Your morning headlines for 3/24/2018

Scan today's top headlines from the Statesman Having trouble viewing this email? [View it here.]( Saturday, March 24, 2018 [Afternoon Updates]( [statesman.com »]( [Austin American-Statesman]( Saturday, March 24, 2018 Saturday's Top Story [Inside the 20 hours that led to Austin bomber Mark Conditt's downfall ]( [Inside the 20 hours that led to Austin bomber Mark Conditt's downfall]( In the 28-minute confession he recorded on his phone shortly before his death, Austin serial bomber ... [Read More »]( Local News [March For Our Lives students demand safer schools, stricter gun laws ]( [March For Our Lives students demand safer schools, stricter gun laws]( They are tired of being afraid.... [Read More »]( [Pflugerville residents hold candlelight vigil for bombing victims ]( [Pflugerville residents hold candlelight vigil for bombing victims]( Around 250 people gathered Friday night for a candlelight vigil in Pflugerville to honor and offer u... [Read More »]( [Indictment: Waterslide in fatal accident was 'deadly weapon' ]( [Indictment: Waterslide in fatal accident was 'deadly weapon']( A Kansas waterslide hyped as the world's highest was a "deadly weapon" that had already injured mor... [Read More »]( [NEW INFO: Austin bomber's death ruled a suicide, caused by 'shrapnel injuries' ]( [NEW INFO: Austin bomber's death ruled a suicide, caused by 'shrapnel injuries']( The death of Mark Conditt, the man who police say is responsible for the package bombings that cause... [Read More »]( [JUST IN: Lawsuit alleges state hospital employees abused patients  ]( [JUST IN: Lawsuit alleges state hospital employees abused patients ]( In a lawsuit filed Wednesday, a former employee for a state hospital outside Dallas is alleging he w... [Read More »]( Business [Up the Ladder]( Manufacturing ... [Read More »]( [Top Local Business Stories of the Week ]( [Top Local Business Stories of the Week]( WALMART & BOOZE ... [Read More »]( [Austin-area builders post largest monthly job gains since 2000 ]( [Austin-area builders post largest monthly job gains since 2000]( Bryan Kent and his colleagues at DPR Construction know they have to keep their workers happy. In a m... [Read More »]( [Dell-controlled Pivotal Software files for IPO; move could raise capital for Round Rock tech giant ]( [Dell-controlled Pivotal Software files for IPO; move could raise capital for Round Rock tech giant]( Pivotal Software, a California-based cloud computing company whose majority owner is Dell Technologi... [Read More »]( [Oracle bets big on Austin, as founder Larry Ellison says new campus will eventually employ 10,000 ]( [Oracle bets big on Austin, as founder Larry Ellison says new campus will eventually employ 10,000]( Oracle is betting big on Austin.... [Read More »]( Sports [Latest deer season debate takes Texas hunters back to the future ]( [Latest deer season debate takes Texas hunters back to the future]( Live long enough, and you'll see things begin to circle themselves, like an old dog closing in on th... [Read More »]( [Trip to Georgia pays off with a quail hunt to remember ]( [Trip to Georgia pays off with a quail hunt to remember]( The slight swaying of the old wagon and the cracks and creaks of the harness and rigging play perfec... [Read More »]( [Texas Stars grab key win against Rampage]( Landon Bow made 37 saves and the Texas Stars scored twice in the final period to defeat the San Anto... [Read More »]( [Friday's Pirelli World Challenge practice recap at COTA ]( [Friday's Pirelli World Challenge practice recap at COTA]( The Pirelli World Challenge's weekend stop in Austin was off and rolling Friday with practices for t... [Read More »]( Opinion [Letters to the editor: March 25, 2018 ]( [Letters to the editor: March 25, 2018]( Truly we all feel the Austin Police Department did an outstanding job of apprehending the bomber tha... [Read More »]( [Herman: Napkin folding, hand kissing and other diplomatic intricacies ]( [Herman: Napkin folding, hand kissing and other diplomatic intricacies]( Our president recently tweeted this at us: "Mike Pompeo, Director of the CIA, will become our new Se... [Read More »]( [Facebook comments: March 25, 2018]( As reported by the American-Statesman's Sean Collins Walsh, Claire Osborn, Tony Plohetski, Jeremy Sc... [Read More »]( [Commentary:]( There's a conversation in Austin that's as predictable as starting the day with breakfast tacos and ... [Read More »]( [Commentary: Why Texas should let parents sue faith-based schools ]( [Commentary: Why Texas should let parents sue faith-based schools]( As parents, when we enroll our children in a school, we entrust it to care for our kids and keep the... [Read More »]( Nation [The Latest: Anti-gun protesters rally in London ]( [The Latest: Anti-gun protesters rally in London]( The Latest on The Latest on student-led protests against gun violence (all times local):... [Read More »]( [Will GOP accomplishments in Congress be enough for voters? ]( [Will GOP accomplishments in Congress be enough for voters?]( With passage of an enormous budget bill, the GOP-controlled Congress all but wrapped up its legisla... [Read More »]( [UK watchdog assessing evidence from Cambridge Analytica raid ]( [UK watchdog assessing evidence from Cambridge Analytica raid]( Britain's information regulator says it is assessing evidence gathered from a raid on the office of... [Read More »]( [FBI seeks motive for fiery van crash at California air base ]( [FBI seeks motive for fiery van crash at California air base]( Investigators are working around the clock as they struggle to determine why a man with no apparent... [Read More »]( [Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving ]( [Trump order would ban most transgender troops from serving]( President Donald Trump released an order Friday night banning most transgender troops from serving ... [Read More »]( World [Italy elects parliament speakers, but still no government ]( [Italy elects parliament speakers, but still no government]( Italian lawmakers have elected the speakers of both chambers of parliament following an inconclusiv... [Read More »]( [Thousands of Croatian far-right supporters march in Zagreb]( Thousands of Croatia's far-right supporters are marching in downtown Zagreb to protest an internati... [Read More »]( [China tells US it will defend interests after Trump tariffs ]( [China tells US it will defend interests after Trump tariffs]( China's newly appointed economic czar told U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Saturday that ... [Read More »]( [106 passengers stranded in Germany due to drunken co-pilot]( A Portuguese airline has apologized for keeping more than 100 passengers stranded at Stuttgart airp... [Read More »]( [Catalonia's parliament suspends vote on jailed candidate ]( [Catalonia's parliament suspends vote on jailed candidate]( The speaker of Catalonia's parliament on Saturday suspended a scheduled vote to elect a jailed sepa... [Read More »]( Austin360 [Spelling bees and butterflies, more Austin family events, March 25-31 ]( [Spelling bees and butterflies, more Austin family events, March 25-31]( Events ... [Read More »]( [Close out March with Cirque Éloize show, Deepak Chopra talk and more ]( [Close out March with Cirque Éloize show, Deepak Chopra talk and more]( 1. "Cirque Éloize: Saloon"... [Read More »]( [Recipe of the Week: How to make a classic Indian butter chicken ]( [Recipe of the Week: How to make a classic Indian butter chicken]( Of all the curries you'll find in Indian restaurants, the king of them all might be butter chicken, ... [Read More »]( [Jonathan Evison's latest, 'Lawn Boy,' brings humor to life's misfortunes ]( [Jonathan Evison's latest, 'Lawn Boy,' brings humor to life's misfortunes]( An aimless young man decides to get his life together, but life has other plans in Jonathan Evison's... [Read More »]( [A hidden Big Bend gem: The Lajitas Arch ]( [A hidden Big Bend gem: The Lajitas Arch]( Tucked behind a trash dump about 10 miles west of Terlingua, a crumbly stone arch stands like a rock... 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