Your morning headlines for 8/5/2018

Scan today's top headlines from the Statesman Having trouble viewing this email? [View it here.]( Sunday, August 05, 2018 [Afternoon Updates]( [statesman.com »]( [Austin American-Statesman]( Sunday, August 05, 2018 Sunday's Top Story [Ted Cruz says it was Obama, not Trump, who was 'bootlicking' for Putin ]( [Ted Cruz says it was Obama, not Trump, who was 'bootlicking' for Putin]( U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, used a protester's outburst Saturday to riff on how unhinged the left i... [Read More »]( Local News [Rematch: Susana Almanza will again face brother for City Council spot ]( [Rematch: Susana Almanza will again face brother for City Council spot]( Susan Almanza, director of the advocacy group PODER, will run against her brother, City Council Memb... [Read More »]( [PolitiFact: Texas law requires credit for AP exams ]( [PolitiFact: Texas law requires credit for AP exams]( In his first run for governor, Greg Abbott urged a change in law requiring Texas public colleges and... [Read More »]( [7 displaced after Southeast Austin apartment fire, officials say ]( [7 displaced after Southeast Austin apartment fire, officials say]( An apartment building in Southeast Austin is uninhabitable after a fire burned the fourplex on Satur... [Read More »]( [Gov. Abbott releases his 2016 income tax return, paid $8,668 ]( [Gov. Abbott releases his 2016 income tax return, paid $8,668]( Gov. Greg Abbott paid $8,668 in federal tax on income of $116,000 in 2016, according to a copy of hi... [Read More »]( [Travis County now shielding more than 1,500 acres of wild Hill Country ]( [Travis County now shielding more than 1,500 acres of wild Hill Country]( Developers mail Michael Murphy letters every week or so, imploring him to sell his 397-acre Dripping... [Read More »]( Business [Up the Ladder]( Health care ... [Read More »]( [Top Local Business Stories of the Week ]( [Top Local Business Stories of the Week]( SOFTWARE SALE ... [Read More »]( [Railyard condo project in downtown Austin hits the market ]( [Railyard condo project in downtown Austin hits the market]( It's a developer's dream: Two unrestricted parcels in downtown Austin that could become a blank canv... [Read More »]( [Site of '80s-built Austin condos is a developer's dream, and it's for sale ]( [Site of '80s-built Austin condos is a developer's dream, and it's for sale]( It's a developer's dream: Two unrestricted parcels in downtown Austin that could become a blank canv... [Read More »]( [Over Moviepass? Here's how to cancel your membership ]( [Over Moviepass? Here's how to cancel your membership]( Over your Moviepass?... [Read More »]( Sports [Fantasy football players rising, falling and ones to watch: NFC South ]( [Fantasy football players rising, falling and ones to watch: NFC South]( Fantasy football is just around the corner. Be sure to check back frequently for up-to-... [Read More »]( [New era for Westlake volleyball: Laracuente replaces a legend ]( [New era for Westlake volleyball: Laracuente replaces a legend]( It took senior setter Rory Williams less than a week to realize Westlake volleyball will be differen... [Read More »]( [Central Texas volleyball: Our top preseason teams and players ]( [Central Texas volleyball: Our top preseason teams and players]( PRESEASON TOP 10 TEAMS ... [Read More »]( [Nix leads El Paso to win over Round Rock]( Jacob Nix hurled six scoreless innings, leading the El Paso Chihuahuas over the Round Rock Express i... [Read More »]( Opinion [Letters to the editor: Aug. 6, 2018 ]( [Letters to the editor: Aug. 6, 2018]( The coverage of the closing of The Frisco, the last of the Night Hawk chain, reminds me of a great c... [Read More »]( [Letters to the editor: Aug. 4, 2018 ]( [Letters to the editor: Aug. 4, 2018]( Re: July 30 commentary, "Why the LCRA needs groundwater rights in Bastrop County."... [Read More »]( [We found the original eight H-E-B stores in Austin ]( [We found the original eight H-E-B stores in Austin]( AzLast week, we settled a question about a perplexing image of a modern supermarket displayed on the... [Read More »]( [Facebook comments: Aug. 5, 2018 ]( [Facebook comments: Aug. 5, 2018]( As reported by the American-Statesman's Kevin Lyttle, Circuit of the Americas chairman Bobby Epstein... [Read More »]( [Commentary: Success, or failure, of new Army Command rests on Congress ]( [Commentary: Success, or failure, of new Army Command rests on Congress]( In July, the U.S. Army announced that Austin will be the location for its new Futures Command headqu... [Read More »]( Nation [As Ellison departs Congress, Omar chases another first ]( [As Ellison departs Congress, Omar chases another first]( In a coffee shop at the edge of a working-class Minneapolis suburb, not far from the high school Il... [Read More »]( [Trump passes on opportunity to criticize James at Ohio rally ]( [Trump passes on opportunity to criticize James at Ohio rally]( President Donald Trump insulted NBA star LeBron James from afar but passed up an opportunity to cri... [Read More »]( [Libertarian Party courts Gary Johnson for Senate run ]( [Libertarian Party courts Gary Johnson for Senate run]( Former New Mexico governor and unsuccessful presidential candidate Gary Johnson received a formal i... [Read More »]( [New Mexico sheriff: Compound searched, 11 kids removed ]( [New Mexico sheriff: Compound searched, 11 kids removed]( Law enforcement officers searching a rural northern New Mexico compound for a missing 3-year-old bo... [Read More »]( [San Francisco's wild parrots branching out throughout city ]( [San Francisco's wild parrots branching out throughout city]( San Francisco's famous birds immortalized in the book and movie "The Wild Parrots of Telegraph Hill... [Read More »]( World [Suicide car bomb hits military base in central Somalia]( A Somali police officer says a suicide car bomber detonated an explosives-laden vehicle killing fou... [Read More »]( [Barry Chuckle of UK comedy duo Chuckle Brothers dies at 73 ]( [Barry Chuckle of UK comedy duo Chuckle Brothers dies at 73]( British children's entertainer Barry Chuckle, half of sibling duo the Chuckle Brothers, has died at... [Read More »]( [Quake hits Indonesia's Lombok island; tsunami possible]( A strong earthquake struck Indonesia's popular tourist island of Lombok on Sunday, triggering a tsu... [Read More »]( [The Latest: Tourist plane crashes in Swiss Alps, 20 dead]( The Latest on the crash of a propeller plane in the Swiss Alps (all times local):... [Read More »]( [Iran's Ahmadinejad opines on Trump, James spat ]( [Iran's Ahmadinejad opines on Trump, James spat]( Iran's former hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's quest to return to the spotlight now includ... [Read More »]( Austin360 [After heart surgery, an athlete gets back to running marathons ]( [After heart surgery, an athlete gets back to running marathons]( A year and a half ago, Alex Glarakis wrapped up a 19-mile run and headed directly to a party at the ... [Read More »]( [Recipe of the Week: Use crushed saltines to make this lemon icebox pie ]( [Recipe of the Week: Use crushed saltines to make this lemon icebox pie]( Virginia Willis first had this tart treat at Crook's Corner, a Chapel Hill, N.C., restaurant that se... [Read More »]( [Texas author's latest romance explores infertility, communication ]( [Texas author's latest romance explores infertility, communication]( Named for an imperfectly worded fortune cookie, Texas author Colleen Hoover's latest, "All Your Perf... [Read More »]( [Museums, movies, theaters and more cool spots for families, Aug. 5-11 ]( [Museums, movies, theaters and more cool spots for families, Aug. 5-11]( Events ... 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