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• More than 35K people to fly out of Austin airport Monday

  14-04-2024 23:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin-Bergstrom International Airport is gearing up for a busy day Monday, airport officials said in a social media post Sunday afternoon.More than 35,000 passengers are expected to fly out of AUS on Monday, officials noted.RELATED: AUS breaks 2 top busiest day records following total solar eclipseStaff members are advising travelers to arrive at least 2.5 hours early for domestic flights and a minimum of three hours prior to an international flight. That advice applies to
  
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• Austin firefighter injured in Sunday blaze

  14-04-2024 22:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Fire Department said one firefighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries after a fire in northeast Austin Sunday.The Austin Fire Department said one firefighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries after a fire in northeast Austin Sunday. (Courtesy: Austin Fire Department)The Austin Fire Department said one firefighter sustained non-life-threatening injuries after a fire in northeast Austin Sunday. (Courtesy: Austin Fire Department)The Austin Fire Department sa
  
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• Texas man sentenced for crashing into ambulance, killing medic and patient

  14-04-2024 21:54 via kxan.com
  
  EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Edcouch man was sentenced to four decades behind bars after crashing into an ambulance, killing a medic and a patient in 2018.Mitchell Garcia Trevino was found guilty April 5 on two counts of intoxication manslaughter with a vehicle and one count of intoxication assault with a vehicle causing serious bodily injury.Mitchell Garcia Trevino (Hidalgo County Jail)
  Trevino received sentences of 30 years and 20 years on the intoxication manslaughter charges, w
  
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• 1 hospitalized after cardiac event on Austin trail

  14-04-2024 21:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- One adult has been taken to the hospital following a cardiac event on an Austin trail.Austin-Travis County EMS, the Austin Fire Department and the Lake Travis Fire Department responded to River Place Nature Trail around 1:44 p.m. Sunday to reports of an adult in cardiac arrest on the trail. Medics began CPR, officials said in a social media post.Officials transported the patient to St. David's Round Rock Medical Center in critical condition after they had regained their pulse. N
  
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• Man acquitted insane in 2022 murder

  14-04-2024 21:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man charged with murder in connection with an August 2022 incident was acquitted March 28, according to Travis County court documents.Records showed Coltan Moore was acquitted of the murder charge by reason of insanity. Documents said Moore pleaded not guilty to the charge.As part of the judgment, Moore must be committed to a mental health facility or residential care facility for treatment. Treatment cannot exceed 30 days, according to court documents. PAST COVERAGE: APD
  
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• Man acquitted by reason of insanity in 2022 murder

  14-04-2024 21:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man charged with murder in connection with an August 2022 incident was acquitted March 28, according to Travis County court documents.Records showed Coltan Moore was acquitted of the murder charge by reason of insanity. Documents said Moore pleaded not guilty to the charge.As part of the judgment, Moore must be committed to a mental health facility or residential care facility for treatment. Treatment cannot exceed 30 days, according to court documents. PAST COVERAGE: APD
  
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• 'Be aware': Austin leaders urge caution as toxic algae blooms in local waterways

  14-04-2024 20:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As temperatures rise in Austin this spring, so do the risks of toxic algae blooms in local waterways.Springtime is typically when Austin sees a high surge of toxic blue-green algae in local waterways, with higher temperatures creating a prime environment for the growth of cyanobacteria. The city has tracked the deadly algae blooms each year since 2019 when city leaders first noted toxic algae that led to the deaths of several dogs.Following last week's rainstorms, there mig
  
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• What a roommate can save you in Austin

  14-04-2024 18:01 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Housing costs can take up most of anyone’s budget, but sharing the expenses with a roommate could help save money. Will rents drop in 2024?SmartAsset, a financial technology company, said it evaluated median apartment rents in nine of Texas’ largest cities and ranked the cities by the difference between the cost of renting a one-bedroom apartment alone or splitting the cost of a two-bedroom apartment with a roommate.Here’s how much you can save in these fi
  
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• Caitlin Clark makes surprise appearance on 'Saturday Night Live' ahead of WNBA draft

  14-04-2024 17:08 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Caitlin Clark made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” during the show's “ Weekend Update ” segment.The Iowa star is in New York for the WNBA draft on Monday night, when she is expected to be the top pick by the Indiana Fever.The NCAA Division I all-time leading scorer showed up after anchor Michael Che made a joke about Iowa retiring her jersey. Clark got the last laugh as Che then read some more jokes that Clark said
  
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• Seeking reform, House candidate Little touts 'Contract with Texas'

  14-04-2024 15:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Mitch Little is the GOP candidate for state House District 65, northwest of Dallas. He will face Democrat Detrick Deburr in the November election, but Little is favored to win in the Republican-leaning district.With expectations that he'll be in the House in January, Little is signing the “Contract with Texas” — a commitment to procedural changes that some House conservatives say will make the chamber more efficient in passing conservative prioriti
  
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• Slim storm chances to start a very warm week

  14-04-2024 14:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- After a breezy and warm Sunday afternoon, we'll be in for a breezy and warm Sunday night.Overnight lows drop into the upper 60s by the time we start Monday and we expect a mostly cloudy sky.
  There' a slim chance for a spotty shower or thunderstorm on Monday, but rain chances are only around 10%.
  Highs to start the week will be in the mid 80s, even with the abundant cloud cover.Early week isolated stormsMonday night and Tuesday we'll be watching a low and conditional threat for a
  
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• More warmth and more breezes

  14-04-2024 14:25 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Saturday' weather will be repeated today with Central Texas being warm and breezy. Wind gusts will pick up later this morning with some gusts getting to around 20 to 25 mph this afternoon.
  Wind gusts up to 25 mph means this afternoonThe overcast this morning will give way to a partly cloudy sky this afternoon. Most highs will be in the low to mid 80s.Today's normal high is 80°An upper-level low will track from near San Francisco this morning to eastern Colorado by midnight M
  
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• Did you know there's a 10-day stretch of palindrome dates this month

  14-04-2024 14:18 via kxan.com
  
  CLEVELAND (WJW) - Here's an interesting fact: There's a 10-day stretch of palindrome dates in April.
  So, what does that mean? A palindrome is a word or number sequence (in this case, a date) that can be read the same way forward and backward.A “universal palindrome” reads the same whether written as “Month/Day/Year” as the United States does, or “Day/Month/Year” as many other countries do.The 10-day stretch begins Saturday, April 20, and continues through Mond
  
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• Second chick at NCTC eagle nest in West Virginia killed by father

  14-04-2024 12:54 via kxan.com
  
  SHEPHERDSTOWN, W.Va. (WBOY) — The chick that hatched at the National Conservation Training Center (NCTC) bald eagle nest in Shepherdstown, West Virginia on Thursday has suffered a similar fate as its sibling who was killed and eaten by their father earlier this week.
  Around 8:45 a.m. Friday, the live NCTC/U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Eagle Cam captured the father eagle attacking the baby just minutes after the mother, who had been sitting on the hatchling all night, left the nest.
  The
  
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• CBS to end 'The Talk' after 15 seasons

  14-04-2024 12:54 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) — CBS will end its daytime talk show, “The Talk” in December after over a decade on-air."'The Talk' broke new ground when it launched 14 years ago by returning daytime talk to CBS with a refreshing and award-winning format,” CBS Entertainment president Amy Reisenbach and CBS Studios president David Stapf said in a joint statement, per CBS Los Angeles (KCAL).
  “Throughout the years, it has been a key program for CBS' top rated daytime line-up as it brought
  
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• Hotel stays for eclipse underperform, Austin travel leaders say

  14-04-2024 04:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Local group Visit Austin said 78% of hotel rooms were booked through the April 8 solar eclipse, but that while successful, the turnout was not as great as initially anticipated.Wesley Lucas with Visit Austin said the agency regularly tracks the occupancy of Austin's 50,000 hotel rooms.She said the number of rooms booked for eclipse travel is roughly the same as other large localized events such as the Austin City Limits festival and South by Southwest. Lucas said they expec
  
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• Hotel stays for eclipse high but less than anticipated, Austin travel leaders say

  14-04-2024 04:13 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's Note: This story has been updated to clarify hotel occupancy numbers for major events in Austin.AUSTIN (KXAN) — Local group Visit Austin said 78% of hotel rooms were booked through the April 8 solar eclipse, but that while successful, the turnout was not as great as initially anticipated.Wesley Lucas with Visit Austin said the agency regularly tracks the occupancy of Austin's 50,000 hotel rooms.She said the number of rooms booked for eclipse travel is roughly the same as other lar
  
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• Who is Evil MoPac? The highway discusses Austin

  14-04-2024 04:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Love it, or hate it, MoPac is one of Austin's most popular thoroughfares, getting people from one side of Austin to the other.The road so famous it even has a social media presence -- "Evil MoPac," the anonymous social media account filled with with snarky comments and funny memes about our rapidly changing city.So where did it all begin?"There is an origin story, I don't want to go too far back into it," said Evil MoPac. "It is not with like radiation or something in a lab
  
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• State of Texas: 'Contract with Texas' aims to push House further right

  14-04-2024 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Both chambers of the Texas legislature are facing new pressures concerning their priorities in next year’s session. Lt. Governor Dan Patrick gave State Senators 57 items to study on his list of interim charges. Come January 2025, the Senate will hit the ground running at the start of the 89th Legislative Session,” said Patrick in an online statement. “The priorities of the conservative majority of Texans will be accomplished, including sc
  
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