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President Donald Trump said Tuesday that six people have been arrested for damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, as the iconic Washington, D.C. site increasingly becomes a flashpoint over the president’s $14-million-plus rehabilitation project gone awry.In a social media...
A demonstrator who shot and wounded a police officer during a protest outside a Texas immigration center last July 4 was sentenced to 100 years in federal prison Tuesday, while other protesters accused of having links to antifa were given multiple decades in federal prison.Benjam...
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick took the stage at the Texas GOP convention last week and declared that Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico is “going to Hell” because of his interpretation of Christianity. Patrick also called Talarico’s views “blasphemy” and accused him of campaigning...
The Supreme Court sided with the Trump administration Tuesday in an immigration case dealing with the government’s power over green card holders accused of crimes. The 6-3 decision centers around an immigration officers’ 2012 decision to put lawful permanent resident Muk Choi Lau...
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar is expected to provide details Tuesday on a suspect arrested and charged with aggravated assault of a public servant. KSAT will provide a livestream of the news conference at approximately 9:30 a.m. in this article. Delays are possible. If ther...
Ukraine said Tuesday its forces struck a railway bridge, a power plant and other key infrastructure targets in Crimea as Kyiv’s military seeks to isolate the vital Russian-held peninsula in the latest stage of the 4-year-old war.The drone attacks added to the woes on the Black Se...
Millions of people across France woke up drenched in sweat on Tuesday after another night of scorching heat, with most of the population exposed to extreme and exceptional temperatures.Temperatures will remain exceptionally high around the clock as the national weather service, M...
A shooting at a library in Northern California left two people dead and an 18-year-old suspect under arrest, police said Tuesday.Chico Police Chief Billy Aldridge said gunshots and screams could be heard on a 911 call Monday evening from the Chico branch of the Butte County Libra...
A loaded, unlocked gun in the wrong hands can turn deadly in seconds. Local officials and community organizations are working to change that — one free gun lock at a time.San Antonio Metro Health’s violence prevention administrator Erica Haller-Stevenson, along with the executive...
An investigation is underway after three people were shot and killed Monday morning in Midland County, the sheriff’s office said.Midland County Sheriff David Criner said deputies responded to the 5400 block of East Highway 80 after someone reported shots were fired in the area.As...
Two more people in Missouri and Washington state have been arrested in connection with what authorities say was a planned attack targeting President Donald Trump's UFC cage-fighting show at the White House earlier this month. Law enforcement officials disrupted the plan a few day...
The meeting focused on emergency communication and disaster response, while key questions about the natural gas explosion remain unanswered.‘Really a tragedy’: In aftermath of Preston Hollow explosions, council questions emergency response efforts was first posted on June 22, 202...
Domestic violence advocates say a recent murder-suicide in Stone Oak underscores a troubling reality: leaving an abusive relationship can be one of the most dangerous times for a victim.San Antonio police identified the suspect as Albert Richter, 44, who authorities said shot and...
A Coast Guard helicopter crashed in Alaska Monday, and all four crew members were injured. The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, but no deaths were reported. Rescuers arrived around 11 a.m. about an hour after the crash and rushed all four crew membe...
Millions of honeybees escaped into a rural Texas neighborhood after a semitrailer carrying about 400 hives tipped over, officials said.Emergency officials in Orange County, Texas, shut down roads in the area Sunday morning and warned residents to stay in their homes while crews w...
Martha Avila, 76, was in a Katy home when it was struck by a Tesla driver who told authorities the vehicle was in autopilot mode.
National Guard service members and U.S. Park Police were patrolling the deck around the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday, as Donald Trump's administration faces a self-imposed deadline to fix a botched renovation and cleaning efforts ahead of the nation's 250th annivers...
On his website, Houston-based funnyman and former radio personality Ali Siddiq describes himself as a “stand-up comedian and storyteller.” The storyteller part gets equal billing because it’s so much of what he does. Rather than riff on current events or jump between rapid-fire p...
A Mississippi family whose 1-year-old child was killed when police fired into a moving vehicle said Monday they want authorities to release video showing whether officers were in danger of being struck when one of them opened fire.The shooting has sparked outrage in the small cit...
A San Antonio man has been charged with intoxication manslaughter after a woman riding in his vehicle died during a crash on April 14 in Comal County, according to an arrest warrant obtained by KSAT.Preston King, 22, was arrested on June 16 and booked on a $200,000 bond, accordin...
The cast of "Love Island USA" Season 8 is getting a taste of the Alamo City.Six new bombshells were introduced in Episode 17, “Hearts on Fire,” where the couples were split and the men were sent to Casa Amor. Among the new contestants is 27-year-old Parmida Keshani, a fitness tra...
Oliver Tree, the eccentric American musician known for viral stunts, alt-pop tracks like “Alien Boy” and “Life Goes On,” and his unconventional style, died in a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro on June 14. He was 32.Representatives for Tree directed The Associated Press to an o...
Former San Antonio police officer James Brennand is expected back in court Monday morning for what could be his final hearing before trial in the 2022 shooting of then-17-year-old Erik Cantu.Brennand is scheduled to appear in the 9 a.m. docket for a pretrial hearing in Bexar Coun...
City Council members will hold a special meeting on Monday morning at City Hall to review how San Antonio responds to emergencies, two months after two home explosions sent at least five people to the hospital.The meeting at 10 a.m. will be livestreamed in this article. Delays ar...
France gritted its teeth Monday for a week of record-busting temperatures, sweltering under a grueling heat wave that combines daytime highs above 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit) and sleep-robbing sweaty nights.The national weather service, Meteo France, said that most of the...
Two young students opened fire in a high school in the central Philippines on Monday, killing three fellow students and wounding another seven, police said.The suspects, aged 14 and 15, were armed with one pistol each. They were arrested. The suspects and the victims were student...
Health officials are urging gun owners, especially those who might have children in their home, to lock away their firearms.The reminder comes as many kids will be at home this summer, some while their parents are working.Gun violence is the leading cause of death in Texas childr...
Joey Santore, known for the “Crime Pays But Botany Doesn’t” YouTube channel, says his appreciation for nature solidified when he noticed plants growing in sidewalk cracks....
Interim Dean Anita Vangelisti fired KUT Public Media General Manager Debbie Hiott this week for "lack of responsible leadership" ahead of the KUT Festival. Documents obtained by KUT don't suggest any glaring issues between UT and event planners in the days and weeks before the fe...
An explosion tore through Qatar's key natural gas export terminal Sunday night as workers tried to resume operations after Iran bombed it during the war, causing a fire that killed at least 13 people and hurt dozens more.The blast at the Ras Laffan industrial area could cause fur...
Extreme heat and dry, windy conditions fueled several wildfires in the West on Sunday, including an uncontained blaze in Utah that forced the evacuation of a small town southwest of Salt Lake City.The Iron Fire in Utah’s Juab County was first detected Saturday and had blackened 3...
A man was charged with murder after approaching officers to admit he fatally shot a man he lived with on the West Side, according to an arrest affidavit.Julio Castro, 36, was arrested Saturday in connection with the death of David Alai Rodriguez Cabrera, 36, the affidavit states....
A spate of shootings in Chicago has led to at least 38 injuries and seven deaths since Friday evening, police say, prompting President Donald Trump to renew his call for a military intervention in the nation's third-largest city.“Why isn’t Governor Pritzker calling me for help. I...
A man was arrested in connection with the murder of a man who was reported missing in August 2024, according to an arrest affidavit.Yesid Villabona Leon, 38, was booked on charges of murder, tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, and abuse of a corpse without legal auth...
A man was stabbed during an apparent road rage confrontation on the Northeast Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department. Just before 11:30 p.m. Saturday, officers responded to the scene in the 12000 block of Perrin Beitel. Police at the scene said the man pulled over t...
A 51-year-old Connecticut man fell to his death from an upper deck of Madison Square Garden during a concert on Saturday night, police said.Officers responding to a 911 call around 9:51 p.m. found the man unconscious and unresponsive with injuries indicating a fall from an “eleva...
Officials in Russia-occupied Crimea suspended civilian gasoline sales Sunday as Ukraine ramped up attacks on fuel supplies on the Black Sea peninsula.Gov. Sergey Aksyonov, the Kremlin-appointed head o Crimea, said that overnight Ukrainian strikes killed four people and wounded 28...
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declared an emergency Saturday to ensure the city gets the resources it needs to fight a large warehouse fire that has sent large plumes of smoke into the air. “The city and county have opened spaces for families seeking relief from the smoke, and we ...
Police say a man killed his estranged wife and wounded a responding officer before taking his own life.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court sided Thursday with a Texas marijuana user who wants to legally own a firearm, the latest in a line of firearm cases from a court that has expanded gun rights. The justices, in a unanimous decision, sided with Ali Danial Hemani, who argued that...
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 Matthew Luckhurst was appointed top cop in the town of about 1,100 people on June...
