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NASA's chief flight director, Emily Nelson, is an Austin ISD and UT graduate. She leads the team overseeing human space flight during the Artemis II mission.

The school district has reported at least 19 incidents of Waymo cars failing to stop for school buses. | Shutterstock. The Austin Independent School District in Texas worked with Waymo for months on training its robotaxis to safely and legally stop for school buses — to little effect, according to an article by Aarian Marshall in Wired.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - An illegal tip pool at a Buda coffee bar led to over $85,000 in recovered back wages for employees. The recovery comes after an investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor. What they're saying:. The USDOL's Wage and Hour Division investigated Nate's At the Buda Mill &...

A test run for an Avride self-driving car turned grim on Tuesday when the vehicle struck and killed a duck near Mueller Lake Park, rattling neighbors who say the bird had nested there for years. Residents quickly scooped up the duck’s eggs, which had been left behind, and are now tending to them in an incubator. The incident has locals openly wondering whether...

AUSTIN, Texas - A man is in custody for attacking another with a hatchet at a Northeast Austin rec center on Good Friday. 22-year-old Davondre Deon Lee has been charged with second-degree felony aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and is currently in the Travis County jail on a $25,000 bond.

Austin McDonald’s Eruption: Customer’s Violent Meltdown Over Order Error Leaves Store in Shambles A roughly 59‑second video circulating on X […] The post Woman trashes McDonald’s kitchen because they put onions on her burger, shouts threats and films destruction [VIDEO] appeared first on Hip Hop Vibe .

ROUND ROCK, Texas — A Round Rock family is asking the public for prayer as a beloved son and elementary school student fights for his life in a hospital. Investigators tell KVUE that the child was in a street crosswalk on a bike at the intersection of Teravista Club Drive and Teravista Parkway, down the street from Teravista Elementary, when a driver hit him Wednesday...

AUSTIN, Texas - A new lawsuit is set to be filed in response to the wave of regulations introduced to the Texas hemp industry at the end of March. In a X video that was recently posted, Hometown Hero CEO, Lukas Gilkey, announced the company’s next steps and their plans for the legal battle which could soon be unfolding.

Austin is waking up warm, sticky, and already a little unsettled, with cloudy, muggy conditions around 73°F and a brisk south wind as of 4:51 a.m. CDT on Saturday, April 4, 2026. The scattered showers that drifted through overnight are expected to ramp up later in the morning, with a much better shot at widespread...

Austin residents celebrating Easter on Sunday can expect parks to stay open up until maximum capacity is reached.