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Mexico to send diplomatic note protesting Texas border truck inspections causing major delays

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:50:35 GMT

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president said Monday he is going to send a diplomatic note to the United States to protest Texas truck inspections that have caused major delays at border crossings. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador claimed Monday that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to enforce additional truck inspections was “very irresponsible” and politically motivated. Mexico’s national freight transport chamber said Sunday that 19,000 trucks were delayed at the border. The freight association claimed the delayed trucks were carrying about $1.9 billion in goods.It said in a statement that the delays were “severely affecting” cross-border trade. “We are going to send a diplomatic note today to protest the Texas’ governor’s attitude of putting up obstacles to free transit on our borders without any reason, but rather with political motivations,” López Obrador said. “He is using the immigration issue to play politics.” Bridge closures and train delays because of the ...

New book takes you behind-the-scenes of 'The Big Bang Theory'

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:50:35 GMT

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Powerball jackpot hits $1.55 billion: How much would a winner in your state get?

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:50:35 GMT

(NEXSTAR) - The Powerball jackpot has propelled to an estimated $1.55 billion ahead of Monday’s drawing. But if you win, your payout could be much smaller. At its current size, the jackpot ranks as the third-largest in Powerball history and the fourth-largest in U.S. lottery history. It currently sits behind a $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in California last year, a $1.602 billion Mega Millions jackpot won in Florida in August, and a $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot split by three tickets in 2016.Despite its record size, you won’t immediately see a check for $1.55 billion if you’re lucky enough to win during Monday’s Powerball drawing.The way the game is structured, plus taxes, will shrink your payout by as much as $741 million.  Win the Powerball jackpot? Think twice before taking the cash If you’re familiar with Powerball, you likely know there are two ways the jackpot is paid out to a winner. The first, and most common (and the one you may want to think twice about),...

Union workers go on strike at Mack Trucks

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:50:35 GMT

(The Hill) -- Around 4,000 union workers at Mack Trucks facilities went on strike Monday morning after rejecting a tentative contract on Sunday evening.Striking Mack workers in Pennsylvania, Maryland and Florida are represented by the United Auto Workers, which is also actively engaged in separate negotiations with the “Big Three” Detroit automakers. Seventy-three percent of workers voted against the tentative deal, UAW President Shawn Fain said in a letter sent Sunday to the director of employee relations at Volvo, which owns Mack.Mack workers walked out at 7 a.m., according to the union, upping the pressure on the automotive industry.More than 30,000 UAW workers across 22 states are now on the picket line, the UAW said in a statement released Monday. “I’m inspired to see UAW members at Mack Trucks holding out for a better deal, and ready to stand up and walk off the job to win it,” Fain said in the statement. GM agrees to place EV battery manufacturing under UAW agree...

Ken Paxton to file criminal doxing complaints against 12 House impeachment managers

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:50:35 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday morning he intends to file criminal complaints against the 12 state representatives who led his impeachment trial. He claims they threatened him by publishing his personal information, including his home address, in a document release last week and broke a new state law. "The impeachment managers clearly have a desire to threaten me with harm when they released this information last week," Paxton said in a statement. "I’m imploring their local prosecutors in each individual district to investigate the criminal offenses that have been committed." Texas House releases new evidence not admissible during Ken Paxton’s impeachment trial Paxton said he will file the complaints in each of the managers' eight home counties. KXAN reached out Monday morning to all 12 state representatives for comment and will update this story once any responses are shared. Paxton said the lawmakers violated House Bill 611, which created a n...

Austin Fire responding to gas line hit in north Austin

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:50:35 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department is sending a hazmat task force to north Austin after reports of a gas line hit by an excavator.Crews are responding to the 1400 block of Meadowmear Drive. That's located near Dessau Road in north Austin.According to initial reports from AFD, an excavator hit a six-inch line within the block. AFD is asking people to avoid the area.In an update, AFD told KXAN three families in neighboring homes were evacuated. Dessau Road has been shut down in both directions as a result. AFD confirmed construction work was being done in the area when the line was hit.This is a developing story. Check back for more updates.

RESULTS: This is the best KXAN viewer photo of September 2023, as voted by you

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:50:35 GMT

Editor's Note: The video above shows the latest forecast from the KXAN First Warning Weather team.AUSTIN (KXAN) — Here at KXAN, we get hundreds of photos sent to us each month by viewers just like you.We want to showcase some of the best pictures we receive, so we narrowed them down to our 10 favorites for the month.The winning photo will move on to represent September in the Best Viewer Photos of the Year competition once 2023 is said and done.#10. Dried Up (1.3% of votes)Lake Buchanan, Sept. 28.Low lake levels seen at Jeckers Cove on Lake Buchanan on Sept. 28, 2023. (KXAN Viewer Photo)#9. Trouble Brewing (3.4% of votes)Ledbetter, Sept. 9. Courtesy Dana Rachelle Simmons.Storm clouds over Ledbetter on Sept. 9, 2023. (Courtesy Dana Rachelle Simmons)#8. Cloud of Thor (3.8% of votes)Horseshoe Bay, Sept. 24. Courtesy Jim Stuart.Storm clouds over Horseshoe Bay on Sept. 24, 2023. (Courtesy Jim Stuart)#7. Rush Hour (5.2% of votes)Austin, Sept. 2. Courtesy Liam Douglass.Vehicle lights on W....

Austin, Cedar Park fire departments respond to structure fire involving solar panels

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:50:35 GMT

CEDAR PARK, Texas (KXAN) — The Austin Fire Department and the Cedar Park Fire Department are responding to reports of a structure fire in the 10200 block of Fossmoor Street, AFD said in a social media post Monday.Per AFD, initial reports said there were flames visible under solar panels on the roof. Residents are asked to avoid the area as crews respond to the scene.This is a developing story. Check back for more updates.

DPS pursuit ends with vehicle in pond; 1 arrest, 5 migrants detained

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:50:35 GMT

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- A pursuit involving the Texas Department of Public Safety ended up with the vehicle that was being pursued landing in a pond at the El Paso Country Club on Sunday morning, Oct. 8, a DPS spokesman confirmed to KTSM.The pursuit began at Mesa and Doniphan and ended with the pursued vehicle going into a pond at the golf course off Country Club Drive, said DPS Sgt. Eliot Torres.The driver of the pursued vehicle and five migrants inside bailed out of the vehicle before it went into the pond, Torres said. There were no injuries, he said.The migrants will be turned over to Border Patrol for processing. The driver, identified as an American who was driving a vehicle with Chihuahua plates, will face charges of human smuggling, Torres said.The initial investigation shows that two DPS vehicles were involved in the pursuit.This is a developing story, and we will update this as soon as we learn more.

Fundraiser set up for Lake Elmo swimmer injured in crash, anhydrous ammonia leak in central Illinois

Published Fri, 07 Feb 2025 16:50:35 GMT

A swimmer from Lake Elmo was among those hospitalized last week after exposure to a chemical that spilled last month when a tanker truck overturned in central Illinois.Five people died as a result of the Sept. 29 exposure to the anhydrous ammonia — a chemical that can burn or corrode organic tissue.Sarah Tague, 18, of Lake Elmo, was injured in an anhydrous ammonia leak from a tanker truck that crashed on Sept. 29, 2023, near Teutopolis, Ill. (Courtesy of GoFundMe)Sarah Tague, 18, of Lake Elmo, was in a car with three other swimmers from the University of Missouri’s recreational swim club on the way to a swim meet in Ohio when the tanker truck, traveling on U.S. 40 near Teutopolis, Ill., veered to the right to avoid a collision when another vehicle tried to pass it, according to the Associated Press.The tanker truck jackknifed, toppled and hit the trailer hitch of a vehicle parked just off the road, leaving it with a 6-inch hole in the chemical container, the AP reported. More ...