The Latest Breaking News from Austin

Texas hot sauce company Yellowbird Foods launches new sauce featured on YouTube’s ‘Hot Ones’

DALLAS — Austin, Texas-grown company Yellowbird Foods launched a new spicy wing sauce called Bliss & Vinegar, which was featured on season 16 of the viral YouTube show, “Hot Ones.”

Tribune News Service · Apr 25, 2022

Arrests, shootings plunged among those who took part in anti-violence program, even as crime spiked in city, new study finds

U of C researchers found that those who took part in READI Chicago were two-thirds less likely to be arrested for a violent crime and nearly 20% less likely to be shot themselves than other at-risk residents of the South and West sides.

Chicago Sun-Times · Apr 22, 2022

Tesla Will Build Model Y In Austin With Both 4680 And 2170 Cells

The Q1 2022 Shareholder Deck document reveals plans for Gigafactory Texas to produce Model Ys with non-structural packs featuring 2170 cells later this year.

InsideEVs · Apr 21, 2022

Omar Uresti set to defend at PGA Professional Championship on home soil in Austin

The 2022 PGA Professional Championship is being held April 17-20, at the Omni Barton Creek Resort.

USA Today Sports Media Group · Apr 15, 2022

Tesla Announces New Hiring Efforts For Giga Texas

Now that Tesla's brand-new Austin Gigafactory is officially open, the company is ramping up its hiring efforts.

InsideEVs · Apr 13, 2022

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller calls on Gov. Greg Abbott to end ‘catastrophic’ border inspections

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller pressed the governor on Tuesday to end a new inspection policy that is snarling traffic at the border and “turning a crisis into a catastrophe.”

Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2022

Texas-Made Tesla Model Y Price And Range Leaked

Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) debuted its Giga Texas factory in Austin with the Cyber Rodeo, marking the production of its new Texas-made Model Y vehicles.

Benzinga · Apr 12, 2022

Q&A: Mark Wenner looks back on 50 years of The Nighthawks

PITTSBURGH — Mark Wenner discovered the blues while he was in high school in Bethesda, Maryland, and started messing around with harmonica, in part, because of a 1965 recording of “Born in Chicago” by the Paul Butterfield Blues Band.

Tribune News Service · Apr 12, 2022

Homeless camping bans are spreading. This group shaped the bills

Georgia state Sen. Carden Summers said he drove around Atlanta before presenting a bill earlier this year that would ban homeless encampments and cut state funding from cities that refuse to enforce the ban.

Tribune News Service · Apr 11, 2022

Texas crash: Car ploughs into food cart ‘with at least 11 injured' in horror smash

Witnesses said there was a sound like an "explosion" when a car ploughed into a group of people who were gathered at a food cart in Austin, Texas, following a collision

Daily Mirror · Apr 9, 2022