Your Statesman morning headlines for 8/9/2018

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. Thursday’s Top Story [After crash, Austin becomes latest city to grapple with scooter safety ]( [After crash, Austin becomes latest city to grapple with scooter safety]( A serious crash involving a woman on a motorized Lime stand-up scooter Sunday night on South Congres... [Read More »]( Local News [Texas education chief suggests paying higher-performing teachers more ]( [Texas education chief suggests paying higher-performing teachers more]( Paying quality teachers significantly more could go a long way in recruiting top college graduates a... [Read More »]( [Council to debate fee waiver for vets parade with Confederate groups ]( [Council to debate fee waiver for vets parade with Confederate groups]( The Austin City Council will vote Thursday on a resolution that aims to prevent Confederate heritage... [Read More »]( [State auditor: Texas is failing to protect its most vulnerable adults ]( [State auditor: Texas is failing to protect its most vulnerable adults]( The state agency charged with investigating abuse and neglect and with protecting older Texans and t... [Read More »]( [5 new sex assault victims accuse Austin-area officials of failing them ]( [5 new sex assault victims accuse Austin-area officials of failing them]( Five women have joined a class action suit accusing Travis County and Austin officials of not adequa... [Read More »]( [20-year sentence upheld for Smithville woman in daughter’s death ]( [20-year sentence upheld for Smithville woman in daughter’s death]( The 3rd Court of Appeals upheld a 20-year prison sentence for a Smithville woman with three drunken ... [Read More »]( Business [Could blockchain be used to solve mystery of food-borne illnesses? ]( [Could blockchain be used to solve mystery of food-borne illnesses?]( The first food poisoning cases came to light in late March — eight patrons of fast-food restaurants ... [Read More »]( [Less biased facial recognition? Microsoft touts improvement]( If a picture paints a thousand words, facial recognition paints two: It’s biased.... [Read More »]( [US won’t mandate autonomous-vehicle technology, FHA administrator says ]( [US won’t mandate autonomous-vehicle technology, FHA administrator says]( PHILADELPHIA—Preparing for autonomous vehicles on American roads will mean more than getting used to... [Read More »]( [CNET: Best laptops for maintaining your privacy ]( [CNET: Best laptops for maintaining your privacy]( After a succession of high-profile security breaches that make everyone’s data vulnerable to hackers... [Read More »]( [New favorite gadgets, including nifty way to carry keys and tools ]( [New favorite gadgets, including nifty way to carry keys and tools]( Every so often I accumulate a desk full of gadgets that might not warrant a full review, so I save u... [Read More »]( Sports [Emilee Hoffman advances at U.S. Women’s Amateur ]( [Emilee Hoffman advances at U.S. Women’s Amateur]( Texas junior golfer Emilee Hoffman won her match against Libby Winans of Oklahoma to advance at the ... [Read More »]( [MLS to Austin: McKalla stadium deal beefed up, but is it enough? ]( [MLS to Austin: McKalla stadium deal beefed up, but is it enough?]( The city of Austin and Precourt Sports Ventures released a new term sheet Wednesday night for a pote... [Read More »]( [Pair of Longhorns named to preseason All-Big 12 soccer team ]( [Pair of Longhorns named to preseason All-Big 12 soccer team]( A day after it was announced that Texas would start the 2018 season ranked No. 17 by the United Socc... [Read More »]( [New-look Joyner Holmes embracing junior year at Texas ]( [New-look Joyner Holmes embracing junior year at Texas]( Joyner Holmes dribbled around a pair of defenders, pulled up for a 12-foot jumper, and nailed it.... [Read More »]( Opinion [Letters to the editor: Aug. 9, 2018 ]( [Letters to the editor: Aug. 9, 2018]( Re: Aug. 4 article, “Amid Trump-Koch feud, Abbott talks Texas v. California.”... [Read More »]( [Commentary: How MLS in Austin can open the door to civic opportunities ]( [Commentary: How MLS in Austin can open the door to civic opportunities]( There has been a lot of discussion about the finances involving the MLS soccer deal before the Austi... [Read More »]( [Grumet: Girls deserve same perks as boys in Austin’s MLS stadium deal ]( [Grumet: Girls deserve same perks as boys in Austin’s MLS stadium deal]( This being 2018 and all, I naturally assumed the girls would share in the perks.... [Read More »]( [Commentary: Confederacy groups don’t belong in Veterans Day parades ]( [Commentary: Confederacy groups don’t belong in Veterans Day parades]( For about a quarter of a century, the Sons of Confederate Veterans have marched in various patriotic... [Read More »]( [Letters to the editor: Aug. 8, 2018 ]( [Letters to the editor: Aug. 8, 2018]( Re: Aug. 5 commentary, “Myth, not renewable energy, generates Georgetown’s buzz.”... [Read More »]( Nation [Ack! Distant fires leave California's capital city in a haze ]( [Ack! Distant fires leave California's capital city in a haze]( No major wildfires are burning near Sacramento but for two weeks a dull haze and the faint smell of... [Read More »]( [Sons feel mixed emotions after NKorea returns dad's dog tag ]( [Sons feel mixed emotions after NKorea returns dad's dog tag]( The lone military identification tag that North Korea provided with 55 boxes of human remains last ... [Read More »]( [Prison sentences expected for warehouse fire that killed 36 ]( [Prison sentences expected for warehouse fire that killed 36]( Two men who pleaded no contest to 36 charges of involuntary manslaughter will face the families of ... [Read More »]( [Nevada death-row inmate: 'Just get it done' ]( [Nevada death-row inmate: 'Just get it done']( A Nevada death-row inmate whose execution has been postponed twice said a legal fight over his fate... [Read More »]( [Compound suspects built in tiny off-the-grid community ]( [Compound suspects built in tiny off-the-grid community]( They arrived at the start of winter to set up makeshift living quarters on the high-desert plains o... [Read More »]( World [Rite Aid, Albertsons call off merger deal ]( [Rite Aid, Albertsons call off merger deal]( Drugstore chain Rite Aid and grocer Albertsons say they have called off their merger deal.... [Read More »]( [Spain takes more African migrants despite signs of tension ]( [Spain takes more African migrants despite signs of tension]( A rescue boat carrying 87 African migrants who were saved in the Mediterranean Sea docked Thursday ... [Read More »]( [Yemen tribal leaders: Airstrike in country's north kills 20]( An airstrike blamed on the Saudi-led coalition fighting Shiite rebels in Yemen hit a bus in a busy ... [Read More »]( [Seoul: Rival Koreas to meet to prepare for leaders' summit ]( [Seoul: Rival Koreas to meet to prepare for leaders' summit]( The rival Koreas will meet Monday for high-level talks meant to prepare for a summit between North ... [Read More »]( [Sons feel mixed emotions after NKorea returns dad's dog tag ]( [Sons feel mixed emotions after NKorea returns dad's dog tag]( The lone military identification tag that North Korea provided with 55 boxes of human remains last ... [Read More »]( Austin360 [Austin360 arts list, Aug. 10-16 ]( [Austin360 arts list, Aug. 10-16]( Theater & dance ... [Read More »]( [Pups rescue mishmash of stories in ‘Dog Days’ ]( [Pups rescue mishmash of stories in ‘Dog Days’]( “Dog Days,” an omnibus comedy about the unique ability of dogs to connect us to others and ourselves... [Read More »]( [Movies in theaters, 8/10/18 ]( [Movies in theaters, 8/10/18]( OPENING THIS WEEK... [Read More »]( [It’s Statham vs. shark, and you’re gonna need a bigger popcorn ]( [It’s Statham vs. shark, and you’re gonna need a bigger popcorn]( It’s as true in 2018 as it was in 1975: There’s no better way to beat the summer heat than a movie a... [Read More »]( [‘BlacKkKlansman’ is Spike Lee’s best, and most necessary, movie in years ]( [‘BlacKkKlansman’ is Spike Lee’s best, and most necessary, movie in years]( Among Spike Lee’s prodigious filmmaking talents, opening sequences are perhaps his most distinctive.... 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