Officials discuss next steps as Austin elevated to Stage 5 restrictions

Austin has been elevated to Stage 5 COVID restrictions. It's the first time Austin Public Health has officially increased the COVID-19 community risk level to the highest level since the pandemic's start.

President Trump threatens to torpedo COVID-19 relief bill with new demands

President Trump is calling for direct payments to Americans to be $2,000, not the $600 currently in the bill. He also says more needs to be done to help small businesses.

Part of the stimulus bill would help save Austin music venues

The bill will provide six months of financial support or $10 million to keep each venue afloat, whichever is cheaper.

Part of stimulus bill would help save Austin music venues
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The bill will provide six months of financial support or $10 million to keep each venue afloat, whichever is cheaper.

Couple dies from COVID-19 holding hands after 61 years of marriage

A North Carolina couple married for more than six decades held hands in their final moments before passing away from COVID-19.

FOX 7 Discussion: Violent crime increases in large Texas cities
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Doctor Michael Sierra-Arevalo, an assistant professor and violence prevention expert at UT Austin, joins MIke Warren to talk about how crime has gone up in large cities.

US hospitals forced to put COVID-19 sick in parking garages, hallways — and they’re running out of nurses

A surge in infections linked to Thanksgiving has led to many hospitals running out of room to treat the severest COVID-19 cases, and medical facilities are facing a serious staffing shortage on top of everything else.

Dwayne Haskins apologizes after photos show mask-less partying

Washington quarterback Dwayne Haskins publicly apologized Tuesday after photo evidence came to light of him partying with several people unmasked after playing Sunday.

Gov. Greg Abbott gets COVID-19 vaccine
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The governor delivers some remarks and then gets the coronavirus vaccine.

Christmas in the ICU: Decorations, lights and tears

A Christmas tree stands outside the intensive care room where a man stricken by COVID-19 lies unconscious, a machine breathing for him. A few feet away, a plastic snowman adorns the door of another patient whose face is barely visible behind ventilator tubes.

California could see 100,000 coronavirus hospitalizations in a month

The state has recorded a half-million coronavirus cases in the last two weeks, and Gov. Gavin Newsom said Monday that a projection model shows California could be facing nearly 100,000 hospitalizations within a month.