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• Big 12 Conference softball tournament schedule

  06-05-2024 23:27 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas enters the Big 12 Conference softball tournament in Oklahoma City as the No. 1 seed after claiming the regular season title for the first time since 2010.The top-ranked Longhorns swept their last Big 12 series in grand fashion with three wins via the mercy rule against Texas Tech, and they could end up playing the Red Raiders again in the conference tournament.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to date on sports stories like these, and sign up for our More than the Score sp
  
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• Which is the most popular Costco product in your state? New analysis offers clue

  06-05-2024 23:14 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – When they’re not buying gold bars or dining at their members-only food courts, many Costco shoppers can often be found in the not-so-deep recesses of the internet, heaping praise on their newest Costco fixations.Social-media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Reddit are abundant with accounts dedicated to discovering, discussing and reviewing the latest Costco items, with some users going as far to say they’re “obsessed” with the store’s offeri
  
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• San Francisco woman convicted of stealing $60K of goods from Target with self-checkout scam

  06-05-2024 23:14 via kxan.com
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) – A San Francisco woman was convicted Friday of stealing more than $60,000 worth of merchandise from a Target store by pretending to pay for the items at self-checkout machines, the San Francisco District Attorney's Office said.Aziza Graves, 43, now faces up to three years in prison.The district attorney's office said Graves had been accused of stealing from a single Target location at the city's Stonestown Galleria "dozens" of times between Oct 3, 2020, and Nov. 16, 2
  
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• They were once popular social media sites — what happened?

  06-05-2024 23:13 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — With the stroke of his pen, President Joe Biden seemingly started the countdown to the demise of TikTok. Though it’s possible the app won’t actually be banned in the U.S., the potential end of the platform prompted some social media users to reflect on those we have lost.Here’s a look at the social media sites that have retired to the annals of the internet archive. MyspaceWhat better place to start than MySpace, arguably the first major social networking
  
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• UT Austin researchers find shift in Texas earthquake activity

  06-05-2024 22:37 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video is from May 2019 and breaks down the prevalence of Texas earthquakes.AUSTIN (KXAN) — A team of scientists at the University of Texas at Austin discovered seismic activity is moving northeast in the Midland Basin, after reviewing multiple years of tracked earthquake activity in the area.UT Austin announced the findings Monday, adding the research has been published in the journal "Seismological Research Letters." The release noted past earthquakes have tended
  
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• LIVE Horns Report: Longhorns win series on both diamonds, softball claims Big 12 regular season title

  06-05-2024 22:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas softball won its first Big 12 regular season title since 2010 with a sweep of Texas Tech and some help from Oklahoma State over the weekend.The No. 1 Longhorns finished the Big 12 with a 23-4 record, a game ahead of Oklahoma who had a steak of 11 regular season titles snapped with Texas' triumph. Oklahoma State beat the Sooners in two of their three games in the Bedlam Series to open the door for Texas to take the title outright.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to dat
  
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• Horns Report: Longhorns win series on both diamonds, softball claims Big 12 regular season title

  06-05-2024 22:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas softball won its first Big 12 regular season title since 2010 with a sweep of Texas Tech and some help from Oklahoma State over the weekend.The No. 1 Longhorns finished the Big 12 with a 23-4 record, a game ahead of Oklahoma who had a steak of 11 regular season titles snapped with Texas' triumph. Oklahoma State beat the Sooners in two of their three games in the Bedlam Series to open the door for Texas to take the title outright.MORE THAN THE SCORE: Stay up to dat
  
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• Austin Energy puts up AI cameras to help fight fires with wildfire season ahead

  06-05-2024 21:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The recent rain in Central Texas could actually make our fire risk more dangerous this summer.Both city and county officials said all this wet weather is helping the grass grow, which adds more fuel for fires when the weather is drier.
  "We get into our summer setting where those grasses stop growing," Pflugerville Fire Department Assistant Chief Mark Moellenberg said. "They actually die off if we get into a drought. That becomes a fuel load."Artificial Intelligence detectin
  
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• Austin city manager prioritizes police chief hiring, new police contract

  06-05-2024 21:15 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News' top morning headlines from Monday, May 6, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin City Manager T.C. Broadnax said police leadership and police job stability are at the top of his priorities as he takes over a leadership role with the city.Broadnax announced his first set of priorities in a press release Monday — his first official day on the job. Austin’s new city manager will make roughly $470K, according to documentsBroadnax said his priori
  
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• How many 100° days will Austin get this year? Here's what the First Warning Weather team predicts

  06-05-2024 21:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — If you're not a fan of triple-digit heat, you're probably hoping this year won't be a repeat of 2023. Camp Mabry, Austin's official weather reporting site, recorded 80 days at or above 100° last year, second only to 2011, when 90 days of triple-digit heat were recorded.Each year, we ask the KXAN First Warning Weather team to predict how many times Austin will hit the century mark. How often does Austin hit 100°? Here’s a breakdown by date, month, year and deca
  
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• What do the goats on Austin's Hike-and-Bike Trail do?

  06-05-2024 21:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin's cutest lawn mowers have returned to the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail.
  The goats are back to work cleaning up vegetation and poison ivy near the trail along Lady Bird Lake.
  It's not the first time the goats have worked on the trail.
  The Trail Conservancy started the goat program in 2023 to clear harmful plants, such as poison ivy, along the lakeside trail. They munch on noxious and invasive plants along the trail in groups of about 150, according to t
  
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• East Austin's Green & White Grocery named historic landmark

  06-05-2024 19:53 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News' top morning headlines from Monday, May 6, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) — A nearly 100-year-old Austin institution is officially a historic landmark, following approval by Austin City Council late last week.Green & White Grocery, located at 1201 E. Seventh St. in east Austin, received the historic designation Thursday, months after Austin's Historic Landmark Commission first initiated the historic zoning process in November.Norberto T. Lopez founded
  
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• Nick Bannin named new KXAN Chief Meteorologist

  06-05-2024 19:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- KXAN announced on Monday Nick Bannin is the KXAN First Warning Weather Team's new chief meteorologist.
  Bannin joined KXAN in 2021 after spending a total of 10 years in western Massachusetts as a meteorologist in the area, where he won the First-Place award for Best On-Air Personality from the Massachusetts Broadcasters Association, an AP Award for Best Weather Coverage along with several team Emmy and Regional Murrow awards.Bannin was born in Bristol, England, then moved to Manc
  
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• Police find weed positive for fentanyl in Austin; man arrested

  06-05-2024 19:13 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News' top morning headlines from Monday, May 6, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department conducted a sting operation and arrested a man Thursday after he was allegedly found with both crack cocaine and marijuana that tested positive for fentanyl.Police from APD's organized crime division's gang suppression unit honed in on "high narcotics trafficking locations," where an undercover officer went to purchase drugs, per police documents. The
  
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• Police find weed positive for fentanyl in Austin; arrests made

  06-05-2024 19:13 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News' top morning headlines from Monday, May 6, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department conducted a sting operation and arrested a man Thursday after he was allegedly found with both crack cocaine and marijuana that tested positive for fentanyl.Police from APD's organized crime division's gang suppression unit honed in on "high narcotics trafficking locations," where an undercover officer went to purchase drugs, per police documents. The
  
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• LIVE: 5 arrested, linked with Austin overdose 'surge'

  06-05-2024 19:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department conducted a sting operation and arrested five people Thursday who were allegedly found with crack cocaine that tested positive for fentanyl and are believed to be connected with "multiple fentanyl overdoses" in the area, police said. ‘Multiple hand-to-hand transactions’: Arrest warrant provides more details in Austin overdose surge"These arrests come from investigating the source of the illicit narcotics related to the recent overdos
  
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• 5 arrested, linked with Austin overdose 'surge'

  06-05-2024 19:13 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News' top morning headlines from Monday, May 6, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department conducted a sting operation and arrested five people Thursday who were allegedly found with crack cocaine that tested positive for fentanyl and are believed to be connected with "multiple fentanyl overdoses" in the area, police said. ‘Multiple hand-to-hand transactions’: Arrest warrant provides more details in Austin overdose surge"These ar
  
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• 5 arrested after sting operation in north Austin

  06-05-2024 19:13 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department conducted a sting operation and arrested five people Thursday who were allegedly found with crack cocaine that tested positive for fentanyl, police said."These arrests come from investigating the source of the illicit narcotics related to the recent overdoses," APD said in a press release Monday. ‘Multiple hand-to-hand transactions’: Arrest warrant provides more details in Austin overdose surgeLast week, Austin-Travis County EMS and
  
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• Lakeline farmers' market relocating to new Cedar Park site

  06-05-2024 18:15 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News' top morning headlines from Monday, May 6, 2024.CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — Texas Farmers' Market's Lakeline location will relocate to Cedar Park's Bell District later this month, TFM announced last week.Beginning May 25, the market will be held each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. yearround, per the release. The Bell District development is located at 200 S. Bell Blvd., Cedar Park.The new site will feature additional free parking, greenspace, s
  
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• A time to think about clean air and how to protect it

  06-05-2024 17:17 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- May 6 through 10 is Air Quality Awareness Week, a week we all can learn a bit more about improving air quality. The theme this year is "Knowing Your Air."Rich Segal spoke with Amanda Mortl, Environmental Program Coordinator with the Office of Sustainability for the City of Austin. She explained the significance of what this week is all about and offered tips on what people can do to take care of Austin's air.She also helped highlight resources that inform people how to increase
  
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• Biden administration pauses ammunition shipment to Israel: Report

  06-05-2024 14:32 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) - The Biden administration halted a shipment of ammunition bound for Israel last week, Axios first reported, as pressure rises over the Israeli military’s promised invasion of Rafah in Gaza.Israeli officials were left scrambling as to why the shipment was withheld, Axios reported, while  CNN reported that the decision was unrelated to U.S. opposition to an invasion of Rafah.The Biden administration has committed to strongly backing Israel in its war against Hamas, signing $
  
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• Uncomfortable heat followed by late week severe risk

  06-05-2024 14:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Highs on Tuesday stayed just shy of 90º with a high of 89º in Austin at Camp Mabry, meaning we've still only hit 90º once this year...back in March.We're likely to see the second 90º of the year on Wednesday!Very isolated storm potentialWe stayed dry on Tuesday as the cap in the atmosphere held storm development at bay.Another slim storm chance returns Wednesday afternoon, mainly north and northeast of Austin. It's in those areas where we have a low 1 or
  
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• Too warm and too humid = high heat index

  06-05-2024 14:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —A few heat index numbers reached the mid to upper 90s during the noon hour. As high temperatures warm into the low 90s the forecast is for the heat index reaching the upper 90s to some at 100°.
  We'll see similar numbers tomorrow afternoon as it appears the morning clouds will clear sooner.
  The majority of this afternoon will be dry. But with a moist airmass and the heating of the day there could be an isolated thunderstorm popping up during the late afternoon and early e
  
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• Isolated storm for some, but hot and humid for all

  06-05-2024 14:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Highs this afternoon will push into the upper 80s to near 90º along with plenty of sun and some scattered clouds.Very isolated storm potentialThere's a low chance that a storm can break the cap in the atmosphere through mid-late evening. If that happens, there's a good chance that storm would be strong or severe, but the vast majority of us won't see rain at all.IF a storm were to pop, large hail would be our primary concern along with a secondary threat for damaging w
  
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• Hottest stretch of 2024 so far with isolated storms

  06-05-2024 14:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A partly sunny sky this afternoon will allow temperatures to warm into the middle and upper 80s along with tropical humidity.A slim (10% or less) chance for a stray thunderstorm will persist through the early evening, but most of us won't see any rain for the rest of the day. If a storm does develop, there's a very low chance (level 1 out of 5) that the storm could turn strong or severe.
  Low severe risk Monday afternoon/eveningLater this evening any isolated showers or stor
  
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• Heat peaks Wednesday before Thursday's cold front

  06-05-2024 14:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Highs this afternoon will push into the upper 80s to near 90º along with plenty of sun and some scattered clouds.Very isolated storm potentialWe no longer have any rain or storm chances today as the cap in the atmosphere held strong.Another slim storm chance returns Wednesday afternoon, mainly north and northeast of Austin. It's in those areas where we have a low 1 or 2 out of 5 severe weather risk. A much higher rain and storm chance exists outside of the KXAN viewing
  
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• 90s on the way with heat indices around 100°

  06-05-2024 14:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The overcast sky that hung overhead this morning continued into the early afternoon. Outside of perhaps a little drizzle the area was largely dry.This comes after five days of rain and thunderstorms. Rain totals averaged one to three inches but there were several rain gauges that picked up more than three inches with a few greater than four and a couple more than five.
  One of the higher totals comes from western San Saba County where 5.76" filled the rain gauge near Richlan
  
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• Dam construction continues to reduce flood risk in west Round Rock

  06-05-2024 14:09 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) -- Construction of a dam in west Round Rock continues with the goal of reducing the flood risk for an area of Williamson county that is prone to damage and floods.The City of Round Rock partnered with the Upper Brushy Creek Water Control and Improvement District to fund the construction of Dam 101 between RM-620 and SH-45. It will be nearly a mile long and about four-stories high, according to the WCID's website.
  The dam will decrease the risk of flooding for more than 1
  
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• 'Legends of Soccer' celebrate 42 years of soccer in Austin

  06-05-2024 05:39 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Soccer in Austin started gaining traction back in the 1970s. Many of the players who started playing in the first city leagues still play today, some of them in their 70s and 80s.Those players known as the "Legends of Soccer," a group who helped kickoff soccer in Austin. ‘Soccer city’: Council moves forward with resolution to bring more soccer to AustinFor 42 years the "Legends of Soccer" have been meeting up to share stories, catch up with old friends and of co
  
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• Rouse's Savannah Skopal helping create legacy with Raiders with 'Unified P.E.'

  06-05-2024 04:25 via kxan.com
  
  LEANDER, Texas (KXAN) — Sports are a great unifier. They can bring different people together to enjoy competition. At Rouse High School, that's the case for athletes like Maddalynn Poirier.
  "I like to play lots of sports [and] games," said the freshman. "It just makes me feel included."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/newslettersPoirier gets plenty of opportunities to compete at Rouse in
  
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• Some UT Austin students wonder about the fate of their commencement ceremony

  06-05-2024 04:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – As some universities change their graduation commencement ceremonies – with at least one university going as far as to cancel it –  some University of Texas at Austin wonder if something could happen to theirs on Saturday. Students and people protesting on U.S. college campuses against Israel’s war in Gaza have college officials worried that further protests could interfere with graduate commencement ceremonies. The University of Southern Califor
  
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• Texas football lands San Jose State CB Jay'Vion Cole in transfer portal

  06-05-2024 03:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns landed an all-conference defensive back in the transfer portal Sunday.Jay'Vion Cole, an honorable mention all-Mountain West Conference performer for San Jose State in 2023, announced on X (formerly Twitter) that he will be a Longhorn in 2024.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/newslettersCole said he entered the transfer portal on April 29 and had offers
  
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• Here's when triple digits begin in Austin

  06-05-2024 01:04 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) --Meteorological summer begins in less than four weeks, and with 90-degree days making a return to Central Texas this week, you may be curious about summer heat and potential triple digits.Astronomical summer doesn't begin until June 20, but meteorological summer begins June 1 and continues through August 31.The dates of meteorological seasons don’t fluctuate each year and instead include whole months in groups of three. This makes it easier to compare the same season with pr
  
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• Longhorns can't secure sweep, drop finale to No. 14 Oklahoma State 7-2

  06-05-2024 00:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas clinched the series against No. 14 Oklahoma State on Saturday but fell short of a sweep with a 7-2 loss Sunday at UFCU Disch-Falk Field.The loss moves the Longhorns back into a tie for second place with the Cowboys and West Virginia at 15-9 in Big 12 play. No. 22 Oklahoma swept Texas Tech and has a 3-game lead over the field at 18-6 with two series remaining.SATURDAY'S GAME: Belyeu’s blast helps Texas clinch series over No. 14 Oklahoma StateLonghorns head coach
  
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