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As families prepare for Fourth of July cookouts, rising beef prices continue to affect shoppers’ grocery budgets. According to the Texas Farm Bureau, the U.S. cattle inventory is at its lowest level in 75 years, contributing to higher prices for popular cuts like brisket. Ranchers have also faced...
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FORECAST HIGHLIGHTSSTEADY: We’re on repeat again today ONE OR TWO SHOWERS: Thursday through SaturdaySLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE: Sunday and Monday FORECASTTODAYThe first few days of July will look exactly like the last days of June: Mid-90s, heat indices in the upper-90s, and plenty of afternoon sun. ...
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The legal battle over the redevelopment of a site inside Brackenridge Park sacred to Native Americans could head to the U.S. Supreme Court after two lower courts sided with the City of San Antonio. Lawyers representing San Antonio-area tribal leaders filed a petition this week asking the nation’s...
Deputies are asking for the public’s help in identifying a woman accused of breaking into several mailboxes in a northwest Bexar County community. In a Facebook post, the sheriff’s office said the incident happened on June 19. Shortly after, BCSO discovered that a bank card had been stolen and us...
As families begin preparing for a new school year, many focus on shopping for supplies, organizing schedules and checking off items on their back-to-school to-do list.But healthcare providers say one of the most important preparations should happen long before the first day of class: scheduling y...
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Celebrate America’s 250th birthday with fireworks, parades, concerts and family-friendly events across San Antonio and Bexar County.America’s 250th: Here’s what’s happening in San Antonio on Fourth of July was first posted on July 1, 2026 at 12:33 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of this f...
A trademark can be any word, phrase, symbol, design, or a combination of these things that identifies your goods or services. A patent can be property right granted by the government to exclude others from making, using, or selling the invention.
Multiday warnings of extreme heat landed in New York, Boston and Philadelphia on Wednesday as sultry weather pushed east just ahead of Fourth of July celebrations in a region that revels in its role as a historic hub of U.S. independence.Temperatures in the high 90s Fahrenheit (30 degrees Celsius...
With the Fourth of July approaching, a bunch of events taking place in the Hill Country will honor the lives lost in last year’s floods as well as celebrate America’s 250th birthday. Whether you’re looking to be uplifted or watch fireworks light up the Texas skies, there may be an event for you t...
Former CIA Director John Brennan sued the Trump administration on Wednesday, demanding a court order that would require officials to preserve records from investigations that he says are targeting him for “phantom criminal conduct.”Brennan said in the lawsuit that the records would be essential f...
Harry Kane scored two second-half goals to help England rally for a 2-1 victory over Congo and a spot in the round of 16 at the World Cup on Wednesday.England's all-time leading scorer evened the contest with a header after Brian Cipenga had given Congo a surprising halftime lead. Kane then score...
The 16 children found living in “deplorable” conditions inside a small, dilapidated rural Ohio home are part of the same family, officials said Wednesday.Authorities arrested four adults Tuesday on felony child endangerment charges after finding the children in the home. Some were in dire need of...
Republican Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is trying to have his cake and eat it too when it comes to staking out his position on in vitro fertilization, or IVF. Paxton, who’s locked in a tight U.S. Senate race, recently distanced himself from the Texas GOP’s controversial decision to adopt ant...
Two people got to the top of the Empire State Building's antenna and unfurled a banner about “the power of love” at midday Wednesday, before descending, embracing, taking selfies and ultimately being arrested.Dressed in black and wearing masks — but not tethers, it appeared — the two balanced on ...
World Cup players were warned before the tournament about a new rule that would result in an immediate red card for anyone covering their mouth when verbally confronting another player.Officials are actively enforcing that rule change.The latest incident came on Tuesday night when Ecuador defende...
The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office arrested one of its own deputies earlier this week on a family violence charge, online jail records show. Jose Lars Alba, 38, has been charged with causing bodily injury to a family member Monday, which is considered a Class A misdemeanor, records indicate. Jail ...
KERR COUNTY — Alicia Baker can’t bring herself to clean her daughter’s bedroom. Eleven-year-old Madelyn “Emmy” Jeffrey left a pile of craft supplies on the floor in their San Antonio home before heading off to the Guadalupe River with her grandparents, where they drowned in the flood last Fourth ...
Stuart Skinner is heading to Winnipeg as the carousel of goaltenders moving around the NHL picked up steam Wednesday with the start of free agency.Skinner agreed to terms on a two-year contract worth $7.5 million with the Jets, who have been listening to trade offers for three-time Vezina Trophy ...
At the end of my first term covering the Supreme Court, Justice Stephen Breyer departed from his prepared remarks to offer a sharp courtroom rebuke of his conservative colleagues.“It is not often in the law that so few have so quickly changed so much,” Breyer said, dissenting in a school integrat...
A week after Venezuela’s devastating twin earthquakes, doctors on Wednesday said the biggest dangers now facing survivors are untreated wounds and infectious diseases.Thousands of displaced Venezuelans are sleeping in crowded shelters or outside without access to clean water amid dismal sanitary ...
A Democratic member of Congress is calling for the federal government to investigate the growing “rent now, pay later” industry, saying Americans may not understand the fees and cost structure of these products as the services become more widely available.Rep. Maxwell Frost, D-Florida, sent a let...
Actor and activist Danny Glover, best known for starring as an easygoing police officer in the “Lethal Weapon” franchise, has revealed he has Alzheimer’s disease.The four-time Emmy Award nominee, who turns 80 on July 22, told “Today” and People magazine that he was diagnosed with the progressive,...
Add Norman Powell to the list of this past season's All-Stars who are changing addresses this summer in NBA free agency.Powell has agreed to a two-year deal that could be worth up to $45 million with the Chicago Bulls, a person with knowledge of the talks said Wednesday. Powell also had received ...
A brother of NFL player Calais Campbell has been charged with murder after police found their 71-year-old mother dead at her home in Atlanta during a welfare check. Arrest warrants say Nateal Campbell’s throat was cut and Ciarre Campbell was found in possession of a knife. Officers found her unre...
Downtown San Antonio is set to host a free, 12-hour Fourth of July celebration this weekend — featuring a 5K run, parade, food festival, live music and a fireworks show. Stars & Stripes on Houston Street begins at 8:30 a.m. Saturday with a downtown 5K from Milam Park to Civic Park at Hemisfair.At...
The Trump administration has lifted restrictions on artificial intelligence company Anthropic's latest versions of its Claude chatbot, ending a weekslong ban tied to cybersecurity concerns. Anthropic said Tuesday night that its AI model called Claude Fable 5 is now widely available. It's also res...
The San Antonio businessman behind the CommonWealth Coffeehouse & Bistro chain is facing federal criminal charges over a North Texas real-estate deal, the San Antonio Business Journal reports. The U.S. Attorney’s Office indicted Jorge Herrero, who owns both CommonWealth and the Soccer Central spo...
Victor Willis, who co-founded the Village People, co-wrote the disco group's classic hits “Y.M.C.A.,” ″Macho Man” and “In the Navy,” and delighted crowds while dressed as the band's helmeted and mustachioed police officer, has died. He was 74.“We are profoundly sad to announce the death of Victor...
Four years after the Robb Elementary School shooting, Zachary Rodriguez has watched his children explore the new playgrounds built across Uvalde to honor the victims. For Rodriguez’s family, the parks are more than a place to play.“As they’re having a great time, they see the names (of the victim...
The San Antonio Police Department has identified the man accused of shooting two children who were sleeping Tuesday morning inside a Northeast Side home. Treyvion Mackey, 18, was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, court records show. Officers responde...
New Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh said Wednesday that the central bank would remain independent and seek to bring down inflation, likely foreclosing the rate cuts President Donald Trump has sought. In remarks at a central bank conference in Sintra, Portugal, Warsh said that if businesses or h...
President Donald Trump on Wednesday took his maiden voyage on a new Air Force One — a retrofitted Boeing 747 worth $400 million gifted by Qatar that embeds his personality more deeply into the institution of the American presidency.Gone is the trademark light blue hull that helped Air Force One b...
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