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Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:57:17 GMT

Editor's note: The above video shows KXAN Live's top morning headlines for Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. AUSTIN (KXAN) -- Severe weather is moving across Central Texas Thursday morning. Tornado Warnings were briefly issued in various counties across the KXAN viewing area. A live blog of up-to-date weather coverage is below. 8:40 a.m.Tornado Warnings expired, per the National Weather Service. Find more on current weather conditions on the KXAN First Warning Weather page. 8:37 a.m.Del Valle Independent School District says students are taking shelter at all DVISD schools; Creedmoor Elementary, Poppum Elementary, Ojeda Middle School. Del Valle ISD is working on being as safe as possible for students. 8:23 a.m.The National Weather Service said a confirmed tornado was located at 8:22 a.m. over Mustang Ridge, or 10 miles south of Austin Bergstrom International Airport, moving northeast at 15 mph.8:20 a.m.Tornado Warning issued for Caldwell County on Thursday morning. According to the National ...

Regional Food Bank partners with Tech Valley Shuttle for food delivery

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:57:17 GMT

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- The Regional Food Bank of Northeastern New York is collaborating with Tech Valley Shuttle to enhance the Food Bank’s Retail Store Donation Program. Five days a week, Tech Valley Shuttle drivers will collect food from participating retailers, which include Price Chopper/Market 32, Hannaford, Walmart, Target, and Aldi, to deliver food to the Rev. Phil Food Pantry run by Schenectady Community Ministries (SiCM), as well as AMEN Food Pantry and Catholic Charities of Montgomery County in Amsterdam. Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! The Retail Store Donation Program (RSDP) enables the Food Bank to collect food from participating retailers that would otherwise be thrown away.“The demand for nutritious food remains at an all-time high. We are incredibly thankful for this new relationship with Tech Valley Shuttle and the opportunity to deepen our commitment to our food pantry partners," said Tom Nardacci, CEO of...

Haunted places around the Capital Region

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:57:17 GMT

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- With Halloween only a few days away, you might be wanting a scare. Instead of watching a scary movie, why not opt for a close-to-home, real-life ghost experience? Get the latest news, weather, sports and entertainment delivered right to your inbox! From cemeteries to hotels to government buildings, scary tales and hauntings are all around the Capital Region. Many places also offer ghost tours so you can experience these haunts firsthand.These are some of the thought-to-be haunted places around the Capital Region.New York State Capitol, AlbanyThe New York State Capitol building (Photo by Daniel Barry/Getty Images)Which two U.S. Presidents visited the Capitol after they died? What happened to the “lost” Capitol murals and their artist? Does the secret demon carved in stone hold a Capitol curse? Does the night watchman who died in the Capitol Fire of 1911 still make his rounds? Although the Capitol Hauntings Tours are sold out for this year, you may be able t...

Celebrate National Pumpkin Day Dunkin's fan favorite spider donut

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:57:17 GMT

ST. LOUIS -  Thursday is National Pumpkin Day and this Halloween weekend marks the return of Dunkin's fan favorite spider donut.Dunkin dropped off some treats for us Thursday morning, like the adorable and yummy spider donut. Check out their bewitching beverages, Dunkin's iconic pumpkin spice signature latte, or the nutty pumpkin coffee, either hot or cold. ‘Basketball Wives’ star Brittish Cierrah Williams sentenced to prison You can also spice up your Halloween bash with Dunkin-inspired cocktail recipes, like the'Monster Mash Martini' with Dunkin espresso, 'cold boo' old-fashioned withDunkin cold brew or a vampire kiss spritz with classic or lemonade Dunkin refresher.

Opinion: Pueblo train derailment is reminder of how dangerous a “bomb train” would be

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:57:17 GMT

The Oct. 15 derailment near Pueblo spilled mountains of coal over I-25, collapsed a bridge, and killed a truck driver. This was tragic, but it could have been much worse.  It could have been a two-mile-long train filled with crude oil–the kind that the Uinta Basin Railway would send through Colorado up to five times a day.The Pueblo tragedy confirms that hauling hazardous materials by the trainload always involves severe risk. The Pueblo tragedy warrants a second look at a guest commentary that appeared in the August 14 Denver Post. There, Julius T. Murray, speaking for his Ute Indian Tribe, urged federal taxpayers to finance the railway to make up for historical mistreatment of his tribe by the federal government.The railway would connect Uinta Basin oil fields to the Union Pacific’s main line in Utah. From there, trains would wind through Colorado’s treacherous mountain passes and follow the Colorado River for over 100 miles before heading to the Front Range and points east....

Turkish Wind Energy - the future

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:57:17 GMT

On 26 October, the Chairman of the Turkish Wind Energy Association (TÜREB), Ibrahim Erden, addressed members of the European Parliament on the contribution of wind energy to Europe’s renewable energy and how Türkiye is a major player in the “friend-shoring” of critical components necessary for the EU’s wind energy infrastructure. EU Reporter caught up with him ahead of the meeting to learn more about the sector.We asked Erden how important wind was as a component of Türkiye’s renewable energy mix: “We produce approximately 106,000 megawatts in total. Of this around 50% is renewable produced and includes hydro, wind, solar and geothermal. Of this, wind accounts for around 12 gigawatts, that is around 11% of total annual energy production.”Chairman of the Turkish Wind Energy Association (TÜREB), Ibrahim Erden“We have interconnectors with Greece and Bulgaria and we exchange a lot of energy between say Greece, Romania and nearby countries.”Erden explains that Türkiye initially imported ...

Union takes Wednesday to study AMPTP proposal; talks to resume Thursday

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:57:17 GMT

SAG-AFTRA and movie and television producers were expected to meet Wednesday, but the actors union pushed back talks to Thursday.The union instead spent Wednesday "reviewing the latest AMPTP counter offer.""We will be meeting across the table with the CEOs tomorrow," SAG-AFTRA said on X, formerly Twitter. The sides met on Tuesday, where the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers offered "an improved bonus for the most-watched streaming shows, as well as higher increases in minimum rates," Variety reports. "But the studios are still not offering a cut of total streaming revenue, which the actors union has made the centerpiece of its demands to end its 104-day strike," Variety added. "Though the two sides continue to negotiate, there remains frustration on both sides that more progress has not been made."In addition to revenue disagreements, the actors union is seeking protections against the reuse of actors' likenesses by artificial intelligence technology.

Shocking video shows driver robbed on L.A. freeway after intentional crash

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:57:17 GMT

In one of the more brazen robberies captured on video in Los Angeles in recent years, a driver was intentionally hit and then robbed by a group of thieves along the 10 Freeway.A video shared on Citizen shows the scene unfolding on the shoulder of eastbound I-10 just west of Arlington Avenue on Tuesday afternoon.Video shared on Citizen shows a group of thieves rob the driver of an Alfa Romeo after a collision on the 10 Freeway in Los Angeles. Oct. 24, 2023. (Citizen)According to the California Highway Patrol, a black Dodge Caravan deliberately crashed into a black Alfa Romeo sedan. A Ford Mustang was also hit.With the Alfa Romeo disabled on the side of the freeway, video recorded by a driver shows four men wearing dark clothing and masks jump out of the Caravan and swarm the sedan, grabbing items from inside.The victim was on his knees with his hands raised as steam billowed from the engine of his badly damaged luxury car.Video shared on Citizen shows a group of thieves rob the drive...

Glory Days: Former Nymph Inger Lorre is back with first album in 24 years

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:57:17 GMT

Glory Days: Inger Lorre has just released a new album appropriately titled Gloryland, and for a relatively small but not insignificant portion of the music-loving population, that represents a bona fide event.Her band, the still criminally under-heard Nymphs, released one self-titled, exceptional album in 1991 before calling it quits in ’92. Prior to this new record, her sole solo studio full-lengther was 1999’s frankly mind-blowing Transcendental Medication. So that’s just two albums, and Gloryland makes three. It’s reasonable to say that Lorre is not prolific.She’s had her reasons. Lorre is open about the fact that she’s suffered horribly with depression and crippling social anxiety, and those issues have led her to self-medicate for periods of her life. Speaking to Lorre on the phone shortly after the release of Gloryland, she tells us that her social anxiety in particular still plagues her, but her music helps and the new album has been an invaluable outlet.“Everything has gone ...

Why this Bay Area couple swapped California for Spain

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:57:17 GMT

By Tamara Hardingham-Gill | CNNAfter a number of failed IVF rounds, health issues and the death of their beloved dog, US couple Jason Luban and Selena Medlen were in need of a change of scenery.The couple, then based in Oakland, had penciled in a trip to Andalusia, Spain, months before, but were unsure whether to go ahead with it when the health of Luban, who has torsion dystonia, a rare movement disorder, began to deteriorate.“We were figuring out how to get him healthy again,” Medlen tells CNN Travel, before explaining that Luban was also grieving the loss of a friend and mentor. “So we had this vacation on the books, and we weren’t sure if he could travel.”According to Medlen, they ultimately decided to “go for it” after Luban, who suffers from insomnia, began sleeping better.Spanish adventureAfter visiting scenic town Ronda in Andalusia, Spain in 2016, US couple Jason Luban and Selena Medlen, who were based in Oakland, California, liked it so much they ended up moving there.&nbs...