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• Near record heat for the Memorial Day weekend

  26-05-2022 23:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Temperatures soared once again on Friday reaching the upper 90s for the second day in a row. We'll continue the streak as we head through the Memorial Day weekend.Tonight should be mainly clear aside from some patchy low clouds that develop briefly for early Saturday morning. Overnight lows look near average as we drop close to 70.Tonight's forecastSaturday is anything but average with highs getting very close to triple digits. We're forecasting 99 and the record high is 10
  
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• More sun with more heat this holiday weekend

  26-05-2022 23:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —Look for another bright and hot day today and through this holiday weekend.The only difference?It will be breezy this afternoon, tonight, and tomorrow with southerly winds 10 to 15 mph and gusty.The record high for today is 100.It was set in 2011.The forecast calls for a high of 99 but don't be surprised if some thermometers do top at 100 this afternoon.An Air Quality Alert is in effect again on Saturday due to elevated levels of ground-level ozone.
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• May to end very hot and dry, though some rain is possible this week

  26-05-2022 23:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —High temperatures Sunday got very close to triple digits with a high of 98 at Austin's Camp Mabry. The record high was 99 set in 1927.After starting off a bit cloudy this morning, we will gradually see more sunshine coming out by late morning/early afternoon Monday with temperatures climbing into the upper 90s once again. Feels-like temps today will approach 100 - 105 degrees in many spots as the humidity continues to rise.Memorial DayTuesday through Friday we'll start each
  
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• Hot, humid and breezy with no relief in sight

  26-05-2022 23:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —High temperatures Sunday got very close to triple digits with a high of 98 at Austin's Camp Mabry. The record high was 99 set in 1927.After starting off a bit cloudy this morning, we will gradually see more sunshine coming out by late morning/early afternoon Monday with temperatures climbing into the upper 90s once again. Feels-like temps today will approach 100 - 105 degrees in many spots as the humidity continues to rise.Memorial DayTuesday through Friday we'll start each
  
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• Heating up into Memorial Day Weekend - Triple digits return

  26-05-2022 23:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As record-tying heat returns in our Memorial Day weekend forecast, it is now a virtual certainty that Camp Mabry will finish May 2022 as the hottest May in Austin history, with records dating back to 1897.
  Even more worrisome for the coming summer, May 2022 is on track to finish drier than May 2011 -- a year that went on to bring Central Texas' hottest summer in history. Lack of spring rainfall dries out soil and allows summer temperatures to spike early and often.Average A
  
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• Texas tool helps catch school threats

  26-05-2022 23:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – State politicians and law enforcement officials worked for years to improve preparedness for mass violence and identify threats before an attack. A key parts of that effort is the state’s suspicious activity reporting network that allows anyone to submit a tip about a potentially dangerous person.The attack Tuesday at an Uvalde elementary school, which left 19 children and two teachers dead, underscored the importance of reporting clues to potentially violent behavior
  
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• Wrecked 18-wheeler across FM 1431 blocking traffic in northwest Travis County

  26-05-2022 23:25 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY (KXAN) — Travis County deputies are on the scene of an 18-wheeler crash Thursday in northwest Travis County near Leander.TCSO tweeted information about the wreck at 3:10 p.m. and said two commercial vehicles collided on FM 1431 between Travisso Parkway and Vista Rock Drive. TCSO later tweeted a photo of the wreck and said traffic will be diverted in the area through the evening rush hour.Initially, TCSO said just debris was in the road, but actually one of the 18-wheelers is
  
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• Photos: Memorials for Uvalde school shooting victims

  26-05-2022 23:02 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — Several memorials were created since Tuesday for the 21 people killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting.A memorial was set up in downtown Uvalde for the victims. On Thursday, wooden crosses with the names of each student and staff member killed surrounded a fountain in the city. Several people arrived at the memorial to leave flowers to show support for the community.Another memorial with the victim's names was set up in front of the elementary school.A memorial
  
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• Meghan Markle visits Robb Elementary memorial site, leaves flowers

  26-05-2022 22:34 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas -- Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle arrived at the memorial site for the 21 victims killed in Tuesday's elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas.On Thursday, Markle was seen leaving white roses at the site.
  Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, leaves flowers at a memorial site, Thursday, May 26, 2022, for the victims killed in this week's elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, visits a memorial site with flowers, Thursday
  
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• Flying for Memorial Day? Expect a busy Austin airport

  26-05-2022 22:23 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands of passengers are expected to take to the skies this Memorial Day weekend, with projections at the Austin airport near record levels.Memorial Day weekend is typically the start of the summer travel season, but an airport spokesperson says they're already ahead of schedule. Tips on successfully navigating the Austin airportAirport officials tell KXAN they are expecting around 32,000 passengers on Friday and 33,000 on Saturday. Projections for the rest of the weeken
  
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• Biden, first lady to travel to Uvalde on Sunday

  26-05-2022 22:14 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will be in Uvalde on Sunday, the White House announced Thursday.A release said the president and his wife will be there "to grieve with the community that lost 21 lives in the horrific elementary school shooting." More details about the trip will be given later, the release said. Everything we know about the Texas school shootingBiden found out about the shooting as he was returning to the U.S. from a trip to Asia on Tues
  
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• Texas police group seeking gun reform next legislative session — could they get it?

  26-05-2022 22:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — The executive director of the Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA) says his group will push for "common sense" gun policy during next January's state legislative session.
  "We will be there in force once again," Kevin Lawrence told KXAN Thursday, hours after Austin recorded its fourth officer-involved shooting of the year, and two days after the school shooting tragedy in Uvalde.The TMPA represents more than 30,000 local, county and state law enforcement officers
  
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• Amazon putting Round Rock warehouse on hold after dismal financial quarter

  26-05-2022 21:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) — Online retail giant Amazon is, at least temporarily, abandoning plans for a large warehouse in Round Rock.After the company announced in May it posted its worst financial quarter in seven years, it put the $250 million project on hold that would have put a distribution center on a 193-acre plot of Robinson Ranch. The hold, Brad Wiseman with the City of Round Rock said, is "indefinite.""Amazon has placed the project on hold indefinitely, and may not move f
  
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• TIMELINE: What we know so far about pro cyclist murder investigation

  26-05-2022 21:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the U.S. Marshals continue their search for Kaitlin Armstrong, the woman accused of murdering a professional cyclist in Austin earlier this month, here's a look at what happened May 11 and the potential motives behind the fatal attack.May 11 — Woman found dead in east Austin homeLate May 11, Austin Police responded to a 911 call in east Austin to a residence along Maple Avenue. Police found an unconscious woman with a gunshot wound, who died from her injuries at th
  
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• Both Texas and Florida had mass shootings at schools in 2018, only one passed a 'Red Flag' law

  26-05-2022 21:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After 19 children and two teachers were killed in a mass shooting at a Texas elementary school Tuesday, House Democrats say they will push to vote on a nationwide "red flag" law when they convene next month.
  It's also something Texas Democrats are talking about pushing at the state level.
  Texas does not currently have a red flag law, which generally allows law enforcement or family to petition a judge to remove someone's guns for a period of time if that person is deem
  
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• Projection: Finishing the hottest May in Austin history with drier conditions than May 2011

  26-05-2022 21:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As record-tying heat returns in our Memorial Day weekend forecast, it is now a virtual certainty that Camp Mabry will finish May 2022 as the hottest May in Austin history, with records dating back to 1897.
  Even more worrisome for the coming summer, May 2022 is on track to finish drier than May 2011 -- a year that went on to bring Central Texas' hottest summer in history. Lack of spring rainfall dries out soil and allows summer temperatures to spike early and often.Average A
  
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• Projection: Finishing May as the hottest May in Austin history as record heat returns Memorial Day weekend

  26-05-2022 21:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As record-tying heat returns in our Memorial Day weekend forecast, it is now a virtual certainty that Camp Mabry will finish May 2022 as the hottest May in Austin history, with records dating back to 1897.
  Even more worrisome for the coming summer, May 2022 is on track to finish drier than May 2011 -- a year that went on to bring Central Texas' hottest summer in history. Lack of spring rainfall dries out soil and allows summer temperatures to spike sooner.OZONE ACTION DAYAn
  
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• Southbound lanes of MoPac near US 183 blocked after motorcycle crash

  26-05-2022 21:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — At least one person is hurt after a motorcycle crash on MoPac Expressway near U.S. 183 in northwest Austin Thursday afternoon, Austin-Travis County EMS said.
  ATCEMS said the crash occurred in the southbound lanes near 8500 N. MoPac Expressway around 1:30 p.m. There were reports someone fell off their motorcycle and may have been hit by another vehicle.
  The Mobility Authority said right now, all southbound lanes on MoPac in the area are blocked.
  The Texas Department of Trans
  
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• Southbound lanes of MoPac near US 183 blocked after deadly motorcycle crash

  26-05-2022 21:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — One person is dead after a motorcycle crash on MoPac Expressway near U.S. Highway 183 in northwest Austin Thursday afternoon, Austin-Travis County EMS said.
  ATCEMS said the crash occurred in the southbound lanes near 8500 N. MoPac Expressway around 1:30 p.m. There were reports someone fell off their motorcycle and may have been hit by another vehicle.
  The Austin Police Department has U.S. 183 southbound shut down from Loop 360 to Spicewood Springs Road, and that includes al
  
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• Husband of teacher killed in Texas school shooting dies, family reports

  26-05-2022 21:01 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (NEXSTAR) - Just two days after his wife was killed in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Joe Garcia, the husband of teacher Irma Garcia, has died, Garcia's relatives said Thursday. Who were the victims of the Texas school massacre?Irma Garcia, 46, was among the 21 people killed during the attack, which happened about 85 miles west of San Antonio on Tuesday. Of these victims, 19 were students around the age of 10.
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• Husband of teacher killed in Texas school shooting dies after heart attack, family reports

  26-05-2022 21:01 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (NEXSTAR) - Just two days after his wife was killed in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Joe Garcia, the husband of teacher Irma Garcia, has died, Garcia's relatives said Thursday. Who were the victims of the Texas school massacre?Irma Garcia, 46, was among the 21 people killed during the attack, which happened about 85 miles west of San Antonio on Tuesday. Of these victims, 19 were students around the age of 10.
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• Texas ties to Johnny Depp-Amber Heard trial

  26-05-2022 20:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Johnny Depp v. Amber Heard defamation trial is coming to an end.
  From the start fans have closely watched the six-week long trial. Depp is suing Heard over an op-ed she wrote in The Washington Post. In the article, she described herself as a public figure representing domestic abuse. Depp's name is not named in the article, but the lawsuit claims he was defamed following its publication.
  As the jury prepares to deliberate, some might not know the trial has ties to Texas
  
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• It's official, Texas-Alabama will kick at 11 a.m. from Austin

  26-05-2022 20:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Get ready for some college football before noon, Texas fans.The highly-anticipated nonconference game Sept. 10 against powerhouse Alabama at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium is officially at 11 a.m., the University of Texas at Austin athletic department announced Thursday.Fox Sports announced May 16 that it would broadcast the game, and that had people wondering if the network would make the game its "Big Noon Kickoff" featured game. Matt Leinart, a Fox Sports football analyst an
  
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• Uvalde officials to hold briefing after questions about police response

  26-05-2022 19:54 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — Uvalde officials are expected to hold a press conference Thursday afternoon with law enforcement facing questions and criticism to its response in the wake of the deadly Texas elementary school shooting that killed at least 21 people earlier this week.The briefing will be at 1 p.m. Thursday at Robb Elementary School — the site of Tuesday's deadly shooting. The briefing will be streamed live in this story. ‘I’m just still scared’: Uvalde 3rd-gr
  
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• Texas shooter inside school for around an hour, DPS says

  26-05-2022 19:54 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — The 18-year-old who killed 19 children and two adults at a Uvalde elementary school was inside the school for approximately an hour before a tactical team with the U.S. Border Patrol killed him, a Texas Department of Public Safety spokesperson said ThursdayTexas DPS held a media briefing Thursday afternoon in the wake of questions and criticism about law enforcement's response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School earlier this week."It takes day, hours, take
  
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• Round Rock, Georgetown schools latest to have threat investigated

  26-05-2022 18:00 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Two Round Rock schools were the latest to respond to threats on social media this week. CD Fulkes Middle School and nearby Claude Berkman Elementary went into "lockout" mode as a precaution as Round Rock Police investigated a social media threat Thursday. Round Rock ISD said it has not found evidence of the threat.When in lockout, no one is allowed into the building. Students and staff stay inside, but classes continue as usual.The Georgetown Police Department is
  
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• Georgetown High School latest to have threat investigated

  26-05-2022 18:00 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — The Georgetown Police Department is investigating "reported threat situations" Thursday at Georgetown High School, including a student with a water gun on a bus and a threatening list.GPD said a student brought a "water gun that looked realistic" on a school bus. It has the gun and student, it said.It's also interviewing two students it believes are connected to an "alleged hit type list.""We always take these type of incidents seriously and respond promptly and
  
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• 3.2M Texans expected to travel for Memorial Day weekend

  26-05-2022 17:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The number of Texans expected to travel for Memorial Day weekend this year will be higher compared to last year, according to AAA Texas.
  AAA Texas estimates 3.2 million Texans will travel 50 or more miles from home during the unofficial kickoff to summer. That's up 8% from 2021.
  Air travel is rebounding from last year as well, expected to be up 25% this weekend. AAA Texas is hoping travelers keep flexibility in mind when heading to the airport.
  "The beginning of summer of 2
  
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• Tacodeli proves nimble as it changes expansion tactics

  26-05-2022 16:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) — Tacodeli’s old model had two blind spots: missing the dinner rush and dismissing rooftops.The company has expanded its site selection from the urban core, opening access to suburban communities and following people into their neighborhoods.  "I think we can lean on more rooftops now, but we still want to make sure that we're thinking about the commuters and the people headed to work or some central business districts,” said Tacodeli co-ow
  
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• Manor Police: 4 detained after social media threats circulate

  26-05-2022 13:48 via kxan.com
  
  MANOR, Texas (KXAN) — Four people were detained after social media threats surfaced Wednesday and Thursday against the local school district, according to Manor Police Chief Ryan Phipps.
  Phipps said two of the individuals were identified as suspects and are being interviewed by investigators from different agencies.
  The Manor Police Department said earlier it was investigating a threatening post with a video allegedly sent to several Manor Middle School students Wednesday.
  Phipps described
  
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• Manor ISD to ban some school visitors following Uvalde shooting

  26-05-2022 13:48 via kxan.com
  
  MANOR, Texas (KXAN) — The Manor Independent School District said only essential visitors will be allowed on school campuses districtwide starting Thursday.
  The district implemented the policy following Tuesday's mass shooting in Uvalde.Area districts respond to UvaldeManor ISD describes non-essential visitors as "anyone whose presence is not essential for a school function."The district also promised more law enforcement presence on campuses.
  Manor Police said it is investigating a threate
  
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• Suspect dead after officer-involved shooting in southeast Austin

  26-05-2022 13:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The suspect is dead after an officer-involved shooting in southeast Austin Thursday morning, according to the Austin Police Department.
  The incident took place at an apartment complex in the 1500 block of Crossing Place. That's near East Riverside Drive and South Pleasant Valley Road.
  According to APD dispatch, around 5:13 a.m. a caller reported a man was pointing a gun at someone else. Officers were sent to the scene and met with gunshots when they arrived. More than one o
  
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• Police on scene of officer-involved shooting in southeast Austin

  26-05-2022 13:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Officers are at the scene of an officer-involved shooting in southeast Austin Thursday morning, according to the Austin Police Department.
  The incident is taking place in the 1500 block of Crossing Place. That's near East Riverside Drive and South Pleasant Valley Road.
  Police are asking residents to avoid the area if possible.
  More information should be released some time Thursday morning, police said.
  An officer-involved shooting occurred in the 1500 block of Crossing Plac
  
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• Man dead after opening fire on officers from pickup truck in southeast Austin

  26-05-2022 13:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Police shot and killed a man after they said he opened fire on officers from a pickup truck in southeast Austin Thursday morning, according to the Austin Police Department.
  The incident took place near an apartment complex in the 1500 block of Crossing Place. That's near East Riverside Drive and South Pleasant Valley Road.
  APD Chief of Police Joseph Chacon said just before 5 a.m., a 911 caller reported a man was in a vehicle pointing a gun at other people.
  Officers responde
  
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• Austin ISD steps up security in aftermath of Uvalde shooting

  26-05-2022 13:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Just two days away from the school year coming to a close, the Austin Independent School District is stepping up its security in the wake of Tuesday’s mass shooting in Uvalde.Yet, plenty of parents are still on high alert about sending their kids back to campus. This includes Heather Rice, a parent with a child attending Mathews Elementary School.Her son — who she asked not to be named — is still a bit hesitant walking around his own campus.“I felt r
  
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• Uvalde residents familiar with shooter, his family

  26-05-2022 13:01 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — Joseph Moreno has lived within view of the Uvalde school shooter's grandparents' home for years.
  "Very nice people, especially his grandmother," Moreno told KXAN Wednesday, the day after 18-year-old Salvador Ramos shot and wounded his grandma and then killed 19 children and two teachers at nearby Robb Elementary School.Moreno's daughter is the principal at the school. Both she and his granddaughter were on campus when the shots rang out, he said."[My daughter] t
  
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• Ozone Action Day today as hot, dry weather pattern begins

  26-05-2022 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With less than a week left in May, our hope for any more rain is fading fast.Hot, dry and sunny conditions can be expected areawide today with afternoon highs soaring well into the 90s. High pressure building over the region will mean a similar day tomorrow, the next day and the next... (see where we're going with this?)OZONE ACTION DAYAn Air Quality Alert is in effect today due to elevated levels of ground-level ozone. This doesn't mean we're polluting more today in compar
  
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• Ozone Action Day as hot, dry weather pattern begins

  26-05-2022 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With less than a week left in May, our hope for any more rain is fading fast.Hot, dry and sunny conditions can be expected areawide today with afternoon highs soaring well into the 90s. High pressure building over the region will mean a similar day tomorrow, the next day and the next... (see where we're going with this?)OZONE ACTION DAYAn Air Quality Alert is in effect today due to elevated levels of ground-level ozone. This doesn't mean we're polluting more today in compar
  
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• Hot and dry today, but humid air coming

  26-05-2022 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — With less than a week left in May, our hope for any more rain is fading fast.Hot, dry and sunny conditions can be expected areawide today with afternoon highs soaring well into the 90s. High pressure building over the region will mean a similar day tomorrow, the next day and the next... (see where we're going with this?)OZONE ACTION DAYAn Air Quality Alert is in effect today due to elevated levels of ground-level ozone. This doesn't mean we're polluting more today in compar
  
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• 'I'm just still scared': Uvalde 3rd grader describes surviving massacre

  26-05-2022 09:31 via kxan.com
  
  Uvalde, TEXAS (KXAN)-- Joevonni Gomez loves playing football with his friends.
  He might want to be a football player when he grows up. Or, maybe start a company. Like many nine-year-olds, those dreams have yet to fully form.
  But he's already grappling with emotions even adults are trying to understand.
  "It's hard for all the parents that lost their kids," Joevanni said as he sat in his front yard on Wednesday.
  Just the day before, he was inside Robb Elementary when an announcement rang on the in
  
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• Central Texas school safety: Threat assessment teams

  26-05-2022 05:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — What's being done in Central Texas to keep students and staff safe?  Districts across our community are adding more security at our schools as the school year comes to an end amid the aftermath of the elementary school shooting in Uvalde. Every Texas district is required to have a threat assessment team tasked with preventing horrific acts like the Uvalde shooting at local schools. Data obtained by KXAN shows of the 1,022 total districts - 80% (818) reported
  
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• What Texas safety requirements changed after the 2018 Santa Fe High School shooting?

  26-05-2022 05:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- As new details emerge about a mass shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Gov. Greg Abbott and other state leaders said they would be reviewing changes made four years ago, following another Texas tragedy.
  In 2018, after a teenager shot and killed 10 people at a high school in Santa Fe, Texas, Abbott released a nearly 50-page report containing dozens of recommendations on how to make schools safer: from funding prevention resources to requiring new preparedness program
  
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• Austin Gamblers roster set, ready for inaugural season

  26-05-2022 02:25 via kxan.com
  
  There's a whole lot of 'new' surrounding the Austin Gamblers. They are a new team in a new league who are excited to perform in their all new arena.The Gamblers, the Professional Bull Riding Team Series team in Austin, just wrapped up the inaugural PBR Team Series Draft. The first overall pick belonged to the Gamblers and they selected Jose Vitor Leme."He jumps in, comes to his first World Finals, qualifies, comes to the first World Finals in Las Vegas and wins the championship, which is no easy
  
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• Texas state bar files lawsuit against Paxton for attempt to overturn 2020 election

  26-05-2022 02:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — A disciplinary committee for the State Bar of Texas on Wednesday filed a professional misconduct lawsuit against Attorney General Ken Paxton for his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential elections in four battleground states won by President Joe Biden.The filing in Collin County by the Commission for Lawyer Discipline, a standing committee of the state bar, is an extraordinary move by the body that regulates law licenses in the state ag
  
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• Renewed calls for gun control and push back after Uvalde shooting

  26-05-2022 01:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A day after the second deadliest school shooting in U.S. history, there was quiet reflection outside of the Texas Governor's Mansion Wednesday afternoon, as protesters and parents brought signs and flowers."Enough is enough," said Connie Hays of New Braunfels, wearing a red shirt that read Moms Demand Action. Uvalde school police officer was first to engage shooterHays said she felt compelled to protest after her friend's 8-year-old daughter was killed in Uvalde.
  "Because w
  
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• Half of the deadliest US shootings were in Texas

  26-05-2022 01:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Five of the 10 deadliest shootings in U.S. history were in Texas, with three being within the past five years. Four of the 10 were school shootings.Texas is the second-largest state by population — California is the first. California had one shooting categorized under the 10 deadliest—the 1984 San Ysidro McDonald's massacre in San Diego, California with 21 deaths. KXAN Investigates: A History of Mass ViolenceIn 2019, KXAN Investigates covered A History of Mass V
  
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• Taylor ISD student removed from class after 'threatening comment'

  26-05-2022 00:34 via kxan.com
  
  TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) — A Taylor Independent School District student was removed from a class Wednesday after making a "threatening comment" to students in a class, according to a district letter sent to families.The letter said the student was "quickly removed" from class and will not be at school for the remainder of the year. How to talk to your kids about tragedy after Texas school shootingThursday is the last day of school for Taylor ISD students."Given these sensitive times, please sp
  
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• As details of Uvalde shooting unfolded, Texas AG Ken Paxton called to arm teachers

  26-05-2022 00:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Tuesday, following the mass shooting at a school in Uvalde that left 19 students and 2 teachers dead, Texas leaders appeared on networks across the country.
  Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, who just won the Republican nomination in the primary runoff election the same Tuesday night, appeared on Fox News, stating the answer in preventing shootings like this could be arming teachers.Everything we know about the Texas school shooting"We can't stop bad people fr
  
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• Rally, vigils at Texas Capitol for Uvalde school shooting

  26-05-2022 00:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — People across the nation are processing the loss of 19 elementary students and two teachers killed Tuesday at their school in Uvalde, Texas. In Texas' capital, people are calling for change and remembering the victims.Flowers and signs lined the walk near the Governor's Mansion in Austin when KXAN checked around 2 p.m. Wednesday. Verified ways to help victims of the Texas school shooting"RIP Uvalde Babies," read one.
  "Can you guarantee my safety? I am 5 years old. Enough is
  
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• MAPS: Results of the Congressional and Texas House primary runoff elections

  26-05-2022 00:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Thousands of Central Texans cast ballots in primary runoff elections to determine which candidates will represent each party in the November general election.KXAN has mapped the results by precinct in our local Congressional and Texas House races.For view results in all local races, click here.Congressional District 35This district covers east and southeast Travis County and snakes down along Interstate 35 through Hays and Comal Counties, into San Antonio.Former Austin City
  
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