A year after floods swept through the Texas Hill Country, killing 139 people and upending survivors’ lives, a new report shows more than half of families who applied for federal disaster aid never got it. Released by watchdog group Sabotaging Our Safety (SOS), the analysis blames the Federal Eme...
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For the fifth year in a row, the San Antonio area ranks as Texas’ least-educated major metro, according to online finance blog WalletHub’s annual rankings. This year, the San Antonio ranks 100 out of 150 American metros, a stark contrast to Austin’s ninth-place spot in the same study. Meanwhile, ...
Bexar County jurors found a 41-year-old man guilty and later sentenced him to a decade in prison following a deadly hit-and-run crash more than two years ago, according to the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office. Jonathan Acosta was convicted of causing a deadly collision, which is considered...
A San Antonio emergency room doctor is urging families to take holiday safety seriously this Fourth of July weekend — warning that fireworks, grills, pools and extreme heat can quickly turn a celebration into a trip to the ER.The reminders come after first responders and doctors saw several holid...
Albanian police clashed with protesters Thursday as an anti-government demonstration — part of protests triggered by plans for a luxury development linked to U.S. President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner — turned violent. Police fired tear gas and pepper spray at protesters who were pel...
A year after floods swept through the Texas Hill Country, killing 139 people and upending survivors’ lives, a new report shows more than half of families who applied for federal disaster aid never got it. Released by watchdog group Sabotaging Our Safety (SOS), the analysis blames the Federal Eme...
This World Cup has given U.S. soccer fans plenty to cheer about — even if a new survey shows most Americans are still on the sidelines. New polling from Ipsos Sports, provided exclusively to The Associated Press, shows that the World Cup has excited soccer fans and piqued many Americans’ interest...
California is finally nearing the end of the ballot counting from its June 2 primary, a tediously slow process that is largely the result of multiple changes over the years intended to boost turnout by making voting easier and more accessible.State data and experts who study voting trends suggest...
If you couldn’t snag tickets to Kanye West’s show at the Alamodome this weekend, not to worry — San Antonio has more than enough ways to fill your Fourth of July. We gathered a full roundup of Independence Day events happening across San Antonio, featuring fireworks displays, cookouts, live music...
Rescuers pulled a 43-year-old security guard alive from a collapsed basement early Thursday, ending a grueling days-long operation that became a symbol of hope after the devastation of twin earthquakes that struck Venezuela eight days earlier.Hernán Alberto Gil Flores was extracted safely after b...
Tesla car sales surged in the past three months in a possible sign damage from a customer revolt over Elon Musk and boycotts are mostly behind it.The electric vehicle maker run by Musk reported Thursday that it delivered 480,126 cars to customers, a jump of 25% over the 384,122 figure a year ago ...
A rush rescue mission to save a NASA space telescope remains grounded, this time because of a last-minute launch problem.Northrop Grumman ’s rocket-launching plane took off from the Marshall Islands in the Pacific on Thursday, following weather delays all week. While in flight, the team observed ...
San Antonio police and Crime Stoppers are seeking leads in connection with a far West Side shooting that “destroyed” a 32-year-old man’s eyes. The shooting happened around 3:45 p.m. on June 6, at the intersection of Culebra Road and Roft Road. The man stopped at the intersection’s red light while...
U.S. applications for jobless aid inched down last week as layoffs remain at historically healthy levels.The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits in the week ending June 27 fell by 1,000 to 215,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s fewer than the 225,000 new applicat...
Judges at the European Union's top court dismissed an appeal by Google over a landmark, 4.1 billion euro ($4.5 billion) antitrust fine imposed for throttling competition and reducing consumer choice through the dominance of its mobile Android operating system.The case has been tangled up in court...
Millions of Americans are expected to take to the skies and roads for the Fourth of July holiday week, with AAA projecting 5.85 million travelers flying domestically.The San Antonio International Airport was off to a steady start on Thursday morning, as a KSAT crew captured travelers leaving San ...
For decades, all that separated the U.S. from Mexico was barbed wire.Now, after a massive infusion of cash from Congress, President Donald Trump's administration is swiftly building what it has dubbed a “smart wall,” a combination of 30-foot-tall (9-meter-tall) steel fencing and an array of sophi...
San Antonio is gearing up for a packed Independence Day weekend, with tens of thousands expected to attend celebrations across the city, including fireworks shows, festivals, concerts, and family-friendly events.One of the biggest draws is expected to be Ye’s concert at the Alamodome. City offici...
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) has issued a CLEAR Alert for a missing man last seen on the Southeast Side. Jason Lovelady, 43, was last seen around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 3000 block of East Southcross Boulevard. Lovelady is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and weighs 220 pounds. DPS said h...
Lulu Gribbin was 15 when she survived a shark attack off the coast of Florida. She lost her left hand, part of her right leg and almost her life.What she didn’t know when she entered the water on that day in 2024 was that another woman had been bitten by a shark 90 minutes earlier and just 3 mile...
Today @ 10:30 a.m., World-class magician brings his act to town, a local sommelier shares his tips wine picks for summer & what to do if you run into legal trouble over the holiday weekend.He’s been called one of the top comedy magicians in the magic world, Nathan Coe Marsh is bringing his hilari...
President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans are reviving a line of attack against Democrats heading into the midterm elections: They're communists. In just the past week, Trump has issued dark warnings that members of the Democratic Party's ascendant left are communists who want to “complet...
Kate, the Princess of Wales, met tennis fans lining up in Wimbledon's famous Queue and sat beside Andy Murray in a day of rooting on British players at the grass-court Grand Slam.The princess, who early last year announced her cancer was in remission, is the patron of the All England Club.“On arr...
With their numbers already in decline, secretaries and administrative assistants face another growing threat: artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Claude that can accomplish aspects of their workload with a tap.Employment projection data offers a grim outlook for the women-dominated pro...
The de la Torre family serves up a hot dog that evokes memories of the Windy City on Lake Michigan, but here on Jones Maltsberger Road.‘Chicago Hot Dogs’ fires up grill for Independence Day dogs, San Antonio-style was first posted on July 2, 2026 at 5:00 am.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use o...
The rates of students exempt from required immunizations for conscientious or religious reasons increased statewide this past school year. Meanwhile, the percentage of students up to date on vaccinations — also known as coverage rates — varied by vaccine.Kindergarten vaccination rates across the ...
This article is co-published with KRIS 6 News and ProPublica as part of an initiative to report on state and federal efforts to restrict local control.The Corpus Christi region, in the midst of an ongoing water crisis, has experienced another setback: Design work has halted on a pipeline that’s s...
While more than 92% of Texas kindergarteners and 7th graders were fully vaccinated in the 2025-26 school year for each vaccine required to attend school, the coverage rates remained lower than before the COVID-19 pandemic, state data released Wednesday shows. Of note in the latest report released...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTSHOT, BUT NOT BLAZING HOT: East coast hotter than SA, 90s again todaySPOTTY SHOWER: Today, Friday, Saturday, minimal impacts SUNDAY/MONDAY: Rain chances rise *slightly*FORECASTNYC, PHILLY HOTTER THAN SASure, it’s hot. But, it could always be worse. Yesterday, much of the east co...
Iran’s joint military command warned Thursday that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved routes or face a “forceful response,” ratcheting up tensions again over a waterway crucial for international energy supplies.The strait, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gul...
Russia likely used shadow ships to launch drones over Europe that repeatedly disrupted civilian aviation, as it monitored military sites and tested the air defenses of NATO nations, according to a report published Thursday by the International Institute of Strategic Studies think tank.The report,...
A young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned on Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing during a TikTok livestream.Aceh’s Sharia court ordered the two people to be whipped with a rattan cane 21 times each for kissi...
An 11-year-old boy crashed a pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage walk in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing nine, officials said.A total of 35 monks from Mukdahan province, about 600 kilometers (372 miles) northeast of the capital Bangkok, were on the pilgrimage. Five monks...
The Vatican responded aggressively Thursday to a traditionalist group that consecrated bishops without the pope’s consent, declaring the Society of St. Pius X had formally broken with the Catholic Church. It also excommunicated its bishops and priests, and warned its faithful that they too face t...
Most U.S. stocks are rising Thursday after the latest update on the job market suggested the Federal Reserve may feel less pressure to hike interest rates. But more swings for chip stocks and other winners of the artificial-intelligence boom are keeping indexes mixed. The S&P 500 added 0.3% and i...
U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on Italy’s premier have had an unintended consequence.After Trump questioned Italy’s reliability as a wartime ally and claimed Giorgia Meloni had groveled for his attention, European leaders rallied to Meloni's side, thawing what had been a frosty relationshi...
The satirical news site The Onion isn’t waiting to take possession of Infowars to launch a parody of Alex Jones ’ conspiracy platform.More than a year after first trying to buy Infowars, The Onion on Thursday will debut a send-up under its own website with plans to give some of the revenue to fam...
It is a city bathed in the orange-and-blue afterglow of a Knicks championship, gushing with the joy of World Cup fans jamming its bars and its streets, enjoying a singular confetti-raining, fireworks-bursting, parade-rolling, smile-inducing moment that seems to make this place feel even more like...
New Jersey is launching a new fee on companies whose workers have Medicaid health coverage instead of being covered by their employers. Other states are considering it, too.Democratic lawmakers and governors see it as a way to help pay for the joint federal and state insurance program that covers...
San Antonio police say they are aware of an ongoing issue with street racing along Southwest Military Drive after the death of a 17-year-old girl who was hit and killed in a crash over the weekend.Residents in the area said the issue stretches beyond one area.Jesse Espitia, whose sister Jeanette ...
NHL free agency spilled into Thursday with some high-profile players still on the open market, including a three-time Stanley Cup champion.Patrick Kane is still available after spending the past three years with Detroit. Kane is 37 now and a decade from winning the Hart Trophy as MVP when he led ...
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