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Spaniards rushed to buy specialized glasses to view a rare total solar eclipse Wednesday, as authorities warned people flocking to rural areas to avoid anything that could spark new wildfires. Across a swath of northern and central Spain, millions of people will have some of main...
The Thai government on Wednesday pledged to tighten gun controls and crack down on illegal firearms after two deadly shootings near Bangkok in less than a week renewed pressure on authorities to curb gun violence. The country has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in Asia ...
Four male suspects are wanted after allegedly breaking into a North Side trading card store over the weekend and stealing merchandise worth thousands of dollars, the Castle Hills Police Department said in a Tuesday news release. Castle Hills police were dispatched around 3:25 a.m...
Crews were battling a fire and trying to rescue more survivors from a burning passenger ferry in rough seas Wednesday near the Indonesian tourist island of Bali. Rescuers and passing vessels had managed to save 106 people and were battling to get the remaining 25 people off the b...
A San Antonio occupational therapist was arrested after he allegedly sexually abused a child patient with autism, according to an arrest affidavit. Lewis Trudell Barber, 56, was arrested Monday and booked into the Bexar County jail on a charge of continuous sexual abuse of a chil...
A string of vehicle break-ins at Northeast Baptist Hospital has employees concerned about their safety and prompted the hospital to increase security measures across its campus. According to San Antonio police calls for service, officers have received at least 12 reports of vehic...
A profile photo linked to a PayPal account helped Selma investigators identify a man accused of online solicitation of a 13-year-old girl, according to an arrest affidavit. Sean Jude Joseph Jr., 21, was arrested on a charge of online solicitation of a minor under 14 years old, ja...
A 52-year-old man died Tuesday after he fell and was pinned between two vehicles at a East Side truck rental agency, according to San Antonio police. Officers were dispatched just after 9:30 a.m. in the 3600 block of East Houston Street, which is located near East Commerce Street...
Actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish avoided additional jail time Tuesday when she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor alcohol-related driving charge that stemmed from her 2022 arrest in Georgia after someone called 911 about a driver asleep at the wheel at a traffic light. Other charg...
The Los Angeles Angels fired pitching coach Mike Maddux and two of his assistants on Tuesday after interim general manager John Mozeliak determined the team wasn't making sufficient use of the technology and analytics available to its pitchers. Mozeliak also fired bullpen coach D...
A man with an active parole warrant was hospitalized after a four-vehicle crash Tuesday at a downtown intersection, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS). The crash happened around 10 a.m. Tuesday at the intersection of East César E Chávez Boulevard and South F...
A 13-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with capital murder in connection with a fatal shooting on the West Side last year. The teen appeared in juvenile court Tuesday for his initial detention hearing. He was 12 years old when the shooting happened in June 2025. The case...
A San Antonio Fire Department firefighter was arrested last week and is now on administrative duty, an SAFD spokesperson confirmed. Ryan Edwards, 49, was taken into custody in Comal County on Aug. 6, according to jail records. Edwards faces one count of assault causing bodily inj...
Newly released body camera footage shows the sons of former Bexar County Precinct 2 Constable Michelle Barrientes Vela fighting San Antonio police officers at the family’s Northwest Side auto dealership. The videos, which were released after the criminal charges filed against Mic...
A license plate reader led to the arrest of three suspects in connection with a deadly shooting in northeast Bexar County , according to arrest affidavits. The arrest warrants identified the suspects as Kyle Erin Torres-Carcovich, 45; Martin Sanchez Jr., 58; and Robert Barnett, 3...
A deadly wildfire in Western Canada that's forced some 20,000 people to flee grew overnight even without strong winds, challenging efforts to contain it and fully assess the damage, authorities said Tuesday. About 100 firefighters from Mexico were on the way to help fight the bla...
A man was hospitalized early Tuesday after he was shot during a fight on the West Side, according to San Antonio police. The shooting happened around 3:30 a.m. in the 5500 block of Culebra Road, which is located near Harefield Drive. The man told SAPD that the fight broke out nea...
Tracy McClain remembers clearly the first time her son was arrested and charged with a crime because she was the one who placed the 911 call. She told dispatchers that her son JohnRobert Holmes III, 21 at the time, was at risk of hurting himself, hoping that he would get the help...
Firefighters in western Libya fought Tuesday to extinguish the remnants of a massive fire caused by a drone strike on a oil facility, and a car bomb killed a senior military officer in the country's east, in the latest attacks in the chaos-stricken North African nation . The dron...
A Syrian court sentenced ousted Syrian President Bashar Assad along with his younger brother to death in absentia on Tuesday for crimes against humanity and war crimes during Syria’s 14-year conflict that left about half a million people dead. The sentences at the Fourth Criminal...
The meeting in the Oval Office between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was a diplomatic car crash. “Your country is in big trouble. You’re not winning,” Trump said, dressing down Zelenskyy in front of the world’s media. “You don't have the ...
Officer Marc Laue was seething. Minutes earlier, while patrolling the hallways of Judson High School in Converse, Texas, he had confronted a 15-year-old accused of pushing an assistant principal. The teenager, Jeremiah Johnson, cursed at the officer and walked away. Officer Laue ...
A South Texas family is asking why the man accused of killing 20-year-old Martin Martinez three years ago was released from jail before being arrested again. Nicholas Devion Sommers was arrested along with three other men after they participated in a violent home invasion in nort...
Several H-E-B products containing jalapeños were recalled due to possible salmonella contamination, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. The USDA’s FSIS issued an Aug. 8 public health alert for meat and poultry products containing ...
A San Antonio woman who called police for help during a domestic violence incident says she felt more vulnerable after hearing a responding officer say, “Women are the downfall of men.” Rachel Ramos shared security camera video from the July 31 call on social media. It has since ...
The hanging death of Tasia Fortune, whose body was found outside an abandoned house, has shaken her family and community in Mississippi , where two other people have been found hanging from trees in less than a year. Police have not indicated whether they consider the 29-year-old...
San Antonio police have identified an attempted burglary suspect who was arrested last month after he was stabbed multiple times by a North Side resident more than three times his age. SAPD arrested Noah James Davidson, 20, at the scene of the July 16 attempted burglary. Court re...
A San Antonio Police Department lieutenant was arrested Sunday while off-duty and is accused of driving while intoxicated, according to a news release. Benjamin Paul Flores, 47, was taken into custody by Helotes police officers and charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI), Be...
Investigators on Monday released the name of the Madison police officer who shot and killed a 38-year-old Black man in July — a shooting that was captured on video and sparked protests that put Wisconsin's capital city on edge over how authorities treat people of color. Kiel Bait...
Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy returned to the team Monday for his first practice since his wife was shot at their Virginia home and the couple's 27-year-old son was arrested in the shooting . Bieniemy was greeted by a handful of fans as he walked down the...
San Antonio police said a male died at a local hospital after an Interstate 10 crash closed all eastbound main lanes for several hours Sunday morning. Officers responded to a two-vehicle crash just before 6:30 a.m. in the 6000 block of Interstate 10, which is located near Vance J...
There have been 183 new wildfires, including eight large ones, across the U.S. since Saturday, the National Interagency Fire Center reported on Sunday....
Three people were hospitalized after a golf cart crash in the Hill Country, according to the Comal County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies responded to the single-vehicle crash on Saturday at Camp Fimfo Texas Hill Country, which is located near Farm-to-Market 306 on private property in...
It’s been 12 months since President Donald Trump announced a crime emergency in Washington, pledging to make the city “safe and beautiful” and deploying the National Guard. But a mission that seemed temporary has been extended through January 2029 . Residents and a new cadre of l...
Indonesia intensified efforts Monday to combat a growing number of wildfires across the archipelago, deploying helicopters, hundreds of firefighters and disaster personnel as blazes spread through a popular national park in East Java and peatlands in Sumatra during an unusually d...
The commander leading Ukraine’s drone war says his country’s recent strikes in Crimea are the first phase of a campaign aimed at rendering the peninsula — illegally annexed by Russia in 2014 — unusable as a staging ground for Russian forces. Maj. Robert “Magyar” Brovdi, one of Uk...
The heat waves roiling Western Europe this summer toppled an average temperature record for the June-July period set in 2022, according to the European climate agency Copernicus. The extreme heat began in May and has contributed to major wildfires , prolonged drought and new nati...
Taking photos on the first day of school is a time-honored tradition for many families spanning decades. However, as technology becomes a greater part of our lives, experts are warning about who you choose to share those photos with. In a Facebook post, the San Antonio Police Dep...
A man was arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in San Marcos, the Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release on Sunday. Around 2 a.m. Sunday, deputies responded to the shooting in the 5000 block of Crossover Road. While deputies were en route, the sheriff’...
All lanes of Interstate 10 eastbound are closed after a crash left a driver with serious injuries Sunday morning, according to the San Antonio Police Department. The crash was reported around 6:30 a.m. in the eastbound lanes of I-10 near Vance Jackson. A silver Infiniti was stall...
The alleged leader of an Irish organized crime gang was extradited to Ireland from Dubai on Sunday to face allegations that he ran an international drug smuggling and money laundering empire with tentacles that stretched to Britain, Spain and the U.S. The Irish Air Corps plane ca...
