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• Letter to lawmakers highlights KXAN 'Stop Mass Shootings' project

  27-06-2022 23:08 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) — Law
  
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• What to know about Plan B pills as Texas nears post-Roe abortion ban

  27-06-2022 23:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Supreme Court of the United States overturned the nearly 50-year-old Roe v. Wade precedent Friday, which granted federal protection and access for abortion. Here in Texas, state leaders had previously instituted a 30-day "trigger law," should Roe be overturned.While emergency contraceptives are still legal federally, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas issued a concurring opinion Friday that invited the court to revisit precedent cases that authorized contraception ac
  
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• Texas abortion providers sue state to block the state's pre-Roe laws, banning abortions

  27-06-2022 22:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A group of Texas abortion providers sued the state on Monday, asking a state court to temporarily block Texas' pre-Roe laws on the books, which Attorney General Ken Paxton said are now enforceable after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
  Within hours of the Supreme Court's Friday decision, Paxton sent out an advisory stating that abortions are "now illegal here," citing Texas statutes that existed before Roe v. Wade was first decided in 1973. Paxton said unde
  
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• Affidavit: Drive-by shooting led to lockdown at Dell Seton

  27-06-2022 20:34 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — At least two people, including a teen, were charged related to a Friday evening drive-by shooting that prompted a lockdown at Dell Seton Medical Center after the suspects ran inside the hospital.
  Mario Suaste, 20, is charged with evading arrest, a third-degree felony, a court document stated. He was booked into the Travis County Jail Friday night, online jail records showed. No attorney was listed for him at the time this article was published.According to Suaste's arrest a
  
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• No, Texas Senator John Cornyn isn't calling to reinstate segregation

  27-06-2022 19:11 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nexstar) — A Saturday tweet from U.S. Senator John Cornyn has gone viral after confusion over when he compared the Roe v. Wade overturn to another landmark ruling that was overruled related to racial segregation.Texas' senior Republican senator responded to a tweet by former president Barack Obama that denounced the Dobbs v. Jackson decision, noting that it overturned nearly 50 years of precedent. Cornyn's tweet response said, "Now do Plessy vs Ferguson/Brown vs
  
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• Two Uvalde shooting victims remain patients at hospital

  27-06-2022 19:01 via kxan.com
  
  SAN ANTONIO (KXAN) — University Health System in San Antonio tweeted the conditions of two remaining victims of May's Uvalde school shooting.The patients are a 66-year-old woman in good condition and a 10-year-old girl in fair condition. Both are being cared for at University Hospital.
  A 9-year-old patient was released June 4.
  Nineteen children and two teachers died in the mass shooting after an 18 year old entered an unsecured back door at Robb Elementary School and began firing. Seventee
  
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• LIVE: Data: What we know about mass shooters' profiles, weapons and warning signs

  27-06-2022 17:46 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) – A d
  
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• Data: What we know about mass shooters' profiles, weapons and warning signs

  27-06-2022 17:46 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) – A d
  
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• Semiconductor facility to create 1,500 jobs in Sherman, Texas

  27-06-2022 17:36 via kxan.com
  
  SHERMAN, Texas (KXAN) — A new semiconductor facility expected to create 1,500 jobs is headed to far North Texas.
  According to a release from the governor's office, GlobiTech, a subsidiary of Taiwan-based GlobalWafers, is expanding in Sherman, Texas by adding the new manufacturing facility. The company was also awarded a $15 million Texas Enterprise Fund grant.GlobiTech was first founded in 1999 in the town about 70 miles north of Dallas and began operating in 2001, according to its website
  
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• University of Texas center to honor Robert De Niro

  27-06-2022 17:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Actor Robert De Niro is helping the Harry Ransom Center at The University of Texas celebrate 65 years of work.The actor, director and producer has worked with the collection library and museum for more than 16 years. The center will honor De Niro for his dedication with a new endowment called "The De Niro Curator Film."“It is a privilege to welcome Robert De Niro, a great friend of the Ransom Center and ardent supporter of the arts, to Austin as we cele
  
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• US basketball star Brittney Griner appears in Russian court

  27-06-2022 15:49 via kxan.com
  
  MOSCOW (AP) — More than four months after she was arrested at a Moscow airport for cannabis possession, a Russian court has set the start date for the trial of the U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner for July 1.The Phoenix Mercury star was also ordered to remain in custody for the duration of her criminal trial. She could face 10 years in prison if convicted on charges of large-scale transportation of drugs. Fewer than 1% of defendants in Russian criminal cases are acquitted, an
  
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• Austin's nuclear reactor: How it could help us travel to Mars

  27-06-2022 15:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Inside the J.J. Pickle Research Campus in north Austin is one of the most powerful power sources on Earth: a nuclear reactor. It's a little known fact the city has an active reactor located so close to downtown, even though it has been here for decades.The nuclear reactor at UT's J.J. Pickle Research campus is one of the most active in the country. (Courtesy: University of Texas)The reactor on the University of Texas' campus is one of the most active in the country for this
  
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• Travis County District Attorney 'will not criminalize personal health decisions'

  27-06-2022 14:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Travis County District Attorney said Monday his office "will not criminalize personal health decisions.""Our communities are safer when women and families can make personal healthcare and reproductive decisions," DA José Garza said. He hosted the press conference at 11 a.m. Monday in downtown Austin alongside Special Victims Unit Director Erin Martinson and Victim Services Unit Director Ne
  
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• Travis County District Attorney to discuss impacts after Roe v. Wade overturned

  27-06-2022 14:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Travis County District Attorney will provide an update Monday on impacts to local abortion access.
  DA José Garza will host the press conference at 11 a.m. Monday in downtown Austin alongside Special Victims Unit Director Erin Martinson and Victim Services Unit Director Neva Fernandez, both of whom work under his office.ORIGINAL STORY: Supreme Court strikes down Roe v. WadeTexas' trigger la
  
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• LIVE: Travis County District Attorney 'will not criminalize personal health decisions'

  27-06-2022 14:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After the U.S. Supreme Court's decision on Friday to overturn Roe v. Wade, the Travis County District Attorney said Monday his office "will not criminalize personal health decisions.""Our communities are safer when women and families can make personal healthcare and reproductive decisions," DA José Garza said. He hosted the press conference at 11 a.m. Monday in downtown Austin alongside Special Victims Unit Director Erin Martinson and Victim Services Unit Director Ne
  
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• 400+ doctors relocate to Austin area due to Dell Medical School

  27-06-2022 14:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Dell Medical School at the University of Texas of Austin said it has directly or indirectly attracted 415 new faculty physicians to Austin and Travis County since its launch in 2014.As of March 2022, Dell Med had 652 regular faculty members. Of the 415 that are new to Austin, 241 work for Dell Med directly and 174 work for Dell Med's clinical partners, such as Ascension Seton.Feb. 2020: Dell Medical School earns full accreditation, will graduate first class in MayDell Med s
  
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• Matthew McConaughey responds to President Biden signing gun bill

  27-06-2022 13:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Matthew McConaughey welcomed the signing of the gun bill he helped champion.In a Sunday Instagram post, McConaughey wrote "While this bill isn’t perfect, it is a shining example of a great American potential and political virtue: the act of compromise and validating an opposing viewpoint."The actor said the gun legislation will help save lives and keep firearms away from those considered dangerous. “This bill makes those whose lives have been needlessly cut shor
  
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• Three groups sue TxDOT over I-35 improvement projects

  27-06-2022 13:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Public Interest Research Group, Environment Texas and ReThink 35 will file a lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation Monday.
  The lawsuit alleges TxDOT "violated the law" by splitting up the Interstate 35 Capital Express Projects into three sections versus one larger project.
  "The purpose of the lawsuit is simply to force TxDOT to go back and bring these three projects that are currently three separate projects back to the public as one complete proj
  
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• Matthew McConaughey weighs in on QB recruit Arch Manning Longhorns commitment

  27-06-2022 13:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas' Minister of Culture is sounding off on news of quarterback Arch Manning committing to play for the Longhorns.McConaughey tweeted "Manning up" after Manning, the nation's top recruit for the class of 2023, announced his commitment. Manning tweeted Thursday he plans to play at Texas.The prospect is currently attending Isidore Newman School in New Orleans where his Super Bowl-winning uncles Peyton and Eli played. Arch Manning’s father, Cooper, is
  
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• NEW: shift in potential track for tropical low in Gulf

  27-06-2022 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A disturbance in the northern Gulf of Mexico still lurks off the coast of Louisiana Tuesday, with eyes set on Texas impacts Thursday and Friday.There still remains uncertainty as to where this tropical low will come ashore, but there is increasing confidence that this disturbance will stay sub-tropical storm strength as it runs out of ocean real estate before getting pushed over land. The National Hurricane Center has a 30% probability of further organization within two days.Tro
  
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• NEW PROJECTIONS: Tropical low could bring more rain later this week

  27-06-2022 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- As is normal for this time of year, the Atlantic basin is starting to warm up with tropical activity. Forecast models point to two areas of possible development that bear watching - one in the mid-Atlantic and the other in the northern Gulf. Given the proximity and more immediate timeline of effects with the tropical low in the Gulf, we focus our attention there.What's the fuss about?There are two potential rainmakers in play for Central Texas this week - (1) an unusual June col
  
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• FIRST WARNING: Tropical low could boost rain chances this week

  27-06-2022 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- As is normal for this time of year, the Atlantic basin is starting to warm up with tropical activity. Forecast models point to two areas of possible development that bear watching - one in the mid-Atlantic and the other in the northern Gulf. Given the proximity and more immediate timeline of effects with the tropical low in the Gulf, we focus our attention there.What's the fuss about?There are two potential rainmakers in play for Central Texas this week - (1) an unusual June col
  
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• Storms fade overnight with a few more Tuesday

  27-06-2022 12:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Scattered to widespread thunderstorms brought most (but not all) of us some measurable rainfall on Monday.LCRA Hydromet Rainfall Totals Through Monday 9pmAt Austin's Camp Mabry we picked up more than 1.5" with almost 1" at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport easily making it the wettest day this month.Showers and storms will slowly fade through the night with weather turning dry by the early morning commute on Tuesday.We'll have few to scattered rain and storms Tuesday,
  
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• Storm chances rising this evening, some strong

  27-06-2022 12:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — There was a little rain that pushed through the area early this morning.One of the rain gauges in the Muldoon area measured .16".Officially, Austin's Camp Mabry measured .01" in the first measured rain since .60" on June 4.A cold front moved through early this morning, but stalled to our south. Thanks to daytime heating we're seeing increasing storm development that will continue for the next few hours.A few marginally severe thunderstorms have developed with briefly gusty
  
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• Storm chances rising this evening, some severe

  27-06-2022 12:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — There was a little rain that pushed through the area early this morning.One of the rain gauges in the Muldoon area measured .16".Officially, Austin's Camp Mabry measured .01" in the first measured rain since .60" on June 4.A cold front moved through early this morning, but stalled to our south. Thanks to daytime heating we're seeing increasing storm development, especially south of Austin to wrap up the afternoon.A few marginally severe thunderstorms have developed with bri
  
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• Some got wet this morning with more rain and thunderstorms this afternoon

  27-06-2022 12:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — There was a little rain that pushed through the area early this morning.One of the rain gauges in the Muldoon area measured .16".Otherwise, it was less than a few hundredths in areas where rain was meausred.Officially, Camp Mabry measured .01" in the first measured rain since .60" on June 4.Rare for June, a cold front dropped into Central Texas during the morning.By early afternoon the front was draped across the area with north winds to its north and a southerly wind to it
  
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• Scattered storms continue this evening, some strong

  27-06-2022 12:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A cold front moved through early this morning, but stalled to our south. Thanks to daytime heating we're seeing increasing storm development that will continue for the next few hours.A few marginally severe thunderstorms have developed with briefly gusty winds and some hail up to 1" in diameter possible. Some isolated storm damage is possible, especially from the winds.Storms will slowly attempt to push north this evening, but will probably not get everyone wet tonight.
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• Change in pattern brings wetter finish to June

  27-06-2022 12:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After spending 20 of the last 21 days at or above 100 degrees, we've finally reached the end... 90s for the next week!! (woohoo!)An unusual June cold front will push through our area today giving way to rain and slightly cooler temps. In addition to a few showers/storms early this morning, another round of scattered showers is likely later this afternoon and evening. Rainfall accumulation will range anywhere from 0.1"-0.5" with isolated pockets of higher amounts. No severe
  
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• Change in pattern brings cooler, wetter finish to June

  27-06-2022 12:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After spending 20 of the last 21 days at or above 100 degrees, we've finally reached the end... 90s for the next week!! (woohoo!)An unusual June cold front will push through our area today giving way to rain and slightly cooler temps. In addition to a few showers/storms early this morning, another round of scattered showers is likely later this afternoon and evening. Rainfall accumulation will range anywhere from 0.1"-0.5" with isolated pockets of higher amounts. No severe
  
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• DWI suspect arrested after multi-vehicle crash in north Austin

  27-06-2022 11:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police arrested a person on a DWI charge early Monday morning after a crash involving four vehicles in far north Austin.
  According to APD, the driver of one vehicle hit the other three around 1:15 a.m. on West Longspur Boulevard. That's just east of North Lamar Boulevard and Rundberg Lane.
  Crash on Longspur Blvd. in far North Austin. (KXAN/Julie Karam)Crash on Longspur Blvd. in far North Austin. (KXAN/Julie Karam)APD says the suspect left but was arrested around 3:15
  
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• Person in hospital with critical injury after northwest Austin crash

  27-06-2022 11:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Travis County-EMS said one person is the hospital Monday after a crash late Sunday night in northwest Austin.
  ATCEMS said paramedics took one adult to the hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries after the crash.
  The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. on northbound Research Boulevard at Stonelake Boulevard. That is the northwest corner of MoPac Expressway and U.S. 183.APD said one car rolled over. Officers shut down northbound Research Boulevard until 1:10 a.m.
  
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• Person in hospital with critical injury after crash

  27-06-2022 11:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Travis County-EMS says one person is the hospital Monday after a crash late Sunday night in northwest Austin.
  ATC-EMS says paramedics took one adult to the hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries after the crash.
  The crash happened around 11:30 p.m. on northbound Research Boulevard at Stonelake Boulevard. That is the northwest corner of MoPac Expressway and US 183.APD says one car rolled over. Officers shut down northbound Research Boulevard until 1:10 a.m.
  
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• Funerals held for brothers killed in Lockhart crash while returning from fighting wildfire

  27-06-2022 05:40 via kxan.com
  
  MAXWELL, Texas (KXAN) — Funerals for two brothers killed in a crash while returning home from fighting a wildfire were held Sunday.Jonathan Coco, 25, and his brother Hunter, 21, were volunteer firefighters for the Maxwell Community Fire Department and were on their way home June 20 from a fire outside Lockhart when another car hit the brush truck they were in. The truck rolled and killed both Hunter and Jonathan while the driver of the other car sustained minor injuries.Maxwell firefighter
  
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• Former Longhorn Pierceson Coody nabs first-ever pro golf win

  27-06-2022 03:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Not far removed from a men's golf national championship with the Texas Longhorns, Pierceson Coody picked up his first professional win on the course Sunday.In just his third start on the Korn Ferry Tour, Coody won the Live and Work in Maine Open, held at Falmouth Country Club just north of Portland, Maine. He won $135,000. Texas men’s golf captures NCAA title over Arizona StateCoody shot 20-under-par for 72 holes, including a 62 in the second round, to finish five sho
  
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• Photos: Austin firefighters help battle 11,598-acre North Texas blaze

  27-06-2022 02:55 via kxan.com
  
  MINERAL WELLS, Texas (KXAN) — Austin firefighters are continuing to help battle a now 11,598-acre fire in Mineral Wells, which is west of Fort Worth, Sunday.The Texas A&M Forest Service requested assistance from AFD as part of a statewide Texas Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System. Four AFD members and equipment arrived to help with the Dempsey Fire on Friday.The fire at that time had crossed the Brazos River and threatened evacuated homes and ranches.(Photo/Austin Fire Department: Captai
  
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• SCOTUS abortion decision prompts increase in requests for vasectomies, getting tubes tied in Central Texas

  27-06-2022 01:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar)— Two Austin-area doctors said less than 48 hours after the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was released on Friday, more patients are looking into vasectomies and getting their tubes tied.
  The Supreme Court decision in the Mississippi v. Jackson Women's Health case that nullified the constitutional right to an abortion found in Roe v. Wade now leaves it up to individual states to decide whether abortions are allowed.State of Texas: ‘This is not going
  
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