Hour one of the Todd and Don Show:
• An Austin man is facing charges for running over a woman as she attempted to sprint across a road to prove she could “run fast in heels” and driving away
• Travis County Health and Human services are giving out 4,000 free transit passes to homeless and working poor clients of theirs through the Transit Empowerment Fund
• Nineteen states and the District of Columbia are asking a judge in Seattle to block the U.S. State Department from allowing the files of 3D-printable guns to be posted until the case can be argued in court
Hour two of the Todd and Don Show:
• Governor Greg Abbott wants to give good teachers a six-figure salary
• TECH NEWS:
– Microsoft said Tuesday that it executed a court order to shut down six websites created by a group tied to Russian intelligence that sought to spoof conservative U.S. institutions, the U.S. Senate and Microsoft itself ahead of the midterm elections
-Melania Trump spoke about the importance of teaching children responsible online habits
• Labor negotiators for the Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services Employee Association and the city of Austin have reached a tentative agreement
Hour three of the Todd and Don Show:
• A crowd of about 250 protesters on the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s campus knocked over the controversial Silent Sam Confederate statue
• The body of missing college student Mollie Tibbetts was found today bringing an end to an intensive search that lasted more than a month
• The process for getting permits for building in Austin has been taking much longer with people waiting months and creating tremendous costs
Hour four of the Todd and Don Show:
• A new study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety shows that using ride-sharing services can end up costing more than owning a car in the long run
• Man sues over Google’s “Location History” fiasco, case could affect millions
• Christopher Watts has been arrested by Colorado Police in the murder of his pregnant wife and his two daughters
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