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• American Indian Heritage Day returns to Bullock History Museum on Friday

  25-09-2024 23:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Bullock Texas State History Museum has teamed up with local nonprofit Great Promise for American Indians to put on American Indian Heritage Day at the museum Friday. Related: Blanton Museum holds special exhibit ‘Native America: In Translation’ until JanuaryA Native drum, which holds spiritual importance, being played during the 2023 American Indian Heritage Day at the Bullock Museum. (Courtesy Bullock Texas State History Museum)
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• National Falls Prevention Week highlights dangers for seniors

  25-09-2024 22:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)— The National Council on Aging is raising awareness of one of the biggest injury risks in older adults with National Falls Prevention Awareness Week from Sept. 23 through Sept. 27."This is a week where we can really get the message out that although falls are very common for older adults, they are absolutely preventable," said Kristen Hullum, an RN and trauma injury prevention coordinator at the St. David's Round Rock Medical Center.Hullum said one in four American adults wil
  
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• Rethink35 awarded $25K grant to aid lawsuit against I-35 expansion

  25-09-2024 21:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin grassroots organization Rethink35 received a $25,000 grant to support its ongoing lawsuit against the Texas Department of Transportation, group officials announced Wednesday.Impact Fund supplied the funding to aid Rethink35's lawsuit, centered around TxDOT's Interstate 35 expansion near downtown Austin. Rethink35 filed that suit alongside several other area organizations in January, with the lawsuit centered around alleged environmental justice impacts from the proje
  
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• Boosie calls Travis County warrant a 'misunderstanding'

  25-09-2024 21:06 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Louisiana rapper Boosie spoke out this week about a Travis County arrest warrant that accused him of theft of services. He told pop culture outlet The Shade Room via video statement that it was a "misunderstanding."The charge was filed concerning a June incident in which he allegedly did not pay for chauffeur services provided to him over a few days. The services amounted to $8,800, according to court records. Warrant issued in Travis County for Louisiana rapper BoosieAccording
  
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• Cathay Pacific to launch nonstop Dallas-Hong Kong flights in April

  25-09-2024 21:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas is getting a new intercontinental route, with Cathay Pacific announcing it will fly nonstop between Dallas and Hong Kong beginning in April.The Hong Kong-based airline will operate flights to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport four days a week, on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The airline will utilize Airbus A350-1000 aircraft on the route. Flights are already on sale."Connecting the cultural and commercial opportunities between DFW and Hong Kong wi
  
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• Paxton sues federal agency over protections for LGBTQI+ foster kids

  25-09-2024 20:41 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Tuesday, claiming a new policy enhancing protections for LGBTQI+ youth in foster care "holds hostage" the Texas' foster system.The policy change by HHS would allow kids to request information about a potential foster family was published in September 2023, but became effective in July 2024. States have until October 2026 to implement the policy."Every child deserves
  
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• Butterflies swarming through South Texas — and they aren't monarchs

  25-09-2024 20:15 via kxan.com
  
  TEXAS (KXAN) — Swarms of butterflies are inundating portions of South Texas — and they aren't the monarch migrations most Texans know and love.The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department shared on social media Wednesday footage of American snout butterflies spotted in the Canyon State Natural Area in San Antonio. The American snout butterfly is noted for its long facial features, TPWD said, including — you guessed it — a distinct snout. PAST COVERAGE: Butterfly swarms are inv
  
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• Dripping Springs community rallies around displaced mobile home families to find new homes

  25-09-2024 19:43 via kxan.com
  
  DRIPPING SPRINGS, Texas (KXAN) — A housing organization gifted $50,000 to a Dripping Springs nonprofit group to aid in its ongoing efforts to rehome families displaced from a mobile home community. On July 29, around 30 families in the Gateway Estates Community said they got a letter informing them they had 60 days to move their homes and belongings or items remaining could be considered abandoned. Since that initial letter was delivered to neighbors, a member of the nonprofit said th
  
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• ESD 10 in eastern Williamson County adds paid firefighters, citing increase in calls

  25-09-2024 19:31 via kxan.com
  
  COUPLAND, Texas (KXAN) -- Williamson County Emergency Services District (ESD) 10 has always been a volunteer fire service. But, as of early September, there are now paid firefighters on staff for the first time in its history.ESD 10 provides fire, rescue and emergency medical response for eastern Williamson County.However, in the last year alone, it responded to more than 800 calls. That's a lot for an all-volunteer fire service, Fire Chief Mark Moellenberg said.While ESD 10 will still rely on v
  
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• Fresh DNA test solves decades-old Texas cold case

  25-09-2024 19:06 via kxan.com
  
  ECTOR COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — More than forty years after the murder of an Odessa woman, a 62-year-old man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for her death, according to an update from the Texas Department of Public Safety.Velma Nesset was murdered in 1982. The 64-year-old went missing on her walk to work at the Permian Mall, and her body was later discovered in a culvert. An autopsy revealed she had been sexually assaulted and murdered.An initial suspect was arrested and confessed to
  
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• Austin Energy monthly bills to decrease in October

  25-09-2024 19:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Energy customers will soon see some relief on their monthly bill after several previous increases. The department announced a 5% decrease to the Power Supply Adjustment (PSA) rate, beginning Oct. 1. Residential customers can expect a $2 monthly decrease, according to a memo. AE said the cost reduction stems from lower power costs this summer and the full recovery of the PSA under-recovered balance. Despite higher power costs amidst scorching August heat, AE
  
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• Kyle man gets 40 years in child sexual abuse investigation

  25-09-2024 18:18 via kxan.com
  
  HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A Kyle man was sentenced Tuesday to serve 40 years in prison after being found guilty by a jury related to child sexual abuse charges.According to the Hays County District Attorney’s Office, Manual Balderas, 49, was found guilty of multiple counts of continuous sexual abuse of a child younger than 14 years of age, sexual assault of a child, indecency with a child and sexual assault.According to Hays County jail records, Balderas faced 12 counts, with the c
  
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• How many Texas restaurants made Yelp's Top 100 list for 2024?

  25-09-2024 18:11 via kxan.com
  
  TEXAS (KXAN) -- Order up! Yelp released its Top 100 restaurants list for 2024, and foodies across the country had plenty of love for the sunbelt region. Top-ranked restaurants in Arizona, Florida and Texas comprised 30% of this year's list, with notable love for the San Antonio and Houston areas in the Lone Star State.Here's a breakdown of all the Texas restaurants included in this year's roundup.No. 9: Gino's Deli Stop N Buy in San AntonioLocated at 13210 Huebner Road in San Antonio, Gino's Del
  
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• MAS Cultura works to connect Latino communities to resources that inspire

  25-09-2024 18:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- MAS Cultura, a local organization that works to connect the Latino community with resources that inspire, is hosting a plethora of Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations for the Austin community.MAS Cultura, a local non-profit organization that empowers the Latino community in Austin.
  MAS Cultura is a non-profit organization based in Austin, Tx founded in 2021 by Monica Maldonado. The organization was created to empower and advocate for Latino artists, art and ideas. RELATED: Texa
  
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• MAS Cultura ensures to connect Latino communities to resources that inspire

  25-09-2024 18:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- MAS Cultura, a local organization that ensures to connect the Latino community with resources that inspire, is hosting a plethora of Latin inspired celebrations for the Austin community.MAS Cultura or 'Music, Art and Soul Culture,' is a nonprofit organization based in Austin founded in 2021 by Monica Maldonado. The organization was created to empower and advocate for Latinos.MAS Cultura, a local non-profit organization that empowers the Latino community in Austin.
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• LIVE: MAS Cultura works to connect Latino communities to resources that inspire

  25-09-2024 18:05 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- MAS Cultura, a local organization that works to connect the Latino community with resources that inspire, is hosting a plethora of Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations for the Austin community.MAS Cultura, a local non-profit organization that empowers the Latino community in Austin.
  MAS Cultura is a non-profit organization based in Austin, Tx founded in 2021 by Monica Maldonado. The organization was created to empower and advocate for Latino artists, art and ideas. RELATED: Texa
  
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• Lawsuits allege deadly 2021 Texas blackouts were an inside job

  25-09-2024 17:33 via kxan.com
  
  Deadly blackouts that killed hundreds of people across Texas in 2021 —  which have been widely blamed on failures to properly insulate gas pipelines — may have had a more nefarious cause, a new lawsuit alleges.Over the past three years, a wave of new data — and lawsuits — have made the case that the outages were, in fact, a result of market manipulation by some of Texas's biggest fossil fuel companies. Looking back at Texas’ February 2021 winter stormOn Mo
  
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• How Texas' defense became one of the best in the country

  25-09-2024 17:10 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) - In four games, the Texas defense has allowed just 22 points. That's a pretty astoundingly small amount. Per game, the Longhorns have allowed just 5.5 points on average to their opponent.
  Granted pretty much everything Texas has done this year has worked, but still the defense has stood out in particular."It's all a mentality," said senior EDGE Barryn Sorrell. "Every time somebody snaps a ball, we all want to get to the ball. It's a race. We call it a party. It's a party at the ba
  
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• Travis County Commissioners Court approves nearly $2 billion budget

  25-09-2024 17:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Travis County Commissioners Court approved the county's 2025 fiscal year budget on Tuesday.Commissioners voted to approve a $1.97 billion budget. An estimated $75.8 million portion of the budget hinges on a proposed 2.5-cent increase in the Tax Rate Election for childcare, or TRE, which is up to voters to decide in November.The budget is balanced at a tax rate of 34.4445 cent per $100 of taxable value, according to a release from Travis County. Related: Travis County Commiss
  
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• LIVE: Helene's latest track, models on Tracking the Tropics

  25-09-2024 16:57 via kxan.com
  
  Helene is expected to intensify and impact Florida as a major Category 3 hurricane.
  WFLA's Max Defender 8 weather team is working to keep you informed ahead of the oncoming storm.Watch live Tracking the Tropics coverage with the Max Defender 8 weather team and #HeyJB in the video player above beginning at 11 a.m. ET.Join the conversation! Leave your questions in the comments on the WFLA Facebook page and WFLA YouTube channel and we'll answer them on stream.
  
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• LIVE COVERAGE: Helene's latest track, models on Tracking the Tropics

  25-09-2024 16:57 via kxan.com
  
  Helene is expected to intensify and impact Florida as a major Category 3 hurricane.
  WFLA's Max Defender 8 weather team is working to keep you informed ahead of the oncoming storm.Watch live Tracking the Tropics coverage with the Max Defender 8 weather team and #HeyJB in the video player above beginning at 11 a.m. ET.
  
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• #HEYJBLIVE: DiscussingHelene's latest track, models on Tracking the Tropics

  25-09-2024 16:57 via kxan.com
  
  Helene is expected to intensify and impact Florida as a major Category 3 hurricane.
  WFLA's Max Defender 8 weather team is working to keep you informed ahead of the oncoming storm.Watch live Tracking the Tropics coverage with the Max Defender 8 weather team and #HeyJB in the video player above beginning at 11 a.m. ET.Join the conversation! Leave your questions in the comments on the WFLA Facebook page and WFLA YouTube channel and we'll answer them on stream.
  
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• #HEYJBLIVE: Discussing Helene's latest track, models on Tracking the Tropics

  25-09-2024 16:57 via kxan.com
  
  Helene is expected to intensify and impact Florida as a major Category 3 hurricane.
  WFLA's Max Defender 8 weather team is working to keep you informed ahead of the oncoming storm.Watch live Tracking the Tropics coverage with the Max Defender 8 weather team and #HeyJB in the video player above beginning at 11 a.m. ET.Join the conversation! Leave your questions in the comments on the WFLA Facebook page and WFLA YouTube channel and we'll answer them on stream.
  
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• Race for Austin mayor: Submit your questions for candidate debate

  25-09-2024 16:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — KXAN will host Austin's mayoral candidates for an hour-long debate ahead of the November election.The debate will air live Oct. 17 at 4 p.m. and will be hosted by KXAN anchors Jennifer Sanders and Tom Miller. LIST: Who’s running for Austin mayor in 2024?In addition to taking questions from panelists, the candidate who wants to represent you as Austin mayor will respond to questions from voters.If you have a question for the candidates, fill out the form below.
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• Pflugerville City Council approves budget, property rate for 2025 fiscal year

  25-09-2024 16:12 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Pflugerville City Council approved its $857 million budget for the 2025 fiscal year. This included a property tax rate of $0.5428. The budget was approved at the city council's meeting on Tuesday.The average Pflugerville home valued at $364,433 will now pay $1,978.14 a year in city taxes, according to the city of Pflugerville. This will be up $11.96 per month for the 2025 fiscal year compared to the previous year.The new property tax rate the city of Pflugerville set will be
  
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• Surveillance video of 2019 shooting expected to play during APD officer's trial

  25-09-2024 15:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Opening statements are set to begin Wednesday morning for the deadly conduct trial of Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor.Taylor faces the charge in the 2019 death of Mauris DeSilva.Deadly conduct is a third-degree felony. It holds a punishment of two to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. Probation can also be an option.KXAN will provide live updates on the social media platform "X" at the post below.
  HAPPENING TODAY: Opening statements in the deadly conduct
  
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• First public video of 2019 shooting expected to play during APD officer's trial

  25-09-2024 15:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Opening statements are set to begin Wednesday morning for the deadly conduct trial of Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor.Taylor faces the charge in the 2019 death of Mauris DeSilva.Deadly conduct is a third-degree felony. It holds a punishment of two to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. Probation can also be an option.KXAN will provide live updates on the social media platform "X" at the post below.
  HAPPENING TODAY: Opening statements in the deadly conduct
  
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• APD officer's deadly conduct trial begins Wednesday

  25-09-2024 15:55 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Opening statements are set to begin Wednesday morning for the deadly conduct trial of Austin Police Officer Christopher Taylor.Taylor faces the charge in the 2019 death of Mauris DeSilva.Deadly conduct is a third-degree felony. It holds a punishment of two to 10 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. Probation can also be an option.KXAN will provide live updates on the social media platform "X" at the post below.
  HAPPENING TODAY: Opening statements in the deadly conduct
  
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• Kristen's Classroom: What is a potential tropical cyclone?

  25-09-2024 15:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) - We've had to use the term a couple of times since the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, but what exactly is a potential tropical cyclone.Since 2017, the National Hurricane Center started using the term 'potential tropical cyclone' to define a system that is not yet a tropical storm, but has the potential to bring tropical storm or hurricane conditions to land within 48 hours. This allows the NHC to start issuing watches and warnings despite the storm not having fully formed
  
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• Texas Space Commission opens up applications for $150M grant

  25-09-2024 14:29 via kxan.com
  
  Members of the space industry met before the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday, September 24 to discuss the status of the industry. (Courtesy: Texas House of Representatives)
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Representatives from the space industry met at the Texas Capitol on Tuesday, Sept. 24, presenting a status update to the House Appropriations Committee.This discussion included the recently established Texas Space Commission and the $150 million grant they will distribute. On Monday, Sept. 23, the
  
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• Campaign Context: Texas voters could help decide control of US Senate

  25-09-2024 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  This campaign season, politicians are turning up the volume on campaign rhetoric. To cut through the noise, we’re launching Campaign Context, a series providing clarity on the messages you’re hearing from candidates on the campaign trail. We’re digging past the politics and into the facts to provide you with the transparent, spin-free information you need to make informed decisions this election season.AUSTIN (KXAN) — The votes of Texans in November could matter more than
  
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• Astros overcome terrible start to clinch 4th straight AL West title with win over Mariners

  25-09-2024 05:45 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (AP) — The Houston Astros clinched their fourth straight AL West title with a 4-3 win over the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday night, overcoming a terrible start to reach the playoffs for an eighth consecutive year.“That’s our goal every year we get to spring training is to win the division,” new manager Joe Espada said. “That’s where everything starts. And their commitment and their purpose is behind everything we do … and that’s something th
  
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• Appeals court says Texas State Fair can ban guns

  25-09-2024 05:20 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (The Texas Tribune) -- A newly created state appeals court denied Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton request to temporarily block the State Fair of Texas’ policy banning all firearms from its fairgrounds as the event is set to start Friday.The ruling comes after a Dallas County District Court struck down a similar request from Paxton on the new policy. The District Court Judge agreed with State Fair officials that they could enforce a gun ban as a private nonprofit.Paxton says the fa
  
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• A Texas county has told an appeals court it has a right to cull books on sex, gender and racism

  25-09-2024 04:36 via kxan.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Texas county that wants to keep 17 books off its shelves — some dealing humorously with flatulence and others with issues including sex, gender identity and racism — argued its case Tuesday before 18 federal appeals court judges amid questions on whether the rights of the patrons or county officials were at risk.Library patrons filed suit in 2022 against numerous officials with the Llano County library system and the county government after the bo
  
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• TxDOT plans more speed limit signs near Austin intersection concerning neighbors

  25-09-2024 04:02 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) --- One person died Tuesday morning in a crash between a motorcycle and a Cap Metro bus in north Austin. It happened at the intersection of Avenue F and East Koenig Lane. One dead after Cap Metro bus, motorcycle collision in north AustinAustin-Travis County EMS said paramedics took a second person to Seton Medical Center with minor injuries.
  'Chaos on the road'The crash happened at an intersection that concerns neighbors. The police tape and flashing lights aren't a new site for pe
  
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• Prescribed burn on Austin's Water Quality Protection Lands scheduled to happen Wednesday

  25-09-2024 03:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austin Water’s Wildland Conservation Division is planning to conduct a prescribed burn on approximately 97 acres of the Water Quality Protection Lands on Wednesday, September 25, the division said in a release on Tuesday.
  Smoke may be visible northeast of RR 3237, north of FM 150, south of FM 967, and east of FM 1626 and FM 2770 from 10 a.m. until sunset, the release said.Prescribed burn ban map (Courtesy Austin Water)Residents can sign up for notifications about pres
  
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• Why crickets and other bugs are on the move this fall

  25-09-2024 03:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Bugs can be a problem all-year, but with the changing of the seasons can come the changing of activity patterns for all sorts of critters. KXAN Chief Meteorologist Nick Bannin spoke with Rebecca Tellar, a licensed pest control professional with Pestie, about the impacts that the changing of the season and our changing weather is having on bugs and what to expect over the coming months.Read a transcribed version of the conversation below or watch in the video player above.KXAN Ch
  
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• Why are Central Texas counties under burn bans right now?

  25-09-2024 02:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- If you're one of the many Central Texans eagerly awaiting a fall cool down, fire weather probably isn't playing front and center in your mind. But fire officials are hoping as Central Texas counties pass burns bans, you'll pay close attention to fire conditions."Fall, really if you think about it, the cold fronts that come through...we get a lot of dry fronts, the humidity drops and with dry conditions and the low humidity is just a recipe for a lot of fire activity," said Gary
  
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• LIVE: APD homicide detectives investigating dead body in northwest Austin

  25-09-2024 01:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Homicide detectives are investigating a dead body in northwest Austin, Austin Police said on social media Tuesday.
  Detectives are in the 5700 block of Diehl Trail, which is near Parmer Lane and McNeil Drive, APD said on X at 6:32 p.m.This developing story will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
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• APD investigating after 2 bodies found at northwest Austin apartment complex

  25-09-2024 01:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department is investigating after two dead bodies were found at a northwest Austin apartment complex, APD Officer Leah Ratliff said during a media briefing Tuesday.Around 12:17 p.m., Ratliff said 911 dispatch received a call for a check welfare at the apartment complex, located in the 5700 block of Diehl Trail. That's near Parmer Lane and McNeil Drive.Officers arrived on the scene around 2:39 p.m. and found two people dead, Ratliff said. Homicide detective
  
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• APD homicide detectives investigating dead body in northwest Austin

  25-09-2024 01:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Homicide detectives are investigating a dead body in northwest Austin, Austin Police said on social media Tuesday.
  Detectives are in the 5700 block of Diehl Trail, which is near Parmer Lane and McNeil Drive, APD said on X at 6:32 p.m.This developing story will be updated as more information becomes available.
  
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• Texas' growth at risk due to water shortages, urgent action needed

  25-09-2024 01:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- In Wimberley, boulders and deer bones bake in the heat where there was once a thriving creek. The lakes and rivers that once attracted Texans and enabled them to grow communities there are drying up, posing an active but underappreciated emergency that sets a limit on the "Texas Miracle," state leaders say."Texas is out of water," Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller told Nexstar on Tuesday. "We can't grow, we can't expand, we can't have economic opportunity and jobs wit
  
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• Austin-Travis County EMS celebrates whole blood transfusion milestone

  25-09-2024 01:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Austin-Travis County EMS celebrated a major milestone in its Whole Blood Program, administering its 500th unit of whole blood over the weekend. This accomplishment highlights the program's significant growth and its vital role in delivering emergency care to critically injured patients, the agency said in a news release Tuesday.Initiated in late 2021, the Whole Blood Program is a partnership between ATCEMS and We Are Blood, which is aimed at providing blood transfusions as
  
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• Judge to approve auctions liquidating Alex Jones' Infowars to help pay Sandy Hook families

  25-09-2024 00:58 via kxan.com
  
  Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ' Infowars media platform and its assets will be sold off piece by piece in auctions this fall to help pay the more than $1 billion he owes relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, under an order expected to be approved by a federal judge.
  U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Christopher Lopez in Houston said during a court hearing Tuesday that he will approve the auctions that start in November. But he said he first must change a previous order to make
  
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• Enrollment growth concerns: Why Texas universities are worried about students' access to core classes

  25-09-2024 00:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN)— Universities in Texas are dealing with record enrollment numbers, and keeping up with this growth is getting more difficult.It's raising concerns about students getting access to the core courses they need to graduate.In a Higher Education Senate Subcommittee hearing on Tuesday, lawmakers were briefed on this, after Lt. Governor Dan Patrick asked them to look into growing concerns.University of Texas at Austin Interim Executive Vice President and Provost Rachel Davis Mersey
  
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• Man who staked out Trump at Florida golf course charged with attempting an assassination

  25-09-2024 00:48 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him was indicted Tuesday on an attempted assassination charge.
  Ryan Wesley Routh had been initially charged with two federal firearms offenses. The upgraded charges contained in a five-count indictment reflect the Justice Department's assessment that he methodically plotted to kill the Republican nominee, aiming a rifle through the shrubbery surroun
  
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