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The gift of reading: Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library delivers free books to San Antonio families
The book-delivery program is helping families build home libraries and make reading part of everyday life, while local organizers work to reach more children....
parks
Almost all coral reef ecosystems face risk of collapse in 50 years, study warns
The world’s coral reef ecosystems almost all face a high risk of collapse in the next 50 years mostly due to warming oceans and heat waves, according to a global assessment released Thursday. The International Union for Conservation of Nature’s assessment, announced on the sideli...
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An Austrian and a Swiss woman freed in Niger after a year and half in captivity
Two women from Austria and Switzerland have been freed in Niger after spending more than a year and a half in captivity, officials and local media reported Thursday. The Austrian woman, an aid worker identified as Eva G, was received by the Austrian crisis team on Thursday, Austr...
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Violent Arizona storms bring possible tornado, toppled trees and golf ball-size hail
Trees fell onto homes and utility poles were knocked down by a possible tornado in a central Arizona community during a series of violent storms that moved through the state overnight into Thursday. Storms capable of causing hail and wind damage were traveling through central Ari...
safety
Deportations climb under Trump but fall short of White House target, a new report finds
President Donald Trump's administration is on track to deport about 660,000 people over the past year, a new report released Thursday shows, as arrests ramp up across the country fueled by billions of dollars meant to supercharge his immigration agenda. The report by the Migratio...
Local
Battle of Flowers to reveal 2027 theme parade, grand marshal
The Battle of Flowers Association is set to announce the theme for the 136th Battle of Flowers Parade and introduce next year’s grand marshal Thursday morning. The announcement is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. at Alamo Plaza in front of the Alamo. KSAT will livestream this event in th...
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European Union awards top rights prize to International Criminal Court days after Trump sanctions
The International Criminal Court and its embattled staff have won the European Union’s top human rights honor, the Sakharov Prize, an official said Thursday. The award came just days after the Trump administration announced sweeping new sanctions on the court, which is based in T...
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Jeffries says Democrats 'on the verge' of winning the House. It puts speaker's gavel in reach
Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries listened from the front row at the old Ohio church as the Sunday congregation heard of scripture’s guidance for calming a gathering storm. “Wind, hush!” the speaker advised, describing the power to bring about change. Jeffries nodded along, the w...
schools
TAMUSA opens new $55M public health and education building
Texas A&M University-San Antonio opened a new $55 million Public Health and Education Building, which will serve over 1,200 students working toward degrees in education, public health and medicine. TAMUSA opens new $55M public health and education building was first posted on Oct...
government
Texas Latinos are turning on Trump. That doesn’t mean they’re sold on Democrats.
EDINBURG — In years past, the march toward Election Day brought discord to Carlos Cancino’s home in Edinburg. “My wife and I used to get into big old arguments during the elections, because she doesn’t like Trump,” Cancino said. “And I was a Trump supporter. We used to literally ...
government
Four key November races could push Texas education board further right
In the moments leading up to the Republican-dominated State Board of Education finalizing a rewrite of social studies lessons this summer, Will Hickman proposed a minor change. A majority of board members had preliminarily approved a requirement that public school students learn ...
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French authorities ban some student protests after weekend looting and clashes
Dozens of protesters took to the Paris streets on Thursday despite bans on demonstrations ordered in multiple French cities following a weekend of clashes and widespread looting that marked France’s most violent unrest in years. Organizers of the Paris protest said an administrat...