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• Fires were started 'intentionally' in Ft. Hood barracks laundry room, US Army says

  24-04-2023 23:48 via kxan.com
  
  FORT HOOD, Texas (KXAN) -- Two persons of interest were identified after two separate fires were set in a barracks laundry room at Fort Hood early Saturday, the U.S. Army said in a news release.At approximately 1 a.m., the Fort Hood Fire Department responded to the scene in response to a fire alarm, the release said.
  The fire department was able to force entry into the barracks laundry room, where two separate fires were found in a washer and dryer, the release said. Firefighters were able to ex
  
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• AP source: Jets agree on deal to acquire Aaron Rodgers

  24-04-2023 22:39 via kxan.com
  
  After six weeks of waiting, Aaron Rodgers is leaving behind his brilliant legacy in Green Bay and heading to the bright lights — and massive expectations — of the Big Apple.
  The New York Jets have agreed on a deal to acquire the four-time NFL MVP from the Packers, according to a person with knowledge of the trade.
  The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity on Monday because the teams have not officially announced the deal.The 39-year-old Rodgers spent a fe
  
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• Threat of severe storms Tuesday, including isolated tornadoes

  24-04-2023 22:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- If you have yet to do so we suggest downloading our KXAN Weather App to your smart phone so you can get the most updated weather information available.The rest of this day will be peaceful. Enjoy it because storms are coming back. Some sun did bust through the morning overcast as clearing moved in from the south eroding some of the overcast. Thus, the only weather question for today is how much of that clearing will continue. SATURDAY NIGHT HAIL AS LARGE AS TENNIS BALLS FOR SOME
  
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• 'Sad and devastating': Austin teacher raises money to stop hogs from destroying school garden

  24-04-2023 22:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After wild hogs destroyed an Austin school garden over several nights, a teacher is asking the community for help to stop the hogs.
  Austin Discovery School, a charter school in east Austin, has a school garden where students can grow food, learn about nutrition and broaden the taste buds of "picky eaters."
  "Even those kids that are like, 'I don't like carrots' are then all of a sudden eating a carrot that they just pulled out of the ground. They're like, 'Oh, actually, this
  
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• City says May election to cost $1.3M, council looking to overlap elections for better turnout

  24-04-2023 22:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On your ballot this election, two measures that could change what happens after a complaint is filed against a police officer. One is back by community advocates, the other by the police union.
  Early voting started Monday. The election is Sat., May 6.
  Despite controversy surrounding the competing -- and some say misleading or even illegal -- propositions, voter turnout is expected to be low.
  "We are expecting overall around 5-7% voter turnout in this election. So a pretty small
  
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• City says May election to cost $1.3M, Alter looking to overlap elections for better turnout

  24-04-2023 22:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On your ballot this election, two measures that could change what happens after a complaint is filed against a police officer. One is back by community advocates, the other by the police union.
  Early voting started Monday. The election is Sat., May 6.Why your vote on Austin police oversight measures will matterDespite controversy surrounding the competing -- and some say misleading or even illegal -- propositions, voter turnout is expected to be low.
  "We are expecting overall ar
  
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• Could Barton Springs Pool add more 2-wheel parking?

  24-04-2023 21:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin's Parks and Recreation Department is gathering community feedback on possible motorcycle parking additions at Barton Springs Pool after some residents expressed concerns over limited spaces.Currently, motorcycle and scooter parking is available near the main entrance to Barton Springs Pool, with parking curbs surrounding the spaces to prevent cars from parking there. However, PARD officials told KXAN there aren't currently any marked spaces for two-wheel
  
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• Ancient Roman bust discovered at Austin Goodwill heading back to Europe

  24-04-2023 20:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In a $35 purchase at an Austin Goodwill Store nearly five years ago, resident Laura Young helped discover a lost piece of ancient Roman artwork. ICYMI: How did an ancient Roman bust land in an Austin Goodwill store?Young first purchased the marble bust from Austin's Goodwill Store on Far West Boulevard in August 2018. An antiques procurer, she knew right away there must've been a storied history behind the art piece. What she didn't realize was that story wound its way back to f
  
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• Texas House passes bill in attempt to save Fairfield Lake State Park from closure, development

  24-04-2023 20:47 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s Note: The video above shows KXAN News Today’s top headlines for April 24, 2023.AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas House of Representatives has passed a bill in an attempt to save a popular state park from permanent closure and development into a private community. The measure now moves to the state Senate.Fairfield Lake State Park, about 70 miles east of Waco, was closed to the public at the end of February, after almost 50 years in operation. It has since temporarily reop
  
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• Austin couple surprises each other with double proposal

  24-04-2023 20:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- An Austin couple got engaged over the weekend in a surprising but sweet turn of events.
  Stevie and Joey both brought engagement rings on a date at Peter Pan Mini-Golf they had planned with mutual friends Saturday, both without knowing what was up the other's sleeve. Austin teen becomes published author, illustratorStevie's sibling sent KXAN a video of the proposal and said Stevie was planning to propose to their girlfriend Joey, had a date planned out with mutual friends of thei
  
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• Austin teen becomes published author, illustrator

  24-04-2023 20:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Not everyone can say they've published a book during their lifetime -- but that's an achievement one Austin high school senior is crossing off her bucket list.Jing Graber, a senior at Regents School of Austin, wrote and illustrated the book, "Can You Sea Me?" The children's picture book published in late February, inspired by Graber's own love for the ocean and marine biology. POPULAR NOW: Missing Austin dog reunited with family nearly 1 year later"I grew up in Austin, Texas, so
  
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• Texas House passes sweeping school safety legislation

  24-04-2023 20:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Eleven months after the Robb Elementary mass shooting, The Texas House of Representatives on Monday initially passed broad, bipartisan legislation intending to make schools safer.House Bill 3 dedicates new funding for districts to improve physical barriers and security technology, requires every district to place an armed guard on every campus, and gives the state more oversight responsibility for safety protocol compliance. It passed the lower chamber 122-19. It now awaits a
  
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• School safety center stage in Texas House

  24-04-2023 20:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- The Texas House of Representatives on Monday will consider three bills that aim to improve school safety and security by mandating armed officers in every campus, providing more funding for infrastructure enhancements, and adding new guidelines for safety protocols.House Bill 3 is the legislature's most comprehensive overhaul of safety policies and procedures, authored by State. Rep. Dustin Burrows, the Lubbock Republican who chaired the House investigation of the Robb Elemen
  
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• Wilson Tower's upper half gone in high-rise's updated plans

  24-04-2023 19:22 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) -- Wilson Capital’s plans for Wilson Tower are moving along, but now call for a significant reduction in height.The downtown apartment tower’s original plans would have made it the tallest building in all of Texas at 1,035 feet tall, but new plans call for a trimming of floors: from 80 to 45, Wilson Capital President Taylor Wilson said. The developer — which is bringing online thousands new apartments across the metro —
  
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• Don Lemon ‘stunned’ after ousting at CNN

  24-04-2023 18:27 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) -- CNN host Don Lemon says he has been fired by CNN.“I am stunned,” Lemon said in a message posted on Twitter on Monday, saying his agent had informed him of his firing by CNN president Chris Licht.The Hill has confirmed Lemon’s exit with CNN.Licht said in a memo to CNN workers that “CNN and Don have parted ways.”“Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years,” Licht said. “We
  
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• Don Lemon out at CNN

  24-04-2023 18:27 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) -- CNN host Don Lemon says he has been fired by CNN.“I am stunned,” Lemon said in a message posted on Twitter on Monday, saying his agent had informed him of his firing by CNN president Chris Licht.The Hill has confirmed Lemon’s exit with CNN.Licht said in a memo to CNN workers that “CNN and Don have parted ways.”“Don will forever be a part of the CNN family, and we thank him for his contributions over the past 17 years,” Licht said. “We
  
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• More than 500 Austin kids need help going to summer camp

  24-04-2023 18:03 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Sunshine Camps, a summer camp committed to providing the experience of overnight camp to disadvantaged children, is gearing up for its major fundraiser in May to help cover the camper's costs.This summer, 525 kids between the ages of eight and 15 are planning to attend the camp organized by the Young Men’s Business League."Our mission is to provide the magic of overnight camp without the barrier of cost," Maddie Freedman, Austin Sunshine Camps development and commun
  
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• Drake, 21 Savage to stop in Austin on 'It's All a Blur' tour

  24-04-2023 17:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Get the champagne ready: Drake is coming back to Austin this fall, and he's bringing 21 Savage along.
  The "It's All a Blur" tour was announced last month and will be Drake's first tour since his run in 2018 with Migos. The rapper did not stop in Austin on that tour, but he previously kicked off a 2016 tour in the Capital City.
  Austin was not originally on the tour schedule but was added Monday, booting the rappers' other Texas stops further down the line, ABC13 in Houston report
  
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• Book ban list: These 13 titles are targeted most

  24-04-2023 16:48 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Attempts to ban books in libraries and schools have reached a 20-year high, the American Library Association said. On Monday, the group announced it had documented 1,269 demands to censor more than 2,500 titles in 2022.
  That's the highest number recorded since the ALA, which advocates for expanding libraries, literacy and intellectual freedom, started keeping track in 2001.
  The two titles most frequently targeted for censorship are newer releases: "All Boys Aren't Blue" and "Ge
  
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• Former NICU babies reunite with hospital care teams, walk in 'graduation' ceremony

  24-04-2023 16:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A very special reunion happened at Q2 Stadium over the weekend.
  Former neonatal intensive care unit, or NICU, babies and their families had the chance to reunite with the teams who cared for them in the hospital.
  The reunion was held Sunday at Q2 Stadium by the nonprofit Hand to Hold in partnership with St. David's HealthCare. There was also a graduation ceremony to celebrate former NICU babies of any age.
  Since many NICU babies have a long stay in the hospital, parents often fo
  
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• Bizarre weather becoming more common, according to NASA research

  24-04-2023 15:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) - Months of extreme and unusual weather may have you on edge, but experts with NASA are saying these extremes are exactly what they expect to happen.
  "These kinds of changes: extreme snowfall, extreme droughts, extreme heat waves, that's very consistent with what we've expected from climate change," said Lesley Ott, a climate scientist with NASA.According to Ott, this "weirding of the weather" with more extreme and frequent weather is a result of the planet warming due to human-dri
  
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• How Austin became the 'Live Music Capital of the World'

  24-04-2023 13:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin is known as the "Live Music Capital of the World." Countless live music options, major music festivals and a history of big music names support this title.But where did it come from?
  It started in the mid-1980s when the Austin Convention and Visitors Council--now the separate Visit Austin and Austin Chamber of Commerce entities--thought up a campaign to highlight the city's music scene.
  The "Live Music Capital of the World" idea came during a conversation about how y
  
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• Two threats of severe storms this week

  24-04-2023 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Keep your KXAN Weather app set to your location and volume on loud as we are tracking two different severe weather set-ups between now and midweek. SATURDAY NIGHT HAIL AS LARGE AS TENNIS BALLS FOR SOMEToday will be one of the quieter days of the work week with only a few spots of sprinkles/light rain possible. Mainly cloudy skies and cool temperatures (60s) can be expected areawide.A disturbance passing overhead will bring an increased chance for scattered storms Tuesday afterno
  
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• Facing the potential of more severe storms

  24-04-2023 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- If you have yet to do so we suggest downloading our KXAN Weather App to your smart phone so you can get the most updated weather information available.The rest of this day will be peaceful. Enjoy it because storms are coming back. Some sun did bust through the morning overcast as clearing moved in from the south eroding some of the overcast. Thus, the only weather question for today is how much of that clearing will continue. SATURDAY NIGHT HAIL AS LARGE AS TENNIS BALLS FOR SOME
  
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• Active week of weather with two threats of severe storms

  24-04-2023 12:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Keep your KXAN Weather app set to your location and volume on loud as we are tracking two different severe weather set-ups between now and midweek. SATURDAY NIGHT HAIL AS LARGE AS TENNIS BALLS FOR SOMEToday will be one of the quieter days of the work week with only a few spots of sprinkles/light rain possible. Mainly cloudy skies and cool temperatures (60s) can be expected areawide.A disturbance passing overhead will bring an increased chance for scattered to widespread storms T
  
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• Longhorns land 6-foot-11 Virginia transfer Kadin Shedrick

  24-04-2023 03:58 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After three seasons roaming the paint for the Virginia Cavaliers, 6-foot-11 Kadin Shedrick is going to be a Texas Longhorn.One of the few impact post players in the transfer portal, Shedrick said on Jeff Goodman's "Field of 68" podcast Sunday that he's coming to the 40 Acres with two years of eligibility.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/newslettersShedrick visited Duke an
  
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• Austin Fashion Week 4th largest in the country; debuts 27 high school designers

  24-04-2023 03:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lights, cameras and fashion: Austin Fashion Week (AFW) wrapped up Sunday. AFW Founder Matt Swinney said its the fourth largest one in the country.
  "New York, LA, Miami, and then little Austin, Texas. Who knew?" Swinney said. "We've kind of been become known even globally as the kind of hub for emerging designers, especially in the central part of the US in Texas,"27 local high school students had a chance to debut their own designs. One of them was AISD senior Jair Brown.
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• May forecast: Will our wettest month live up to history?

  24-04-2023 02:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) - Before April has even wrapped up as the first wetter-than-normal month since November, we're looking ahead to May.What’s normal for May in Austin?
  Average High: 86.9ºMay 1 Average High: 83ºMay 31 Average High: 91ºAverage Low: 66.8ºMay 1 Average Low: 63ºMay 30 Average Low: 71ºAverage Rain: 5.04″ (Wettest month on average)
  May is typically the wettest and stormiest month of the year in Central Texas and it's usually our wettest month by a l
  
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• Longhorns forward Dylan Disu says he's coming back for another season

  24-04-2023 02:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Longhorns forward and Pflugerville native Dylan Disu had four words about his basketball future on Sunday."The show goes on!"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/newslettersIn a post on Instagram, the 6-foot-9 Hendrickson High School grad said he's going coming back to play a super senior season, including a scene from "The Wolf of Wall Street," where Leonardo DiCaprio'
  
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• Phil Dawson's advice to Cameron Dicker: 'Give yourself space to enjoy moments'

  24-04-2023 00:40 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After bouncing around the NFL during his rookie season, former Longhorns kicker Cameron Dicker will start the 2023 season with the team he ended it with.In a conversation with Phil Dawson that aired April 21 on Longhorn Network, Dicker said the Los Angeles Chargers tendered him as an exclusive rights free agent and he'll have a chance to earn the full-time kicking job out of fall camp.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our Mor
  
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• NBCUniversal CEO Shell departs over ‘inappropriate conduct’

  24-04-2023 00:03 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Jeff Shell, the chief executive of NBCUniversal and one of the media industry's renowned executives, is departing the company after an investigation into inappropriate conduct, parent company Comcast announced Sunday.In a brief statement, Shell said Sunday would be his last day after what he called “an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the company."“I’m truly sorry I let my Comcast and NBCUniversal colleagues down, they are the most talented peopl
  
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