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• WHO panel: Monkeypox not a global emergency 'at this stage'

  25-06-2022 23:03 via kxan.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency.In a statement Saturday, a WHO emergency committee said many aspects of the outbreak were “unusual” and acknowledged that monkeypox — which is endemic in some African countries — has been neglected for years.
  “While a few members expressed differing views, the comm
  
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• 16-year-old arrested in connection with body found in north Amarillo

  25-06-2022 21:44 via kxan.com
  
  UPDATE:The Amarillo Police Department reports that a 16-year-old was arrested in connection with the body that was found with a gunshot wound in north Amarillo.Police said the teenager has been charged with manslaughter and booked into the Youth Center of the High Plains.  The Amarillo Police Homicide Unit is investigating the incident. 15-year-old injured in drive-by shooting, family asks for informationOriginal Story:
  AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The Amarillo Police Department repo
  
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• Pease Park Pride event to increase security after protesters attend other Pride events

  25-06-2022 19:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — One Pride event this weekend in Austin plans to increase security after other Texas Pride events have reported "far-right protesters" in attendance.The Pease Park Pride Picnic on Sunday will have doubled event security and prohibit video recordings without a permit, according to organizers. Event staff were also informed of the group and warned to not engage with them.Camila Restrepo, the Pease Park Conservancy community engagement coordinator, said the event organizers rec
  
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• DPS, APD search for missing Austin woman last seen Friday morning

  25-06-2022 18:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Texas Department of Public Safety issued a CLEAR Alert Saturday for a missing woman in Austin.Yolanda Jaimes was last seen Friday in the 7000 block of Craybrough Circle at about 6 a.m.Jaimes was described as a 39-year-old woman with brown eyes and black hair. She is 4 feet, 11 inches and weighs about 140lbs, according to DPS.She was last seen wearing a "Lupe Tortilla" work shirt, black pants and black non-slip shoes. DPS said her forearms are discolored.To report inform
  
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• Biden signs landmark gun measure: 'Lives will be saved'

  25-06-2022 15:38 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday signed the most sweeping gun violence bill in decades, a bipartisan compromise that seemed unimaginable until a recent series of mass shootings, including the massacre of 19 students and two teachers at a Texas elementary school.“Lives will be saved,” he said at the White House. Citing the families of shooting victims, the president said, “Their message to us was to do something. Well today, we did.”Th
  
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• Supreme Court's opinion impacts Texas abortion providers

  25-06-2022 13:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The state's trigger law automatically bans almost all abortions in the state. The ban takes effect 30 days after the U.S. Supreme Court issues its official judgment.
  Confusion over exactly when that is, forced clinics to halt their services Friday. Whole Woman's Health and Planned Parenthood clinics in Texas have also paused abortion services.   Texas’ abortion ‘trigger law’ won’t take effect in exactly 30 days — Here’s whyThere are
  
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• SCOTX says company can use eminent domain for bullet train project

  25-06-2022 05:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A ruling by the Supreme Court of Texas Friday allows the private groups behind the proposed bullet train between Houston and Dallas to use eminent domain to take land for the project.The ruling said Chapter 131 of the Texas Transportation Code grants eminent domain authority to an “interurban electric railway company,” which is a corporation-chartered electric railway between cities in Texas for the transportation of freight, passengers, or both.The company, Tex
  
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• Crews mostly contain 463-acre wildfire in Blanco County

  25-06-2022 04:21 via kxan.com
  
  BLANCO COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Fire crews are continuing to battle a large brushfire in Blanco County Saturday.The "Archer Fire" is about 462.8 acres and 80% contained as of late Saturday, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.It's located near RR 962 and Smith West Ranch Road in northern Blanco County, northwest of Round Mountain.A view of the Archer Fire in northern Blanco County on June 24, 2022. (Courtesy Bill Prather)A view of the Archer Fire in northern Blanco County on June 2
  
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• Crews mostly contain 450-acre wildfire in Blanco County

  25-06-2022 04:21 via kxan.com
  
  BLANCO COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Fire crews are continuing to battle a large brushfire in Blanco County Saturday.The "Archer Fire" is an estimated 450 acres and is 80% contained as of late Saturday, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.It's located near RR 962 and Smith West Ranch Road in northern Blanco County, northwest of Round Mountain.A view of the Archer Fire in northern Blanco County on June 24, 2022. (Courtesy Bill Prather)A view of the Archer Fire in northern Blanco County o
  
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• Crews battling 450-acre wildfire in Blanco County

  25-06-2022 04:21 via kxan.com
  
  BLANCO COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Fire crews are battling a large brushfire in Blanco County Friday night.The 'Archer Fire' is an estimated 450 acres and is 0% contained as of 9:06 p.m. Friday, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.It's located near RR 962 and Smith West Ranch Road in northern Blanco County, northwest of Round Mountain.A view of the Archer Fire in northern Blanco County on June 24, 2022. (Courtesy Bill Prather)A view of the Archer Fire in northern Blanco County on June
  
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• Group goes to Luling festival to raise awareness for missing Jason Landry

  25-06-2022 02:29 via kxan.com
  
  LULING, Texas (KXAN) — Supporters and concerned citizens who are working to find missing Texas State student Jason Landry rented a booth at the Luling Watermelon Thump this weekend to raise more awareness about his disappearance.Law enforcement officials discovered Landry's car totaled on Salt Flat Road near Luling in December 2020.Monday marks one year since Jason Landry’s disappearanceThe annual summer festival in Luling usually brings thousands to the city of just under 6,000 peop
  
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• Lightning death in California is the nation's first of the year

  25-06-2022 02:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — More than 200 people have been struck and killed by lighting in the United States over the past 10 years.A California woman became the first person in the nation killed by lightning this year.Antonia Mendoza Chavez, 52, was walking her two dogs in Pico Rivera, California, on Wednesday when she was struck and killed, according to KXAN sister station KTLA.California has reported nine lightning fatalities since 2006, but several states have reported more.Florida has reported t
  
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• Suspects in custody after 'incident' at Dell Seton Hospital

  25-06-2022 01:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three suspects are in custody after an "incident" at Dell Seton Hospital at 1500 Red River Street Friday afternoon, according to a University of Texas Police Department tweet.UTPD said it was "assisting" Austin Police at the scene. There is no ongoing threat to the community.This developing story will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
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• Police responding to 'incident' at Dell Seton Hospital

  25-06-2022 01:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas Police Department is responding to an "incident" at Dell Seton Hospital at 1500 Red River Street, according to a UTPD tweet.The tweet said to avoid the area while officers investigate.This developing story will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
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• Texas could do more to track social media threats in schools

  25-06-2022 00:03 via kxan.com
  
  This story is part of a KXAN series of reports called "Stop Mass Shootings," providing context and exploring solutions surrounding gun violence in the wake of the deadly Uvalde school shooting. We want our reports to be a resource for Texans, as well as for lawmakers who are convening a month after the events in Uvalde to discuss how the state should move forward. Explore all "Stop Mass Shootings" stories by clicking here.AUSTIN (KXAN) — At the Texas Capitol this week, lawma
  
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