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Top US commander visits aircraft carrier, Gaza talks in Egypt and other Mideast news

The top U.S. military commander in the Middle East visited the long-deployed USS Lincoln in the Arabian Sea during a regional tour that ended on Saturday, the U.S. Central Command said. A Hamas delegation and, separately, U.S. negotiator Jared Kushner were in Egypt for Gaza cease...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 16, 2026

Man arrested with ties to string of Stone Oak burglaries, affidavit states

Police arrested a man in connection with a series of burglaries in a Stone Oak neighborhood, according to an arrest affidavit, that residents said has cost the victims millions of dollars. John Luis Quintero, 38, was charged with criminal mischief between $2,500 and $30,000 — a s...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 16, 2026

18-year-old injured in drive-by shooting outside Kerrville home, police say

An 18-year-old woman was injured in a drive-by shooting outside a Kerrville home Friday night, the Kerrville Police Department said in a Facebook post . The woman was struck by gunfire while sitting in her parked car just before 10 p.m., after police said a vehicle drove past the...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 15, 2026

Teen boy among 6 dead including suspect in Michigan shootings; girl survived

A teenage boy and four adults were killed Friday in shootings that prompted a wide search for the fleeing gunman, whose body was ultimately found in a wooded area alongside one of his victims, authorities said. A teenage girl survived and was in stable condition, police said. Cha...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 15, 2026

Driver detained after crash involving SAPD officer, police say

A driver was detained after a crash involving a San Antonio police officer on the Northwest Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department. The crash happened just before 9:30 p.m. Friday in the 6700 block of Whitby Road. Officers were traveling eastbound when they spotted ...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 15, 2026

Hate crime charges filed in Manhattan synagogue attack

Hate crime charges have been filed against a man who disrupted Shabbat services in Manhattan's Central Synagogue and struck two people while being hustled outside Friday night. “As synagogue security was escorting him out, he struck a member of the congregation, damaged synagogue...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 15, 2026

Pedestrian critically injured after crash on Interstate 10, SAPD says

A pedestrian was critically injured after a crash on Interstate 10, according to the San Antonio Police Department. The crash happened around 1:30 a.m. Saturday in the 7900 block of Interstate 10 West northbound. Police said the pedestrian, identified as a woman, was running in t...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 15, 2026

Could San Antonio's budget increase Fiesta costs?

San Antonio’s proposed budget includes a plan to recover more of the money it spends on police during Fiesta, possibly leading to higher costs for Fiesta goers. The city has been trying to close a projected $158 million budget gap over the next two years. Staff presented a draft ...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 15, 2026

Shootings in Michigan leave 5 people plus suspect dead following large-scale search

A series of shootings in Michigan left five people plus a suspect dead Friday, police said, following an extensive search around two homes and a wooded area. Officers responded just before noon to reports of a shooting at a home in Missaukee County, about 170 miles (270 kilometer...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 14, 2026

Woman, dog dead after being struck by vehicle on West Side, San Antonio police say

A woman and a dog died Friday after they were hit by a vehicle on the West Side, according to San Antonio police. Officers responded to the crash around 11:45 a.m. in the 7400 block of West Military Drive, which is located near Marbach Road. Upon arrival, officers said they found...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 14, 2026

Army temporarily halts Apache helicopter training missions after crash that killed 2

The U.S. Army temporarily halted all Apache helicopter training missions Friday after a fatal crash in Texas earlier this week killed two soldiers. The Apache attack helicopter had been a core part of Army aviation since the first one was delivered in 1984. More than 5,000 Apache...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 14, 2026

Italian police recover stolen Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse artworks worth millions

Italian authorities recovered three artworks by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of euros that were stolen earlier this year from a private museum near the northern city of Parma, police said Friday. A statement from the Italian Carabinieri’s art recovery squad said the...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 14, 2026

France and England battle multiple wildfires as record heat grips Europe

Firefighters across France and in central England struggled against multiple fires Friday as a new wave of record-breaking heat baked a swath of Europe, their task further complicated by exceptionally parched landscapes . With France experiencing its driest year ever, a new fire ...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 14, 2026

World War II Memorial in Washington vandalized with bubbles and graffiti

The World War II Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., was vandalized Thursday, with bubbles filling a fountain and “Clean hands dirty $" written in red paint. The Interior Department released a statement late Thursday saying: “Our U.S. Park Police are on the scene a...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 14, 2026

Kids keep getting hurt and killed on e-bikes. Should parents be held responsible?

As traumatic injuries and deaths surge among children involved in crashes on e-bikes and other electrified vehicles, one California prosecutor is cracking down by pursuing criminal charges against some of the young riders' parents. It is just one way officials across the country ...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 14, 2026

Texas court order kicks in striking federal rules on silencers and certain guns

A court order that struck down regulations on firearm suppressors and certain guns took effect Thursday after the U.S. Justice Department did not file an appeal before a seven-day deadline set by a federal judge in Texas. The ruling allows people to purchase silencers, short-barr...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 13, 2026

Crew of Yemeni vessel recount their chaotic rescue after Houthis' deadly attack

Crew members of a Yemeni commercial ship who survived a deadly attack by Houthi rebels earlier this week said a second missile struck the vessel just as rescue efforts from the initial strike were underway, causing even more chaos and casualties. In all, three ballistic missiles ...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 13, 2026

Explosion at Dutch port of Rotterdam leaves 1 dead, several injured

An explosion at the Dutch port of Rotterdam on Thursday killed at least one person and injured several others, city police said. Police said the blast at Europe’s biggest port happened late Thursday morning and that a crime scene has been set up to try to establish what caused it...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 13, 2026

Man stabbed multiple times during fight on North Side, police say

San Antonio police said a man in his 30s was stabbed multiple times Wednesday night during a fight on the North Side. The incident happened around 9:30 p.m. in the 11100 block of Baywood Drive, which is located near Lockhill Selma Road. SAPD said the man was riding a bicycle on S...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 13, 2026

Fire burns 96 acres in Gillespie County weeks after major flooding

From flooding to fire within a month’s time frame, Gillespie County first responders have had to deal with a quick turnaround. On Saturday afternoon, they came together to fight and contain the fast-spreading Windy Ridge Road Fire. Sean Doerre, director of communications for the ...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 13, 2026

2 people died in a military helicopter crash near Fort Hood, officials say

An Army Apache helicopter crashed in a central Texas field on Wednesday, killing both people on board and sparking a wildfire that forced several homes to be evacuated, a sheriff’s official said. Officials from nearby Fort Hood announced that the AH-64 Apache helicopter had crash...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 12, 2026

Uvalde woman killed after two-vehicle crash in Kinney County, DPS says

A Uvalde woman was killed Saturday morning after a two-vehicle crash in Kinney County, according to a Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) preliminary report. The crash happened around 5:02 a.m. on U.S. Highway 90, which is located around 16 miles from Brackettville, Texas. Ac...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 12, 2026

Cadillac replaces team principal Graeme Lowdon a week before F1 season resumes

Formula 1's newest outfit Cadillac fired its first team principal Graeme Lowdon and replaced him with former Alpine director Marcin Budkowski on Wednesday Cadillac said the move was part of a “planned leadership transition as the organization evolves from its initial build phase ...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 12, 2026

Drone strike in western Libya torches a power substation, triggering outages

A drone strike ignited a fire at an electrical substation in western Libya on Wednesday, knocking the facility out of service in the latest of a wave of attacks on energy and oil infrastructure that threaten to plunge the country into further chaos. The state-run General Electric...

KSAT 12 (ABC affiliate)Aug 12, 2026