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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was caught on video boarding a flight to Iceland for a getaway with his alleged mistress, British tabloid The Daily Mail reports. Paxton — a MAGA Republican now runni
San Antonio city officials confirmed to the Current that controversial rapper Ye won’t stage an encore show the day after his July 4 Alamodome concert. Even so, the contract signed with the hip-hop ar
Three City Council members are requesting a special public meeting to discuss how money promised by the San Antonio Spurs for community benefits could be spent. And they want that briefing before nego
The San Antonio Botanical Garden is pushing back at Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones’ proposal to end public subsidies to the nonprofit as the city looks to rein in a looming $158 million budget deficit. During
Documents obtained Thursday by the Express-News indicate former San Antonio Spurs chairman and CEO Peter M. Holt, not his son, purchased 100 acres on Hawaii’s Big Island for $8 million. The revelation
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico is demanding that his opponent, Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, “release the files” about a man indicted for child sexual abuse who spent just 2
Editor’s note: New documents obtained by the San Antonio Express-News show that the land in question wasn’t purchased by Peter J. Holt. Instead, the deal involved a trust affiliated with his father, P
San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones said she’s directed city staff to amend rapper Ye’s contract so he agrees not to perform his song “Heil Hitler” and to refrain from selling any swastika merchandise
A list of concerns created by Councilwoman Sukh Kaur and circulated via email among select colleagues ahead of a critical vote on a water rate increase has raised the alarm from one political expert t
San Antonio hockey fans soon may have a local-ish team to root for. The National Hockey League (NHL) is considering whether to add teams in Austin and Houston, ESPN reported Tuesday. Citing unnamed so
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is looking for fat to trim as the city deals with a $158 million budget deficit — and she’s starting with the award-winning San Antonio Botanical Garden. During a presentation l
San Antonio City Council on Thursday voted 6-5 on Thursday to postpone a vote and further discussion on a proposed rate hike by San Antonio Water Systems (SAWS) until October. Some of those who voted
Editor’s note: This story was corrected to include the accurate percentage for the proposed tax increase. In a rare moment of unity, the majority of San Antonio City Council appears to agree Thursday
San Antonio city staffers haven’t yet started negotiating final details of a deal with Spurs Sports & Entertainment (SS&E) for a new downtown basketball arena, City Manager Erik Walsh said during a We
The former San Antonio police officer accused of feeding a homeless man a sandwich stuffed with dog feces is now the chief of police of the small South Texas town of Benavides. One-time SAPD officer M
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Hundreds of grieving families across Texas are bracing to mark one year without their loved ones after the devastating Hill Country floods of July 4, 2025.Among them are Malorie and Wade Lytal of San Antonio, whose 8-year-old daughter, Kellyanne, died at Camp Mystic. The couple said their faith, ...
Two children were attacked by two family dogs Monday on the Northeast Side, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said.Sheriff’s deputies responded to the dog attack around 4:30 p.m. at a home in the 8100 block of Sheldon Trail, a preliminary report said. A mother reported her two children were being...
President Donald Trump said Monday he will nominate Keith Sonderling to be the secretary of labor, elevating him from the agency's acting director two months after Lori Chavez-DeRemer resigned amid abuse-of-power allegations. Sonderling, a lawyer who has held a variety of acting positions and lea...
SPONSORED: The standard for personal injury representation continues to evolve as Texas firms strengthen how they handle client cases. It's still important to closely examine your options.How Texas law firms are redefining personal injury representation standards was first posted on June 29, 2026...
Students pursuing graduate degrees in nursing, physical therapy and several other fields will be eligible to take out higher federal student loan amounts — at least for now — after a federal judge blocked part of a Trump administration rule that held them to lower limits.The U.S. Education Depart...
Arkansas is moving forward with its plan to ban government food aid from being used to buy candy and soda beginning on Wednesday, even though a federal judge ruled last week that similar restrictions in other states violated federal law. Announcing the plan on Monday, Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders ...
Jose Canale scored on the first sudden death penalty kick, Orlando Gill made two key saves in the shootout, and Paraguay beat Germany 4-3 on penalties Monday to earn the biggest upset of the 2026 World Cup so far.The round of 32 match ended 1-1 after extra time. Paraguay took the lead when Julio ...
Forward Julian Champagnie is set to sign a new three-year, $45 million contract extension with the San Antonio Spurs, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The Spurs, who confirmed an extension with Champagnie was reached Monday afternoon, did not disclose terms of the deal. San Antonio declined Ch...
Colorado voters will not get a say this November on whether to replace the state's congressional districts with ones that could help Democrats win additional seats in future elections. The state Supreme Court on Monday struck down a series of proposed ballot initiatives that would have sidesteppe...
A few days ago, a federal judge blocked the Trump administration’s use of a revamped immigration database to identify noncitizens who have registered to vote across the country. The pointed 75-page ruling from U.S. District Court Judge Sparkle Sooknanan said the federal government’s actions threa...
A self-exiled billionaire Chinese business tycoon once believed to be among China's wealthiest men was sentenced Monday to 30 years in a U.S. prison for a massive financial fraud that a federal judge said cost over 1,000 people worldwide hundreds of millions of dollars.Guo Wengui, who fled China ...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTSSAHARAN DUST: Less dust tomorrow & the rest of the weekSTEADY WEATHER: Very little will change through July 4thCOASTAL SHOWERS: Some spotty rain closer to the coastJULY 4TH: Partly cloudy, mid-90s FORECASTTUESDAYTomorrow will be pretty much a repeat of today’s weather, with one...
Cinematographer and San Antonio native Antonio Cisneros was captivated by cinema at an early age. He recalls watching Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror masterpiece Alien alone on TV as a child, an experience that he said “really screwed me up.” He also remembers his parents giving him a VHS copy ...
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after two people were found dead with gunshot wounds on the far West Side.Around 3:30 p.m. Monday, authorities responded to an apartment complex in the 12000 block of Culebra Road, near Roft Road.A man and woman in their mid-20s were found dead, ...
Hollywood writer-director Carl Rinsch was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in prison after being convicted of defrauding Netflix out of $11 million for a never-finished sci-fi series. Supporters including Keanu Reeves had asked the court to show him leniency.Rinsch, best known for the 2013 samurai...
The designation is for hotels with unique design or art installations that are meant to connect guests to the city they are staying in.San Antonio’s historic Gunter Hotel joins Marriott’s Tribute Portfolio was first posted on June 29, 2026 at 4:20 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of this f...
The San Francisco Catholic Archdiocese has agreed to pay $395 million to settle more than 500 lawsuits alleging child sexual abuse by church officials, plaintiffs' attorneys said Monday.San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone will have to write an apology letter to each survivor as part of ...
Ja Morant is headed to Portland, after the Trail Blazers and Memphis agreed on a trade Monday that sees the Grizzlies starting anew and gives the two-time All-Star a chance to revive his career, a person with knowledge of the agreement told The Associated Press.Portland is sending forwards Jerami...
More than 100 people just deported from the United States were being held in a hotel when earthquakes struck Venezuela, setting off a scramble to find survivors and bodies buried in the rubble, according to survivors.A deportation flight from Miami arrived in Venezuela hours before Wednesday's ea...
A wildfire that killed three firefighters along the Colorado-Utah border is one of the deadliest for firefighters since an Arizona wildfire 13 years ago.The Yarnell Hill Fire that killed 19 firefighters on June 30, 2013, remains the deadliest event on record for U.S. firefighters since the Sept. ...
One day before shooting a man who was allegedly armed with two knives, Bexar County sheriff’s deputies had conducted a welfare check on him at his home.Danh Dinh, 38, sustained at least two gunshot wounds in the shooting last Tuesday.An arrest affidavit says Dinh showed up at a neighbor’s home, b...
Roughly two dozen immigration advocates, faith leaders, Japanese internment camp survivors and their descendants completed a four-day, 45-mile pilgrimage Saturday to an immigrant detention facility outside of Dilley. The activists demanded the closure of the only federal family detention center, ...
With the FIFA World Cup drawing fans from around the globe, experts are warning travelers to be on high alert for increasingly sophisticated scams targeting fans eager to attend matches.From fake vacation rentals to counterfeit tickets, artificial intelligence is helping scammers create fraudulen...
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When U.S. health officials meet next month to reconsider a list of controversial peptide drugs, they will hear from a new set of voices: doctors and pharmacists with deep financial ties to the burgeoning industry of unproven chemicals.The Food and Drug Administration on Monday released its list o...
Democrats in 25 states and the District of Columbia on Monday sued the Trump administration over its recent guidance on new Medicaid work requirements, arguing the strict rules will prevent eligible Americans from accessing the care they need.The attorneys general and governors who filed the laws...
New Mexico's governor said Monday that state officials could pursue billions of dollars in civil damages after revelations that U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents repeatedly allowed shipments of fentanyl to flow into drug-plagued communities as investigators sought to build bigger cases....
Anticipation is building at Wimbledon for Serena Williams’ first singles match in nearly four years.The 44-year-old Williams is scheduled to play an opponent less than half her age, 20-year-old Maya Joint of Australia, in the third match Tuesday on Centre Court — the patch of grass where the Amer...
A technology first used to scan for land mines will soon be coming to San Antonio front yards to help identify lead pipes.The military used the technology to scan for land mines. San Antonio is using it to detect lead pipes. was first posted on June 29, 2026 at 2:21 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Rep...
Scientists have stumbled on a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica, tucked away for decades in a drawer.The bone comes from the tail of a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur called a titanosaur. Scientists haven't yet identified the species it belongs to. It was discovered in 1985 during an expedi...
States that allow mail ballots to be counted after Election Day reacted with relief Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a Republican effort to outlaw the practice.A decision favoring the state of Mississippi over the Republican National Committee delivered an immediate reprieve to the 14...
With Brazil trailing for much of the game and with extra time looming, Gabriel Martinelli came through in a big, big way at the World Cup.Martinelli entered the game as a second-half substitute and put an end to Japan’s near-upset on Monday, scoring the winning goal late in injury time to give fi...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was caught on video boarding a flight to Iceland for a getaway with his alleged mistress, British tabloid The Daily Mail reports. Paxton — a MAGA Republican now running for U.S. Senate — and his purported mistress of two years, Christian influencer Tracy Duhon, w...
Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor was gifted concert tickets in Puerto Rico last year as members of the high court continued to accept paid teaching gigs and receive royalties for books they have written, according to financial disclosure forms released Monday that provide insight into how th...
Luigi Mangione’s federal trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson will now begin in January instead of the fall, a judge said Monday at a hearing that started late because Mangione got stuck in a courthouse elevator.U.S. District Judge Margaret Garnett said she was postponing t...
While Austin may bill itself as the Live Music Capital of the World, the summer concert schedule suggests the real action is happening 80 miles south along I-35. San Antonio has a stacked calendar this season that ranges from arena-worthy acts such as AC/DC, Kanye West and Karol G to locally prod...
The District of Columbia has agreed to pay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a resident who accused police officers of illegally detaining him for following an Ohio National Guard patrol while playing Darth Vader’s theme song from “Star Wars” on his cellphone, according to a document released ...
A judge has set April 5 as the start date for the retrial of disgraced ex-lawyer Alex Murdaugh on two counts of murder in the shooting deaths of his wife and son. The South Carolina Supreme Court overturned the murder convictions in May, ruling the court clerk at the trial “egregiously attacked M...
A law professor known for his expansive views of presidential power and for decades-old memos that justified harsh interrogation techniques after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks says he will be advising a team of prosecutors investigating whether former law enforcement and intelligence official...
The Supreme Court held Monday that constitutional privacy protections extend to cellphone location information, ruling in the case of a bank robber whose identity was discovered through a geofence warrant.Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the 6-3 court that people don’t forfeit expectations of privac...
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