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Austin FC forward Rodney Redes (11) was named “man of the match” after scoring a first-half goal during a US Open Cup match between Austin FC and New Mexico United on May 10, 2023 in Austin. Austin FC won, 2-0.

Redes, Urruti lift Austin FC past New Mexico United in U.S. Open Cup

Emiliano Rigoni took one touch to get past a defender and picked out Adam Lundqvist near the left sideline. Lundqvist needed just one pass to find a wide-open Maxi Urruti for an easy goal. more

By Zach Smith, HCN Sports Editor | 5/11/23

Meta threatens to remove news content from Facebook, Instagram if forced to pay news publishers

Meta Platforms Inc. said it would end news content on Facebook and Instagram in Canada if lawmakers pass legislation to force social-networking platforms to pay media publishers to feature their … more

By Lynn Doan, Bloomberg News (TNS) | 5/10/23

Kevin Sanchez of Vandegrift High School runs in the Class 6A boys 3200 meter run during the UIL State Track and Field Meet on May 7, 2021 at Mike A. Myers Stadium in Austin, Texas. Sanchez finished ninth in the event.

Local athletes set for UIL State Track & Field Meet

The UIL State Track & Field meet begins Thursday at Mike Meyers Stadium in Austin. more

By Zach Smith, HCN Sports Editor | 5/10/23

People walk by a hiring sign posted on the exterior of a Target store on April 7, in Novato, California. U.S. hiring and workers' pay gains accelerated in April.

US job gains and wages pick up, signaling labor resilience

U.S. hiring and workers’ pay gains accelerated in April, showing signs of labor-market resilience and fresh inflationary pressures in the face of economic headwinds. Nonfarm payrolls … more

By Reade Pickert, Bloomberg News (TNS) | 5/10/23

Amy Sokol, Sherry Koorie, Ashley Landry and Adalis Cardenas work to remove and save native plants from the site of a road construction project in Round Rock.

Native Plants Rescue on Corridor H / Sam Bass Road

Members of the Williamson County Native Plant Society of Texas and the Good Water Master Naturalist’s Native Plant Rescue Project gathered on Sunday, April 23, to dig up and rescue native plants … more

Contributed Report | 5/10/23

Commentary: What did you inherit from your mother?

As Mother’s Day approaches, it is appropriate that we discuss the physical characteristics, personality traits, coping mechanisms, etiquette rules, life ambitions, etcetera that we inherited from … more

By Danny Tyree, Guest Columnist | 5/10/23

Commentary: Public Health 101: Guns

A Texas "gun enthusiast," Francisco Oropeza, 39, was firing off his AR15 in his yard Friday night about 40 miles from Houston. He was known to be touchy, so, despite the noise and danger, no one … more

By Tom H. Hastings, Guest Columnist | 5/10/23

Leander High School, seen on Sept. 29. 2022, Leander, Texas. Leander ISDâ??s A.C. Bible Stadium is to the left.

Leander ISD anticipating recapture payments to grow

Leander ISD expects its recapture payments to the state to increase from $36 million to $50 million for next year, according to estimates presented at the April 27 Leander ISD Board of Trustees … more

By Clayton Kelley, Staff Writer | 5/9/23

A Texas DPS trooper blocks an entrance to the mall parking lot a day after a mass shooting at Allen Premium Outlets on Sunday, May 7, in Allen, Texas.

Texas mall gunman was terminated from Army over concerns of perception, behavior

DALLAS — The man authorities said killed eight people and wounded seven others at the Allen Premium Outlets on Saturday was terminated from the U.S. Army in 2008, an official said. And a social … more

By Marcela Rodrigues and Sue Ambrose, The Dallas Morning News (TNS) | 5/9/23

A Transgender Pride Flag is held above the crowd of LGBTQ+ activists earlier this year. About half of young trans and nonbinary youth in the U.S. seriously contemplated suicide in the past year.

Half of trans and nonbinary youth in the US ‘seriously considered’ suicide in the past year: survey

About half of young trans and nonbinary youth in the U.S. seriously contemplated suicide in the past year, as a record-breaking number of bills restricting the rights of LGBTQ people — especially … more

By Muri Assunção, Tribune News Service | 5/9/23

A memorial honors the students and teachers who were killed at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde.

Bill to raise age on AR-style gun purchases advances through committee days after Allen shooting

Facing pressure from parents whose children died in the Uvalde school massacre, a Texas House committee voted Monday to raise the minimum age to buy AR-style rifles from 18 to 21. Two … more

By Allie Morris, The Dallas Morning News (TNS) | 5/9/23

Texas pitcher Lebarron Johnson Jr. (57) during an NCAA college baseball game between Texas and LSU on Feb. 28, 2023, in Austin.

Texas pitcher Lebarron Johnson Jr. named Big 12 Pitcher of the Week

Texas pitcher Lebarron Johnson Jr. was named the Big 12 Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced on Monday. more

By Zach Smith, HCN Sports Editor | 5/9/23

Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows wears a protective mask as he departs the Senate Republican policy luncheon in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on Oct. 21, 2020, in Washington, D.C. The Jan. 6 committee will vote Monday on whether to recommend that Meadows be held in contempt of Congress. (Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images/TNS)

Ex-Trump aide Meadows faces contempt citation next week

The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol will vote Monday night to recommend holding former President Donald Trump’s last chief of staff, Mark … more

Billy House, Bloomberg News (TNS) | 12/13/01

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