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September 2024

  • Trump supporters in vehicles pursuing a Biden-Harris campaign bus in Texas on 30 October 2020.

    Trial begins in alleged ‘Trump Train’ ambush of Biden-Harris bus in 2020

    Plaintiffs in lawsuit allege they were terrorized for more than 90 minutes as at least 40 vehicles encircled the bus

April 2024

  • Texas state troopers arrest protester on campus

    Police arrest more Gaza protesters at University of Texas-Austin

  • A man paddleboards with his dog with kayaks in the background.

    Hometown tour
    A local’s travel guide to Austin: what to eat, see and do in three days

December 2023

  • Austin Police officers close La Crosse Avenue near Mopac Expressway in Austin, Texas late Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2023. Texas authorities say a daylong series of attacks in Austin has left four people dead and at least three injured, and a man believed to be connected to them and the deaths of two people near San Antonio was taken into custody. (Sara Diggins /Austin American-Statesman via AP)

    Texas police arrest suspect after six people killed in spree of violence

    Violence occurred in two separate incidents across two Texas communities, and left three injured including two police officers

September 2023

  • Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general speaks during a news conference in Washington DC, on 26 April 2022.

    Texas’s impeached attorney general acquitted by fellow Republicans

    Ken Paxton, impeached in May, has been found not guilty of bribery and dereliction of duty and may resume office

April 2023

  • Daniel Perry, center, and his attorney Doug O’Connell, left, walk out of the courtroom during jury deliberations in his murder trial.

    US army sergeant found guilty of murdering BLM protester in Austin

    Texas governor moves to pardon Daniel Perry, who was convicted of shooting Garrett Foster during rally in 2020

February 2023

  • More than 390,000 customers in Texas were without power in freezing conditions.

    Southern US battles winter freeze as thousands suffer power outage in Texas

    Slick roads have caused at least 10 deaths with thousands of flights canceled since frigid weather set in on Monday

November 2022

  • General view of construction site of the Tesla Gigafactory in Austin, Texas in October 2021.

    Tesla’s construction workers at Texas gigafactory allege labor violations

  • Tommy Andrade with his son Thaddeus, eight, outside their home in Seattle.

    ‘I’m not stressed’: guaranteed income programs are changing the lives of American parents

June 2022

  • Michelle Obama, Sophia Bush, Queen Latifah and Missy Elliott

    SXSW 2023: Sydney to host South by Southwest culture festival

  • Abortion rights demonstrators protest outside the US supreme court in Washington after Roe v Wade was overturned.

    ‘It’s important to fight’: US cities erupt in protest as Roe v Wade falls

May 2022

  • Activists Demonstrate Against Gun Violence And Call For Abortion Rights Protection<br>WASHINGTON, DC - MAY 28: Protesters march near the Supreme Court to demand an end to gun violence and call for abortion rights protection on May 28, 2022 in Washington, DC. The recent mass shootings in Buffalo and Texas and a leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on the possibility of Roe v Wade overturning have galvanized activists to rally across the country. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

    Austin resolution aims to ‘decriminalize’ abortion if Roe v Wade is overturned

    Group of city council members seeks to protect patients from criminal prosecution if supreme court ends abortion rights

February 2022

  • People help a protester after he was shot with a rubber bullet under Interstate 35 freeway in Austin in May 2020.

    Austin: 19 officers charged with aggravated assault over 2020 protests

    Police tactics used against protesters following murder of George Floyd widely condemned

December 2021

  • The Guardian documentary
    Happiness is a Journey: the hidden life of an American warehouse worker – video

  • Happiness Is A Journey still from documentary

    Gentrification destroyed the San Francisco I knew. Austin is next

    Patrick Bresnan

August 2021

  • A pedestrian wearing a mask to protect against the spread on COVID-19 walks through downtown Austin, Texas, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. Texas Gov. Greg Abbot’s mask mandate for the state ends Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

    Austin warns of ‘catastrophe’ as Texas again becomes center of pandemic

    City implores residents to stay home, mask up and get vaccinated as ICU capacity in hospitals dwindles to single digits

April 2021

  • Tim tends a fire he used for heat and cooking at a homeless camp in Austin, Texas, on Tuesday Feb. 16, 2021, during an extreme cold snap. Temperatures dropped into the single digits as snow shut down air travel and grocery stores. (Jay Janner /Austin American-Statesman via AP)

    Austin voters to decide on restoring rules criminalizing homeless activities

  • Scene of a deadly shooting in Austin<br>Austin police officers investigate at the scene of a deadly shooting at an apartment complex in Austin, Texas, U.S., April 18, 2021. REUTERS/Nuri Vallbona

    Texas shooting: fugitive in custody after three people killed in Austin

  • Law enforcement personnel at the scene of Sunday’s shooting in Austin, Texas

    ‘Exceptional’ North Texas football recruit among those killed in Austin shooting

  • Emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal shooting, Sunday, April 18, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Several people were fatally shot in Austin on Sunday and no suspects are in custody, emergency responders said. Police said on Twitter that they were on the scene of an active shooting and asked nearby residents to shelter in place and avoid the area. (AP Photo/Jim Vertuno)

    Three people dead in ‘active shooting incident’ in Austin, Texas

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