Austin, TX
Austin College announces Spring 2024 Dean’s List
Nolan Adams from Savannah, Texas;
Kimberly Aguilar from Pflugerville, Texas;
Ben Allen from Sherman, Texas;
Ahana Apte from Plano, Texas;
Caroline Armstrong from Houston, Texas;
Miguel Avila from Dallas, Texas;
Heaven Barber from Los Lunas, New Mexico;
Brianna Barch from Princeton, Texas;
Adam Bel Hadj Kacem from McKinney, Texas;
Tyra Bennett from Sherman, Texas;
Saji Bhogal from Tyler, Texas;
Ashley Boatright from Sherman, Texas;
Kiara Bobb from Avondale Estates, Georgia;
Alicia Bohannon from Denison, Texas;
Gavin Brand from Plano, Texas;
Leena Brown from Garland, Texas;
Angie Butler Jr. from Southlake, Texas;
Paige Butler from Richardson, Texas;
Emma Cain from Anna, Texas;
Lee Campbell from Lubbock, Texas;
Devon Carrillo from Katy, Texas;
Nia Carter from Wylie, Texas;
Ashton Cason from Plano, Texas;
Cosme Catalan from Boadilla Del Monte, Spain;
Jose Cerda from Desoto, Texas;
Blume Cernero from Sherman, Texas;
Josie Cernero from Sherman, Texas;
Reet Choudhary from McKinney, Texas;
Thi Phuong Uyen Chu from Bien Hoa City, Vietnam;
Karsyn Clouse from Denison, Texas;
Coral Cohen from Plano, Texas;
Carson Cook from College Station, Texas;
Campbell Coon from Celina, Texas;
Anne Corrales from Little Elm, Texas;
Jonah Cowles from Sherman, Texas;
Alyssa Cox from Jenks, Oklahoma;
Riley Cregg from Blossom, Texas;
Megan Crocker from Pearland, Texas;
Chris Davis from Aubrey, Texas;
Sarah Davis from Frisco, Texas;
Amy Delgado from Robinson, Texas;
Megan Devaney from Austin, Texas;
Meztly Diaz from New Caney, Texas;
Leah Ding from Plano, Texas;
Bonnie Dong from Reno, Texas;
Zoe Doyle from Houston, Texas;
MC DuBose from Fort Worth, Texas;
Mattie Duncan from Lakeside, Texas;
Davis Durham from Sherman, Texas;
Corbin Dymek from Celina, Texas;
Drew Easley from Dallas, Texas;
Adam Elsayed from Allen, Texas;
Zach Ennis from Plano, Texas;
Morgan Evans from Houston, Texas;
Charlotte Evelyn from Austin, Texas;
Kate Fletcher from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma;
Elizabeth Funderburk from Wylie, Texas;
Jasmine Galdamez from Lubbock, Texas;
Isabel Garrison from Wichita Falls, Texas;
Emma Gibson from Crockett, Texas;
Elanor Goldsmith from Sherman, Texas;
Gabe Graf from Round Rock, Texas;
Samantha Graham from Denison, Texas;
Jack Graman from McKinney, Texas;
Eliazar Greer from Plainview, Texas;
Madison Grijalva from Lewisville, Texas;
Sammi Guffey from Camas, Washington;
Pragna Gundupalli from Frisco, Texas;
Kurt Gustafson from Bakersfield, California;
Lucy Guttery from Fort Worth, Texas;
Cameron Hammond from Euless, Texas;
Rahul Hanumandlu from Flower Mound, Texas;
Kailey Harshaw from Round Rock, Texas;
Murad Hassan from Plano, Texas;
Roy Herrera from Spring, Texas;
Hannah Herron from Hughes Springs, Texas;
Mason Hester from Cedar Park, Texas;
Gordon Hicks from Victoria, Texas;
Roberto Hinojosa from Missouri City, Texas;
Alyssa Holloway from Allen, Texas;
Jordan Hudgins from Wylie, Texas;
Sonja Huntwork from Plano, Texas;
Cole Imhoff from Coppell, Texas;
Abhigna Isukamatla from Machilipatnam, India;
Kurt Jacobson from Moraga, California;
Muskaan Jaiswal from Frisco, Texas;
Ismael Jasso from Irving, Texas;
Amie Johnson from Watauga, Texas;
Macey Johnson from Houston, Texas;
Melisa Koral from Dallas, Texas;
Christian Kyser from Flower Mound, Texas;
Kenedie Lane from Frisco, Texas;
Sarah Laredo from Rowlett, Texas;
Abby Larkin from Castle Rock, Colorado;
Ryan Laventure from Chandler, Texas;
Abigail Le from Allen, Texas;
Christian Le from Allen, Texas;
Mark Leonard from Frisco, Texas;
Cassidee Levine from Richmond, Texas;
Miguel Liuzzi from Mesquite, Texas;
Christian Luera from El Paso, Texas;
Joshua Magers from Sherman, Texas;
Lexi Martin from Sanger, Texas;
Britney Martin from Big Bend National Park, Texas;
Sebastiao Martin from Fort Worth, Texas;
Joseph McGuire from Sugar Land, Texas;
Emma McLemore from Denison, Texas;
Jed McPike from Austin, Texas;
Benjamin Meraz from Sherman, Texas;
Grace Milligan from Austin, Texas;
Grace Moothart from Melissa, Texas;
Mason Moreau from Howe, Texas;
Macyn Muir from Jenks, Oklahoma;
Hannah Mullens from Leander, Texas;
Trinity Naile from Sunnyvale, Texas;
Ainsley Nelson from Frisco, Texas;
Elyssa Nelson from Saginaw, Texas;
Taylor Nemeth from Laguna Niguel, California;
Cade Newbrand from The Colony, Texas;
Timmy Ngo from Dallas, Texas;
Elizabeth Nguyen from Richardson, Texas;
Joseph Nguyen from Richardson, Texas;
Sara Norton from Keller, Texas;
Ella Nunneley from Nocona, Texas;
Lily Ordonez from Benbrook, Texas;
Danny Orozco from Mesquite, Texas;
Ella Owens from Richardson, Texas;
Ireland Owens from Boerne, Texas;
Paola Paulin from Sherman, Texas;
Keely Perry from Frisco, Texas;
Evan Pezirtzoglou from Tomball, Texas;
Lexi Pietrasik from Murphy, Texas;
Marcia Pinto from North Richland Hills, Texas;
Savanna Polen from Carrollton, Texas;
Paulina Porter from Flower Mound, Texas;
Caitlyn Potraza from Dallas, Texas;
Stephen Proft from Austin, Texas;
Sarah Putnicki from Gunter, Texas;
Asier Quiroga from San Antonio, Texas;
Sam Rainey from McKinney, Texas;
Amsah Rauf from Coppell, Texas;
Hunter Richardson from Bellaire, Texas;
Abigail Roberts from Dallas, Texas;
Jocelin Robinson from Rowlett, Texas;
Alyssa Ross from San Jose, California;
Jewelia Ross from Sherman, Texas;
Mikayla Ross from Sherman, Texas;
Rachel Sadler from Trenton, Texas;
Danielle Saltzman from Sugar Land, Texas;
Trey Salyer from Frisco, Texas;
Emma Samaniego from Naples, Texas;
Noah Samuel from McKinney, Texas;
Josh Sangalli from Wharton, Texas;
Niharika Saran from Coppell, Texas;
Emma Schlomann from Katy, Texas;
Izzy Schultze from Round Rock, Texas;
Emie Shaw from Denison, Texas;
Rund Shehadeh from Southlake, Texas;
Kilroy Short from Denison, Texas;
Shea Simmons from Lewisville, Texas;
Emma Sinclair from Adkins, Texas;
Melody Smith from San Angelo, Texas;
Ria Srivastava from Frisco, Texas;
Grayson Stacey from Forney, Texas;
Catherine Stepaniak from Dallas, Texas;
Riley Stringer from Trenton, Texas;
Lydia Stuart from Norman, Oklahoma;
Kaitlyn Thai from Rockwall, Texas;
Sammi Thiele from Denison, Texas;
Asher Thompson from Dallas, Texas;
Jaiden Tocquigny from Bells, Texas;
Matthew Todd from McKinney, Texas;
Christine Tomasino from San Antonio, Texas;
Christan Tomy from Fort Worth, Texas;
Aidan Toombs from Mansfield, Texas;
Tatum Torres from Pantego, Texas;
Jessilyn Tran from Frisco, Texas;
Tara Tran from Lantana, Texas;
Brianne Tseng from Plano, Texas;
Marjan Tukdi from Frisco, Texas;
Danya Van Vuuren from Houston, Texas;
Cailey Varnell from McKinney, Texas;
Davin Vialpando from Longmont, Colorado;
Renatta Vincent from Sherman, Texas;
Alyssa Vyrva from Austin, Texas;
Tyler Ward from Bedford, Texas;
Skylar Watkins from Pottsboro, Texas;
Emeri Watson from Paris, Texas;
Aaron Welch from Sherman, Texas;
Micaiah Wetzold from Sherman, Texas;
Clemon White IV from Fort Worth, Texas;
Luke Wild from McKinney, Texas;
Nate Williams from Castle Rock, Colorado;
Macon Williamson from Naples, Texas;
Courtney Wise from Pottsboro, Texas;
Kayla Woods from Newry, United Kingdom;
Adeline Woodward from Frisco, Texas;
Maryam Zeeshan from Allen, Texas;
Michelle Zhu from Plano, Texas.
Austin, TX
Texas law age-restricting app stores blocked by federal judge
08 January 2019, Hessen, Rüsselsheim: ILLUSTRATION – The App Store (M) logo can be seen on the screen of an iPhone. Photo: Silas Stein/dpa (Photo by Silas Stein/picture alliance via Getty Images)
A federal judge has blocked a Texas law aimed at keeping minors from using app stores without an adult’s consent.
The decision is a win for major developers of app stores represented in the federal lawsuit, including Apple, Google and Amazon.
Texas app store law blocked
What we know:
Senate Bill 2420 would have gone into effect on Jan. 1, requiring anyone under the age of 18 in Texas to get parental consent to download an app or make an in-app purchase.
U.S. District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin issued a preliminary injunction against the law, saying it likely violates the First Amendment.
The case against the law, known as the App Store Accountability Act, was brought by Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA) on behalf of operators of app stores (like Google, Apple, and Amazon) and developers of mobile apps (like YouTube, Audible, Apple TV, IMDB, and Goodreads).
What’s next:
The law can not go into effect as litigation proceeds.
Texas AG Ken Paxton is the sole defendant in the case, and is enjoined from enforcing or allowing enforcement of the law during that time.
Texas lawsuit over SB 2420
The backstory:
Attorneys for the CCIA argued the law violates First Amendment free speech rights. Before the Austin court hearing last week, CCIA Senior VP Stephanie Joyce issued the following statement:
“We shall show the judge that this law is unconstitutional and should not take effect. This law is grossly overbroad, involves forced-speech mandates, and is not remotely tailored to its stated purpose. It is a deeply flawed statute that the Court should block under the First Amendment.”
Other cell phone restrictions
Dig deeper:
Australia recently passed a total social media ban for people under age 16. Texas attempted a similar law with House Bill 18, which was enjoined prior to SB 2420.
A recent report about a school in Kentucky with a cellphone ban quoted administrators about an unexpected benefit. They claim a 61 percent increase in books being checked out from its library since the ban started.
In that Kentucky report, 38 percent of their disciplinary issues involved violating the cellphone ban. The administrators said they hope that number will drop after students come back from the holiday break. It’s too early to tell if that kind of data will be collected as part of the TEA review.
The Source: Information in this article came from a federal court filing and previous FOX Local coverage.
Austin, TX
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Austin, TX
3,000 Waymos recalled after several close calls with Austin ISD students
TEXAS — The self-driving taxi known as Waymo is taking a break in Austin.
Since the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, Austin Independent School District (AISD) has recorded at least 20 stop-arm violations committed by the autonomous vehicles.
Cameras installed on school buses through the district’s Stop-Arm Camera Program show Waymo vehicles passing buses when they brake and have their stop arm extended. In some instances, the self-driving vehicles come close to hitting students getting off the bus.
“There’s not a similar pattern,” said Travis Pickford, assistant chief of the Austin ISD Police Department. “There’s not consistency there, other than the Waymo’s are consistently passing our buses.”
Pickford said despite Waymo operating in Austin for years, the district only found out about the stop-arm violations this year when they switched to a new vendor for the Stop-Arm Camera Program.
AISD and Waymo have gone back and forth on this issue, with AISD notifying the company of the violations and the district’s demands for a software update. Waymo replied in November, saying its vehicles have been updated.
Nonetheless, there were more violations cited by AISD, totaling at least 20 violations as of Nov. 20. And the issue, according to Pickford, is not exclusive to AISD.
“Eanes, Pflugerville, Leander, Round Rock, Del Valle, just to name those five,” he said. “I can only assume that if we’re seeing violations on our buses, it’s entirely possible that violations are occurring in those districts as well.”
“It’s our position and our belief that they need to stop operating while our school buses are out on the roadway,” Pickford said.
Because of the violations, Waymo voluntarily recalled more than 3,000 vehicles in its fleet.
Mauricio Peña, Waymo’s chief safety officer, said:
“While we are incredibly proud of our strong safety record showing Waymo experiences twelve times fewer injury crashes involving pedestrians than human drivers, holding the highest safety standards means recognizing when our behavior should be better.
“As a result, we have made the decision to file a voluntary software recall with NHTSA related to appropriately slowing and stopping in these scenarios. We will continue analyzing our vehicles’ performance and making necessary fixes as part of our commitment to continuous improvement.”
The recall report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) also cites the stop arm violations are cause for the recall, stating:
“Prior to the affected Waymo ADS [automated driving system] receiving the remedy described in this report, in certain circumstances, Waymo vehicles that were stopped or stopping for a school bus with its red lights flashing and/or the stop arm extended would proceed again before the school bus had deactivated its flashing lights and/or retracted its stop arm.”
As Waymo plans to expand operations into San Antonio and Dallas, Pickford urged the company to ensure all vehicles are following the law before putting more students in the state in harm’s way.
“[People need to] be a voice and be a part of whatever safety working group is coming together to discuss Waymo or any autonomous vehicle operation in their area,” Pickford said.
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