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• MAP: Where did McGuinness, Harris perform best in the HD 52 primary?

  06-03-2022 23:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Patrick McGuinness and Caroline Harris both advanced to a runoff in the Republican primary for Texas House District 52 Tuesday night.KXAN projected the two would advance at 12:20 a.m. Wednesday.District 52 covers much of Williamson County, but excludes the main population centers of Round Rock, Georgetown, Cedar Park and Leander.The map below shows which candidate received the most votes in each precinct in the district.McGuinness won 31 of 58 precincts within the district,
  
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• Netflix, TikTok suspend services in Russia

  06-03-2022 23:15 via kxan.com
  
  (AP) - Netflix and TikTok have joined a growing list of companies suspending services in Russia.
  A Sunday statement from Netflix cited “circumstances on the ground” for its decision to suspend its Russian service but didn’t offer any additional details.The announcement comes after TikTok said users on its platform in Russia have been blocked from posting and viewing videos in response to the government’s crackdown on social media.“In light of Russia’s new &lsq
  
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• Cuomo rips 'cancel culture,' hints at political comeback

  06-03-2022 23:10 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Just six months after he resigned from office in disgrace over sexual harassment allegations, former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo appeared to be hinting at a political comeback in remarks at a Brooklyn church on Sunday.
  The Democrat made a campaign-like stop at a Brooklyn church Sunday, delivering a speech in which he condemned “cancel culture." The public appearance, his first since leaving office, came a week after Cuomo’s campaign launched a digital and televis
  
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• Russian attacks halt plans to evacuate Ukrainian civilians

  06-03-2022 22:44 via kxan.com
  
  LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — A second attempt to evacuate civilians from a besieged city in southern Ukraine collapsed Sunday amid renewed Russian shelling, while Russian President Vladimir Putin turned the blame for the war back on Ukraine and said Moscow's invasion could be halted “only if Kyiv ceases hostilities.”Food, water, medicine and almost all other supplies were in desperately short supply inthe port city of Mariupol, where Russian and Ukrainian forces had agreed to an 11-hou
  
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• EXPLAINER: Why WNBA players go overseas to play in offseason

  06-03-2022 21:21 via kxan.com
  
  Russia has been a popular destination for WNBA players like Brittney Griner over the past two decades because of the money they can make playing there in the winter.With top players earning more than $1 million — nearly quadruple what they can make as a base salary in the WNBA — Griner, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird and Jonquel Jones have been willing to spend their offseason playing far from home. It’s tough for WNBA players to turn down that kind of money despite s
  
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• US average price of gas nears 2008 record: Here's when prices may peak

  06-03-2022 20:27 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) - The national average price of gas in the U.S. has surpassed $4 a gallon for the first time since 2008, and experts say it may not come back down for some time.
  As of Sunday morning, AAA reports the national average sits at $4.009 per gallon, roughly 10 cents below the all-time record of $4.103 the U.S. hit in July 2008. Within the last week, gas prices jumped by about 41 cents alone, according to GasBuddy.This time last year, Americans were paying roughly $2.76 per gallon, AAA data s
  
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• Convoy protesting COVID-19 mandates does beltway circuit

  06-03-2022 20:08 via kxan.com
  
  HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A large group of truck drivers who object to COVID-19 mandates drove two loops around the beltway surrounding Washington, Sunday, deliberately moving slowly to impact traffic and make their feelings known to lawmakers in the nation's capitol.People crowded onto overpasses, waving at the “People’s Convoy" and holding signs and American flags. Within the convoy, there were tractor-trailers with horns blaring and some recreational vehicles and pickup trucks
  
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• Roughly 10,000 mail-in ballots not counted in Harris County, officials say

  06-03-2022 19:59 via kxan.com
  
  Texas (KXAN) -- More than 10,000 mail-in ballots were not included in Harris County's Election Night results, the Secretary of State's Office found. Those votes will have to be added to the final count.The Texas Secretary of State's office says they reached out to Harris County Friday after noticing a more than 10,000 vote difference on its Election Night reconciliation form. Harris County is the most populous county in Texas, encompassing Houston.
  Harris County officials say they went through a
  
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• Crews working garage fire in south Austin

  06-03-2022 19:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Fire Department says there was a fire in a garage in south Austin Sunday.AFD and Travis County Fire Rescue were working to put it out as of a tweet AFD posted at 12:15 p.m. They also said smoke could be seen.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• 'We didn’t know better': Toxic foam concerns follow firefighters through life

  06-03-2022 18:29 via kxan.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) — Firefighters around the country are just starting the tedious process of removing firefighting foam that contains “forever chemicals."This toxic foam contains PFAS, or poly-fluoroalkyl substances, which can remain in the environment and in human bodies. This foam may cause health problems, including cancer. Firefighters have used this foam for more than 20 years to help them put out difficult fires, not knowing it could actually be hurting them.“We assumed this
  
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• Tired of spam calls? A Texas dad is fighting back by suing

  06-03-2022 17:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Dan Graham says his phone rings and pings constantly."I probably get, in any given day, 10 on average," said Graham about the number of spam calls and texts he receives. "I counted one day, actually...I got 24 that day."He said most come from spoofed phone numbers selling insurance, extending warrantees and offering student loan forgiveness.He has listed his number on the National Do Not Call Registry (DNC), which was created to stop unwanted sales calls, but
  
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• Meet the Texas man who has made $75,000 suing telemarketers

  06-03-2022 17:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Dan Graham says his phone rings and pings constantly."I probably get, in any given day, 10 on average," said Graham about the number of spam calls and texts he receives. "I counted one day, actually...I got 24 that day."He said most come from spoofed phone numbers selling insurance, extending warrantees and offering student loan forgiveness.He has listed his number on the National Do Not Call Registry (DNC), which was created to stop unwanted sales calls, but
  
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• Home affordability by generation: See how Travis County stacks up in this study

  06-03-2022 16:38 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Sorry Gen Zers, we don't have good news for you.
  A new generational study breaks down the affordability of the average home in the 100 most populous U.S. counties, and while things are bleak for the younger home buyers of Generation Z, they aren't much better for Baby Boomers.Real estate search portal Point2 found that while there wasn't a single county where the median home price was below what the 15- to 24-year-olds of Generation Z could comfortably afford, Baby Boomers them
  
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• Drug responsible for recent overdoses in Austin-Travis County identified by officials

  06-03-2022 15:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Xylazine, a drug used in veterinary medicine, is at least partially responsible for the increase in opiate overdoses in Austin over the past week, according to the Austin-Travis County Office of the Chief Medical Officer citing local hospitals.
  For animals, the drug can be used as a sedative, pain reliever, muscle relaxer or induce vomiting, according to a Facebook post from the office which also noted human studies on the drug were halted due to side effects including depr
  
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• One dead after motorcycle 'collision' in north Austin

  06-03-2022 13:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services (ATCEMS) says an adult died after a motorcycle 'collision' near Middle Fiskville Road and the I-35 northbound ramp overnight.
  When ATCEMS first arrived at around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, CPR was done, according to a tweet.They later said one person on the scene had been pronounced dead.
  
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• Austin theater: Guest released live bat into showing of 'The Batman' as a prank

  06-03-2022 13:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The general manager of a northwest Austin movie theater believes a real-live bat got into a showing of the new Batman movie as a "prank."
  During a Friday viewing, one of the moviegoers said the film had to be paused when staff realized there was a real-live bat flying around the theater. Video sent to KXAN from Breann Wharton shows the incident.
  That viewer says management paused the movie and made multiple attempts to get the bat out, but those attempts were ultimately unsucces
  
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• State of Texas: 'They got what they wanted' - Voters force incumbents to fight for their jobs

  06-03-2022 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — In the primary race for Texas Attorney General, not a single Republican or Democratic candidate got more than 50% of the vote, meaning both sides are headed to a runoff.For Republicans, George P. Bush is set to battle incumbent Ken Paxton. That projection was announced the night of the election.
  On Thursday, all 5,052 polling locations were officially reporting, giving Texas a clearer picture of which Democrat will be taking on Rochelle Garza in the Democratic runoff.
  Jo
  
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• Austin FC hosts Inter Miami, aiming for 2nd straight win of 2022

  06-03-2022 07:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Win, lose or draw — and there was a lot of losing — the drumbeats from the rowdiest fans of Austin FC never stopped in the club’s first season.Barrels of beer were consumed or splashed in a season-long party that was both a celebration of professional soccer’s arrival in Texas’ capital city and a way to drown the sorrows of so many defeats.Now the goal is to keep the party going in year two. Only this time with the results on the field to
  
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• Texas can't survive OT in loss at No. 6 Kansas

  06-03-2022 06:54 via kxan.com
  
  LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — Texas coach Chris Beard made the calculated decision to take away the flotilla of Kansas sharpshooters in their showdown at Allen Fieldhouse, where the sixth-ranked Jayhawks were trying to clinch a share of the Big 12 title Saturday.It worked for 40 minutes.It didn't work for the 5 minutes of overtime.With few other options on offense, the Jayhawks turned to bruising big man David McCormack, who responded with a memorable senior night sendoff. He poured in 22 points w
  
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• Ukrainian woman weds Chicago fiancé ahead of return home

  06-03-2022 06:35 via kxan.com
  
  CHICAGO (AP) — When Russia invaded her home country of Ukraine, Maria decided she had to get there and help defend it — even if it meant leaving her fiancé behind in Chicago days after getting married.Maria and her fiancé, David, married Saturday before about 20 people in the backyard of an Oak Park home — the venue offered last minute after Maria asked for advice in a neighborhood Facebook group. The couple met last year and got engaged in October.On Monday, she
  
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• Zelensky says Ukraine receiving more SpaceX internet stations for 'destroyed cities'

  06-03-2022 05:49 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) -- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine will be receiving more Starlink satellite internet stations for “destroyed cities” after he spoke with SpaceX CEO Elon Musk.“Talked to @elonmusk. I’m grateful to him for supporting Ukraine with words and deeds. Next week we will receive another batch of Starlink systems for destroyed cities,” Zelensky tweeted Saturday. U.S. officials to meet with government of R
  
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• At least 22 injured in brawl at Mexican soccer match

  06-03-2022 05:37 via kxan.com
  
  MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least 22 people were injured, including two critically, on Saturday when fans brawled during a soccer game in central Mexico.The match between the host Queretaro and Atlas from Guadalajara — the reigning league champion — was suspended in the 62nd minute when multiple fights broke out in the stands. Security personnel opened the gates to the field so that fans, including women and children, could escape the stands.Players from visiting Atlas quickly fled t
  
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• Lack of spay, neutering leads to capacity issues at Bastrop animal shelter

  06-03-2022 04:20 via kxan.com
  
  BASTROP COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — It's been a busy weekend for the Bastrop County shelter since it put out a call after seeing an unusually large increase in puppies. People have been visiting and exploring adoption.
  Bastrop County Animal Shelter advocates say they're looking for new homes for over 100 puppies and small breed dogs. They say its high puppy population is because of an influx of new litters."The shelter is full. We have been operating near, or at capacity for quite some time," s
  
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• Human remains found on Austin trail near Highway 290

  06-03-2022 03:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is investigating after a caller reported finding a human skull while walking on a trail Saturday morning.
  Police confirmed to KXAN that when officers responded just after 10 a.m., they found human remains along a trail near the 4900 block of West US Highway 290 Service Road Westbound. The area is along the Violet Crown Trail in southwest Austin.The Travis County Medical Examiner's Office is also involved in the investigation.
  KXAN will update th
  
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• Official: 6 dead as large tornado roars through central Iowa

  06-03-2022 03:18 via kxan.com
  
  DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Six people were killed Saturday when a tornado swept through central Iowa, damaging buildings and knocking down trees and power lines, authorities said.Emergency management officials in Madison County said four were injured in addition to those killed when the tornado touched down in the area southwest of Des Moines at about 4:30 p.m. Among those killed were children and adults.Madison County Emergency Management Director Diogenes Ayala said 25 to 30 homes were badl
  
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• Austin-area restaurants raise money for Ukraine relief efforts

  06-03-2022 03:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin-area restaurants teamed up Saturday to help raise money for humanitarian relief in Ukraine. More than a dozen locations took part in the campaign "Dine With Ukraine.""While it doesn't feel like individually we can do a whole lot, collectively when we come together, we can," said Mo Pittle, owner of JewBoy Burgers. His restaurant was one of many to participate.HOW TO HELP UKRAINE: Charities supporting Ukrainians vetted by the BBBOrganized by the Instagram account, Aus
  
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• List: Charities supporting Ukrainians vetted by the BBB

  06-03-2022 01:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Better Business Bureau has put together a list of charities that are supporting Ukrainians as Russia continues to wage war against its neighbor.
  Here are charities that have met the BBB Standards for Charity Accountability.
  The Alight response team of humanitarian and emergency response workers has been deployed to Poland to help refugees from Ukraine, according to its website. American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee is providing Ukrainian's essentials, coordinating dis
  
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• Mastercard, Visa suspend operations in Russia after invasion

  06-03-2022 00:30 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Mastercard and Visa are suspending their operations in Russia, the companies said Saturday, in the latest blow to the country's financial system after its invasion of Ukraine.Mastercard said cards issued by Russian banks will no longer be supported by its network and any card issued outside the country will not work at Russian stores or ATMs.
  “We don't take this decision lightly,” Mastercard said in a statement, adding that it made the move after discussions wit
  
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• Putin says Ukraine's future in doubt as cease-fires collapse

  06-03-2022 00:16 via kxan.com
  
  LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that Ukrainian statehood is in jeopardy and likened the West's sanctions on Russia to “declaring war,” while a promised cease-fire in the besieged port city of Mariupolcollapsed amid scenes of terror.With the Kremlin’s rhetoric growing fiercer and a reprieve from fighting dissolving, Russian troops continued to shell encircled cities and the number of Ukrainians forced from their country grew to 1.4 mil
  
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• Meet the Russians, Ukrainians protesting at the Texas Capitol this week

  06-03-2022 00:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- If you've driven past the Texas State Capitol over the past week, you've likely seen protesters caped in yellow and blue, flying the Ukrainian flag near 15th Street.
  Some of those people are simply Austin-area residents who wish to stand in solidarity with Ukraine as Russia continues its bloody assault, but many others are from the now war-torn region and are protesting between frantic calls and texts to family members and friends who are hiding in bomb shelters near Kyiv.
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