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• HALFTIME: Austin FC's mistakes cost them, down 2-0 to Orlando City

  22-05-2022 23:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — If Austin FC wants to be considered as one of Major League Soccer's best, it needs to clean up its defense Sunday.Sloppy play led to two easy goals for Orlando City SC at Q2 Stadium and left the home fan shellshocked as Austin FC trails 2-0 after one half of play.Ercan Kara was the beneficiary of a poor Brad Stuver pass and got Orlando City on the board early. Stuver went to kick it into play from goal and shanked it right to Junior Urso, who calmly slid it over to Kara jus
  
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• Austin FC looks to keep pace in West race, hosts Orlando City SC for 1st time

  22-05-2022 23:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It's another opportunity Sunday for Austin FC to show it belongs in Major League Soccer's upper echelon against a quality opponent in Orlando City SC.Coming off perhaps its biggest win of the season on the road Wednesday against league-leading LAFC, Austin will try to keep the momentum going against the Lions at Q2 Stadium. Orlando is coming off a 1-0 win over Toronto FC on May 14 that took last-minute heroics to secure three points. Kyle Smith scored in the second minute o
  
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• Austin FC 2, Orlando City SC 2: Wild 2nd half sees 2 Orlando red cards, 2 Verde goals

  22-05-2022 23:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Somehow, Austin FC was able to salvage a point in the standings with a late goal to finish a 2-2 draw Sunday with Orlando City SC at Q2 Stadium.What helped matters for Austin FC were two red cards given to Orlando players in the second half, forcing the visiting Lions to play with nine players in the last 25 minutes of the match.Moussa Djitte provided the equalizer five minutes into stoppage time when he put away a corner kick at the far post past Orlando keeper Pedro Galle
  
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• 2ND HALF: Austin FC granted penalty kick off free-kick hand ball, Driussi converts. Orlando City 2, Austin FC 1

  22-05-2022 23:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two handballs on consecutive plays by Orlando City SC led to the first Austin FC goal of Sunday's match.Austin FC's Sebastian Driussi scores on a penalty kick in the second half of Austin FC's match against Orlando City SC at Q2 Stadium. (KXAN photo/Phill Robb)Sebastian Driussi converted a penalty kick in the 63rd minute, and Orlando's Rodrigo Schlegel was sent off after receiving yellow cards for the violations, leaving the visitors playing with 10.That cut the Orlando lea
  
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• Tips on successfully navigating the Austin airport

  22-05-2022 23:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- KXAN viewers shared tips on Facebook for ways to successfully navigate the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.TSA PreCheck versus ClearMany viewers agreed TSA PreCheck was a great way to cut down the time spent in the security line, but some said Clear was another great option--with one viewer even saying, "shhh don’t tell them about clear I like not having a line."Clear was highly recommended for frequent flyers since TSA PreCheck lines have become crowded."Oh yeah pr
  
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• New Texas law helping families looking for missing loved ones

  22-05-2022 18:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Alice Almendarez's heart is heavy.Alice Almendarez at a recent Missing in Harris County Day. (Courtesy: Alice Almendarez)She's prepared herself for days to face families who have dealt with similar loss."It's hard to attend these events, but I do it because I know what it feels like to be in their shoes," Almendarez explained. "My dad being missing, and you know, I felt… like he didn't matter… he was just like vanished off the face of the earth."Almendare
  
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• Missing Pflugerville teen found safe

  22-05-2022 17:17 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) -- On Sunday, the Pflugerville Police Department announced a missing teen was found safe.Pflugerville police released information Thursday regarding the disappearance of 14-year-old Yaslin De La O-Romero to its social media pages saying she was last seen Tuesday evening. PREVIOUS: Pflugerville police looking for missing 14-year-old girl
  
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• Local departments recognize 2 Pflugerville students for life-saving efforts

  22-05-2022 17:02 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) – Two Pflugerville students were recognized and honored by Georgetown and Pflugerville fire departments for their life-saving efforts.On Wednesday, Clara Buwule and Abbi Hinds, both seniors at Hendrickson High School and EMT students, received certificates of recognition and challenge coins.In March, Buwule applied chest compressions to a patient at Seton Medical Center Williamson, which helped to keep that person alive.The following month, Hinds arrived with par
  
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• Del Valle ISD students join new Tesla program

  22-05-2022 15:51 via kxan.com
  
  DEL VALLE, Texas (KXAN) — A group of Del Valle ISD students took their first steps into Tesla's new Manufacturing Development Program.
  Students signed letters of intent Saturday to join the program with the Austin automaker. The program will train students for future jobs at Tesla at Austin Community College.MORE: Del Valle ISD partners with Tesla for new student training programAustin Mayor Steve Adler said on Twitter that 65 students signed up for the program, and there are a few spaces
  
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• Memo: Austin Water anticipates drought water restrictions soon

  22-05-2022 15:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In a memo to Austin council members, Austin Water's interim director said staff anticipates drought response stage one regulations will be triggered "in the near future."
  This would be the first water restriction stage since November 2018 when Austin entered its base water conservation stage.Summer forecast: What to expect with drought statusThe combined storage of Lake Buchanan and Lake Travis will soon fall below 1.4 million acre-feet, which will trigger the regulations,
  
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• State of Texas: Issues that matter for Texas voters in the primary runoffs and beyond

  22-05-2022 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) - Tuesday is election day in Texas for the primary runoffs. There are pivotal races on the ballot, including the Republican race for Attorney General, pitting incumbent Ken Paxton against challenger George P. Bush. That race, like many across the state, is delivering a burst of negative campaign ads to voters both on television and social media.But what are the issues truly important to voters, both in the runoff and beyond?Polling from the Texas Politics Project at the Universi
  
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• Strong storms, flooding risk overnight

  22-05-2022 12:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A more significant round of storms and heavy rain is expected tonight before our rain shuts off late week. UPDATED: Interactive rain total mapA few isolated storms may develop early afternoon through evening, but the bulk of the severe weather and flooding risk come after sunset.
  A line of strong thunderstorms is likely to race southeastward across our area overnight bringing heavy rain, strong winds, hail and even a low risk of tornadoes. Those storms will likely linger th
  
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• NEW: Increasing risk of hail, wind, tornadoes overnight

  22-05-2022 12:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A more significant round of storms and heavy rain is expected tonight before our rain shuts off late week. UPDATED: Interactive rain total mapA few isolated storms may develop early afternoon through evening, but the bulk of the severe weather and flooding risk come after sunset.
  A line of strong thunderstorms is likely to race southeastward across our area overnight bringing heavy rain, strong winds, hail and even a low risk of tornadoes. Those storms will likely linger th
  
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• Most power outages fixed after thunderstorms hit Austin

  22-05-2022 07:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Less than 300 Austin Energy customers are without power Sunday morning after thunderstorms moved through the Austin area overnight.
  The number of outages was about 4,000 earlier Sunday morning.
  A severe thunderstorm watch was in effect for Travis, Hays and most eastern counties in the KXAN viewing area until 4 a.m. The primary concerns for those within the watch are large hail that can be up to two inches in size and damaging 60 mph winds.FORECAST: Severe thunderstorm watch
  
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• 4,000+ customers without power as thunderstorms hit Austin

  22-05-2022 07:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 4,000 customers are without power early Sunday morning as thunderstorms moved through the Austin area.
  A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for Travis, Hays and most eastern counties in the KXAN viewing area until 4 a.m. The primary concerns for those within the watch are large hail that can be up to two inches in size and damaging 60 mph winds.FORECAST: Severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 4 a.m. SundayWith those winds and frequent lightning come concern
  
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• 3,900+ customers without power as thunderstorms hit Austin

  22-05-2022 07:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 3,900 people are without power early Sunday morning as thunderstorms moved through the Austin area.
  A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for Travis, Hays and most eastern counties in the KXAN viewing area until 4 a.m. The primary concerns for those within the watch are large hail that can be up to two inches in size and damaging 60 mph winds.FORECAST: Severe thunderstorm watch in effect until 4 a.m. SundayWith those winds and frequent lightning come concerns f
  
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• 'Stuck': Elgin neighbors face roadblocks two months after tornado

  22-05-2022 04:35 via kxan.com
  
  ELGIN, Texas (KXAN) — It's been exactly two months Saturday that an EF-2 tornado tore through the City of Elgin with winds of 130 miles per hour.Three were injured, according to the National Weather Service, but thankfully, no one was killed. Tornado survey: NWS rates Elgin tornado EF-2 intensityWhile some survivors are still facing roadblocks to recovery, their neighbors are pitching in to help.
  Susan Carlson and her neighbors, Davina and Chris Cielencki say it's hard to find workers for
  
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• 1 killed, 8 wounded in shooting at Southern California party

  22-05-2022 03:28 via kxan.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — One man was killed and eight people were wounded during an overnight shooting at a party that drew about 100 people to a Southern California hookah lounge, police said Saturday.San Bernardino police officers dispatched late Friday found a man shot in the parking lot outside the strip mall lounge, where the party had been advertised on social media in the city east of Los Angeles, Sgt. Equino Thomas said. The man, Allen Gresham, 20, was pronounced dead at the scene, a pol
  
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• NOAA releases summer forecast: What to expect in Central Texas

  22-05-2022 02:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Meteorological summer begins June 1 and we're getting a good idea that summer won't be anything like last year for Central Texas.Last summer had a shortage of heat and an abundance of rain, this year could be the opposite.Central Texas summer forecastNOAA and the Climate Prediction Center expect that summer will be even hotter than normal. Central Texas usually has 29 triple digit days a year with the majority coming in August. This year we could be in for much more.Summer
  
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• APA! asks for public's help after sewer clog causes flooding in parvo ward

  22-05-2022 00:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN(KXAN) -- Saturday afternoon Austin Pets Alive! took to Twitter to ask for the public's help after a clog caused the parvo ward in the shelter to flood.In the tweet, it said people were needed to help pick up and foster parvo negative dogs.According to APA, there were 45 dogs in the parvo unit, so far it has gotten four out of the shelter with 22 still needing a temporary home. The dogs currently being treated for parvo were moved to another ward within parvo.In a statement, APS asked peop
  
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• WATCH LIVE: Emmanuel Acho to make special announcement at UT Commencement

  22-05-2022 00:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- University of Texas at Austin leaders said their commencement ceremony is proceeding as scheduled as they actively monitor the possibility of severe weather in the area Saturday. FORECAST: Severe thunderstorm watch until 11 p.m. for most of Central Texas"The current forecasts we rely upon give us confidence we will not need to reschedule, but our contingency plan is to hold the ceremony on Sunday, May 22. Our stadium venue also has capacity to safely shelter all attendees, shoul
  
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• WATCH: Emmanuel Acho shares special message to UT grads at Commencement

  22-05-2022 00:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- "Delight in the detour," "be illogical," and "use your thing." This is the advice no. 1 New York Times bestselling author and former Texas Longhorns, NFL linebacker Emmanuel Acho, gave to graduates at the University of Texas' commencement ceremony Saturday.
  The celebration proceeded as scheduled while leaders monitored the potential for severe weather in the area Saturday.Acho, the featured speaker at the 2022 event held at Darrell K Royal Texas Memorial Stadium, gave his b
  
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• Here's what will happen if UT has to cancel tonight's commencement due to weather

  22-05-2022 00:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- University of Texas at Austin leaders said their commencement ceremony is proceeding as scheduled for now, but they are actively monitoring the possibility of severe weather in the area Saturday. FORECAST: Severe thunderstorm watch until 11 p.m. for most of Central Texas"The current forecasts we rely upon give us confidence we will not need to reschedule, but our contingency plan is to hold the ceremony on Sunday, May 22. Our stadium venue also has capacity to safely shelter all
  
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• Emmanuel Acho shares special message to UT grads at Commencement

  22-05-2022 00:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- University of Texas at Austin leaders said their commencement ceremony is proceeding as scheduled as they actively monitor the possibility of severe weather in the area Saturday. FORECAST: Severe thunderstorm watch until 11 p.m. for most of Central Texas"The current forecasts we rely upon give us confidence we will not need to reschedule, but our contingency plan is to hold the ceremony on Sunday, May 22. Our stadium venue also has capacity to safely shelter all attendees, shoul
  
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• Family of slain cyclist clears up details of alleged romantic relationship

  22-05-2022 00:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The family of Anna Moriah Wilson, who went by "Mo," issued a statement Saturday expressing the depths of their loss and clarifying details surrounding Wilson's alleged romantic relationship with the suspect's boyfriend in this case.
  "While we will not elaborate about the ongoing investigation, we do feel it’s important to clarify that at the time of her death, those closest to her clearly understood, directly from Moriah, that she was not in a romantic relationship with an
  
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• Severe storms, flash flooding possible over the next 48 hours

  22-05-2022 00:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The next 48 hours will bring the most active weather we have seen all month with rounds of rain and thunderstorms potentially bringing flash flooding and severe storms.A Tornado Warning was in effect Monday evening in Lampasas County for a possible tornado from a severe thunderstorm, though Lampasas County officials tell us there have been no reports of damage nor injuries, so a tornado touchdown has not been confirmed.A complex of thunderstorms is expected to move through
  
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• Severe storms, flash flooding possible over the next 36 hours

  22-05-2022 00:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Tornado Warning was in effect Monday evening from 5:25-6:15 p.m. in Lampasas County for a possible tornado from a severe thunderstorm, though Lampasas County officials tell us there have been no reports of damage nor injuries, so a tornado touchdown has not been confirmed. If you have damage reports or first-hand account of the storm, e-mail [email protected] next 48 hours will bring the most active weather we have seen all month with rounds of rain and thunderstorms
  
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• Severe storms, flash flooding most likely Tuesday night into Wednesday morning

  22-05-2022 00:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Tornado Warning was in effect Monday evening from 5:25-6:15 p.m. in Lampasas County for a possible tornado from a severe thunderstorm, though Lampasas County officials tell us there have been no reports of damage nor injuries, so a tornado touchdown has not been confirmed. If you have damage reports or first-hand account of the storm, e-mail [email protected] next 36 hours will bring the most active weather we have seen all month with periodic rounds of rain and thund
  
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