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Before the July 4 flood, the Hunt Preservation Society was already an established local nonprofit. So when disaster hit, money was able to pour in immediately. The group quickly created a committee to
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Julián Quiñones and Raúl Jiménez scored goals in a nine-minute span in the first half and Mexico defeated Ecuador 2-0 on Tuesday night to break a 40-year drought without a win in the knockout stage and progressed to the World Cup round of 16.Quiñones opened the scoring in the 22nd minute while Ji...
Residents at Fairways 5 Apartments on the Northwest Side say they went without power for several hours — and in some cases, days — over the weekend as temperatures were high. Management told KSAT the issue began with a CPS Energy issue and that the property has worked with the utility to resolve ...
It was the deadliest reported strike in the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Most of the victims were children.In almost any other conflict, these haunting truths would be seared into national memory. Yet more than 120 days since at least one U.S. missile struck an Iranian primary school, there rem...
A man was sentenced to 45 years in prison for killing his former tenant in 2022, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said. Peter Balraj was convicted of murder in the death of Christopher Vargas, 32, and sentenced Tuesday in the 290th District Court, according to a news release. He was al...
Before the July 4 flood, the Hunt Preservation Society was already an established local nonprofit. So when disaster hit, money was able to pour in immediately. The group quickly created a committee to help allocate those recovery funds to community members. “Our focus has been here in Hunt and In...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTSHOT, BUT NOT *TOO* HOT: Highs average for this time of year (low- to mid-90s)STRAY SHOWER: Possible Thursday through July 4th (10%)BETTER SHOT AT RAIN?: Slightly better chance Sunday into Monday (20%-30%)FORECASTWEDNESDAYVery similar weather tomorrow! Morning clouds will quickl...
Authorities arrested four adults on felony child endangerment charges after discovering 16 children in dire need of medical treatment Tuesday in a rural southern Ohio home.The Ohio Bureau of Investigation and local sheriff's department searched a home in the small village of Hamden, where they fo...
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday to discuss the city’s fiscal challenges as it approaches a $158 million budget gap.If the city eliminated every library, all general fund spending on public health and funds to Animal Care Services, San Antonio would still be...
Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras was tossed for a second straight game on Tuesday after throwing his helmet toward Washington Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli during a heated exchange that ended with the benches clearing and multiple ejections.Cavalli struck out Contreras looking on a...
Whither the U.S. House?As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday this weekend, the legislative branch has momentarily called it quits.The House leadership on Tuesday abruptly canceled votes and sent lawmakers home early for the holiday recess, Speaker Mike Johnson ’s majority once again ground ...
Nearly as much as barbecue and fireworks, Texans love taking the water to celebrate the July 4 holiday weekend.But the drowning death of Jaylen Robinson, 13, at Boerne City Lake this weekend has served as a grim reminder of the importance of water safety, especially on the state’s various lakes, ...
Rookies are prone to mistakes. Cooper Ingle made a big one he may never forget.Cleveland's left fielder lost track of the number of outs in the seventh inning and threw the ball into the stands, allowing the Texas Rangers to score the go-ahead run in a 4-2 victory over the Guardians on Tuesday ni...
Bexar County jurors decided the fate of a man who struck a woman head-on in a wrong-way crash more than two years ago.Christopher Rey Navarro, 27, was originally charged with murder in connection with the January 2024 driving death of Yulissa Valero, 26. While a mistrial was declared on the murde...
The San Antonio Spurs’ rookie class wasted no time getting to work after arriving in the Alamo City.On Tuesday, the Spurs released their NBA Summer League roster. Assistant coach Corliss Williamson will serve as the team’s Summer League head coach.Right now, the team is focused on two priorities:...
Gov. Greg Abbott called for blocking new data center development in rural parts of the state during a campaign stop in East Texas on Tuesday.“We must prohibit them from building AI data centers in rural Texas neighborhoods,” Abbott said at the Bullard event, which primarily discussed his plan to ...
A San Antonio woman, who was wanted in another state for an alleged 2024 murder, was arrested last week on the Northwest Side, a spokesperson with the U.S. Marshals said in an email to KSAT.Shakayla Johnson, 22, was taken back to Marion County, where the alleged crime was committed, and faces a m...
Photographs of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. adorned with flower lei from Hawaii residents who traveled to Selma, Alabama, to join him on a pivotal Civil Rights march went on public display Tuesday in the state Capitol in Honolulu. The Selma-to-Montgomery marches galvanized passage of the Votin...
The great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, the Chinese American at the center of the U.S. Supreme Court case that established the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship, called Tuesday’s ruling a victory for all Americans, saying it reaffirmed that precedent.“I don't consider this stuff a pe...
SPONSORED: After a DWI arrest in San Antonio, the most important decision is who you hire to help you.What to do after a DWI arrest in San Antonio was first posted on June 30, 2026 at 6:00 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of this feed is for personal non-commercial use only. If you are not...
Kylian Mbappé and France are sizzling — and not just because of MetLife Stadium's broiling conditions.Mbappé had his third two-goal game of this World Cup and set a career scoring record for the tournament's knockout rounds, leading Les Bleus over Sweden 3-0 on Tuesday to set up a round of 16 mat...
Texas politics have become deeply engaged in the fight over the future of college football. In this week’s episode, the TribCast crew is joined by Ralph Russo, senior writer for The Athletic and host of The Audible podcast. We discuss the saga of Texas Tech quarterback Brendan Sorsby, the influen...
The NBA is going back to college this coming season, bringing the NBA Cup championship game to Butler's historic Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.Hinkle — one of the oldest arenas in the country — is iconic, and more than fits the billing that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and other league offici...
A day before the NBA started its free agency period, the Spurs’ front office signed Julian Champagnie to new contract ESPN hoops contributor Shams Charania, citing unnamed sources, reported will be worth $45 million over three years. The Spurs declined Champagnie’s $3 million team option and rea...
At a joint press conference, Democratic U.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro, Gil Cisneros and Chrissy Houlahan introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that would reinstate the mandate requiring service members to get the flu vaccine. San Antonio’s Castro and Houlahan, who r...
A shooting that left two children wounded in their Northeast Side home Tuesday is raising concern among people in the neighborhood.Some neighbors say they are worried it could be a sign that an old problem with gun violence is making a new return to the area.The San Antonio Police Department said...
Kylian Mbappé felt the heat and turned up the temperature on Lionel Messi in the race for the most goals at the World Cup this year and in the tournament's history.Thriving on a hot, humid afternoon, Mbappé scored his 17th and 18th career World Cup goals in France’s 3-0 rout of Sweden on Tuesday,...
President Donald Trump took in nearly $1.2 billion dollars from his crypto businesses last year, a federal filing released Tuesday shows, locking in profits while his investors were socked with losses.Mere startups when he took the oath of office, the new ventures have now eclipsed in revenue muc...
A pair of federal judges struck down a Trump administration overhaul to a public service forgiveness program for student loans, ruling Tuesday in separate cases in favor of advocates who said the program risked becoming a tool for political retribution.U.S. District Judge Myong Joun in Massachuse...
When Serena Williams accepted an offer to play singles at Wimbledon, Maya Joint got to thinking.The 20-year-old Joint had said there was “always a part of me that wanted to experience playing against her."After getting what she wished for — a first-round meeting with the tennis icon — Joint deliv...
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that Republicans will hold their first-ever national convention ahead of November's midterm elections, an unusual event aimed at boosting turnout in races that will decide whether the party maintains control of Congress. The convention will be held in Dall...
A Republican Texas Railroad Commission candidate known for his frequent xenophobic and racially charged comments is egging on a constitutional crisis by urging Texas officials to ignore the U.S. Supreme Court’s Tuesday ruling upholding birthright citizenship. In a Tuesday rant on social media pla...
Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas said she has received death threats and been called racial slurs in the aftermath of her one-game suspension after she made contact with her fist to Caitlin Clark’s throat in last week's matchup against Indiana.Thomas also criticized WNBA Commissioner Cathy E...
The World Cup is in the lose-and-go-home stage of the tournament and the pressure keeps rising with every minute of every match.The biggest pressure cooker of them all: the penalty kick shootout. Exhausted players and goalkeepers face off in a tense one-on-one confrontation that carries the hopes...
Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with fireworks, parades, concerts and family-friendly events across San Antonio and Bexar County.America’s 250th: Here’s what’s happening in San Antonio on Fourth of July was first posted on June 30, 2026 at 4:32 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of this f...
Austin-based burger chain P. Terry’s is shifting to an Employee Ownership Trust, or EOT, and rolling out profit sharing, in a move its leaders say will improve worker retention and support plans to expand beyond its five existing stores in San Antonio. The EOT structure — rare in the United State...
The U.S. Justice Department and 17 states reached settlement agreements with three major egg producers this week to resolve allegations that the companies illegally colluded for years to raise prices, including when the cost soared to record highs last year.The states and federal government accus...
A book co-written by the man who prosecutors allege ordered the 1996 killing of rap icon Tupac Shakur can be used in trial, a judge ruled Tuesday.The defense attorney for Duane “Keffe D” Davis tried to bar the 2019 memoir “Compton Street Legend” from being used in trial, which is scheduled to beg...
President Donald Trump didn't get what he wanted in some of the biggest Supreme Court cases this year: tariffs, birthright citizenship and the attempted firing of Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook. But he also emerged from the term with even greater power. His immigration crackdown was largely u...
Two people were killed in a suspected murder-suicide in Gillespie County, according to the sheriff’s office. In a Facebook post Monday, the sheriff’s office said its deputies were dispatched in the 700 block of Hahn Road after two bodies were located. “We believe it to be a murder suicide at this...
From pogo-worthy pop-punk and a free outdoor gig showcasing two of the city’s best the folk-rock show of the year, this week holds plenty of potential Tuesday, June 30 Smoking Popes, Lauren Lakis Pop-rock institution Smoking Popes will transport you back to the ’90s, when they signed to Capitol, ...
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