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• Friends of Uvalde school shooter had hints of his violence ahead of attack

  17-07-2022 22:38 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — A new report issued by the Texas House's investigative committee on the Robb Elementary shooting shows scathing details about the shooter's past, and the ones around him who, months before the massacre, were labeling him a "school shooter."The committee chose not to name the attacker in the report because he sought notoriety. "The Committee refuses to perpetuate his memory in that way; our focus is to ensure that Texas never forgets the children and beloved teachers
  
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• Uvalde report: 'Systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making'

  17-07-2022 21:04 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — Nearly eight weeks after 19 children and two teachers were murdered at Robb Elementary School, the families of the victims privately viewed the preliminary report, and video of the law enforcement response, got to privately see the preliminary report and view video of the law enforcement response before both were released to the public at 2 p.m. on Sunday.The 82-page report, released by the Texas House committee tasked with investigating the May 24 mass shooting, bla
  
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• Uvalde report finds 'systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making'

  17-07-2022 21:04 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — Nearly eight weeks after 19 children and two teachers were murdered at Robb Elementary School, the families of the victims privately viewed the preliminary report, and video of the law enforcement response, got to privately see the preliminary report and view video of the law enforcement response before both were released to the public at 2 p.m. on Sunday.The 82-page report, released by the Texas House committee tasked with investigating the May 24 mass shooting, bla
  
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• Uvalde families view shooting video, preliminary report before official release

  17-07-2022 21:04 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — Families of the 19 students and 2 teachers killed in Uvalde in May heard the preliminary report from the Texas House committee investigating the shooting and had a chance to view video of the law enforcement response. The report and video were released to the public at 2 p.m. on Sunday. Father who lost only child in Uvalde shooting reacts to leaked surveillance videoState leaders and the media have been calling for months for video in the hallway of Robb Elementary S
  
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• LIVE: Uvalde report finds 'systemic failures and egregiously poor decision making'

  17-07-2022 21:04 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — Nearly eight weeks after 19 children and two teachers were murdered at Robb Elementary School, the families of the victims privately viewed the preliminary report, and video of the law enforcement response, got to privately see the preliminary report and view video of the law enforcement response before both were released to the public at 2 p.m. on Sunday.The 82-page report, released by the Texas House committee tasked with investigating the May 24 mass shooting, bla
  
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• Committee requests feedback on Uvalde victims, survivors fund disbursement

  17-07-2022 20:48 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) — A committee requested feedback after the Uvalde Together We Rise Fund announced it would distribute money to victims and survivors of the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary School.“Decisions about eligibility and distribution are made by a local Steering Committee with intentions of transparency, integrity, compassion, and fairness,” an announcement posted by the Uvalde-Consolidated ISD said.The Draft Protocol is the committee’s suggestion of what r
  
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• A year before Uvalde shooting, gunman had threatened women, carried around a dead cat and been nicknamed 'school shooter'

  17-07-2022 19:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) -- A year before the Uvalde school massacre, the gunman had already earned the nickname “school shooter” — a running joke among those he played online games with. He had also started wearing all black and making over-the-top threats, especially toward women, who he terrorized with graphic descriptions of violence and rape.Those details are part of an interim report by the House committee investigating the incident, which points to a trail of missed signs
  
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• 'Systemic failures' in Uvalde shooting went far beyond local police, Texas House report details

  17-07-2022 19:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) -- The 18-year-old who massacred 19 students and two teachers in Uvalde on May 24 had no experience with firearms before his rampage began. He targeted an elementary school with an active shooter policy that had been deemed adequate but also a long history of doors propped open.No one was able to stop the gunman from carrying out the deadliest school shooting in Texas history, in part because of “systemic failures and egregious poor decision making” by nearly e
  
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• Texans report long wait times to 2-1-1 about SNAP food benefits; problems logging onto accounts

  17-07-2022 19:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — She was on hold for more than two hours trying to connect with someone with 2-1-1, a social service hotline.KXAN viewers said after months of waiting to renew benefits their balance remains $0 on their cards. (Texas HHSC Photo)She sent an email to KXAN saying she was working to get an application processed for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP."No one answers, we are only hold for more than two hours to help an elderly person and no one answer
  
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• Why low wind power on a hot summer day doesn't mean wind is unreliable

  17-07-2022 18:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Last week, ERCOT asked Texans to conserve energy voluntarily twice, with tight grid conditions projected both Monday and Wednesday.On Monday, ERCOT pointed to low wind power and record high demand as the reasons for tight conditions. That led oil and gas advocates, and many Republicans, to call wind power unreliable.Energy experts say that's not accurate."The key thing to understand about both wind and solar is they are intermittent energy sources. So they don't always
  
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• Texas sprinter wins 100m at Track and Field World Championships

  17-07-2022 17:56 via kxan.com
  
  TAYLOR, Texas (KXAN) – On Saturday, former Taylor ISD athlete tuned Olympian Fred Kerley won the 100-meter race at the 2022 World Athletics Championship in Eugene, Oregon.Saturday was Day 2 of the first championships held in America. Kerley headlined the first U.S. sweep of the sport’s marquee event in 31 years at the worlds—finishing the men’s 100 in 9.86 seconds. PREVIOUS: Texas sprinter’s Olympic journey earns him a billboard in his hometownKerley finished ahead
  
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• Cost for Texas BBQ increases amid inflation, drought concerns

  17-07-2022 16:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Are you willing to pay double for Texas barbecue? With the price of everything going up and drought impacting the state, barbecue lovers have seen a domino effect.Barbecue restaurants in Austin and across Texas are trying to keep up, and menu prices reflect that. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Higher prices cause some Texas restaurants to raise menu pricesChef and proprietor at Interstellar BBQ John Bates said when the restaurant first opened, he was paying $2.75 per pound for brisket.
  
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• National Ice Cream Day 2022: Local shops make Yelp's top Ice Cream Spots list

  17-07-2022 16:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — National Ice Cream Day is Sunday and the brutal Texas heat will make you scream for some ice cream.Yelp, the online review app, released its list Wednesday of the top places to grab a scoop of ice cream to stay cool in the state. The list was complied by user rankings.Manolis Ice Cream on Top 25 Best Ice Cream Spots in Texas. (Photo Michelle Y. on Yelp)Manolis Ice Cream on Top 25 Best Ice Cream Spots in Texas. (Photo Samantha Y. on Yelp)Here's how some Austin-area restauran
  
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• CapMetro rail suspends all MetroRail services for annual maintenance

  17-07-2022 14:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – MetroRail service is temporarily suspended until Saturday, July 23, for CapMetro to perform maintenance along the 32-mile rail line, the transportation agency announced. Maintenance on the rail line began Friday.During the nine-day service suspension, there will be no MetroRail services provided.According to a CapMetro release, the agency will operate other services to customers who use MetroRail.“Replacement bus service will operate as a shuttle serving Leander, Lake
  
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• How science, space travel may help families living with neurological conditions

  17-07-2022 14:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Dell Children’s Medical Center hosted the 17th national conference on hydrocephalus, a buildup of fluid in the brain, on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.The conference linked how the things astronauts experience in space could help people back home living with neurological conditions."We've learned with astronauts on long-duration space flight that they have developed a disorder that also looks as though it’s causing the spinal fluid pressure to be increased,"
  
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• State of Texas: 'The answers they need' - Uvalde community to learn details about shooting investigation

  17-07-2022 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  UVALDE, Texas (Nexstar) — After a month of behind-the-door closed testimony, the House Committee investigating the mass school shooting in Uvalde plans to release its preliminary report Sunday. The Committee announced Wednesday that they will first share the preliminary report and 77-minute video from a Robb Elementary School hallway camera with community members in Uvalde, before releasing the details to the public. However, this information is just the start for a community that has
  
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• New Jersey man unearths buried cash dated to 1934 during home renovation

  17-07-2022 12:51 via kxan.com
  
  (NBC) -- A New Jersey man excavating debris around his house stumbled upon a mystery last week when he accidentally unearthed $1,000 worth of bills all dated to the year 1934.Rich Gilson was using a rented mini-excavator Friday to clear up the debris after he and his wife, Suzanne, updated their 1920s-era home in Wildwood with a new foundation and an addition, he told NJ Advance Media.Gilson said that as he was working away, he spotted two “little round things” maybe 2 inches ac
  
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• Woman killed in rollover crash on US 183

  17-07-2022 12:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Police say a woman died Sunday morning in a rollover crash on U.S. 183 in southeast Austin.
  Police say the crash happened at 2 a.m. in the northbound lanes of the 3300 of U.S. 183. That is just north of McKinney Falls Parkway and west of the South Terminal of Austin's airport.Police closed northbound 183 and diverted traffic on McKinney Falls Parkway due to the crash. The road remains closed as of 6 a.m.There were no other vehicles involved in the crash.
  
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• Austin firefighters try to keep cool amid record-breaking heat

  17-07-2022 05:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Fighting fires during an extreme heatwave can be brutal, but the Austin Fire Department says no matter how hot it is, they're always ready.
  "They know it's hot and they come to do their job,” Austin Fire Battalion Chief Justin Talentino said. “Whatever the weather is and they just have to power through it."Still, he says it's become common to shift incidents to a second alarm of severity, which pulls more firefighters to active scenes, therefore reducing firefig
  
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• Ted Cruz on SCOTUS gay marriage ruling: 'It was the court overreaching'

  17-07-2022 03:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — At a time where nationwide support for same-sex marriage is at an all-time high, Texas Senator Ted Cruz (R) called the Supreme Court's Obergefell v. Hodges ruling an overreach Saturday, saying it should be left up to individual states to make a determination about the legality of gay marriage. That ruling happened back in 2015, codifying the right to gay marriage nationwide.
  After the Supreme Court overturned its prior Roe v. Wade ruling, Cruz went on his podcast, Verdict w
  
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• Committee to release Uvalde report, video Sunday — here's how we got here

  17-07-2022 03:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Members of the Texas House committee investigating the May 24 massacre will release their initial findings and video from the hallway of Robb Elementary School to the community, and then to the public Sunday.
  Here's how we got here, and what you can expect to be released:
  Back and forth over video releaseDistrict Attorney Christina Mitchell Busbee first instructed the Texas Department of Public Safety not to release the video from inside Robb Elementary, according to a
  
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• Texas lawmakers pen Biden, ask for abortion medication protections

  17-07-2022 01:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Democratic Texas lawmakers sent a letter to the White House asking for accessible abortion care within the state, despite a majority of abortions being made illegal in Texas after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.
  The letter asked the Biden administration to protect "Texans' constitutional right to travel, and receive travel support" if they choose to get an out-of-state abortion, but mostly addressed care within the state for women who cannot travel to other parts
  
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• '100 times worse [than COVID]': Texas man describes having monkeypox

  17-07-2022 00:28 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS, Texas (KXAN) — A Texas man told our sister station in Dallas-Fort Worth that the symptoms he experienced with monkeypox were "100 times worse" than with COVID-19, according to KXAS.
  Luke Shannahan said he started running a fever more than a week ago, he also had a "constant headache" and said his lymph nodes were "swollen like I was a frog." A couple days later he got the blisters that health leaders have been describing as being consistent with monkeypox.
  "The pain and tenderness
  
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