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Meta plans billions for first AI data center in Canada, largest outside the US

Facebook and Instagram parent Meta said Wednesday it will invest more than US$9.1 billion to build its first artificial intelligence data center in Canada and its largest outside the United States.The facility will be built in Sturgeon County, Alberta, and powered by a natural ga...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

New attacks raise questions about what comes next in the Iran war

President Donald Trump says he believes the ceasefire with Iran is over. He says he’s not sure he wants a deal anymore and says the U.S. should “finish the job.” But he also insists that continued attacks do not mean a return to war or long-term action.The confusion and uncertain...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

The tenuous state of a US-Iran ceasefire renews anxiety over high fuel prices

The potential unraveling of a fragile truce between Iran and the United States renewed anxiety Wednesday over whether fuel prices would go back up if sustained fighting kept oil tankers from traveling through the Persian Gulf. Oil prices rose to their highest point in weeks after...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

City of San Antonio names Jesse Salame as SAPD's acting police chief

The City of San Antonio appointed a familiar face to be its acting police chief when longtime Chief William McManus steps aside later this week. In a Wednesday statement, the city said Jesse Salame — a 26-year veteran of the San Antonio Police Department — is set to be the acting...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

The Trump administration is ramping up pressure on states to change election practices

President Donald Trump’s administration is threatening to withhold some federal funding from states that don't make changes to voting practices and is warning state election officials that they face arrest if they don’t remove noncitizens from voter rolls.Letters to states and gr...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

What's next for SAPD after Chief William McManus retires?

San Antonio Police Department Chief William McManus is set to retire Friday, and the city is searching for his replacement. In an interview with KSAT’s Myra Arthur, McManus said he wants his successor to be someone who is “humble” and “knows the department.”The city posted the op...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

ICE arrests nearly 1,500 in San Antonio since start of 2025, data shows

Some families in the San Antonio area say they are feeling increased pressure as federal immigration enforcement continues and new government data shows nearly 1,500 ICE arrests across the region since January.The concerns come after recent reports of federal agents at Hardberger...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

KSAT Q&A: Mayor Jones talks Toyota plant expansion, searching for new SAPD chief

San Antonio Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the 6 O’Clock News on Tuesday to discuss the Toyota manufacturing plant expansion on the South Side and the city’s search for a new San Antonio police chief.Toyota plans to expand its San Antonio manufacturing plant, which could bring 2,0...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

Lockhill Postal Office resumes operations after woman crashes vehicle into building

The Lockhill Postal Office on the North Side resumed normal operations Thursday after a woman allegedly crashed her car into the building Wednesday morning. Officers were dispatched for a reported collision just before 11 a.m. at the post office in the 12900 block of Huebner Road...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

Video shows KCSO deputies shoot, kill armed person ‘wearing only underwear’

The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office said at least one of its deputies shot and killed a person in a Boerne neighborhood early Wednesday morning. According to a KCSO social media post, the Boerne Police Department’s Communications Center received a 911 call from a resident in the ...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

‘Distracted’ driver dies after crashing into 18-wheeler on Interstate 35, SAPD says

A man traveling at a high rate of speed Wednesday morning was “distracted” before he was killed in a crash with an 18-wheeler, according to San Antonio police. Officers responded to the crash at approximately 6:15 a.m. on the Interstate 35 southbound main lanes near O’Connor Road...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

Driver dies after crashing into vehicle, fence on Northwest Side, police say

A man was killed early Wednesday morning after his vehicle rear-ended another car and crashed into a fence on the Northwest Side, police said.The crash happened just before 4:30 a.m. at the intersection of Culebra Road and Daniel Krug. According to an SAPD preliminary report, a m...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

Former Wisconsin judge spared prison for obstructing ICE arrest of Mexican immigrant

Former Wisconsin Judge Hannah Dugan was spared from prison Wednesday for ushering a Mexican defendant through her jury room door as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents sought to arrest him in a courthouse hallway. U.S. District Judge Lynn Adelman fined her $5,000, des...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

US launches new airstrikes on Iran, with Tehran firing back at 3 Gulf Arab states

The United States launched new airstrikes against Iran early Thursday, and Tehran responded by hitting Bahrain, Kuwait and Qatar in crossfire that again threatened an interim deal intended to help end the war in the Persian Gulf.The strikes came hours after U.S. President Donald ...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 8, 2026

ICE backtracks after denying involvement in China Grove arrest

A man who was in the country illegally was arrested in a small city east of San Antonio and placed in an unmarked vehicle around 5:30 p.m. on July 6 following a traffic stop.A KSAT crew witnessed the arrest and an officer in plain clothes place the man into the back seat of an un...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 7, 2026

ICE primarily targeting non-criminal immigrants in Texas, recent numbers show

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is primarily targeting immigrants with no criminal record in Texas arrests, according to recent data released by the Deportation Data Project. According to a data set released in March by professors at the UC Berkeley School of Law, ...

San Antonio CurrentJul 7, 2026

Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Kneeland had early stage CTE at time of death

Former Dallas Cowboys defensive end Marshawn Kneeland, who died by suicide in November 2025 after a high-speed chase with police, had early stage chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a brain abnormality linked to repeated head trauma, his family announced Tuesday.The Boston Universi...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 7, 2026

Family, lawmakers call for mariachi detained by ICE to be released

After U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested Hebert Kaleth Ibarra Castro, 20, on June 25, local lawmakers are trying to get him released and back home.His wife, Marisol Pantoj, said Ibarra Castro was arrested while driving in China Grove.“ICE records indicate he ...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 7, 2026

Man charged with manslaughter after accidental shooting kills teenager, SAPD says

A man was charged with manslaughter in connection with an accidental shooting on the West Side that left a teenager dead, according to San Antonio police. Luis Garza III, 18, was booked into the Bexar County Adult Detention Center on a $40,000 bond, records show.The shooting happ...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 7, 2026

Deadly crash in Castroville puts spotlight on 'confusing' highway construction project

A deadly crash along a highway in Castroville this past weekend has some drivers casting a critical eye at a road construction project in that area.The crash Sunday morning happened on U.S. Highway 90 near Tondre Parkway and killed a woman who was a passenger in one of the vehicl...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 6, 2026

The family of a man shot by the Tennessee National Guard demands release of video

The grandfather of a man who was shot and killed by the Tennessee National Guard in Memphis over the weekend says he wants answers from law enforcement.Evaniel Johnson said he is waiting to see if video footage supports the police narrative that his 20-year-old grandson, Tyrin Jo...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 6, 2026

Motorcyclist arrested after traffic stop leads to DPS pursuit, troopers say

A motorcyclist was arrested after a West Side traffic stop evolved into a pursuit, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). In a DPS preliminary report, troopers identified the motorcyclist as Wilfredo Mattei, 29. Troopers attempted a traffic stop on a black spor...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 6, 2026

As quake rescue effort winds down, Venezuelans are left alone to recover their dead

When the high-rise where Noel Márquez lived with his family crashed to the ground and burst into flames in Venezuela's twin earthquakes, Márquez, who happened to be at his girlfriend’s apartment, raced home and called out for his mother, grandparents and siblings. Only his 17-yea...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 6, 2026

Hamas dissolves its government in Gaza to transfer power to a UN-backed committee

The Hamas militant group said Monday it had dissolved its government in Gaza and is preparing to transfer power to a technical committee backed by the United Nations as part of a U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal.Hamas did not say whether it planned to take the crucial step of disarmi...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 6, 2026

Anissa Helou’s new book of recipes from Lebanon spotlights villages scarred by war

Before becoming one of the Middle East’s most acclaimed cooks and food writers, Anissa Helou had no intention of either path. She entered the world of cooking and writing almost by accident when she was in her late 30s.Now 74, Helou has a wide following in the region and elsewher...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 6, 2026

1 killed, 2 injured in crash on US Highway 90 in Castroville, police say

One person was killed, and two others were injured, after a car rear-ended a vehicle carrying a family of four on U.S. Highway 90, according to the Castroville Police Department.Around 7 a.m. Sunday, police said they were dispatched to a crash involving a black Chevrolet Camaro a...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 5, 2026

Second man arrested in connection with South Side murder, affidavit says

A second man was arrested in connection with the death of a victim found inside an abandoned South Side home in May, according to an arrest affidavit.Rene Moreno, 29, was taken into custody on Saturday and charged with murder, Bexar County court records show. The victim, identifi...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 5, 2026

Man hospitalized after being stabbed in back of head on Southeast Side, police say

A man was hospitalized after he was allegedly stabbed in the back of the head on the Southeast Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department. Officers were dispatched to the scene just before 4:30 a.m. Sunday in the 5300 block of Southcross Ranch Road. The 62-year-old man ...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 5, 2026

Man killed in Southeast Side crash; Driver showed signs of intoxication, SAPD says

A man was killed in a Southeast Side crash involving a driver who showed signs of intoxication, according to the San Antonio Police Department.Around 8 p.m. Saturday, officers were dispatched to a crash involving one vehicle in the 9000 block of Southeast Loop 410 eastbound acces...

KSAT 12 (ABC) - San Antonio NewsJul 5, 2026