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• Waco man dies retrieving packages left on car roof

  24-12-2017 22:49 via kxan.com
  WACO, Texas (AP) — Police say a Waco man was struck and killed by a car as he retrieved a package that he had accidentally left on the roof of his car after a late-night shopping trip.
  Waco police say the 59-year-old man died at the scene of the accident about 2:30 a.m. Sunday.
  Police say the man may have left items on the roof while packing up in the parking lot.
  A package flew from the roof into the traffic lane as he pulled out of the parking lot. Police say he stopped his car and walke
  
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• North Korea calls latest UN sanctions ‘an act of war’

  24-12-2017 22:33 via kxan.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Sunday called the latest U.N. sanctions to target the country “an act of war” that violates its sovereignty, and said it is a “pipe dream” for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons.
  The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea on Friday in response to its latest launch of a ballistic missile that Pyongyang says can reach anywhere on the U.S. mainland. The reso
  
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• N. Korea says it’s a ‘pipe dream’ that it will give up nukes

  24-12-2017 22:33 via kxan.com
  SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said it is a “pipe dream” for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons, and called the latest U.N. sanctions to target the country “an act of war” that violates its sovereignty.
  The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions against North Korea on Friday in response to its latest launch of a ballistic missile that Pyongyang says can reach anywhere on the U.S. mainland. The resolution was
  
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• Trump’s busy Christmas Eve: calls to troops, talk of Santa

  24-12-2017 19:46 via kxan.com
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump’s first Christmas Eve in office was a busy one that unfolded like this: tweet against perceived adversaries, cheer U.S. troops spending the holidays overseas, play golf, chat with children anxious to know when Santa will bring their presents, eat dinner with the family and attend a church service.
  “Today and every day, we’re incredibly thankful for you and for your families,” Trump told the troops via video hook-up from
  
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• Trump sends Christmas greetings to US troops abroad

  24-12-2017 19:46 via kxan.com
  PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump opened his first Christmas Eve in office by offering season’s greetings to U.S. troops stationed around the world and applauding the sacrifices their families make when their loved ones are away.
  “Today and every day, we’re incredibly thankful for you and for your families,” Trump said from his Florida estate, where he is spending the holidays with his family. “Your families have been tremendous. Always underappre
  
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• Trail of Lights tear-down begins

  24-12-2017 18:23 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After the Trail of Lights dimmed for the final time in 2017,  crews are in the process of tearing down and storing the displays that made it all possible.  The event, which draws in around 400,000 visitors each year has become one of the largest in Austin.
  The Trail of Lights has existed in Austin since 1965, it features over 2 million lights and 40 displays.
  A spokesperson for the Trail of Lights Foundation explained that crews began arriving Sunday morning to te
  
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• Crews begin dismantling, storing Trail of Lights for next year

  24-12-2017 18:23 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After the Trail of Lights dimmed for the final time in 2017,  crews are in the process of tearing down and storing the displays that made it all possible.  The event, which draws in around 400,000 visitors each year has become one of the largest in Austin.
  “This is like a military operation. It is about as efficient as you can possibly get,” said James Russell, the executive director of the Trail of Lights Foundation.
  The Trail of Lights has existed in
  
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• Secret Santa hands out $100 bills to strangers in Topeka

  24-12-2017 18:02 via kxan.com
  TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas City’s Secret Santa is at it again, this time focusing his annual good cheer on Kansas’ capital city.
  A reporter for the Kansas City Star tagged along recently as Secret Santa followed his long tradition of handing out $100 bills to strangers in Topeka places where the hurting and downtrodden gather, including a shelter and thrift store.
  At each stop, the arrival of Santa and his “elves” was met with quizzical stares. By the time they left
  
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• 1 body recovered, 36 feared dead in Philippine mall fire

  24-12-2017 15:52 via kxan.com
  DAVAO, Philippines (AP) — Philippine firefighters recovered one body from a burning shopping mall Sunday and there was “zero” chances of survival for 36 other trapped people inside the four-story building in southern Davao city, an official said.
  Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio said firefighters told distraught relatives of the 36 trapped employees of a business outsourcing company at the top floor of the NCCC Mall that nobody could survive the extreme heat and thick black smoke.
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• Typhoon ravages south Philippines with 120 dead, 160 missing

  24-12-2017 15:50 via kxan.com
  ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) — One of the deadliest storms to hit the Philippines this year blew out of the country’s south Sunday after leaving more than 120 people dead and 160 missing in landslides and flash floods.
  Tropical Storm Tembin strengthened into a typhoon before moving into the South China Sea. Most of the dead and missing were reported in the hard-hit provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur and on the Zamboanga Peninsula.
  Intense rainfall in the mountains most lik
  
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• Thousands spend Christmas in shelters after Philippine storm

  24-12-2017 15:50 via kxan.com
  ZAMBOANGA, Philippines (AP) — Thousands of villagers in the southern Philippines spent their Christmas morning in emergency shelters Monday as the region dealt with the aftermath of one of the deadliest storms to hit the country this year.
  Tropical Storm Tembin unleashed landslides and flash floods that left more than 120 people dead and 160 missing, mostly in the hard-hit provinces of Lanao del Norte and Lanao del Sur and on the Zamboanga Peninsula. It strengthened into a typhoon before b
  
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• Appeals court: Trump exceeded authority with travel ban

  24-12-2017 13:55 via kxan.com
  HONOLULU (AP) — A federal appeals court panel has ruled that President Donald Trump once again exceeded the scope of his authority with his latest travel ban, but the judges on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals put their decision on hold pending review by the U.S. Supreme Court, meaning the ban involving six majority Muslim countries will remain in effect.
  The 77-page ruling released late Friday says Trump’s proclamation makes no finding whatsoever that simply being from one of t
  
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• Child immigrants face last Christmas without status protection

  24-12-2017 04:12 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —  More than 100,000 young people who were brought into the United States illegally face an uncertain future this Christmas. This is the last December until Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals — known as DACA — expires. It lets children who were brought to America illegally have temporary legal status.
  The DACA program was originally started by an executive order issued by President Barrack Obama in 2012. In September, President Donald Trump ordered to end
  
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• Santa’s Workshop brings holiday cheer to families helped by Ronald McDonald House

  24-12-2017 03:24 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It’s the season of giving, and on Saturday more than 30 families got a little special help.
  Holiday gifts were delivered to the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas as they hosted their annual Santa’s Workshop to help brighten the season for children and their families confronting medical issues this time of year.
  Families say the extra help while loved ones are in the hospital really goes a long way.
  “You never know when you might need it, so
  
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