Andy Burnham got to the top through a mix of patience and risk-taking.A decade ago, Burnham abandoned a 20-year climb up the Labour Party ladder in London to head north and run for mayor of Greater Manchester. A month ago, he returned to Parliament by winning a risky special election. On Monday, ...
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Development and governance of artificial intelligence should be a global effort, Chinese President Xi Jinping said Friday, while reiterating China’s objections to what he called the “overstretching” of national security concerns. Speaking at a conference in Shanghai, Xi said AI should not be domi...
A landslide Friday in the southwestern Chinese city of Chongqing buried some residential buildings, trapping an undetermined number of people, state media reported.State broadcaster CCTV said at least eight people were rescued from the debris, and that search and rescue operations were ongoing.CC...
It was just before sunrise when the last columns of Israeli tanks crossed from Lebanon back into Israel and then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak, who ordered the withdrawal, said the homecoming of Israeli troops sent “shivers down his spine.”That was May 24, 2000, the day Israel ended its 18-year occup...
Democratic members of Congress demanded answers about Homeland Security's vetting and training of immigration enforcement agents after it was disclosed Thursday that the ICE officer involved in a deadly shooting this week in Maine had a history of mental health issues and violent behavior. The As...
Asian shares skidded Friday, with Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 losing 4% as heavy selling of computer chipmakers and other AI-related shares dragged markets lower.South Korean markets were closed, but shares in Taiwan fell 6.5% a day after its TSMC, the world's biggest contract manufacturer of computer chi...
The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by hitting more bridges and collapsing a tower at a key Iranian port, part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to start striking infrastructure to pressure Tehran to ease its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz. Iran l...
Andy Burnham got to the top through a mix of patience and risk-taking.A decade ago, Burnham abandoned a 20-year climb up the Labour Party ladder in London to head north and run for mayor of Greater Manchester. A month ago, he returned to Parliament by winning a risky special election. On Monday, ...
As President Donald Trump threatened sanctions for those who didn’t cover his address live Thursday night, the nation’s broadcast and cable news operations wrestled with the thorniest of questions: To air or not to air?Networks and their news operations, broadcast and cable alike, spent the hours...
In a speech to the nation Thursday evening, President Donald Trump said Americans deserve secure elections, and he claimed to be using federal authority to prevent them from being “stolen.” In fact, one of the strongest security features of U.S. elections is the fact that they aren’t conducted at...
A judge died by suicide days after he was arrested on three felony charges related to sex crimes, according to the Lavaca County Sheriff’s Office.Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace Travis Hill, who also worked as a criminal defense attorney, faced three charges:Compelling prostitution, a first-degre...
The San Antonio Spurs announced it’s 2026-27 preseason game schedule on Thursday, according to a news release.The Silver and Black will host three games at the Frost Bank Center and will also play two road games. Read the full schedule below:Thursday, Oct. 8 vs. Atlanta Hawks at 7 p.m. CT Saturda...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTSFLASH FLOOD EMERGENCIES: Along the Pedernales RiverEXTREME RAINFALL: 8″ to 12″ over past 24 hours, Up to 18″to 29″ since Monday nightSAN ANTONIO FORECAST: A few showers this eveningHILL COUNTRY & WEST FORECAST: Scattered downpours possible again overnightFORECASTFLOODING WEST &...
Floodwaters pushing down into the Nueces River left some roads flooded in Crystal City on Thursday.Crystal City, located about 115 miles southwest of San Antonio, is among the areas impacted by severe storms sweeping through South Texas.A KSAT crew saw floodwaters covering Farm Road 582 near Rock...
HOUSTON — Two of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo’s sons received a steady stream of hugs, handshakes and besos Thursday evening from hundreds of people they’ve never met, who came to a funeral home in the city’s east side to grieve him as one of their own. At the public viewing at Forest Park Lawndale Fun...
Video footage of two Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents tackling a man at the airport in Las Vegas drew public outrage and criticism from elected officials.One video posted on social media showed a man yelling and crying on the ground in Terminal 3 at Harry Reid International Airport on M...
A man who narrowly escaped raging floodwaters with his family in Kerrville recounted his experience to KSAT’s Garrett Brnger on Thursday.Robert Shelton said he was able to get his wife, daughter and his daughter’s friend into an attic as water nearly filled his house. His Jeep was swept into a tr...
Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been rapidly expanding its workforce, hiring thousands of new officers as part of the Trump administration's attempt to ramp up immigration arrests and deportations.The supersizing of ICE -- fueled by an infusion of billions of dollars granted by Congress —...
The Pedernales River climbed roughly 25 feet in just a few hours, reaching its highest level since 1979 as floodwaters swept through the Texas Hill Country. Officials say the flood threat isn't over, with a regional Flood Watch remaining in effect through Friday morning.
A mandatory evacuation was issued Thursday for parts of Comal County along the Guadalupe River, according to a county news release. Residents from the Comal County line at Guadalupe State Park along the river to FM 311 are urged to evacuate due to river flooding. “If you are in this area, leave n...
Japan’s parliament enacted Friday a historic revision to the 19th-century Imperial House Law by insisting only paternal-lineage men can become emperor, sparking fear that it could doom the already shrinking imperial family.The revisions include adoption of distant male relatives to father future ...
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones is working to bring VA-sponsored psychedelic clinical trials to San Antonio for military and veterans.San Antonio could get psychedelic drug clinical trials to help treat veterans was first posted on July 16, 2026 at 6:55 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Report". Use of this feed...
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones' new chief of staff is Andrew Fuentes, who was hired as her communications and policy director in February, but was named acting chief after Jenise Carroll resigned from that role in April.Andrew Fuentes will be Mayor Jones’ new permanent chief of staff was first posted on ...
Communities across San Antonio and the Texas Hill Country are beginning to respond after heavy rains caused dangerous flooding, evacuations and damage across the region.
McALLEN — As the general election ramps up, the top of each party’s ticket this week headed to the epicenter of President Donald Trump’s 2024 gains with Latino voters: South Texas. And their opening salvos to voters were markedly different.Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for U...
Heavy rain falling as Becky Miller drove into Kerr County Wednesday seemed a little more than an annoyance at first.But Miller quickly realized the severity of the weather after she arrived at her destination — Buckhorn Lake Resort. “It just kept raining,” Miller said. “My daughter opened up the ...
SpaceX’s mega Starship rocket came within a second or so from blasting off on a test flight Thursday, but some of the engines failed to ignite, triggering a launch abort amid billowing clouds of smoke and vapor.Elon Musk, the company's founder and CEO, said two engines will be replaced “to be con...
The NBA is investigating the circumstances surrounding the Milwaukee Bucks’ signing of Gary Trent Jr. that was officially announced Thursday.An NBA spokesman said that “the NBA is continuing to look into it.” ESPN first reported that the NBA was investigating the signing for possible circumventio...
Just over a year after the catastrophic July 2025 Guadalupe River flood, Kerrville residents are once again assessing widespread damage as search efforts continue and additional rain threatens parts of the Texas Hill Country.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer who shot a Colombian man in Maine this week is an Army veteran who has struggled with serious mental health issues since early childhood and never should have been given a badge and gun to patrol American streets, several of his close relatives told...
This week's floods came just after the anniversary of some of the worst flooding in state history.
The family of a man who was shot and killed by a federal immigration agent in Houston is holding a public vigil Thursday evening in response to what the man's son says is an outpouring of support amid renewed criticism of enforcement tactics.The ceremony for Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican nati...
Parts of southwest Texas and the Hill Country endured a third night in a row of heavy rain and flash flooding that has left at least two people dead and forced evacuations. The Hill Country, the Rio Grande Plains and the southern Edwards Plateau remain among the hardest-hit areas with “life-threa...
A man who’s worked at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland for more than three decades was identified Thursday as the victim of a severe flash flood on base this week.The JBSA-Lackland Fire Department responded to a “trapped vehicle” during a severe flash flood on July 11 at Hall Street, a news releas...
After raising more than $150 million following last year's historic floods, the foundation is drawing on that experience to launch a new relief fund supporting nonprofits and civic organizations helping communities recover.
San Antonio police said an attempted burglary suspect was arrested after he was stabbed multiple times by a North Side resident more than three times his age early Thursday morning. Officers responded on a burglary call at approximately 6:15 a.m. in the 30 block of Fonthill Way, which is located ...
MIAMI — The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers and others.The policy, known as “public charge,” appeared on Thursday in the Federal Register. It will be formally publi...
Long before sunrise in Texas, a shallow spot of the Guadalupe River rose above the height of a two-story house in just five hours on Thursday, sending a rush of water through a region still weary from last summer's fatal flash floods.The dangerous flooding for a second consecutive year set off hu...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is sticking to encouraging low-altitude military flyovers after a fighter jet buzzed a Florida beach during a show this week, raising new scrutiny after the Pentagon has dismissed a series of safety reviews of such flights.In the latest maneuver, video spreading wid...
The Trump administration announced Thursday it will drastically shorten visas for foreign journalists in the U.S. to 240 days, down from years, and cut those for Chinese journalists to only 90 days, raising concerns over press freedom in the United States and retaliation against American journali...
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