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• Indiana teaching assistant accused of molesting 17 kids

  28-01-2018 23:55 via kxan.com
  JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. (AP) — An 18-year-old southern Indiana man has been arrested on charges alleging he molested 17 children ages 3 to 7 while he worked at a YMCA and as an elementary school teaching assistant.
  Michael Begin Jr., of Jeffersonville, was charged with two counts of child molestation in October. Clark County Prosecutor Jeremy Mull said Friday that he was filing another 20 counts against him.
  “It’s possible there are other victims that we’re not aware of yet,
  
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• Pickups crash in northeast Austin, ejecting one man

  28-01-2018 23:28 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A man was injured when he was ejected from his pickup truck in a crash in northeast Austin Sunday afternoon, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  It happened at about 2:54 p.m. near the intersection of Daffan Lane and Johnny Morris Road just south of State Highway 290, said ATC EMS.
  Two pickups were involved in the crash – a red pickup landed on its side and a white pickup appeared to be bent in half where the cab meets the bed.
  Medics treated a man in his 20s with serious
  
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• Pickups crash in NE Austin, ejecting and injuring 1 man

  28-01-2018 23:28 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A man was injured when he was ejected from his pickup truck in a crash in northeast Austin Sunday afternoon, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  It happened at about 2:54 p.m. near the intersection of Daffan Lane and Johnny Morris Road just south of SH 290, said ATC EMS.
  Two pickups were involved in the crash – a red pickup landed on its side and a white pickup appeared to be bent in half where the cab meets the bed.
  Medics treated a man in his 20s with serious injuries bu
  
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• US Supreme Court asked to halt Texas execution this week

  28-01-2018 23:07 via kxan.com
  HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — Attorneys for a Texas prisoner facing execution this week for killing a woman in Dallas in 1999 are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to halt his punishment after the top Texas criminal court refused to consider their appeal.
  Lawyers for 64-year-old William Rayford say his execution set for Tuesday evening in Huntsville should be halted so the high court can review whether his trial lawyer during questioning of a witness improperly introduced race as a possible factor
  
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• Texas inmate says he killed fellow prisoner

  28-01-2018 22:44 via kxan.com
  ROSHARON, Texas (AP) — Texas prison officials say an inmate serving a life sentence for capital murder in Bexar County has confessed to the slaying of a fellow inmate earlier this month at a Southeast Texas prison.
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice spokesman Jason Clark says while the slaying remains under investigation, Alfred Brosig told authorities he killed 57-year-old Kenneth Johnson at the Ramsey I Unit in Brazoria County, south of Houston, on Jan. 17.
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• Police: Gunman who killed 4 at car wash on life support

  28-01-2018 22:14 via kxan.com
  A man opened fire and killed four people at a car wash early Sunday morning in Pennsylvania, while another woman suffered only minor injuries after she hid in the back seat of a truck during the shooting, state police said.
  Police said suspected shooter Tim Smith was on life support at a hospital after the shooting at Ed’s Car Wash around 3 a.m. in the Melcroft community of Saltlick Township, about 55 miles (89 kilometers) southeast of Pittsburgh.
  They said he killed 27-year-old William Po
  
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• Police, family say jealous shooter killed 4 at car wash

  28-01-2018 22:14 via kxan.com
  A shooter driven by jealousy opened fire and killed four people at a car wash early Sunday morning in Pennsylvania, while a woman hiding in the back of a pickup truck suffered only minor injuries, according to state police and family of the victims.
  Police said Timothy Smith, 28, was on life support and not expected to survive after suffering a gunshot wound to his head during the attack at Ed’s Car Wash around 3 a.m. in Saltlick Township, a rural town about 55 miles (89 kilometers) southe
  
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• 3 teens accused of shooting man in attempted Travis County robbery Saturday

  28-01-2018 20:34 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Travis County Sheriff’s Office is accusing three teens of taking part in an attempted robbery that sent a 21-year-old man to the hospital Saturday with potentially life-threatening injuries according to an arrest affidavit.
  TCSO deputies were called to assist EMS at  the intersection of Saracen Road and San Juan Road at 4:54 p.m. Saturday. The caller said that a man had run by with blood all over himself and that there were multiple gunshots. A second caller
  
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• New finance commission to recommend revisions for Texas schools’ finance

  28-01-2018 16:06 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) –- A newly appointed finance commission is trying to ease the burden on homeowners and students by changing the way Texas pays for public schools—and they are starting with the amount of money they have to pay back to the state.
  Austin is the largest payer of recapture according to Nicole Conley Johnson, Austin Independent School District’s Chief Financial Officer.
  “We owe more in our recapture liability than we take in in revenue, mainly because we are losi
  
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• State of Texas: Efforts aim to stop human trafficking

  28-01-2018 16:00 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Congressman Michael McCaul aimed his efforts at increasing awareness on domestic human trafficking and finding solutions to end the dangerous cycle this January.
  “It’s the modern day slavery of our lifetime and these stories are shocking,” McCaul, R-Austin, said.
  President Donald Trump declared January as the National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. The United States House of Representatives passed three bills targeted at helping human traf
  
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• Firefighter injured in northwest Austin attic fire

  28-01-2018 15:54 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin firefighter was treated for injuries he received while responding to a fire in the attic of a two-story single-family home in northwest Austin Sunday morning.
  Austin firefighters were called to the home on Sprucewood Cove east of Lakewood Drive and north of RR 2222 shortly after 8 a.m. and began attacking the fire.
  Sprucewood pic.twitter.com/KiTDKZ9UFt
  — Austin Fire Info (@AustinFireInfo) January 28, 2018AFD said all occupants of the house got out safely as
  
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• Austin firefighter injured in northwest Austin attic fire, Sunday

  28-01-2018 15:54 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin firefighter is being treated for injuries he received while responding to a fire in the attic of a two story single family home in northwest Austin Sunday morning.
  Austin firefighters were called to the home on Sprucewood Cove which is east of Lakewood Drive and north of Ranch Road 2222 shortly after 8 a.m. and began attacking the fire.
  Sprucewood pic.twitter.com/KiTDKZ9UFt
  — Austin Fire Info (@AustinFireInfo) January 28, 2018AFD says all occupants of the ho
  
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• AFD fighting attic fire in west Austin home

  28-01-2018 15:54 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Fire Department is at the scene of a house fire in the attic of a single family home in west Austin.
  Austin firefighters were called to the home on Sprucewood Cove which is east of Lakewood Drive and north of Ranch Road 2222 shortly after 8 a.m. on Sunday and began attacking the fire.
  Sprucewood pic.twitter.com/KiTDKZ9UFt
  — Austin Fire Info (@AustinFireInfo) January 28, 2018AFD says all occupants of the house got out safely as they continue to fight the fire.
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• Ingvar Kamprad, who founded furniture giant IKEA, dies at 91

  28-01-2018 14:49 via kxan.com
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, who turned a small-scale mail order business started on his family’s farm into a furniture empire by letting customers piece together his simple and inexpensive furniture themselves, has died at age 91.
  Kamprad died on Saturday at his home in Smaland, in southern Sweden, the chain’s Swedish unit, IKEA Sverige, said on Twitter on Sunday. He died peacefully following a short illness, it said.
  “He will be much missed and warmly r
  
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• Furniture for all: IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad dies at 91

  28-01-2018 14:49 via kxan.com
  STOCKHOLM (AP) — Ingvar Kamprad, the IKEA founder who turned a small-scale mail order business into a global furniture empire, has died at 91, the company said Sunday.
  IKEA Sverige, the chain’s Swedish unit, said on Twitter that Kamprad died Saturday at his home in Smaland, southern Sweden. Later it said he died peacefully following a short illness.
  “He will be much missed and warmly remembered by his family and IKEA staff all around the world,” the company said.
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• One dead in car fire on S. Mopac Expressway

  28-01-2018 14:00 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — One person is dead after a vehicle caught fire in South Austin Sunday morning.
  Austin Police were called to the scene at 5:00 a.m. with reports of a vehicle on fire at the 3600 block of South Mopac Expressway. APD later tweeted that the incident was now a fatality with one person dead. Austin-Travis County EMS confirmed in a tweet that they pronounced one person dead at the scene. They said the age and gender of the person is unknown at this time.
  All main lanes of South Mo
  
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• Car fire kills person on South MoPac Sunday morning

  28-01-2018 14:00 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — One person died after a vehicle caught fire in South Austin Sunday morning.
  Austin Police were called to the scene at 5 a.m. with reports of a vehicle on fire in the 3600 block of South MoPac Expressway near Slaughter Lane.
  APD later tweeted that the incident was a fatality with one person dead. Austin-Travis County EMS confirmed in a tweet that they pronounced one person dead at the scene. Medics said the age and gender of the person was unknown.
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• HRC Gala pays tribute to Austin activist Meghan Stabler

  28-01-2018 04:36 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The nation’s largest LGBTQ civil rights organization, the Human Rights Campaign, held its 2018 HRC Austin Gala at the JW Marriott in downtown Austin Saturday.
  During the event, Austinite Meghan Stabler was honored with the Bettie Naylor Award, given for her work in advocating LGBTQ equality.  Stabler served on HRC’s National Board of Directors for more than eight years.
  The award is named for Bettie Naylor, who was a longtime advocate and lobbyist in Austin
  
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• Michigan AG vows to find out who knew what at Michigan State

  28-01-2018 04:03 via kxan.com
  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette lashed out at Michigan State University for allowing Larry Nassar to sexually abuse girls and women for years, and he took a shot at the school’s governing body.
  “I don’t need advice from the board of trustees,” the aspiring governor said at a packed news conference Saturday about his investigation into the school’s handling of sexual assault claims against the disgraced doctor. “Frankly, they
  
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• Bamba leads Texas past Mississippi 85-72

  28-01-2018 01:42 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Freshman Mohamed Bamba scored a season-best 25 points to go with 15 rebounds and four blocks and Texas defeated Mississippi 85-72 on Saturday in the Big 12/SEC Challenge.The 6-foot-11 Bamba converted 6 of 8 from the field and 12 of 13 free throws. Dylan Osetkowski added 17 points for Texas (14-7), Kerwin Roach II scored 16, and Jase Febres 12, converting 4 of 8 from 3-point range.
  Deandre Burnett led Mississippi (11-10) with 21 points, and Dominik Olejniczak scored a s
  
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• Man shot, killed in north Austin; police arrest one, seek others

  28-01-2018 01:19 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man in his 20s died after he was shot in north Austin Saturday afternoon, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  It happened just after 5 p.m. at the Arbors of Austin Apartments in the 1000 block of Mearns Meadow Boulevard north of Rutland Drive and west of North Lamar Boulevard.
  Medics said they performed CPR on the man at the scene, but he was later pronounced dead.
  Austin Police said they arrested one person and that they looking for more people who may have been involved.
  
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• Shooting injures man, teen in west Travis County

  28-01-2018 00:31 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN and TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) – A man and a boy in his late teens were injured in a shooting in west Travis County Saturday afternoon, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  It happened at about 4:53 p.m. in the 1700 block of Saracen Road near Emma Long Metropolitan Park, ATC EMS said.
  Medics said one man in his 20s was taken to the hospital with serious, potentially life-threatening injuries.
  The second patient was a boy in his late teens with injuries that were not expected to be life threaten
  
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• 1 dead, 2 hospitalized in shootings in north Austin and west Travis County

  28-01-2018 00:31 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN and TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) – Two shootings killed one man and sent two other people to the hospital Saturday afternoon, said Austin-Travis County EMS.
  The first shooting was in west Travis County in the 1700 block of Saracen Road near Emma Long Metropolitan Park, said the Travis County Sheriff’s Office.
  The call came in at about 4:53 p.m. and ATC EMS said one man in his 20s was taken to the hospital with serious, potentially life-threatening injuries. A second patient was a boy
  
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