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Hard-hitting Texas meets stingy Tennessee pitching in SEC softball clash
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Something has to give this weekend at McCombs Field. Top-ranked Texas, the No. 2 team in the country in batting average, meets No. 7 Tennessee, the...
'Shocking': Hear from the Austin attorney helping represent a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El Salvador 
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Lucia Curiel went several years without hearing from her former client, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but now the Austin-based immigration attorney said she is in almost daily...
Austin approves resolution for new safety tools on 6th Street
AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin City Council unanimously approved a resolution Thursday for the Sixth Street Safety Plan. The resolution green lights things such as data collection and reporting,...
Arch Manning on handling the hype, settling is as Texas' starting QB, Quinn Ewers' influence
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Arch Manning doesn't want to stop doing "normal things." Now in the middle of spring practices as the Longhorns' starting quarterback, Manning understands that people are...
Texas university first to add women's flag football as sport grows in Lone Star State
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- In 2024, Concordia University announced they would be adding a women's flag football team, making it the first university in Texas to offer the rapidly growing...
Supreme Court rules Trump administration must 'facilitate’ return of mistakenly deported man
(The Hill) — The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to lift a judge’s order requiring the Trump administration to “facilitate” the return of a Maryland man mistakenly deported to El...
New city building code will now require all Austin residences to have working air conditioning
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A new property code adopted by the Austin City Council will now require all Austin residences, new and existing, to have working air conditioning. On Thursday,...
'Scrambling to stay alive': Central Texas businesses impacted by Trump's 145% tariffs
AUSTIN (KXAN) --- Businesses across the country are still grappling with the high tariffs on products coming in from China. Some in Central Texas are feeling the impacts as...
Report: Former Texas WR Isaiah Bond turns himself in on sexual assault warrant, says allegations are 'patently false'
AUSTIN (KXAN) — Former Texas Longhorns wide receiver Isaiah Bond turned himself in for an outstanding sexual assault warrant Thursday, according to the NFL Networks Ian Rapoport. Texas wide...
Austin City Council signs off on more 'single stair' buildings
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Thursday, Austin City Council members approved a code amendment that allows more units to be built using only one central staircase. Advocates of "single stair" housing...
Space Shuttle Discovery could return to Texas
AUSTIN (KXAN) — A bill introduced Thursday could help bring the Space Shuttle Discovery back home to Texas. “The first word spoken from the moon was ‘Houston.’ To honor...
True-crime author says issue of lost identity at the center of book on 70s Texas serial killer
AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Lise Olsen, a Texas-based investigative reporter, editor, and true-crime author, visited Austin this week for a book-release event at Book People for "The Scientist and the...