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“La Bola Negra,” the Spanish queer epic about the intertwined lives of three gay men, won the People's Choice Award at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday, confirming its status as a major Oscar contender. TIFF's top award is voted on by festivalgoers, and it's beco...
Russia’s main Kremlin party, United Russia, was dominating the country’s first wartime parliamentary election , according to early returns released Monday from a tightly controlled election virtually devoid of opposition to President Vladimir Putin’s policies. The vote, which is ...
Even after the last votes were counted from Alaska's primary election, the final slate of candidates was far from settled. Late withdrawals shook up the races for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House, leaving many voters upset with candidates who dropped out after winning a spot ...
Quinten Martinez, pumping gas under a hot South Texas sun, remembers a time when fueling up didn't require difficult decisions. “Is it going to be groceries this week?" asked the 28-year-old Amazon delivery driver as he watched the numbers tick higher. "Is it gonna be getting gas...
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suffered a bruising electoral setback in two state elections on Sunday, including a historic defeat for his party, but vowed to press ahead with potentially painful reforms to Europe’s biggest economy . Projections by public broadcaster ARD on Sun...
Mary Ryan may be a registered Republican but she has never voted for President Donald Trump , turned off by his crass style of politics and chaotic approach to governing. But the 60-year-old medical writer from the Philadelphia suburbs has consistently backed her party's congress...
Munich's Oktoberfest kicked off Saturday with the city's mayor tapping the first keg of beer and opening the 191st edition of the world's largest folk festival. Mayor Dominik Krause put the first keg on tap with only two strokes and the traditional cry of “O’zapft is” — or “It's ...
Russia’s parliamentary election for the first time includes residents of regions that Moscow illegally annexed from Ukraine after the start of its full-scale invasion more than 4 1/2 years ago, part of Kremlin efforts to cement its gains. Officials in Kyiv vigorously denounced th...
There are no changes to the mail-in ballot voting system, local election officials confirmed after the U.S. Supreme Court shot down an effort from President Donald Trump’s administration to place restrictions on mail-in voting. Ballots should be mailed out next week, and the elec...
On board the BepiColombo spacecraft is Strofio, a neutral mass spectrometer specifically designed to sample the sparse exosphere around Mercury. The spacecraft is a joint mission of the European and Japanese space agencies and was launched in 2018....
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The latest lawsuit, first reported by NPR, argues the Trump administration's repeated suggestions that federal officers could be at polling sites is a form of illegal voter intimidation....
President Donald Trump said Friday that he was banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavorable coverage, and threatened that more such prohibitions of media outlets could follow. Meanwhile, in-person voting for this year’s midterm elections...
Editor’s note: To help readers learn more about the candidates running for statewide seats, The Texas Tribune is sharing information about the Republican, Democratic and third-party candidates. For more information on midterms and the voting process, check out our election resour...
By opening the door this week for Canada to become the first “associate member” of the European Union, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen offered Prime Minister Mark Carney hope, but also an illusion. There are many ways to take steps toward joining the world’s bi...
For more than two decades, truck driver Joe Macken spent his free time building a massive scale model of his native New York City out of balsa wood and foam board. When he finished, his daughter convinced him to show off the sprawling basement creation — encompassing over 800,000...
Russians on Friday began three days of voting in the country’s first wartime parliamentary election , which features virtually no opposition and is all but certain to secure the Kremlin’s political dominance. Authorities spread the election over the weekend, ending Sunday, in a b...
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...
The Bexar County Elections Office has posted the generic sample ballot for the Nov. 3 election. >> Click here to view the sample ballot The jam-packed ballot is four pages, showing every contest within the county. At the polls, voters will get a ballot that contains the races in ...
Standing on a downtown street Sunday night, Jennifer Benavides was seconds away from boarding her #77 bus when a woman she didn’t know approached her. Benavides says the stranger who came up to her at the bus stop near Pecan and Navarro streets initially asked to use her phone, t...
Facing a major budget deficit and a struggling economy, the San Antonio City Council approved a 3.9% property tax increase Thursday — the city’s first in more than three decades....
A federal appeals court panel on Thursday was considering an attempt to resurrect new Missouri congressional districts backed by President Donald Trump, even though the U.S. Supreme Court blocked those districts from being used in the November election. A three-judge panel of the...
The deadline is approaching for young women interested in becoming Miss Fiesta San Antonio 2027. The role comes with a chance to receive a $15,000 scholarship and serve as an ambassador for one of the city’s biggest annual celebrations. The Fiesta San Antonio Commission is accept...
UPDATE : The San Antonio City Council voted 7-4 to raise the city’s tax rate for the first time since 1992. The city’s plan to close a projected $158 million deficit over the next two years involves a mix of cuts, shifting around funds, raising fees, and a pair of property tax in...
At least 48 people have died and around 100 others are receiving treatment in southern Nigeria after consuming a locally brewed alcoholic concoction suspected to contain methanol , officials said on Thursday. Banji Ajaka, Ondo state's commissioner for health, said the cases had b...
It's a challenging time for Russia to hold a parliamentary election, even one whose outcome is all but assured. The economic and political climate has been seriously affected by 4½ years of full-fledged war with Ukraine. Swarms of enemy drones have inflicted massive damage on Rus...
Organizers had to scrap one of the only events where voters could meet both candidates hoping to replace state Rep. John Lujan (R-San Antonio). Texas House candidate no-shows at debate after unearthed crude social media posts was first posted on September 16, 2026 at 9:00 pm. &co...
The House overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday that aims to have artificial intelligence data centers pay for their substantial energy needs as lawmakers used what was expected to be their final day in Washington before the midterm elections to address a growing voter concern...
The mayor pitched last-minute across-the-board cuts, drawing outcry from those who say she ran out the clock on more substantive discussions. Intellectual exercises, ‘wild goose chases’ and a budget deadline: Divided San Antonio leaders are out of time was first posted on Septemb...
Election volunteers could see a range of issues on Election Day— from unruly voters and medical episodes to voter misinformation efforts and cybersecurity threats....
Speaker Mike Johnson is closing up the House early, sending lawmakers home Wednesday to campaign for the midterm elections after what he claims is the most productive Congress in decades. But not without a scathing rebuke from GOP Rep. Thomas Massie for all the unfinished busines...
Two congressional Republicans in battleground Iowa districts, including one who recently campaigned alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, changed their position on an Iran war powers resolution , joining with Democrats and a few other dissident members of their party in an at...
The Alamo Colleges District board of trustees voted on Tuesday evening to raise its property tax rate for the first time in more than a decade. Alamo Colleges District increases tax rate to address budget shortfall for the first time in more than a decade was first posted on Sept...
The European Union's top official proposed on Wednesday banning children under 13 across the 27-nation bloc from using social media sites and imposing limits for older teens on accessing the platforms. The plan outlined by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen adds t...
Seven people in Texas who are not U.S. citizens have been charged with illegally voting in federal elections or falsely claiming citizenship, the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas announced Tuesday as part of a broader Trump administration focus on noncitizen votin...
