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KUT Austin

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Austin's NPR station. A community-supported public media newsroom sharing news and information on-air at 90.5 FM and online. Support us at Donate.KUT.org

Austin, Texas

Joined February 2008

KUT Austin
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Dec 28, 2018
#Breaking: America's oldest man and veteran, Richard Overton of Austin, has died at the age of 112. kutne.ws/2GL5EES
KUT Austin
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Dec 28, 2018
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Overton served in Pearl Harbor and the Pacific theater at Okinawa and Iwo Jima. “I didn’t get no scratch on me,” he once told @NPR. “I sure was lucky.”
KUT Austin
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May 26, 2022
“Governor Abbott, if you have any decency, you will immediately withdraw from this weekend’s NRA convention and urge them to hold it anywhere but Texas," Beto O’Rourke said. kutne.ws/3wMVFXJ
KUT Austin
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Apr 16, 2022
Public defender offices from Texas have joined a national coalition of attorneys who are again urging the Biden administration to investigate Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial border-security program called Operation Lone Star. kutne.ws/3Jv9Pj6
KUT Austin
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Apr 13, 2022
Gov. Greg Abbott's new border policies are spurring backlash among many – Republicans included. kutne.ws/3jBxx2F
KUT Austin
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Dec 28, 2018
Replying to @KUT and @NPR
Born in Bastrop County, Texas in 1906, Overton lived in the same East Austin home he built after returning from the war. The secret to his longevity may have been his daily cigars and whiskey, but he told KUT's @AKMcGlinchy in 2015 his long life was simply “God’s work.”
KUT Austin
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Apr 25, 2024
Chanting from today's faculty-led protest on UT Austin's campus: "We have lost confidence in those who call themselves leaders, who abandoned their community and their campus after inviting the police state to take over this campus." Video: @MichaelMinasi
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KUT Austin
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Jun 15, 2022
A new poll shows Greg Abbott’s 15% lead has shrunk to 5% over Beto O’Rourke as more Texas voters say gun policies are a top priority. | via @TexasTribune kutne.ws/3mPtmSq
KUT Austin
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Apr 11, 2022
Public defender offices from Texas have joined a national coalition of attorneys who are again urging the Biden administration to investigate Gov. Greg Abbott’s controversial border-security program called Operation Lone Star. kutne.ws/3Jv9Pj6
KUT Austin
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Apr 29, 2024
Texas State University students held a pro-Palestinian protest today inspired by their UT Austin peers. "We weren't planning on doing anything like this until we saw students' heads getting smashed into the ground up the road," said student Joseph Ely.
Texas State students hold pro-Palestinian protest inspired by UT Austin peers
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KUT Austin
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Mar 31, 2019
.@BetoORourke officially launched his campaign in his hometown of El Paso this morning. kutne.ws/2I1Ytav
KUT Austin
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Apr 19, 2024
“Windows should be a human right,” said Juan Miró, an architecture professor at UT Austin who has advocated against windowless bedrooms. Read more: l8r.it/7h5Z
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KUT Austin
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Jul 10, 2025
People have been unearthing stuffed animals in the aftermath of the Texas floods. A lamb, a giraffe, a horse. They're taking these animals home, cleaning them and posting photos in the hopes they can reunite the toys with their owners or owner's family. l8r.it/Qyag
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Sep 13, 2024
Billionaire Elon Musk backed a shadowy political effort to oust Travis County District Attorney José Garza in the Democratic primary, the @WSJ reports. Garza went on to win 67% of the vote.
Report says Elon Musk was behind effort to unseat Travis County DA José Garza
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