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From the Austin Monitor:A report by the city auditor’s staff found that the Parks and Recreation Department’s Cemetery Operations Group has demonstrated a…

A Mexico City breast-feeding campaigned used posters featuring topless celebrities. At least "La Barbie," a female boxer (shown here), had her boxing gloves on.

Mexico City's Campaign To Encourage Breast-Feeding Backfires

Breast-feeding rates in Mexico are among the lowest in Latin America. But a campaign to encourage the practice featured topless actresses, drawing sharp criticism from some women's groups.

In Prison, The Passion That Drove A Yogurt-Maker To Arson Still Burns

The yogurt entrepreneur who set fire to his factory remains in prison, but he's in better spirits now. "He's dreaming again," says his wife.

Gordon Knight: The newsboy whose wanderlust helped him dodge a bullet

This story was originally published on Aug. 3, 2016. In 1966, Gordon Knight quite literally dodged a bullet.The longtime Austin American-Statesman…

A robot arm at a Nissan assembly plant in Brazil.

Presidential Campaigns Are Talking Around The Robot In The Room

Candidates are talking about taxes and trade, but not about the tsunami: the massive wave of automation that will transform the workplace.

Brenda Ramos, mother of Mike Ramos, speaks at a press conference in front of the Mike Ramos mural outside of La Mexicana Bakery in South Austin. Ramos called on Austin Police Chief Manley to decide whether Officer Taylor, who fatally shot her son, should be fired.

Family Of Mike Ramos Files Federal Lawsuit Against APD, City Of Austin Over Fatal Shooting

Ramos was fatally shot in April. While a criminal investigation into the shooting has been inactive for months, incoming District Attorney José Garza has pledged to bring it before a grand jury in 2021.

A sign on the back of a truck promotes 2020 census participation in Reading, Pa. A day after the Census Bureau announced a new "target date" for ending counting efforts, a federal judge in California said she thinks the schedule is "a violation" of her court order.

Census End Remains Uncertain After Judge Calls New Schedule 'A Violation'

A day after the Census Bureau tweeted out a new "target date" of Oct. 5 for ending 2020 census counting, a federal judge in California said she thinks the schedule change may violate a court order.

President Trump watches as Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas administers the constitutional oath to Amy Coney Barrett during a ceremony at the White House Monday evening.

Amy Coney Barrett Confirmed To Supreme Court, Takes Constitutional Oath

The 48-year-old judge solidifies the court's conservative majority, filling Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's seat just about a week before Election Day.

Demonstrators gather outside Austin Police Department headquarters on June 4 to protest the police killing of George Floyd.

A Texas Boogaloo Boi Charged In Minneapolis Riots Was Pulled Over In Austin. He Was Let Go.

Lee esta historia en español. A South Texas man charged with participating in a riot in Minneapolis after George Floyd's death was stopped by Austin…

Vice Adm. Vivek Murthy, pictured at the Lake Nona Impact Forum in 2017, is a former surgeon general and is one of three co-chairs of President-elect Joe Biden's COVID-19 advisory board.

Biden Names 13 Health Experts To COVID-19 Transition Advisory Board

The team, which includes former federal health officials, aims to create a blueprint for the incoming administration's COVID-19 response as the nation battles a new surge in infections.

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