Your Statesman morning headlines for 5/8/2018

Austin's news in your inbox Email not displaying correctly? [View Online]( [Statesman]( MORNING HEADLINES Start your day with a fresh roundup of news, features and commentary. Tuesday’s Top Story [Delia Garza encourages City Council to take on predatory home flippers ]( [Delia Garza encourages City Council to take on predatory home flippers]( Sometimes they’re letters. Sometimes they’re cards or postcards. Sometimes they’re designed to look ... [Read More »]( Local News [Austin man who shot police officer found guilty of aggravated assault ]( [Austin man who shot police officer found guilty of aggravated assault]( A Travis County jury found no proof that an 18-year-old man knew he was shooting at police when he o... [Read More »]( [Spin, Zagster ask city to penalize early-bird scooter companies ]( [Spin, Zagster ask city to penalize early-bird scooter companies]( Spin and Zagster, along with several other bike or scooter rental companies, spent a frustrating Apr... [Read More »]( [Brian Manley, lone finalist for Austin Police Chief, speaks at public forum ]( [Brian Manley, lone finalist for Austin Police Chief, speaks at public forum]( Interim Police Chief Brian Manley explained Monday during the first of two public forums that he wou... [Read More »]( [Texas honors 18 who died in line of duty, including San Marcos veteran ]( [Texas honors 18 who died in line of duty, including San Marcos veteran]( Texas law enforcement officers who have died in the line of duty were honored Monday by a memorial p... [Read More »]( [Official: Norovirus sickened 110 people at Round Rock baseball banquet ]( [Official: Norovirus sickened 110 people at Round Rock baseball banquet]( Norovirus was what sickened 110 people who attended a fajita banquet April 30 for Round Rock High Sc... [Read More »]( Business [Tuesday Tech Crawl: Tech for the disabled, Switch online, moving to Austin ]( [Tuesday Tech Crawl: Tech for the disabled, Switch online, moving to Austin]( Happy Tuesday! Here's a look at some of the top tech stories we're following today:... [Read More »]( [Software maker ProjectManager.com moves HQ from New Zealand to Austin ]( [Software maker ProjectManager.com moves HQ from New Zealand to Austin]( Software maker ProjectManager.com is moving its headquarters from New Zealand to Austin to expand it... [Read More »]( [Monday Tech Crawl: What does the future hold for Dell, and Microsoft’s Build conference gets going ]( [Monday Tech Crawl: What does the future hold for Dell, and Microsoft’s Build conference gets going]( Happy Monday, Austin. We hope your weekend was a great one.... [Read More »]( [Millennials are skipping starter houses and going straight for ‘forever’ homes ]( [Millennials are skipping starter houses and going straight for ‘forever’ homes]( Mike Sullivan, 31, bought his first house a few years ago after saving up for years, but it’s not a ... [Read More »]( [See Prince's private island estate, which will be sold at auction ]( [See Prince's private island estate, which will be sold at auction]( Paisley Park has a sister property in paradise — and it’s coming up for sale... [Read More »]( Sports [Two-time NL Cy Young Award winner survives jittery inning for Express ]( [Two-time NL Cy Young Award winner survives jittery inning for Express]( Tim Lincecum hadn’t thrown a baseball in game conditions in 20 months, and for a few shaky moments M... [Read More »]( [Four-star wide receiver Jake Smith includes Texas in his final two ]( [Four-star wide receiver Jake Smith includes Texas in his final two]( ... [Read More »]( [Bohls: Texas’ Schubert, Arkansas’ Fassi, Michigan State’s Burnham set the pace at NCAA golf regional ]( [Bohls: Texas’ Schubert, Arkansas’ Fassi, Michigan State’s Burnham set the pace at NCAA golf regional]( The best women’s college golfers in the country converged on the University of Texas Golf Club Monda... [Read More »]( [Texas women jump out to three-stroke lead over top-seeded Arkansas in NCAA golf regional ]( [Texas women jump out to three-stroke lead over top-seeded Arkansas in NCAA golf regional]( She stood in the right rough at the par-4 15th hole, contemplating club selection after a bad tee sh... [Read More »]( Opinion [Facebook comments: May 8, 2018 ]( [Facebook comments: May 8, 2018]( As reported by the American-Statesman’s Melissa B. Taboada, the Boys Scouts of America has allowed g... [Read More »]( [Letters to the editor: May 8, 2018 ]( [Letters to the editor: May 8, 2018]( Re: May 2 commentary, “Bomber’s confession tests police pledge of transparency.”... [Read More »]( [Letters to the editor: May 7, 2018 ]( [Letters to the editor: May 7, 2018]( State legislators constantly use the mantra, “We need to do it for the children.”... [Read More »]( [Herman: Final days for Texas’ last Czech-language newspaper? ]( [Herman: Final days for Texas’ last Czech-language newspaper?]( After 104 years of publication, the end for the last Czech-language newspaper in Texas could come in... [Read More »]( [Facebook comments: May 6, 2018 ]( [Facebook comments: May 6, 2018]( As reported by the American-Statesman’s Ben Wear, Capital Metro will make fares free for students in... [Read More »]( Nation [Newsom ad highlights odd incentives of top-2 primary ]( [Newsom ad highlights odd incentives of top-2 primary]( The California primary is a month away, but Democratic front-runner Gavin Newsom is already slammin... [Read More »]( [Despite risks, volcano offers affordable piece of paradise ]( [Despite risks, volcano offers affordable piece of paradise]( The slopes of Kilauea offer a lush rural setting and affordable land that contrasts sharply with Ha... [Read More »]( [Attorney general resigns after 4 women accuse him of abuse ]( [Attorney general resigns after 4 women accuse him of abuse]( New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who held himself out as a champion of women and a libe... [Read More »]( [Vice president's Indiana brother seeks his former House seat ]( [Vice president's Indiana brother seeks his former House seat]( The brother of Vice President Mike Pence is hoping his famous name and backing from other top Repub... [Read More »]( [Indiana voters sort out 'Dante's Inferno' GOP Senate primary ]( [Indiana voters sort out 'Dante's Inferno' GOP Senate primary]( Republican voters in Indiana will pick a nominee Tuesday to challenge one of the nation's most vuln... [Read More »]( World [Migrants accuse Italy of responsibility for Libyan abuses]( Seventeen Nigerian survivors of a 2017 migrant boat sinking have filed a case with the European Cou... [Read More »]( [Crime drops in Germany though citizens still feel unsafe ]( [Crime drops in Germany though citizens still feel unsafe]( German security authorities say statistics show a significant drop in crime last year, a finding th... [Read More »]( [Erdogan slams French personalities over statement on Quran]( President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has reacted angrily to a group of some 300 well-known French persona... [Read More »]( [Hungary: President recommends Viktor Orban as prime minister ]( [Hungary: President recommends Viktor Orban as prime minister]( Hungary's president has recommended that lawmakers re-elect Prime Minister Viktor Orban to what wou... [Read More »]( [Official: 18 killed amid flooding, landslides in Rwanda]( A Rwandan official says at least 18 people have been killed in landslides and flooding in the count... [Read More »]( Austin360 [At Farmer Starter, students get a crash course in Farming 101 ]( [At Farmer Starter, students get a crash course in Farming 101]( Tiffany Washington’s ancestors were farmers in Antioch, the freedman community near Buda, but the Na... [Read More »]( [Fall under the spell of ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’ ]( [Fall under the spell of ‘Mary and the Witch’s Flower’]( Here are a few interesting new releases that are available now from cable and digital providers as w... [Read More »]( [Raising adventurous eaters on turnip greens from the church pantry ]( [Raising adventurous eaters on turnip greens from the church pantry]( When I was a young single mother living in South Louisiana, I found myself and my two little girls s... [Read More »]( [Mom’s food makes us feel better. Then our food makes Mom feel better. ]( [Mom’s food makes us feel better. Then our food makes Mom feel better.]( “Mom!” The voice on my cellphone belonged to my younger son, and he sounded almost frantic.... [Read More »]( [Austin chefs Bryce Gilmore and Michael Fojtasek come up short at James Beard Awards ]( [Austin chefs Bryce Gilmore and Michael Fojtasek come up short at James Beard Awards]( It wasn’t Austin’s night at the James Beard Foundation Awards. The city boasted two of ... 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