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safety
A man died after suffering a medical emergency in the Comal River, according to the City of New Braunfels. Officials responded Sept. 18 to the 100 block of East Lincoln Street near the last public exit of the Comal River. The 63-year-old man from Hallettsville was pulled from the...
parks
James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt on then-candidate Donald Trump, has died in Pittsburgh, his lawyer said Thursday. He was 76. Copenhaver was in the bleachers during the event in Butler, Pennsylvania, when a 20-ye...
News
Bob Pettit, an imposing scorer and rebounder for the St. Louis Hawks and winner of the NBA’s first Most Valuable Player award in 1956, has died. He was 93. Pettit's alma mater, LSU, announced Thursday that he died a day earlier. The university did not provide a cause of death. Pe...
Local
The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo is welcoming two new members into its Hall of Fame — each honored for leaving a mark on the organization in different ways. According to a news release, Alex Peña and Christopher “Kit” Goldsbury Jr. are the 2027 Hall of Fame inductees. Both were...
News
With just over three weeks left before early voting, Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico on Thursday challenged his GOP opponent Ken Paxton to a debate moderated by Fox News’ Bret Baier. “Texans deserve to make an informed choice in this really critical race, so I’m cha...
News
Former FBI employees involved in the criminal investigation into President Donald Trump's retention of classified documents have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury in a broad Florida-based conspiracy probe , their lawyers revealed Thursday as they asked a judge to clar...
government
The Bexar County Elections Department said it was sent tens of thousands of voter registrations by the Texas Department of Safety overnight. Bexar County receives 45,000 unprocessed voter registrations overnight due to DPS error was first posted on September 24, 2026 at 3:30 pm. ...
News
A ruling to halt deportations of people to countries other than their own threw a core immigration policy of the Trump administration into question, at least temporarily, and prompted a desperate appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday. The administration said the ruling by the 1...
