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Residents and environmental groups are seeking to stop a wastewater treatment plant serving Lennar Homes' Juniper Ranch subdivision from beginning operations, citing concerns about its potential environmental impacts....
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SeaWorld San Antonio is joining an international effort to rescue stranded beluga whales from Marineland, a shuttered Canadian marine park.
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A U.S. Navy microbiologist found 14 new bacteria-eating viruses that could help fight drug-resistant infections and gave them Texas names.
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One pet is dead after a fire Saturday afternoon at a Northwest Side condominium, the San Antonio Fire Department said.Firefighters responded to the residential fire just before 3 p.m. on Chapel Hill Court, located just off Babcock Road near the Medical Center.SAFD said the fire w...
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What happens when you mix a grape and cosmic radiation? Folks at Texas A&M are soon to find out.
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You can watch “Texas Eats NOW” Mondays through Saturdays at 10 a.m. - Saturdays and Sundays at 11 p.m. on KSAT 12, KSAT.com, and KSAT Plus, our free streaming app. Today on Texas Eats NOW: TONG’S THAI RESTAURANT1146 Austin Hwy, San Antonio, TX 78209Tong’s Thai Restaurant is a lon...
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The historic Esquire Tavern, the oldest bar on the San Antonio River Walk and well-known for its cocktails, announced it is changing hands.
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More than 100 people gathered at San Antonio City Hall before marching through downtown Friday to demand justice for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo after he was fatally shot by an ICE agent in Houston and to call for an independent investigation....
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U.S. President Donald Trump threatened Iran on Saturday after the funeral of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei saw open calls for his killing, further underlining the tensions gripping the Mideast as an interim deal to end the war buckles under repeated crossfire in the regio...
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Both engines flamed out on a small business jet that crashed on a Texas highway in June, preventing the pilots from being able to reach a nearby airport, the National Transportation Safety Board said in an preliminary investigation report released Friday.Pilots had looked for a f...
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A San Antonio Spurs player stirred the pot of rumors on Friday relating to where NBA superstar LeBron James will sign this offseason, according to ESPN.Luke Kornet, part-time writer and full-time center for the Spurs, posted "LEAKED: Spurs’ Voice Memo Sent to Lebron James," on hi...
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Gilbert Diaz Sr. was diagnosed with liver cancer in November.“I got rushed to University Hospital and they found the tumors,” Diaz said. “We were going into the Medical Center for all of his treatments,” said his daughter, Erika Valderrama. That’s not close to his Live Oak home, ...
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Martha Lillard had just turned 5 when she was diagnosed with polio and depended on an iron lung to live. She died June 26 in Oklahoma, the last U.S. polio patient who used the machine, her sister said. She was 78. “They told her she wasn't supposed to live past 20 years old,” Lil...
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Three Guadalupe County detention officers are being investigated in connection with allegations of improper sexual activity with an inmate at the county detention center, the sheriff’s office said Friday.It opened the investigation Tuesday after receiving allegations of inappropr...
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Tristan Peters didn't have much time to think about his chances to hit for the cycle. But when the Chicago White Sox rookie came up for a second time in the seventh inning Friday night, he knew what to do.Needing a triple for the cycle after homering earlier in the seventh, Peter...
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Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, has appealed the verdict of a landmark social media addiction lawsuit in Los Angeles, challenging the jury's determination that the company designed its platforms to hook young users without concern for their well-being.Lawyers ...
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Victor Wembanyama agreed to a multi-year contract extension to stay in San Antonio, the Spurs announced Wednesday.The Spurs did not disclose terms of the deal, per team policy, but ESPN’s Shams Charania reports Wembanyama agreed to a five-year, $252 million maximum rookie-scale c...
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Texas and across the country have increasingly targeted people who are not already in law enforcement custody, according to a Texas Tribune analysis of federal data.In Houston, where the killing of an immigrant by an ICE agent has gar...
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As temperatures continue to climb across South Central Texas and summer heat settles in, health experts are reminding residents that certain medications can make it more difficult for the body to stay cool, potentially increasing your risk for heat-related illnesses. That warning...
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The San Antonio Board of Realtors reports the market has become balanced between buyers and sellers.
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Victor Wembanyama has signed what will be the richest contract in San Antonio Spurs history, a five-year extension that could exceed $250 million if the player option in the final season is picked up, a person with knowledge of the negotiations said Friday.The person spoke on con...
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A San Antonio man was fatally struck by a vehicle on Interstate 37 in Live Oak County, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. Reyes Moreno, 71, of San Antonio, was walking within the I-37 southbound lanes around 5:10 a.m. Tuesday, DPS said. He stopped his vehicle abo...
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A man was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison after accepting a plea deal in the deadly 2023 carjacking and beating of an 80-year-old San Antonio man.Zachariah Aguirre, 19, pleaded guilty to his role in the attack that ultimately claimed the life of Larry Brister, who was assa...
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Three days after federal immigration agents fatally shot a man during a traffic stop in Houston, most of Texas’ Republican leaders had yet to weigh in on the incident or respond to calls from Democrats and civil rights advocates for an independent investigation. As public outcry ...
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The Shops at Stone Oak and Stone Ridge Market development has slowly but surely expanded its lineup of dining concepts over the past year, with Pur & Simple opening in 2025 and San Antonio’s first Milkshake Factory making its debut earlier this summer. Now there’s a new addition:...
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A luxurious hacienda recently listed for sale in far North San Antonio isn’t just for anyone. First of all, to afford the $3.74 million price tag, one pretty much has to be somebody. But secondly, to really love this house — down to its very studs — one has to be willing to embra...
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You’d never know it on first glance, but the dress Victoria Elizalde made always gets a second look. Elizalde, a high school senior at Advanced Learning Academy in the San Antonio Independent School District, made a full-length gown entirely out of duct tape.She’s one of five fin...
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Suki Waterhouse started working on “Loveland,” her third record, immediately after she finished her 2024 sophomore album, “Memoir of A Sparklemuffin.” “I was looking for, like, a personal revolution,” Waterhouse said. Putting the words together for “Loveland,” the album's wistful...
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A San Antonio mansion recently listed for $2.1 million offers the rare chance to own home that’s both modern and steeped in the city’s architectural history. Ken Bentley was one of the architects behind some of San Antonio’s most iconic structures and landmarks, as one of the des...
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Global oil demand is set to decline this year for the first time since the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, according to a report from the International Energy Agency.The drop, which the agency expects to amount to about 1 million barrels per day in 2026, is due to higher...
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Visitors to San Antonio’s Pearl retail and restaurant destination will now have one more thing to keep them busy: an 18-hole miniature golf course that includes shrunken-down versions of the city’s most famous landmarks. Pearl Putt made its debut this Friday across from 1100 Spri...
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Cowboy hats are enjoying a resurgence in popularity, appearing everywhere from country concerts, fashion runways and social media feeds.But inside one longtime San Antonio hat shop, owners said the hats that leave the biggest impression aren’t the ones fresh off the shelf. It’s t...
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Apple on Friday accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets as it seeks to build its own hardware for ChatGPT, a major rupture in a partnership between the iPhone maker and the artificial intelligence company.Apple said in the lawsuit filed in a California federal court that OpenAI ...
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The all-freshman, multidisciplinary team, had been named the sole finalist to represent the U.S. in the global engineering competition. The UT San Antonio robotics team behind RoboRowdy wins global competition was first posted on July 10, 2026 at 3:48 pm.©2021 "San Antonio R...
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Unai Simón’s impenetrable wall finally crumbled at the World Cup.The Spain goalkeeper had kept a clean sheet for a record 650 minutes — the tournament's longest scoreless streak — before Belgium ended it in the quarterfinals on Friday.Charles De Ketelaere got in front of Pau Cuba...
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In the days after two American citizens were shot and killed in Minneapolis earlier this year, former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said the department would “rapidly acquire and deploy” body cameras to its officers around the country. Nearly half a year later, after an...
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Houston Mayor John Whitmire vowed Friday to “pursue an independent and transparent” local investigation into Tuesday’s deadly ICE shooting but said federal control over evidence is proving difficult to overcome. Whitmire said he directed Houston Police Chief Noe Diaz to be “proac...
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State officials detected West Nile virus in two mosquito samples collected this week from different sites near San Marcos.The traps collected during routine testing on Tuesday mark the first in Hays County to test positive for the 2026 season, the county said in a news release.Ac...
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The term ‘Super El Niño’ is catching extra attention in the media. This is just another way to say we’ve observed strong indications of a strong El Niño.The correct terms to classify an outstanding El Niño are Strong El Niño or Very Strong El Niño. The exaggeration doesn’t mean w...
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San Antonio summers don’t play around, but the city is packed with ways to stay cool, cultured and curious without melting into the sidewalk. Whether you prefer AC, shade, water or just a cool vibe, here are 25 ideas for beating the heat in and around the Alamo City. Visit Confl...
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Low-cost adoptions are offered through most of July.
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Rory McIlroy took advantage of the scoring holes in windy conditions Friday and posted a 4-under 66 for a three-way share of the lead in a Scottish Open that no longer has Scottie Scheffler.As comfortable as McIlroy looked, Scheffler struggled from the start and wound up with a 7...
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Scores of people in the United States have been sickened by a parasite commonly linked to contaminated fresh produce that can cause weeks of watery diarrhea. But there are ways to protect yourself and still enjoy summer’s bounty of fruits and vegetables.The exact source of one of...
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The three passengers were detained by ICE after Tuesday’s shooting in Houston, which the federal agency has characterized as an act of self-defense by an officer....
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Eight Texas chefs aim to win the newest and most intriguing cooking competition in Texas: The Lone Star Tapas Showdown.Lone Star Tapas Showdown in San Antonio to feature 8 chefs competing for global recognition was first posted on July 10, 2026 at 1:48 pm.©2021 "San Antonio ...
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Childcare has always been a major expense for families, but finding any during the summer months can be a challenge. Family Promise of Greater New Braunfels found that to be the case for single mothers living in their shelter who are both escaping a crisis and trying to get back ...
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Disaster recovery coalition Kerr Together suspended its ties to a Hill Country recovery group after determining a man charged with sexually assaulting a child had been near children at river cleanup sites.In a June 23 letter sent to the Rampart Vigilance Foundation, Kerr Together...
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The discovery of 16 siblings who authorities say were held at a rural Ohio home for years in squalid conditions is straining the county’s resources as it works to prosecute their parents and two grandparents and provide care to so many children at once.The local prosecutor said t...
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The summit calls for regional educators to explore the contemporary challenges and opportunities of serving rural South Texas residents.UT San Antonio summit renews mission to serve rural South Texas communities was first posted on July 10, 2026 at 1:35 pm.©2021 "San Antonio...
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King Charles III hosted Prince Harry and met with his family for the first time in years Friday as they try to repair a rift that has persisted since his youngest son and wife quit royal life and moved to America six years ago.Harry, Meghan and their two children, Prince Archie a...
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Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber and Chicago White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami were named Friday as participants in the Home Run Derby, filling out the eight-man field for the contest in Philadelphia on Monday night.The 33-year-old Schwarber, who leads the majors with 32 homers, ...
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WATCH LIVE RADAR IN THE VIDEO PLAYER ABOVEFORECAST HIGHLIGHTSSATURDAY: Sunshine and scattered afternoon downpoursSUNDAY: Quieter, 20% chance MORE CHANCES NEXT WEEK: Pattern lends itself to more downpours FORECASTTODAYMost of the shower activity for today has come to an end with a...
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Graham Platner on Friday submitted his paperwork to formally withdraw from Maine’s U.S. Senate race, officially ending an upstart yet troubled campaign whose dissolution threatens Democrats’ pursuit of chamber control.The Maine Democratic Party announced later Friday that it will...
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Los Angeles Dodgers two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani will have his left knee drained Sunday to relieve continued irritation, and the procedure will force him to miss the All-Star Game next week in Philadelphia.Ohtani will have fluid removed from his left knee following a three-gam...
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Mikel Merino is Spain's World Cup hero once again, and even he finds it hard to believe.A mere four days after Merino scored a clutch goal as a substitute in injury time to beat Portugal, he found himself in the right spot again in the quarterfinals when Belgium's backup goalkeep...
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A completed bridge linking Detroit and Canada is expected to open by the end of the month after U.S. and Canadian officials reached an agreement to resolve the dispute that delayed its debut, according to two people directly involved in the negotiations.The sources were not autho...
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Students abducted in May by Islamic militants in Nigeria's southwestern Oyo state have been rescued, the government said Friday.Government spokesman Bayo Onanuga did not specify the total number of students rescued, but authorities said at the time of the abductions on May 15 tha...
