Cap Metro Begins Testing Autonomous Vehicles, Investigation into Duck Boat Accident Continues, Three Bodies Recovered from San Marcos Apartment Fire

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Hour one of the Todd and Don Show:  

• The Texas Department of Transportation will restripe the westbound lanes of RM 2222 from near the Wells Fargo Bank building to RM 620

•VIRAL VIDEO:  Roseanne Barr goes off about the Valerie Jarrett tweet in a video posted to Barr’s YouTube page where she says, “I thought the [sic] was white!”

• CapMetro and RATP Dev USA are testing out a few autonomous vehicles beginning today

• The investigation into the sinking of the duck boat in Missouri that killed 17 continues as one of the survivors says no one ever told the passengers to put on life jackets


Hour two of the Todd and Don Show:

• Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT, put out a full page ad to get “adults” to sign up to run for office in City Council

• TECH NEWS:

-CapMetro and RATP Dev USA are testing out a few autonomous vehicles beginning today

-A study in Switzerland says radiation from cell phones is causing shorter memory in adolescents

-In an effort to allow consumers to transfer data in and out of any participating platform, Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter have joined forces to create the Data Transfer Project

• President Trump threatened Iran in a tweet responding after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticized Trump and warned Trump war could ensue. He said “NEVER, EVER THREATEN THE UNITED STATES AGAIN OR YOU WILL SUFFER CONSEQUENCES THE LIKES OF WHICH FEW THROUGHOUT HISTORY HAVE EVER SUFFERED BEFORE.”


Hour three of the Todd and Don Show:

• A Missouri Uber driver has been suspended as he was recording his passengers and live-streaming them on Twitch

•T&D UP IN YA BUSINESS: In a new segment, Todd & Don tell the world about small to medium sized businesses. This week’s business is Gluten Free Yourself Kitchen. The owner, Tim, started the business because of his own allergy to gluten. Their mission: “We believe GFY Kitchen will give Austin food lovers the opportunity to taste how good gf foods can be when done right.” More information at gfykitchen.com

• A World War II-era military aircraft carrying 13 passengers crashed and caught fire shortly after takeoff in central Texas on Saturday. All passengers on board the cargo plane survived and were able to exit the aircraft


Hour four of the Todd and Don Show:

• Shark Week is on again for the 30th year

• Fire investigators recovered three bodies Sunday morning in the rubble after a fire at the Iconic Village Apartments that happened early Friday morning

•A man was shot and killed in Florida after he was approached by another man who was upset he parked in a handicap space

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