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Bank of England keeps key rate at 3.75% for the fifth time this year
The Bank of England kept its key interest rate on hold for the fifth time this year on Thursday after a bigger-than-expected drop in the inflation rate last month gave policymakers breathing space to assess the fallout from renewed fighting in Iran. The bank’s monetary policy com...
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As seen on SA Live - Thursday, July 30, 2026
Today @ 10:30 a.m., They are one of the newest additions to the Broadway strip, Adair Kitchen is a gourmet cafe that offers simple yet high-quality food, morning, noon, and night. We check out their weekly specials including Mahjong Mondays & Wine Down Wednesdays. How about a sum...
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TPR News Now: Thursday, July 30, 2026
Parents of children with disabilities sue school district in Bexar County over alleged abuse; Automated license plate readers are creating privacy concerns; North Side residents are on alert due to string of recent crimes in the area...
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Interest rates hold steady for now. Here’s how to prepare for a future hike.
The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady for a fifth consecutive meeting, but borrowers may not be in the clear yet. Financial advisers say another rate hike could still happen before the end of 2026, making now a good time to review debt, savings and investment options. Ja...
safety
Congo says the death toll in fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has passed 1,500
The fastest-growing Ebola outbreak has killed more than 1,500 people in eastern Congo, official data released on Thursday showed, marking a 50% increase in around a week that shows the emergency continuing to outpace response efforts. As of Tuesday, 3,442 cases had been recorded,...
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Dream Con brought Black nerd culture to Texas, but to keep it, founders say support is needed
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. For the past two summers, Maya Hampton has been driving nearly 200 miles from Killeen to Houston to atten...
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Small window for storms Saturday evening
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS MORE HEAT (OF COURSE): Temps near 100° through foreseeable future SATURDAY STORMS: Small window late Saturday for mainly non-severe storms QUIET TROPICS: El Nino helps to keep the Atlantic quiet FORECAST DOG DAYS OF SUMMER UNDERWAY Now through mid-August, San ...
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A book found bricked in a fireplace is returned to an Australian library, 150 years overdue
A book on Greek antiquities has been returned to an Australian public library about 150 years late, with water damage from years bricked into a fireplace. The book was returned to the library in the seaside town of Kiama last week by a local Ross Simmons who had found it during r...
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How views on Trump’s handling of Iran have shifted, according to a new AP-NORC poll
Most Americans say the war in Iran has not been worth fighting, and President Donald Trump’s approval rating on Iran has fallen slightly since last month , according to a new AP-NORC poll. The results are a stark repudiation of the Republican president's approach to the conflict,...
safety
Cooler weather and potential rain move into the French region torched by wildfires
Higher humidity, cooler temperatures and a forecast for rain raised hopes of relief Thursday for a parched portion of southwestern France engulfed by wildfires that have charred an area four times the size of Paris in recent weeks. With moisture moving in from the Atlantic coast,...
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Russian strikes across Ukraine, from east to west, kill at least 8 and wound dozens
Russian attacks across Ukraine overnight into Thursday killed at least eight people and wounded dozens of others, officials said, with the heaviest casualties and aftermath reported in the eastern Dnipropetrovsk and western Lviv regions. The attacks were the latest in a series of...
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Father of boy rescued from pounding California surf says he is beyond grateful to teen lifeguard
The father of a 10-year-old rescued from pounding surf off the California coast in a dramatic scene captured on video says he is beyond grateful to the teenage lifeguard who saved his son. “He ran into that water despite those conditions that are deadly. You have 10 foot waves; y...
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Australian watchdog files legal action against Telegram, saying it failed to remove violent content
Australia’s online safety watchdog has filed legal action against messaging app Telegram , saying the platform failed to remove extremist content including videos of white supremacist mass shootings in Buffalo, New York , and the New Zealand city of Christchurch as well as Islami...
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Oil prices gain and Asian shares are mostly lower as investors sell AI stocks
Oil prices gained Wednesday and Asian shares were mostly trading lower as South Korea’s Kospi extended its losses after falling more than 16% over the past two days led by artificial intelligence-related stocks. Crude prices remain volatile after the U.S. said early Thursday it h...
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Jordanian air defenses shoot down 5 missiles launched from Iran, state-run news agency says
Jordan’s air defenses shot down five missiles launched from Iran Thursday morning, the country's state-run Petra news agency said, hours after the U.S. military announced it had completed “a heavy wave of strikes against Iran” in response to an earlier Iranian missile attack on a...
safety
Record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry as drought and heat grip Central Europe
As wildfires rage in France and Spain and a renewed heat wave is bearing down on Western Europe, a prolonged drought half a continent away is setting record low water levels on one of Europe's largest rivers, disrupting tourism and industry and confronting residents with the real...
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Montana man hikes out of the mountains to get help after he was impaled by a trekking pole
David Cifaldi and his two hiking companions were crossing Montana's ominous Froze-to-Death Plateau and approaching the top of the state's highest peak when their adventure took a bizarre and dangerous turn: Cifaldi slipped and impaled himself on his trekking pole as he fell. The ...
business
Urban League report says Trump administration is harming Black Americans' chances at American Dream
The American Dream may not be dead for many Black Americans, but it is further away than at any point since the Civil Rights Movement, warns a report by the National Urban League. Released on Thursday, the annual “State of Black America” report grimly describes Black Americans ' ...
schools
Father who gave his son the gun used in a Georgia high school shooting to be sentenced
A sentencing hearing was underway Thursday for a man who gave his son the gun used to kill two students and two teachers at Apalachee High School in Georgia after he was convicted of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter. Colin Gray's sentencing comes just days after ...
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Voters in Manchester choose a mayor to replace Andy Burnham, who left city hall for Downing Street
Voters in the English city of Manchester are electing a new mayor Thursday to replace Andy Burnham, who quit the job to become Britain’s prime minister. It’s also chance for some 2 million voters to pass judgment on the governing Labour Party, whose sagging popularity Burnham hop...
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Trump touted his tariffs in Michigan despite rising costs. Even some of his supporters are worried
Flying to a rally at General Motors this week, President Donald Trump declared that “car companies are doing better than they’ve ever done" thanks to his tariffs . "All because of Trump,” he said. It was a message the president repeated while touring a collection of new vehicles,...
schools
16-year-old girl detained by ICE on way to church, US Rep. Joaquin Castro says
A 16-year-old was detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while on her way to church, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro said in a Facebook post Wednesday. Emely Suaza Chambo was a student at Churchill High School. Castro said ICE told her father, Fernando Suaza Ortiz, t...
safety
Residents recall moments of panic as flames tore through Northwest Side apartment complex
Fear and chaos swept through the Pearl Park Apartments on the Northwest Side as a fast-moving fire tore through a building. As a result, at least 19 people are now without a home. The fire broke out just after 3 p.m. Wednesday near Northwest Loop 410 and East Rolling Ridge Drive,...
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Hope dwindles for rescue in southwestern Japan quake as death toll climbs to 23
Rural communities in southwestern Japan were struggling to get their lives back to normal Thursday, two days after a powerful earthquake set off an explosion at a mall, toppled a factory chimney and flattened homes, killing at least 23 people. Time was running out to find survivo...
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Son Heung-min scores 2 as MLS All-Stars post 4-3 win over LIGA MX All-Stars
It was a night worthy of a picture or two for Son Heung-min. Son scored two goals in a three-minute span in the first half off assists from Carles Gil to propel the MLS All-Stars past the LIGA MX All-Stars 4-3 in Wednesday night’s Major League Soccer All-Star Game. The Los Angele...
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Crystal City community shares memories of celebrations at Crystal Ballroom destroyed by fire
A South Texas landmark that helped define generations of Tejano music and family celebrations is now gone after a massive overnight fire destroyed the historic Crystal Ballroom in Crystal City on Monday. For more than 40 years, the Crystal Ballroom was more than a dance hall. For...
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Cornerbacks thrive under new DC Parker at Cowboys training camp, position battles headline first practice
The Dallas Cowboys wrapped up their first training camp practice with plenty of competition, energy and coaching across the field. Defensive coordinator Christian Parker, widely praised for his strong communication, was highly active with his unit throughout practice. Parker’s ba...
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Federal highway chief tours San Antonio’s I-35 project as TxDOT pushes ahead on Loop 1604
Drivers on San Antonio’s Northeast Side could see some relief from years of construction and congestion as the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) advances major highway projects, including the final segment of the Loop 1604 expansion and elevated express lanes on Intersta...
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Woman arrested in Bexar County after hit-and-run in La Vernia, sheriff’s office says
A woman was taken into custody in Bexar County in connection with a hit-and-run in La Vernia, the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. Stacy Gunter, 52, was wanted on felony warrants for tampering with or fabricating physical evidence, collision involving serious bodily...
safety
Macao’s first national security case raises concerns over fairness a year after arrest
When former Macao pro-democracy lawmaker Au Kam San was arrested in July 2025, his family and observers of the politics in the Chinese special administrative region were shocked. A year on, little is known about his case even by his daughter. Au is the first publicly known arrest...
parks
Dallas Cowboys open training camp in Oxnard with Super Bowl mindset
Dallas Cowboys training camp is officially underway. On Wednesday, the team held its first practice since arriving in Oxnard. Practice started at 11:45 a.m. PST and lasted 90 minutes. The skies were partly cloudy, the music was loud, and both players and fans were excited for the...
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Samsung reports record profit as South Korean chip giants benefit from global AI boom
South Korean technology giant Samsung Electronics on Thursday reported a record operating profit of 89.5 trillion won ($62 billion) for the April-June period, a day after crosstown rival SK Hynix also reported record earnings, as the world’s two largest memory chipmakers continue...
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San Antonio Food Bank sees growing demand; New study shows 1 in 5 people food insecure in region
A new Feeding America study using 2024 data showed about 21% of the San Antonio Food Bank’s 29-county service region is food insecure, up from 17% in the year before. “It’s not easy, a single grandparent raising six kids,” said Roberto Font. Font relies on the San Antonio Food Ba...
business
Between prices and a diarrhea-causing parasite, lettuce is causing hard times at some restaurants
It’s been a choppy year for restaurants that lean into lettuce. Lettuce prices rose sharply in the first half of 2026 due to hot weather in Arizona, where about one-third of America’s lettuce is grown. Now, restaurants are dealing with the fallout from a cyclospora outbreak linke...
schools
Former San Antonio Poet Laureate says best writing comes from burning passion
In a room full of 11th graders, reading Andrea Sanderson’s work is like sitting in a masterclass of poetry. Students’ eyes were drawn to the screen in the front of the classroom, the words flowing like water as they tried to grasp every single lyric. While it was awkward for a te...
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Small plots of land fuel big suspicions among Lubbock residents, who fear it’s for a data center
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. LUBBOCK — What would normally be unassuming, small parcels of land have caught the eye of Lubbock’s city ...
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Why 2 flood disasters in just over a year are taking an emotional toll on Hill Country families
In Texas, storms don’t always end when the clouds clear. For many Hill Country families, the fear associated with flooding returns every time heavy rain, thunderstorms or flood alerts are in the forecast. That’s especially true for communities that have now experienced two major ...
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Woman charged in connection with North Side murder takes plea deal, sentencing on lesser charge
A woman connected to a deadly North Side shooting took a plea deal Wednesday on an aggravated assault charge and earned a 20-year prison sentence. Venus Flores, 27, was the second of two suspects initially charged in connection with the murder of Christopher Alderete, 25, six yea...
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South Texas builders warn of voter backlash in November if aggressive ICE tactics continue
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state. PHARR — Leaders within the construction industry in South Texas delivered a clear message to lawmakers: S...
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What to do after a Public Intoxication arrest in San Antonio
SPONSORED: A Public Intoxication arrest does not have to define your future. Learn how San Antonio Public Intoxication lawyers help. What to do after a Public Intoxication arrest in San Antonio was first posted on July 29, 2026 at 6:00 pm. ©2021 " San Antonio Report ". Use o...
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Witness to a fatal ICE shooting in Houston is released from immigration detention
A witness to a fatal shooting in Houston by a federal immigration agent was released from a detention center Wednesday after spending weeks in custody following the deadly encounter. Jose Trinidad Rojas Pliego was one of three men riding in a work van July 7 being driven by Loren...
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Another driverless car enters. Tesla robotaxis could come to San Antonio, Waymo prepares for a return.
A San Antonio Zoning Commission decision helped clear the way for Tesla's driverless vehicles as Waymo plans a return for passenger services. Another driverless car enters. Tesla robotaxis could come to San Antonio, Waymo prepares for a return. was first posted on July 29, 2026 a...