AUSTIN (KXAN) — An angler at a lake in Austin, Texas, said she caught a huge koi fish near the Waller Beach area. Callie White said about an hour into fishing at Lady Bird Lake on March 17, her line began getting dragged out to the center of the lake. “I began to reel it in. After a quick, 5-minute fight, the fish was close enough to see some bright orange peak through the water. At this point, I was very shocked by what I saw," White wrote in a message to Nexstar's KXAN. Koi fish caught in Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. (Credit: Colton Eubanks) “I was thinking I hooked onto a catfish or a c ..read more

(AP) -- A high school athletic director in Maryland has been accused of using artificial intelligence to impersonate a principal on an audio recording that included racist and antisemitic comments, authorities said Thursday. Authorities said the case appears to be among the first of its kind in the country and called for new laws to guard against the technology. Experts also warned that artificial intelligence is becoming increasingly powerful, while the ability to detect it may lag behind without more resources. Dazhon Darien faked the voice of Pikesville High School's principal in response t ..read more

(The Hill) - Lawmakers in Alabama passed legislation that could lead to the prosecution of librarians under the state’s obscenity law for providing minors with “harmful” materials. The bill, approved 72-28 by the Alabama House of Representatives, will now move to the state Senate. It removes existing exemptions for public libraries in the state’s obscenity law and is part of a larger nationwide effort to ban books. The bill will also expand the definition of sexual conduct prohibited at public K-12 schools or public libraries to include any “sexual or gender oriented conduct” that may expose m ..read more

(The Hill) - A member of Vice President Harris's security detail was removed over a behavioral issue, the Secret Service confirmed to The Hill. The Secret Service special agent, who was working on the vice president's departure from Joint Base Andrews on Monday morning, “began displaying behavior their colleagues found distressing,” Secret Service chief of communications Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement. “The agent was removed from their assignment while medical personnel were summoned. The Vice President was at the Naval Observatory when this incident occurred and there was no impact on ..read more

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The El Paso Rhinos will continue its NAHL Robertson Cup south division semifinal playoff series against the Shreveport Mudbugs this weekend in the Sun City. After playing in Shreveport last weekend, the Rhinos return to El Paso with a 1-1 series tie. The Rhinos dropped game one, 4-2, last Friday. In game two the very next day, the Rhinos grabbed a 3-2 win over the Mudbugs in a hockey game that went into quadruple overtime. The game two win on the road gave the Rhinos a huge confidence boost as they return home with the chance to put the series away in its own backyard ..read more

DETROIT (SILVER STAR NATION) — After trading back to gain another top-100 selection, the newest addition to the roster of America's Team was selected in the first round of the 2024 NFL Draft on Thursday night ..read more

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent was allegedly fired at from the Mexican side of the border on Thursday, April 25, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). CBP released the following statement: On April 25, 2024, a Border Patrol agent assigned to the El Paso Sector was involved in a use of force incident near the border. The incident is under review by Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Professional Responsibility. Additional information will be shared as it becomes available. U.S. Customs and Border Protection It is unknown if there were any injuries or ..read more

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- University of Texas Austin leaders have given an "interim suspension" to the Palestine Solidarity Committee after making numerous attempts to meet with student organizers and quell the protest that led to at least 55 arrests and national controversy, an internal memo obtained by KXAN shows. "April 24th was a difficult day and one that we had hoped and worked to avoid," the memo states, proceeding to detail specific steps the university took before, during, and after the protest to calm the tensions. University officials reached out to the student organization multiple times ..read more

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An Oregon woman's neglected stash of tickets was hiding a $1 million prize, lottery officials said Monday. Leslie Carr, 52, of Portland, had stashed the winning raffle ticket, which was drawn March 15, in a Tupperware container with a stack of other tickets, according to Oregon officials. Thankfully for Carr, she decided to get them scanned at a Fred Meyer grocery store in Happy Valley, where she bought the winning ticket. "I had no idea I was the winner," said Carr, who works as a medical receptionist. "If it weren’t for the billion-dollar Powerball winner making news ..read more

(The Hill) — A majority of Americans believe former President Trump is being treated differently than most criminal defendants in his hush money case, according to a new CNN poll. Another recent poll from The Economist/YouGov found that 24 percent of Americans think the former president is going to be convicted of a crime in the hush money case, 36 percent said they don’t believe the former president will be convicted and 39 percent said they weren’t sure. Trump’s hush money trial began last Monday, marking the first criminal trial of an American president. He has been ..read more