Your morning headlines for 9/16/2017

Scan today's top headlines from the Statesman Having trouble viewing this email? [View it here.]( Saturday, September 16, 2017 [Afternoon Updates]( [statesman.com »]( [Austin American-Statesman]( Saturday, September 16, 2017 Saturday's Top Story [MOPAC CLOSURES: Road sections closed this weekend as NB express lane nears completion ]( [MOPAC CLOSURES: Road sections closed this weekend as NB express lane nears completion]( Sections of MoPac (Loop 1) will be closed at different times this weekend as crews work to finish th... [Read More »]( Local News [Reports: Headlining film pulls out of Fantastic Fest amid Alamo Drafthouse controversy ]( [Reports: Headlining film pulls out of Fantastic Fest amid Alamo Drafthouse controversy]( One of the headlining films that was planned to open Fantastic Fest has been pulled after news emerg... [Read More »]( [Wear: Confused about texting while driving? Let's clear that up ]( [Wear: Confused about texting while driving? Let's clear that up]( And now an anecdote from my one-man focus group: me.... [Read More »]( [Protests follow ex-St. Louis officer's acquittal in killing ]( [Protests follow ex-St. Louis officer's acquittal in killing]( A white former police officer was acquitted Friday in the 2011 death of a black man who was fatally ... [Read More »]( [Austin teacher Tara Bordeaux named Texas Teacher of the Year ]( [Austin teacher Tara Bordeaux named Texas Teacher of the Year]( Tara Bordeaux had given up on school.... [Read More »]( [Possible La Nina could bring milder, drier weather in coming months ]( [Possible La Nina could bring milder, drier weather in coming months]( Could Austin see a fall and winter that's milder and drier than normal? Ocean temperatures in the Pa... [Read More »]( Business [Self-driving boats: The next tech transportation race ]( [Self-driving boats: The next tech transportation race]( Self-driving cars may not hit the road in earnest for many years - but autonomous boats could be jus... [Read More »]( [Business week in review ]( [Business week in review]( DEVELOPMENT ... [Read More »]( [CodeNext opens options for garage apartments, but finances a hurdle ]( [CodeNext opens options for garage apartments, but finances a hurdle]( Thirteen years after moving into her three-bedroom home, Valerie Kanak Poynor moved into a new house... [Read More »]( [Tight labor market, especially in tech, weighs down Austin's job growth ]( [Tight labor market, especially in tech, weighs down Austin's job growth]( The Austin high-tech job market keeps soaking up all the talent it can find, but even the largest sp... [Read More »]( [How Austin's Cirrus Logic is getting into the voice biometrics business ]( [How Austin's Cirrus Logic is getting into the voice biometrics business]( After two years of development work, Austin's Cirrus Logic is poised to release a new chip and softw... [Read More »]( Sports [Fast forward: A Texas vs. USC game day primer ]( [Fast forward: A Texas vs. USC game day primer]( Texas and USC kick off at 7:30 p.m. Central at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. It's the first tim... [Read More »]( [Texas-USC: Time, TV channel, watch online for Week 3 game (9/16/2017) ]( [Texas-USC: Time, TV channel, watch online for Week 3 game (9/16/2017)]( Texas and USC meet for the first time since the classic 2006 Rose Bowl national championship on Satu... [Read More »]( [Texas soccer team remains undefeated with overtime win ]( [Texas soccer team remains undefeated with overtime win]( The Texas soccer team needed overtime, but a goal by Cyera Hintzen in the 98th minute kept UT undefe... [Read More »]( [Colin Markes advances to quarterfinals of Racquet Club Invitational ]( [Colin Markes advances to quarterfinals of Racquet Club Invitational]( Colin Markes, a junior at Texas, took two wins to advance to the quarterfinals of the Racquet Club C... [Read More »]( Opinion [Letters to the editor: Sept. 17, 2017]( Re: Aug. 11 article, "Old Settler's Music Fest moving to new location near Lockhart in 2018" and Sep... [Read More »]( [Facebook comments: Sept. 17, 2017]( As reported by the American-Statesman's Jonathan Tilove, U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul calle... [Read More »]( [Looks like we have a winner in the 1950 Austin cafe puzzle ]( [Looks like we have a winner in the 1950 Austin cafe puzzle]( Almost 15,000 readers so far have doted on the snappy image provided by Lawrence Da Silva and posted... [Read More »]( [Castillo: A quiet vigilance against hate takes on an added urgency ]( [Castillo: A quiet vigilance against hate takes on an added urgency]( The racially-fueled violence that engulfed Charlottesville, Va., and transfixed the nation in August... [Read More »]( [Big or small, efforts to help Harvey victims need accountability ]( [Big or small, efforts to help Harvey victims need accountability]( It didn't take long after the first images appeared of the destruction Hurricane Harvey caused for T... [Read More »]( Nation [Nursing home tragedy unfolded days after Irma's initial hit ]( [Nursing home tragedy unfolded days after Irma's initial hit]( The first 911 call from the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills didn't sound ominous: A nursing... [Read More »]( [Beloved character actor Harry Dean Stanton dies at 91 ]( [Beloved character actor Harry Dean Stanton dies at 91]( For more than 60 years, Harry Dean Stanton played crooks and codgers, eccentrics and losers.... [Read More »]( [St. Louis protests against officer's acquittal to continue ]( [St. Louis protests against officer's acquittal to continue]( Hundreds of people protesting the acquittal of a white former St. Louis police officer in the fatal ... [Read More »]( [Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows]( Guest lineups for the Sunday TV news shows:... [Read More »]( [Trump to make UN debut with speech offering warmth to allies ]( [Trump to make UN debut with speech offering warmth to allies]( President Donald Trump will use his debut speech to the U.N. General Assembly next week to offer war... [Read More »]( World [Iceland PM's resigns, new election expected on Nov.4]( Iceland's president has accepted the resignation of the volcanic island's prime minister, who says a... [Read More »]( [Don't remove the tie: France's Macron bound by unspoken rule ]( [Don't remove the tie: France's Macron bound by unspoken rule]( That tie. He just won't take it off, even when picking his way in sweltering heat through the rubble... [Read More »]( [700 Catalan mayors back holding independence vote ]( [700 Catalan mayors back holding independence vote]( More than 700 mayors from Catalonia are meeting in Barcelona in a show of strength amid pressure fro... [Read More »]( [Indian priest says Yemeni captors did him no physical harm ]( [Indian priest says Yemeni captors did him no physical harm]( A Catholic priest from India who was freed after being held 18 months in Yemen says he was never phy... [Read More »]( [German police stop truck with 51 migrants squeezed inside]( German police say they have stopped a truck near the German-Polish border with 51 people squeezed in... [Read More »]( Austin360 [Englander's 'Dinner' weaves fine writing with unsteady tone ]( [Englander's 'Dinner' weaves fine writing with unsteady tone]( A prisoner is held for more than a decade in the Israeli desert while, elsewhere, a general in a com... [Read More »]( [Not much time left to check out these arts events ]( [Not much time left to check out these arts events]( Theater & dance ... [Read More »]( [Recipe of the Week: Honoring snickerdoodles' storied past with a cake ]( [Recipe of the Week: Honoring snickerdoodles' storied past with a cake]( If you're the kind of baker who likes knowing the quirky history behind the treats you bake, you'll ... [Read More »]( [Austin events this week include flamenco, ]( [Austin events this week include flamenco, "Harry Potter" symphony show]( 1. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone": In Concert... [Read More »]( [Learning what defines the sound of a mother's voice ]( [Learning what defines the sound of a mother's voice]( The voice I have today is a new voice. It's lower and deeper now than it used to be, but better than... 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