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• RECORD: Austin just experienced its hottest July

  31-07-2022 22:59 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) - With a mean temperature averaging in the 90s for the first time ever, Austin's Camp Mabry easily reached the top spot as the hottest July on record.The mean temperature is calculated by averaging the highs AND the lows of each day of the month.That mean temperature of 90.6º for July 2022 was a full 4.8º warmer than an average July in Austin and almost a full degree warmer than the previous hottest July, the one we experienced in 2011.July mean temperature compared to av
  
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• Austin teen nonprofit provides free school supplies to 11,000+ students

  31-07-2022 22:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — In May 2020, social justice protests emerged across the United States following the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis Police officers. It was during that movement that a group of Austin high school students said they wanted to tackle disparities non-white and lower-income communities face.Westwood High School students Vishnu Sreenivasan and Jonah Malinger launched Teens Who Care in May 2020, a nonprofit organization aimed at providing free school supplies to students f
  
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• Stuck on a delayed plane? Here are your rights as an airline passenger

  31-07-2022 14:32 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Passengers aboard a recent American Airlines flight were delayed for several hours at Charlotte Douglas International Airport amid mechanical and weather-related issues. The flight, which was scheduled to leave for New York at 1:07 p.m. on July 24, didn’t depart until shortly after 7 p.m. that evening, and only after passengers were transferred to another plane, American Airlines confirmed.Some passengers had complained of limited air conditioning or beverages during the
  
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• Smith County Sheriff: Drunk driver strikes, kills deputy on final day of training

  31-07-2022 13:23 via kxan.com
  
  TYLER, Texas (KETK) - A Smith County deputy died after being struck by a drunk driver Thursday night while conducting a traffic stop, according to Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith.East Texans offering condolences, support after deputy killed in the line of duty
  Smith said the deputy, who was identified as 29-year-old Lorenzo Bustos, was with his training officer, 39-year-old Michael Skinner, when the back of the patrol unit was rear-ended by a 2017 Mercedes on Highway 155 near CR 1237 at a moder
  
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• 'Texas will be the big beneficiary': Rep. McCaul cites benefits of $280 billion semiconductor bill

  31-07-2022 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A bill designed to encourage more semiconductor companies to build chip plants in the United States passed the U.S. House on Thursday, and now awaits President Biden's signature.The $280 billion measure includes federal grants and tax breaks for companies that construct their chip facilities in the U.S. The legislation also directs Congress to significantly increase spending on high-tech research programs that lawmakers say will help the country stay economically competi
  
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• State of Texas: 'State of emergency' - lawmaker vows action to help renters without A/C

  31-07-2022 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A state lawmaker calls it a state of emergency: renters going without air conditioning in this brutal heat, sometimes for several days.Thelma Reyes recently went days without air conditioning. It was so bad, even her macaw, Precious, was feeling it.
  "She was panting a lot. Her mouth was open," Reyes said."It's not good. We're dying of heat in here."Reyes contacted management at her apartment, Mueller Flats in east Austin."They sent out a maintenance man and he was busy o
  
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• State of Texas: 'State of emergency' - lawmaker vows action to help renters going without air conditioning

  31-07-2022 13:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — A state lawmaker calls it a state of emergency: renters going without air conditioning in this brutal heat, sometimes for several days.Thelma Reyes recently went days without air conditioning. It was so bad, even her macaw, Precious, was feeling it.
  "She was panting a lot. Her mouth was open," Reyes said."It's not good. We're dying of heat in here."Reyes contacted management at her apartment, Mueller Flats in east Austin."They sent out a maintenance man and he was busy o
  
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• Much hotter by mid-week ahead of some rain chances

  31-07-2022 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- It's official, July 2022 was the hottest July on record. This follows the hottest June, May and December on record all within the last 12 months. BLOG: RECORD: Austin just experienced its hottest JulyTonight will be another mostly clear to partly cloudy night with lows in the mid to upper 70s.The hazy skies we ended the weekend with will fade into Monday as the Saharan Dust starts to dissipate. We'll find bluer skies returning for Monday-Wednesday before more dust returns by lat
  
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• Another day of heat with more haze

  31-07-2022 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- 50. That's the number of days Austin has had a high of 100°. This is tied with 2008 for the most 100° days in a calendar year. The next rung on the heat ladder is 52 days, achieved in 2008.
  Saturday's high of 104° marked the 28th days where the high has reached three figures. Today's forecast of 104° will make today the 29th. That's the same number days that this happened in 2011. The only two days where the high was below triple digits? 97° on the 1st and 99
  
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• MoveOutATX provides community with reused furniture

  31-07-2022 05:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The end of July means many students are moving out around West Campus. Trash and unwanted items are a common sight around the area when leases end.
  Austin Resource Recovery is trying to curb the issues that left-behind furniture and trash could cause by hosting MoveOutATX, an annual donation event in West Campus.
  “Everyone has to be out of their units and it's just a mad rush to get everything out,” Austin Resource Recovery's Circular Economy Program Manager Madelyn
  
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• Austin FC gets back in win column with 2-0 victory

  31-07-2022 04:32 via kxan.com
  
  After a scorching stretch of soccer with no losses for about two months, Austin FC slipped up at home against the New York Red Bulls. But with a strong performance against a struggling Sporting Kansas City squad Saturday night, the Verde and Black were able to avoid a losing streak with a 2-0 victory.Alex Ring opened the scoring in the first minute of extra time in the first half squeaking a rolling strike under the hands of the Kansas City goalkeeper.
  Just about three minutes prior to that goal
  
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• NY murder suspect en route to U.S.-Mexico Border, police say

  31-07-2022 04:24 via kxan.com
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A man, accused of murdering a person in New York, is thought to be in Brownsville, according to police.Larry M. Hicks Jr., the suspect wanted in the July 14 homicide of Monique R. Yanulavich that occurred in Plattsburgh, New York, was last seen July 21 boarding a bus in Corpus Christi, Texas destined for Brownsville. Hicks, 47, is described by New York State Police as a white man who is 6 feet 7 inches in height, weighs 300 pounds, has black and gr
  
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• Structure fire in Manor, brush and grass involved

  31-07-2022 02:40 via kxan.com
  
  MANOR, Texas (KXAN) -- The Travis County Emergency Service District 12 is responding to a structure fire in Manor. Grass and brush in the area have also caught fire.
  Travis County ESD #12 tweeted at 7:02 p.m. that units were on the scene and additional resources were requested.
  It's a moderate sized two story, with spread to about two acres of grass and brush. ESD #12's public information officer says that the fire is contained and its forward progress stopped.
  Austin-Travis County EMS transport
  
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• Drought contingency plan limits water use for farmland from Central to Coastal Texas

  31-07-2022 02:21 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) - Low lake levels are affecting Texas farmers for the rest of the summer as local drought contingency plans have limited water used for irrigation.John Hoffman, Executive VP of Water for the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA), said with the hottest, driest months upon the Lone Star state, low lake levels have prompted water conservation efforts in several areas. Drought restrictions may soon worsen in the Hill CountryHoffman said irrigation from Central Texas to th
  
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