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[Community throws party after Austin pays to save historic black schoolhouse](
[Community throws party after Austin pays to save historic black schoolhouse](
Myrtle Robinson started attending the Montopolis Negro School when she was 7 years old.
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Local News
[Austin school board to discuss proposed sex ed lessons](
[Austin school board to discuss proposed sex ed lessons](
Austin school district officials on Monday night will give the public a glimpse of specific sex education lessons scheduled to be introduced in the 2019-20 school year for elementary students.
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[Concordia University embraces designation as Hispanic-serving college](
[Concordia University embraces designation as Hispanic-serving college](
Concordia University junior Carlos Torres remembers visiting the Northwest Austin college campus during a middle school field trip and telling himself that one day he'd be a student there.
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[Ex-student sues Huston-Tillotson, says security guard raped her](
[Ex-student sues Huston-Tillotson, says security guard raped her](
A former student who said she was raped last year by a security guard who worked for Huston-Tillotson University is suing the school, its security company and the man she claims assaulted her, according to a lawsuit filed last week in Travis County.
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[2 charged in San Marcos homicide; second killing at complex in 6 months](
[2 charged in San Marcos homicide; second killing at complex in 6 months](
Two men have been charged with capital murder in connection with the shooting death of 20-year-old Aaron "Jack" Jackson Peterman, who San Marcos police say was gunned down Wednesday in an apparent robbery turned homicide.
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[FORECAST: Sunshine, high of 62; rain expected next week](
[FORECAST: Sunshine, high of 62; rain expected next week](
Sunday forecast for Austin: Sunday will be mild and sunny in Austin with a high expected to reach 62, the National Weather Service said.
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Business
[Average hourly wage on the rise in Austin, Dallas Fed report says](
[Average hourly wage on the rise in Austin, Dallas Fed report says](
Wage growth in Austin perked up at the end of last year, as local employers competed to fill jobs amid the city's booming economy and sub-3 percent unemployment rate, according to a report from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas.
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[Reports: Payless ShoeSource closing all 2,300 U.S. stores](
[Reports: Payless ShoeSource closing all 2,300 U.S. stores](
Yet another retailer is calling it quits. This time, it's Payless ShoeSource.
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Sports
[Whelan, Lieberg take Austin marathon crowns](
[Whelan, Lieberg take Austin marathon crowns](
Joey Whelan and Heather Lieberg were the fastest runners Sunday morning, taking the Ascension Seton Austin Marathon crowns.
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[Texas Stars fall to Tucson at home](
[Texas Stars fall to Tucson at home](
David Ullstrom scored two goals and Adin Hill made 32 saves to lift the Tucson Roadrunners to a 4-1 win over the Texas Stars Saturday night at the H-E-B Center at Cedar Park.
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[Texas 69, Oklahoma State 57: If the Longhorns keep going inside, anything is possible](
[Texas 69, Oklahoma State 57: If the Longhorns keep going inside, anything is possible](
Dr. James Naismith didn’t have time to dissect basketball analytics — the mathematical tomfoolery that’s all the rage now.
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[Bohls: Mitrou-Long, Hamm a pair of energy brothers for Horns](
[Bohls: Mitrou-Long, Hamm a pair of ‘energy brothers’ for Horns](
Texas won a critical Big 12 basketball game against last-place Oklahoma State before an engaged, 10,406 at the Erwin Center on Saturday afternoon, and the Longhorns have junior Elijah Mitrou-Long and sophomore Royce Hamm Jr. to thank.
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[Women s preview: No. 15 Texas vs. Kansas State](
[Women’s preview: No. 15 Texas vs. Kansas State](
No. 15 Texas vs. Kansas State 4 p.m. Sunday, Erwin Center, FSN, 105.3 Records: Texas 20-5, 10-3; K-State 15-10, 6-7 The series: Texas leads 22-15.
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Opinion
[Editorial: We ve got a better use for Presidents Day](
[Editorial: We’ve got a better use for Presidents Day](
Perhaps if you’re a history buff, you’ve got big plans on Monday for Presidents Day.
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Nation
[The Latest: Smollett says no truth he played role in attack](
[The Latest: Smollett says no truth he played role in attack](
CHICAGO (AP) " The Latest on the investigation of the attack on Jussie Smollett (all times local):11 p.m. Attorneys for Jussie Smollett say there is no truth to reports that the "Empire" actor played a role in an assault on him last month by what he described as two men shouting homophobic and racial slurs.
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[Aurora attacker took gun to work he shouldn t have owned](
[Aurora attacker took gun to work he shouldn’t have owned](
AURORA, Ill.
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[Oakland teachers announce strike over pay, class sizes](
[Oakland teachers announce strike over pay, class sizes](
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) " Oakland teachers say they will strike starting Thursday.
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[9/11 fund running out of money for those with illnesses](
[9/11 fund running out of money for those with illnesses](
NEW YORK (AP) " The compensation fund for victims of 9/11 is running out of money and will cut future payments by 50 to 70 percent, officials announced Friday.
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World
[Hundreds stranded as British airline Flybmi collapses](
[Hundreds stranded as British airline Flybmi collapses](
LONDON (AP) " Hundreds of passengers have been stranded by the abrupt collapse of the British regional airline Flybmi.
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[In Brexit limbo, UK veers between high anxiety, grim humor](
[In Brexit limbo, UK veers between high anxiety, grim humor](
LONDON (AP) " It's said that history often repeats itself " the first time as tragedy, the second as farce.
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[France s yellow vests mark 3 months amid racist tensions](
[France’s yellow vests mark 3 months amid racist tensions](
PARIS (AP) " French yellow vest protesters are marking three months since the kickoff of their anti-government movement, after anti-Semitic remarks by some demonstrators raised national concerns about the movement's ascendant radical fringe.
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[US military planes land near Venezuela border with aid](
[US military planes land near Venezuela border with aid](
CUCUTA, Colombia (AP) " The U.S. military airlifted tons of humanitarian aid to a Colombian town on the Venezuelan border Saturday as part of an effort meant to undermine socialist President Nicolas Maduro and back his rival for the leadership of the South American nation.
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[8 miners rescued in Zimbabwe; dozens more feared dead](
[8 miners rescued in Zimbabwe; dozens more feared dead](
KADOMA, Zimbabwe (AP) " Eight artisanal miners who were trapped underground for several days after heavy flooding in Zimbabwe have been rescued, though dozens of their co-workers are still missing and feared dead.
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Austin360
[TV: One Day at a Time s astounding Justina Machado deserves our attention](
[TV: ‘One Day at a Time’s’ astounding Justina Machado deserves our attention](
Justina Machado is doing excellent work on Netflix’s Norman Lear reboot and it’s time the TV world took notice.
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[Academy reverses plans, will air all awards live at Oscars](
[Academy reverses plans, will air all awards live at Oscars](
Bowing to a backlash that had threatened to engulf an already blunder-plagued Academy Awards, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences reversed its decision to present four awards during the commercial breaks of this year's Oscar broadcast.
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