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Eight Peruvian navy personnel jumped from a helicopter into a clearing carved out of the Amazon rainforest by illegal gold miners along the Malinowski River in Peru’s Madre de Dios region, sending sand and dust swirling as they ran toward the mining site. The forest gave way to g...
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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...
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Luigi Mangione’s guilty plea Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson resolved one of two cases against him in the executive's death. He is scheduled to go on trial on state murder charges on Sept. 8. Thompson, 50, was shot outside ...
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Texas released a new round of academic accountability ratings Friday, with overall public school performance remaining relatively flat. State education officials grade districts and campuses each year largely based on how well students perform on STAAR, the state’s standardized t...
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Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico unveiled a veterans and military agenda Friday aimed at ending forever wars, strengthening support for military families and increasing the resources available to veterans for health care, housing and employment....
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San Antonio’s proposed 2027 budget increases spending for police, fire and Animal Care Services while emphasizing existing investments.
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The Texas agriculture commissioner supports the move by the federal agency.
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The latest Texas Education Agency ratings show several major San Antonio-area school districts are still facing academic performance challenges. The state ratings , released Friday morning, are intended to measure how districts and campuses are performing across three areas: stud...
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The levee is seen at Santa Ana National Wildlife Refuge in Alamo, Texas on July 8, 2026. The current proposed border wall would replace the levee with a concrete wall as high as it is now to then erect the bollard metal wall on top of it. Activists argue that this will have a neg...
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From inside his home in the West Bank town of Qusra, Qusai Abu Rida watched on Friday as Israeli settlers moved from where they had erected a tent in front of his house to the valley below, rather than returning to the nearby outpost where they live. Even as the army took positio...
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It was 2023 when Laufey, the Icelandic singer-songwriter known for her neoclassical jazz-pop, decided to create a global fan event. Her second album, “Bewitched,” was soon to be released and she wanted to do something big to celebrate it. But more than that, she says, she “wanted...
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Dearly beloved, we are gathered here today to consider the death of the summertime state of mind. The season itself is in no danger; climate change , mainly caused by the burning of oil, gas and coal, is warming the weather year-round. Viewed this way, summer-like weather is asce...
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President Donald Trump’s administration on Friday asked the U.S. Supreme Court to allow the White House to continue construction on its $400 million ballroom project while it appeals a lower court’s order to halt the work. Trump’s solicitor general petitioned the high court to su...
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A U.S. soldier's wife who spent more than a month in federal immigration detention said she is back home after officers removed her from a deportation flight to Brazil. Earlier this month, The Associated Press highlighted Maisa Lopes Eliaser as one of dozens of spouses or parents...
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Stanley “Skip” Bertman, who turned LSU's baseball program into a national powerhouse that won five national championships in the span of a decade, died at age 88 early Friday morning. The former LSU coach and athletic director passed away in a Baton Rouge hospital, LSU spokesman ...
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A former San Antonio police officer, who was acquitted in connection with the shooting death of a San Antonio woman , has joined the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office (KCSO). In a Facebook post , the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office announced the addition of Eleazar Alejandro to its...
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Hazmat crews responded overnight to an 18-wheeler parked along the Interstate 35 access road on the Southwest Side. The northbound I-35 access road near New Laredo Highway is closed as of 7:50 a.m. Friday, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. Witnesses reported a ...
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Americans unexpectedly cut their spending in July as a boost from government tax refunds faded. Retail sales slipped 0.6% last month, the biggest drop since May 2025, from a revised gain of 0.2% in June, according to Commerce Department data released Friday. There was a notable b...
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At least eight people died in Japan as heavy rains flooded roads and disrupted traffic while firefighters from Britain to France and Croatia struggled to contain blazes in Europe's fifth heatwave this summer...
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Just weeks after twin earthquakes devastated Venezuela , neighboring Colombia suffered its own deadly temblor Monday, leaving responders, volunteers and loved ones desperately searching for missing people and tending to those displaced or injured. The 7.4 magnitude earthquake aff...
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Vote counting in Zambia’s presidential election was suspended by the electoral authority Friday over reports of attacks on polling officials and the theft of some ballot papers. The Electoral Commission of Zambia said it was suspending the counting immediately “in view of the sec...
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Two people were hospitalized with critical injuries early Friday morning after a single-vehicle crash on the Northeast Side, according to San Antonio police. Officers responded to the crash around 1:45 a.m. in the 5300 block of Rittiman Road, which is located near Thornwood. A ma...
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City council recommends fee increases on city services; Funding for Pre-K-4-SA will appear on the Novemeber ballot; Boerne Little heads back to the Little League World Series...
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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...
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FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS TRIPLE-DIGIT COUNT: 3 days at SA Int’l, more elsewhere TODAY: Hot, 10% chance afternoon downpour WEEKEND: Near 100° each day NEXT WEEK: String of triple digits, hottest weather of the year FORECAST TRIPLE DIGIT COUNT The official weather site for San Antonio i...
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Ash spewing from Sicily’s Mount Etna has forced the closure of the Italian island’s largest airport for the fifth consecutive day, stranding hundreds of summer holiday travelers during the biggest travel week of the year. Catania’s airport will remain closed until early Saturday,...
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Schenck Elementary in Highland Hills sat empty for two years, save for busy construction crews. But the "owls" have flown back to the nest. With a brand-new building and renovated ‘Sunflower Cafe,’ SAISD’s largest elementary school reopens to Southside families was first posted o...
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Texas schools receive their state report cards Friday, providing families a glimpse of how well schools educate students. Those who consistently get low grades inch toward state takeovers. This year’s ratings come as at least five school districts sit on the brink of state interv...
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The California-based organization has granted $350,000 to ten organizations in the Southwest to support them with legal defense, community protection, and rapid response....
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As Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers mark five years since sweeping back to power , some Kabul residents say they feel safer after decades of conflict and upheaval but stress the leaders should now focus on creating jobs and expanding access to schools in the country where girls above...
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A coalition of landowners, outdoor enthusiasts and business owners that say any work in Big Bend National Park would forever change the place often called "Texas' gift to the nation."...
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Russian jet-powered drones struck a home in northern Ukraine on Friday, killing a 29-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son, officials said. The strike came a day after the United Nations said July was the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since the weeks following Moscow's ...
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An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger in October has been released, his organization said Friday. Kevin Rideout “is in good health in the care of US officials,” SIM International said in a statement. He will soon be reunited with his extended family, the statement add...
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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 ...
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It flies. It heals all wounds. It can be of the essence, and it can be money. We thrill in the best of it, lament the worst. We're warned not to waste it, since we can't turn it back — even as we try to make up for when it's lost. And probably more than anything when it comes to ...
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Sister Mayela wears her black veil and habit as she walks to work near where another Catholic nun was violently attacked in Jerusalem’s Old City — but she’s now accompanied by a Jewish volunteer for protection. Many Christians in Israel, who make up less than 2% of the country’s ...
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Shares declined Friday in Europe after a mixed session in Asia and U.S. futures were little changed after U.S. inflation data showed a better-than-expected improvement in July. Oil prices resumed climbing after slipping 2% a day earlier. Britain's FTSE 100 fell 0.3% to 10,744.31 ...
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Nigel Farage beat trash-can wearing comic candidate Count Binface on Friday, regaining a seat in Parliament he quit a month ago to trigger the widely mocked special election. Farage received 22,239 votes and Binface, who finished in second, won nearly 9,500 votes. The election, h...
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A tunnel under construction at a hydropower project in India’s northern hill state of Uttarakhand collapsed overnight, leaving at least seven workers dead, officials said Friday. A rescue operation was launched after a sudden rush of water and debris entered the tunnel at the Vis...
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President Donald Trump plans to highlight his record on crime and safety during a visit to New York on Friday, pivoting to one of his strongest issues as he looks to boost Republicans in battleground races ahead of the November midterms. Trump is visiting the Nassau County Police...
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Farmer Tim Burrack had concerns about the Republican nominee for Iowa governor — and he wasn't the only one. The conservative voter from northeast Iowa said he didn't know Zach Lahn before the political newcomer “came out of nowhere" with a surprise GOP primary win over the candi...
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It’s been over eight decades since Thomas H. Begay, 101, and his fellow Navajo Code Talkers helped end World War II using the same language that he grew up speaking — at home and herding sheep, he said Friday after a commemoration in Phoenix. Begay, one of the last two living Cod...
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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...
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Luigi Mangione is scheduled to be in federal court Friday for a hearing at which he's expected to plead guilty in connection with the 2024 killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson , according to a person familiar with the matter. Mangione could still change his mind about t...
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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 ...
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Texas Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom left Thursday night’s start against the Los Angeles Angels after two innings because of right triceps fatigue and will undergo an MRI on Friday. “I’m not too concerned,” deGrom said following a 7-0 loss to the Angels. “I mean, hopefully I’ll mak...
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Summer McIntosh of Canada led all the way in winning the 400-meter individual medley at the Pan Pacific Championships on Thursday night, bouncing back after a runner-up finish in the 200 freestyle. Australia led all but 150 meters of the women's 4 x 200 freestyle relay, with the ...
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Boerne is headed to the Little League World Series after a Waco-area judge dissolved a temporary restraining order issued for a disqualified Tulsa team. The Boerne boys did their job on the field, and now they’re back on track to represent Texas West in Williamsport. They’re head...
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No. 1 draft pick Fernando Mendoza threw a touchdown pass in his preseason debut for the Las Vegas Raiders in a 27-14 loss to the Arizona Cardinals on Thursday night. The Heisman Trophy winner led one touchdown drive for the Raiders (0-1) in four series — not including a kneel-dow...
