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Family searches for Austin man among missing after Nepal floods

Venkat Balasubramanyam was on a Hindu pilgrimage just as a glacier collapsed near the Nepal-China border.​ 

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‘Damn you’: Tim Miller confronts James Elmore during emotional Texas Killing Fields testimony

Tim Miller took the stand on Tuesday and recalled the last words he said to his 16-year-old daughter Laura before she disappeared...

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New Landmarks installation announced for Cockrell School of Engineering

A new 3,600-square-foot interactable sculpture created by artist Maya Lin will soon become a new landmark for students at the Cockrell School...

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‘Save a life’: UT organizations host opioid overdose prevention training

Dozens of students attended an Aug. 28 training to help prevent opioid overdose deaths. The workshop, which was hosted by Operation Naloxone...

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Creek near campus tested high for fecal indicator bacteria from 2024-25, new study finds

Waller Creek is among 215 waterways and lakes that had potentially unsafe fecal indicator bacteria contamination levels on at least one monitored...

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Chivalry needs to die

There’s a script for modern dating, which tends to go like this: a man is attracted to a woman, and he takes...

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77-year-old woman says she can’t afford repairs after man smashes 8 of her home windows

A 20-year-old was caught on video throwing multiple objects through a 77-year-old woman’s home windows in broad daylight.​ 

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Oliva Dean makes audience ‘feel love, like the real stuff’

Projected onto curtains lit up in pink, one message encapsulated an entire performance:  “Love’s never wasted when it’s shared.”  On Friday, Oliva...

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Houston City College faces $107 million deferred maintenance backlog, new report shows

HCC says its facilities are currently in good condition, but the system’s audit committee is examining how to keep up with repairs...

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Garden Oaks Theatre faces demolition as community fights to save it

The historic theater will be bulldozed to make way for a shopping center if community members don’t raise $1 million by 11:59...

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