Former Southern Poverty Law Center official charged in DOJ fraud case
Former Southern Poverty Law Center official Heidi Beirich has been charged in the Justice Department’s criminal case against the civil rights group.
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How often does Austin hit 100°? Here's a breakdown by date, month, year and decade
Complete temperature records for Camp Mabry, Austin's official reporting site, date back to 1898. Since then, Austin has reached 100° more than 2,000 times....
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Temperatures, rain totals, severe storms: Explore Austin's 2026 weather data
KXAN has created charts and graphics to help you keep track of whatever weather 2026 brings.
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Fall is here: Expert tips for picking mature pumpkins
Fall arrived this week, and as the leaves start to change, you also may be starting to think about pumpkins and pumpkin picking.
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Despite weather challenges, Texas wineries expect strong 2026 vintage
Despite facing extreme weather challenges like a St. Patrick's Day freeze, floods, and drought, the 2026 Texas grape-growing season resulted in a smaller but high-quality crop....
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Kristen's Classroom: ACL Music Festival's weather extremes
With the festival now falling on the first two weekends of October, the weather of year's past has certainly been hit & miss.
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Popular pantry product can't legally be called peanut butter — here's why
Peanut butter is a spread by definition, but when the word "spread" appears on a peanut butter jar label, it's most likely satisfying a legal requirement rather than acting as a simple descriptor....
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SpaceX achieves orbit with Starship Flight 14 before cutting test mission short
SpaceX successfully launched its massive Starship into orbit for the first time Monday, deploying advanced Starlink satellites before flight controllers opted to cut the test flight short....
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CapMetro directors consider fare increase Monday
On Monday, the board of directors is set to vote on its first system-wide fare increase in more than a decade.
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Q&A: Texas hospital safety. Why the fight isn’t over
On this edition of "Inside the Investigation" – an extended discussion first featured in the latest episode of our weekly investigative program, "Cause & Effect" – KXAN’s Arezow Doost and Matt Grant examine the push for stronger hospital safety measures following a deadly Austin ...
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Waiting at a red light? It may not know you're there
If you drive a car, you've likely found yourself at a stoplight. They're hard to avoid, with roughly 320,000 estimated to be in the U.S. But getting through them is sometimes harder than you may think it should be....
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Major pattern change brings heavy rain, flood risk this week
September will largely finish dry but the start of October is looking much wetter and significantly cooler courtesy of a major weather-maker. -Meteorologist Kristen Currie...
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Trump floated US weapons sales to Xi, ambassador says
“He actually asked President Xi, would he like to buy some, at one point,’” U.S. Ambassador to China David Perdue added.