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'It's deadly': The risks of drowning and knowing how to save a life
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Local first responders would like people to know what to do in case of a drowning. Austin Public Health said an average of 14 people a...
KXAN Documentary 'Family Beef' premieres at Austin's Long Center
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — Nearly 200 restaurant owners, community leaders, and creatives came together in Austin Wednesday to celebrate the premiere of KXAN's barbecue documentary, "Family Beef." The film, directed...
The best defense in 2025? This ESPN analyst says it's the Texas Longhorns
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — A former Alabama Crimson Tide quarterback said something nice about the Texas Longhorns. On his Always College Football podcast, Greg McElroy, now an analyst for ESPN,...
National Weather Service releases map of Austin microburst wind damage
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A microburst associated with a supercell thunderstorm moved through Austin on Wednesday, May 28. The National Weather Service in Austin/San Antonio surveyed the damage from the...
Family detained in Hays County raid says no gang ties existed, expert questions tattoo evidence
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A Venezuelan father detained alongside his wife and two young children during a March immigration raid in Hays County maintains the family has no connection with...
New book details 'troubling history' of eugenics in Texas
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — Eugenics, or the pseudoscience of human breeding, reached the height of its notoriety in the early 1900s but never truly disappeared, according to a new book...
Shade in Austin: Is it the same for everyone?
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — While Austin ranks high for providing shade, some portions of the city could provide even more, especially as summer approaches, according to an organization that worked...
TCSO: Travis County inmate dies after being found 'unresponsive' Tuesday
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) -- The Travis County Sheriff's Office and local agencies are investigating after an inmate at the Travis County Correctional Complex was found “unresponsive in his cell” and...
Man convicted in cousin's east Austin murder gets 20-year sentence
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) — A Travis County jury found a man guilty of murder May 27 in connection with a 2023 homicide investigation. According to the Travis County District Attorney’s...
What Trump Revoking Emergency Abortion Guidance Means for Care
[ad_1] The Trump Administration has added to the confusion surrounding the U.S.’s shifting patchwork of abortion laws by rescinding Biden-era guidance that directed hospitals to provide abortions in emergency situations,...
5th person arrested in connection with January homicide
[ad_1] AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A fifth person was arrested in connection with a 19-year-old's death that happened in January on Wildhorse Ranch Trail, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. Court...
Months after detaining 47 people accused of being Tren de Aragua in Hays County, authorities offer no evidence of gang ties
[ad_1] HAYS COUNTY, Texas (The Texas Tribune) — In late March, a group of Venezuelan relatives and friends, celebrating a pair of birthdays, rented a six-bedroom house in the southern...