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A late brush with the wall wasn't enough to send Ryan Blaney to pit row.The decision paid off with a dominant victory.Blaney emerged from a three-wide battle on the final lap of overtime in the weathe
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Sam Neill, a smoothly elegant and versatile actor whose career moved from art film to blockbuster as he dodged velociraptors in “Jurassic Park” and played Holly Hunter’s husband in “The Piano,” has died. He was 78. In 2023, Neill disclosed he had been diagnosed with angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymp...
The last prisoner strapped to a table in Florida’s death chamber was 74 years old — the oldest the state has executed in modern times. The next two set to die are older still.The series of executions, due to be carried out by the end of this month, highlights the nation’s aging death-row populati...
The death of Sen. Lindsey Graham, who was running for a fifth term when he passed away over the weekend, began a tumultuous new chapter in South Carolina politics during a year that has already been full of upheaval.As the conservative state's senior senator and an influential ally of President D...
Senate Republicans will return to Washington on Monday with an uncertain agenda after the sudden death of prominent Republican Lindsey Graham, a committee chairman and key player who served as a crucial ally with President Donald Trump. Graham, 71, died Saturday evening after a tear in his aorta,...
Oil prices jumped and Asian shares were mostly lower Monday after the U.S. carried out airstrikes and Iran retaliated. The price of Brent crude, the international standard, gained 3.6% to $78.76 per barrel, while U.S. benchmark crude added 3.5% to $73.97 per barrel. Prices for both types of crude...
During KSAT’s Town Hall at Don Pedro’s restaurant, longtime South Side neighbor Lucia Saenz said she loves to visit Concepcion and Confluence parks.Saenz said the scenery is beautiful and attracts many people from beyond the South Side.“I’ve seen tourists there,” Saenz said. “Recently, I saw some...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTSSUNDAY NIGHT: Mostly dry with a stray thunderstorm west.MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY: Heavy downpours could result in localized flooding.TEMPERATURES: Staying below-average with highs in the mid and upper 80s specifically on Tuesday and Wednesday.FORECASTMONDAYExpect overcast condit...
The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war.The attacks, sparked by Iran striking a container ship Sunday in the strait off the coast of Om...
One man was shot Sunday evening at a Northwest Side apartment complex pool, according to the San Antonio Police Department.The shooting was reported just before 7:40 p.m. Sunday at Altitude Apartments in the 5200 block of Fredericksburg Road, near the intersection of Loop 410.A sergeant on the sc...
A 3.6-magnitude earthquake was reported in La Salle County on Sunday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).The USGS said the earthquake happened around 3:52 p.m., approximately 7.5 miles southeast of Dilley, Texas.The earthquake’s depth was 4.2 miles.A prior earthquak...
For half a century, millions of workers have repeated a task across the deserts in northern China: inserting forearm-length sticks into shifting sand, first in a row, then in an intersecting line, gradually forming a grid. Then saplings are planted at the center of each small square.The technique...
A late brush with the wall wasn't enough to send Ryan Blaney to pit row.The decision paid off with a dominant victory.Blaney emerged from a three-wide battle on the final lap of overtime in the weather-delayed NASCAR Cup Series race at Atlanta early Monday.Blaney won every stage of the race and l...
A judge was arrested Saturday on three felony charges related to sexual assault and soliciting prostitution, according to the Lavaca County Sheriff’s Office.Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Travis Hill, who also works as a criminal defense attorney, faces three charges:Compelling prostitution, a f...
Conor McGregor's manager said in a social media post Sunday that fighter did not have a previous knee injury prior to his shortened UFC 329 fight with Max Holloway.McGregor's first fight in five years lasted just 1:09 due to a knee injury sustained while attempting an opening roundhouse kick.“Tha...
Sen. Mitch McConnell on Sunday revealed for the first time that a fall led to his hospitalization, breaking the silence about his condition after weeks of mounting speculation about the Kentucky Republican’s health.McConnell, 84, said in a statement that he was “briefly unconscious” around the ti...
Alexander Zverev is used to being “the third guy” in tennis. After following up his French Open title with a run to his first Wimbledon final, he's hoping to be more than that in the future. Despite losing to Jannik Sinner on Centre Court on Sunday, the 29-year-old Zverev thinks he is closer than...
An off-duty member of the Chilean navy driving a private vehicle crashed into an open-air market in the coastal city of Vina del Mar Sunday, killing several people, the navy said in a statement.Footage circulating on social media from a residential security camera appears to capture the moment th...
More than 8,000 bar and restaurant owners packed the Henry B. González Convention Center on Sunday for the Texas Restaurant Show to share products and learn from one another about how to grow their businesses.The 89th annual Texas Restaurant Show featured 600 exhibitor booths, ranging from equipm...
Counseling centers are doing what they can to meet the increased demand for services from flood victims.
Cristopher Sánchez of the Philadelphia Phillies will start Tuesday night's All-Star Game in his home ballpark, taking the mound for the National League against Dylan Cease of the Toronto Blue Jays.The Blue Jays announced Sunday that Cease will be the American League's starter. Dave Roberts of the...
A huge fire tore through a beer hall in Bangkok overnight into Monday, killing at least 27 people and injuring dozens before firefighters brought the blaze under control.Footage shared online by first responders shows a huge blaze raging and plumes coming out of the front door of the Na Ladprao b...
Lindsey Graham, the garrulous son of South Carolina pool hall owners, rose to become a fixture on the global stage and one of the most prominent advocates of American military might in the U.S. Senate.A former military lawyer who reached the rank of colonel in the Air Force, the wisecracking Grah...
A federal judge blocked the law known as the Texas Dream Act in June after it was challenged by the Trump administration and state officials declined to defend it.Appeals court rejects effort to defend Texas law offering in-state tuition for undocumented students was first posted on July 12, 2026...
Only 19 years old and a scant 61 years younger than his All-Star Futures Game manager, Nathan Flewelling has tried not to put a timetable on his potential big league debut.Going deep in a major league ballpark sure gives hope in Tampa Bay that Flewelling could fit in fine once he gets there.“I th...
As the plane approached Laredo, both engines lost power. A pilot asked for a possible field to land in nearby before ultimately crashing on a highway near the airport.
A proposed legal settlement with the U.S. government would require the Keystone Pipeline system's operator to pay a $26.9 million civil penalty over a major oil spill in Kansas in December 2022 and spend about $40 million more to prevent future accidents.The agreement would resolve allegations fr...
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.
The Walt Disney Company’s live action “Moana” may be the No. 1 movie at the domestic box office, but it did not make a big splash in its first weekend in theaters.The movie, which cost a reported $250 million to produce, earned just $43 million from ticket sales in the U.S. and Canada, according ...
Until now, flood-proof walls blocked the building's access to the San Antonio River Walk, but that will change with riverfront retail planned.As Tower Life developers convert historic building to apartments, next step is to make way for River Walk-facing retail was first posted on July 12, 2026 a...
After the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, Sen. Lindsey Graham said he had finally had enough of the man who was championed by the mob that stormed the pillar of American democracy: President Donald Trump.“Trump and I, we’ve had a hell of a journey. I hate it to end this way. Oh my God, I hate it. F...
HOUSTON — Hundreds gathered at Houston City Hall’s steps Saturday evening, holding umbrellas in one hand and signs in the other, reiterating demands many have been making for days: answers on what led to the fatal shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, and to release from immigration detention the t...
A second major title in a three-week stretch. The lowest round — an 11-under 60 — in an LPGA major.It was quite the weekend at the Evian Championship for Haeran Ryu, the latest South Korean sensation in women’s golf.Ryu, the winner of the Women’s PGA Championship at Hazeltine on June 29, gave up ...
Israeli fire in Gaza on Sunday killed at least six Palestinians, including a 9-year-old girl, and wounded over a dozen others, according to local health officials.A drone strike on a blacksmith shop in Gaza City’s Sabra neighborhood killed at least four Palestinians, according to officials at Shi...
His office said Graham died Saturday night after a "brief and sudden illness." The Republican senator was instrumental in enacting Trump's policy and staffing priorities.
A man was hospitalized after being struck by a vehicle while attempting to cross U.S. Highway 90, according to the San Antonio Police Department. The crash happened just before 6 p.m. Saturday in the 3700 block of U.S. Highway 90 West eastbound. According to an SAPD preliminary report, the 32-yea...
A judge has set a plea and sentencing hearing later this month for a teenager accused of killing four people in a September 2024 shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia.Colt Gray, 16, had pleaded not guilty to charges including murder in the shooting that killed two students and two teachers...
Prince William joined his wife Kate and two of their children for the men's final at Wimbledon on Sunday in a star-studded Royal Box that also included actors Dustin Hoffman, Nicole Kidman and Ben Stiller. Kate is the patron of the All England Club and presented the trophy to winner Jannik Sinner...
The governing body for sailing is looking at how the sport's Olympic-class equipment is made, used and discarded, to eventually make changes that will reduce its environmental impact.Alexandra Rickham, director of sustainability at World Sailing, said this first-of-a-kind life cycle assessment pr...
Brendon McCullum has been fired as coach of England's test cricket team after four years in charge but will continue to lead the country's T20 and ODI sides.The England and Wales Cricket Board announced Sunday that McCullum "will stand down," with the New Zealander saying in the ECB statement he ...
After a 10-year absence, Political Art Month is back. A return of what was once an annual exhibition known to many San Antonio art enthusiasts as “PAM,” the resurrected celebration and show brings together the work 17 local artists inside the SMART Project Space at the 1906 Studio. The exhibition...
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