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First responders tally over 230 incidents during ACL Fest opening weekend: 'We're going to just kind of reset and regroup'

The first weekend of the City of Austin’s signature fall event yielded 234 incidents that required attention from first responders, according to Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS), Austin-based media outlets reported.





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Friedersdorf: It’s ‘staggering’ to see universities use DEI ‘litmus tests for hiring and promotion’

When UnHerd released a statistic showing that 21.5% of colleges and universities have diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) standards for hiring faculty and staff, The Atlantic writer Conor Friedersdorf was surprised by the number.


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Prominent film critic on new De Niro exhibit at UT: 'This is history brought to vivid life'

Two cinematic icons will be in Austin on Saturday to celebrate a new exhibit devoted to film preservation at the University of Texas (UT), according to Austin-based media outlets.




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San Marcos resident on Jason Landry handbag fundraiser: 'It's taking an entire community to bring one home'

Hill Country volunteers have taken it upon themselves to let the public know that a Texas State University student from the Houston area remains missing.


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Austin native Makenna Perkal cast in new slasher thriller: 'I'm just really excited'

Austin native and Los Angeles actor Makenna Perkal has been cast in a new slasher thriller called "Spread: Pigs to Slaughter."




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City of Austin Water Oversight Committee met May 25

City of Austin Water Oversight Committee met Wednesday, May 25.




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Granite Shoals police swear in girl battling cancer: 'A special way to send our girl off to her seventh round of high dose chemo'

A young girl battling neuroblastoma is the newest member of a Hill Country police department, according to a report from Austin FOX affiliate KTBC.