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• Here's the Houston Texans' 2024 season schedule

  16-05-2024 03:24 via kxan.com
  
  HOUSTON (KIAH) — The Houston Texans will be playing in four primetime games in the 2024 season, including a Christmas Day game against the Baltimore Ravens and a Monday night game against their in-state rival, the Dallas Cowboys.The 2024 NFL schedule was released on Wednesday, and the Texans are one of the teams that will be featured in several national telecasts, including two Sunday Night Football games and one Monday Night Football game. Here’s the 2024 Dallas Cowboys schedul
  
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• Austin adding cameras in parks to stop break-ins

  31-05-2024 23:50 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — For the past several years car break-ins have been an ongoing issue at many popular Austin parks.Unsuspecting visitors will park their cars, leaving valuables inside-- only to return to shattered glass and their belongings gone.In the past, the city has put up signs to warn visitors-- and at one point-- even used fake cameras. But nothing has really worked until recently.In June 2023, the city launched a pilot program and installed real cameras at 10 popular Austin par
  
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• Man sentenced in 2021 San Marcos hit and run

  31-05-2024 22:09 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — A driver accused of hitting and killing a woman in San Marcos in 2021 was found guilty at the beginning of the month on charges related to her death, according to court records.A witness at the time told police the suspect stopped to adjust his bumper and then drove off after hitting 49-year-old Nelda Chancy Peddle as she was walking in the 110 block of East Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in San Marcos on Sept. 26, 2026. PREVIOUS: Witness calls 911, follows accused hit-and-ru
  
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• Craftsman recalls cordless tillers/cultivators over injury concerns

  31-05-2024 21:47 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — Black & Decker is recalling about 44,400 units of its Craftsman V20 Cordless Tiller/Cultivators over concerns that the item's assembly instructions could lead customers to incorrectly attach a portion, causing its blades to rotate toward the user.The recall is only for Craftsman V20 Cordless Tiller/Cultivators with model number CMCTL320B, which is located on the underside of the upper handle, according to Black & Decker.Can Trump still vote after being convicted of 34 f
  
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• APD identifies man killed in south Austin apartment shooting

  31-05-2024 21:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Police Department identified the man who was killed in a shooting on Wednesday at a south Austin apartment complex. Police said they have yet to find a suspect, according to a news release from the agency on Friday.Around 8:40 p.m., officers responded to the shooting at 401 Little Texas Ln. When police arrived on the scene, they found a man, Olvin-Ponce-Aguilera, 40, with "apparent gunshot wounds," the release said.
  One person is dead after a shooting at a south
  
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• Taylor Sheridan's '1923' could inject nearly $52M into area economy, city of Austin says

  31-05-2024 21:33 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Austin Business Journal) — Taylor Sheridan's "1923," which plans to use Austin as a base for filming throughout Texas later this year, is projected to pump nearly $52 million into the local economy and create 200 direct jobs and more than 150 indirect jobs, according to the city of Austin.Those were among the estimates provided as the Austin City Council on May 30 voted to approve up to $82,500 in incentives for the production company behind the project as part
  
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• GoFundMe started after mother and daughter die in south Austin crash

  31-05-2024 20:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A fundraiser was started this week following the deaths of a mother and her daughter in a car accident in south Austin last weekend.Three people taken to hospitals after crash in south Austin traps carThe Austin Police Department identified the victims of the crash as Cynthia Boone, 41, and Miraj Parson, 18.
  A verified GoFundMe fundraiser, which family members started, identified Miraj as a recent graduate of Austin High School, and Cynthia as her mother, who was also an Austin
  
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• What we know about the D.C. law firm representing DA Garza in removal effort

  31-05-2024 20:47 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The law firm Travis County District Attorney José Garza retained to represent him during a petition to remove him from office has done similar work for at least two other DAs across the country, both of whom faced intense criticism related to their progressive approach to crime, according to court records and numerous news reports. The firm's attorney working on Garza's case also has a history in Central Texas, court records show.The first hearing related to the
  
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• End of ARPA funding could have trickle down effect on Austin's homelessness response

  31-05-2024 20:42 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Alfredo Reyes Jr. knows what it's like to live on Austin's streets all too well. Recently homeless, Reyes now works with Vocal Texas, a group that advocates for people experiencing homelessness.
  In February Reyes was offered a lifeline in the form of rapid rehousing.
  "And I'm just now getting settled and trying to get a job and trying to get permanent housing," Reyes said.
  Rapid rehousing is one of the strategies the City of Austin uses to get people out of homelessness by helpi
  
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• Biden urges Hamas to accept latest hostage deal

  31-05-2024 19:30 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) – President Biden delivered remarks Friday on the tensions in the Middle East.
  Biden urged Hamas to accept the latest hostage deal and says militants are "no longer capable" of another Oct 7-style attack.The remarks come after Israel's military confirmed that its forces are operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city.During his commencement address at Morehouse College earlier this month, Biden decried the “humanitarian crisis i
  
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• Biden says Hamas is 'no longer capable' of carrying out another major attack against Israel

  31-05-2024 19:30 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) – President Joe Biden says Hamas is “no longer capable” of carrying out another large-scale attack on Israel as he urges Israelis and Hamas to come to a deal to release remaining hostages for an extended cease-fire.
  Biden on Friday addressed the nearly eight-month Israel-Hamas war as the Israeli military confirmed that its forces are now operating in central parts of Rafah in its expanding offensive in the southern Gaza city. Biden calls it “a truly a decisive
  
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• How to participate in the 2024 Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive

  31-05-2024 19:16 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's Note: The video above shows coverage from last year's Summer Fan Drive.
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The 2024 Family Eldercare Summer Fan Drive is back to help provide Central Texans with relief from the heat.
  Family Eldercare has been collecting fans and distributing fans for over 30 years to those who may not have air conditioning. You can participate by dropping off inexpensive box fans or monetary donations come July 12.
  These fans help save lives from heat-related illness. According to th
  
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• Memorial Day weekend saw a rise in drownings this year, Texas Parks and Wildlife says

  31-05-2024 18:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Texas saw a rise in drownings across the state over the Memorial Day weekend, but a decrease in boating accidents, according to Texas Parks and Wildlife officials.
  TPWD released details on the number of water-related incidents game wardens responded to over the holiday weekend. Between Friday and Monday, 379 wardens conducted 11,609 vessel checks across Texas, issuing 1,528 citations and 2,301 warnings for various boating safety law violations, according to a release from the de
  
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• 2017 road rage shooting suspect sentenced

  31-05-2024 17:40 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News' top morning headlines from Friday, May 31, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury May 23 and sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to Travis County court documents. The charge was in connection with a September 2017 road rage shooting.Records showed 25-year-old Juan Carbajal-Jaimes pleaded not guilty to the murder charge ahead of his trial.Carbajal-Jaimes was charged on Feb. 9, 2023, for the murder o
  
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• 2017 road rage shooting suspect found guilty of murder, sentenced

  31-05-2024 17:40 via kxan.com
  
  Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN News' top morning headlines from Friday, May 31, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) — A man was found guilty of first-degree murder by a jury May 23 and sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to Travis County court documents. The charge was in connection with a September 2017 road rage shooting.Records showed 25-year-old Juan Carbajal-Jaimes pleaded not guilty to the murder charge ahead of his trial.Carbajal-Jaimes was charged on Feb. 9, 2023, for the murder o
  
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• Texas Supreme Court rejects challenge to abortion ban

  31-05-2024 17:07 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- The Texas Supreme Court on Friday unanimously ruled against plaintiffs in Zurawski v. Texas, a case brought by more than 20 women alleging the state's abortion ban puts women with pregnancy complications at risk. The state's highest civil court vacated a Travis County trial court's ruling that blocked the state from enforcing the law against doctors.The challenge was led by Amanda Zurawski, a Texas woman who nearly died from septic shock from pregnancy complications after her
  
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• New documentary looks into racism in nursing

  31-05-2024 17:03 via kxan.com
  
  (KXAN) -- Burnout, stress and unsafe working conditions are all reasons nurses are leaving their jobs, according to research.But a new documentary highlights another problem.“One of the things that we found in a recently published research is that eight out of 10 nurses reported experiencing or seeing racism from patients, towards their colleagues and another six out of 10 reported experiencing racism and discrimination from their own colleagues,” said Michelle Larken with the Robert
  
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• What is Global Heat Action Day?

  31-05-2024 16:53 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Climate change is making summers longer and hotter. Central Texas has already experienced a first taste of summer during the Memorial Day holiday weekend. An organization working to raise further awareness of the dangers of summer heat has designated Sunday, June 2 as Global Heat Action Day. This is an annual day for not only sharing the risks of heat but also simple ways to stay safe, according to the Red Cross Red Crescent Climate Center. It's all about preventing heat-re
  
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• WATCH: Trump holds news conference after conviction

  31-05-2024 16:36 via kxan.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Being convicted of a felony — let alone 34 of them – is the kind of blow that would normally tank any politician's ambitions.Donald Trump will instead try to turn what might otherwise be a career-ending judgment into campaign fuel.Trump will return to the campaign trail with a news conference at his namesake tower in Manhattan on Friday, a day after he was convicted of trying to illegally influence the 2016 election by falsifying business records to hi
  
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• Video: Stolen truck from Austin used in car break-ins in San Marcos

  31-05-2024 16:17 via kxan.com
  
  SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) -- The San Marcos Police Department is warning the community after suspects used a stolen truck from Austin to break into and attempt breaking into vehicles in San Marcos. Police also released doorbell video of one of the incidents.
  San Marcos police said they received a call around 6 a.m. Saturday, May 25, reporting that two people were trying to break into vehicles in the La Cima neighborhood in San Marcos. The caller said two people -- a male with tattoos on his forea
  
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• Inside the Investigations: What's next with I-35 expansion

  31-05-2024 14:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Each week the in-depth reporting from the KXAN Investigates team will get a spotlight on KXAN Live.A conversation will happen with investigative reporter Kelly Wiley and KXAN Live anchor Will DuPree to break down one of this week’s top stories.Inside the Investigations: Austin hospital crashThe story they’re talking about this week is:
  A long-awaited plan to expand Austin's I-35 keeps drawing skepticism and worry over displacement. State officials said
  
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• Migrants on Juarez streets coping with high temperatures

  31-05-2024 13:43 via kxan.com
  
  JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Leidys and two female traveling companions huddled their eight children under the scarce shade of two shrubs on the banks of the Rio Grande.The three Venezuelan families spent their first night in Juarez in the safety of a shelter. But by Tuesday they were set on remaining by the river until they could cross the border, surrender to the U.S. Border Patrol and submit an asylum claim.First, they had to figure out how to get past the barbed wire fence and rovi
  
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• Waco pet owner demands answers on her dog's wound from city animal shelter

  31-05-2024 05:29 via kxan.com
  
  Waco, TX (FOX 44) -- A Waco pet owner is demanding justice for her dog after she says the city wounded it under its control.Ghost is a one year old dog with plenty of energy."He laughs, he goes around, we hold him, he likes to play, he likes to cuddle, all that," said Cheryl Mims, Ghost's pet owner.Ghost has lived with Mims since he was eight weeks old, but Cheryl says they almost lost him at the beginning of May."Someone let Ghost out of the gate and we didn't know that he had got out the gate
  
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• Fossil of saber-toothed cat found on Texas Coast, UT researchers say

  31-05-2024 04:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A fossilized skull found on the coast of Texas is expanding on the understanding of where the saber-toothed cat roamed tens of thousands of years ago, according to researchers at the University of Texas Austin.The fossil belongs to the saber-toothed cat, which roamed a large portion of the planet for millions of years, UT said in a news release. Researchers concluded it was submerged in the Gulf of Mexico for thousands of years before washing up on shore.“You can’t e
  
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• Texas freshman Teagan Kavan one-hits Stanford, Longhorns win WCWS opener 4-0

  31-05-2024 03:44 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas freshman pitcher Teagan Kavan didn't let the big stage bother her.She hurled a one-hitter with eight strikeouts to key a 4-0 victory over No. 8 Stanford on Thursday at OGE Energy Field at Devon Park in the Women's College World Series.Texas starting pitcher Teagan Kavan (17) throws during an NCAA softball Women's College World Series game against Stanford on Thursday, May 30, in Oklahoma City. (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)‘Something you can’t practice’: Te
  
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• City of Austin plans to address mail theft as stolen ‘master key’ issue persists

  31-05-2024 02:36 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) --- Mail theft has touched so many communities across Central Texas. The City of Austin said three Austin-area mail carriers have been robbed for their arrow key since 2023.
  Those are also known as “master keys” which can open a variety of mail boxes. RELATED COVERAGE: City of Austin to take on mail theft as stolen ‘master key’ issue persists A resolution brought forward by Council Member Paige Ellis will direct the city manager to find ways to educate the p
  
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• Underdog Texas has to get by hungry Ragin' Cajuns before potential date with Texas A&M

  31-05-2024 02:28 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas sophomore pitcher Max Grubbs went from the bullpen to the top of the rotation this season, and he'll get the ball for the Longhorns' opener at the College Station regional against Louisiana on Friday.Grubbs, who finished the regular season with 46 strikeouts and 15 walks in 68 2/3 innings, hasn't pitched since May 17. He tossed 4 2/3 innings against the Kansas Jayhawks so he's well-rested and ready to tackle a Ragin' Cajuns lineup that averages seven runs per game. Re
  
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• Anonymous community survey available to Austin residents regarding APD chief opening

  31-05-2024 01:56 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin said it wants input from community members regarding its search for the Austin Police Department’s next chief.The city said a survey has been released, and responses will be collected anonymously. RELATED: Austin begins search for new Chief of Police“The survey, which closes on June 10, allows the public to share their preferences regarding the priorities and characteristics of Austin’s next Chief of Police.  It also includes space
  
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• See the 10 'Best of the Best' hotels in the US, according to Tripadvisor

  31-05-2024 01:34 via kxan.com
  
  (KTLA/NEXSTAR) – Whether it's an Airbnb, tent site or a five-star hotel, sometimes it's the lodging that ends up making or breaking a vacation.For 2024, an oceanside inn in Santa Monica, California has been named the best hotel in America in 2024 by Tripadvisor.Shore Hotel, located just steps away from the Santa Monica Pier, was named the top hotel in Tripadvisor's 2024 Best of the Best Traveler’s Choice Awards. The list is compiled yearly and the awards are given to hotels that
  
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• Texas officials compromised ballot secrecy as they increased election transparency

  31-05-2024 01:30 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — Texas’ efforts to make elections more transparent allows the public — in limited instances — to pierce the anonymity of the ballot and find out how people voted, undermining the secrecy essential to free elections.The choices voters make in the private voting booth can later be identified in some cases using public, legally available records, a review by Votebeat and The Texas Tribune found.Since 2020, requests for such records have skyrocketed, f
  
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