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• Texas softball takes down UCLA in first game of WCWS

  02-06-2022 23:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas softball dismantled UCLA in the first game of the Women's College World Series 7-2 to head to the winner's bracket.
  Senior pitcher Hailey Dolcini delivered another strong performance in the circle, as she went all seven innings, only giving up two runs to earn her 23rd win of the season.
  Texas exploded in the third inning, scoring four runs to put UCLA at quite the disadvantage early.
  Mia Scott got things started with an RBI triple to put the Longhorns on the scoreboa
  
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• Kim Kardashian asks for temporary prison release for Uvalde victim's father

  02-06-2022 23:48 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — Kim Kardashian has another request for the Texas prison system after calling on the state to stop the execution of death-row inmate Melissa Lucio earlier this year.The reality star and criminal justice reform activist is now stepping in to help a victim’s family of the Uvalde school shooting. Kim Kardashian shows support for Texas death-row inmate Melissa LucioKardashian is asking for the temporary release of Eli Torres, the father of Eliahana Cruz Torres. The
  
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• APH: COVID positivity rate nearing omicron levels

  02-06-2022 23:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Public Health officials are monitoring upward-trending COVID-19 case numbers as the Austin-Travis County positivity rate surpass double-digit territory.Data reported through May 28 note a positivity rate — or the rate of tested samples coming back positive for COVID-19 — of 14.1%. However, Austin Health Authority Dr. Desmar Walkes told KXAN Thursday that rate has since increased to more than 19%."This is something that we saw in early January when omicron
  
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• UT's Melendez named Collegiate Baseball's national player of the year

  02-06-2022 23:31 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas first baseman Ivan Melendez was the best college baseball player in the country this season, according to Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.Along with his selection as a first-team All-American, Melendez became the fourth Longhorn to be named the publication's player of the year. He joins Brooks Kieschnick (1993), Scott Bryant (1989) and Greg Swindell (1986) as Collegiate Baseball's national players of the year. Texas baseball gets No. 9 overall NCAA seed, opens Austin Re
  
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• New population estimates reveal fastest-growing cities in Texas

  02-06-2022 22:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Suburbs across Texas are continuing to expand, some explosively, often at the expense of some of the state's largest cities.The U.S. Census Bureau just released its annual population estimates for cities across the country. Between July 1, 2020, and July 1, 2021, Texas' population increased by 310,288, more than any other state in the nation.Georgetown and Leander were revealed as the fastest-growing cities in the country with populations greater than 50,000, both increasin
  
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• Here are the conflicting reports from the Uvalde school shooting

  02-06-2022 22:39 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — After 19 children and two teachers were killed in a mass school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde May 24, there have been conflicting reports on details and the sequence of events that occurred that day.Here is the latest information we have on claims initially made by law enforcement personnel that were later corrected or clarified.May 25 claim: a Uvalde CISD officer tried to stop the shooterOn May 25, Steven McCraw, director of the Texas Department of Pu
  
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• One more day of scattered heavy downpours before brutal heat sets in

  02-06-2022 22:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Isolated heavy downpours early in the day Thursday led to over 1 inch of rain in several communities, but many areas again missed out. Rain has exited the area, and a more stable atmosphere overnight should lead to continued dry weather.Localized rain totals in the Austin Metro area on Thursday morning Interactive rain total mapFriday will bring the best chance all week of scattered heavy downpours moving through the area. Though some areas will again miss out, we expect a
  
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• One last day of scattered heavy downpours before record breaking heat sets in

  02-06-2022 22:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A cooler start to the day today with a few showers and downpours expected through lunchtime. Though some areas will again miss out, we expect a 40% chance of seeing rain at times during the day especially out in the Hill Country. Some areas could pick up a quick quarter of an inch or so of rain. Interactive rain total mapScattered heavy downpours expected again on Friday.Other than a few stray downpours Saturday, we expect to dry out and really heat up with brutal summer-li
  
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• Police say officers ran toward shots at deadly Tulsa shooting

  02-06-2022 22:28 via kxan.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (KXAN) — Police emphasized how officers did not hesitate to run toward shots being fired when they said a gunman went into a Tulsa clinic Wednesday and killed two doctors, a receptionist and a patient before turning the gun on himself.
  Chief Wendell Franklin with the Tulsa Police Department credited the preparation his officers had when describing how they responded to the shooting at a Saint Francis Health Systems medical building.
  "Our training led us to take immediate actio
  
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• Crews repairing gas line break at Parmer Lane, FM 620

  02-06-2022 21:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Fire crews are working to fix a six-inch gas line break in northwest Austin Thursday afternoon.
  The Austin Fire Department said the repair work is taking place at Parmer Lane and FM 620. The break is on the southwest corner of the intersection.
  Drivers are asked to avoid the area for the next few hours.
  
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• Pedestrian deaths reached a 40-year high in 2021 — here's how many Texas had

  02-06-2022 20:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN/NBC) — An estimated 7,485 pedestrians were killed in the U.S. last year — a number not seen in 40 years, NBC News reports.
  That number is up 12% from 2020, when 6,711 deaths were reported, according to data from the nonprofit Governors Highway Safety Association.
  New Mexico has the highest rate of deaths per 100,000 residents at 4.77, and Nebraska has the lowest at 0.76, NBC News found after analyzing the numbers.StateDeaths per 100,000New Mexico4.8Florida4.1Louisiana3.8
  
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• HHSC preserves artifacts from Texas’ oldest psychiatric hospital

  02-06-2022 20:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Health and Human Services Commission preserved the history of Austin State Hospital as it undergoes construction after excavating more than 6,500 artifacts found on-site.HHSC said the artifacts would be displayed at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin from June through Oct.The display highlights the evolution of the state hospital system, including an “Austin State Hospital” sign from 1925, which marked the year the hospital’s name was changed
  
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• More speed reductions coming to Austin streets

  02-06-2022 19:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin Transportation Department completed a study to recommend speed modifications to certain streets within city limits.The modifications would be for Level 3 and 4 streets outside the Urban Core classified in the Austin Strategic Mobility Plan.In June 2020, the city approved ATD’s recommendations for speed limit reductions.The City of Austin established a policy to help end serious injury crashes and fatalities within the city’s mobility networks.&ld
  
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• Texas senator: School police chief didn't know of 911 calls

  02-06-2022 19:44 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The commander at the scene of a shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, was not informed of panicked 911 calls coming from students trapped inside the building as the massacre unfolded, a Texas state senator said Thursday.Sen. Roland Gutierrez said the pleas for help from people inside Robb Elementary School on May 24 did not make their way to school district police Chief Pete Arredondo. The Democratic senator called it a “system failure” that ca
  
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• Project Connect previews light rail vehicle designs

  02-06-2022 19:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin residents are getting their first glimpse at preliminary light rail train designs under Project Connect. These come ahead of updated, 30% design and cost estimates officials are expected to release this summer, which will give a more accurate — albeit still preliminary — insight into the overall costs and design features of the vehicles.The blue and orange lines are the two light rail-centric systems under the multi-billion Project Connect. In total, the
  
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• UPDATE: Growing risk for a Texas landfalling hurricane

  02-06-2022 18:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Colorado State University released its annual updated hurricane season forecast on Thursday morning. Unfortunately, the new outlook increases the number of expected hurricanes for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season.
  The new forecast now calls for 20 named storms, 10 hurricanes and five major, category three or higher storms. This is an increased jump in every category compared to the university's previous forecast back in April.Atmospheric conditions/trends shaping their fo
  
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• SEASON FORECAST: Growing risk for a Texas landfalling hurricane

  02-06-2022 18:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Colorado State University released its annual updated hurricane season forecast on Thursday morning. Unfortunately, the new outlook increases the number of expected hurricanes for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season, and bumps up the likelihood that hurricanes will approach our state.The new forecast now calls for 20 named storms, 10 hurricanes and five major, category three or higher storms. This is an increased jump in every category compared to the university's previous f
  
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• FORECAST: Growing risk for a Texas landfalling hurricane

  02-06-2022 18:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Colorado State University released its annual updated hurricane season forecast on Thursday morning. Unfortunately, the new outlook increases the number of expected hurricanes for the 2022 Atlantic hurricane season.
  The new forecast now calls for 20 named storms, 10 hurricanes and five major, category three or higher storms. This is an increased jump in every category compared to the university's previous forecast back in April.Atmospheric conditions/trends shaping their fo
  
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• Uvalde school shooter's phone collected as evidence

  02-06-2022 18:09 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) – The phone of Salvador Rolando Ramos, the gunman in the Uvalde school shooting, was turned in as evidence after a search warrant was issued for a forensic download.
  The search warrant was issued May 24 by the state of Texas and Uvalde County for Ramos' phone, identified as an iPhone 13 Pro Max.Law enforcement said it would look at the data of the phone, which includes photographic data, digital images, text messages, video, voice messages and other elements. They are
  
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• Accused Buffalo grocery store shooter indicted on domestic terrorism, murder charges

  02-06-2022 17:22 via kxan.com
  
  BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The man accused in the mass shooting at the Tops on Buffalo's East Side has been indicted on more than two dozen charges, including a domestic terrorism charge.The indictment of Payton Gendron, 18, has been reported to the court, an official with the Erie County District Attorney's office said. Prosecutors will not say what charges it includes. However, the indictment obtained by News 4 includes 25 charges.Domestic act of terrorism motivated by hate in the first degr
  
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• Watch Live: 5 dead, including gunman, in Tulsa hospital shooting

  02-06-2022 17:11 via kxan.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (NewsNation) — An investigation is underway Thursday after a gunman opened fire in a Tulsa hospital Wednesday, leaving five people dead, including the suspected shooter.
  "Earlier this afternoon [Wednesday], we responded to a call about a man armed with a rifle at the Natalie Building at Saint Francis Hospital. This turned into an 'active shooter situation,'" Tulsa police wrote in a Facebook post. "At this point, we can confirm the shooter is dead."
  Tulsa police told a local te
  
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• Tulsa gunman blamed doctor he shot for back pain, police say

  02-06-2022 17:11 via kxan.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (NewsNation) — A man who blamed his surgeon for ongoing pain opened fire at a Tulsa hospital, killing the surgeon and three other people before fatally shooting himself, police said Thursday.Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said the gunman had recently undergone back surgery and had called a clinic repeatedly complaining of pain.Franklin said the doctor who performed the surgery, Dr. Preston Phillips, was killed Wednesday, along with another doctor, a receptionist and
  
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• Tulsa gunman blamed doctor he shot for back pain: police

  02-06-2022 17:11 via kxan.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (NewsNation) — A man who blamed his surgeon for ongoing pain opened fire at a Tulsa hospital, killing the surgeon and three other people before fatally shooting himself, police said Thursday.Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said the gunman had recently undergone recent back surgery and had called a clinic repeatedly complaining of pain.Franklin says the doctor who performed the surgery, Dr. Preston Phillips, was killed Wednesday, along with another doctor, a receptioni
  
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• Tulsa gunman blamed doctor for back pain, police say

  02-06-2022 17:11 via kxan.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (NewsNation) — A man who blamed his surgeon for ongoing pain opened fire at a Tulsa hospital, killing the surgeon and three other people before fatally shooting himself, police said Thursday.Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin said the gunman had recently undergone back surgery and had called a clinic repeatedly complaining of pain.Franklin said the doctor who performed the surgery, Dr. Preston Phillips, was killed Wednesday, along with another doctor, a receptionist and
  
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• 'Narco dog' that guarded drug tunnel stuck in Tijuana shelter till it's up for adoption

  02-06-2022 16:56 via kxan.com
  
  TIJUANA (Border Report) -- When Mexican police and National Guard troops recently discovered the starting point of a cross-border tunnel under a house in Tijuana, they also found an abandoned watchdog.The soldiers who were ordered to guard the property took a liking to the animal and began feeding and taking care of it.
  With images of the dog on the news and in newspapers on both sides of the border, people began calling it "narco dog."6 arrested in U.S. after discovery of cross-border tunnel fi
  
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• Cowboys, Texans donate to families of Uvalde school shooting victims

  02-06-2022 15:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The NFL Foundation alongside the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Texans donated $800,000 to support the families of the 21 killed in the Robb Elementary shooting in Uvalde.LATEST | Uvalde teacher who closed door: ‘I was scared’The Cowboys and the NFL Foundation will donate a combined $400,000, with $200,000 going to the Robb School Memorial Fund and the other $200,000 to Uvalde Strong Fund.The NFL Foundation and Cowboys' support will be directed to community recovery
  
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• Group gains enough signatures to put pot decriminalization on ballot in San Marcos

  02-06-2022 15:44 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — A grassroots organization announced Wednesday it has enough signatures to get decriminalizing marijuana on the ballot in San Marcos.
  Mano Amiga teamed up with Ground Game Texas to collect over 4,300 valid, unique signatures from voters. The city only requires 4,182 signatures to get an issue on the ballot.
  "I think that the real hard work and the real difficult part was just getting it onto the ballot," Sam Benavides, the communications director with Mano Amiga,
  
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• Texas researchers farm water from thin air

  02-06-2022 15:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Researchers with the University of Texas have developed a material capable of pulling water from the air, which can then be used for farming or drinking. The material is a thin film polymer that turns into a gel as it absorbs water from the air and then reverts back to a polymer once the water has been released. The work was published earlier this month in the science journal Nature Communications.Youhong “Nancy” Guo, the lead author on the paper and a former do
  
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• Georgetown hires new police chief

  02-06-2022 14:34 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — After 25 years of service in law enforcement, Cory Tchida has been appointed as chief of police for the City of Georgetown.Tchida was appointed by City Manager David Morgan. The appointment will be presented to city council for confirmation at a special meeting Monday at 6 p.m.This comes after the previous police chief, Wayne Nero, was hired as assistant city manager in December 2021, according to the city's website.
  “Cory Tchida has been a key leader withi
  
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• SNAP benefits extended through June for Texas families

  02-06-2022 14:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas said about 1.3 million households will benefit after the state provides more than $317.9 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits in June.The money was made available after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) allowed the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) to extend the maximum allowable amount of SNAP benefits to recipients based on family size.
  All SNAP households will receive a minimum of $95 in additio
  
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• Local House Democrats call for action in response to Uvalde school shooting

  02-06-2022 14:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A group of House Democrats from the Austin area will gather at the State Capitol Thursday to demand Gov. Greg Abbott take action following the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde.The delegation from Travis County includes representatives Vikki Goodwin, Donna Howard, Gina Hinojosa, Sheryl Cole, James Talarico and Celia Israel.
  They will speak Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at the Speaker's Committee Room inside the Capitol.TX Senate Democrats to Abbott: call special session
  
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• 'There are used needles, used condoms': West Campus homeless encampment draws concerns

  02-06-2022 12:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Human waste, syringes and trash is piling up at a homeless encampment in West Campus. Some students told KXAN they avoid walking by the area because of it.The homeless encampment is in the artist market just feet away from the Drag and next door to the University Co-op, which is an area with heavy foot traffic.Joell McNew, president of SafeHorns, a nonprofit advocating for student safety, said the encampment has been there for months and is becoming a danger to not only the
  
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• Scattered rain ahead of brutal heat

  02-06-2022 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two days of scattered rain chances precede a 4-day stretch of triple digit heat starting late weekend. Welcome to June.An incoming cold front will act as a focal point for scattered rain and isolated storms today and tomorrow (Friday). While not everyone will see rain, those who do could see totals as high as 0.5"-1".No severe weather or flooding issues expected.This weekend, high pressure reestablishes itself over the region keeping us dry and uncomfortably hot through muc
  
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• Child dies in fire at mobile home park in north Austin

  02-06-2022 11:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Travis County-EMS says a child died Thursday morning in a mobile home fire at a north Austin mobile home park.
  ATC-EMS says three others, two adults and a child, were taken to the hospital. All three have critical, life-threatening injuries.Austin Fire says they were called to the 8100 block of the northbound side of Research Boulevard at 3:45 a.m. They say multiple people were involved with the fire but gave no word if any one was hurt.
  At least one mobile home at the pa
  
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• 2nd fire in two weeks reported at mobile home park in north Austin

  02-06-2022 11:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Two weeks after fighting a fire at a north Austin mobile home park, Austin Fire crews returned Thursday morning to fight another fire at the same location.
  Austin Fire says they were called to the 8100 block of the northbound side of Research Boulevard at 3:45 a.m. They say multiple people were involved with the fire but gave no word if any one was hurt.
  They say one structure at the park is one fire.
  Two mobile homes burned at the park late on the night of May 17. The Austin Fi
  
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• Amber Alert lifted for 3-month-old near Houston

  02-06-2022 06:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Amber Alert was lifted early Thursday morning for a 3-month-old boy last seen in the Houston area, according to a 2:23 AM notification from the Texas Department of Public Safety. What are the criteria for an Amber Alert in Texas?DPS had issued the alert Wednesday night on behalf of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office for Mansa Igbokwe and the person believed to have abducted him, 41-year-old Obinna Igbokwe.
  KXAN left a message Thursday morning with the Montgomery Coun
  
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• Amber Alert lifted for 3-month-old

  02-06-2022 06:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Amber Alert was lifted early Thursday morning for a 3-month-old boy last seen in the Houston area, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. What are the criteria for an Amber Alert in Texas?On behalf of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Texas DPS issued the alert Wednesday night for Mansa Igbokwe and the person believed to have abducted him, 41-year-old Obinna Igbokwe.
  
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• Amber Alert issued for 3-month-old last seen in Houston area

  02-06-2022 06:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An Amber Alert was issued Wednesday night for a 3-month-old boy last seen in the Houston area, the Texas Department of Public Safety said. What are the criteria for an Amber Alert in Texas?On behalf of the Montgomery County Sheriff's Office, Texas DPS issued the alert for Mansa Igbokwe and the person believed to have abducted him, 41-year-old Obinna Igbokwe. The two were last seen in Spring, Texas, just north of Houston.Mansa has long curly black hair and brown eyes and was
  
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• Texas men's golf captures NCAA title over Arizona State

  02-06-2022 04:39 via kxan.com
  
  SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns men's golf team won the national championship Wednesday at Grayhawk Country Club.The Longhorns, seeded fourth in the match play tournament, topped seventh-seeded Arizona State after junior Travis Vick nearly buried a long birdie putt on the 18th hole. Arizona State conceded the hole before Vick's kick-in par to claim the title 3-2.It's Texas' first title since Jordan Spieth and Dylan Frittelli led the team to a championship 10 years ago in 201
  
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• Uvalde school police chief says he’s still cooperating

  02-06-2022 02:51 via kxan.com
  
  (AP) — The school district police chief who served as on-site commander during last week's deadly shooting in Uvalde, Texas, said Wednesday that he's talking daily with investigators, contradicting claims from state law enforcement that he has stopped cooperating.In a brief interview, Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo told CNN that he's speaking regularly with Texas Department of Public Safety investigators. Uvalde students, staff wi
  
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• Top-seeded Oklahoma Sooners the favorites to capture another WCWS crown

  02-06-2022 02:36 via kxan.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KXAN) — The Pac-12 and Big 12 conferences are taking over the Women's College World Series this year.Six of the eight teams that made it through super regionals represent the conferences, including top-seeded Oklahoma and fifth-seeded UCLA. Northwestern and Florida are the only teams at the USA Softball Hall of Fame Complex not from either conference. Texas softball meets perennial power UCLA in Women’s College World Series openerPlay begins Thursday with unseeded Texa
  
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• 5 of the 19 indicted APD officers suing city, social justice groups

  02-06-2022 02:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Five of the 19 police officers indicted on aggravated assault charges stemming from the May 2020 protests have filed a lawsuit against the City of Austin, the Travis County District Attorney's Officeand various social justice groups.
  The officers filing suit are Joshua Jackson, Rolan Rast, Todd Gilbertson, Derrick Lehman and Alexander Lomovstev. They're all on administrative leave pending the outcome of the criminal charges.At least 19 APD officers face indictments linked t
  
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• Texas French Bread to resume baking after fire

  02-06-2022 02:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) — Four months after a fire resulted in the shuttering of Texas French Bread, the owners of the Austin baking and dining staple have settled on a plan to partially reestablish the business. RELATED: 'A sad day for all of us’: Texas French Bread building had rich historyOn the evening of May 31, the bakery announced on social media that it has leased commissary space in Northeast Austin, where it is in the process of setting up a commercial kitchen and
  
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• Uvalde teacher who closed door: 'I was scared'

  02-06-2022 01:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Robb Elementary School teacher who initially propped open the exterior door the Uvalde gunman used to enter the building thought she had locked it, according to her interview with NewsNation.The woman — who is not being identified for her safety — spoke with the news outlet last Thursday, two days after the deadly shooting that killed 19 children and 2 teachers. MORE: After Uvalde shooting, Gov. Abbott requests special committees to address school safetyThe
  
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• Teenager charged with murder after south Austin shooting

  02-06-2022 01:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A teenager was charged with first-degree murder May 25, according to court records.In the arrest warrant, law enforcement said it had reason to connect Juan Lopez-Espinoza to a May 23 murder in south Austin. RELATED STORY: APD investigating deadly shooting in south AustinThere were discrepancies in the documents and reports about the age of Lopez-Espinoza. He was listed as both 17 years old and 18 years old in official records.In the initial investigation, the Aus
  
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• Four victims, suspect dead following active shooter situation in Tulsa: police

  02-06-2022 01:01 via kxan.com
  
  TULSA, Okla. (KFOR) – Five people - four victims and the suspect - are dead after an active shooting situation at a medical building near a Tulsa hospital Wednesday afternoon, police have confirmed.
  Shortly before 5 p.m. CT, officers were called to the Natalie Building near Saint Francis Hospital for a man armed with a rifle, Tulsa Police Chief Wendell Franklin confirmed on Twitter. During a press conference Wednesday night, Deputy Police Chief Eric Dalgleish said officers heard shots insi
  
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• What Equality Act would do if approved by Congress

  02-06-2022 00:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — To mark the start of Pride Month, President Joe Biden once again called for federal approval of a stalled piece of legislation that would offer new protections to LGBTQ+ Americans.
  In his presidential proclamation recognizing June as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Pride Month, Biden said he will continue "to call on the Congress to pass the Equality Act, which will enshrine long overdue civil rights protections and build a better future for all LGB
  
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• Texas softball meets perennial power UCLA in Women's College World Series opener

  02-06-2022 00:19 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns softball went to Seattle and won, then went to Fayetteville and won, but how will they fare in Oklahoma City on the game's biggest stage?Texas is one of three unseeded teams to make it to the Women's College World Series, which begins Thursday, and the Longhorns are in a position to make a run at a championship. WCWS Bound! Longhorns stun Arkansas in Super RegionalsOn their way to the WCWS, the Longhorns needed all three games to take out No. 13 Washingt
  
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• Uvalde students, staff will not return to Robb Elementary, district letter says

  02-06-2022 00:08 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) – The Uvalde CISD board of trustees and superintendent Dr. Hal Harrell announced Wednesday that students and staff would not be returning to the Robb Elementary School campus.“We are working through plans on how to serve students on other campuses and will provide that information as soon as it is finalized,” the letter said. Active shooter training group: Our response protocols haven’t changed after UvaldeIn a Monday report from The Hill, Presid
  
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• Gov. Abbott orders review of school safety in Texas, includes random unannounced intruder checks

  02-06-2022 00:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KLBK) — Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday ordered a review of school safety in Texas. Abbott directed the Texas School Safety Center (TxSSC) to provide a progress report to his office and the Texas Legislature by October 1.Abbott said the TxSSC must conduct comprehensive school safety reviews to confirm all Texas public schools are following state law on active threat plans.The TxSSC must confirm control procedures with all public schools, such as single access points, locked class
  
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