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• Kylie Jenner, Travis Scott name their baby girl ‘Stormi’

  06-02-2018 23:23 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Kylie Jenner and Travis Scott have named their baby girl is named Stormi.
  Jenner posted the name on Instagram on Tuesday with a photo of the baby’s tiny hand grasping her pink-polished thumb. The post was viewed more than 129,000 times by Tuesday afternoon.
  Jenner says she opted to be private and stress free while preparing for the “role of a lifetime.”
  Stormi was born Feb. 1, weighing in at 8 pounds, 8 ounces. The 20-year-old Jenner is the youngest siblin
  
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• ‘Lady Doritos’? It’s not happening, PepsiCo says

  06-02-2018 23:14 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — Don’t expect to see “lady Doritos” on store shelves. The company behind the cheesy chips said Tuesday that it’s not developing a line of Doritos designed specifically for women, despite widespread online speculation that it was.
  The phrase “lady Doritos” trended on social media after PepsiCo’s longtime CEO Indra Nooyi said on a podcast that unlike men, women don’t like to lick their fingers after eating a bag of Doritos.
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• Immigration takes center stage in deaths of Colts player, Uber driver

  06-02-2018 22:58 via kxan.com
  INDIANAPOLIS (WTHR) — Indiana State Police say the man accused of hitting and killing a Colts player and an Uber driver along Interstate 70 over the weekend was extremely intoxicated, had no driver’s license and was in the country illegally after two previous deportations.
  Manuel Orrego-Savala, 37, faces four preliminary felony charges and is being held on a $40,000 bond in the Marion County Jail. ICE has a hold on him, as well.
  Indiana State Police say early Sunday morning, Orr
  
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• VIDEO: Hopdoddy in Round Rock robbed at gunpoint

  06-02-2018 22:38 via kxan.com
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — A Hopdoddy restaurant employee was held against her will for a few seconds as two suspects robbed the Round Rock location after closing time on Feb. 1.
  The Round Rock Police Department released surveillance video of the armed robbery that happened around at 10:57 p.m. The video, who includes multiple camera angles, shows a female employee in what appears to be the business office.
  As she’s standing there, one suspect comes up from behind, covers her mouth a
  
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• Girl Scout sells cookies outside marijuana dispensary

  06-02-2018 22:03 via kxan.com
  SAN DIEGO (KRON) — A San Diego Girl Scout is cashing in on California’s new pot laws.
  The reactions are torn — some call it bad parenting while others say it’s genius marketing.
  Cellphone video shows the 9-year-old selling Girl Scout cookies out of a wagon outside a marijuana dispensary — in a video obtained by CNN.
  The girl’s father says she sold 312 boxes in two 3-hour trips on Wednesday and Friday.
  An Instagram post from the dispensary Urban Leaf even adver
  
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• Two bodies found believed to be missing Texas Panhandle couple

  06-02-2018 21:34 via kxan.com
  BOVINA, Texas (KLBK) — Two bodies were found in Chaves County, New Mexico, according to the family of a missing couple from Bovina.
  Rosendo Lara, 81, and Hortencia Lara, 84, were last seen in Bovina on Jan. 19.
  Chaves County officials confirmed that two bodies were found Tuesday morning, and officials believe they are likely the missing couple. They were found in a very remote area and no foul play was suspected.
  The two had been the subject of a Silver Alert. They had also been the subjec
  
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• Apple mulls refunds for battery replacement on old iPhones

  06-02-2018 21:17 via kxan.com
  SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple is mulling refunds to customers who paid full price for battery replacements on older iPhones.
  Apple now offers a $50 discount as part of its apology for secretly slowing down the devices. Apple isn’t providing details on a potential rebate yet. The possibility was mentioned in Apple’s five-page letter to Sen. John Thune, a South Dakota Republican who demanded more details about the iPhone slowdown.
  Thune released Apple’s Feb. 2 response on Tues
  
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• Cops: Home of Patriots’ Gronk robbed during Super Bowl week

  06-02-2018 21:13 via kxan.com
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Police say the home of New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski was robbed while he was away at the Super Bowl.
  Foxborough Police Chief William Baker confirmed Tuesday morning that his department is investigating a burglary at Gronkowski’s home.
  He said officers responded to the home just after 6 p.m. Monday.
  Baker said “out of respect for Mr. Gronkowski’s privacy and because this is an active and dynamic criminal investigation we’re no
  
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• 911 call reporting burglary: ‘This is Rob Gronkowski’

  06-02-2018 21:13 via kxan.com
  FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski can be heard on a 911 call calmly telling a dispatcher that his home was burglarized while he was at the Super Bowl.
  Police in Foxborough, Massachusetts, released a portion of the call on Tuesday.
  He can be heard telling the dispatcher on Monday: “This is Rob Gronkowski calling, and while I was gone my whole house got robbed, while on the Super Bowl trip. And I just got back.”
  A police report says someone br
  
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• Delta to open Sky Club at Austin airport spring of 2019

  06-02-2018 21:05 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN0 — The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is getting fancy.
  On Tuesday, Delta Air Lines announced plans to open a new Sky Club at ABIA next spring. The new 9,000-square-foot lounge, which will be located next to the Delta gates, will offer food, Wi-Fi, a covered Sky Deck and outdoor patio.
  “From our strong operational performance to adding new routes, Delta is committed to serving the residents and business community of Austin,” said Erik Snell, Delta’s v
  
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• As Austin tackles gentrification, audit shows most ideas don’t become solutions

  06-02-2018 20:36 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new city of Austin audit found that out of the 541 recommendations and resolutions to tackle gentrification and displacement, only 56 would make a direct impact and are actually implemented.
  The report measures the real world effects of city actions from 2000 to 2017 and found that most items never made a dent in the issue.
  Below are two highlighted actions from the audit and the reason for their non-implementation.The City should maximize tax incentives for preservation
  
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• Willie Nelson cancels February tour dates to recover from the flu

  06-02-2018 20:32 via kxan.com
  LOS ANGELES (KXAN) — Willie Nelson is still working to recover from an illness that first caused him to cancel his January shows, and now will keep him from performing in February as well.
  “I will see you all down the road,” Nelson said in a release.
  The 84-year-old canceled or postponed tour dates in Georgia, Mississippi and Florida in February, and will resume his tour in early March, according to the release.The story behind the Willie Nelson mural in DallasHe “require
  
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• Gov. Abbott announces plan to address sex assault, human trafficking

  06-02-2018 20:09 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In the wake of the increased discussion surrounding the #MeToo movement and a backlog of sexual assault kit testing in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott announced a new set of policy proposals Tuesday. The plan to address sexual assault, sexual harassment and human trafficking centers on three P’s “Preventing Crime, Protecting Texans, Punishing Criminals.”
  “You have my commitment that I will continue to work to heal victims, to help prevent these despicable cr
  
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• 17-year-olds facing charges related to graphic Bastrop ISD Snapchat posts

  06-02-2018 19:08 via kxan.com
  BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Two 17-year-olds accused of sharing intimate images of female Bastrop Independent School District students on Snapchat are out on bond. The status of a juvenile who is also allegedly arrested in connection with the case is not known.
  The district and police began an investigation Thursday after Bastrop High School students informed them of a Snapchat account called “bhs-exposed.” According to affidavits, both Weston Wayne Narro, 17, Thomas Wayne F
  
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• Researchers see promising results for cancer ‘vaccine’

  06-02-2018 17:09 via kxan.com
  STANFORD, Calif. (WCMH) — Researchers say a cancer vaccine eliminated tumors in 87 out of 90 mice injected.
  According to a study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, after injecting small amounts of two immune-stimulating agents into the solid tumors in mice, all traces of cancer in the rodents were eliminated.
  Researchers say this injection could lead to a relatively inexpensive cancer therapy.
  “When we use these two agents together, we s
  
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• Stocks repeatedly sink and recover as wild ride continues

  06-02-2018 16:52 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — After big moves higher and lower, U.S. stocks are mixed Tuesday afternoon following a global sell-off. The sharp swings came one day after the steepest drop on Wall Street in 6 ½ years.
  Major indexes in Asia and Europe fell following Monday’s 1,175-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average. Investors remain fearful that signs of rising inflation and higher interest rates could bring an end to the bull market that has sent stocks to record high after record
  
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• Stocks plunge, then mostly recover as wild ride continues

  06-02-2018 16:52 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market mostly recovered after an early plunge Tuesday and was down moderately in late morning trading, raising hopes of a halt to a global sell-off. The swings came one day after the steepest drop in 6 ½ years.
  Major indexes in Asia and Europe also fell following Monday’s 1,175-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average. Investors remain fearful that signs of rising inflation and higher interest rates could bring an end to the bull market tha
  
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• Dow turns 567 point loss into 567 point gain as stocks rally

  06-02-2018 16:52 via kxan.com
  NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rallied Tuesday as a late surge helped them regain almost half their losses from the day before, when they had their biggest plunge in 6 ½ years. That came at the end of a day of heavy trading and huge swings for the market.
  Major indexes in Asia and Europe took steep losses and U.S. markets started sharply lower, only to repeatedly change direction. After its 1,175-point nosedive Monday, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 567 points right after tradin
  
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• Asian stock indexes reflect Dow rally in early trading

  06-02-2018 16:52 via kxan.com
  TOKYO (AP) — Japanese and Korean benchmarks were recouping losses from the day before in early Wednesday trading, mirroring a similar “correction” rally on Wall Street.
  KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 surged as soon as trading began, adding 2.9 percent to 22,230.73 within the first hour of trading. South Korea’s Kospi also rose at its opening, and was trading up 0.5 percent at 2,467.50 in morning trading. Among the biggest losers Tuesday was the Nikkei 2
  
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• SWAT situation in south Austin ends peacefully

  06-02-2018 16:33 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A SWAT situation that lasted a couple of hours in in south Austin ended peacefully before 11 a.m.
  Police say the call came in at 8:20 a.m. as a mental health crisis report at home in the 6300 block of Shadow Bend, which is east of First Street and North of William Cannon Drive. An individual was threatening officers with a baseball bat, officials said, that’s when SWAT was called in to assist. There were no injuries and that person was taken to the hospital.
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• Beloved, generous Abilene teen with rare disease passes away

  06-02-2018 16:15 via kxan.com
  ABILENE, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) — Beloved Abilene teen Brenden Baker passed away Monday at the age of 15.
  Brenden’s family confirmed the news to KTAB/KRBC.
  Brenden was born with a rare form of dwarfism which required him to be on oxygen at all times. It’s also the reason he was only 27 inches tall and weighed 24 pounds.
  Just two years ago, Brenden helped raise more than $30,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network at Hendrick Medical Center, the hospital which supported him thro
  
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• 13-year-old Marble Falls student faces terroristic threat charge

  06-02-2018 15:51 via kxan.com
  MARBLE FALLS, Texas (KXAN) — A 13-year-old faces a 3rd-degree felony charge after allegedly sending a threatening photo on Snapchat Sunday.
  Marble Falls ISD confirmed there was a “non-specific threat” that wasn’t made toward an individual, and the Marble Falls Middle School principal notified the police after he learned of the post around 9:45 a.m. He also sent a letter to parents Sunday. The teen was arrested around 5:30 p.m. Sunday, according to the Marble Falls Police
  
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• Global stocks tumble as Wall Street braces for more losses

  06-02-2018 15:35 via kxan.com
  LONDON (AP) — Stock markets around the world took a battering Tuesday, following a dramatic sell-off on Wall Street that triggered concerns that a potentially healthy pullback from record highs could morph into a more protracted crash.
  Hopes that Wall Street won’t repeat the scale of Monday’s losses helped limit the selling during European trading hours. Futures markets suggested another, but more moderate drop, in the U.S., with the Dow and S&P 500 futures down 0.8 percent
  
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• Texas house reported stolen was possibly repossessed

  06-02-2018 15:16 via kxan.com
  MADISONVILLE, Texas (AP) — Investigators say a vacation home reported stolen by a Houston couple might have been repossessed and they’re likely victims of alleged financial issues of the prior owner. KTRK-TV reports Jo and Lonnie Harrison say their one-bedroom cabin is missing from Madisonville, 90 miles (144 kilometers) northwest of Houston.
  The prefabricated home was on property they purchased last year but hadn’t checked since November. Lonnie Harrison returned Friday and di
  
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• Best Buy getting rid of CDs in stores

  06-02-2018 15:03 via kxan.com
  RICHFIELD, Minn. (KXAN) — Best Buy is planning to pull CDs from its stores beginning in July, amid a drop in sales in the U.S., according to a report.
  The company told music suppliers it plans to remove CDs July 1, according to Billboard. CD sales across the U.S. decreased 18.5 percent last year, and Billboard reports while Best Buy used to be on top as far as music merchandising goes, it now generates about $40 million each year in CDs.Best Buy chooses San Marcos for e-commerce sales offi
  
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• SpaceX’s big new rocket blasts off with sports car on top

  06-02-2018 13:47 via kxan.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s big new rocket blasted off Tuesday on its first test flight, carrying a red sports car aiming for an endless road trip past Mars.
  The Falcon Heavy rose from the same launch pad used by NASA nearly 50 years ago to send men to the moon. With liftoff, the Heavy became the most powerful rocket in use today, doubling the liftoff punch of its closest competitor.
  The three boosters and 27 engines roared to life at Kennedy Space Center, as thousands watch
  
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• Showtime for SpaceX’s big new rocket with sports car on top

  06-02-2018 13:47 via kxan.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s big new rocket stood ready to blast off on its first test flight Tuesday, as crowds began gathering at daybreak for the afternoon launch debut.
  As the sun rose at Kennedy Space Center, bright lights illuminated the Falcon Heavy, gleaming white on the same launch pad used by NASA nearly 50 years ago to send men to the moon.
  The Heavy is set to become the world’s most powerful rocket in use, with double the liftoff punch. It’s equipped w
  
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• Launch of SpaceX’s big new rocket delayed by high wind

  06-02-2018 13:47 via kxan.com
  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX’s big new rocket stood ready to blast off on its first test flight Tuesday, but high wind caused a delay as huge launch crowds packed roads, bridges and beaches.
  Potentially dangerous gusts in the upper atmosphere forced the company to postpone the launch of the Falcon Heavy by at least 2 hours. Liftoff from Florida’s Kennedy Space Center is now set for 3:45 p.m., with just 15 minutes remaining in Tuesday’s launch window. Otherwise, the
  
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• Second Wichita Falls principal charged with failing to report sex abuse

  06-02-2018 13:38 via kxan.com
  WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KFDX) — A second Wichita Falls ISD elementary principal is now jailed on a charge of failure to report.
  Cindy Underwood was booked into jail Monday afternoon.
  The affidavit alleges that on Oct. 25 last year, a teacher at Kate Haynes School reported finding photographs on a student-assigned iPad of three male students, all aged six, engaging in sexual acts in a classroom.
  The incident occurred on Oct. 3, according to dates on the photos. The teacher
  
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• After huge growth, artificial turf transforms Leander park

  06-02-2018 13:20 via kxan.com
  LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — Leander will get a new space for athletics beginning Tuesday. As one of the fastest-growing cities in the country, the Robin Bledsoe Park off Baghdad Road offered space for sports like soccer, but the grass quickly turned to mud with the number of people using it.
  Thanks to a voter-approved $71.6 million bond in 2016, residents will see what looks like a brand new park.
  “It’s an exciting time to be a resident here,” says Mark Tummons, Director
  
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• Thieves are targeting this type of vehicle at a popular Lady Bird Lake spot

  06-02-2018 12:52 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thieves are making off with a common vehicle from a popular parking lot at Lady Bird Lake, and the Austin Police Department is warning drivers to change their habits.
  It’s happening near the pedestrian bridge that takes trail-users across the lake under the Mopac Expressway, around the time the area is crowded with people just getting off work.
  In the last six months, five Ford trucks — F-150s and F-250s — have been stolen from the parking lot there. Four
  
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• Thieves are targeting certain vehicles at a popular Lady Bird Lake spot

  06-02-2018 12:52 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thieves are making off with a common vehicle from a popular parking lot at Lady Bird Lake, and the Austin Police Department is warning drivers to change their habits.
  It’s happening near the pedestrian bridge that takes trail-users across the lake under the Mopac Expressway, around the time the area is crowded with people just getting off work.
  In the last six months, five Ford trucks — F-150s and F-250s — have been stolen from the parking lot there. Four
  
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• One dead in northeast Austin house fire

  06-02-2018 05:35 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A person has been found dead in a house fire in northeast Austin, near the intersection of East Rundberg Lane and Middle Fiskville Road.
  Austin firefighters were called to the 9500 block of Middle Fiskville Road — just east of Interstate 35 — at 9:27 p.m. Monday. Crews were hindered in putting out the fire as the structural integrity of the home was compromised.
  The Austin Fire Department said heavy fire was showing from the house when they arrived.
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• APD homicide investigating deadly northeast Austin fire

  06-02-2018 05:35 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department’s homicide department is investigating the death of a person who was found in a house fire in northeast Austin, near the intersection of East Rundberg Lane and Middle Fiskville Road Monday night.
  Austin firefighters were called to the 9500 block of Middle Fiskville Road — just east of Interstate 35 — at 9:27 p.m. The Austin Fire Department said heavy fire was showing from the house when they arrived.
  Crews were hindered in putt
  
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• Station locations unveiled for 90 minute Houston-Dallas train

  06-02-2018 05:17 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The chance to travel between Houston and Dallas in under 90 minutes now has a real beginning and end.
  Texas Central Railway and the city of Houston unveiled the preferred location of the station there, next to US 290 and Loop 610.
  Recently, the company unveiled the look for the Brazos Valley station east of College Station, as well as the Dallas station near the convention center.
  The bullet train project is relying on investors. Company leaders say they will not take feder
  
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• Olympic bobsled pilot from San Antonio undergoes appendectomy

  06-02-2018 04:15 via kxan.com
  PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (KXAN) — U.S. bobsled pilot Justin Olsen was admitted to the hospital with acute appendicitis Monday evening, two nights before the start of unofficial training at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018.
  The U.S. Olympic Committee says Olsen, 30, is still expected to compete in the two-man competition on Feb. 18-19 and four-man races on Feb. 24-25.
  The athlete underwent a successful laparoscopic appendectomy in Gangneung, the committee said. “We
  
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• Woman with $559M Powerball ticket wants to stay anonymous

  06-02-2018 03:36 via kxan.com
  CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — A New Hampshire woman who says she has a Powerball ticket that won a $559.7 million jackpot wants a court order allowing her to stay anonymous, saying she made a “huge mistake” in signing the ticket without consulting a lawyer first.
  The woman, identified as Jane Doe, filed a complaint last week in Hillsborough Superior Court in Nashua saying she signed the back of the ticket following the Jan. 6 drawing, the nation’s eighth-largest lottery jackpot. S
  
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• Study: Chemical used in McDonald’s french fries could cure baldness

  06-02-2018 03:30 via kxan.com
  YOKOHAMA, Japan (WTNH) — Japanese scientists say that a possible cure for baldness may lie within a chemical used in McDonald’s french fries.
  Researchers at Yokohama National University experimented with a new method to regrow hair on mice using the chemical Dimethylpolysiloxane; which is a silicone additive in McDonald’s fries that is used to stop cooking oil from frothing over. Scientists believe from their preliminary tests on mice that the process will b
  
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• ‘Black Klansman’: Texas man fooled hate group into accepting him as their own

  06-02-2018 03:22 via kxan.com
  EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — He’s the local man who fooled a hate group into accepting him as one of their own, and now, his incredible tale is headed to the big screen.
  “It’s very surreal,” Ron Stallworth told KTSM. “My wife and I periodically pinch ourselves and say, ‘Can you believe this?'”
  In 1978, Stallworth — while working as a detective in Colorado Springs, Colorado — went undercover as a member of Ku Klux Klan. The Austin High S
  
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• Texas Internship Challenge encourages more paid student internships

  06-02-2018 02:38 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas employers are educating the next generation of workers through the state’s internship challenge.
  The Texas Internship Challenge is organized by the Texas Workforce Commission, Texas Education Agency and the Higher Education Coordinating Board. The campaign focuses on getting employers within various industries to increase paid internships for students in the state.
  During a press conference Monday, various business leaders stressed the importance of getting yout
  
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• Midnight deadline approaches for Texans to register to vote

  06-02-2018 02:09 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – People in Texas face a midnight registration deadline to be able to vote in the March primary.
  TX Votes, a non-partisan student organization at the University of Texas at Austin, joined other organizations in the Civic Engagement Alliance getting their peers registered all of Monday. Registering online isn’t an option in Texas.
  “If you don’t register right now just because you feel like you won’t vote in the elections come March or November, don
  
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• Nick Foles’ father: ‘I knew we were going to see something different’

  06-02-2018 01:50 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Westlake High School grad Nick Foles’ family came back to Texas Monday evening after celebrating the Philadelphia Eagles’ Super Bowl win in Minnesota.
  We talked to Nick Foles’ father, Larry, just as he was boarding his flight to come home.
  “Nick’s an underdog,” Foles said. “Always has been an underdog.”
  When we asked him about the trick play at the end of the second quarter that led to his son scoring a touchdown, Foles said,
  
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• Principal of Georgetown’s Forbes Middle School replaced

  06-02-2018 01:42 via kxan.com
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — The principal of Forbes Middle School in Georgetown has been removed from his position but school officials cannot elaborate on what spurred the change.
  The Georgetown Independent School District says Principal Brian Booker was not terminated, however, he is “no longer assigned” to the school.
  In a letter sent home to parents, the district says Rebecca Haynes will serve as interim principal at the school starting Monday. “While privacy laws prev
  
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• Travis County files lawsuit against makers of pharmaceutical opioids

  06-02-2018 01:16 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Travis County has filed a lawsuit against the makers, distributors and marketers of pharmaceutical opioids for damages and penalties, describing the legal action as essential to protecting the interests of the county and its citizens.
  “Aggressive marketing for the overuse and consequent addiction to pharmaceutical opioids has caused real harm in our community and among our families,” said County Judge Sarah Eckhardt. “This legal action is necessary to stop
  
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• SWAT officers surround south Austin home after woman critically injured

  06-02-2018 00:52 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin police SWAT team was called to a house in south Austin Monday evening after a woman came out of the house with critical blunt force injuries to her head and face.
  Austin-Travis County EMS says the woman in her 50s was taken to St. David’s South Austin Medical Center and medics called for APD after learning she may have been injured by her roommate or boyfriend inside the home.
  Officers were called to the 3000 block of Fontana Drive, south of the intersectio
  
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• Police robot finds man dead inside home after south Austin SWAT standoff

  06-02-2018 00:52 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin police SWAT team was called to a house in south Austin Monday evening after a woman came out of the house with critical blunt force injuries to her head and face.
  The standoff ended just before 9 p.m. when a police robot found a man dead inside the home. Detectives are investigating the death as suspicious.
  Austin-Travis County EMS says the woman in her 50s was taken to St. David’s South Austin Medical Center and medics called for APD after learning she may
  
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• Person of interest linked to murder of Manor man in his driveway

  06-02-2018 00:20 via kxan.com
  MANOR, Texas (KXAN) — A person of interest has been arrested in connection with the murder of a Manor-area man.
  Pedro Gomez, 39, was shot multiple times on Wednesday, Jan. 31 while sitting in his car parked in the driveway of his home on William Harrison Street.
  Travis County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the home, which is in a neighborhood next to Presidential Meadows Elementary School, around 8:40 p.m. At the time, authorities asked neighbors to remain vigilant and not op
  
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