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• 'Selena' among 25 films added to National Film Registry

  14-12-2021 23:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Library of Congress announced Tuesday its annual selection of 25 films to be inducted into the National Film Registry. Among them is the biographical film “Selena.” According to the National Film Registry, movies are selected for their cultural, historic or aesthetic importance to preserve the nation’s film heritage.Reality show ‘Twentysomethings: Austin’ now streaming on Netflix“Selena,” released in 1997, is the biographic
  
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• Project Connect early designs tease 'pedestrian dominant' 4th Street

  14-12-2021 22:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In a preliminary design workshop Tuesday, Project Connect program leaders outlined a vision for a pedestrian-centric Fourth Street corridor as part of the upcoming blue line light rail.As of 2019, about 24% of residents walked, biked, rode public transit or took other non-singular vehicle transit options to work. City leaders have established a goal for 50% of residents to utilize multi-modal transit options by 2039. TRENDING: WilCo settles Ambler lawsuit for $5MAlong with
  
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• Former Williamson County deputies indicted in Javier Ambler case appear in court Tuesday

  14-12-2021 22:11 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — The former Williamson County Sheriff's deputies indicted in the Javier Ambler case appeared in court Tuesday afternoon for a hearing.The hearing was called primarily to discuss "Live PD" video, which was believed to be taken on the night of Ambler's death. The State of Texas argues the video doesn't exist, and if it did, the state would provide it.The state has asked for the hearing to examine the issue. RELATED: Williamson County settles Javier Ambler wro
  
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• Temperatures at or near record levels next 72 hours

  14-12-2021 21:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Dense fog kept visibility at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport at or below 1/2 mile for 16 consecutive hours last night through midday today. Fog has finally mixed out, and additional rounds of fog overnight tonight should remain lighter due to breezier winds.Highs near 80 degrees and overnight lows in the 60s are very rare for mid-December. In fact, each forecast daytime high and overnight low in Austin now through Friday evening are either close to -- or at -- da
  
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• Former Houston police captain indicted for assault in phony election fraud confrontation

  14-12-2021 20:28 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (KIAH) — A Harris County grand jury indicted a former Houston police officer for a felony assault charge for his role in a bogus pre-election fraud incident.Former police captain Mark Aguirre was indicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon in a case being prosecuted by the Public Corruption Division of the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. The second-degree felony is punishable by up to 20 years in prison.Aguirre, who was no longer on the force at the ti
  
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• Austin extends ordinance allowing city to enforce COVID-19 rules

  14-12-2021 20:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In a special meeting Tuesday, Austin City Council voted to extend an ordinance that allows the city to enforce the COVID-19 rules set forward by the local health authority. The original ordinance was set to expire on Dec. 31.
  "This is an extensions of an ordinance that we passed last year that gave the rules of our health authority the weight and enforceability of ordinances that we would otherwise pass," Mayor Steve Adler explained in a special meeting Tuesday.
  Only one city co
  
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• Texas Longhorns football player suspended, accused of revenge porn

  14-12-2021 19:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Texas Longhorns football player has been suspended from the team, following accusations that he violated Oklahoma's revenge porn law.Ishmael Ibraheem, a freshman defensive back from Dallas, is being charged in Payne County District Court with a misdemeanor of nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images, according to the Stillwater News Press in Oklahoma.The newspaper reports Oklahoma State University police accuse Ibraheem of sending sexually explicit conten
  
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• Midwest storm likely to cause wind damage, severe weather and snow

  14-12-2021 19:48 via kxan.com
  
  (KXAN) — A storm system slamming the West Coast Tuesday will move across the Rockies overnight and into the Great Plains by Wednesday.As it does so, the low pressure will strengthen in the lee of the Rocky Mountains and move towards states like Kansas, Nebraska and Iowa. A strong ridge of high pressure of the Southeast will cause a tight pressure gradient between the two systems.Wind is produced by differences in pressure. And in this case, when the two systems causing the differences in p
  
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• Texas gymnastics coach accused of sexual assaults, parents say they didn't know

  14-12-2021 19:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Eugene ‘Gene’ Martinez, 40, turned himself in on a Tuesday in early May. For weeks, Travis County detectives investigated allegations the Texas-based coach, and USA Gymnastics member, sexually assaulted a woman the year before.
  His attorney says he is innocent of the charges against him. Martinez bailed himself out of jail.Parents at the Pflugerville gym where he coached, say they did not learn about his arrest until nearly six months later. During that time, mo
  
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• Williamson County settles Javier Ambler wrongful death lawsuit for $5 million

  14-12-2021 19:30 via kxan.com
  
  WILLIAMSON COUNTY (KXAN) — The Williamson County Commissioners Court approved a $5M settlement in the Javier Ambler wrongful death lawsuit on Tuesday.Ambler's family filed the lawsuit in October.Conspiracy: Former Williamson Co. officials Chody, Nassour face new charges for Ambler deathAmbler died in Williamson County Sheriff's Office custody in March 2019 after a chase that lasted more than 20 minutes and ended up in Austin. The incident began after deputies said Ambler failed to dim his
  
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• Record warmth, cloudy and damp days to come

  14-12-2021 19:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It was a very foggy start to Tuesday. This comes as a surge of warm and humid air continues to be ushered in on a southeast wind off the Gulf.This setup will lead to a wash, rinse, repeat forecast for the rest of the week with cloudy, mist/drizzle, and warm days through Friday. Light rain showers will be possible mixed in with the mist/drizzleTemperatures will warm to near 80-degrees through midweek -- rivaling daily records not only in the afternoon but overnight as well.F
  
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• COVID-19 case numbers going up in Travis County but so are number of shots

  14-12-2021 18:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Over the last few weeks in Austin-Travis County, COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations have started to trend upwards again, the local health authority said in a joint Austin City Council, Travis County Commissioners meeting Tuesday."We're seeing a week-over-week increase in the number of hospitalizations over the past 4 weeks," Dr. Desmar Walkes said. The highest increase has been over the past week, she reported.Walkes also noted Austin-Travis County has seen a roughl
  
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• San Marcos CISD offering $100 one-time incentive to staff who get COVID-19 booster shot

  14-12-2021 17:40 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — Getting your COVID-19 booster shot will give you an extra $100 in your pocket.That's if you're a San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District employee.The San Marcos Board of Trustees approved the one-time stipend in a school board meeting on Monday night.
  This is the second incentive the district has offered to employees, working to be proactive in fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.San Marcos CISD offered staff $250 for getting COVID-19 shots — here&rs
  
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• Stream it or Skip it: Austin reacts to Netflix's 'Twentysomethings: Austin'

  14-12-2021 17:30 via kxan.com
  
  Warning: The following article contains modest spoilers for "Twentysomethings: Austin"AUSTIN (KXAN) — Twitter had plenty to say about Netflix’s all new reality show “Twentysomethings: Austin.” Reality show ‘Twentysomethings: Austin’ now streaming on NetflixThe first six episodes dropped Friday with another six coming Dec. 17. The show follows eight twenty-something strangers trying to navigate life, love and work in America’s fastest growing cities. 
  
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• Worst Christmas songs ever? Here are some of the internet's most hated

  14-12-2021 17:23 via kxan.com
  
  (KXAN) — While there are many great Christmas/holiday songs, the hundreds and hundreds of them can't all be winners.The following five Christmas tunes are among the most-hated, based on a comb through social media. The songs with the most negative tweets made this list. Do you know these?"The Christmas Shoes" — NewSong"The one about the shoes and the dying mom," says @blairlawdorf.One of the most popular choices among Twitter users is the 2000 Christian/country hit "The Christmas Sho
  
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• Austin cybersecurity expert says hackers will likely attack these 2 ways in 2022

  14-12-2021 16:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Buyer beware! Online shopping has been a prime target for hackers this year and may linger into next year according to Experian’s Annual Data Breach Industry Forecast.“Some of the supply chain issues we are seeing over the holidays are predicted to go into 2022,” said Michael Bruemmer, Experian’s consumer protection expert.Shopping for homes is another likely target for cyberattacks in 2022.
  “Being from Austin myself, the market is on fire righ
  
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• Austin cyber security expert says hackers will likely attack these 2 ways in 2022

  14-12-2021 16:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Buyer beware! Online shopping has been a prime target for hackers this year and may linger into next year according to Experian’s Annual Data Breach Industry Forecast.“Some of the supply chain issues we are seeing over the holidays are predicted to go into 2022,” said Michael Bruemmer, Experian’s consumer protection expert.Shopping for homes is another likely target for cyberattacks in 2022.
  “Being from Austin myself, the market is on fire righ
  
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• LIVE NOW: Nexstar relief drive to help tornado victims

  14-12-2021 16:49 via kxan.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (NEXSTAR) -- After devastating tornadoes left dozens of people dead and thousands more picking up the pieces in five different states over the weekend, many across the country were looking for ways to help.At least 74 people were killed by the tornado outbreak in Kentucky, and at least 14 are dead in four other states: Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri. But Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday it could take days to tally a final death toll because of the sheer devastation
  
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• How to help tornado victims: Nexstar relief drive benefitting American Red Cross

  14-12-2021 16:49 via kxan.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (NEXSTAR) -- After devastating tornadoes left dozens of people dead and thousands more picking up the pieces in five different states over the weekend, many across the country were looking for ways to help.At least 74 people were killed by the tornado outbreak in Kentucky, and at least 14 are dead in four other states: Illinois, Tennessee, Arkansas and Missouri. But Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Monday it could take days to tally a final death toll because of the sheer devastation
  
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• Record-breaking December heat could have a huge impact on local wildlife

  14-12-2021 14:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — This month's unusually warm weather may have made heading outdoors a little more bearable, but people aren't the only ones out enjoying the weather.
  "I've been getting tons of mosquito complaints lately," says entomologist Wizzie Brown with Texas A&M's Agrilife Extension Service. "People were just like, 'Its December, why are the mosquitoes out?' and I'm like, 'It's 80 degrees, they're gonna be out.'"Brown says that by this time of the year, many insects and animals sho
  
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• 2 people shot in north Austin early Tuesday morning

  14-12-2021 13:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police say two people were shot before 5 a.m. Tuesday morning on Harmon Avenue near Interstate 35 and East 51st Street.
  They were taken to the hospital and are expected to be okay.Officers say the person responsible stayed but there's no word yet if they were taken into custody.
  
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• 2 people shot in central Austin early Tuesday morning

  14-12-2021 13:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police say two people were shot before 5 a.m. Tuesday morning in Central Austin.It happened on Harmon Avenue near Interstate 35 and East 51st Street.
  They were taken to the hospital and are expected to be okay.Officers say the person responsible stayed but there's no word yet if they were taken into custody.
  
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• Buda school teaches students how to give all year long

  14-12-2021 12:40 via kxan.com
  
  BUDA, Texas (KXAN) —During the holidays you can always find someone giving back to the community, but for one school in Buda giving back happens year round."A philanthropist is someone who does good deeds for others," said teacher Maddie Davis as she read to her Pre-K class."I donate my old clothes to neighbors who need them," one student replied.At the Learning Experience giving back is part of the curriculum and students are applying what they learn in class to everyday life."Here at The
  
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• Man hospitalized after shooting at north Austin apartment complex

  14-12-2021 12:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man is in the hospital after police say he was shot in the chest early Tuesday morning.Austin police were called to the Ventura apartments on Northgate Boulevard around 1:30 a.m. The complex is near Rundberg and Metric Boulevard in north Austin.There's no description of the person who shot the man at this time.
  
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• City of Austin hands out $3,000 grants to more than 40 schools for green projects

  14-12-2021 05:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 40 schools in the Austin area are receiving grants from the City of Austin to help implement projects focused on sustainability and outdoor space.The city's Bright Green Future Grants were awarded to 41 schools in each of Austin's city council districts. Public schools receiving grants are primarily in Austin ISD, but some in Eanes ISD, Leander ISD and Round Rock ISD also received grants.The projects will offer "hands-on learning opportunities, make school campuse
  
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• Police investigating after 2 Hutto ISD students involved in 'tragic incident'

  14-12-2021 04:18 via kxan.com
  
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — The Hutto Independent School District said it's offering additional counseling support to students after two of its high school students were involved in a "tragic incident" that left one of them seriously hurt.
  In a letter to the district community, Hutto ISD said the incident took place over the weekend but did not release more details, because the Hutto Police Department is still investigating.Woman stabbed in Travis County home identified, person of interest left
  
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• Texas running back Bijan Robinson helps raise money, and discusses the direction of the football program

  14-12-2021 03:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas running back Bijan Robinson is known for his positivity and willingness to bring a smile to all of those who he encounters.
  Monday night, Robinson continued that trend, signing autographs for fans at Raising Canes in Cedar Park, as part of the Cedar Park Police Department's Blue Santa Program. Fans were encouraged to donate new toys in exchange for Robinson's autograph.
  Robinson signed an NIL deal with Raising Canes back in July and has made other appearances at
  
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• Child reported among 2 COVID-19-related deaths in Hays County since Dec. 7

  14-12-2021 02:07 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A child from Austin was among two COVID-19-related deaths in Hays County between Dec. 7 and Dec. 13, the health department reported.
  The Hays County Local Health Department reported the death in the Dripping Springs area of Hays County, but the boy was from Austin. The child was under the age of 10, the health department said.
  The second death was a woman in her 90s from the San Marcos area.
  KXAN has reached out to the health department to learn if the child had
  
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• How many COVID-19 vaccine doses do I need? CDC updates guidelines, some may get a fourth shot

  14-12-2021 01:23 via kxan.com
  
  AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) - Booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for many, and eligible patients are allowed to choose to receive any of the FDA-approved versions (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Janssen).
  However, with some immunocompromised people recommended to have an initial vaccination series of three doses, there is some confusion with how many doses of a COVID-19 vaccine someone should have in total.
  Here is a bre
  
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• Candle factory employees told they'd be fired if they left work early: report

  14-12-2021 00:50 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Employees at the candle factory destroyed in a tornado Friday told NBC News they wanted to leave when they heard warning sirens go off, but were told they'd be fired for leaving their shifts early.
  The Mayfield Consumer Products factory in Western Kentucky was leveled by the tornado late Friday night. Employees were on-site working the overnight shift manufacturing scented candles.
  NBC reports that as employees got word of the approaching storm and tornado sirens began to sound
  
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• Texas AG Paxton: Pharma companies giving kids hormone blockers without disclosure

  14-12-2021 00:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Monday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced an investigation into two pharmaceutical companies he says promoted hormone blockers for children experiencing gender dysphoria.Paxton says Endo Pharmaceuticals Inc. and AbbVie Inc. are now being investigated under the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act. The AG's Office says the companies reportedly advertised and promoted Supprelin LA and Lupron Depot — medications used to treat central precocious puberty (CPP),
  
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• Could California use language in Texas' new abortion law to ban assault weapons?

  14-12-2021 00:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — After the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Friday to leave Texas' restrictive abortion law in place, other states are already planning to mirror the law but not for abortion.The way the Texas law (Senate Bill 8) is written enables private citizens to sue anyone who aids or abets an abortion after cardiac activity is detected in the womb for a minimum of $10,000. The result so far has been a chilling effect on almost all abortions in Texas, as clinics are too afraid to face
  
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• String of 80-degree days ahead of wet weekend weather

  14-12-2021 00:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Soupy. Swampy. Stuffy. However you want to say it, our weather is trending a bit uncomfortable this week - especially by December standards!A stout southerly flow continues to bring up abundant Gulf moisture over Central Texas. High moisture levels, light winds and a stable atmosphere is allowing for widespread fog to develop this morning - be sure to factor in extra time for your morning commute.Southeast winds will continue to bring plenty of cloud cover, high humidity le
  
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• Another round of record heat coming this week

  14-12-2021 00:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Southerly winds have kicked off another significant warming trend, forecast to bring the return of record warmth to Central Texas mid and late-week.Clouds, fog and drizzle are moving in with damp conditions developing in many areas. Humidity increased sharply Monday evening as a southeasterly flow returned. Dense fog may be an issue on your Tuesday morning commute.We expect more clouds than sun each day this week with a slim chance of isolated, light rain each day. Temperat
  
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• 2 men charged in connection with fatal Pflugerville shooting

  14-12-2021 00:12 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — Two men were arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 38-year-old man that occurred over the weekend, according to the Pflugerville Police Department.
  Police said Thomas Jackert, 41, is charged with deadly conduct, a third-degree felony, after they say he "recklessly fired" a gun during a fight, hitting and killing John Pearson.BACKGROUND: Man, dog found dead after Pflugerville shootingPolice said over the weekend that Pearson was found shot in a veh
  
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