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• St. David's nurse accused of attempted sexual assault of patient

  17-06-2025 23:30 via kxan.com
  
  Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect where the alleged incident occurred and updates a response from the Texas Board of Nursing, including its disclosure of disciplinary actions.AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A nurse at St. David's Medical Center on East 32nd Street in central Austin is accused of attempting to sexually assault a patient on Valentine's Day, according to newly released court records filed by Austin Police.Jorge Armando Nuncio Moreno, 32, is accused of violating his patie
  
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• US Supreme Court clears the way for nuclear waste storage in Texas

  17-06-2025 20:38 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The U.S. Supreme Court reversed a ruling by a federal appeals court Thursday, clearing the way for plans to temporarily store nuclear waste at a facility in West Texas.The 6-3 vote came in the case, Nuclear Regulatory Commission v. Texas, where the U.S. Court of Appeals in the Fifth Circuit sided with Texas and Fasken Oil and Ranch in their suit against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to prevent the temporary waste site from being built.The justices reversed the Fifth Cir
  
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• Travis County passes resolution for 'Constitutional & Humane Treatment of Immigrants'

  17-06-2025 20:26 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — As the federal government continues mass deportations across the country, Travis County took a step to try to ensure immigrants in its community are treated fairly.Travis County Commissioners' Court members unanimously passed a resolution Tuesday to reaffirm the "constitutional and humane treatment of immigrants in the custody of any U.S. law enforcement agency, and calling due process and the protection of habeas corpus."The resolution was sponsored by Travis County Judge
  
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• CapMetro 'temporarily suspending service' to Downtown Station amid Austin Convention Center construction

  17-06-2025 18:48 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — CapMetro is "temporarily suspending service" to its Downtown Station due to construction happening at the Austin Convention Center, a CapMetro spokesperson said in a statement Tuesday."The unexpected impact has required the immediate temporary closure of the station today, June 17, 2025, to ensure the public’s safety," the spokesperson said.KXAN's Sam Stark captured photos of the station, which showed part of a convention center wall knocked down in the background. Ta
  
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• Atlantic tropical conditions continue quiet trend | Tracking the Tropics

  17-06-2025 18:38 via kxan.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — As we continue into the third week of the Atlantic hurricane season, the tropics continue their quiet trend.Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center did not predict any tropical development over the next seven days.
  This means that for now, we can enjoy a calm summer period in Florida, the South, and the Caribbean.“We are enjoying a very quiet pattern in the tropics right now, no forecast models, even the GFS, are forecasting any activity within the next two weeks,
  
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• Texas launches first investigations into 'potential noncitizen voting' in 2024 election

  17-06-2025 18:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Texas Office of the Attorney General, or OAG, announced in a Tuesday press release that AG Ken Paxton opened investigations into 33 "potential noncitizens who allegedly voted" in the 2024 election.The release did not say where these alleged cases occurred or how the potential noncitizens voted.
  They are the OAG's first investigations into specific cases of possible noncitizen voting since the 2024 general election. According to the release, this is because of an executi
  
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• ARCH center to remain open daily during summer months

  17-06-2025 18:29 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — To keep those in the homeless community cool during the summer months, the city of Austin is ensuring that the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless (ARCH) is open daily from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.According to a city news release, the city's Homeless Strategy Office (HSO) is partnering with Urban Alchemy to offer that daytime cooling. The ARCH is located at 500 E. Seventh St.The center welcomes pets, and those who come to the center "will have access to drinking water, phone ch
  
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• Former Austin Police Sergeant pleads guilty for charges of assault and official oppression

  17-06-2025 17:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former Austin Police Sergeant Brian Yarger plead guilty for charges of assault causing bodily injury and official oppression for an incident that happened in June 2024 in court on Tuesday.Brian Charles Yarger, 43 (Austin Police Department Photo)The incident in June 2024 is related to an encounter he had with Shawn Allen Johnson, where court records state Yarger shoved Johnson to the ground and hitting him with a closed fist.Yarger also faced assault causing bodily injury an
  
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• Former APD officer set for plea hearing

  17-06-2025 17:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former Austin Police Officer Brian Yarger is scheduled for a plea hearing Tuesday for charges of assault causing bodily injury and official oppression.Brian Charles Yarger, 43 (Austin Police Department Photo)Yarger faces these misdemeanor charges in three separate cases, according to Travis County Court documents. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Former APD officer Brian Yarger charged with assaultThe plea agreement's terms were listed in only one of the three cases. It states the follow
  
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• Knee pads, handgun detailed in arrest connected to Texas lawmaker threat

  17-06-2025 17:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – A newly-released arrest report is shedding light on the man connected to a credible threat made against Texas lawmakers planning to attend last weekend’s protest at the State Capitol.On Tuesday, Fayette County Attorney James Herbrich provided KXAN with an affidavit detailing the arrest of Robert Leroy Bowers, 45, of Katy by Department of Public Safety troopers. The two troopers “received credible information” from a the DPS Criminal Investigation Division
  
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• Ambassadors enhance the work of Take Care of Texas

  17-06-2025 16:52 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Take Care of Texas, an initiative of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, or TCEQ, provides valuable information on how to help keep the state's air and water clean. It offers tips and other resources on important topics like conserving energy and water, along with how Texans can reduce waster while recycling properly.In 2024, Take Care of Texas started an ambassador program to help educators learn more about those resources available and to spread the word to their st
  
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• Milky Way Galaxy collision more likely while NASA prepares for lunar rescue

  17-06-2025 16:19 via kxan.com
  
  In this combination of images from NASA/ESA shows three future scenarios for Milky Way & Andromeda encounter. Top left: Galaxies bypass at 1 million light-year separation. Top right: At 500,000 light-years, dark matter provides friction that brings galaxies to a close encounter. Bottom: A 100,000 light-year separation leads to a collision. (NASA/ESA via AP)
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Milky Way could, relatively soon, collide with a neighboring galaxy.A new study published in the journal Nature As
  
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• Man arrested, charged with DWI after fatal crash with motorcyclist: Austin Police

  17-06-2025 15:51 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A driver allegedly struck and killed a motorcyclist while intoxicated on the evening of June 12, according to an Austin Police Department press release issued Monday.The crash happened around 9 p.m. on June 12, in the 1700 block of South Pleasant Valley Road.The motorcyclist, Eliasib Cortes Vargas, 34, was taken to a hospital where he died, APD said.Officers arrested a Thomas Ajanel Chan, 54, and charged him with driving while intoxicated. The release states that more charg
  
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• 'They made a mistake. I'm having to pay for it': Homeowner says Travis Central Appraisal District error cost him thousands

  17-06-2025 15:48 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's Note: This article has been updated to clarify the role of a Taxpayer Liaison Officer and the content of notices Travis County Appraisal District sent to Perez.AUSTIN (KXAN) — Patrick Perez said the pride he felt for his home in south Austin has steadily morphed into panic over the last few months. He said the cause is partly from a filing error by the Travis Central Appraisal District that has cost him thousands of dollars."This house is from 2015. It was one of those experiences
  
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• Owner of famed Texas Chili Parlor dies

  17-06-2025 15:13 via kxan.com
  
  (Austin Business Journal) — Scott Zublin, owner and savior of the iconic Texas Chili Parlor — the hole-in-the-wall restaurant near the state Capitol that for decades has attracted politicians, lobbyists, tourists, journalists and celebrities — died June 7. He was 67.Yellow roses and a flower arrangement were displayed at the front door of the 49-year-old restaurant June 16 in commemoration of Zublin. The restaurant's old-school sign read, "What time is it! Love you Sc
  
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• Williamson County judges say workload still heavy despite support from 'death investigators'

  17-06-2025 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) — Valerie Alvarez has been on the job for six months. She's one of four new death investigators hired by Williamson County to help Justice of the Peace judges who determine cause and manner of death and juggle court dockets."We're kind of the eyes and the ears for the judges," Alvarez said. "I'm going to collect and get whatever information I can get to provide it to the Justice of the Peace, so that way they can make the best decision for our county."Alvarez
  
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• This weather pattern is now 'likely' this winter

  17-06-2025 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Now that we've firmly settled into an ENSO Neutral pattern, which is neither El Niño or La Niña, and we're almost beyond the "Spring predictability barrier" which makes ENSO forecasting less accurate, we're getting more confidence on what to expect this winter.For the first time this year since the Climate Prediction Center have forecasted the phases of ENSO, winter 2025-2026 is now likely to be ENSO Neutral. Previous outlooks had ENSO Neutral in the plurality, wit
  
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• Georgetown ISD signs off on $260M school budget

  17-06-2025 13:49 via kxan.com
  
  GEORGETOWN, Texas (KXAN) -- The Georgetown Independent School District Board of Trustees signed off on a $260 million budget for the next school year during Monday night's meeting.The district said that amount is based on previous state funding figures. It does not yet, however, include a new compensation plan for teachers and staff following the legislative session.Georgetown ISD receives $462k to expand drone programThe board said it expects a budget amendment for that in August.Also during Mo
  
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• With only 8% built, Texas quietly defunds state border wall program

  17-06-2025 12:57 via kxan.com
  
  (The Texas Tribune) — Four years after Gov. Greg Abbott announced Texas would be the first state to build its own border wall, lawmakers have quietly stopped funding the project, leaving only scattered segments covering a small fraction of the border.That decision, made in the waning hours of this year’s legislative session, leaves the future of the state wall unclear. Just 8% of the 805 miles the state identified for construction is complete, which has cost taxpayers more than $3 bi
  
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• Two Texas congressmembers named on alleged Minnesota assassin’s hit list

  17-06-2025 12:44 via kxan.com
  
  (The Texas Tribune) — U.S. Reps. Veronica Escobar and Joaquin Castro said their names appeared on a list of targets compiled by the assassin who has been charged with killing the Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband and shooting two others on Saturday.Authorities said Vance Boelter, 57, had a list of 45 elected officials, all Democrats, on his “hit list.”In a Monday statement, Escobar of El Paso said that a string of recent politically motivated violence, inc
  
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• Mia Scott picked by AUSL's Volts to make pro softball debut

  17-06-2025 03:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — After leading the Texas Longhorns to their first national championship, Mia Scott is taking her one good ACL and heading for professional softball.Scott will play for the Volts in the Athletes Unlimited Softball League after she was selected from the league's reserve player pool Monday. Scott hit a grand slam for the Longhorns in a 10-4 win over Texas Tech in Game 3 of the Women's College World Series to clinch the national title, capping off an All-American season. She als
  
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• Austin Police: 3 arrested, officers injured following 'No Kings' protest at Capitol

  17-06-2025 03:14 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Austin Police Department confirmed it made three arrests following the ‘No Kings’ protest at the Texas Capitol Saturday.The department also noted three officer injuries and three cases in which officers used force on civilians.
  This numbers are "preliminary" and "may change as [APD gathers] a comprehensive understanding of the events that took place.” Arrests: 
  Ravigopal, Sanjay- Obstructing Highway or Other Passageway (Class B)Glasse, Julien - Ob
  
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• 'Good cowboy logic': Trump deportation policy shift to benefit some Texas industries

  17-06-2025 01:43 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – Undocumented workers in some industries throughout the U.S. and Texas will reportedly no longer be a priority in the Trump Administration’s immigration crackdown. Some Texas leaders in industries such as hospitality and agriculture have said the administration’s aggressive immigration crackdown has led to them losing dependable workers. "Restaurants are known as one of the industries that have a significant immigrant workforce,” said Kelsey Erick
  
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• Tip from suspect's friend revealed threat to harm Texas lawmakers ahead of Capitol protest, affidavit reveals

  17-06-2025 01:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) – An arrest affidavit KXAN obtained Tuesday revealed the "concerned citizen" the Texas Department of Public Safety said tipped them off to a credible threat to state lawmakers attending a protest at the State Capitol was the suspect's friend.A Fayette County arrest affidavit said troopers received information Robert Leroy Bowers, 45, "had sent messages to a friend that were interpreted as wishing to inflict harm to state elected officials and politicians in Austin."
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