Your Statesman morning headlines for 9/19/2017

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. Tuesday’s Top Story [Runners on edge after second attack on popular Austin trails ]( [Runners on edge after second attack on popular Austin trails]( Austin runners are on edge after a woman was reportedly attacked by a man while running around Lady ... [Read More »]( Local News [Abbott remakes top staff ahead of re-election campaign ]( [Abbott remakes top staff ahead of re-election campaign]( With two regular legislative sessions and a special session behind him and what looks to be an easy ... [Read More »]( [Audit: Austin staffer used city time, computer in beauty side business ]( [Audit: Austin staffer used city time, computer in beauty side business]( The administrative assistant to a high-level executive at City Hall misused city time and resources ... [Read More »]( [UT System regents commit up to $4.5M for a bid to run Los Alamos ]( [UT System regents commit up to $4.5M for a bid to run Los Alamos]( The University of Texas System Board of Regents on Monday authorized spending up to $4.5 million to ... [Read More »]( [Brothers arrested after deadly hit-and-run crash ]( [Brothers arrested after deadly hit-and-run crash]( Travis County sheriff’s deputies have arrested two brothers suspected of running from a crash that l... [Read More »]( [Bike me to the moon: Austin’s B-Cycle pedals 2 millionth mile ]( [Bike me to the moon: Austin’s B-Cycle pedals 2 millionth mile]( Pedal-happy Austinites have pushed the city’s bike-share program, B-Cycle, past a new milestone, clo... [Read More »]( Business [White people are really confident that things are getting better for black people ]( [White people are really confident that things are getting better for black people]( Americans, especially wealthy whites, vastly overestimate progress toward racial economic equality d... [Read More »]( [Austin biotech firm gets $4M in drug development grants ]( [Austin biotech firm gets $4M in drug development grants]( Austin-based Pain Therapeutics has received two grants totaling $4 million to continue its developme... [Read More »]( [Austin ad agency lands $13 million Texas Tourism account ]( [Austin ad agency lands $13 million Texas Tourism account]( An Austin advertising agency is taking over marketing responsibilities for Texas Tourism, the state’... [Read More »]( [Target store near UT campus sets opening date, begins hiring ]( [Target store near UT campus sets opening date, begins hiring]( Target has started hiring for its new location near the University of Texas campus.... [Read More »]( [9 ways to be more confident at work – or just look like you are ]( [9 ways to be more confident at work – or just look like you are]( Those co-workers that always win their point and never seem to have one second of self-doubt – what ... [Read More »]( Sports [Fantasy football: Week 3 rankings ]( [Fantasy football: Week 3 rankings]( Congrats if you had Tom Brady or Michael Crabtree in your fantasy football lineup in Week 2. My cond... [Read More »]( [Receiver Armanti Foreman lands on Texas’ injury report with a sprained wrist ]( [Receiver Armanti Foreman lands on Texas’ injury report with a sprained wrist]( A wrist injury will slow — but not sideline — Texas receiver Armanti Foreman.... [Read More »]( [Oregon State QB Jake Luton back home after scary injury]( Oregon State quarterback Jake Luton is back with the Beavers after taking a scary hit in their loss ... [Read More »]( [Texas State’s Withers maintains Williams is still the Bobcats’ starter]( Damian Williams has started all three games at quarterback for Texas State, but also shared time wit... [Read More »]( Opinion [Commentary: How Texas can stop the ‘death spiral’ of health insurance ]( [Commentary: How Texas can stop the ‘death spiral’ of health insurance]( When Congressional Republicans developed a plan to repeal Obamacare, they did so with the promise of... [Read More »]( [Letters to the editor: Sept. 19, 2017]( Re: Sept. 12 commentary, “Help Harvey victims. Don’t bring up climate change now.”... [Read More »]( [Commentary: Travis County commissioners can protect taxpayers and poor ]( [Commentary: Travis County commissioners can protect taxpayers and poor]( Travis County taxpayers generously voted in 2012 to raise Central Health Hospital District’s tax rat... [Read More »]( [Commentary: What Trump’s erasing of Obama’s work says to people of color ]( [Commentary: What Trump’s erasing of Obama’s work says to people of color]( During the tyranny of apartheid in South Africa, there was the phenomenon of “black spot” removal. T... [Read More »]( [Letters to the editor: Sept. 18, 2017]( Re: Sept. 11 article, “Austin answered: Why doesn’t city have more east-west highways?” ... [Read More »]( Nation [Republican governors get into the 'news' business ]( [Republican governors get into the 'news' business]( Republican governors are getting into the "news" business.... [Read More »]( [4 US monuments to be scaled back hold artifacts, key habitat ]( [4 US monuments to be scaled back hold artifacts, key habitat]( Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's recommendation to shrink four sprawling national monuments in the U.... [Read More »]( [For a new Key West resident, Irma was her welcome-to-town ]( [For a new Key West resident, Irma was her welcome-to-town]( Prudence Duchene will never forget the day she moved to Key West.... [Read More »]( [Post-vigil protest for slain Georgia Tech student; 3 arrests ]( [Post-vigil protest for slain Georgia Tech student; 3 arrests]( Three people were arrested during a protest that followed a vigil for a Georgia Tech student who was... [Read More »]( [Common Core used widely, despite continuing debate ]( [Common Core used widely, despite continuing debate]( Most of the states that first endorsed the Common Core academic standards are still using them in so... [Read More »]( World [Intact German WWI U-boat found off Belgian coast]( Belgian regional authorities say an intact German World War I submarine has been found off the coast... [Read More »]( [Toys 'R' Us files for bankruptcy but keeps stores open ]( [Toys 'R' Us files for bankruptcy but keeps stores open]( Toys 'R' Us, the big box toy retailer struggling with $5 billion in debt and intense online competit... [Read More »]( [Forgotten people stranded for years by South Sudan's war ]( [Forgotten people stranded for years by South Sudan's war]( "They told us we'd only be here for six days, and that was six years ago," Ramadan Wani says.... [Read More »]( [Russia seeks extradition from Greece of suspect wanted by US ]( [Russia seeks extradition from Greece of suspect wanted by US]( A lawyer in Greece for Russian cybercrime suspect Alexander Vinnik, who is wanted in the United Stat... [Read More »]( [Under fire over Rohingya, Suu Kyi defends Myanmar actions ]( [Under fire over Rohingya, Suu Kyi defends Myanmar actions]( With a mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims sparking accusations of ethnic cleansing from the United Nati... [Read More »]( Austin360 [Got HBO? Now you can watch ‘La La Land’ ]( [Got HBO? Now you can watch ‘La La Land’]( Here’s a look at an interesting new release available to rent from cable and digital providers and a... [Read More »]( [Healthy Cooking: Okra can be slime-free and fry-free ]( [Healthy Cooking: Okra can be slime-free and fry-free]( Cooked okra has a bad reputation for feeling slimy. That would be because, in fact, it can feel slim... [Read More »]( [Treats for you and your pooch to benefit animal rescues ]( [Treats for you and your pooch to benefit animal rescues]( Dining ... [Read More »]( [16 places in Austin where you can find irresistible happy hour deals ]( [16 places in Austin where you can find irresistible happy hour deals]( If there’s one thing Austin loves as much as Willie Nelson and Barton Springs, it’s a good happy hou... [Read More »]( [Mastering the challah braid, just in time for the Jewish New Year ]( [Mastering the challah braid, just in time for the Jewish New Year]( A soupcon of obsession isn’t a bad thing to have in a Jewish holiday kitchen. It sends cooks in sear... [Read More »]( [Manage Account]( | [Contact Us](mailto:customercare@statesman.com) | [Privacy Policy]( | [Unsubscribe]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [Newsletters]( We have an app for whatever you want — news, weather, entertainment and more. Statesman Live: [iPhone®]( | [Android]( Statesman Weather: [iPhone®]( | [Android]( Austin360: [iPhone®]( | [Android]( Statesman does not participate in unsolicited email. 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