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• Lower humidity leads to cooler, more comfortable mornings

  11-09-2022 23:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A cool front moved through Central Texas on Sunday bringing northerly breezes and drier air into the region. This will lead to a stretch of dry weather, cooler mornings and more comfortable days through midweek.Morning lows will dip into the 60s areawide Monday and Tuesday. The slow recovery of humidity due to the return of southeast winds bumps up low temperatures to 70 degrees or higher in the Austin area Wednesday morning through the weekend. NEW BLOG: How this winter's La Ni
  
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• Texas Longhorns enter AP Top 25 after near-upset of Alabama

  11-09-2022 23:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Despite losing, the Texas Longhorns moved into the Associated Press College Football Top 25 Rankings for the first time this year.The Longhorns jumped to the No. 21 spot in the poll, released Sunday. They were previously two spots outside of the poll after the first week of the season, but their performance in a 20-19 loss to Alabama was more than enough to convince voters to put them in the Top 25. No. 1 Alabama survives Austin and tops Longhorns 20-19 on late field goalTh
  
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• Austin Fire performs what it says is the longest running tribute of its kind in the country honoring 9/11 victims

  11-09-2022 23:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It was a solemn lineup of some of Austin's finest Sunday morning, firefighters carrying on a tradition to honor their counterparts who died on Sept. 11, 2001.
  According to the Austin Fire Department, this annual "Memorial Stair Climb" is the nation's longest running and first-of-its-kind event.
  Austin Fire Lieutenant Jerry Cohen explained it started hours after the tragedy itself. "That very next morning, one of our training lieutenants down at the academy said, 'hey, guys
  
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• Austin Parks and Rec releases cemetery rules draft for community review

  11-09-2022 22:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – On Thursday, the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department released a new draft of cemetery rules and regulations for community review and feedback.Community members were invited to review and provide comments online through Oct. 10.The department will also hold a virtual meeting Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. to review aspects of the draft rules and provide an opportunity for community questions and comments during the virtual setting.According to the city, the current rules
  
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• Austin Parks & Rec releases cemetery rules draft for community review

  11-09-2022 22:11 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – On Thursday, the City of Austin Parks & Recreation Department released a new draft of cemetery rules and regulations for community review and feedback.Community members were invited to review and provide comments online through Oct. 10.The department will also hold a virtual meeting Oct. 10 at 6 p.m. to review aspects of the draft rules and provide an opportunity for community questions and comments during the virtual setting.According to the city, the current rule
  
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• Texas health department names interim commissioner

  11-09-2022 21:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Thursday, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission named a new interim commissioner after Dr. John Hellerstedt announced his Sept. 30 retirement following nearly 14 years of service.Dr. Jennifer Shuford will take over for Hellerstedt beginning Oct. 1. She graduated from Colorado College in Colorado Springs with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry before earning her Master of Public Health degree from Harvard School of Public Health. She later received her Doctor
  
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• Hundreds of paddleboarders trekking Lake Austin Monday — here's why

  11-09-2022 21:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Monday morning, more than 200 paddleboarders took to the Lake Austin waters to begin a 10-hour, 21-mile trek from Mansfield Dam to Tom Miller Dam. Monday's venture marks the 13th annual TYLER'S Dam That Cancer, a fundraising event to raise money for free mental health therapy for Central Texans affected by cancer.The event's host, Austin-based nonprofit Flatwater Foundation, has a targeted goal of $1.2 million in proceeds raised through this year's proceeds. Collectively
  
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• Hundreds of paddleboarders to trek Lake Austin tomorrow — here's why

  11-09-2022 21:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Monday morning, more than 200 paddleboarders will take to the Lake Austin waters to begin a 10-hour, 21-mile trek from Mansfield Dam to Tom Miller Dam. Monday's venture marks the 13th annual TYLER'S Dam That Cancer, a fundraising event to raise money for free mental health therapy for Central Texans affected by cancer.The event's host, Austin-based nonprofit Flatwater Foundation, has a targeted goal of $1.2 million in proceeds raised through this year's proceeds. Collect
  
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• Hundreds of paddleboarders to trek Lake Austin Monday — here's why

  11-09-2022 21:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Monday morning, more than 200 paddleboarders will take to the Lake Austin waters to begin a 10-hour, 21-mile trek from Mansfield Dam to Tom Miller Dam. Monday's venture marks the 13th annual TYLER'S Dam That Cancer, a fundraising event to raise money for free mental health therapy for Central Texans affected by cancer.The event's host, Austin-based nonprofit Flatwater Foundation, has a targeted goal of $1.2 million in proceeds raised through this year's proceeds. Collect
  
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• How will Austin Energy's proposed rate changes impact solar customers? Consumer advocates concerned

  11-09-2022 19:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Local musician Sarah Sharp sings every week at a downtown jazz club, but she still remembers her first gigs in Austin: working at Fresh Plus Grocery in Hyde Park and Z'Tejas on West Sixth Street more than 20 years ago.
  Local musician Sarah Sharp said she thinks investing in solar panels will stabilize her utility costs, "if all goes as planned." (KXAN Photo/Chris Nelson)"My half of the rent was $415 a month," she laughed. "I've tried to have a really positive attitude and roll w
  
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• Drier air moving through Central Texas

  11-09-2022 17:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The day dawned partly to mostly cloudy in advance of a cold front. Most lows were in the upper 60s to low 70s. Austin's low was 73°A cold front will bring much drier air today to lower the humidity appreciably. In fact, look for the relative humidity to drop into the 20s Monday and Tuesday afternoons.
  Afternoon highs will still be in the lower to middle 90s with a few Hill Country cities peaking in the upper half of the 80s.
  Today's normal high is 93°Morning lows during
  
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• Watch live: 9/11 memorial ceremony in Lower Manhattan

  11-09-2022 14:43 via kxan.com
  
  LOWER MANHATTAN (PIX11) — Sunday marks 21 years since terrorists hijacked four planes, crashing two of them into the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan.Nearly 3,000 people were killed and thousands more injured on New York City’s darkest day. In the more than two decades since, cancer and other health issues have claimed the lives of many others who were exposed to toxins around ground zero. Those maladies continue to afflict first responders and civilians. A look behind the scene
  
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• Things To Do: Stay in handmade Mongolian yurts in Wimberley

  11-09-2022 14:30 via kxan.com
  
  WIMBERLEY, Texas (KXAN) — Two vacation spots close to home in the Hill Country come with some intricate, unusual lodgings that would normally be found thousands of miles away in Central Asia. Yurtopia Hill Country Resort Wimberley & Dripping Springs
  ~1 hour from Austin Cost: $248-$425/nightThe Yurtopian Hill Country Resort now has two locations in Wimberley and Dripping Springs, where they rent out 19 yurts handmade by a family in Mongolia. Owners Brian and Ann-Tyler Konradi decided to
  
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• 8th grader arrested after fighting teacher in viral video at Texas middle school

  11-09-2022 14:30 via kxan.com
  
  ODESSA, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) -- A video is going viral on local Facebook groups out of Bowie Middle School.It shows a student attacking a teacher over what appears to be a cell phone dispute.The spokesperson for Ector county ISD says the incident happened on Wednesday. The boy is an eighth grader. He was arrested and charged with a first-degree felony: Aggravated Assault of a Public Servant.
  The district also released a statement to ABC Big 2 News:"This is shocking and terrible, and will not be tol
  
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• Cold front on the way

  11-09-2022 13:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A cold front is headed to Central Texas. It passed Dallas at 2 a.m. It will move south through our area during the mid- to late-morning hours bringing with it some much drier air resulting in lower humidity.
  Comfortable afternoons much of this weekAfternoon highs will still be in the lower to middle 90s with a few Hill Country cities peaking in the upper half of the 80s.Today's normal high is 93°Morning lows during the first part of the week will drop to the middle to upper
  
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• US marks 21st anniversary of 9/11 terror attacks

  11-09-2022 07:31 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are remembering 9/11 with moments of silence, readings of victims' names, volunteer work and other tributes 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.Victims’ relatives and dignitaries will convene Sunday at the places where hijacked jets crashed on Sept. 11, 2001 — the World Trade Center in New York, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania.Other communities around the country are marking the day with candlelight vigils, interfaith servi
  
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• 9/11 terror attacks reverberate as US marks 21st anniversary

  11-09-2022 07:31 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes and pleas to “never forget," 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.The loss still feels immediate to Bonita Mentis, who wore a necklace with a photo of her slain sister, Shevonne Mentis.
  "It's been 21 years, but it's not 21 years for us. It seems like just yesterday," she said before reading victims' names at the World Trade Center to a crowd that included Vice President Kamala Harris and
  
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• 9/11 attacks still reverberate as US marks 21st anniversary

  11-09-2022 07:31 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes and pleas to “never forget," 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil.Nikita Shah headed to the ceremony at ground in a T-shirt that bore the de facto epigraph of the annual commemoration — “never forget” — and the name of her slain father, Jayesh Shah. The family moved to Houston afterward but has often returned to New York for the anniversary of the attack that kille
  
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• Record number of fans flood streets after UT home game against Alabama

  11-09-2022 04:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) - Streets and sidewalks around DKR Memorial Stadium were filled with traffic of every kind as more than 105,000 football fans headed home or to their next party.The ocean of people made for some long waits. Fans ordering rideshares dotted the outermost streets not blocked off to traffic.
  Nate Matattel posted up near the intersection of Red River Street and Dean Keaton. He says he had been waiting more than 20 minutes already for his car, and still had more waiting to do for a secon
  
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• Seattle Sounders 3-0 Austin FC: Verde miss chance to clinch playoffs with third straight defeat

  11-09-2022 04:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin FC slumped to a second consecutive 3-0 defeat as they were well beaten by the Seattle Sounders on Saturday night.Verde couldn’t overcome the absence of star player Sebastian Driussi – who was sidelined with a minor knee problem, but made a late cameo off the bench – against a hungry Sounders side fighting for a playoff berth.Austin has now lost three straight matches, conceding eight goals in that run and scoring just once, but remain second in the
  
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• How this winter's La Niña could impact next summer

  11-09-2022 03:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- When we look at the impacts of La Niña here in Central Texas, those impacts generally tie in with the weather we experience in the winter and the spring.
  Winter La Niña's are typically warmer and drier and in the spring La Niña has been shown to bring more tornadoes and hail for Central Texas.This was a record hot summer for the Lone Star State, during our third year of La Niña.
  County average temperature rankings (May-July 2022)So how much did La Ni&
  
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• Former detective charged in Austin triple murder could take plea deal next week

  11-09-2022 01:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A former Travis County Sheriff's Office detective who allegedly shot and killed three people near the Arboretum Oak Apartments before leading police on a nearly 24-hour search could soon take a plea deal, according to court documents.
  Stephen Broderick is charged with capital murder in the shooting deaths of his adopted daughter, Alyssa Broderick; ex-wife, Amanda Broderick; and Alyssa’s boyfriend, Willie Simmons III. Victims' family members say he is expected to plead guil
  
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• State of Texas: 'It's not me,' Beto O'Rourke taps volunteers to mobilize votes in race for governor

  11-09-2022 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The race for Texas Governor is hitting a high gear. You've probably noticed more ads on air and online, as well as more phone calls and texts from the campaigns.For Beto O'Rourke, the campaign has new urgency. A poll released last week from the University of Houston and Texas Southern University shows him behind Governor Greg Abbott. In the poll, Abbott has support from 49% of likely Texas voters. O'Rourke trails with 42% support.
  O'Rourke faced an uphill battle from the
  
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• Instant Analysis: Texas didn't get beat in the trenches against top team in the country

  11-09-2022 00:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — KXAN's Roger Wallace and former Texas Longhorns football player Will Matthews broke down and discussed the Longhorns' 20-19 loss to No. 1 Alabama on Saturday in front of a record crowd at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.The duo talks about the injuries Texas suffered, how Hudson Card came in and "gave his all," and that Texas head coach Steve Sarkisian felt his team didn't get beat in the trenches.
  
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