Asian shares mostly rose in early Friday trading, getting a lift from a rally on Wall Street as well as declining oil prices. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.4% to 65,000.72 in afternoon trading after the Bank of Japan raised the benchmark interest rate to 1.25% from 1.0%, a 31-year high. T...
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As President Donald Trump tries to convince voters that Democrats have let crime run amok, he’s digging into the country’s political past to reference one of the most controversial campaign advertisements that relied heavily on racist tropes. During a campaign stop Wednesday in G...
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In-person voting for this year’s midterm elections begins Friday, ushering in the final six weeks for Americans to decide who they trust to lead Congress through a cost-of-living crisis , a prolonged war in Iran and other pressing issues. Election administrators say they’re prepa...
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Forget the official name of the Buffalo Bills' new stadium. It’s Josh Allen’s house. The quarterback quickly put his stamp on Highmark Stadium by throwing three touchdown passes and running for two more scores in a 41-31 victory over the Detroit Lions on Thursday night in the fir...
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Japan’s central bank on Friday raised the benchmark interest rate to 1.25% from 1.0%, a 31-year-high. The Bank of Japan has been trying to normalize monetary policy after decades of keeping interest rates near or below zero to try to encourage more borrowing and spending to count...
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San Antonio homeowners will see a higher city property tax rate after City Council approved its first increase in more than 30 years Thursday. The council voted 7-4 to approve the increase as part of a $4.4 billion budget designed to address a projected $158 million shortfall thr...
schools
Christi Cano is a familiar face in the Alamo City. It’s even safe to say she’s known outside of the United States. Cano was born and raised in San Antonio. She attended Edison High School and was a four-year letter on the golf team. She played golf at Oklahoma State University on...
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FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS FRIDAY: A lucky few will see a downpour STAYING HOT: Mid to upper 90s FIRE UPDATE: Three fires now burning west of SA FORECAST We tied the record high temperature (98°) in San Antonio today, and it’s not going to change much in the days ahead. Plan for afterno...
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Virginia's attorney general said Thursday that the Department of Homeland Security may have violated several state laws after a whistleblower accused its employees of misrepresenting themselves on voter lookup tools to hunt for noncitizen voters . In a letter obtained by The Asso...
business
Anthropic's Claude is helping the company develop the next, more intelligent version of the model, the artificial intelligence lab said in an announcement Thursday. Claude is leading 26% of Anthropic's model research and development, which the company said means it can complete m...
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Residents in the Jefferson neighborhood say stop signs and flashing lights have helped slow traffic, but not enough to make the area safe. The northwest San Antonio neighborhood has about 3,000 homes, according to homeowner Jason Vasquez. He said Wilson Boulevard remains a traffi...
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Angel Reese scored 30 points on 11-of-14 shooting and had 10 rebounds to help the Atlanta Dream rout the Connecticut Sun 103-59 on Thursday night in the first WNBA game following a nearly three-week break for the FIBA World Cup. A key member of the winning U.S. team in Germany, R...
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The world is deeply divided and the U.N.’s most powerful body is paralyzed when it comes to ending conflicts. But there’s a way forward. So says the United Nations’ top official. On his way out of office at year's end after nearly a decade, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres...
