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USC’s C.R. Roberts, who led Trojans to win over Texas in segregated Austin, dies at 87

Roberts, a fullback, set a single-game rushing record with 251 yards on 12 carries in the Trojans’ 44-20 victory in Austin, a mark that stood for 20 years. Fearing rioting by the segregated crowd, USC’s coaching staff pulled Roberts early.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gov. Greg Abbott sends more state police to patrol Austin after city leaders call for end to partnership

Austin Mayor Kirk Watson had said that troopers pulling a gun on a 10-year-old prompted the end of the agreement. A video of that encounter shows troopers with guns pointed at the ground, not the child.

The Texas Tribune

Limited regulations make Texas workers responsible for preventing on-the-job heat injuries

In triple-digit temperatures, drinking water frequently and resting in the shade are minimum safety measures for avoiding injuries and deaths. But they are not applied to every job site.

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Girl, 16, fatally shot in Austin

The girl was shot in the eye and pronounced dead at Loretto Hospital, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

1 killed, 1 critically wounded in Austin shooting

Two men were in the 4800 block of West Washington Boulevard when someone approached and opened fire.

Chicago Sun-Times

Man shot to death in Austin

The man, 36, was in the first block of North LaCrosse Avenue when someone shot him in the abdomen and both arms, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Homegrown Neo-Fascist Movement Marches in Austin

Researchers have identified dozens of members of the white nationalist group—and no, they’re not “feds.”

Texas Observer

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Elon Musk Drives Tesla Cybertruck In Austin, Says It Was "Very Fun"

Tesla's CEO did not share detailed impressions from his time behind the wheel of the Cybertruck, though he did note that it was "very fun."

InsideEVs

Man found fatally shot in Austin

The man, 41, was shot in the abdomen and back about 9:45 p.m. in the 1600 block of North Parkside Avenue.

Chicago Sun-Times

Housing market inventory is so tight that only one of the nation’s 100 largest markets saw a home price decline in May

Black Knight: Among the nation’s 100 largest housing markets, 99 saw a home price increase in May.

Fortune

Man fatally shot in Austin

The man, 32, was standing in the first block of North Lamon Avenue when a grey car pulled up and an “unknown number of offenders” opened fire, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Volkswagen Launches Autonomous Vehicle Test Program In The US

The all-electric Volkswagen ID. Buzz AD microbus will enter ride-hailing service in Austin from 2026

InsideEVs

Ex-detective's five chilling clues that Texas serial killer is active after 5 bodies found

Former NYPD detective Kevin Gannon went through the autopsy reports of the dead men recovered from Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas — and he suspects foul play in their deaths

Daily Mirror

As veteran disability claims soar, unaccredited coaches profit off frustration with VA system

Austin-based VA Claims Insider says it has helped hundreds of thousands of clients. It has also touched off complaints and investigations.

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Tesla Stock Is “Egregiously Overvalued,” Won’t Last As Rivals Fill The EV Space: Analyst

Craig Irwin says that the Austin-based firm is “egregiously overvalued” and that it will be increasingly hard for Tesla to see the same growth going forward.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago area cleans up, dries out after record rains flood basements, streets

Sunday’s storm dropped as much as 9 inches of rain in some places. Chicago’s Northwest and West sides were hard-hit.

Los Angeles Times

LZ Granderson: Sure, people are moving to Texas. But not for the reasons Gov. Greg Abbott claims

Four of the nation's 10 largest cities are in Texas: Houston, San Antonio, Dallas and Austin. Gov. Greg Abbott would like you to think that's because of the economic policies of the Lone Star State.

Chicago Sun-Times

Firefighter seriously injured in Austin

The firefighter was taken to West Suburban Medical Center, where he was listed in serious condition, fire officials said.

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Gov. Greg Abbott can ban local COVID-19 mask mandates, Texas Supreme Court rules

AUSTIN – The Texas Supreme Court ruled Friday that Gov. Greg Abbott has the authority to call off local mask mandates in response to COVID-19 or any other disasters.

The Texas Tribune

Texas Supreme Court says Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID ban on local mask rules was lawful

Several of Texas’ largest cities sought to put in place mask requirements, which Gov. Greg Abbott overturned. The ruling is a legal win for Republicans in Austin their ongoing symbolic fight with cities, often run by Democrats.

Tribune News Service

Texas bans testimony based on police ‘investigative hypnosis’ in criminal trials

AUSTIN — Statements that crime witnesses make while under hypnosis will soon be inadmissible in Texas courts.

The Independent UK

City of song: a love-letter to Austin by one of its home-grown musical maestros

Austin’s much-loved singer-songwriter Graham Wilkinson on how the Live Music Capital of the World® has inspired his journey

Texas Observer

Why Nurses Are Making Lone Star Labor History

The state’s largest private-sector nurses union struck this month to defend patient safety at Ascension Seton Medical Center.

Broadcasting & Cable

Susie Doucette-Pyle Named Senior VP/GM at KTBC Austin

Longtime Fox Television Stations sales exec shifts from Houston to Texas capital

Fortune

Venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale pitched a citywide tunnel system project built by Elon Musk’s Boring Company to the Austin Mayor

Lonsdale, a Boring Company investor, proposed a 45-station tunnel commuter system that would start out with a small-scale tunnel between his friends’ land.

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