Austin Police Chief Brian Manley Announces Retirement

Manley's 30-year career with APD will end March 28

"...Austin Police Chief Brian Manley will retire on March 28,..."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Bomb in Southwest Austin Is Fourth in Past Two Weeks

Two in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries

"...An explosion in the Southwest Austin neighborhood of Travis Country sent two men to the..."

March 19, 2018 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Brian Manley to Be Named Lone Finalist for Chief of Austin Police

City Manager Spencer Cronk to make announcement Monday

"...being considered for the vacancy of chief of the Austin Police Department. Cronk will put Manley before a community..."

April 30, 2018 News Post by Chase Hoffberger

Sympathetic Coverage for Austin Bomber Mark Conditt

National outlets muddy moral picture

"...most cringeworthy headline came from The Wall Street Journal: "Austin Bombing Suspect: Home-Schooled College Dropout Known for Dry Wit."..."

March 30, 2018 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Austin Film Festival Announces Full Lineup

John Singleton and Chris Cooper to be honored

"...With a little over a month away until the Austin Film Festival, the AFF folks released their roster of..."

Sept. 30, 2015 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

'Chef' Film Opens Today in Austin

In-depth research with consulting chefs adds realism to movie

"...Though Jon Favreau's film Chef debuted in Austin at the South by Southwest Film Festival earlier this..."

May 23, 2014 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Details on Would-Be Bombing of Women's Clinic

APD delivers details of bomb-squad's call to Austin Women’s Health Center.

"...From the Austin Police Department's Public Information Office: LOCAL AND FEDERAL OFFICIALS..."

April 26, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Point Austin: Waging Peace

Our politics favors war as a first option

"...the opponents (e.g., John Bolton) have actively campaigned for bombing Iran, as though this were some divine right of..."

April 10, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Austin Film Festival Review: Blitz

Steve McQueen’s history of the London air raids misses the target

"...early stages of the Blitz, the German Luftwaffe’s prolonged bombing campaign against civilians. In response, the government enacted Operation..."

Oct. 30, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Society Documentary Tour

White Light/Black Rain: The Destruction of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

"...one of 620 at her school to survive the bombing, after she and a friend jumped into a nearby..."

Sept. 14, 2007 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Point Austin: Unlearned History

Vietnam War Summit raises ghosts and questions

"...the border. They failed to mention Richard Nixon's "secret bombing" of Cambodia (secret to U.S. media, no secret to..."

April 29, 2016 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: The Cartoon Governor

Willful official negligence destroyed a small Texas town

"...watching news coverage of the April 15 Boston Marathon bombing, followed two days later by the fertilizer plant explosion..."

May 3, 2013 News Column by Michael King

Blix In Austin:

The UN weapons inspector blasts Bush at the LBJ School

"...inspectors as spies preparing for the U.S. and UK bombing beyond the no-fly zones. This has recently been described..."

May 7, 2004 News Feature by Lee Nichols

Point Austin: August Horribilis

The dog days bring bitter reflections

"...Here in Austin, the city just settled financially with the family of..."

Aug. 15, 2014 News Column by Michael King

Palestinian Woman Finds a Friend in Austin and a Plan to Escape From Gaza

How a Snapchat message turned into an evacuation campaign

"...Gaza, and Kelsie Fitzhenry, a 25-year-old digital marketer in Austin...."

May 17, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Quinlan

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...Austin Chronicle: Your album last month, Vintage Machine, feels distinctly..."

Nov. 13, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Desegregation of Austin's Movie Theatres

A history of the stand-in movement

"...Unhurt and undeterred by the bombing, the very next week, on Dec. 2, 1960, a..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Screens Feature by Jordan Buckley

Point Austin: Shock and Awe ... Once Again

Our wars return to roost, and we blame the victims

"...hysteria – and the U.S./NATO reflex to expand the bombing of a region that has been bombed relentlessly for..."

Nov. 20, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Austin Film Festival: #chicagoGirl: The Social Network Takes on a Dictator

Trying to light a revolution using social media

"...uploads videos (after blurring faces) to YouTube showing the bombing of civilians, and translates Arabic into English (and vice..."

Oct. 26, 2014 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Point Austin: This Week's War ...

A few irritable speculations, from D.C. to City Hall

"...take military action – including any kind of strategic bombing – against Iran without congressional authorization."..."

March 25, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Budgets Are Moral Documents

When the rulers call for sacrifice, who do they mean?

"...citation of the "greatest generation." Before long he was bombing Europe and visiting the beaches at Normandy and evoking..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Point Austin: Catch-2010

The ledger on Barack Obama features plenty of black eyes and feathers

"...of a promotion to general raises the number of bombing missions required to return home whenever a soldier approaches..."

July 9, 2010 News Column by Michael King

Cherry Bombing Tonight

Lonestar rollergirls move to the final stages of the 2009 season

"...With the Austin-set (if, tragically, Michigan-filmed) roller derby movie Whip It opening..."

July 26, 2009 Sports Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Torture and History

Revelations of the Bush torture programs are only the first step

"...learned a generation ago that torture, programmatic assassination, carpet bombing of civilian targets, and the occasional close-up massacre were..."

April 24, 2009 News Column by Michael King

Terrorism Hardens Austin

Austin learns what to do when terrorists – and acronyms – attack

"...HSPD-7 and HSPD-19, officials at the workshop said that Austin cannot depend upon the department to quell the carnage..."

April 4, 2008 News Feature by Matt Martinez

Point Austin: Endless War

One, two, three, four – what are we fighting for?

"...a decade of brutal embargo and a joint U.S./British bombing campaign with direct and indirect civilian casualties estimated in..."

July 27, 2007 News Column by Michael King

Arrest in Clinic Bombing Attempt

Paul Ross Evans, 27, arrested.

"...Marshals Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Internal Revenue Service, Austin Police Department, Texas Department of Public Safety and University..."

April 27, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Austin @ Large: Austin at Large

The City Council moves to finesse the smoking ordinance.

"...town, bad news breaks out -- like the Oklahoma bombing or the Luby's massacre or the A&M Bonfire collapse..."

Oct. 31, 2003 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Makes Federal Case Over New Courthouse

Austin leaders try to influence the feds' new U.S. courthouse project.

"...has backed off its plans to (maybe) displace the Austin Children's Museum or the Austin Museum of Art to..."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin @ Large: Austin At Large

An Austin political response to the New York bombing

"...Like Austin, New York will be choosing a new mayor on..."

Sept. 21, 2001 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

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