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Mild afternoons and cool mornings

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:52 GMT

AUSTIN (KXAN) -- A fine weather day is in store for Central Texas. Temperatures will be cooler than the normal of 83°. In fact, highs will be below normal the next four days.North winds left from Friday's cold front will gust into the low to mid 20s.That north wind will also keep the air dry. The relative humidity will drop through the 20s into the teens this afternoon.Today is the day several have been looking forward to as the Annular Solar Eclipse happens. The sky will be mostly sunny during the time of the eclipse. Most of the area will see a partial solar eclipse but the western Hill Country will see that "ring of fire" around the moon. The moon will not completely block out the sun but rather leave a bright halo around its edges. You will need to wear eclipse safety glasses to protect your eyes.While some will be watching today's celestial others will be watching live music at Zilker Park. Those headed to today's concerts will find sunshine and those strong north breezes. You ...

Which Halloween costumes will be this year's most popular?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:52 GMT

DENVER (KDVR) — You might not be as creative as you think when it comes to your choice of Halloween getup. Google Frightgeist pulled the top 500 costume searches from Google Trends to determine the most popular Halloween costumes for 2023. If you want to wear a trending costume, one of these top 10 costumes is your best bet. If you're looking for something unique, you may have to try harder. Here are the costumes you will probably see the most this year.Most popular costumes nationallyWitchSpider-ManDinosaurStranger ThingsFairyPirateRabbitCheerleaderCowboyHarley QuinnSurprisingly, the most searched costumes aren't all that basic. While a witch is a classic costume, there aren't as many dinosaurs and "Stranger Things" characters roaming the street on Oct. 31.The national list goes on to the top 100 costumes. If you need more ideas, or if you're looking for something that's not on the list, check out all the costumes on the website.Google shows costume searches across the country, inc...

October is statistically deadliest month for Texas pedestrians: Here's why, how to help

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:52 GMT

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – The highest number of pedestrian crashes in Texas last year happened during October, and that's why TxDOT is launching a "Be Safe, Drive Smart" campaign. The campaign aims to remind Texans that pedestrians are the most vulnerable road users. The shorter days and longer nights associated with autumn and winter mean it is becoming more difficult for drivers to see pedestrians along roadways.Misael Rico was only six when doctors told him that he might never walk or talk again. And though Rico started college this year, his life was forever changed when he walked to school with his mother, and a distracted driver crashed into them. Misael Rico was dragged underneath the car. He asks for Texas drivers to watch for people walking.In Texas, 19% of traffic fatalities are pedestrians, but only 1% of crashes involve pedestrians. Pedestrian traffic fatalities are increasing not just in Texas, though. They're growing nationwide.That's why TxDOT urges drivers to wat...

Weird Barbie among most popular Halloween costumes in US, according to experts

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:52 GMT

LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WWLP) - Weird Barbie, Wednesday Adams and Harley Quinn are among the most popular Halloween costumes in the US, according to new research from fashion retailer Boohoo. The company analyzed Google Trends data to identify the top pop culture-inspired and traditional costumes that people are searching for in each state. The analysis revealed that Barbie is the most popular character to dress up as this spooky season when it comes to pop culture references. This is probably unsurprising to many, seeing as it was a big year for the brand. Warner Bros. Discovery's "Barbie" film has generated at least $1.36 billion at the global box office, making it the highest-grossing movie in the world in 2023 so far, Variety reported."With many states choosing to dress up as Barbie, it proves that one of Margot Robbie's biggest films to date is continuing to take over and dominate the fashion world," a Boohoo spokesperson said in a press release. The ‘most hated’ Halloween ca...

Central Texas economist speaks on potential economic impact with Israel-Hamas war

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:52 GMT

WACO, Texas (FOX 44) -- The Israel-Hamas War is causing strife in the Middle East and has the potential to directly impact us.The Middle East is a mass producer of oil, and prices are starting to increase.Dr. Rob Tennant with A&M Central Texas says this is a typical situation that can happen in an oil-producing region.With Israel currently locked in a conflict with Hamas, Dr. Tennant says it's causing uncertainty for how much oil will be produced."In the current situation with the with the invasion of Israel by Hamas. What that does is in the short run, it's created some uncertainty in the speculative market, which has caused the price of oil to go up approximately four percent a barrel," said Dr. Tennant.Dr. Tennant says we're through the summer peak for oil production and gas usage.Normally gas prices go down in the fall and Tennant says this trend should continue despite conflict."When costs go up, the gas prices reflect it pretty quickly. However, gas prices have been coming...

Family Dollar recalls dozens of products sold in 23 states

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:52 GMT

WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) - Family Dollar has issued a voluntary recall for a long list of over-the-counter drugs, medical devices, and other personal health products at stores nationwide.According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, these items were "stored outside of labeled temperature requirements" and sold at certain Family Dollar stores between June 1, 2023, and Oct. 4, 2023.This recall only applies to 23 states: Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming.List-of-Recalled-ProductsDownloadThe affected stores have been asked to check their stock immediately and to quarantine and discontinue the sale of the products.Family Dollar has not received any complaints or reports of illness at this time. This recall has been issued out of an abundance of caution.Anyone who may have experienced any adverse...

A 'nightmare': California woman hid under bodies during Israel festival attack

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:52 GMT

Warning: the following contains graphic descriptions of violence.(NewsNation) — For seven hours, Lee Sasi hid in a bomb shelter and under dead bodies following an attack on an Israeli music festival Saturday when Hamas militants tore through the crowd, killing at least 260 people.Sasi described it as a "nightmare." “Everybody was dying in front of me,” Sasi, an American woman from California, told NewsNation's Chris Cuomo, who was reporting live from Israel on Tuesday.She was among the survivors who were attending the Supernova music festival, where some 3,500 people gathered in the Re’im kibbutz in southern Israel, only a few miles from the border with Gaza. Many are still missing, possibly captured and taken to Gaza.When the attack first began Saturday morning with a barrage of rockets flying overhead, Sasi says she didn't know what was happening. "We arrived to the party and we were dancing and we were taking pictures and then we just saw, up in the sky, it looked like fireworks,...

Why are jack-o'-lanterns made from pumpkins?

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:52 GMT

SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Jack-o'-lanterns are easily one of the most recognizable parts of Halloween, with their carved faces bringing cheer to every spooky celebration. But not everyone knows that pumpkins weren't always the de facto product of choice when it came to making the iconic decoration.But where did the first jack-o'-lanterns come from — and why did the switch to pumpkins happen? If you want to find out, then grab some Halloween candy and read the tale of "Stingy Jack," one of Ireland's most spooktacular folktales and the (supposed) father of the jack-o'-lantern as we know it today.A man and the Devil walk into a bar...Though the exact period in which Stingy Jack's story was first told is unclear, the tale itself is a centuries-old Irish myth with several iterations that vary from telling to telling. However, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History estimates that the tale of Stingy Jack first began surfacing around the 1600s, right when indigenous peopl...

Child sex assault suspect brought back to Bell County from Williamson County

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:52 GMT

BELTON, Texas (FOX 44) - Bond has been set at $1 million for a former firefighter charged with sexually abusing four separate children after he was brought back to Bell County to face the charges.Kyle Steven Setterlund was held in the Williamson County Jail and was brought back and booked into the Bell County facility on Thursday.Setterlund was originally charged on September 26 with two counts of Aggravated Sexual Assault out of Bell County, stemming from an investigation triggered when Bell County deputies were dispatched to the McLane Children's Hospital. It was there that the parents of the victims reported the abuse. They said Setterlund was a "friend of the family" who was living on the same property as his victims where the incidents occurred. After Bell County investigators reviewed additional evidence, they were able to identify two additional victims and more charges were added.During forensic interviews, the victims were able to describe what was done to them. The Bell C...

Eclipse viewing challenged by cloudy and cool weather

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 18:57:52 GMT

ST. LOUIS -- Cloudy, cool, windy and somewhat damp conditions for today. This will not make for good viewing of the annular eclipse. Northwesterly winds will gust to around 30 mph and temperatures will struggle to make it to 60 degrees. We could also have some drizzle or very light rain showers at times this weekend, especially this evening through Sunday morning. It was still breezy overnight, with temperatures falling into the 40s to near 50. Sunday will actually be a few degrees cooler, with highs in the mid to upper 50s and mostly cloudy skies. Still breezy, but not quite as windy as today. Temperatures stay below normal into the next work week, climbing to the low 70s by midweek. Rain chances also return Wednesday night through Thursday night.