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• Affordable housing for teachers removed from AISD bond proposal, but not off the table

  30-07-2022 23:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- During a board meeting Thursday, the City of Austin discussed two Austin ISD November bond proposals. One of the proposals originally included affordable housing for teachers, but that aspect was removed. The district said the idea may not be completely off the table.
  The board has to agree on one of the two bonds before passing the proposal to voters. Proposal B originally included the affordable housing item. Proposal A does not and has not included affordable housing.
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• 3 batches of Banana Boat sunscreen sprays recalled due to traces of cancer-causing chemical

  30-07-2022 22:03 via kxan.com
  
  (WFLA) — Edgewell Personal Care Company issued a recall Friday for three batches of Banana Boat Hair & Scalp sunscreen sprays after an internal review of product samples found traces of benzene.Benzene is a human carcinogen that can lead to leukemia, blood cancer in bone marrow, and other blood disorders. People typically are exposed to the chemical in their environment through skin contact, inhalation, or ingestion.The chemical is not an ingredient in the sunscreen spray, but the FDA
  
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• 'Contained' vs 'controlled': Language to know this fire season

  30-07-2022 21:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On Friday alone, the Texas A&M Forest Service said it responded to 17 wildfires across the state. Fire crews across Texas are warning the extreme heat paired with little moisture could create worse-than-normal fire conditions.
  As we creep further into an unseasonably hot summer, here is some language you might hear fire crews use as they communicate conditions and what's happening with a fire.Let's talk about 'fuels'You'll likely hear fire crews talk about "fuels" as they di
  
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• Three arrested for attempted murder in Texas town after victim survives gunshot to the head

  30-07-2022 21:38 via kxan.com
  
  SWEETWATER, Texas — Three men were arrested for attempted capital murder after a victim who survived being shot in the head turned up in an area hospital on Saturday.Timothy HernandezAccording to a statement issued by the Sweetwater Police Department, three men, Timothy Hernandez, Andres Diaz, and Christopher Kirkland are charged with attempted capital murder and tampering with evidence after shooting 26-year-old Joshua Coronado in the head and dumping him into the brush near County Road 2
  
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• Biden tests positive for COVID-19, returns to isolation

  30-07-2022 20:52 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden tested positive for COVID-19 again Saturday, slightly more than three days after he was cleared to exit coronavirus isolation, the White House said, in a rare case of “rebound” following treatment with an anti-viral drug.White House physician Dr. Kevin O'Connor said in a letter that Biden “has experienced no reemergence of symptoms, and continues to feel quite well.”In accordance with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention g
  
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• Back-to-school events underway in Central Texas, where to get supplies

  30-07-2022 19:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- While soaking in the final month of summer break, it was always an unwelcome scene growing up: school supplies—the biggest indicator that a blissful couple of months without an alarm clock is coming to an end.
  Even though it indicates summer break is coming to a close, school districts and local groups are working to make sure kids in Austin have what they need to successfully return to the classroom next year. Back-to-school events are well underway.Central Texas parents
  
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• Silver Alert issued for Beaumont missing man with cognitive impairment

  30-07-2022 17:06 via kxan.com
  
  BEAUMONT, Texas (KXAN) – A Silver Alert was issued out of Beaumont, Texas, Saturday morning for a missing man.The Beaumont Police Department is searching for Jesus Abrego-Vega Sr., a man diagnosed with a cognitive impairment.Abrego-Vega was described as a 5-foot, 6-inch tall 83-year-old Hispanic man weighing 190 lbs. He has gray hair and brown eyes. Police said he also had a surgical scar/stitches on the top left side of his head.Officials said he was last seen wearing a black polo hat wit
  
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• Silver Alert discontinued for Beaumont man

  30-07-2022 17:06 via kxan.com
  
  BEAUMONT, Texas (KXAN) – A Silver Alert was discontinued out of Beaumont, Texas, Sunday morning at 10 a.m.The Beaumont Police Department originally reported the man missing Saturday morning.Officials said the man was previously last seen Friday at 6 p.m. in the 8600 block of Washington Blvd in Beaumont, Texas. Law enforcement officials also said they believed his disappearance posed a credible threat to their health and safety.
  
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• Travis County jury finds man guilty of 2018 aggravated sexual assault

  30-07-2022 14:49 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A jury found a man guilty of a 2018 sexual assault Friday after DNA evidence connected him to the case in 2019, the Travis County District Attorney's Office announced.
  Quentin Goffney, 35, was found guilty of an aggravated sexual assault that happened in north Austin. Court records show Goffney was given a 30-year sentence.
  In June 2018, the Travis County Sherriff's Office said a woman was walking through the Churchill Crossing apartment complex when a man app
  
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• Child wandering in 100+ heat, three people arrested by police in Texas

  30-07-2022 14:47 via kxan.com
  
  LUBBOCK, Texas -- Three people were arrested after a small child was found outside in 100+ degree heat in only their underwear, according to a police report.Katherine Carrillo, 20, Almazen Abdel, 22, and Muhannad Ayman Abdel, 21, were arrested and charged with child abandonment or neglect.According to the Lubbock Police Department, officers responded to an apartment complex just after 4:15 p.m. in the 4500 block of Ironton Avenue. A staff member from the front office called and said a small chil
  
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• Texas man gets 40 years in prison for hiding body of dead 5-year-old girl

  30-07-2022 14:44 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (CW39) — A Houston man who worked to hide the body of his girlfriend’s dead 5-year-old daughter has been sentenced to 40 years in prison, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced Wednesday.Santiago Esparza, a documented gang member, agreed to a punishment of 40 years on Tuesday as prosecutors and jurors geared up for the second week of trial. Esparza, 32, was convicted of tampering with evidence on Friday, after a weeklong guilt/innocence phase. Because of his p
  
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• Texas Taco Bell worker poured boiling water on customers: lawsuit

  30-07-2022 14:41 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (KFDX/KJTL) — A $1 million lawsuit was filed on July 13, 2022, after two customers claimed the restaurant manager of a Taco Bell in Dallas poured boiling water on them.Ben Crump Law and McCathern Law, who are handling the case, said that the customers were given "severe burns and trauma" as a result of the incident that happened back in June at the fast food chain. WATCH: Viral video shows Abilene fast food employee throw ice into customer’s carBelow is surveillance video of t
  
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• Mega Millions jackpot pending, 1 winner possibly in Illinois

  30-07-2022 14:02 via kxan.com
  
  ILLINOIS (KXAN) -- One person in Illinois won the Mega Millions $1.28 billion jackpot Friday night, according to the Illinois Lottery.The Illinois Lottery listed the jackpot prize as “currently pending,” with the winning numbers listed as 13, 36, 45, 57, 67 and the gold Mega ball was 14. Friday's Megaplier was 2x the original winnings.There was an one in 302,575,350 chance of winning the jackpot, according to the Mega Millions website. The $1.28 billion jackpot would be the second la
  
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• Mega Millions jackpot pending, 1 winner in Illinois

  30-07-2022 14:02 via kxan.com
  
  ILLINOIS (KXAN) -- One person in Illinois won the Mega Millions $1.28 billion jackpot Friday night, according to the Illinois Lottery.The Illinois Lottery listed the jackpot prize as “currently pending,” with the winning numbers listed as 13, 36, 45, 57, 67 and the gold Mega ball was 14. Friday's Megaplier was 2x the original winnings.There was a one in 302,575,350 chance of winning the jackpot, according to the Mega Millions website. The $1.28 billion jackpot would be the second lar
  
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• Mega Millions $1.28 billion jackpot claimed, 1 winner in Illinois

  30-07-2022 14:02 via kxan.com
  
  ILLINOIS (KXAN) -- One person in Illinois won the Mega Millions $1.28 billion jackpot Friday night, according to the Illinois Lottery.The Illinois Lottery listed the jackpot prize as “currently pending,” with the winning numbers listed as 13, 36, 45, 57, 67 and the gold Mega ball was 14. Friday's Megaplier was 2x the original winnings.There was a one in 302,575,350 chance of winning the jackpot, according to the Mega Millions website. The $1.28 billion jackpot would be the second lar
  
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• 2 accused of injuring family member left tied up in hot garage for 4 days

  30-07-2022 13:18 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) – In June, a man was arrested and accused of unlawfully restraining and causing injury to another family member. Police reports said the person was tied up and locked in a hot garage for multiple days with little food and water.Cody Lee Porter, 34, was booked into the Travis County jail June 17 on a combined $27,500 bond for the charges. He was out of custody four days later on June 21.KXAN reached out to an attorney in the case July 22. An update will be issued
  
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• Haze and triple-digit highs to end July

  30-07-2022 13:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Triple-digit heat will close out July with afternoon highs expected to reach 103° both afternoons. This means the month will end with 29 days where the high has reached 101° or higher. That rivals the 29 days of highs in three figures in July 2011.
  100° highs standingsAnother unwanted record is approaching.The high has gone over 101° 14 straight days. With triple-digit highs in the 7-Day Forecast, Austin will have tallied 21 consecutive 100°+ days by Friday.
  
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• Ending the hottest July on record with hazy sun

  30-07-2022 13:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Another triple digit day meant we hit the magical 50 mark! We've now had 50 days of temperatures 100º or higher in Austin since the year began. This is tied for the 7th most ever as we're on pace to exceed the record of 90 triple digit days set in 2011, unless we get some meaningful rain soon.A few spotty storms or showers may enter some of our eastern counties through early evening, but most of us end the day mostly sunny with just a few clouds around.Tonight will be anoth
  
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• Extradition refusal: cold case suspect denies returning to Erie

  30-07-2022 05:17 via kxan.com
  
  Erie, Pennsylvania (WJET/WFXP/YourErie.com) — The man accused of brutally murdering his grandmother 34 years ago said he's not coming back to Erie.Jeremy Brock, 55, refused extradition Friday at a hearing in Texas.  Extradition trial for Erie cold case murder suspect set for FridayBrock was arrested Monday in Travis County, Texas for allegedly stabbing 76-year-old Helen Vogt to death at her home on Zimmerman Road in Erie in 1988.Erie County District Attorney Elizabeth Hirz said her of
  
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• Mega Millions: Here are the winning numbers for $1.28B jackpot

  30-07-2022 05:04 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Are you the winner? Friday's Mega Millions jackpot is a huge $1.28 billion, the second largest in history. Winning numbers for the jackpot are: 67, 45, 57, 36 and 13. The Mega ball number is 14. If you win the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot, here’s what experts say to do nextThe top prize hasn't been claimed since April 15, though there have been several winners of smaller pots. There have been over 28.1 million winning tickets of smaller prizes, including 42 worth at l
  
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• Ads targeting big tech bill flood Austin airwaves

  30-07-2022 04:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — One of the groups behind advertisements targeting a big tech antitrust bill says it's spending millions of dollars nationwide, including Austin, to try and defeat the legislation in Washington.KXAN viewers may have seen the ads by the bipartisan non-profit Taxpayers Protection Alliance, or TPA, urging conservatives to tell their senators to "reject the left's attacks on America's tech innovators."
  One ad features a plea from a military mother of the year. Another puts Democ
  
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• FAA getting closer to mandating medical certificates 6 years after Lockhart balloon tragedy

  30-07-2022 03:43 via kxan.com
  
  LOCKHART, Texas (KXAN) — Saturday will mark the sixth anniversary of the tragic loss of 16 lives when a hot air balloon, whose pilot was under the influence, crashed into a power line in Lockhart.It was the deadliest commercial balloon crash in U.S. history. There were no survivors. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Texas hot air balloon crash victims’ family frustrated with slow-moving safety changes nearly 5 years laterOn Friday, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-TX) called on the Federal Avia
  
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• Director looks to expand access to Williamson County veterans

  30-07-2022 03:06 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Military veterans of all ages gathered at the Williamson County Annex Friday to learn more about benefits afforded to them following their service in the armed forces.The event also served as an introduction of sorts to the county’s new director of the Veterans Service office. Williamson County call center has contacted over 5,000 veterans as part of new outreach initiativeJuan Amaya took over as the Director of Veterans Services for Williamson County in Ma
  
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• Authorities bust $11 million catalytic converter theft ring possibly tied to Harris County deputy death

  30-07-2022 02:25 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (CW39) — Multiple agencies were at a Fifth Ward home on Thursday and arrested six people who they say were running a catalytic converter theft ring.Investigators from the Harris County Sheriff's Office, Houston Police Department and the Texas Department of Public Safety executed several search warrants at residences and a storage facility in the Houston area.
  Dozens of converters were seized from the home and investigators believe this ring was buying them from the suspects ch
  
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• UTPD searching for Dobie Twenty 21 burglary suspect

  30-07-2022 02:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas Police Department is looking for a man connected to a reported burglary at Dobie Twenty21 on Friday morning.The suspect was described by police as a white man, between the age of 30 to 40 with short blonde hair, according to UTPD.Around 9 a.m., a caller told police they didn't see the incident and it appeared the suspect wasn't at the scene, according to UTPD.If you have any information about this crime, call 512-471-4441 and select extension 9.The&n
  
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• Large grass fire reported in eastern Travis County

  30-07-2022 00:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Firefighter crews are working a large grass fire near FM 973 and FM 969 in eastern Travis County Friday afternoon, the Austin Fire Department said on social media.That intersection is just west of State Highway 130.The Travis County Sheriff's Office said the westbound lanes of FM 969 at FM 973 are closed.This story will be updated.
  
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• Crews fighting 29-acre fire in east Travis County

  30-07-2022 00:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Firefighter crews are working a 29-acre fire near FM 973 and FM 969 in eastern Travis County that started Friday, the Austin Fire Department said on social media.The Texas A&M Fire Service said the fire is 95% contained as of Saturday morning.
  "Dozers completed building and improved containment line around most of the fire last night," the update said. "A 30-yard portion will be addressed by a hand crew today."STAR Flight has made multiple water drops, and Travis County
  
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• Drought restrictions may soon worsen in the Hill Country

  30-07-2022 00:19 via kxan.com
  
  WIMBERLEY, Texas (KXAN)-- The longer the drought, the drier our water sources get here in Central Texas.Officials say water levels are too low to swim in places like Jacob's Well or Pedernales Falls State Park. RELATED: Jacob’s Well ceases flowing for the fourth time in recorded historyRobin Gary, managing director of the Wimberley Watershed Association calls it the 2011 drought "on steroids.""You can walk all the way around Jacob's Well without getting your feet wet, and that is not norma
  
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• Texas death row case could get Supreme Court review, Austin's faulty DNA lab the focus

  30-07-2022 00:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The American Bar Association is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to grant a Central Texas man another trial after he was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and fatally stabbing a 17-year-old girl in east Austin in 2009.
  The bar association is pointing to DNA evidence used in the trial, which was conducted at the Austin Police Departments now shuttered crime lab.
  In 2016, an audit found that APD lab technicians were using flawed scie
  
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