The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• Three people and two suspects are dead after a shooting at a mosque in San Diego yesterday morning
• The owner of Central Texas Gun Works, Michael Cargill, told reporters the gun used in the weekend shooting spree involving three teens in south Austin was stolen from his store
• A new Texas Senate poll shows both Republican candidates John Cornyn and Ken Paxton are deadlocked against Democrat candidate James Talarico

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The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• Three teens have been arrested in connection to multiple shootings in south Austin over the weekend
• Parents are upset after the Pflugerville school district voted to close four elementary schools to address an $11 million budget deficit
• Early voting in Texas begins today, running through the rest of the week with Election Day on Tuesday, May 26

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The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• President Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have concluded their historic summit in Beijing
• a 2023 Texas law, Senate Bill 4, takes effect today and will allow state and local police to arrest people suspected of entering the country illegally
• The Pflugerville school district voted last night to close four elementary schools after hours of debate over ongoing budget challenges

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The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• President Trump has kicked off a two day summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in China
• Governor Greg Abbott is expanding the Texas Repeat Offender Task Force to Dallas, San Antonio and Austin
• The Pflugerville City Council has approved new rules for Lake Pflugerville aimed at improving safety and managing crowds at the city continues to work to stabilize its water supply

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The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• President Trump has departed for Beijing ahead of a high-stakes summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, the first U.S. president to visit China in nearly a decade
• The City of Austin has reached a tentative settlement with the four men who spent decades being accused of being responsible for the 1991 yogurt shop murders
• A San Marcos police officer has been ordered to undergo mandatory retraining following the arrest of a father and son during a traffic stop that led to the father being detained by federal immigration agents

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The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• Texas public schools just recorded the largest non-pandemic enrollment drop in nearly 40 years, 76,000 students gone in a single year
• Five people, four of them being juveniles, have been arrested for allegedly robbing a teenager at gunpoint in Leander
• Former Austin Councilman and current House Rep. Greg Casar held a press conference yesterday to demand the release of Fernando Cabrera

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The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• Damaging winds, large hail, and lightning from overnight thunderstorms swept through Central Texas on Mother's Day, knocking out electricity for over 15,000 customers in the Austin region while prompting severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings
• President Trump dismissed Iran's counteroffer to end the roughly 10-week US-Iran conflict, calling it insufficient because it failed to address Iran's nuclear program while demanding sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz, an end to the US naval blockade, and war-damage compensation
• The Austin Police Department continues to investigate two murders that happened just hours apart over the weekend

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The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• President Trump is threatening Iran again after U-S forces carried out strikes on military facilities in retaliation for an attack in the Strait of Hormuz
• Austin ISD is updating how it plans to deal with a $181 million budget deficit, including increasing class sized in second through fifth grade and reducing planning time for teachers
• The CDC is tracking two cruise passengers in Texas who may have been exposed to the hantavirus

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The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• President Trump has paused Project Freedom operations in the Strait of Hormuz, exchanging proposals with Iran to end the conflict
• Today the Austin City Council is expected to discuss Phase 3 of the H.O.M.E. initiative that's aimed at lowering housing prices in the city
• 9 out of nearly 250 summer camps in Texas have had a license to operate approved by the Department of State Health Services

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The Flash Briefing is a daily news update every weekday morning from Todd Jeffries.

• President Trump has halted U.S. efforts to escort stranded vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, saying he wants to give diplomacy a chance
• Activists are slamming Austin's Homeless Strategy Office's latest plan to clear out homeless camps around the city
• The Austin ISD has released a summary of proposed budget cuts as the district works to close a $181 million deficit

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