Heartache amid outbreak for families of Texas nursing home residents

News and updates from 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. Sunday's Top Story [Heartache amid outbreak for families of Texas nursing home residents]( [Heartache amid outbreak for families of Texas nursing home residents]( About half of the residents at a Pflugerville nursing home have tested positive for COVID-19 in recent weeks. But even in the face of the outbreak, some families are urging officials to let them in to care for their loved ones. [Read More »]( Local News [Travis County reports 2 new coronavirus deaths, 57 more cases]( [Travis County reports 2 new coronavirus deaths, 57 more cases]( Austin-Travis County health authorities reported Saturday two more people in the area have died from coronavirus-related complications, bringing the county's total death toll from COVID-19 to 422 people. 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[Read More »]( [Texas notebook: A mixed bag for the running game, but we ll take it, Herman says]( [Texas notebook: A mixed bag for the running game, but ‘we’ll take it,’ Herman says]( In three of its previous five games against Texas Tech, Texas received a standout performance from a running back. [Read More »]( [Texas 63, Texas Tech 56: Our five questions for the Longhorns answered]( [Texas 63, Texas Tech 56: Our five questions for the Longhorns — answered]( Revisiting our five pregame questions that were facing the Longhorns ahead of Saturday’s 63-56 conference-opening win at Texas Tech in overtime. [Read More »]( [Texas 63, Texas Tech 56: The expanded boxscore]( [Texas 63, Texas Tech 56: The expanded boxscore]( How it all happened Saturday afternoon in Lubbock:   First quarter Texas 17, Texas Tech 7. [Read More »]( Opinion [Editorial: We need reform. Abbott gave us a campaign stop.]( [Editorial: We need reform. Abbott gave us a campaign stop.]( What a squandered opportunity. After months of Texans holding largely peaceful protests demanding changes in the way communities are policed, Gov. [Read More »]( [Pitts: Which of your children would you lose for $12 million?]( [Pitts: Which of your children would you lose for $12 million?]( "We should never forget that everything Adolf Hitler did in Germany was ‘legal.’" — Martin Luther KingIn other words, what is legal is not necessarily what is right. [Read More »]( [Letters to the editor: September 27, 2020]( [Letters to the editor: September 27, 2020]( Heinous act gives wayto hope, enlightenmentRe: Sept. 22 article, "Vandals deface headstones with blue paint at historic East Austin cemetery. [Read More »]( Nation [Nearly 1M who died of COVID-19 also illuminated treatment]( [Nearly 1M who died of COVID-19 also illuminated treatment]( The nearly 1 million people around the world who have lost their lives to COVID-19 have left us a gift: Through desperate efforts to save their lives, scientists now better understand how to treat and prevent the disease " and millions of others may survive. [Read More »]( [Barrett could be Ginsburg s polar opposite on Supreme Court]( [Barrett could be Ginsburg’s polar opposite on Supreme Court]( WASHINGTON (AP) " Amy Coney Barrett paid homage to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg in her White House speech Saturday as a shatterer of glass ceilings. 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