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• Texas LGBTQ+ leaders denounce 'senseless acts of violence' post-Colorado shooting

  20-11-2022 23:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Several Central Texas and state-level LGBTQ+ organizations have spoken out in the wake of an overnight mass shooting at a Colorado Springs LGBTQ+ night club that left at least 5 dead and 25 wounded.
  The shooting happened just before midnight at Club Q, an LGBTQ+ night club. The shooter was apprehended by patrons and has since been taken into custody, per reporting from the New York Times, with NBC News reporting officials are investigating the attack as a possible hate crim
  
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• Champs again: Texas wins 6th straight Big 12 volleyball title

  20-11-2022 22:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The top-ranked Texas Longhorns won the Big 12 Conference volleyball title outright Saturday with a 3-1 win over No. 15 Baylor at Gregory Gym.It's the sixth consecutive Big 12 championship for the Longhorns. Set scores were 25-19, 19-25, 25-23, 25-23.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sports newsletter at kxan.com/newslettersMadisen Skinner led the Longhorns with 16 kills with eight digs and Molly Philli
  
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• Texas man dies after jumping on moving 18-wheeler and dancing

  20-11-2022 22:02 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An investigation is underway after a man fell to his death after jumping on a moving 18-wheeler and dancing on top of it, police said.The Houston Police Department said that a red Kenworth tractor-trailer truck was traveling south when a 25-year-old man jumped, or climbed, on top of the trailer of the vehicle.
  "The male then began dancing and possibly recording himself," the release stated.The accident happened at 11:35 a.m. Nov. 10 at 200 Eastex Freeway, p
  
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• Affidavit: Texas teacher accused of having relationship with female student, 15

  20-11-2022 21:50 via kxan.com
  
  FORSAN, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) -- A teacher at Forsan ISD in Texas was charged Tuesday with having an improper relationship between educator and student after the district received an anonymous tip. Now, an affidavit has revealed new information about the allegations. According to the affidavit, after receiving the tip, investigators spoke with Kendall Phillips, 23, who reportedly admitted to the relationship with the 15-year-old female student. She also admitted to sending nude images to the st
  
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• Meet the Texans vying for a national parks world record

  20-11-2022 21:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the past four months, Central Texans Bradley Sailer and Haley Noble have been traveling across the United States in a camper the size of a queen-sized bed, covering 11,000 miles of terrain and visiting 23 national parks.It's all part of a mission they have to complete all 63 national parks in the United States, with Sailer's service dog, Ranger, in tow. If successful, Ranger will capture the world record as the first dog to visit every U.S. national park.Central Texans
  
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• They're back: Longhorns reappear in AP Top 25, USA Today Coaches Poll rankings

  20-11-2022 21:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns are back in the polls again.After the 55-14 win over Kansas on Saturday, the Longhorns moved back inside the top 25 in both the Associated Press Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Poll rankings to No. 24.Full AP Top 25Full USA Today Coaches PollThe Longhorns earned 128 points in the AP Top 25 to slide back in ahead of No. 25 Central Florida and behind No. 23 Coastal Carolina. In the USA Today Coaches Poll, Texas scored 112 points to slot a spot ahead of a team
  
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• Newly published UT study translates mind activity into action

  20-11-2022 21:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Friday, researchers at The University of Texas at Austin published a study in the journal iScience about computer systems that could turn mind activity into action.“The concept of a thought-powered wheelchair has been studied for years, but most projects have used non-disabled subjects or stimuli that lead the device to more or less control the person rather than the other way around,” researchers said.The study had several people with motor disabil
  
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• 'Power Rangers' star Jason David Frank dead at 49: reports

  20-11-2022 18:08 via kxan.com
  
  (KTLA) – Actor and mixed martial artist Jason David Frank has died, his representatives confirmed to Geek Ireland. The "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" star was 49 years old.Frank rose to prominence in the early 1990s as the Green Ranger, Tommy Oliver, who then becomes the White Ranger. He portrayed the character in both television and film adaptations of the popular franchise.Tributes poured in for Frank on social media, where many "Power Rangers" fans emphasized the actor's influence."No w
  
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• Local nonprofit helps single moms by repairing cars 

  20-11-2022 18:00 via kxan.com
  
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — It's the last thing Tamra Mangum was thinking about it - car repairs. Tamra Mangum has been a single mom for five years. (Courtesy: Casey Chapman-Ross Photography)After her husband's unexpected death, she said it was tough juggling her family, home life and work."Typically, there's a lot of support in the beginning. And you have a lot of people that surround you and see how they can help," Mangum said. "But when you get further down the road, and k
  
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• Local non-profit helps single moms by repairing cars 

  20-11-2022 18:00 via kxan.com
  
  HUTTO, Texas (KXAN) — It's the last thing Tamra Mangum was thinking about it - car repairs. Tamra Mangum has been a single mom for five years. (Courtesy: Casey Chapman-Ross Photography)After her husband's unexpected death, she said it was tough juggling her family, home life and work."Typically, there's a lot of support in the beginning. And you have a lot of people that surround you and see how they can help," Mangum said. "But when you get further down the road, and k
  
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• Pflugerville plans Dessau Road improvements, asks for resident feedback

  20-11-2022 17:35 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — One roadway in Pflugerville may get improvements to address congestion, bike and pedestrian connectivity and intersection traffic flow.
  The city is creating a corridor study for FM 865, or Dessau Road, between Wells Branch Parkway and SH 130. The study will look at congestion, pedestrian and bike connectivity, safe crossings, intersection bottlenecks and streetscaping.The project was included in the $101.7 voter-approved road bond from 2020, a city release said
  
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• Where to find a Thanksgiving meal in Austin

  20-11-2022 17:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Feeling festive this Thanksgiving but not wanting to spend the day cooking? Here's a look at some of the local restaurants and grocery stores offering holiday dinners and prepared meals.Nido at The Loren at Lady Bird LakeNido will offer a seated four-course meal on Thanksgiving Day, running from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Reservations will be available for the main dining room and event space areas while the patio will be open for walk-in guests.
  The meal will include chestnut soup, a
  
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• Austin unemployment stands lower than Texas, national rates

  20-11-2022 17:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — While the state makes record job gains, the Austin metro's unemployment rate sits 1% lower than the Texas rate and also lower than the national rate.Austin's unemployment stands at 2.8%—unchanged from September—with over 38,000 unemployed people in the Austin metro area. This is lower than Texas' 3.8% unemployment rate and below the 3.4% national rate, according to Workforce Solutions Capital Area, which covers Austin and Travis County.The Austin metro added abo
  
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• Our frigid, wet weather pattern continues

  20-11-2022 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The area is looking at another mainly cloudy day with just a 40% chance of rain. Rain chances go up to 80% tonight and tomorrow as an upper-level area of low pressure moves into Texas. There may also be a few thunderstorms tonight through early Monday morning.Rain advanced into the area from the west prior to 6 a.m. The rain was briefly heavy at times. Totals held under .10".This winter feel continues as high temperatures this afternoon and Monday will "peak" in the 40s.
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• Another chance for rain today and tomorrow

  20-11-2022 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The area is looking at another mostly cloudy day with just a 50% chance of rain. Rain chances go up to 80% tonight and tomorrow as an upper-level area of low pressure moves into Texas. There may also be a few thunderstorms tonight through early Monday morning.Highest rain totals of more than .50" were reported Saturday in an area from Elgin to Lockhart east to Bastrop and Giddings. There was also .50" measured at one of the gauges at Blanco.Higher rain totals Saturday in some of
  
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• 1 dead after police shooting in Round Rock

  20-11-2022 14:09 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) – The Round Rock Police Department said a man was dead after a police shooting Sunday morning in the 3000 block of Bradford Park Drive.RRPD said at approximately 12:15 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to a call for a domestic disturbance. The caller told police the disturbance was physical, and there was a 1-year-old also in the residence.According to police, the caller and child were able to safely leave the residence. Officers said the offense was thought to be a
  
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• 1 dead after gunfire exchange with Round Rock police

  20-11-2022 14:09 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) – The Round Rock Police Department said a sergeant shot a man after a domestic disturbance call Sunday morning in the 3000 block of Bradford Park Drive. RRPD said the suspect was armed and open-fired.RRPD said at approximately 12:15 a.m. Sunday, officers responded to a call for a domestic disturbance. The caller told police the disturbance was physical, and there was a 1-year-old also in the residence.According to police, the caller and child were able to safely le
  
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• New bill, again, aims to improve Texas maternal death data

  20-11-2022 13:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new bill filed aims to improve the transparency of maternal death data that the state collects in a biennial report. This follows the delayed release of this year's report.Rep. Shawn Thierry, D-Houston, filed the bill after filing maternal mortality registry bills in the last legislative session and the session before. Those bills did not pass.House Bill 663 would require reporting certain maternal mortality information to the Texas Department of State Health Services and
  
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• Police: Gunman kills 5 at gay nightclub, subdued by patrons

  20-11-2022 11:57 via kxan.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A 22-year-old gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and injuring 18 before he was subdued by “heroic” patrons and arrested by police who were on the scene within minutes, authorities said Sunday.Two firearms, including a “long rifle,” were found at Club Q after the Saturday night shooting, said Police Chief Adrian Vasquez.Investigators were still determining a motive, and the attack was being in
  
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• Police: Gunman kills 5 at gay club, is subdued by patrons

  20-11-2022 11:57 via kxan.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A 22-year-old gunman opened fire inside a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs, killing five people and leaving 25 injured before he was subdued by “heroic” patrons and arrested by police who arrived within minutes, authorities said Sunday.Two firearms, including a “long rifle,” were found at Club Q after the Saturday night shooting, said Police Chief Adrian Vasquez.On its Facebook page, the club called it a “hate attack.” Inv
  
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• Police: 5 dead, 18 injured in Colorado nightclub shooting

  20-11-2022 11:57 via kxan.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A gunman opened fire in a gay nightclub early Sunday, killing five people and wounding 18 in the latest mass shooting to befall the country in a year in which anti-gay rhetoric has been amped up among extremists.Lt. Pamela Castro of the Colorado Springs Police Department said police received a report of a shooting at Club Q at 11:57 p.m.Castro said there was one suspect who was injured and was being treated. She said it was not immediately clear whether he ha
  
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• Police: 5 dead, 18 hurt in Colorado gay nightclub shooting, police say

  20-11-2022 11:57 via kxan.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — An attacker opened fire in a gay nightclub, killing five people and wounding 18, officials said Sunday. The club said the suspect was subdued by patrons.Authorities received a report of a shooting at Club Q at 11:57 p.m. Saturday and responded within minutes, said Lt. Pamela Castro of the Colorado Springs Police Department.The violence is the sixth mass killing this month and comes in a year when the nation was shaken by the deaths of 21 in a school shooting
  
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• Police: 5 dead, 18 hurt in Colorado gay nightclub shooting

  20-11-2022 11:57 via kxan.com
  
  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — An attacker opened fire in a gay nightclub late Saturday, killing five people and wounding 18 before apparently being subdued by patrons, officials said.Authorities received a report of a shooting at Club Q at 11:57 p.m. and responded within minutes, said Lt. Pamela Castro of the Colorado Springs Police Department.The violence is the sixth mass killing this month and comes in a year when the nation was shaken by the deaths of 21 in a school shooting in Uvalde
  
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• Safe Exchange Zones: How to meet social media sellers safely

  20-11-2022 04:41 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Sites like Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist can be great places to find secondhand deals, but meeting up with a stranger for those items can still be a risk.The Round Rock Police Department is one of just a few sites in the Austin area that has a designated Safe Exchange Zone.Two spots in the department's parking lot are reserved for sellers and buyers to exchange their items in a public, well-lit area that also has 24/7 surveillance.“It's safer here tha
  
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• Instant Analysis: Bijan Robinson has career day to keep Longhorns in the hunt for title game berth

  20-11-2022 02:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas running Bijan Robinson added to his Longhorns legacy with a career-high 243 rushing yards on 25 carries with four touchdowns to lead the way in a 55-14 win over Kansas at David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium.As a team, Texas ran for 427 yards and simply couldn't be stopped by the Jayhawks. Jonathan Brooks also went over the 100-yard barrier with 108 rushing yards on 11 carries with a 70-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sp
  
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• Community reveals new home to Georgetown family after damage from 2021 freeze

  20-11-2022 02:16 via kxan.com
  
  JONAH, Texas (KXAN) — After the winter freeze in 2021, Emily Hamilton heard that her mother’s church friend, Lily Black’s, pipes had burst and left them without running water. One of Lily’s sons was in a wheelchair which made it especially difficult to find an accessible shower. “We decided to do a fundraiser, play some music and raise enough money to fix their plumbing,” Emily said. They raised the funds, but when Emily and her husband, Chris, went
  
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• Musk restores Trump's Twitter account after online poll

  20-11-2022 02:05 via kxan.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Elon Musk reinstated Donald Trump’s account on Twitter on Saturday, reversing a ban that has kept the former president off the social media site since a pro-Trump mob attacked the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress was poised to certify Joe Biden’s election victory.Musk made the announcement in the evening after holding a poll that asked Twitter users to click “yes” or “no” on whether Trump's account should be restored. The &ldq
  
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• No. 3 Texas falls in opening game of Battle 4 Atlantis tournament in Bahamas

  20-11-2022 01:39 via kxan.com
  
  PARADISE ISLAND, Bahamas (AP) — Jordan King scored 17 of her 25 points after halftime while Marquette held third-ranked Texas to 31% shooting to beat the Longhorns 68-61 in Saturday's first round of the Battle 4 Atlantis.The Golden Eagles (4-0) led this one by 13 in the third quarter, then held on when the Longhorns (1-2) made a push back in the game. Texas twice managed to get within a single point, only to see the 5-foot-11 King respond each time to keep her team in control.MORE THAN THE
  
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• State of Texas: Sports betting, Austin control among bills filed at Capitol

  20-11-2022 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas legislators have their eyes on topics ranging from transgender and reproductive rights to immigration, property taxes and voting ahead of the 2023 session.On Monday, the first day to file bills ahead of session, nearly 1,000 bills were filed just before 5 p.m.
  The bill filing process gives us the first look into what Texas lawmakers want to pass next year.Some policymakers are already drafting legislation aimed at legalizing sports betting. Republican former Gov. R
  
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