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City of Austin warns of website impersonating 'Park ATX' app

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Editor’s note: The above video shows KXAN’s morning headlines for Friday, Jan. 5, 2024.AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin warned users about a "fraudulent" website impersonating Austin's Park ATX app Friday, according to a press release from the Austin Transportation and Public Works Department. Austin rolls out new payment option for street parking The City said a sponsored website that is not connected with the Park ATX app is currently showing up at the top of Google search results for “Park ATX” on a mobile browser. The website is requesting credit card information but isn't allowing users to start a parking session.The website appears as am5.com, the release said. As of Friday morning, the website is still active when searched."The City has made its Park ATX vendor, Passport, aware of the fraudulent website and reported the issue to Google," the release states.The official Park ATX app allows users to pay, extend and manage their on-street parking sessions from a mobile app.I...

November 2023: Which local restaurants received a perfect health inspection score?

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The data for health inspections in November 2023 shows that Austin Public Health checked 591 locations (restaurants, grocery stores, school cafeterias, etc.) in Travis County.Around 68% of those locations got a score above 89, but only 12.7% earned a perfect score of 100.Many of the locations that earned perfect scores were schools and medical locations.However, the following restaurants earned a perfect score in November 2023:Noa Noa Bar & Grill, located at 4720 South Congress AvenueCannon + Belle Restaurant, located at 500 East 4th StreetPoke Austin, located at 5601 Brodie Lane, Sunset ValleyThese chain restaurants also earned perfect scores:McDonald's, located at 3300 Bee Caves Road, West Lake HillsChipotle Mexican Grill, located at 2424 FM 685 Road, PflugervilleDominos, located at 18701 Limestone Commercial Drive, PflugervilleAs of December 2023, APH has inspected around 623 locations per month.The number of locations inspected each month in 2023, January to ...

MAP: Where have Austin's homicides occurred in 2024?

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — KXAN is keeping track of the number of homicides in Austin.As of Jan. 5, one homicide has been reported thus far in 2024.Last year, 73 homicides were reported, up from 71 in 2022, but down from a record-high 88 in 2021.The charts below will be updated as we learn new information. Scroll down for a map of where each homicide occurred. If the charts or map do not appear, click here.The chart below shows how the number of homicides reported in recent years changed through the year.Below is a map showing where homicides occurred in 2024. The map is interactive, so clicking on or hovering over a dot will reveal information about that incident. You can also click on a month in the top left to show only homicides that occurred during that month.The chart below shows the number of homicides reported each month in 2024.JanuaryJan. 1: APD arrests man accused of fatally shooting girlfriend in 1st homicide investigation of 2024

Arrests made after pregnant teen, boyfriend killed in San Antonio

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (KXAN) — Police are set to discuss the arrest of a father and son suspected of killing a pregnant woman and her boyfriend in San Antonio. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus and Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales will hold a news conference Friday morning to talk about the investigation that led to the arrests of Christopher and Ramon Preciado. Police said the two men are accused of shooting and killing Savannah Soto, 18, and Matthew Guerra, 22. Police found the couple dead in a vehicle on Dec. 26 after their families reached out to law enforcement when the pregnant teen missed an appointment to be induced.

The Loop NFL Picks: Week 18

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Vikings at Lions (-3½)Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell picked Nick Mullens to start the season finale and try to save the Vikings’ long-shot bid to earn a wild card berth. That’s very disappointing to most Vikings fans who would have preferred that they try starting the NFL’s first edible quarterback.Pick: Lions by 14(Screen grab from ESPN)Bears at Packers (-3½)Aaron Jones absorbed a punch to the noggin while trying to calm tensions after last Sunday night’s rout of the Vikings in Minneapolis. Detailed analysis of the video proves it was the only shot landed on the Packers all evening.Pick: Bears by 3(Screen grab from NBC)Jets at Patriots (-2½)Jets QB Aaron Rodgers suggested this week, without a scintilla of evidence, that comedian Jimmy Kimmel would be included on the client list for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. This confirms The Loop’s analysis that Rodgers might be even more slimy than Jeffrey Epstein.Pick: Patriots by 11(Screen grab from ESPN)Falcons at Saints (-3½)ESPN ...

Noah Feldman: Israel court ruling won’t end Netanyahu’s ambition

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

In a rare bit of good news from Israel, the country’s High Court of Justice has issued a landmark judgment reinforcing the separation of powers in the face of right-wing efforts to undermine constitutional democracy. The decision vindicates the million-plus protesters who took to the streets over the last year to protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plans to strip the court of its powers of judicial review. More important, it champions the ideal of the rule of law at a moment when Israel is at war and the country’s conduct has been subject to withering international criticism.The 8-7 decision, issued on New Year’s Day, is the most significant in Israel’s history. It follows a year of intense controversy that threatened to tear the country in two. If it were not for the Gaza war, the court’s announcement of its judgment, stretching to 783 pages in Hebrew, would have brought huge crowds to the streets in jubilation, and very possibly also in ...

Eagan man sentenced on gun charge after St. Paul shooting during drug deal

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

A four-time convicted felon was sentenced to five years in prison for illegally possessing a gun when he was arrested for allegedly trying to murder a man in St. Paul in 2022.Damion Lashawn Willis, 35, of Eagan, was charged by warrant with second-degree attempted murder in connection with shooting the 52-year-old man at least a half-dozen times outside an apartment building in the Dayton’s Bluff area on March 15, 2022.Damion Lashawn Willis (Courtesy of the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office)Two days later, while at the hospital, the man told an investigator that he had been shot by his “weed dealer,” who was later identified as Willis, the criminal complaint said.Prosecutors amended the charges this past August, adding one count of first-degree assault and two counts of possession of a firearm after conviction of a crime of violence. Willis reached a plea deal with the prosecution the same day, admitting to one gun possession charge relating to when he was arrested April 6, 2022, ...

Opponents of University of St. Thomas sports arena at Cretin and Grand file legal appeal

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Attorneys for a coalition of residents opposed to a planned basketball and hockey arena on the University of St. Thomas south campus have submitted a 44-page legal brief outlining their objections to the Minnesota Court of Appeals.Fairmount Avenue resident Don Waage and other members of “Advocates for Responsible Development” maintain that the 5,500-seat multipurpose arena near the intersection of Cretin and Grand avenues in St. Paul should trigger a more elaborate environmental review by the city than the Environmental Assessment Worksheet published last June.Among concerns raised in their Jan. 2 legal brief, they allege that the city failed to consider the cumulative impacts of improvements to the adjoining Schoenecker Center, which is being converted into an academic hub for the university’s STEAM (science-engineering-technology-arts-and-math) programs.“The proposed arena, in addition to the other South Campus construction already underway, would lead to s...

Feds: Fentanyl trafficking ring sent the drug from Arizona to Minnesota in stuffed animals

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Federal prosecutors say six people have been arrested and charged in connection with a fentanyl trafficking ring that sent pills from Arizona to the Twin Cities metro area by hiding them in stuffed animals.According to court documents, Cornell Montez Chandler Jr., 24, Robiel Lee Williams, 23, Quijuan Hosea Bankhead, 30, Stardasha Christina Davenport-Mounger, 24, Fo’Tre Devine White, 26, and Shardai Rayshell Allen, 24, conspired to distribute fentanyl in Minnesota between August and December 2022.Several defendants traveled to Phoenix to obtain fentanyl pills from suppliers, hid the pills inside stuffed animals and mailed them to addresses in and around the Twin Cities, prosecutors say.Law enforcement in Dakota, Ramsey and Washington counties became aware of the trafficking and initiated a joint investigation, which resulted in the seizure of six packages containing over 30,000 grams of fentanyl pills.All defendants made their initial appearances before U.S. Magistrate Judge John Doc...

Loons make another coaching change; Cameron Knowles into interim role

Published Sat, 08 Feb 2025 00:00:00 GMT

Minnesota United has made a coaching change, but it’s not a permanent hire.The Loons said Friday interim head coach Sean McAuley is leaving the club to “pursue other opportunities” and Cameron Knowles will now serve in that interim role.This alteration comes with Loons players set to report to preseason camp next weekend.An this development comes a month to the day after MNUFC said McAuley, who inherited the interim tag at the end of last season, would continue in that role going into the upcoming MLS season.“MNUFC wishes Sean all the best in the future, and would like to thank him for his contributions to the club on the pitch and in the community over the past five years,” the club said in a statement.In October, CEO Shari Ballard fired manager Adrian Heath and technical director Mark Watson. At that time, she appointed McAuley to coach the final two games of the 2023 season, where the Loons went 1-1-0 and missed the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time sinc...