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• UT linebacker DeMarvion Overshown opts out of Alamo Bowl

  18-12-2022 22:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas senior linebacker DeMarvion Overshown said he's opting out of the Alamo Bowl and will prepare for the NFL Draft.He made the announcement Sunday afternoon on social media, saying in part, "after taking the time to pray about my future, it's now the time in my journey to fulfill another dream, playing in the NFL."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/newsletters"Moving to
  
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• No. 7 Longhorns defend in Dallas, drop Stanford 72-62 in 2nd game under Rodney Terry

  18-12-2022 21:52 via kxan.com
  
  DALLAS (KXAN) — No. 7 Texas played stifling defense and made scoring runs when they needed them in a 72-62 win over Stanford on Sunday at the American Airlines Center.The game, part of the Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge, was acting head coach Rodney Terry's second win in as many games since taking over for Chris Beard following his Dec. 12 arrest and subsequent suspension.Chris Beard arrest: Longhorns coach uncertainty, what happens with legal processUniversity officials have yet to annou
  
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• Pflugerville ISD to weigh possible elementary closures

  18-12-2022 19:18 via kxan.com
  
  PFLUGERVILLE, Texas (KXAN) — The Pflugerville ISD Board of Trustees discussed declining enrollment trends and shifting district growth areas Thursday night, including the possibility of closing several elementary campuses.Superintendent Doug Killian confirmed there are 10 proposals for consideration, with multiple different campus models proposed for closure. Six elementary schools are being considered for possible closure: Parmer Lane, River Oaks, Dessau, Spring Hill, Brook Hollow and Pfl
  
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• Messi wins World Cup, Argentina beats France on penalties

  18-12-2022 18:58 via kxan.com
  
  LUSAIL, Qatar (AP) — Lionel Messi’s once-in-a-generation career is complete. The Argentina superstar is finally a World Cup champion.Messi scored two goals and then another in a shootout as Argentina beat France 4-2 on penalties Sunday to claim a third World Cup title despite Kylian Mbappé scoring the first hat trick in a final in 56 years.Now there’s no debate. Messi is definitively in the pantheon of soccer’s greatest ever players, alongside Pelé — a
  
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• Most children hospitalized after rare post-COVID illness have no long-term complications

  18-12-2022 17:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Doctors at Dell Children's Medical Center are sharing key takeaways after being part of an international study analyzing a rare post-COVID illness.Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children or MIS-C strikes after a COVID-19 infection. It can cause inflammation to organs including the heart, lungs, kidneys, and brain. "I think the great news is that once the kids are past the hospitalization, they seem to have done fantastic. There were a few patients who had th
  
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• Why some domestic violence charges are felonies in Texas

  18-12-2022 16:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Last week, the University of Texas men's basketball coach Chris Beard was arrested on family assault charges, including allegations that he choked his fiancée. The specific charge he faces is assault by strangulation or suffocation, a family violence charge listed as a third degree felony.The state of Texas recognizes four types of domestic violence charges, according to Fort Worth-based Fulgham Law Firm: domestic violence assault, aggravated domestic assault, domest
  
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• 100 unionized Starbucks stores go on workers strike this weekend

  18-12-2022 15:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Approximately 100 unionized Starbucks location across the country went on strike Friday, with efforts continuing into Sunday. More than 1,000 baristas nationwide will stand in the "Double Down Strike," a national unfair labor practice strike.The Down Down Strike is marked as the "longest collective action in the campaign's history" and is critical of Starbucks' alleged anti-union efforts, per a release. This comes after a walk-out strike on Nov. 17, when more than 110 Starb
  
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• Austin chases federal partnership for mobility infrastructure funding

  18-12-2022 15:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Earlier this month, Austin City Council approved an authorization for the city to negotiate an agreement with the U.S. Department of Transportation's Build America Bureau to assist with funding opportunities on future mobility projects.The Emerging Projects Agreement will allow the USDOT to assist the city and its transit partners — including the Texas Department of Transportation, CapMetro, the Austin Transit Partnership and the Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Org
  
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• The highest-rated brews in Texas, according to beer snobs

  18-12-2022 15:11 via kxan.com
  
  (Stacker) – If you drink beer—any beer—you've likely heard of the craft beer revolution. The burgeoning brewery business is indeed a revolution by many counts. According to the Brewers Association, the number of breweries in the United States grew 390% from 2010 to 2020—all while beer consumption, on average, was declining.Like all revolutions, this, too, began as a desire for change—as an overthrow of the old and the monopolistic. In 2010, Anheuser-Busch
  
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• Two dead after crash on E Ben White Service Road

  18-12-2022 13:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A motorcycle and a vehicle collided in the 500 block of E Ben White Service Road westbound around 2:45 a.m., leading to medics pronouncing two people dead at the scene, according to tweets from Austin-Travis County EMS.Medics declared one person dead shortly after they arrived on scene. They attempted CPR on a second patient, but that person also died at the scene.These deaths happened less than a mile from a fatal crash early Saturday morning. 1 dead after vehicle crashes
  
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• Man arrested, charged after fatal crash on East Ben White Service Road

  18-12-2022 13:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A 51-year-old man is facing charges after a fatal crash Sunday that killed two people.
  A motorcycle and a vehicle collided in the 500 block of E. Ben White Boulevard Service Road westbound around 2:45 a.m., leading to medics pronouncing two people dead at the scene, according to tweets from Austin-Travis County EMS.Roberto Rangel is facing two charges of intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle. He was arrested on Sunday and booked into the Travis County Jail, according to
  
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• Outdated, understaffed, untrained: City responds to Austin cold weather shelter audit

  18-12-2022 04:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An audit of city emergency temperature shelters found operations to have insufficient staffing, inadequate training, and a lack of emergency resources like generators. The city has since said it's outsourcing those operations for the 2023-24 winter season.
  The audit results come the same week that cold weather creeps in, potentially putting the unhoused in danger.The audit says the pandemic had a lasting impact on staffing for warming and cooling centers and that plans had
  
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• Texas Longhorns sweep Louisville Cardinals to win 1st NCAA title since 2012

  18-12-2022 04:21 via kxan.com
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (KXAN) — The NCAA volleyball championship is coming back to Austin.The top-seeded Texas Longhorns swept the Louisville Cardinals in the national championship match Saturday at the CHI Health Center. It's the third time the Longhorns have won the NCAA volleyball title and the first since 2012. Set scores were 25-22, 25-14, 26-24.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/newsletters"The
  
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• Anticipating a surge in border crossings amid cold temperatures, El Paso declares a state of emergency

  18-12-2022 03:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser issued an emergency declaration Saturday night to address the surge in migrants crossing the southern border, citing the dangerous winter conditions and shelters lacking the capacity to meet the demand next week.With the federal health order — known as Title 42, which was used during the COVID-19 pandemic to quickly expel migrants — set to expire on Wednesday, El Paso officials hope to leverage the emergency declaration t
  
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• ATCEMS: 1 dead, 4 hurt in multi-car crash on Parmer Lane near Manor

  18-12-2022 02:32 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — One person is dead after a three-car crash happened in northeast Travis County, according to Austin-Travis County EMS.
  It happened around 4:45 p.m. Saturday on Parmer Lane, east of State Highway 130 near Manor. ATCEMS said one adult was declared dead at the scene.
  STAR Flight took one adult to the hospital with critical, life-threatening injuries. Another adult was taken to the hospital with serious, potentially life-threatening injuries. Two children were tak
  
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• I-35 lanes reopen after fatal auto-ped crash Saturday

  18-12-2022 01:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A fatal auto-pedestrian crash on Interstate 35 temporarily closed all southbound lanes Saturday evening, Austin police said.
  It happened around 5:30 p.m. on I-35 southbound near 51st Street. APD said the lanes reopened several hours later.This is a developing story; stick with KXAN for updates.
  
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• Fatal auto-pedestrian crash closes I-35 SB lanes Saturday

  18-12-2022 01:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A fatal auto-pedestrian crash on Interstate 35 closed all southbound lanes Saturday evening, Austin police said.
  It happened around 5:30 p.m. near 51st Street. While southbound lanes are closed, I-35 drivers should use the frontage road, the Texas Department of Transportation tweeted.This is a developing story; stick with KXAN for updates.
  
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• Road reopens after deadly crash on SH 29 in Georgetown

  18-12-2022 01:23 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — A fatal crash temporarily closed State Highway 29 in Georgetown on Saturday evening, Georgetown police said.
  The Georgetown Police Department said first responders were working the SH 29 crash near Wood Ranch Road. That's west of Wolf Ranch.
  The highway reopened at 10:22 p.m. Saturday.
  This is a developing story; stick with KXAN for updates.
  
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• Deadly crash closes SH 29 in Georgetown

  18-12-2022 01:23 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — A fatal crash closed State Highway 29 in Georgetown on Saturday evening, Georgetown police said.
  The Georgetown Police Department said first responders are working the SH 29 crash near Wood Ranch Road. That's east of Wolf Ranch.
  The highway is closed in both directions, GPD said. People are asked to avoid the area.This is a developing story; stick with KXAN for updates.
  
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• State of Texas: Sounds of Uvalde gunfire, screams drive DC hearing on gun violence

  18-12-2022 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Following the bang of the gavel to commence the beginning of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee hearing, Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee gave no opening remarks or explanation as to the work the committee would conduct Thursday. Instead, she opened her phone to play the shrill staccato of rapid gunfire that came from a semi-automatic rifle on May 24 in the halls of Robb Elementary School.
  "I wanted, however, the very first sound to be in this hearing gunfire — eve
  
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