan.com
  KINGSLAND, Texas (KXAN) — After being bit by a water moccasin in a popular swimming spot, an expecting mother is sending a warning to those soaking up the final days of summer to be extra careful.
  Anyone growing up in Kingsland can probably draw a map of the walking trails winding around The Slab without much thought.
  “We’ve walked it hundreds and hundreds of times,” said expecting mother Kamri Thompson.
  The Slab is where Thompson has spent the majority of her summer.&nbs
  
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• Cowboys lose in Denver

  18-09-2017 02:42 via kxan.com
  DENVER (KXAN) — The Dallas Cowboys offense struggled all game long and it was a long game against the Broncos defense, losing on the road 42-17.In a game that was delayed an hour in the first quarter by lightning delay, the Cowboys could After falling behind 7-0, the Cowboys tied it up 7-7 on a Dak Prescott to Dez Bryant touchdown, this was after DemMarcus Lawrence sack and forced fumble deep in Broncos territory. The Broncos scored the next 14 points on a pair of Trevor Simian touchdown p
  
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• ARNIE STAPLETON, AP

  18-09-2017 02:42 via kxan.com
  DENVER (AP) — Trevor Siemian tied a career high with four touchdown passes and the Denver Broncos held Ezekiel Elliott to the worst game of his career — 8 yards on nine carries — in a 42-17 blowout of the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in a game that included an hour-long lightning delay.
  Aqib Talib’s 103-yard interception return for a touchdown with 53 seconds left was the final indignity for the Cowboys (1-1), who watched Von Miller end a career-long five-game sackless streak
  
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• Protesters rallied in St. Louis on 3rd day of demonstrations

  18-09-2017 01:31 via kxan.com
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — Several hundred protesters were marching in downtown St. Louis near the city’s police headquarters Sunday evening, and later through the St. Louis University campus, continuing demonstrations over the acquittal of a white former police officer charged in the shooting death of a black man.
  Heading into a third night of protests, organizers said they were frustrated that a few people who have caused trouble at night could make it harder to spread their nonviolent messa
  
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• Police report arrests in 3rd night of demonstrations

  18-09-2017 01:31 via kxan.com
  ST. LOUIS (AP) — St. Louis police made several arrests Sunday night as protesters broke windows and damaged property during a third night of demonstrations over the acquittal of a white former police officer charged in the shooting death of a black man.
  After organizers announced the demonstration had ended, a few dozen people continued to march downtown and some in the crowd started knocking over large potted plants and throwing objects through windows.
  Buses carrying police in full riot
  
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