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Several families were forced out of their homes after a fire at an electrical panel knocked out power to a building in an apartment complex on the West Side.The fire started at around 6 p.m. Monday ou
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Veteran forward and former NBA champion Harrison Barnes will reportedly remain in San Antonio for another season. Barnes intends to sign a one-year deal with the Spurs worth $8 million, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania. The new deal was finalized with agent Jeff Schwartz of Excel Sports Managem...
It’s been 123 days since the U.S. and Israel launched the Iran war, and the world again awaits another round of some sort of talks, this time in Qatar, although President Donald Trump and Iranian officials disagree over what and even how they'll communicate.A new AP-NORC poll shows Republicans an...
Recovery efforts are still underway six days after twin earthquakes ripped through Venezuela. More than 1,700 people have died, and people across the globe are coming together to support the nation, including people in San Antonio.Restaurants and nonprofits in San Antonio have been working to col...
Two U.S. envoys arrived in Qatar on Tuesday for talks with mediators about the implementation of an initial deal to end the war in Iran, an official said.The visit by Steve Witkoff, U.S. President Donald Trump’s special Mideast envoy, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law, comes after a weekend of cr...
It’s been nearly a year since the deadly floods in the Texas Hill Country, and many families are just barely getting adjusted to their new lives. Sports coach Michelle McGuire said the night of July 3, 2025, began peacefully, sharing a photo from her backyard.“It’s so beautiful here. I’m so grate...
The Supreme Court on Tuesday will rule on the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship declaring that children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily are not American citizens.The decision comes on the final day of a Supreme Cour...
Kerr County commissioners are expected to discuss flood warning system agreements during a Tuesday morning meeting, weeks after the county became the first in Texas to install and test new state-funded flash flood warning sirens and sensors under Senate Bill 3.The agenda item is listed as: “Consi...
Natural gas could start flowing by 2033 out of two undersea deposits discovered by ExxonMobil off Cyprus, a senior executive with the company said Tuesday, helping to turn the east Mediterranean island nation into a new European energy hub.The largest U.S. oil company and its consortium partner, ...
Several families were forced out of their homes after a fire at an electrical panel knocked out power to a building in an apartment complex on the West Side.The fire started at around 6 p.m. Monday outside the apartment building on West Commerce Street near Monterrey Park, according to the San An...
Today @ 10:30 a.m., The breakfast experts at Pür & Simple are celebrating 1 year in SA with new summer flavors and a big giveaway & see when Treasure Buffet offers a crazy all-you-can eat deal.Pür & Simple are the experts on breakfast & brunch. They offer the traditional items you love with an el...
Indonesia's anti-graft court on Tuesday sentenced one of the co-founders of ride-hailing and payments giant Gojek to 10 years in prison after finding him guilty in a high-profile corruption case stemming from his time as education minister.Nadiem Anwar Makarim was convicted of pushing his ministr...
San Antonio police said a man was detained after two children were shot while sleeping in a Northeast Side home.Officers responded to the shooting around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday in the 4000 block of Comanche Sunrise, which is located near Glacier Sun Drive. Upon arrival, the officers discovered bullet ...
Habitat for Humanity of San Antonio and the Guadalupe Valley went from building one home each year to more than 50.San Antonio’s Habitat for Humanity builds 1,500th house, celebrates 50 years in the business of making homeowners was first posted on June 30, 2026 at 5:00 am.©2021 "San Antonio...
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state.LUBBOCK — Ever since the New World screwworm burrowed into the U.S. earlier this month, speculation followed its trail. The...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTSDUST HEADS OUT: Skies may still be a bit hazySTRAY SHOWER: Possible tomorrow through July 4th (10%)BETTER SHOT AT RAIN?: Slightly better chance Sunday into Monday (20%)FORECASTTODAYYesterday’s round of dust is on its way out. Skies will be a little less hazy today, as temperatu...
Pope Leo XIV on Tuesday begged a breakaway group of traditionalist Catholics to call off its plan to consecrate new bishops without his consent, calling the move a schismatic act and a “sin of extreme gravity.”“I plead with you and ask you with all my heart: please turn back!” Leo wrote in a lett...
Jerry Esters proudly displays the American flag each day on his Detroit home. A few miles away, Yvonne Pistochini says there is no scenario under which she would allow the Stars and Stripes to cast its shadow where she lives.Both are Black.For Esters, the flag represents the opportunities that al...
Self-flying fighter jets, uncrewed submarines and drones will be at the center of Britain’s future military under a defense plan announced Tuesday that reflects a world of conflicts transformed by technology.Like other NATO countries, the U.K. is under pressure to increase defense spending to cou...
Venezuelan merchant Grian Serrano has survived two of the country's worst natural disasters: the devastating 1999 mudslides that ravaged the coastal state of La Guaira and, 26 years later, two powerful earthquakes that struck the same region.Bruised around his left eye and across much of his body...
Decades later, Samar Kabouli still fondly recalls gathering with women in her family and sipping cardamom-spiced coffee as they embroidered fabric with colorful threads in traditional Palestinian patterns. Born in Lebanon to Palestinian refugees, Kabouli had never seen her parents’ homeland. But ...
U.S. stocks are drifting toward the finish line of a tough June on Tuesday.The S&P 500 was virtually unchanged and heading toward its first losing month following two fabulous ones. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 125 points, or 0.2%, as of 9:35 a.m. Eastern time, and the Nasdaq composi...
Tom Kean Jr., the New Jersey Republican who's been away from Congress for almost four months, is expected to re-emerge in public after months of speculation about the unspecified medical condition he says has kept him away from Washington. Kean, 57, a second-term lawmaker and scion of a New Jerse...
He's a prize-winning presidential historian who wrote an entire biography of Thomas Jefferson. But even Jon Meacham needs to think for a moment before defining what it means to be a “Jeffersonian.”"Well for a long time, before the civil rights movement, it meant to be more inclined toward states'...
A 65-year-old man was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a man last year on the South Side, the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office said Monday.Ruben Cantu fatally shot Ricky Marquez Jr., 42, during a nightclub parking lot altercation on Feb. 2, 2025, at Papi Gallo Cantina, accordi...
Ismael Saibari scored the decisive goal in a penalty shootout, and Morocco sent the Netherlands to its earliest World Cup exit, eliminating the Dutch 3-2 after a 1-1 draw on Monday night.With the shootout tied at 2-all after four rounds, Morocco goalkeeper Yassine Bounou made a strong save of Cry...
It’s win-or-go-home time for Team Mexico as they prepare to face Ecuador in the World Cup knockout round of 32 on Tuesday.Mexico has not won a knockout match since 1986, but the team heads into the knockouts unscathed from group play and with the 13th-best odds to win it all, per DraftKings Sport...
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...
With a nearly $158 million budget shortfall to close over the next two years, Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones has pointed to some unexpected places to cut deep.The city has not publicly revealed a full list of specific budget cuts being considered, but some possibilities have come up during budget discuss...
Families are becoming increasingly reliant on local food banks after cuts to Texas’ Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) were enacted last year in the federal spending bill, sometimes referred to as the “One Big Beautiful Bill.”More than 15% of SNAP recipients last year are no longer ...
A search is underway for a suspect who fled on foot after an explosive device placed in an apartment building entrance in Monaco injured three people including a reported Ukrainian tycoon, the exclusive principality’s chief prosecutor said Tuesday.The suspect acted alone and remains at large, Pro...
Every morning, long, narrow wooden boats called shikaras move elegantly across expansive Dal Lake in a postcard-perfect scene framed by the Himalayan mountains. But all is not perfect in one of South Asia’s best-known lakes. Pollution from local buildings, invasive plant species that threaten bio...
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 in northeast Bexar County, according to the sheriff’s office. Sheriff’s deputies responded to the dog attack around 4:30 p.m. at a home in the 8100 block of Seldon 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 ...
José Canale wasn’t in the starting lineup in either of his previous two appearances for Paraguay in this World Cup.He made his first start a memorable one.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 penalt...
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...
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