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• Austin Police investigating attempted kidnapping near UT campus

  30-10-2022 21:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police Department is investigating an attempted kidnapping that happened early Sunday morning in the West Campus neighborhood, UT Austin Police said Sunday.
  It happened around 4 a.m. in the 2700 block of Nueces Street, which is near West 27th Street. UTPD said officers responded to the attempted kidnapping of a UT-affiliated female victim.
  APD and UTPD officers searched the area but did not find a suspect. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male last seen wearing
  
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• Live updates: Austin FC trails LAFC 1-0 at halftime of MLS Western Conference finals

  30-10-2022 20:07 via kxan.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (KXAN) — The first half of Sunday's Major League Soccer Western Conference finals was one-way traffic for LAFC against Austin FC.Playing at home, LAFC took 16 shots and held Austin FC to no shots, and have a 1-0 lead at halftime. LAFC's Cristian Arango scored with a header in the 29th minute from a Carlos Vela corner kick, and the LAFC attack has kept Austin FC goalkeeper Brad Stuver busy.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our Mor
  
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• Live updates: Austin FC looking for biggest win in franchise history in Western Conference finals

  30-10-2022 20:07 via kxan.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (KXAN) — It's match day, and Austin FC can make history with a win against LAFC on Sunday.Verde takes on the Supporters' Shield winners at 2 p.m. from Banc of California Stadium and are trying to beat them for a third time season. This time, however, the stakes are quite a bit higher than they were in the regular season.A win would put Austin FC in the MLS Cup Final in the team's second year in the league and first time making the playoff field. Verde beat LAFC 2-1 in Banc of C
  
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• Austin FC falls 3-0 to LAFC in MLS Western Conference finals

  30-10-2022 20:07 via kxan.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (KXAN) — A stifling LAFC defense didn't allow Austin FC to create much of anything offensively, and Verde's dream season ended 3-0 in the Major League Soccer Western Conference finals at Banc of California Stadium on Sunday.LAFC scored once in the first half on a Cristian Arango header in the 29th minute, then tacked on two in the second half. After entering the match in the 61st minute, Austin FC's Maxi Urruti headed a corner into his own net one minute into his shift to give
  
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• Texas woman sentenced for child abandonment dies while serving 8-year sentence

  30-10-2022 19:43 via kxan.com
  
  SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KETK) -- A Texas woman who was sentenced to eight years in prison for child abandonment died on Oct. 23.
  Kelsey Frazier, 28, of Tyler, was an inmate at the Marlin Unit prison near Waco. She died from cardiac arrest at a hospital in Marlin, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.Frazier was sentenced in March 2021 after she pleaded guilty to leaving an 11-month-old girl in her bathroom closet for three hours while babysitting her.
  The child's mother testified i
  
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• Texas man gets prison for murder over money owed on rooster fights

  30-10-2022 18:49 via kxan.com
  
  BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A judge has handed down a 40-year prison sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to a Harlingen murder that followed an argument about money owed on rooster fights.Adrian Garcia was sentenced Wednesday by Judge Juan Magallanes, of the 357th District Court of Cameron County in Brownsville, after having pleaded guilty Oct. 7 to the 2019 murder of Ezequiel Garza.On Aug. 18, 2019, the Cameron County Sheriff’s Department responded to a call about a homic
  
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• State to release report on maternal deaths earlier than expected after concerns about delays

  30-10-2022 18:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Maternal health advocates are demanding the state health department release data on why Texas moms are dying and if those deaths were preventable.The Department of State Health Services first told KXAN investigators that the report by the Texas Maternal Mortality and Morbidity Committee would be released by next summer but now it's expected to be out ahead of the upcoming legislative session. READ: ‘Not having accurate data handicaps us,’ say adv
  
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• New Austin art pieces honor eastside Black educator

  30-10-2022 18:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Three new art installations in east Austin honor the legacy of a prominent Black educator who advocated for children's education access during the Jim Crow era.Friendly Rice first moved to Austin in 1931 to serve as an assistant principal at then-Gregory Elementary School, later renamed Blackshear Elementary School in 1936. His move to Austin came just three years after the City passed its 1928 Master Plan, a land code that promoted racist, pro-segregation practices through
  
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• Texas mom hiding with children shoots alleged burglar through door: authorities

  30-10-2022 18:05 via kxan.com
  
  EDINBURG, Texas (KVEO) — Authorities in Texas say a man was arrested after allegedly breaking into a home last week and trying to get into a woman's bedroom where she was hiding with her children.The woman, however, had a gun, the Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office said. Recreational marijuana on the ballot in these states this NovemberTuesday night, authorities were called to a burglary of a home in progress in rural Edinburg in southern Texas.Upon arrival at the home, deputies spoke with th
  
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• Rain showers return Halloween night

  30-10-2022 15:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Increasing clouds overnight with low temperatures falling back into the middle 50s.A cool morning expected to start off the weekHalloween weather will be mostly cloudy during the day and warm with highs into the middle 70s. An upper-level trough will approach from the west that will help trigger a few showers and isolated thunderstorms as early as 8 p.m. Monday in Gillespie, Blanco, and Hays Counties. Rain will become more numerous and scattered Monday night.Rain will be scatter
  
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• See how Austin ranks among other big Texas cities when it comes to finding an affordable starter home

  30-10-2022 15:00 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – U.S. home sales fell in September for the eighth straight month, and thanks to high prices and soaring mortgage rates, things aren’t getting easier for first-time home buyers.Real estate site Point2Homes.com looked at the 50 largest cities in the U.S. and calculated whether or not a renter could, on average, comfortably afford the median starter home.Texas fared better than some states, but still didn't have a single city where the average first home reached the affordabi
  
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• Rain showers return Halloween evening

  30-10-2022 13:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Today will be much brighter than Saturday. Fair-weather clouds will increase during the middle and late afternoon hours.Mild afternoon high temperaturesHalloween weather will be mostly cloudy during the day. An upper-level trough will approach from the west that will help trigger a few showers and isolated thunderstorms as early as 5 p.m. Monday in Gillespie, Blanco, and Hays Counties. Rain will be scattered tomorrow night. It leads to this forecast for our trick-or-treaters.Rai
  
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• Much brighter today with mild temperatures

  30-10-2022 13:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Clouds cleared out Saturday night leaving a clear sky during the overnight hours. The morning will be sunny but there will be increasing clouds to a partly cloudy sky this afternoon.Mild afternoon high temperaturesHalloween weather will be mostly cloudy during the day. An upper-level trough will approach from the west that will help trigger a few showers and isolated thunderstorms as early as 5 p.m. Monday in Gillespie, Blanco, and Hays Counties. Rain will be scattered tomorrow
  
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• 'Suspicious' death investigated in downtown Austin

  30-10-2022 12:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is investigating a death downtown that it considers "suspicious."It happened in the 600 block of East 7th Street, which is near Red River Street.The department tweeted about the death at 6:19 a.m. Sunday and said it would have a media briefing with more information at 7 a.m.This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
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• Pedestrian hit, killed on I-35 in Austin

  30-10-2022 12:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A person was hit and killed on Interstate 35 early Sunday morning, Austin-Travis County EMS tweeted.It said the person died at the scene at 6700 North I-35 northbound in a follow-up Tweet at 4:48 a.m.
  ATCEMS, Austin police and Austin firefighters responded to the scene. ATCEMS said people should avoid the area and expect extended traffic closures.
  
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• Austin police respond to east Austin SWAT call

  30-10-2022 12:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department said it was on the scene of an ongoing SWAT situation in east Austin early Sunday morning.Police asked people to stay clear of the 2900 block of East 12th Street, which is west of Airport Boulevard, in a tweet at 4:49 a.m.APD held a briefing regarding the incident at 5:25 a.m. where an APD officer said at approximately 9:57 p.m. Saturday, officers received a call from a third party about a woman who was being actively abducted by a man who was s
  
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• Texas churches hold prayer ahead of Satanic Temple 'unbaptism'

  30-10-2022 03:15 via kxan.com
  
  TYLER, Texas (KETK) — As it poured outside on Friday afternoon, some East Texans prayed on ahead of an "unbatism event" that was scheduled in Tyler by a Dallas-Fort Worth-area Satanic Temple.
  “I wanted to get a group of people together to go down before the event tomorrow and just pray and exercise our freedom of religion,” said Lauren Ethredge-Langas, a member of Church of the Pines in Tyler.For context, the Satanic Temple, despite its name, doesn't worship the Biblical figure
  
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• October is the deadliest month for pedestrians. Here's how to stay safe this Halloween weekend

  30-10-2022 03:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Texas Department of Transportation is reminding drivers and pedestrians this Halloween weekend to keep safety in mind as they enjoy their holiday celebrations.Glynda Chu, public information officer with TxDOT's Austin district, said October historically records the most accidents resulting in pedestrian fatalities out of any other month.
  She says this is likely due to several factors like time changes and cooler weather."It’s nice out, people are bicycling, walkin
  
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• Texas men's basketball blazes by Arkansas in scrimmage

  30-10-2022 02:10 via kxan.com
  
  In their final scrimmage before the games count, the Texas men's basketball soared past No. 10 Arkansas by a score of 90-60.
  "We got better last weekend in a closed door scrimmage against a really good team," noted Longhorns Head Coach Chris Beard. "And then we got better again today against another really good team."Coach Beard referenced Texas' first scrimmage which was against No. 3 Houston and of the closed-door variety. Saturday's showdown against the Razorbacks was at the new Moody Center
  
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• State of Texas: 'We need something done now,' Uvalde families confront DPS director

  30-10-2022 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The head of Texas’ top law enforcement agency, Col. Steven McCraw, said the Department of Public Safety “did not fail” the Uvalde community in its response to the May 24 mass school shooting.McCraw’s comments come weeks after he said he would step down if there’s “any culpability” among his troopers.  RELATED: DPS sergeant terminated for response to Uvalde school shooting“If DPS as an institution — as an institut
  
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• Mix of newcomers, mainstays built rapport to propel Austin FC to conference finals

  30-10-2022 00:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — LAFC raised eyebrows across Major League Soccer with one high-profile addition after another during the season. Whether it was bringing in an aging-but-still-effective Giorgio Chiellini from Juventus, one of the best Welsh players of all-time in Gareth Bale, or top French forward Denis Bouanga, it seemed the club was always in the headlines.Meanwhile, Austin FC made some key additions of their own but stayed under the radar, relatively speaking. Emiliano Rigoni came over fr
  
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