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• Texas women's hoops face defending champs South Carolina twice; Aggies, Sooners once in 1st SEC season

  14-05-2024 23:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Coming off a Big 12 Conference title in their final year, the Texas Longhorns women's basketball team will try to navigate the gauntlet that's the Southeastern Conference next season.The SEC announced opponents and sites for their women's basketball teams, and the Longhorns will play a home-and-home series with the defending national champions South Carolina Gamecocks and one away game against Vic Schaefer's former team, the Mississippi State Bulldogs. SEC announces Texas m
  
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• Woodard siblings reunited, leading Texas State softball program to NCAA tournament

  14-05-2024 23:28 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) - Clint Myers' coaching career was an interesting one. Moving back and forth from baseball to softball, Myers coached a lot of different athletes. Of the many he coached was a pair of siblings.When Myers coached baseball at Yavapai Junior College, Scott Woodard was on the team. A few years later at Central Arizona Junior College softball, Ricci Woodard was a member of the Vaqueras.For years, Scott and Ricci have been in coaching themselves. Ricci helped lead softball pro
  
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• Texas Longhorns to play in 2025 Maui Invitational

  14-05-2024 22:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns men's basketball team is headed to Hawaii for one of the country's premier nonconference college basketball tournaments in 2025.Organizers of the Maui Invitational announced the Longhorns will be part of the 2025 field that will compete Nov. 24-26 at Lahaina Civic Center. The last time Texas played in the Maui Invitational in 2020, head coach Shaka Smart led the Longhorns to the title with a 69-67 win over North Carolina when the tournament was played in
  
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• Travis County commissioners get update on MoPac South project

  14-05-2024 22:55 via kxan.com
  
  TRAVIS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Planning work is continuing on the MoPac South project, which could relieve congestion on the roadway between Cesar Chavez Street and Slaughter Lane.Project planning started over a decade ago, according to Travis County. The Central Texas Regional Mobility Authority shared updates on the project with county commissioners Tuesday. MoPac South project map (Courtesy Travis County)Study: MoPac South travel times could jump 42% by 2045The environmental assessm
  
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• How to watch Caitlin Clark's WNBA regular season debut

  14-05-2024 22:46 via kxan.com
  
  UNCASVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Caitlin Clark's much anticipated WNBA debut is set for Tuesday night in Connecticut.The No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft is coming off a record-setting college career at Iowa.Game: Indiana Fever vs. Connecticut Sun
  Time: 6:30 p.m. CDT, May 14
  Watch: ESPN2, ESPN+, Disney+“This is what you’ve worked for and dreamed of. Now you get to put your jersey on for the first real time and go out there and play,” Clark said. “We get to play on the
  
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• Which airlines have the oldest planes?

  14-05-2024 20:36 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — As stories about airplane mishaps and disasters across U.S. skies continue, many air travelers may be more interested in the conditions of planes than ever before. And while age does not dictate an aircraft's safety, you might be surprised to know just how long planes can stick around in service.Recently, consumer finance outlet FinanceBuzz analyzed data from the civil aviation database Planespotters.net to determine which airlines currently have the oldest and newest planes. I
  
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• Wastewater overflow in northwest Austin had no effect on drinking water, Austin Water says

  14-05-2024 19:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Water crews responded Monday to a wastewater overflow that caused 125,000 gallons of wastewater to spill into Bull Creek.
  Austin Water said the overflow has not affected the city's drinking water supply, and officials with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality were notified.
  The overflow was discovered at 9:26 a.m. Monday, May 13 and was stopped at 9:40 a.m., according to Austin Water. It happened at a lift station located at 11303 Rock Harbour Drive 1/2.
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• 2024 ACL Music Festival drops daily lineup; 1-day ticket sales start Wednesday

  14-05-2024 19:31 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News' top morning headlines from Tuesday, May 14, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Organizers behind the 2024 Austin City Limits Music Festival gave festivalgoers a closer look at which artists are playing each day of the two-weekend event this fall. The festival returns Oct. 4-6 and Oct. 11-13.
  Headliners Chris Stapleton, Blink-182 and Leon Bridges will kick things off Friday evening. Other artists slated to play Friday include Norah Jones, Carin León, Fost
  
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• Report: Congress must take immediate action to defend US against biological threats

  14-05-2024 19:01 via kxan.com
  
  (KXAN) — A group of researchers and former lawmakers urged Congress to update the government's strategy against deadly outbreaks and biological attacks.The Bipartisan Commission on Biodefense released its report, The National Blueprint for Biodefense, outlining 36 recommendations and 185 action items to defend against biological threats.“We've got to be prepared, no matter who's the president, no matter who the administration is, or the Congress,” former congressman Fred Upton
  
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• RFK Jr. claims enough signatures for ballot in Texas

  14-05-2024 18:57 via kxan.com
  
  Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday said he has enough signatures to qualify for the ballot in Texas, fulfilling one of his campaign’s main targets ahead of November.Kennedy and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, turned in 245,572 signatures to the Texas Secretary of State’s office on Monday, more than double the number required for access to the Lone Star State presidential ballot, his campaign said.“It's official. Kennedy-Shanahan on Texas ballo
  
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• Austin ranks among most expensive cities to see a concert: study

  14-05-2024 18:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) —When you add up the costs of concert tickets, Ubers, drinks and flights —traveling to see your favorite artist isn't cheap, especially in the Live Music Capital of the World.
  A study from Austin-based travel company Upgraded Points calculated the most and least expensive cities for a weekend trip to see a concert. The study, released Tuesday, measured concert costs in the 50 largest US cities.RELATED: How Austin became the ‘Live Music Capital of the World’C
  
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• UT System shuts down 21 DEI offices and cuts hundreds of positions to comply with law

  14-05-2024 18:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Tuesday, Texas senators reviewed progress to make sure public universities and colleges throughout the state are in compliance with Senate Bill 17, a law that requires Texas public universities to disband Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offices by 2024.Groups monitor for compliance, overreach of new Texas anti-DEI lawAccording to a meeting agenda, the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education began meeting at 9 a.m. to consider a few topics, including the monitoring of the
  
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• Senators to review Texas universities' progress with DEI law

  14-05-2024 18:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Tuesday, Texas senators will review progress and make sure public universities and colleges throughout the state are in compliance with Senate Bill 17, a law that requires Texas public universities to disband Diversity, Equity and Inclusion offices by 2024.Groups monitor for compliance, overreach of new Texas anti-DEI lawAccording to a meeting agenda, the Senate Subcommittee on Higher Education began meeting at 9 a.m. to consider a few topics, including the monitoring of
  
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• Lago Vista council members vote to censure mayor

  14-05-2024 17:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- During a special meeting Monday night, Lago Vista City Council members voted 4-2 to publicly censure Mayor Kevin Sullivan following a complaint that was filed against him last month.
  Earlier this month, the council set the hearing for Monday to discuss and decide if Sullivan should be dismissed.Lago Vista council sets hearing to talk possible mayor dismissal, city manager employee complaintThe vote stemmed from a complaint that said Sullivan failed to carry out his duties becaus
  
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• Longhorns football season opener kickoff time set vs. Colorado State

  14-05-2024 16:57 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Longhorns 2024 football season opener will be played under the blazing hot August sun at DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium.The Longhorns will kick off the season at 2:30 p.m. CT, Aug. 31, against the Colorado State Rams, the school announced Tuesday. The game will be broadcast on ESPN.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/newslettersThe Rams finished 5-7 and 3-5 in the Moun
  
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• Austin police searching for missing 35-year-old woman

  14-05-2024 15:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department is working to help locate a missing 35-year-old woman who was separated from her twin sister after a night out downtown earlier this month.
  APD said it received a request from the Downtown Austin Alliance to help locate Elizabeth Spalding, 35. She's described as 5'5" and 120 pounds with blond hair and blue eyes.
  Police searching for missing woman Elizabeth Spalding, 35. (Photo: Downtown Austin Alliance)The DAA sent a press release saying that accordi
  
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• Round Rock charging non-resident fee for library card

  14-05-2024 14:52 via kxan.com
  
  ROUND ROCK, Texas (KXAN) -- The Round Rock city council voted this month to reinstate fees for nonresidents who want a public library card. It reverses a 2015 decision that allowed all Texans to receive a library card for free.
  Now, people who live outside of Round Rock's city limits have to pay $120 annually to receive all the resources the library offers, but nonresidents are still allowed to check out books, access TexShare databases, and be apart of the youth and adult programming.
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• Record travel expected this Memorial Day weekend

  14-05-2024 14:29 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) -- A record number of Americans are expected to travel by car this Memorial Day weekend, and airports could be busier than they’ve been since 2005, according to a forecast released Monday by AAA.The auto club anticipates 43.8 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home over the holiday weekend, surpassing pre-pandemic levels. That’s a 4 percent increase from the same period last year and within striking distance of the 2005 record of 44 million Memorial Day weeke
  
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• Louisiana and Arkansas among most dangerous states to raise a family

  14-05-2024 14:13 via kxan.com
  
  SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Two of the three states in the ArkLaTex made the top ten on the list of most dangerous states to raise a family.A new study conducted by Omega Law Group used FBI crime data to reveal that both Louisiana and Arkansas are among the most dangerous states in the United States. The study revealed that the violent crime rate in Louisiana is 67% higher than the national average.Metrics for the study included data from homicides, rapes, robberies, aggravated assaults,
  
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• 1 person injured, 3 cats rescued in east Austin house fire overnight

  14-05-2024 13:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Austin Fire Department crews rescued three cats and one person from a house fire in east Austin late Monday night.AFD posted on X at 11 p.m. that it was responding to a residential fire in the 3100 block of Garwood Street. The post said one person was injured and being treated by Austin-Travis County EMS.
  1 person injured, 3 cats rescued in east Austin house fire overnight (Photo: Austin Fire Department) 1 person injured, 3 cats rescued in east Austin house fire overnight (Photo
  
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• New super computer helps artists bring scientists' work to life at Austin computer lab

  14-05-2024 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Science isn't sexy. Most researchers would tell you the same thing. Science is numbers on a spreadsheet, data points, line after line of mind numbing data. Sometimes there is a chart. Sometimes. But not always.The research scientists at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), located in north Austin, have the unique responsibility of bringing boring, unattractive data to life.
  "I use color, shape, form size, to help direct attention where the scientist needs it, but also mai
  
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• New super computer helps artists bring scientists work to life at Austin computer lab

  14-05-2024 12:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Science isn't sexy. Most researchers would tell you the same thing. Science is numbers on a spreadsheet, data points, line after line of mind numbing data. Sometimes there is a chart. Sometimes. But not always.The research scientists at the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), located in north Austin, have the unique responsibility of bringing boring, unattractive data to life.
  "I use color, shape, form size, to help direct attention where the scientist needs it, but also mai
  
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• Olympic Breakdancing? Meet the Texan who's got a shot to compete in Paris

  14-05-2024 04:21 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (KXAN) — From the streets of New York City to the Olympics, breakdancing will debut as a sport at the Paris 2024 Summer Games.
  With the freestyling, footwork head spins and countless other moves, the sport is artistry and athleticism.Houston — a city known for its diverse culture — might have produced its first Olympic break dancer.
  His name is Jeffery Louis, who is known in the breaking world as B-boy Jeffro.How does breaking work?It's an emerging sport based on a judg
  
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• 4 puppies left in hot car while owner dined at Disney: animal services

  14-05-2024 01:55 via kxan.com
  
  ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A pet owner could face felony charges after leaving four "Bernedoodle" puppies inside a hot car at Disney Springs last Saturday.
  The 13-week-old pups, a mix between a Bernese mountain dog and a poodle, had just been purchased from a breeder.
  A security guard saw the puppies in distress inside a hot car in a parking garage. First responders arrived to find one puppy unresponsive. Despite life-saving measures, the puppy died. These cars and trucks are thieves&rsq
  
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• Motorcyclist in deadly crash identified by APD

  14-05-2024 01:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department identified a motorcyclist Monday who died in a single-motorcycle crash May 10. MAP: Where have Austin’s fatal crashes occurred in 2024?Police said the crash happened in the 13700 block of Immanuel Road. Tarl Sears, 53, was pronounced dead at the scene.
  APD said this crash is considered Austin's 26th fatal crash of 2024, resulting in 26 fatalities this year. On the date of this crash in 2023, 34 people had died in 34 fatal crashes.Police sa
  
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• How much money did the 2023 ACL Music Festival bring to Austin?

  14-05-2024 01:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — C3 Presents, which produces the Austin City Limits Music Festival, presented the Austin Parks Foundation with an $8.1 million check Monday that will go toward improvements at the hundreds of parks and recreation centers throughout the city.
  The festival's commitment to Austin parks is nearly $1 million more than last year's contribution to the foundation. Which 2024 ACL artists are returning acts or from Texas?Festival organizers and city leaders said the 2023 festival had
  
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• Jazz saxophonist David Sanborn dies at 78

  14-05-2024 01:27 via kxan.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) -- David Sanborn, known for playing the saxophone on tracks with David Bowie, Stevie Wonder and other iconic artists, has died at age 78.Sanborn died Sunday in Terrytown, New York, after a years-long battle with prostate cancer. Health issues forced him to cancel several scheduled shows earlier this month.US saxophonist David Sanborn performs on the Stravinski Hall stage at the 43rd Montreux Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland, late Thursday, July 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Keyston
  
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• Video: Louisiana parishioners confront teen with gun trying to enter children's Mass

  14-05-2024 01:17 via kxan.com
  
  ABBEVILLE, La. (KLFY) – Mass service was interrupted at a Louisiana church on Saturday after a teenager dressed in black allegedly opened a back door and brandished a gun.Officers received a call about a suspicious person with a gun at St. Mary Magdalen Church in Abbeville just after 10:30 a.m. Saturday, according to police. Parishioners confronted the subject to prevent him from entering the church service.
  Responding officers arrested the teen and took him into custody.Abbeville police a
  
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• Longhorns baseball regains national rankings in two polls after UCF series win

  14-05-2024 00:18 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Following its fifth consecutive Big 12 series victory, the Texas Longhorns baseball team is creeping back into the national rankings.After reappearing in the Baseball America rankings last week at No. 25, the Longhorns moved up a slot to No. 24 after claiming the Central Florida series 2-1 in Orlando.Horns Report: UT softball gets top seed in tourney for first time; program as a whole wins record amount of Big 12 titlesD1Baseball.com voters were convinced to put Texas back
  
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• 70% of Austinites can walk to a park, 2023 environmental report says

  14-05-2024 00:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Of the findings in the 2023 "State Of Our Environment" report recently published by the City of Austin, staff say they're getting closer to the 2009 city council-set goal of everyone in our city being able to walk to a park.
  According to that report, 70% of people in city limits now live within walking distance of a park, nearly 20,000 more people than the year before.New law could mean fewer parks, less services as Austin continue to growIt also said the City of Austin alone ad
  
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