In this week’s episode of Student News Now on KXAN+, the Lower Colorado River Authority plans to drawdown Lake Austin by 10 feet from October 12 to November 30. It'll allow property owners to perform dock maintenance while also helping manage hydrilla growth. However, business owners say the plan...
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Waymo has begun offering fully autonomous freeway rides in Austin. Riders booking through the Uber app may now be routed onto freeways on select trips, followin...
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UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The heads of major artificial intelligence firms pleaded with the United Nations on Wednesday to save the world or at least its people — by somehow regulating the fast-expanding technology that they have been designing. “If managed poorly, I even believe AI ...
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The owlet of Athena has officially returned to the wild at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.
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A Cold Case Unit created by the Texas Attorney General's Office said that DNA analysis has conclusively identified recently recovered human remains as those of Jason Landry, who had been missing since December 2020....
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It nearly didn't survive its first days of life. Now, months later, Athena's surviving owlet is officially on its own.
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HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A man was executed Wednesday evening in Texas for a triple killing committed during an attempted robbery at a rural home, one week after the other man convicted in the case was put to death. Ker’Sean Ramey, 41, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m. CDT followi...
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Federal agents are offering a reward for Alex Rosado Lopez, a man wanted in Georgia and two other states.
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A new analysis reveals that renting is cheaper than buying in every major U.S. metro—but here's where renters are saving the most.
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New county data suggests the DPS voter registration issue is far larger than initially known, with more than 100,000 records identified in six counties alone....
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Kealing Middle School was the latest Austin ISD school to face HVAC troubles when the school’s air conditioning unit was unable to cool the building in early September....
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A new poll shows Democrats in Texas have a chance to win two statewide races in November, something they haven't done in more than 30 years.
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WalletHub ranked St. Louis, Minneapolis and Columbus among the most accommodating U.S. cities for people with disabilities, while lower-ranked cities often lack affordable, accessible services....
