Travis County reports 380 new coronavirus cases, largest daily update since July

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. Wednesday's Top Story [Travis County reports 380 new coronavirus cases, largest daily update since July]( [Travis County reports 380 new coronavirus cases, largest daily update since July]( Austin-Travis County health officials on Tuesday said 380 more people in the area tested positive for the coronavirus, marking the largest single-day increase in cases since July 21, when the county reported 603 cases. [Read More »]( Local News [Effect of holiday gathering may show up in Austin coronavirus data later this week]( [Effect of holiday gathering may show up in Austin coronavirus data later this week]( Austin-Travis County coronavirus figures are starting to plateau, or even slightly improve, but the area's health chief on Tuesday said the threat of a surge in cases will continue until those infected during Thanksgiving week develop symptoms. [Read More »]( [City scraps plans to move homeless court to East Austin]( [City scraps plans to move homeless court to East Austin]( East Austin residents who opposed plans to move the Downtown Austin Community Court into their neighborhood have gotten their wish, as the city has abandoned a proposal to lease 30,000 square feet of office space that would have housed the facility. [Read More »]( [Professor sues UT alleging retaliation, discrimination over work on equity]( [Professor sues UT alleging retaliation, discrimination over work on equity]( Alleging retaliation and employment discrimination stemming from his efforts to document pay inequity at the University of Texas, a UT history professor is suing the university in federal court. [Read More »]( [HATS OFF: Iconic Arby s cowboy hat sign in South Austin torn down]( [HATS OFF: Iconic Arby’s cowboy hat sign in South Austin torn down]( Lori Najvar was cruising down Ben White Boulevard in South Austin early Tuesday when she noticed something was amiss with the area's landscape. [Read More »]( [1 dead, 4 injured after vehicle crashes into construction zone on Mopac, EMS says]( [1 dead, 4 injured after vehicle crashes into construction zone on Mopac, EMS says]( One person is dead and four others were injured Wednesday night after a vehicle reportedly went into a construction zone in North Austin, Austin-Travis County EMS officials said. [Read More »]( Business [Nate Paul loses some Austin properties to foreclosure]( [Nate Paul loses some Austin properties to foreclosure]( Nate Paul is starting to lose pieces of his real estate empire. [Read More »]( [Texas service sector flat, retail sales fall in November]( [Texas service sector flat, retail sales fall in November]( The Texas service sector - already battered by the coronavirus pandemic - remained flat in November, while retail sales for the month fell, according to the latest report from the Federal Reserve of Dallas. [Read More »]( [California firm acquiring Austin s Mood Media]( [California firm acquiring Austin’s Mood Media]( Austin-based marketing company Mood Media -- which only recently emerged from bankruptcy -- is being acquired by Vector Capital, a San Francisco-based private equity firm. [Read More »]( Sports [Bohls: Decision on Tom Herman s fate prolonged]( [Bohls: Decision on Tom Herman’s fate prolonged]( While I got ya, here are nine things and one crazy prediction:1. No news is ... Well, no news. No white smoke from Chris Del Conte's chimney yet. [Read More »]( [Statistically-speaking, was Charli Collier s 44-point game the best in Texas history?]( [Statistically-speaking, was Charli Collier’s 44-point game the best in Texas history?]( Back in 2009, Texas retired the No. 35 jersey in honor of men's basketball star Kevin Durant. That number was not set aside for the Texas women, though. [Read More »]( [No. 17 Texas 66, Indiana 44: Horns knock Hoosiers back defensively, never let up in blowout]( [No. 17 Texas 66, Indiana 44: Horns knock Hoosiers back defensively, never let up in blowout]( With rather suffocating defense, Texas advanced to the Maui Invitational championship game at 3 p.m. Wednesday and will face either North Carolina or Stanford. [Read More »]( [ I can t be mad at them : Sam Ehlinger and Ta Quon Graham react to Texas teammates opt-out calls]( [‘I can’t be mad at them’: Sam Ehlinger and Ta’Quon Graham react to Texas teammates’ opt-out calls]( Texas seniors Sam Ehlinger and Ta'Quon Graham both expressed support for two former teammates who recently left the Longhorns to chase their NFL dreams. [Read More »]( [Photos: No. 17 Texas 66, Indiana 44: Horns never let up in blowout]( [Photos: No. 17 Texas 66, Indiana 44: Horns never let up in blowout](   [Read More »]( Opinion [Letters to the editor: December 2, 2020]( [Letters to the editor: December 2, 2020]( Why the sudden rushon federal executions?Of all the bizarre things, and there have been many, of the Trump administration, one of the most mind-bending is the recent rush to execute after a 17-year moratorium on federal executions. [Read More »]( [Herman: When death isn t the final measure]( [Herman: When death isn’t the final measure]( Some stats and facts on which I hope we all can agree:The pandemic is a continuing threat to our nation's health and wealth. [Read More »]( Nation [UK authorizes Pfizer vaccine for emergency use]( [UK authorizes Pfizer vaccine for emergency use]( Pfizer and BioNTech say they've won permission Wednesday for emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine in Britain, the world's first coronavirus shot that's backed by rigorous science -- and a major step toward eventually ending the pandemic. [Read More »]( [Visitor: Monolith toppled by group who said leave no trace ]( [Visitor: Monolith toppled by group who said ‘leave no trace’]( SALT LAKE CITY (AP) " New clues have surfaced in the disappearance of a gleaming monolith in Utah that seemed to melt away as mysteriously as it appeared in the red-rock desert " though it's no longer the only place where a strange structure has been discovered. [Read More »]( [US panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes]( [US panel: 1st vaccines to health care workers, nursing homes]( NEW YORK (AP) " Health care workers and nursing home residents should be at the front of the line when the first coronavirus vaccine shots become available, an influential government advisory panel said Tuesday. [Read More »]( World [The Latest: S. Korea says stay home ahead of national exams]( [The Latest: S. Korea says stay home ahead of national exams]( SEOUL, South Korea " South Korean officials are urging people to remain at home if possible and cancel gatherings large and small as around half a million students prepared for a crucial national college exam. [Read More »]( [Without patients or staff, Madrid opens new $119M hospital]( [Without patients or staff, Madrid opens new $119M hospital]( MADRID (AP) " Authorities in Spain's capital on Tuesday held a ceremony to open part of a 1,000-bed emergency hospital for COVID-19 patients that critics say is no more than a vanity project, a building with beds not ready to receive patients and unnecessary now that the virus and hospitalizations are waning. [Read More »]( Austin360 [Photos: Peppermint Parkway at the Circuit of the Americas]( [Photos: Peppermint Parkway at the Circuit of the Americas](   [Read More »]( [What it s like to be Santa Claus in a pandemic]( [What it’s like to be Santa Claus in a pandemic]( Santa Claus caught the coronavirus in March. Around the time Austin and Travis County shut down this spring to stem the spread of COVID-19, Guy Benson found himself in bed for four days with a fever. He hasn't suffered side effects since, aside from fatigue for a couple of weeks - "I'm one of the lucky ones," he says. [Read More »]( [Catching up with Chris P rez as Selena: The Series hits Netflix]( [Catching up with Chris Pérez as ‘Selena: The Series’ hits Netflix]( In a particularly humorous scene from the 1997 biopic "Selena," a fictional version of Chris Pérez (played by Jon Seda) pulls a bottle of hot sauce from a holster at his side and douses a pizza with it, sharing with Selena Quintanilla (played by Jennifer Lopez). "They can't make food hot enough for me," says Seda's character right before eating the pizza. 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