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• Actress Naya Rivera arrested on charges of domestic battery against husband

  26-11-2017 23:26 via kxan.com
  WEST VIRGINIA (KXAN)– Former “Glee” star Naya Rivera was arrested Saturday night for allegedly assaulting her husband, according to a CNN report.
  The report says Rivera, 30 was charged with misdemeanor domestic battery early Sunday following the incident which happened in her husband’s hometown of Chesapeake, West Virginia.
  A video by CNN affiliate WCHS shows the actress in court during a brief arraignment. According to the report, the incident started when police respond
  
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• Woman tells police she was groped near Pillow Elementary

  26-11-2017 22:48 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police are investigating after a woman says she was groped while walking around the track at Pillow Elementary School  near Steck Avenue and Burnet Road. Police said they received a call about the incident on Sunday morning around 10:30 a.m, but do not have a suspect in custody.
  A woman posted a detailed description on the North Shoal Creek Nextdoor app. She says she was groped at 10:21 a.m. on Crosscreek Drive, and is urging people who live in the area to keep
  
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• Sumlin fired at Texas A&M

  26-11-2017 22:03 via kxan.com
  COLLEGE STATION (KXAN) — Texas A&M has fired head football coach Kevin Sumlin after six seasons. Special teams coach Jeff Banks will be the interim coach for Texas A&M’s bowl game. The Aggies finished the 2017 season with a 7-5 record after Saturday’s loss to LSU.
  Sumlin ends his Aggie tenure 51-26. His best season was 2012 when A&M finished 11-2 ending in a Cotton Bowl win over Oklahoma behind quarterback Johnny Manziel.
  A&M owes Sumlin a $10.4 million dollar b
  
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• Rance Howard, actor dad of director Ron Howard, dies at 89

  26-11-2017 21:13 via kxan.com
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Veteran Hollywood actor Rance Howard, the father of director Ron Howard, died Saturday. He was 89.
  Ron Howard announced his father’s death on Twitter Saturday afternoon. He praised his father for the ability to balance ambition with great personal integrity.
  “A depression-era farm boy, his passion for acting changed the course of our family history,” he wrote. “We love & miss U Dad.”
  Rance Howard’s death also was confirmed by Micha
  
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• Zilker Holiday Tree to be lit tonight

  26-11-2017 19:22 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Zilker Holiday Tree will be lit tonight in a ceremony celebrating the 51st year of the Austin tradition.
  The tree will be lit at 6 p.m. by the winners of a children’s art contest, sponsored by the Austin Parks and Recreation Department.
  The tree, made of a moonlight tower, is 155 feet tall. Earlier this month, Austin Energy crews strung 3,159 red, yellow, green and blue lights onto the tower.
  Last year, the moonlight tower itself was renovated with energy-efficien
  
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• Zilker Holiday Tree lit up to begin holiday season

  26-11-2017 19:22 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The much-anticipated Zilker Holiday Tree lighting took place tonight in a special ceremony celebrating the 51st year of the Austin tradition.
  Winners of a children’s art contest lit the tree at 6:50 p.m. The contest is sponsored by the Austin Parks and Recreation Department.
  The tree, made of a moonlight tower, extends 155 feet into the air. Earlier this month, Austin Energy crews strung 3,159 red, yellow, green and blue lights onto the tower.
  Last year, the tower was
  
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• Traditional lighting of the Zilker Holiday Tree happening tonight

  26-11-2017 19:22 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The much-anticipated Zilker Holiday Tree lighting will take place tonight in a special ceremony celebrating the 51st year of the Austin tradition.
  Winners of a children’s art contest will light the tree at 6 p.m. The contest is sponsored by the Austin Parks and Recreation Department.
  The tree, made of a moonlight tower, extends 155 feet into the air. Earlier this month, Austin Energy crews strung 3,159 red, yellow, green and blue lights onto the tower.
  Last year, the
  
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• Hays County deputy injured in firefight released from hospital

  26-11-2017 17:50 via kxan.com
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A Hays County Sheriff’s deputy is recovering at home after an “ambush” and shooting in Wimberley Friday morning. Deputy Benjamin Gieselman was released from the hospital late Saturday evening. The suspect was killed in the shooting.
  HCSO Deputy Benjamin GieselmanDeputies rushed to the 11500 block of Ranch Road 12 after a 911 caller told dispatchers an armed man was trying to break into Jean’s Antiques. Sheriff Gary Cutler believes the cal
  
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• Explosion in Chinese port city kills 2, injures 30

  26-11-2017 15:44 via kxan.com
  BEIJING (AP) — An explosion in a port city south of Shanghai on Sunday killed two people and injured at least 30 others, knocked down buildings and left streets littered with damaged cars and debris, the government and news reports said.
  The early morning explosion struck a riverfront neighborhood in Ningbo, one of China’s busiest ports, the official Xinhua News Agency and other outlets reported.
  Firefighters traced the blast to a hole in the ground where a toilet had been but the ca
  
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• Mars theory gets dusted: Streaks may be sand, not water

  26-11-2017 14:38 via kxan.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A new study suggests that dark streaks on Mars represent flowing sand — not water.
  Monday’s news throws cold water on 2015 research that indicated that lines on some Martian slopes were signs of water currently on the planet. Instead, Arizona scientists report in Nature Geoscience that these lines appear more like dry, steep flows of sand, rather than water trickling downhill, at or near the surface.
  If water is present, they said, it’s likely
  
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• Shoppers out seeking deals, though sales have crept earlier

  26-11-2017 14:04 via kxan.com
  Parking lots were full and shopping bags were plentiful in some places Saturday as holiday gift-seekers were out looking for bargains, even as the competition among retailers to offer earlier deals and snag customers first has pulled sales forward.
  At the Woodbury Common outlets north of New York City, retail expert Craig R. Johnson was impressed by how many people were there — though crowds were still not as heavy as several years ago before online shopping was such a draw.
  “Some st
  
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• Egypt reeling from attack on mosque in Sinai that killed 305

  26-11-2017 14:02 via kxan.com
  CAIRO (AP) — Egypt was reeling Sunday from the horrific militant attack on a mosque in northern Sinai that killed 305 people two days earlier — the deadliest assault by Islamic extremists in its modern history and a grim milestone in a long-running fight against the insurgency led by an Islamic State affiliate.
  Survivors and Egypt’s top prosecutor have given accounts of the massacre that unfolded as more than two dozen assailants, carrying a black IS banner, unleashed gunfire a
  
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• DPS: Llano police officer’s Facebook ‘threats’ caused courthouse evacuation

  26-11-2017 05:58 via kxan.com
  LLANO, Texas (KXAN) – An internal memo obtained by KXAN’s Investigative Team accused a Llano Police officer of making social media threats that caused an evacuation of the county courthouse there on Wednesday. We’ve also confirmed that officer, Grant Harden, was put on “paid leave” Friday, according to Llano’s Police chief.
  The memo, commonly known as a teletype, is a written message sent between law enforcement agencies and the Texas Department of Public Safe
  
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• Austin Pets Alive runs Black Friday deals on pet adoptions

  26-11-2017 04:21 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Pets Alive is joining in on the Black Friday spirit with deals on pet adoptions with their Black Furday promotion.
  From Nov. 24- 26 all cats and dogs at the shelter can be adopted for $9 to help with overcrowding in the shelter.
  If you are interested in adopting, APA has a catalog of all the available dogs and cats. Click here to find an adoption site near you.
  
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• Motorcyclist injured in northeast Austin crash

  26-11-2017 02:03 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — First responders are investigating a motorcycle crash in northeast Austin
  Austin Travis County EMS said the incident happened on Tuscany Way and Springdale Road which is just south of Highway 290.  They said the motorcyclist- man in his 50’s- has been transported to the hospital with critical life threatening injuries.
  Officials say you should expect closure and delays in the area as they investigate.
  This is a developing story. KXAN will update as more details b
  
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• Motorcycle collides with vehicle in northeast Austin

  26-11-2017 02:03 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — First responders are at the scene of an accident where a vehicle and a motorcycle collided.
  Austin Travis County EMS said the incident happened on Tuscany Way and Springdale Road. They said 1 patient is currently unconscious.
  This is a developing story. KXAN will update as more details become available.
  
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• Police: Man exposes himself to UT student on West campus

  26-11-2017 01:26 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — University of Texas Police are looking for a man who exposed himself to a female University of Texas student, Saturday evening on West Campus.
  They said the incident happened near the intersection of 21st Street and Guadalupe in front of the ‘Thai, How Are You?’ restaurant. Police say the suspect is a white man in his 20’s with a shaved or short hair and wearing a dark grey button up shirt and jeans.
  Police said the incident is not related to an earlier in
  
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• Trio accused of stealing, stuffing handbags with items on Black Friday

  26-11-2017 01:03 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three shoppers took Black Friday deals to a whole new low, Friday when police say they shoplifted from a Macy’s store.
  According to an arrest affidavit Vicki Morgan, Michelle Sowell and an unidentified man were detained by asset protection workers at the Macy’s store in The Domain.
  The workers say they noticed the three people acting suspiciously and passing different items back and forth. They said they saw Morgan enter a fitting room with several items and exi
  
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