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• President Trump picks Chiefs to win Super Bowl, calls Mahomes 'a great, great QB'

  09-02-2025 23:35 via kxan.com
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — As a student, Donald Trump played high school football. As a business baron, he owned a team in an upstart rival to the NFL and then sued the established league. As president, he denigrated pros who took a knee during the national anthem as part of a social justice movement.On Sunday, he was adding to that complicated history with the sport when he becomes the first president in office to attend a Super Bowl. Gatorade colors,
  
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• No. 4 Texas turns away No. 2 South Carolina, snaps Gamecocks' record SEC winning streak

  09-02-2025 22:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — No. 4 Texas stopped the streak Sunday before a sold-out crowd.The Longhorns knocked off No. 2 South Carolina 66-62 in Southeastern Conference women's basketball action at Moody Center, ending the Gamecocks' 57-game regular season conference winning streak. Both squads are now 10-1 in conference play with five games remaining.Texas forward Madison Booker, center, celebrates after a play with teammate Bryanna Preston, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketbal
  
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• LIVE Horns Report: No. 4 Texas turns away No. 2 South Carolina, snaps Gamecocks' record SEC winning streak

  09-02-2025 22:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — No. 4 Texas stopped the streak Sunday before a sold-out crowd.The Longhorns knocked off No. 2 South Carolina 66-62 in Southeastern Conference women's basketball action at Moody Center, ending the Gamecocks' 57-game regular season conference winning streak. Both squads are now 10-1 in conference play with five games remaining.Texas forward Madison Booker, center, celebrates after a play with teammate Bryanna Preston, right, during the second half of an NCAA college basketbal
  
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• Is raising chickens the best way to combat egg prices?

  09-02-2025 21:52 via kxan.com
  
  (NewsNation) — Egg prices are skyrocketing to the point that some Americans are taking matters into their own hands and raising chickens in their backyard.Tommy Lane, a Staten Island, New York, resident decided to build a chicken coop last spring to ensure a steady supply of fresh eggs."With the prices of everything going up and everything we decided that we wanted to start raising chickens,” Lane told NewsNation affiliate PIX11. Texas woman raises duck eggs as chicken egg alter
  
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• How to spend the perfect Valentine's Day weekend in Austin

  09-02-2025 20:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Love is in the air in Central Texas with many things to do for couples, best friends and kiddos!
  Here is a curated list of Valentine's events and restaurants with special V-day menus in and around Austin.Valentine's eventsButler Pitch & PuttThe couple that plays together stays together! So grab your partner for a Glow Golf Friday or Saturday night date at the Butler Pitch & Putt. For $20 on Valentine's Day, get a glow ball, club rental and a round of golf and flex your s
  
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• Trump official orders consumer protection agency to stop work

  09-02-2025 19:37 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has ordered the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to stop nearly all its work, effectively shutting down an agency that was created to protect consumers after the 2008 financial crisis and subprime mortgage-lending scandal.Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of Management and Budget, directed the CFPB in a Saturday night confirmed by The Assoicatto stop work on proposed rules, to suspend the effective
  
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• Elon Musk dodges DOGE scrutiny while expanding his power in Washington

  09-02-2025 19:31 via kxan.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk made a clear promise after Donald Trump decided to put him in charge of making the government more efficient.
  “It’s not going to be some sort of backroom secret thing,” Musk said last year. “It will be as transparent as possible," maybe even streamed live online.It hasn't worked out that way so far.
  In the three weeks since the Republican president has been back in the White House, Musk has rapidly burrowed deep into federal agencies whil
  
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• Super Bowl 2025: When does Kendrick Lamar's halftime show begin?

  09-02-2025 19:02 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — While millions are expected to tune in for Super Bowl LIX on Sunday for the game or the ads, you may have a different focus: Kendrick Lamar's halftime show.The Grammy-winning rapper announced in September that he had landed the coveted gig, telling viewers he hoped they would "be pulling up" for the performance and encouraging them to "wear your best dress," even if they're tuning in from home.The rap megastar — who, earlier this month, secured the Grammy award for Song o
  
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• Second type of bird flu found in US dairy cows

  09-02-2025 17:37 via kxan.com
  
  Dairy cattle in Nevada have been infected with a new type of bird flu that's different from the version that has spread in U.S. herds since last year, Agriculture Department officials said Wednesday.The detection indicates that distinct forms of the virus known as Type A H5N1 have spilled over from wild birds into cattle at least twice. Experts said it raises new questions about wider spread and the difficulty of controlling infections in animals and the people who work closely with th
  
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• Migration in and out of Texas was balanced in 2024, moving company says

  09-02-2025 14:45 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The number of people moving into Texas from other states is now on par with the number of people moving out, according to moving company Atlas Van Lines, bucking a trend seen over the past five years.In its annual Migration Patterns Study, Atlas shows both inbound and outbound migration in Texas were tied at 50% in 2024. In the previous year, 56% of Texas' migration was inbound — meaning people moving to the state from elsewhere — while outbound migration accoun
  
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• Harris County deputy fires at murder suspect from San Marcos in chase, HCSO says

  09-02-2025 13:20 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (KIAH) — A man wanted for murder in San Marcos was fired upon by Harris County deputies and taken into custody in Channelview on Friday night.Deputies with the Harris County Sheriff’s Office came to a home on Deerpass Drive on Friday evening after a call from San Marcos police, who were searching for a suspect involved in a murder investigation earlier that day and wanted a welfare check on the Channelview home. RELATED: SMPD investigating homicide, suspect in custodyDep
  
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• Musk says he has no plans to buy TikTok

  09-02-2025 13:17 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he is not interested in acquiring the video-sharing app TikTok and has no plans regarding what he would do if he owned it.Musk made the remarks during a virtual session at the WELT Economic Summit held on Jan. 28, as seen in a video released by The WELT Group on Saturday."I haven't made a bid for TikTok, nor do I have any plans regarding what I would do if I owned it," Musk said.U.S. lawmakers had initially planned to block TikTok due to nationa
  
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• No. 1 Texas scores 18 runs in another sweep on season-opening road trip

  09-02-2025 05:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Top-ranked Texas picked up two more wins Saturday on its season-opening road trip, beating St. John's 5-0 and Lamar 13-7 at the Lamar University softball complex in Beaumont.The host Cardinals held a 1-0 lead through three innings, but Katie Stewart blasted a solo home run over the center-field wall in the fourth to tie the game. The floodgates opened after that with Texas scoring two runs in the fifth, three in the sixth and a whopping seven in the final frame to take a 13
  
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• Austin Fire Department celebrates new city's latest Firewise community

  09-02-2025 04:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department recognized the Walnut Creek Enclave neighborhood as a "Firewise" community Saturday afternoon.Firewise USA is a national program that provides a collaborative framework for neighborhoods to mitigate wildfire risk. Walnut Creek Enclave will be the 21st community in Austin to become a Firewise community."I feel absolutely thrilled that more and more communities are joining into this," said Marisa Lipscher, a Firewise community resident. "I thin
  
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• Why are Super Bowl ticket prices down?

  09-02-2025 02:14 via kxan.com
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — If you’re still planning to attend the Super Bowl on Sunday, you can expect a price drop compared to last year.The entry-level price for a ticket is currently around $2,600 according to StubHub. Company spokesperson Adam Budelli told The Associated Press Friday that while some tickets are still available, they are selling quickly.“Compared to last year, which was the most expensive Super Bowl in history on StubHub, that’s actually do
  
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• State of Texas: 'School choice' emergency item wins fast approval in Senate

  09-02-2025 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) - Just days after Governor Greg Abbott laid out his priorities for lawmakers in his State of the State address, Senate lawmakers pushed through one of his top priorities.
  Abbott earmarks session priorities, calls on Texas Lege to be ‘guardians of freedom’Texas Senators voted Wednesday evening to approve Senate Bill 2, the piece of legislation carrying an education savings accounts (ESA) program. The final vote was 19 for to 12 against, with all 11 Senate Democrats vo
  
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• Officials report measles outbreak in Gaines County, cases up to ten

  09-02-2025 00:26 via kxan.com
  
  GAINES CO. -- The Texas Department of State Health Services said on Friday there have been ten confirmed cases of measles in Gaines County. DSHS labeled it as a measles outbreak in the county.
  All cases are unvaccinated Gaines County residents, according to DSHS.Eight of the cases were among school-aged children and two cases were under the age of five. Seven of the patients have been hospitalized as of Friday.School in Clovis placed on ‘Secure and Move mode’ following social media c
  
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• Protest against ICE deportations held at Texas Capitol Saturday

  09-02-2025 00:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Protesters against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportations gathered at the Texas Capitol on Saturday afternoon, according to a social media post from the organizers."It is our duty, now more than ever, to stand up to Trump and his administration as they unfurl ICE and other federal police agencies against members of our families and communities," the social media post said.Protesters against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportations gathered at the Texa
  
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