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Andy Lippman, the Los Angeles bureau chief during the O.J. Simpson trial and the L.A. riots during a 39-year career with The Associated Press, has died at age 78. Lippman died at his home in Tucson on July 25, according to his brother, Glenn. He died from multiple system atrophy,...
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Texas aims to contract child welfare services to private providers by 2029 under a system called "community-based care." The abrupt cancelation of its contract with a foster care provider serving eastern North Texas after child deaths has community stakeholders questioning the sy...
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First responders searched homes and buildings on Tuesday for possible victims of a powerful tornado that ravaged several northeastern Wisconsin communities. The Fox Cities region, which is home to more than 100,000 people in the cities of Appleton, Menasha and Neenah, was left in...
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FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s plan to create a $20 billion company running the World Cup with private investors including the Kushner family was announced Tuesday — and immediately attacked by European soccer body UEFA. “It is not FIFA’s to sell,” UEFA said in a statement. “N...
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Summertime means peach season in Texas. But some fruit stands have had to import the fruit from other states after the combination of a warm winter and a late spring freeze wiped out much of the local crop....
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An amateur cricket match in England has become a viral sensation after allegations of cheating were shared on social media. A video , which claims to show a fielder clicking his fingers to imitate the sound of a bat connecting with the ball before a player is called out, has been...
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Americans’ confidence in the economy fell this month as gas prices resumed their climb after the U.S. and Iran stepped up their fighting . The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index fell to 90.8 in July from 92.2 in June. That's essentially the same tepi...
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The poll found the Austin Democrat with a commanding lead among independents and a surprising edge with non-college-educated voters, who have consistently favored Republicans....
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Thirteen years ago, when Texas created the tax deal for data centers, state lawmakers expected to lose — at most — $14 million in tax revenue in Texas' next 2-year budget cycle. Now, state projections show it could lead to Texas forgoing more than $3 billion in the 2028-29 bienni...
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Authorities in Uganda declared the East Africa nation free of Ebola on Tuesday following the discharge of the country's last patient in mid-June, a delicate milestone as the virus continues to plague neighboring Congo. Uganda has maintained since the outset that its cases were li...
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Roberto Mancini has once again been tasked with revitalizing an Italy team in crisis , almost exactly three years after he bolted on the national team. Italian soccer federation president Giovanni Malagò announced Mancini as the new Italy coach on Tuesday, adding that Claudio Ran...
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Democrats are making the case that now is the time to tackle anti-corruption reforms — to serve as a check on Donald Trump and to overhaul a system voters say is co-opted against their interests....
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Newly released audio tapes, disclosed by a conservative activist group, appear to show Joe Biden sharing classified information with a biographer and sometimes claiming memory lapses during interviews that occurred before his election to the presidency in 2020. About three hours ...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday is the first since the two leaders launched a joint war against Iran and a chance for Netanyahu to smooth out strains in their relationship. The two leaders also plan to discuss the framewo...
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Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $5.5 billion to tie up remaining lawsuits that claim its talc products caused ovarian cancer. The drugmaker, which has been fighting talc-related lawsuits for more than a decade, said that the settlement is conditioned on at least 95% of remain...
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Cleanup is underway at the Kerr County Courthouse after floodwaters caused significant damage. Officials say preventing mold is now a top priority. Crews began work as soon as the water receded, removing drywall, office furniture and waterlogged documents while starting to dry ou...
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Spanish firefighter Javier García has never faced anything like the record blaze raging near Madrid in his two decades protecting woodlands and rural communities. “This doesn’t have a precedent,” García told The Associated Press by phone before another long day ahead. The out-of-...
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Today @ 10:30 a.m., Hot Diggity Dog - we’re celebrating National Hot Dog month with Home Team Hot Dogs . It started out as a small family hot dog cart and it’s grown into something so much bigger. You’ve probably seen Pria handmade accessories at one of our great local markets. S...
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A man riding an electric shopping cart was hospitalized early Tuesday after he was hit by a vehicle on the West Side, according to San Antonio police. The incident happened just after 12:20 a.m. in the 6000 block of Culebra Road, which is located near Callaghan Road. Officers sai...
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Democrat Paige Cognetti is taking a shot at artificial intelligence data centers in her challenge to freshman Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, saying “we are not for sale” in a new TV ad in a swing Pennsylvania congressional district where communities are fighting data center proje...
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Out of a dozen school districts in San Antonio, only three are likely to balance their budget for the upcoming 2026-27 school year. Most San Antonio school districts head into a new school year with budget deficits was first posted on July 28, 2026 at 5:00 am. ©2021 " San An...
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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 — When Texas was awarded more than $3 billion to expand broadband services to every corner of the...
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Texas university leaders on Tuesday will share their progress and challenges in carrying out a new state law that gives governor-appointed regents more control over what students learn. A Texas Senate committee will hear invited testimony only. However, students and professors wh...
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Protesters demonstrating against ongoing power outages in Libya stormed a key energy complex overnight and closed gas lines that fuel power plants, which officials warned could trigger a nationwide power blackout. Demonstrators in the capital Tripoli, Zawiya, Misrata and other lo...
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FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS TODAY: Sunny & hot, Heat index values up to 110°F. THIS WEEK: Continued hot and dry with increasing overnight warmth. RAIN: Spotty by the weekend with only a 10–20% chance of isolated showers & storms FORECAST South Central Texas faces another scorching day Tu...
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to keep one of its largest and most expensive detention facilities open for at least another year despite calls to close it over reported human rights abuses , according to a notice published last week. ICE plans to extend the no-bid...
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Hurricane Genevieve was roaring in the Pacific Ocean far from land early Tuesday at the same time that the weakening Tropical Storm Fausto was bringing large surf to Hawaii. Genevieve is a Category 4 hurricane, after briefly reaching Category 5 early Monday, the first in the East...
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Soccer’s law-making panel clarified its guidance to referees which confirmed Switzerland forward Breel Embolo should not have been sent off in the World Cup quarterfinals against Argentina. Embolo’s second yellow card, after a video review for simulating being fouled, changed the...
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Iran publicly hanged two men on Tuesday who were convicted of killing four police officers during nationwide anti-government protests in January, state media reported. The protests were some of the largest ever held against the Islamic Republic, which responded with a brutal crac...
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Cross-border fighting between Pakistan and Afghanistan has killed nearly 500 civilians in Afghanistan and wounded over 1,000 others between October and the end of June, the United Nations said Tuesday. In a report on the human rights situation, the United Nations Assistance Missi...
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Firefighters kept a vast wildfire in southwest France from advancing overnight Tuesday, extinguishing flare-ups near Atlantic coast dunes before returning heat and drier air threatened to test their hold on the blaze. The fire remained stabilized at 6 a.m. after a calm night and ...
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Tuesday marks the 75th anniversary of the 1951 Refugee Convention, which was born after the ravages of World War II to help people fleeing war, violence and persecution. Proponents say the treaty has saved millions of lives. Respect for it, though, has come under strain : Some co...
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s meeting with President Donald Trump on Tuesday is the first since the two leaders launched a joint war against Iran and a chance for Netanyahu to smooth out strains in their relationship. The meeting comes as both face growing pressures...
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Grant McCray hit his first home run of the season in the fourth inning and Tyler Mahle threw six sharp innings as the San Francisco Giants downed the Milwaukee Brewers 3-0 on Monday night. Giants’ Luis Arraez got the scoring started in the third inning, knocking in rookie catcher...
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Early in-person voting begins Tuesday in swing state Wisconsin’s chaotic Democratic primary for governor, with a democratic socialist trying to overcome the incumbent governor’s choice to replace him . Democrats are hoping to retain control of the governor’s office and flip both ...
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The Senate is expected to confirm Jay Clayton on Tuesday to become head of the nation’s intelligence agencies, ensuring that a permanent director is in place as the midterm elections approach. Clayton is expected to be confirmed along party lines after a contentious hearing two w...
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The field of Republican candidates vying to replace the late Sen. Lindsey Graham on November ballots is set, with 12 hopefuls filing their paperwork by Tuesday and launching into a two-week sprint toward the Aug. 11 special GOP primary. It's been a jumbled and frenetic period dur...
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South Korea’s Kospi index plunged more than 10% on Tuesday on heavy selling of chipmaking stocks that have gyrated recently due to concerns over the sustainability of the boom in artificial intelligence. Oil prices fell more than 1%, while U.S. futures were little changed. Tradin...
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Sen. Lindsey Graham, the son of pool hall owners who rose to become one of his generation's more influential U.S. politicians at home and abroad , will be eulogized Tuesday during memorial services across Washington. Graham's remains will arrive at the U.S. Capitol, where the Rep...
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Florida is set to become the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day, planning lethal injections Tuesday for an ex-police officer convicted of a young girl's murder and an octogenarian who would be the second-oldest inmate put to death in modern...
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President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy will meet Tuesday ahead of Sen. Lindsey Graham's funeral , their second sit-down this month and after a far-right activist with the U.S. president’s ear had a widely publicized change of heart on Russia’s war agai...
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The water level for the San Antonio Pool of the Edwards Aquifer read 651.7 feet as of Monday, according to the Edwards Aquifer Authority (EAA) , which oversees the aquifer. The San Antonio Pool is the part of the aquifer from which San Antonio Water Systems is permitted to pump w...
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Lawyers were making closing statements Tuesday in the Australian trial of a British YouTuber and rapper known as Yung Filly on charges that he raped and choked a fan following a music performance two years ago. The 30-year-old entertainer, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valenci...
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People living near a Northeast Side home where 30 dogs were seized last week told KSAT they are relieved after years of raising concerns about the property. Last Thursday, the city’s Animal Care Services removed the dogs from the home on La Charca Drive and Cerro Vista after rece...
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Griffin Conine hit a walkoff run-scoring single to lift the Marlins past the Philadelphia Phillies 8-7 on Monday and end Miami's franchise record 12-game losing streak. Phillies closer Jhoan Duran (1-4) entered with a 7-5 lead before loading the bases with no outs and allowing a ...
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An off-duty Hays County sheriff’s deputy was arrested and charged with driving while intoxicated over the weekend, the sheriff’s office said in a news release Monday. The New Braunfels Police Department arrested deputy Rodrigo D. Deleon on Sunday, according to the release. Deleon...
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Residents in the Stallion Estates neighborhood in Spring Branch are continuing to push back against a proposed rock quarry in Blanco County, but for some veterans, the fight goes beyond concerns about dust or traffic. Victor Martinez and his wife have called Stallion Estates home...
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The San Antonio Police Department arrested and charged a man and a woman after their alleged involvement in a shootout with a another vehicle that endangered the life of a child sitting in the suspects’ backseat. According to court records, Daniel Jude Jimenez, Jr., 32, and Lois ...
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Hannah Detmers grew up around the firefighting world. “My dad was actually a firefighter in Austin for 27 years, and it’s sort of funny because it never occurred to me that I could do that job,” Detmers said. She said part of it was because she was a girl, and the thought just ne...
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The Trump administration is preparing to ramp up funding by hundreds of millions of dollars for programs designed to counter China’s growing influence around the world , after it had put a halt to many of those initiatives last year during a flurry of budget and personnel cuts. T...
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A Frio County sheriff’s deputy was arrested over the weekend on a charge of public intoxication, according to the sheriff’s office. The Medina County Sheriff’s Office took deputy Yendi Camacho into custody, the Frio County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Monday. Camacho, who...
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A former Olympian charged with deliberately damaging the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool is seeking access to all of the closed-door testimony that led to his indictment, pointing to “irregularities” in those grand jury proceedings. In a court filing Monday, David Hearn's attorn...
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New York Yankees outfielder Cody Bellinger will be sidelined for four to six weeks with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain. Bellinger was placed on the 10-day injured list on Sunday, a day after he got hurt running the bases during a 3-1 win at Philadelphia. He had more tests on Mon...
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A woman suffered life-threatening injuries after being stabbed multiple times inside an apartment on the West Side, according to the San Antonio Police Department. Around 3:45 p.m. Monday, officers responded to the stabbing at the Villa Nueva Apartments in the 1800 block of Horal...
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Artist Betye Saar, whose work reflected Black identity, culture and spirituality, died Sunday morning in Los Angeles at 99. Saar's death was confirmed Monday by relatives. She would have turned 100 this week. A central figure of the 1960's Black Art Movement, Saar pioneered assem...
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Ann Meyers Drysdale felt nostalgic spending the day with so many other Honda Cup award winners, including fellow UCLA Bruins great Jackie Joyner-Kersee. The award, given annually to the top female college athlete, was celebrating its 50th annivesary Monday. The best player in eve...
