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☆ Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry visit family of Uvalde shooting victim
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Sharif Paget | Emma Tucker | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, visited Uvalde, Texas on Saturday and met with the family of Irma Garcia, a beloved schoolteacher killed in the Robb Elementary School shooting. Irma Garcia’s nephew, John Martinez, told CNN Harry and Meghan have kept in contact with his family since the massacre, which the US Justice Department and other agencies agree was met with a disastrous law enforcement response. Meghan attended and spoke at the South by Southwest festival in Austin on Friday, the day before she and Harry made a stop in Uvalde to check in on the family, Martinez said. John Martinez“It was such a beautiful experience, they’re so nice and compassionate, very down to earth, humble people,” Martinez told CNN in a text message. Meghan visited Uvalde days after the shooting where she was seen placing flowers at a makeshift memorial in front of the county courthouse.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A car crashed into a Texas hospital’s emergency room on Tuesday, killing one person and injuring at least 10 others, authorities said. The car smashed into the ER at St. David’s North Austin Medical Center shortly after 5:30 p.m., Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services said in a Facebook post. At least one person is dead, Austin police Detective Carey Chaudoir told the Austin American-Statesman. The crash appeared to be unintentional, authorities said. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Persons: David’s, Carey Chaudoir Organizations: St, Austin Medical, Medical Services, Austin, Austin American, Statesman, Associated Press Locations: AUSTIN, Texas, Austin, Travis

☆ Palestinian American's Stabbing in Texas Meets Hate Crime Definition, Police Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-07 | by ( Feb. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +2 min

By Kanishka Singh(Reuters) - The stabbing of a Palestinian-American man in Austin, Texas, over the weekend meets the definition of a hate crime and local prosecutors will determine charges, Austin police said on Wednesday. War in Israel and Gaza View All 194 ImagesA police statement on Wednesday said the police Hate Crimes Review Committee had determined the incident met the definition of a hate crime. It said local prosecutors will determine any further charges. Israel has responded with a ground and air attack on Hamas-ruled Gaza, killing more than 27,000 people, according to the local Palestinian health ministry. Previous U.S. incidents include a November shooting of three students of Palestinian descent in Vermont and the fatal October stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American in Illinois.

Persons: Kanishka Singh, Austin, Bert James Baker, Baker, Nizar Doar, Israel, Howard Goller Organizations: Islamic Relations, CAIR Locations: Palestinian, Austin , Texas, Israel, Gaza, U.S, Vermont, Illinois, Washington

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The stabbing of a 23-year-old Palestinian American who advocates say was attacked near the University of Texas campus while riding in a truck displaying support for Palestine merits the label of a hate crime, Austin police announced Wednesday. Police said Wednesday that their Hate Crimes Review Committee had determined that the stabbing met the definition of a hate crime. A fight ensued, with Baker eventually pulling out a knife and stabbing Doar in the rib, the affidavit said. In Vermont in November, three college students of Palestinian descent were shot and seriously wounded while taking an evening walk in an attack that authorities are investigating as a possible hate crime. He was charged with a hate crime after police and relatives said he singled out the victims because of their faith.

Persons: Bert James Baker, Doar, Baker Organizations: University of Texas, Austin, Police, Islamic, Palestine, Jewish, Hamas Locations: AUSTIN, Texas, Palestine, Travis, Israel, Gaza, Vermont, Illinois

One Texas police officer was killed and a second officer was wounded in a shooting early Saturday at a home in Austin that also left the suspected gunman dead, according to a post on the City Council message board by the mayor's chief of staff. "One of our SWAT Officers is dead. Another Officer was shot” shortly after 4 a.m., according to the post by Colleen Pate for Mayor Kirk Watson. “The suspect was shot and was deceased at the scene,” the post said, but provided no further information. “I’m praying for the family of our fallen officer,” Watson said in a separate statement, and “for our officer who was shot and in surgery and his family.”Political Cartoons View All 1240 Images

Persons: ”, Colleen Pate, Kirk Watson, “, ” Watson Organizations: City Council, Austin Locations: Texas, Austin, City

☆ ‘We Are Feeling Overpoliced’: State Troopers Join Patrols in Austin
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-05 | by ( J. David Goodman | More About J. David Goodman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Scores of state highway troopers, usually found on roadways across Texas in their distinctive cowboy hats and black-and-white patrol vehicles, have descended on Austin, the state capital. But in a booming city known for its progressive politics, the partnership between the local police, steeped in the language of reform, and the Texas Department of Public Safety, under the direction of Republican state leaders, soon began to raise concern. Statistics emerged showing that those arrested on misdemeanor charges by state troopers were mostly Black and Hispanic. In May, there was a fatal shooting by troopers after a chase. Days later, two troopers drew their weapons on a father and son during a car stop.

Organizations: Democratic, Austin Police Department, Texas Department of Public Locations: Texas, Austin

☆ American Airlines worker found to have been killed by accident after an airline investigator suggested it may have been suicide, report says
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-23 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Austin police ruled an AA worker was killed in April by accident, per the Austin American-Statesman. The tug that killed Michal Ingraham was in an incident 10 days before his death, per the report. An AA investigator had argued that Ingraham's death was a suicide, according to the newspaper. An American Airlines employee who died in April when he was involved in a crash on the airport tarmac was found to have been killed by accident, after a corporate investigator for the airline suggested it may have been a suicide, a report says. Both the Travis County medical examiner and police concluded that the worker had been killed by accident, per the report.

Persons: Austin, Michal Ingraham, Lynn, Ingraham's, Menzies, Menzies didn't Organizations: Austin American, Statesman, AA, Morning, American Airlines, Austin, Bergstrom International Airport, Police, Occupational Safety, Health Administration, OSHA, Austin Police Department Locations: Travis

☆ An American Airlines employee died when his vehicle crashed at an airport in Texas
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Jyoti Mann | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

An American Airlines employee was pronounced dead after a crash in Texas on Thursday. The worker died after a vehicle crashed on the tarmac at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. An American Airlines employee died when a vehicle he was driving crashed into a jet bridge at an airport in Texas. The incident occurred outside the terminal where aircraft park, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport said in a statement on Twitter. An American Airlines representative told Insider: "We are devastated by the accident involving a team member at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport.

☆ Opinion: Is Tucker Carlson the reason Texas Gov. Abbott says he’ll pardon a convicted killer?
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-10 | by ( Dean Obeidallah | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

Abbott’s pardon announcement came after he was goaded to do so by figures on the right – from Fox News host Tucker Carlson to the chairman of the Texas Republican Party to Kyle Rittenhouse. There are conflicting accounts as to whether Foster pointed his weapon at Perry or Perry made the first move. They are rioting outside my apartment complex.” Defense attorneys said that Foster had threatened Perry by pointing his gun at Perry. Then Carlson and others on the right began to pressure Abbott to issue a pardon, because they didn’t agree with the verdict. On his Fox News show on Friday night, Carlson called on Abbott to pardon Perry, arguing that the defendant had acted in self-defense – despite the jury rejecting that argument.

☆ A small detail on Sunday's 'The Last of Us' reveals that Joel likely avoided becoming infected on episode 1 because of his food choices
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-30 | by ( Kirsten Acuna | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Joel says the cordyceps outbreak likely started by mutating and tainting foods with flour or sugar. Joel, Sarah, and Tommy likely weren't infected on episode one because they avoided eating pancakes, biscuits, and cake. It turns out Joel may have narrowly avoided being infected simply because of his food choices on the series' pilot. If you revisit episode one, it turns out Joel and Sarah may have dodged getting infected with the cordyceps fungus a few times. HBOIn Naughty Dog's hit video game of the same name, we never directly learn how the cordyceps infection spread so quickly across the planet.

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday revived a Texas death row inmate’s claim that his murder conviction should be tossed out on the grounds that DNA evidence used at trial was later found to be unreliable. In a rare move, prosecutors had agreed that the evidence was faulty and there should be a new trial. The Supreme Court sent the case back to an appeals court in Texas "for further consideration in light of the confession of error by Texas," the brief order said. Prosecutors accepted that finding and notified the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which was reviewing the case. At the Supreme Court, Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza, representing the state, urged the justices to rule in Escobar’s favor.

☆ Entrepreneur’s Death at Hands of Austin Police Prompts Calls for Change
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-19 | by ( Elizabeth Findell | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ Texas Longhorns men’s basketball coach is arrested on a felony family violence charge
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-12 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas men’s basketball coach Chris Beard was arrested early Monday on a felony family violence charge, according to Travis County Jail records. The charge is a third-degree felony in Texas, with a possible punishment of two to 10 years in prison. Before coming to Texas, he led Texas Tech to the 2019 NCAA Tournament championship game. Texas freshman guard Arterio Morris also faces a misdemeanor family violence charge stemming from a June arrest after an incident with a former girlfriend and faces a Wednesday court hearing in Denton County near Dallas. Morris’ attorney Justin Moore has said Moore is innocent of the assault charge.

CNN —University of Texas at Austin men’s basketball head coach Chris Beard was arrested and charged with a third-degree felony assault on Monday. “The University is aware of the situation regarding Chris Beard. The university announced Monday night that Beard was suspended following his arrest. “Given the information available, The University has suspended Chris Beard from his position as head coach of Men’s Basketball and will withhold his pay until further notice. Associate Head Coach Rodney Terry will serve as acting head coach for tonight’s game against Rice.”The 7-1 Longhorns, ranked No.

A tech entrepreneur in Texas wasn’t given ample time to drop a rifle he was carrying on his own front porch before he was fatally shot by police last month, his devastated family told NBC News. The caller said the police were on scene and the man fired again, police said. Police identified the officer who fired at Moonesinghe as Daniel Sanchez, who is now on administrative leave. Immediately after telling Mr. Moonesinghe to drop the gun, Officer Sanchez fired his Department approved firearm at Mr. Moonesinghe. … It looks like he’s pointing the rifle at the interior of his home.”The caller then alerts the dispatcher that the man fired the rifle.

☆ Austin Police Release Footage of Officer’s Fatal Shooting of Local Entrepreneur
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-02 | by ( Adolfo Flores | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

The Austin Police Department released home-security footage that showed Raj Moonesinghe outside his home the night he was killed last month. The Austin Police Department released body camera and home security footage Thursday of an officer’s fatal shooting of a 33-year-old entrepreneur, a killing the man’s family has called unjustified. Raj Moonesinghe was killed Nov. 15 by police responding to a 911 call reporting an armed man walking around outside a home. In Ring camera footage, Mr. Moonesinghe is seen on the front porch of the home, which was his, holding a rifle. At one point he points the weapon toward the inside of the home and says, “Yeah you want this?” and seconds later “Are you sure?” before firing twice into the home as a police officer pulls up.

☆ I’ve been following a woman around the internet. Turns out she was created by artificial intelligence.
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Evan Ratliff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +31 min

Even in their first efforts, the GAN images were quickly on par with those made by any other, less intelligent software. You can find the results on the Generated Photos site, where you can filter by ethnicity, age, sex, eye color, and other attributes. Generated Photos' GANs tend to match conventional beauty standards, a product of the models that have been fed to the software. I'm not sure anyone would be surprised to find fake images accompanying testimonials on an Estonian bitcoin exchange or an online CBD seller. Are they real people deploying fake images, or fake people deploying fake images?

☆ That company's 'About Us' page may be full of fake pictures of 'people' who don't actually exist
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-16 | by ( Ryan Hogg | Evan Ratliff | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Some companies are using AI technology to put fake "staff" on their "about us" pages. Ratliff spoke to Lukas, the man behind an Austrian test-prep company called takeIELTS, who confirmed he had used several fake images on its "about us" page. Ratliff said when he checked in on takeIELTS months later, Lukas had removed all the fake images and changed the company's name. The website of another company, Informa Systems, which sold law enforcement training materials to the City of Austin Police Department, was covered with fake images. Ratliff said there are now companies developing software aimed at detecting fake images on company websites and elsewhere on the internet.

Per his defense, when conspiracy theorist Alex Jones called the Sandy Hook parents crisis actors, “he was looking at the world through dirty glasses.” Maybe so. But he has built a career selling “dirty glasses” to people like my mother, a self-described “truther” who spread misinformation before and after the Sandy Hook shooting. In this respect, my mother isn’t unique: Millions of Americans continue to spread Jones’ misinformation even as he is publicly debunked. Jones’ influence over my mother in the last months of 1999 is hard to overstate. During the trial in Texas, Jones’ attorney warned that “if you look at the world through dirty glasses, everything you see is dirty.“ Thirty years ago, Alex Jones sold my mother a pair of glasses, a lens into the world.

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