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• Cecilio Dominguez returns to Austin FC following domestic abuse investigation

  11-05-2022 23:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin FC midfielder Cecilio Dominguez returned to team activities Wednesday morning following his reinstatement by Major League Soccer after serving a five-game suspension.
  MLS investigated Dominguez due to a report of a domestic dispute with his partner, and while the investigation was conducted, Dominguez was suspended from all team and league activities.Austin FC releases 2022 TV scheduleMay 4, Austin FC announced that he was being reinstated by MLS and that the investi
  
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• Strongest May La Niña since 2000: What does this mean for our summer weather?

  11-05-2022 23:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Sea surface temperatures in the Eastern Pacific near the equator are holding significantly cooler than normal so far this May -- a bellwether that a moderate to strong La Niña pattern continues.Phil Klotzbach, atmospheric scientist and researcher at Colorado State University, posted on his Twitter account, "The latest weekly Niño 3.4 sea surface temperature anomaly is -1.2°C, the coldest May weekly anomaly in this region since 2000. #LaNina continues to be quit
  
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• Pent up travel demand leads to passport processing backlogs in Austin

  11-05-2022 23:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For Austin parent Scott Brown, the processing of renewing his daughter's passport seemed simple enough: Fill out some paperwork, gather her documents and book an in-person appointment.Then came the logistics that come with underage passports. Both parents had to be present for the appointment, which posed its own challenges with his daughter's school days and his and his wife's work schedules.
  When he went to book an appointment online, there wasn't a single location in Aus
  
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• Austin man sentenced after 2021 fraud case to buy 38K stolen PayPal accounts

  11-05-2022 23:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Austin man was sentenced to prison and supervised release for his role in wire fraud and buying stolen online payment accounts, the U.S. Department of Justice said Wednesday.Marcos Ponce, 37, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in October 2021, but according to the DOJ, a group he was part of bought more than 38,000 stolen PayPal account credentials from November 2015 to November 2018. Murder suspect in 1996 California cold case arrested in AustinHe was sen
  
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• Mosquitoes prefer biting humans wearing red, orange or black clothes

  11-05-2022 23:10 via kxan.com
  
  SEATTLE (StudyFinds.org) - Pesky mosquitoes are more attracted to people who wear red, orange or black clothes, according to scientists. If you’re looking to keep them away, your outfit better have plenty of green, purple, blue or white. You’ll also need to cover up, though, as any color of human skin appears red to them.Findings from the study out of the University of Washington could help us steer clear of the annoying pests and their itchy bites. Not to mention, they can further h
  
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• Texas joins 15 states, supporting Alabama law to ban child gender-affirming care, surgeries

  11-05-2022 23:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas is now a part of a multistate amicus brief, supporting Alabama's 'Vulnerable Child Protection Act.'This would specifically ban "puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgery to cosmetically alter children and adolescents in order to facilitate their 'gender transition,'" according to a press release from Attorney General Ken Paxton's office.
  The amicus brief states that Alabama and states supporting their act are worried about the recent uptick in "gender-relat
  
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• LIST: These cities have the highest home prices in the Austin metro

  11-05-2022 22:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The records keep on coming.
  The Austin housing market set another record for median home prices. It's now the second-most overpriced housing market in the country. The gap between home prices and family income in the Austin metro is growing.And those headlines are just in the past two months.It is, therefore, perhaps unsurprising that Travis County has the highest home prices in the state.KXAN looked at data from Zillow to compare home prices in counties across Texas and in
  
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• Here's where home prices have increased the most in the Austin metro

  11-05-2022 22:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The records keep on coming.
  The Austin housing market set another record for median home prices. It's now the second-most overpriced housing market in the country. The gap between home prices and family income in the Austin metro is growing.And those headlines are just in the past two months.It is, therefore, perhaps unsurprising that Travis County has the highest home prices in the state.KXAN looked at data from Zillow to compare home prices in counties across Texas and in
  
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• 'Home by H-E-B' department coming to a store near you

  11-05-2022 22:30 via kxan.com
  
  NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas (KXAN) — Texas-shaped cutting boards and yeehaw pillows, H-E-B is adding more than groceries to its stores.The Texas grocer recently opened a new location in New Braunfels and debuted its "Home by H-E-B" department. The "Home by H-E-B" department offers home goods and Texas-style decorations from Texas designers. HEB one of the top national grocery chains, website saysH-E-B plans to add more home departments in stores throughout the year, according to the company's rel
  
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• Lawmakers hear from Harris County elections officials after delay in counting 10,000 ballots in March

  11-05-2022 20:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Wednesday, Texas lawmakers on the House Committee on Elections heard testimony regarding delays in election results from the March primary.
  In that election, Harris County encountered issues with counting ballots on time, including reporting more than 10,000 mail ballots days after election day.
  The county's elections administrator, Isabel Longoria, testified to lawmakers Wednesday part of the problem included overworked elections staff.
  She said five election workers we
  
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• Kyle elementary students return to school after nearby fire causes evacuation

  11-05-2022 19:52 via kxan.com
  
  KYLE, Texas (KXAN) — Students and staff members at a Hays Consolidated Independent School District elementary school returned to their building Wednesday after a fire nearby initially made them evacuate.
  A district spokesperson told KXAN a storage container at a property near Simon Middle School, located at 3839 FM 150 in Kyle, caught on fire. School leaders evacuated everyone from the building out of an abundance of caution and took them down the street to Hemphill Elementary School.
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• Don't want to get a college degree? The University of Texas is expanding 'micro-credential' programs

  11-05-2022 19:28 via kxan.com
  
  (KXAN) — If you still want to learn but have neither the time, nor the money required to get a graduate or undergraduate degree from the University of Texas system, a micro-credential might be for you.
  Students can obtain these industry-recognized credentials at just a fraction of the cost of a degree
  University of Texas Chancellor James B. Milliken is on the steering committee that oversees the program. He said the UT system wants to expand the short trainings and courses that help people
  
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• Murder suspect in 1996 California cold case arrested in Austin

  11-05-2022 18:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An anonymous letter sent to the Santa Ana Police Department led to an arrest 26 years after a young man was murdered. The suspect, his girlfriend, was arrested in Austin.Santa Ana police say on January 4, 1996, they were dispatched to a call of a Black male suspect who had broken into an apartment and stabbed Christopher Hervey, 22, numerous times in his torso area. Hervey died on scene.PREVIOUS COVERAGE: California cold case investigation leads homicide task force to Austi
  
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• Silver Alert: Missing 69-year-old woman last seen in east Austin

  11-05-2022 18:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin police are looking for a 69-year-old woman, diagnosed with a cognitive impairment, who was last seen early Wednesday morning in east Austin.Charles Etta Crayton was last seen around 2 a.m. Wednesday near the 7000 block of Muffin Drive in a black Toyota Corolla with the Texas license plate HNY8849, police said.Crayton is described by police as a Black woman with black/gray hair, brown eyes, standing 5-foot, 9-inches tall and weighing 150 lbs. She was last seen wearing
  
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• No, you won't see Donald Trump at the Austin airport Saturday

  11-05-2022 17:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former President Donald Trump is making a trip to Austin Saturday, and you might be wondering if you can see him at the Austin airport.
  Trump is bringing his American Freedom Tour to the Austin Convention Center for an all-day event, featuring a few other conservative politicians and personalities.Former Pres. Donald Trump bringing ‘American Freedom Tour’ to downtown AustinA spokesperson with Austin-Bergstrom International Airport said you might be out of luck i
  
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• Travis County judge could declare a public health crisis to target drug overdose deaths

  11-05-2022 17:08 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Travis County Judge Andy Brown said he is considering declaring a public health crisis in response to the growing number of people who have died from drug overdoses. It comes on the heels of the Travis County Medical Examiner's 2021 report.That report showed for the first time in a decade, drug overdoses were the leading cause of accidental death in Travis County. Fentanyl was found in more than a third of those cases.For first time in a decade, drug ODs were
  
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• Travis County expected to declare a public health crisis as drug overdose deaths increase

  11-05-2022 17:08 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) — Travis County Judge Andy Brown said he and Travis County commissioners will consider declaring a public health crisis Tuesday in response to the growing number of people who have died from drug overdoses. It comes on the heels of the Travis County Medical Examiner's 2021 report.That report showed for the first time in a decade, drug overdoses were the leading cause of accidental death in Travis County. Fentanyl was found in more than a third of those cases, a dramati
  
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• Review: AISD not meeting minimum standards for students with disabilities

  11-05-2022 16:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An independent review of Austin ISD's special education programs found the district didn't meet minimum standards for students with disabilities in the four years the report covered.The district said the review was done by Houston educational consulting firm Stetson and Associates and began during the 2019-20 school year and wrapped up this spring.
  In addition to AISD not meeting standards for students with disabilities, the report said those students didn't meet the minimu
  
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• Chipmaking company seeks tax breaks from Austin ISD to expand facilities

  11-05-2022 15:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — One chipmaking company is looking to expand its footprint in Austin.
  NXP Semiconductors, a Dutch company, presented a proposal to the Austin ISD Board of Trustees Tuesday night, seeking tax incentives to expand its existing Austin facilities.According to the company's presentation, NXP already has two manufacturing centers in the city that employ several thousand people.NXP's proposed project would invest $2.6 billion in Austin and create up to 800 additional jobs.
  The comp
  
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• Is Abbott's move on school vouchers a signal of White House aspirations?

  11-05-2022 12:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's renewed push for school vouchers is a piece of his "parental rights" platform, which itself could be a signal of future political aspirations, according to a political science and communication professor."Make no mistake, the governor is laying out not only a strategy to embolden his campaign for re-election, I think everything he's been doing since the end of the special session has been a test to see how these themes would work at a national level
  
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• This round of heat doesn't peak until next week

  11-05-2022 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Another hot day today... and unfortunately, it's only getting hotter.We'll see a mix of sun and some scattered clouds this afternoon helping temperatures warm well into the 90s. Both morning lows and afternoon highs the next few days will soar well past seasonal average, but we should stay a few degrees short of daily records.A ridge of high pressure is expected to hold over Texas for the next 7+ days, with hotter and drier than normal weather likely to continue through the
  
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• Hot... and only getting hotter

  11-05-2022 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Another hot day today... and unfortunately, it's only getting hotter.This morning's clouds will clear to afternoon sun helping temperatures warm well into the 90s. Both morning lows and afternoon highs will soar well past seasonal average, but we should stay a few degrees short of daily records.A ridge of high pressure is expected to hold over Texas for the next 7+ days, with hotter and drier than normal weather likely to continue through the end of the month.Warmer than av
  
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• LIVE: Lee County deputy shot; suspect killed had prior convictions

  11-05-2022 11:07 via kxan.com
  
  DIME BOX, Texas (KXAN) — The Lee County sheriff told KXAN one of his deputies was shot and wounded during a shootout with a man in Dime Box Tuesday night. The suspect is dead.
  The deputy, who has been with the Lee County Sheriff's Office for about a decade, was taken by air to an Austin hospital for treatment and surgery, Sheriff Casey Goetz said.
  Goetz told KXAN's Candy Rodriguez, however, the deputy sustained "more damage than first thought."According to the Sheriff's Office's latest pre
  
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• Lee County investigating officer shooting

  11-05-2022 11:07 via kxan.com
  
  DIME BOX, Texas (KXAN) -- Officials with the Lee County Sheriff's Department are investigating Wednesday morning after an officer was shot.
  Few details are available, but a Lee County dispatcher told KXAN at 2:15 a.m. that officer was shot and a scene was still active in the town of Dime Box.
  The Department of Public Safety told KXAN the county asked them for assistance earlier, but did not provide details of the assistance.
  Dime Box is 20 miles northeast of Giddings.
  KXAN has a crew heading to
  
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• Lee County deputy shot; suspect killed had prior convictions

  11-05-2022 11:07 via kxan.com
  
  DIME BOX, Texas (KXAN) — The Lee County sheriff told KXAN one of his deputies was shot and wounded during a shootout with a man in Dime Box Tuesday night. The suspect is dead.
  The deputy, who has been with the Lee County Sheriff's Office for about a decade, was taken by air to an Austin hospital for treatment and surgery, Sheriff Casey Goetz said.
  Goetz told KXAN's Candy Rodriguez, however, the deputy sustained "more damage than first thought."Deputies were serving a warrant on a man, Raul
  
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• Lee County deputy shot; suspect killed

  11-05-2022 11:07 via kxan.com
  
  DIME BOX, Texas (KXAN) -- The Lee County Sheriff tells KXAN one of his deputies was shot and wounded during a shoot-out with a man in Dime Box last night.
  The deputy was taken by air to Austin for treatment.
  Deputies were serving a warrant on the man, Raul Vega Perez. Perez was shot and killed during the shootout.Texas Rangers are currently investigating the case.
  Dime Box is 20 miles northeast of Giddings.
  KXAN has a crew in Dime Box and will update the story on KXAN.com and KXAN News Today.
  
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• 'You are dealt this story': How Tyler Campbell makes sure he's helping, inspiring others through MS battle

  11-05-2022 05:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Most people in Austin know Tyler Campbell as the son of legendary Texas Longhorns running back Earl Campbell. However, Tyler is gaining a following of his own for his newest effort to inspire others with multiple sclerosis. "I have learned confidently that life is full of tragic moments," he said, "but you are dealt this story so that you can help other people."This May is the hottest on record in Austin, and it’s not even closeAnd so, Tyler shares his story fill
  
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• Road rage on the rise in Austin

  11-05-2022 04:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After multiple reports of aggressive driving leading to accidents, both the Austin Police Department and Texas Department of Public Safety confirmed that road rage is on the rise in Austin.“With increased traffic, we are seeing more incidents of people being more aggressive on the road,” Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Deon Cockrell said. APD releases video of MoPac road rage crash in March, still looking for driverAPD released a video Monday of a driver
  
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• IRS hiring for over 900 positions in Austin

  11-05-2022 03:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Internal Revenue Service is hiring for over 900 positions in Austin.In a release, the IRS said positions are required to work in-person at its Austin Processing Center. Most positions are entry-level and don't require prior tax expertise.An in-person hiring event will be held at the IRS building, which is located at 5015 South Interstate 35, in southeast Austin Wednesday and Thursday, the release said. Applicants should bring a resumé and two forms of identificat
  
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• Senate Democrats plan to force vote to codify abortion rights, but support just isn't there

  11-05-2022 03:01 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (Nexstar) — Despite the almost certain failure, Senate Democrats are still moving forward with a plan to force a vote to codify abortion rights.Republicans are expected to filibuster it, but Democrats say it's still an opportunity to get every senator's position on record. No charges for Mike Tyson for punching airplane passengerSenate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the Senate will vote on the Women's Health Protection Act, a bill that would federally protect abortion servic
  
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• Project Connect previews 'mission control' light rail yard

  11-05-2022 02:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — What exactly is a combined maintenance facility, and how does it factor into Project Connect? Those were two key questions project leaders explored during a public meeting Tuesday evening.The facility will serve as the future home of Project Connect's light rail vehicles, where they'll be housed, repaired, cleaned and inspected. The facility will also serve as "mission control," leaders said Tuesday, as well as a storage site for elements such as benches, bus shelters and o
  
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• Carvana cuts 2,500 jobs, execs to forego pay for severance

  11-05-2022 02:11 via kxan.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — Online automotive retailer Carvana Co. says it's letting go about 2,500 workers, roughly 12% of its workforce, as it tries to bring staffing and expenses in line with sales.The Phoenix company said in a regulatory filing Tuesday that its executive team is giving up salaries for the rest of the year to help fund severance pay for the workers.Carvana, which sells online and delivers used vehicles to buyers, says the laid-off workers will come from operational groups. The compa
  
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• College enrollment down with more Texas jobs to require more education in 10 years

  11-05-2022 01:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar)— By 2030, it's projected that 62% of all jobs in Texas will require some sort of education after high school, according to a Georgetown University researcher Anthony Carnevale.That's why worry was expressed during a State Higher Education Interim Committee meeting on Tuesday. Texas is seeing fewer high school students go straight to college — an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Martiza Gonzalez, a director of counseling with the Hays Consolidated Independent School Di
  
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• College enrollment down with 62% of Texas jobs to require post-high school education in 10 years

  11-05-2022 01:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar)— By 2030, it's projected that 62% of all jobs in Texas will require some sort of education after high school, according to a Georgetown University researcher Anthony Carnevale.That's why worry was expressed during a State Higher Education Interim Committee meeting on Tuesday. Texas is seeing fewer high school students go straight to college — an impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.Martiza Gonzalez, a director of counseling with the Hays Consolidated Independent School Di
  
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• APD: Suspect had help from family member in 2021 pizza restaurant robbery

  11-05-2022 00:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man accused of robbing an Austin pizza restaurant in 2021 had help from a family member who worked there, an Austin Police Department arrest affidavit said.Bryce Edward Tranthem, 21, faces a charge of aggravated robbery after APD said he pointed a gun at a cashier of Slapbox Pizza, located at 9900 West Parmer Lane, and took checks from a safe behind a counter, according to the affidavit. Caldwell County fugitive now accused of murder, federal agency joins searchThe affida
  
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