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• UT's Julien Alfred, Rhasidat Adeleke speed to world-leading times at Albuquerque indoor meet

  22-01-2023 22:33 via kxan.com
  
  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KXAN) — Two Texas Longhorns sprinters ran to the world's fastest times in their respective events this women's indoor track season at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational on Saturday, held at the Albuquerque Convention Center.Julien Alfred, a graduate student from St. Lucia and defending NCAA 100-meter dash champion, ran the world's best race this season in the 60-meter dash with a blazing time of 7.02 seconds, equalling her personal best she set at the 2022 NCAA
  
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• Man acquitted by reason of insanity for 2022 stabbing death of his father in east Austin

  22-01-2023 20:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A man who was accused of stabbing his father to death in February 2022 was found not guilty by reason of insanity Thursday.Travis County court records showed 34-year-old Joshua Dominic McKinley’s case was acquitted of the murder charge for the death of 55-year-old Aaron Eugene McKinley Sr.On the same day McKinley was acquitted of the murder charge, an assault on a public servant charge from April 2022 was dismissed. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Austin man faces murder charge af
  
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• Former Border Patrol agent headed to prison for cocaine smuggling

  22-01-2023 17:12 via kxan.com
  
  MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A former U.S. Border Patrol agent will head to federal prison for attempting to aid and abet smuggling cocaine through a checkpoint, announced the U.S. Department of Justice on Friday.Oberlin Cortez Pena Jr., 23, La Joya, pleaded guilty Dec. 17, 2021. On Friday, U.S. District Judge Randy Crane sentenced Pena to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release.At the hearing, the court heard additional evidence that Pena brandished an AR-15 ri
  
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• Report: Texas cities see some rent relief, but costs still stubbornly high

  22-01-2023 17:10 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (KIAH) — Rent prices have cooled down some the last few months in some parts of Texas, but other cities are still at a high rate compared to last year as inflation remains high, according to the latest reports.While Houston renters saw a 4.6% drop in rent from December 2021 to December 2022, good for fourth among the top 14 U.S. major metro areas, the median rent price is still at $1,745, according to a report by Redfin.Houston’s rent median is still lower than the natio
  
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• How the Great Depression made popcorn and movies synonymous

  22-01-2023 17:08 via kxan.com
  
  HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Thursday was National Popcorn Day, and movie theaters across the nation encouraged customers to spend it at a theater.The Cinema Foundation in partnership with Fandango teamed up to make Jan. 19 extra special with over 34,000 screens participating with promotions including discounted prices, unlimited popcorn refills, free popcorn with the purchase of a drink or free popcorn.But what was it about movie theaters that made popcorn the go-to snack?The Histor
  
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• Gunman kills 10 near Lunar New Year fest in California

  22-01-2023 15:02 via kxan.com
  
  MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — A gunman killed 10 people at a ballroom dance studio amid Lunar New Year celebrations and then may have tried — but failed — to target a second dance hall, authorities said Sunday. An urgent search was underway across the Los Angeles area for the suspect.LA County Sheriff Robert Luna said the shooting at the Star Ballroom Dance Studio in Monterey Park left five women and five men dead and wounded another 10 people. Then 20 to 30 minutes later, a man
  
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• Two arrested in Texas massage parlor investigation

  22-01-2023 14:58 via kxan.com
  
  Bell County, Texas (FOX44) - The Bell County Organized Crime Unit reports two women arrested on prostitution charges following a three-month-long investigation involving massage parlors in Temple and Harker Heights.42-year-old Xiufen Dou and 32-year-old Haidan Pan were booked into the Bell County Jail on Thursday. Commander John Moseley of the organized crime unit said the investigation began following complaints from the public about possible prostitution at the establishments known as "Massage
  
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• The Lumpia: A Lunar New Year Delicacy

  22-01-2023 14:45 via kxan.com
  
  WACO, Texas (FOX 44) - Lunar New Year kicks off Sunday – and this means celebration, family and an abundance of food! There is one popular Filipino dish which is beloved by so many – and proves the reason the way to someone’s heart is always through their stomach.In every Filipino gathering, there is a staple dish that stands out from the rest — the lumpia. Its crispy exterior and savory center makes it one of the most popular dishes in the Philippines.
  The insi
  
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• One more dry day before widespread rain and storms

  22-01-2023 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Our clear and cooler Sunday will give way to a clear and colder night. Overnight lows drop into the mid 30s in Austin with near and below freezing temperatures expected for many neighborhoods away from the city by Monday morning. Make sure you have the winter coat ready to go for the kids tomorrow.Monday morning low temperaturesMonday should be another beautiful and "January-like" day with a cold start, but a seasonable finish in the low 60s. While the weather will be very simil
  
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• A bright and mild January day

  22-01-2023 14:15 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The day is starting with cold air under a mainly clear sky. Overnight temperatures have chilled to the upper 20s/30s in much of the Hill Country to the low to middle 40s.The afternoon will be sunny with highs in the upper 50s to low 60s. Today's normal high is 63°. The sky stays clear tonight. Lows will fall to the low to mid 30s in most locations. There will likely be lows in the upper 20s in some of the Hill Country.Seasonal temperatures this afternoonTomorrow will be most
  
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• 1 dead after shooting at east Austin gas station, APD homicide unit investigating

  22-01-2023 13:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – The Austin Police Department said it was investigating a homicide that occurred late Saturday night in east Austin.APD said they responded to the 4500 block of E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. at approximately 11:14 p.m. for a disturbance at a gas station.When police arrived, there was a man in his mid-to-late 30s found in the parking lot with obvious signs of trauma, which APD confirmed was from gunshot wounds.Police said life-saving measures were performed on the man until
  
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• AFD: Fire out at Travis Early College High School; classes unaffected Monday

  22-01-2023 13:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An early morning fire caused exterior damage at Travis Early College High School in south Austin.
  Austin Fire responded to the fire at 4:49 a.m. Sunday. They said the cause was electrical.
  AFD said the damage was limited to the exterior on the roof and HVAC system. No cost estimate for damages is available yet.
  In a letter to families, Travis ECHS principal Erick Posadas said classes will not be affected Monday. Posadas wrote the fire was contained to the athletics building
  
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• AFD: Fire out at Travis Early College High School

  22-01-2023 13:37 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — An early morning fire caused exterior damage at Travis Early College High School in south Austin.
  Austin Fire responded to the fire at 4:49 a.m. Sunday. They said the cause was electrical.
  AFD said the damage was limited to the exterior on the roof and HVAC system. No cost estimate for damages is available yet.
  This is a developing story and will be updated with new information.
  
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• Austin-Travis County EMS transports person with gunshot wound from Pflugerville home

  22-01-2023 05:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Police Watch Command says that officers are responding to a gunshot wound in the 13000 block of Macquarie Drive in Pflugerville.Austin-Travis County EMS transported one adult patient in critical condition from the scene with a life-threatening gunshot wound.
  APD did confirm that the residence is located within APD's jurisdiction, and said that they are investigating the incident.
  
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• UT men rally in 2nd half to top West Virginia on the road

  22-01-2023 02:56 via kxan.com
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (KXAN) — Texas guard Marcus Carr scored 19 of his game-high 23 points in the second half to help lift the No. 7 Longhorns to a 69-61 win over West Virginia on Saturday.Carr was tremendous down the stretch for the Longhorns, scoring the final six points of the game with four foul shots and a bucket with 0:44 left to seal the win. Texas trailed at halftime 28-26 but shot 54% in the second half to outscore the Mountaineers 43-33. Carr's scoring run spanned the final 2:20 of
  
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• Round Rock mom heartbroken after daughter's ashes are stolen

  22-01-2023 01:59 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) — Lily Nicole, of Round Rock, says she's left with almost nothing of her late daughter Sa'Mya after thieves broke into her north Austin storage unit, clearing the space of valuables and the box containing Sa'Mya's ashes.Nicole's family relocated to Round Rock late last year from Colorado, staying for several months with her mother, who also lives in the city until finding her own home.Upon arriving in Texas this past October, the family stored most of their belongi
  
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• Local group ramps up for the first official count of Austin's homeless population in three years

  22-01-2023 01:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin’s Ending Homelessness Coalition, or ECHO, is gearing up for its first official census of the homeless population in the Austin and Travis County area in three years. On Saturday, volunteers gathered to make hygiene kits for the people they will encounter during the count, called Point in Time (PIT), which is scheduled for Jan. 28 from 2:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. The PIT is an annual nationwide census of people experiencing homelessness. It gives officials
  
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• FBI searched Biden home, found items marked classified

  22-01-2023 01:10 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware, on Friday and located additional documents with classified markings and also took possession of some of his handwritten notes, the president’s lawyer said Saturday.The president voluntarily allowed the FBI into his home, but the lack of a search warrant did not dim the extraordinary nature of the search. It compounded the embarrassment to Biden that started with the disclosure Jan. 12 that th
  
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• FBI searched Biden home, found documents marked classified

  22-01-2023 01:10 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI searched President Joe Biden’s home in Wilmington, Delaware on Friday and located six additional documents containing classified markings and also took possession of some of his notes, the president’s lawyer said Saturday.The documents taken by the FBI spanned Biden's time in the Senate and the vice presidency, while the notes dated to his time as vice president, said Bob Bauer, the president’s personal lawyer. He added that the search of the ent
  
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• State of Texas: Budget plans leave billions of available funds on the table

  22-01-2023 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick were sworn in Tuesday morning for their third terms in office, in a series of celebratory events throughout the day.In his inauguration speech, Abbott touted Texas' pro-business stance and unveiled some plans for the state's largest budget surplus in Texas history.“We will use that budget surplus to provide the largest property tax cut in the Texas history,” he said Tuesday. READ MORE: 4 takeaways
  
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