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Multiple people were injured in the explosion Sunday night, and police warned nearby residents ... . Investigators on Monday March 19, 2018, work at the scene of a bomb explosion on Dawn Song Drive in Austin, Texas, that seriously injured two men Sunday.
Interim Austin Police Chief Brian Manley, flanked by ATF Special Agent Fred Milanowski and FBI Special Agent Christopher Combs, provides an update Sunday on the investigation into a string of package bombs. Authorities have increased the reward to $100,000 for information leading to an arrest in a string of package bombings in Austin.
Joseph Kopser, a candidate for Texas' 21st District seat, speaks at a forum focused on environmental issues at Scholz Garten in Austin. Joseph Kopser, a candidate for Texas' 21st District seat, speaks at a forum focused on environmental issues at Scholz Garten in Austin.
In an interview this week, former San Antonio Mayor Julin Castro gave the strongest indication yet that he's interested in running for president in 2020. Castro, a Democrat who led the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Barack Obama, told NBC News that he has "every interest in running."
Earlier tonight, Huffington Post commentator and co-founder of "Bros4Hillary" Alex Mohajer apparently ran in to former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and tweeted a short video of her. In the video, Clinton thanked her supporters for "your feminism, your activism" and expressed her hope that they "keep up the really important good work."
The judge and lawyers in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial are interviewing jurors as the jury says it remained deadlocked. The judge and lawyers in Sen. Bob Menendez's bribery trial are interviewing jurors as the jury says it remained deadlocked.
In this July 18, 2017, file photo, Texas Speaker of the House Joe Straus, R-San Antonio, calls the House of Representatives to order in Austin, Texas. Straus, a powerful moderate voice that kept the country's largest conservative state from moving even father to the right, abruptly announced Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2017, that he won't seek re-election.
On Thursday, the Women's Convention organizers - who also led the Women's March in January - announced Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders will be a featured speaker at the three-day event, which will take place in Detroit later this month. The convention "aims to have participants leave inspired and motivated, with new connections, skills and strategies for working towards collective liberation for women of all races, ethnicities, ages, abilities, sexual identities, gender expressions, immigration statuses, religious faiths, and economic statuses," according to its press release.
This Oct. 20, 2010, file photo, shows Xcel Energy's Sherco Power Plant is shown in Becker, Minn. A divided Supreme Court agreed Feb. 9, 2016, to halt enforcement of President Barack Obama's sweeping plan to address climate change until after legal challenges are resolved.
TEXAS TRIBUNE FESTIVAL Three days. Sixty sessions. Two hundred fifty speakers. All focusing on education, climate change, President Trump, media's role in 2017, and more.
Oversized puffs of bright pink, teal, and rose bounced up the Texas Capitol steps and stood, swaying to classical mariachi music outside the building entrance, braving the mid-July heat.
Remember the overtime-session, hanging chad , 2000 George W. Bush v Al Gore presidential election? Where it all came down to Florida - and Gore unsuccessfully sued to overturn the Sunshine State's certification of Bush as its winner? I remember. I was working on the Bush side of the ledger - in Austin, Texas.
Urban growth and suburban sprawl have radically changed Lone Star country, which not so long ago was a largely rural state. Republicans control super majorities in both the state House and Senate, every statewide elected office and the vast majority of the 5,000 or so local elected positions throughout the state.
The rally is part of a grassroots movement fighting to preserve democracy. The group aims to seek answers about President Donald Trump's administration, demanding a closer investigation on the alleged ties with Russia and requiring Trump to make his tax returns public.
In this March 24, 2017, file photo, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott talks to reporters outside the White House in Washington. Abbott tweeted the word "Boom" in celebration of the Texas Legislature approving a call for a "convention of states."
In this Wednesday, April 26, 2017 photo, Rep. Cecil Bell Jr., R-Magnolia works at his desk in the House Chamber at the Texas State Capitol, in Austin, Texas. Republicans control Congress and President Donald Trump has promised to drastically cut federal regulations, but for fiercely conservative Texas it may not be enough.
AUSTIN, Texas -- Federal judges found more problems in Texas' voting-rights laws, ruling that Republicans racially gerrymandered some congressional districts to weaken the growing electoral power of minority groups, whom former President Barack Obama set out to protect at the ballot box before leaving office.
"The only bipartisan thing left in America is the fight against cancer," former vice president Joe Biden said during a keynote speech at the annual SXSW festival. In a rallying cry to convince the "most innovative minds in the world" to join him in his efforts, Biden conveyed a message of hope on Sunday afternoon in Austin, Texas.
We've been counting down Austin's 10 biggest stories of the year as chosen by American-Statesman reporters and editors. Donald Trump takes the stage at the Travis County Expo Center for an August campaign rally.
Anne Devlin, from Plano cries Monday in the gallery of the House of Representatives after the Electoral College voted at the state Capitol in Austin, Texas. The ballots of three dozen Texas presidential electors Monday put Donald Trump over the 270 electoral votes needed to formally win the White House.