Your morning headlines for 10/28/2017

Scan today's top headlines from the Statesman Having trouble viewing this email? [View it here.]( Saturday, October 28, 2017 [Afternoon Updates]( [statesman.com »]( [Austin American-Statesman]( Saturday, October 28, 2017 Saturday's Top Story [Reports: First charges filed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller ]( [Reports: First charges filed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller]( A federal grand jury approved the first charges filed by special counsel Robert Mueller, according t... [Read More »]( Local News [Q&A: What you need to know about Austin's new Central Library ]( [Q&A: What you need to know about Austin's new Central Library]( Austin's new Central Library opens Saturday, after more than four years of construction, at 710 Cesa... [Read More »]( [Liberty Hill runs past Burnet as Harrison piles up 194 yards, four TDs ]( [Liberty Hill runs past Burnet as Harrison piles up 194 yards, four TDs]( Liberty Hill used its fabled running game to turn a bitter rivalry into a football clinic.... [Read More »]( [Investor Nate Paul wins prime Austin property with $4.3M bid ]( [Investor Nate Paul wins prime Austin property with $4.3M bid]( After a lively bidding war, high-profile local real estate investor Nate Paul is the new owner of a ... [Read More »]( [AT LONG LAST: Southbound MoPac toll lane opening Saturday morning ]( [AT LONG LAST: Southbound MoPac toll lane opening Saturday morning]( After four years of construction and $233 million in spending, the final stretch of the MoPac Boulev... [Read More »]( [Soul-searching Texas, Baylor meet Saturday in a battle of Big 12 fixer-uppers ]( [Soul-searching Texas, Baylor meet Saturday in a battle of Big 12 fixer-uppers]( Everyone up and down Interstate 35 was doing some soul searching this week.... [Read More »]( Business [Top Local Business Stories of the Week ]( [Top Local Business Stories of the Week]( THREADGILL'S FUTURE ... [Read More »]( [Up the Ladder]( Data security ... [Read More »]( [Investor Nate Paul wins prime Austin property with $4.3M bid ]( [Investor Nate Paul wins prime Austin property with $4.3M bid]( After a lively bidding war, high-profile local real estate investor Nate Paul is the new owner of a ... [Read More »]( [Thousands of engineers gather in Austin for the Society of Women Engineers conference ]( [Thousands of engineers gather in Austin for the Society of Women Engineers conference]( More than 14,000 people descended on Austin this week for the sold-out Society for Women Engineers c... [Read More »]( [Talking with Texas Standard about portrayals of tech in movies and TV]( [Talking with Texas Standard about portrayals of tech in movies and TV]( This week on the "Texas Standard" radio show, we talk about how technology and people in the tech in... [Read More »]( Sports [Texas-Baylor: Time, TV channel, watch online for Week 9 game (October 28, 2017) ]( [Texas-Baylor: Time, TV channel, watch online for Week 9 game (October 28, 2017)]( Texas takes its shortest road trip of the season Saturday when it heads 100 miles north to take on B... [Read More »]( [Bohls: Astros defense, Peacock earn second World Series win ]( [Bohls: Astros defense, Peacock earn second World Series win]( The Astros won their first World Series game in franchise history with the long ball.... [Read More »]( [Is your checklist ready for deer hunting season?]( Long ago, in a century before this one, I started deer hunting.... [Read More »]( [Texas State looking to replace points, leadership after 22-win season ]( [Texas State looking to replace points, leadership after 22-win season]( Since he has accumulated 524 wins with three teams in nearly 30 seasons as a college head coach, you... [Read More »]( Opinion [Herman: The unmystery of the 2018 Texas U.S. House races ]( [Herman: The unmystery of the 2018 Texas U.S. House races]( Oh, the rhetoric is so hopeful and optimistic as the Dec. 11 filing deadline for 2018 political race... [Read More »]( [Letters to the editor: Oct. 29, 2017]( Re: Oct. 25 commentary, "Congress presents a tax code that's fairer and simpler."... [Read More »]( [Austin Answered: Where was the old St. David's Hospital? ]( [Austin Answered: Where was the old St. David's Hospital?]( Reader David Blackstock asks of our Austin Answered project: "What was the location of the old St. D... [Read More »]( [Facebook comments: Oct. 29, 2017]( As reported by the American-Statesman's Jonathan Tilove and Julie Chang, House speaker Joe Straus, R... [Read More »]( [Commentary: Straus exit opens door for grassroots conservatives ]( [Commentary: Straus exit opens door for grassroots conservatives]( Now that Texas House Speaker Joe Straus has announced he is vacating his seat and his speakership, T... [Read More »]( Nation [Emergency plan, food, gear vital for long-distance sailing ]( [Emergency plan, food, gear vital for long-distance sailing]( JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - It's a romantic idea - sailing across the ocean, sleeping under the stars.... [Read More »]( [Puerto Rico power contract a local issue: White House ]( [Puerto Rico power contract a local issue: White House]( WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration scrambled Friday to distance itself from the decision to ... [Read More »]( [Senator says Trump rolling back protections at Utah sites ]( [Senator says Trump rolling back protections at Utah sites]( WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump is shrinking two national monuments in Utah, accepting the ... [Read More »]( [Facebook vows more transparency over political ads ]( [Facebook vows more transparency over political ads]( WASHINGTON (AP) - Under pressure in advance of hearings on Russian election interference, Facebook i... [Read More »]( [JFK files release does little to quell conspiracy theories ]( [JFK files release does little to quell conspiracy theories]( WASHINGTON (AP) - Botulism pills. Conspiracy theories. What the government might have known and stil... [Read More »]( World [Syria rejects report blaming it for chemical weapons attack]( DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria's government has categorically rejected a report by experts from the U.... [Read More »]( [Bus veers off highway in Nepal, killing 31 people]( KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A passenger bus heading toward Nepal's capital veered off a key highway earl... [Read More »]( [UK official apologizes for Harvey Weinstein remark ]( [UK official apologizes for Harvey Weinstein remark]( LONDON (AP) - A British Cabinet minister has apologized after joking that being interviewed by a sen... [Read More »]( [The Latest: Catalan leader calls for peaceful protests ]( [The Latest: Catalan leader calls for peaceful protests]( BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - The Latest on the independence demands in Spain's northeast region of Catalo... [Read More »]( [Moroccan social justice movement seeks relief from crackdown ]( [Moroccan social justice movement seeks relief from crackdown]( MARRAKECH, Morocco (AP) - It all began with a fish seized by the police.... [Read More »]( Austin360 [10 places to get your fortune told in Austin ]( [10 places to get your fortune told in Austin]( Whether you buy into its legitimacy or not, seeing a fortune teller can be fun. Depending on your be... [Read More »]( [Celebrate Halloween week with Austin Symphony and Edgar Allan Poe ]( [Celebrate Halloween week with Austin Symphony and Edgar Allan Poe]( 1. Halloween's Children Concert with the Austin Symphony... [Read More »]( [Book and Celtic fests, We Are Girls, more family fun, Oct. 29-Nov. 4 ]( [Book and Celtic fests, We Are Girls, more family fun, Oct. 29-Nov. 4]( Events ... [Read More »]( [Texas Book Fest celebrates all the young readers ]( [Texas Book Fest celebrates all the young readers]( Yes, you should take your kids to the Texas Book Festival. Whether your young reader is elementary a... [Read More »]( [Texas Book Fest amplifies Latino voices at ¡Ahora Sí! tent ]( [Texas Book Fest amplifies Latino voices at ¡Ahora Sí! tent]( For the third year in a row, you'll be able to sample some of the Latino authors at the ¡Ahora Sí! t... 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