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• Democratic election upsets could reshape Texas' expanding local immigration enforcement program

  04-11-2026 19:06 via KXAN Austin
  
  A sweeping Democratic upset in Texas could disrupt Republican efforts to expand local immigration enforcement, putting two key parts of the state's partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under new leadership — and raising questions about the future of millions in government funding for participating police agencies.
  
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• Mullin: No indication of 'nefarious attack' on FAA as DHS investigates root cause of telecom outage

  13-11-2026 23:29 via KXAN Austin
  
  Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin stressed that Americans flying Friday are safe, even as he said the Department of Homeland Security would continue to seek the root cause of a telecom outage that pushed the government to ground flights. “This was a telecommunication outage throughout FAA,” Mullin said while fielding questions outside the White House, [...]
  
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• Austin-Bergstrom International Airport affected by nationwide ground stop

  13-11-2026 23:24 via KXAN Austin
  
  Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) confirmed it is affected by an ongoing nationwide ground stop on Friday afternoon.
  
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• No. 8 Texas aims to strengthen CFP case with win at No. 24 LSU

  13-11-2026 23:12 via KXAN Austin
  
  No. 8 Texas heads to Death Valley Saturday night seeking its seventh straight win against an AP Top 25 opponent, facing a No. 24 LSU team looking to keep its own College Football Playoff hopes alive.
  
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• Bastrop bat found at Walmart tests positive for rabies

  13-11-2026 23:00 via KXAN Austin
  
  The city of Bastrop on Friday said a bat tested positive for rabies on Nov. 9. It was found at the front entrance of Bastrop's Walmart with potential exposure between opening and noon, according to a social media post.
  
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• Comptroller requiring employee legal status proof for state grants

  13-11-2026 22:49 via KXAN Austin
  
  Outgoing Texas Comptroller Don Huffines is adding a new requirement to anyone receiving state grant money: prove your employees are in the country legally.
  
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• Arch Manning gets his own bobblehead

  13-11-2026 22:48 via KXAN Austin
  
  The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame has unveiled a new bobblehead, and this one is for the Longhorns fans.
  
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• Four new lawsuits in three months allege pattern of discrimination and retaliation inside Texas DPS

  13-11-2026 22:36 via KXAN Austin
  
  In nearly three months, four new lawsuits have been filed in federal court against the Texas Department of Public Safety alleging similar themes of discrimination and/orretaliation within the state law enforcement agency, with officers describing unequal disciplinary practices, questionable promotion decisions and professional consequences after making complaints about their treatment.
  
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• Flights halted at airports across the US due to 'extraordinary circumstances,' FAA says

  13-11-2026 22:26 via KXAN Austin
  WASHINGTON (AP) – Flights are halted at airports across the United States due to "extraordinary circumstances," the FAA says. In a statement obtained by Nexstar, the FAA specified that the ground stop was issued "following communication issues impacting multiple Air Route Traffic Control Centers." The FAA said its technicians were investigating. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, [...]
  
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• Wimberley Cafe vows to rebuild after fire damages restaurant, neighboring businesses

  13-11-2026 22:00 via KXAN Austin
  
  The owners of Wimberley Cafe say they plan to rebuild after a fire damaged the restaurant and impacted neighboring businesses.
  
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• When will it look like fall in Central Texas?

  13-11-2026 21:48 via KXAN Austin
  
  As we approach the holiday season with Thanksgiving shortly approaching, fall is coming to its peak.
  
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• Rescues are underway in New Orleans after a tanker hits a river cruise boat on the Mississippi River

  13-11-2026 21:44 via KXAN Austin
  
  NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A tanker struck a New Orleans river cruise with 129 passengers on board on Friday, partially submerging the boat. Rescues were underway on the Mississippi River, officials say. Authorities did not immediately release whether there were injuries or deaths. Video from the scene showed the much larger Atlantic Asphalt tanker hit [...]
  
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• Judge rules man faked cancer to defraud romantic partners, birth mom

  13-11-2026 21:38 via KXAN Austin
  
  A Travis County District Court granted a partial summary judgement to seven women who say in a lawsuit that a man faked cancer so he could take money from them.
  
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• Officials urge Austin parking lot owners to prohibit ICE

  13-11-2026 21:30 via KXAN Austin
  
  Austin parking lot owners are being urged to prohibit ICE from using their properties, according to a new letter from city leaders and at least two members of Congress.
  
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• Tanker collides with riverboat on Mississippi River at Port of New Orleans

  13-11-2026 21:29 via KXAN Austin
  
  A news release issued by the Port of New Orleans said the American Cruise Lines’ American Heritage riverboat was docked at the port when it was struck by the Atlantic Asphalt tanker.
  
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• NASA is looking for new astronauts; do you have what it takes?

  13-11-2026 21:00 via KXAN Austin
  
  NASA is accepting applications for its next astronaut class through Dec. 3. Here's what it takes to qualify, how much astronauts earn and why the odds of being selected are so slim.
  
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• Historic Rosewood Courts reopens with new look in east Austin

  13-11-2026 20:33 via KXAN Austin
  
  Historic Rosewood Courts is open again after years of planning, construction and community input.
  
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• $2 million in legal fees fighting Project Connect lawsuits

  13-11-2026 20:07 via KXAN Austin
  
  The city of Austin and Austin Transit Partnership, which is charged with building Austin’s light rail system, have paid more than $2 million in legal fees fighting lawsuits challenging the project’s financing and bond-issuing authority.
  
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• Taylor celebrates 150 years with festivities, time capsule

  13-11-2026 19:09 via KXAN Austin
  
  The sesquicentennial celebration kicks off Friday evening and includes live music, carnival rides, a street dance, food vendors, wrestling performances, historical exhibits and the city's first drone show.
  
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• Cleared yogurt shop murder suspects one step closer to payout

  13-11-2026 18:39 via KXAN Austin
  
  A lawsuit filed this week is the next step in a $35 million settlement process for the four men exonerated in the notorious 1991 yogurt shop murders.
  
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• Weekend gradually wetter, but turning much colder

  13-11-2026 17:46 via KXAN Austin
  
  In addition to the rain, we'll have a backdoor cold front approaching from the north-northeast that is looking to arrive anywhere from mid morning to midday on Sunday. -- Nick Bannin
  
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• Doctors warn parents about risks of declining vitamin K shots for newborns

  13-11-2026 17:09 via KXAN Austin
  
  Although the vitamin K shot is not a vaccine, doctors say some parents have become increasingly hesitant about the injection in recent years.
  
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• After 40 years apart, a Chilean mother reunites with two children stolen during dictatorship

  13-11-2026 17:08 via KXAN Austin
  
  Four decades after a brutal separation, a mother was able to reunite with two of her children again, after they were taken from her native Chile by hospital workers in one of the thousands of illegal adoptions under the late Gen. Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship.
  
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• Trump told Huang to fight for his job after affair scandals: Report

  13-11-2026 17:07 via KXAN Austin
  
  “I spoke to him yesterday. He’s going through hell,” Trump said.
  
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• Darth Vader's light saber used in ‘I am your father’ duel sells for nearly $5 million

  13-11-2026 17:05 via KXAN Austin
  
  The sale marks a world auction record for any “Star Wars” collectible, according to Heritage Auctions.
  
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• Democrats have gained control in more states. That could change the way the US elects its president

  13-11-2026 17:03 via KXAN Austin
  
  Due to the number of state governments that have flipped to Democratic control, they also could change the way the U.S. elects a president.
  
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• What caused the Microsoft outages? Here's what we know

  13-11-2026 16:57 via KXAN Austin
  
  Microsoft said Friday morning that the company was seeing improvements, but had yet to fully divulge the exact cause of the issues.
  
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• Spilled Milk: 18-wheeler rolls over on SH-130, driver taken to hospital

  13-11-2026 15:22 via KXAN Austin
  
  An 18-wheeler rolled over, spilling debris along southbound State Highway 130 at Moore Road near Del Valle.
  
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• 18-wheeler rolls over on SH-130 near Del Valle, driver taken to hospital by STAR Flight

  13-11-2026 15:22 via KXAN Austin
  
  An 18-wheeler rolled over, spilling debris along southbound State Highway 130 at Moore Road near Del Valle.
  
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• 18-wheeler rolls over on SH-130, driver taken to hospital by STAR Flight

  13-11-2026 15:22 via KXAN Austin
  
  An 18-wheeler rolled over, spilling debris along southbound State Highway 130 at Moore Road near Del Valle.
  
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