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• Asian Americans rally outside Texas Capitol as lawmakers move closer to passing land-ban

  10-05-2025 23:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- As the Texas legislature moves one step closer to making it illegal to own land for citizens from China, Iran, Russia and North Korea who are residing illegally in the country, a group of Asian Americans gathered outside the south steps of the Capitol to express their opposition to the bill.Xiaoyu Wu was one of those people. He is originally from a town north of Shanghai, China, but moved to the the United States 13 years ago to pursue his PhD at the University of Texas at Au
  
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• Graduates to be celebrated at UT commencement

  10-05-2025 22:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas at Austin is holding its university-wide commencement ceremony for graduates in the Class of 2025 Saturday evening.The event will be hosted by UT Interim president Jim Davis and will include remarks from university leadership, the student body president, the commencement speaker, and some other faculty members.This year's commencement speaker will be Taylor Sheridan who is a writer, producer, director, and actor. Some of the works Sheridan is known f
  
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• Graduates celebrated with star power at UT commencement

  10-05-2025 22:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The University of Texas at Austin held its university-wide commencement ceremony for graduates in the Class of 2025 Saturday evening.The event will be hosted by UT Interim president Jim Davis and will include remarks from university leadership, the student body president, the commencement speaker, and some other faculty members.This year's commencement speaker was Taylor Sheridan who is a writer, producer, director, and actor. Some of the works Sheridan is known for include
  
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• Man remains in critical condition with pending charges after shooting involving officers

  10-05-2025 20:24 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — On Sunday, the Austin Police Department provided additional details surrounding a north Austin shooting that involved officers.The shooting occurred at approximately 12:40 a.m. Wednesday in the 800 block of East Braker Lane.According to APD, the two officers involved were placed on administrative leave, per protocol.The officers were identified as Officer Jake Pitcher, who had been with APD for 1 year and 7 months at the time of the incident, and Officer Ryne Kirchberg, who
  
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• Lunchables launches dippable, no-thaw PB&J with a remix from Lil Jon, Twista

  10-05-2025 05:45 via kxan.com
  
  (KTLA) — Lunchables is reimagining a lunchtime classic with the launch of its first-ever dippable, no-thaw crustless peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, and bringing along some major star power to celebrate.The new lunch kits include two crustless peanut butter sandwiches per pack, paired with either grape or strawberry-flavored dip. The sandwiches are ready-to-eat straight from the refrigerator, eliminating the thaw time required by frozen alternatives, Lunchables officials said.Promotion
  
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• Teens kidnap Las Vegas man, steal $4M in cryptocurrency: police

  10-05-2025 05:42 via kxan.com
  
  LAS VEGAS (KLAS) -- Three teenagers are accused of kidnapping a man at gunpoint, driving him to a remote desert area an hour outside of Las Vegas, and stealing $4 million in cryptocurrency and other digital assets, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.Belal Ashraf and Austin Fletcher, both 16 and from Pasco County, Florida; and a third teenager, face charges including robbery, kidnapping, and extortion, records said. A juvenile court judge previously certified Ashraf and Fletcher as adults.
  
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• 89 year-old's remains found in bear after deadly attack in Florida

  10-05-2025 05:39 via kxan.com
  
  JEROME, Fla. (WFLA) — The partial remains of an 89 year-old Florida man were found in one of the bears Florida Fish and Wildlife officials captured earlier this week following the first deadly bear attack in the state's history.On Friday, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) officials said preliminary findings confirmed that a 263-pound male bear contained the remains of Robert Markel, a Florida resident who was found dead Monday morning. The bear's DNA was found on Mark
  
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• Round Rock man pleads guilty to trafficking, dealing firearms without license

  10-05-2025 05:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A 50-year-old Round Rock man pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to traffic firearms and to one count of dealing in firearms without a license in a federal court in San Antonio Friday, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office.Job Eliezer De La Torre faces up to 15 years in federal prison for the count of conspiracy and five years for dealing firearms without a license, the release said.
  De La Torre was dealing firearms without a license from Jan. 1, 2020
  
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• Ken Paxton says Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle privacy suit

  10-05-2025 03:39 via kxan.com
  
  (The Texas Tribune) -- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday announced that his office had reached a preliminary agreement to settle a privacy infringement lawsuit against Google for $1.4 billion.Paxton said the deal delivers a “historic win” for Texans’ data privacy and security rights. In 2022, Texas sued the tech giant, alleging it unlawfully tracked and collected users’ private data including geolocation, incognito searches and biometric information.Paxton said
  
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• Texas moves closer to land ban for non-resident citizens of China, Russia, others

  10-05-2025 02:46 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The Texas Legislature voted to make it illegal for citizens of China, North Korea, Iran and Russia to own Texas land if they're not legally residing in the United States.On Friday, the Texas House voted to pass Senate Bill 17 after adding seven amendments to the bill on Thursday evening. The bill will now head back to the Senate to either adopt the House's changes, or to start a conferencing committee to find common ground.BackgroundIn 2021, the Texas Legislature unanimo
  
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• 'Saving lives': Hays County Jail installs Narcan vending machine

  10-05-2025 00:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- As a way to combat the opioid overdose crisis, the Hays County Jail installed a Narcan vending machine at its facility. The vending machine will be available to the public, as well as discharged inmates, the Hays County Sheriff's Office said in a news release.The initiative to install the vending machine was made possible via a partnership between HCSO,the Behavioral Health Program of the Hays County Health Department and the Texas Integrated Community Opioid Network (ICON), the
  
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