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Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi was briefly detained by police Wednesday during a protest against the country’s election chief, as opposition parties intensified their campaign against a contentious revision of voter lists that has removed over 130 million people. Gandhi an...
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Buckwheat crops sway in the breeze as bees bop between the plants' tiny white flowers. Underneath, small seeds begin to darken, a sign that harvest nears. Paige Hansen leans down, holding between her fingers the plant whose seeds could soon turn into one of her food products. “Th...
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The Ebola outbreak in Congo is creating new hot spots where there's little to no support for patients, responders and officials say, as health workers admit there could still be a long way to go in fighting the disease that has killed over 4,000 people. More than 70% of new cases...
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A former head of Germany’s foreign intelligence service who is charged with passing state secrets to a foreign intelligence service was ordered held in pretrial detention after a judge issued an arrest warrant on Wednesday. August Hanning, 80, who is “strongly suspected of treaso...
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President Donald Trump will headline a midterm rally Wednesday at San Antonio’s Freeman Coliseum as Republicans try to bolster turnout and shore up support for Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. Zach Kraft, the Republican National Committee’s central regional communications direc...
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A man accused of killing former British politician Ann Widdecombe tried to break into the home of anti-immigration Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage about a year earlier and researched other prominent figures, a prosecutor said Wednesday. Prosecutor Kashif Malik said Joshua Ker...
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The number of requests to rescore students’ STAAR tests nearly tripled from last year as more Texas schools sought reviews of written responses on the reading exams, thousands of which were initially graded by computers. The Texas Education Agency began using an automated scoring...
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San Antonio voters will see many new names on their Nov. 3 ballot thanks to redistricting, retirements and upsets. Find the list here. Redistricting scrambled San Antonio voters this year. Here’s how to find your sample ballot. was first posted on October 7, 2026 at 5:00 am. &cop...
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FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS COOL!: Temps have dipped into the low-60s this morning TS ISAIAS: Likely to become hurricane, landfall well east of Texas SUNSET UPDATE: Shorter days, end of DST nearing FORECAST FEELS SO GOOD It feels amazing! A taste of fall has set in, with temps dipping in...
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Tropical Storm Isaias formed early Wednesday in the warm waters off eastern Mexico and forecasters said it was expected to strengthen into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season before hitting the U.S. Gulf Coast later in the week. Isaias was located about 285 miles (460 kilo...
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The federal Civil Rights Data Collection, for the first time in decades, tells us about the teacher workforce and reminds us racial disparities are still stark in American public schools....
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Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed that they attacked military facilities and airports in Saudi Arabia as the war between the kingdom and the Iran-backed rebels escalated. Israelis are marking the third anniversary of the Palestinian militant Hamas group’s deadly Oct. 7, 2023, attack,...
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Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen claimed new attacks on airports and military facilities in neighboring Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as the kingdom is pulled deeper into the latest front in the Iran war , which also threatens a crucial shipping alternative to the Strait of Hormuz ...
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Nepal announced its intention to cease search and rescue operations for victims of the Aug. 26 flood that killed at least 1,455 people with thousands more still missing. Family members of 5,285 people who remain unaccounted for, including hundreds of foreign nationals, expressed ...
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences will award the Nobel Prize in chemistry Wednesday in Stockholm. Last year, three scientists won the Nobel Prize in chemistry for their development of new molecular structures that can trap vast quantities of gas inside, laying the groundwork ...
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is set to call for the nations of the West to return to their civilizational roots and restore the values that drove the rise of Europe and North America to global dominance for centuries. In Athens to discuss deepening economic, energy and security...
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Russian missiles and drones hit residential and civilian sites in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight into Wednesday, killing at least eight people, Ukrainian officials said. The attacks came the morning after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned on X that Russia was prepar...
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Countries both rich and poor must take faster action to cut debt and counter growing inequality as their economies weather a triple whammy from the artificial intelligence boom, heavy borrowing and shocks from wars in the Middle East and Ukraine, the head of the IMF said Wednesda...
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Jake Cronenworth hit a tiebreaking homer, Game 2 starter Michael King pitched the final two innings on one day of rest and the San Diego Padres avoided playoff elimination with a 4-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers in Game 3 of their NL Division Series on Tuesday night. Xander...
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As Israel gears up for its first elections since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023 , attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his opponents are putting it at the heart of their campaigns. Nearly every poster, stump speech or televised debate seems to reference the attack, which has scarre...
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Continuity will be the immediate emphasis for Skydance , the newly created entertainment behemoth borne of Paramount's $81 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery that closed on Tuesday. For now, it will show off its bulging bundle of intellectual properties, with the official...
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Death row inmate Christa Pike has regained consciousness after Tennessee’s failed attempt to execute her by lethal injection last week, and her attorneys are set to head to court Wednesday to seek more information about what went wrong. Pike, 50, survived two doses of pentobarbit...
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World shares mostly retreated Wednesday after U.S. stocks hit all-time highs, lifted by expectations of fat corporate earnings. U.S. futures were little changed and oil prices advanced. In early European trading, the CAC 40 in Paris lost 0.6% to 7,818.69, while Britain's FTSE 100...
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Israelis gathered Wednesday to commemorate the Oct. 7, 2023, attack that killed 1,200 people, saw 251 taken hostage, and sparked a devastating war in Gaza that has devastated the territory and left its 2 million people living in dire conditions. In southern Israel, families mourn...
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Lawyers for a Texas man who fatally shot a convenience store clerk are asking a judge to stay his execution by lethal injection set for Wednesday, citing the failed execution of Christa Pike in Tennessee last week. This would be the first execution scheduled in the U.S. since Pik...
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Republicans are entering the final month of the midterm campaign increasingly anxious that the $1 billion at their disposal may not be enough to fend off sweeping losses as the party reckons with President Donald Trump's unpopularity, persistent cost concerns and the fallout from...
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The acting secretary of the U.S. Army said Tuesday that the man convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, will be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3. In a post on social media, acting Secretary Adam Telle said the execution of Army Maj. Nida...
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For Southwest girls basketball coach Vanessa Villarreal, Hispanic heritage is more than a monthlong celebration. It is part of who she is every day. Villarreal, known to many as “Coach V,” spoke with KSAT 12 Sports about her journey as a Hispanic woman, a first-generation college...
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Northwest Crossing residents are sharing surveillance video they hope will help police identify a man seen turning a camera away from their mailboxes before mail was stolen. The video shows a truck pulling up and a man getting out. He walks toward the camera while holding somethi...
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Lionel Messi turned his official farewell to Argentina into a gala performance, contributing a penalty and two assists in a 3-0 win over Benin on Tuesday at the Monumental Stadium in Buenos Aires, where the crowd offered a deafening final ovation to the genius who defined the foo...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott came to San Antonio on Tuesday to discuss two of his administration’s major public safety priorities: supporting law enforcement and fighting the fentanyl crisis. Abbott met with local law enforcement officers and families who have lost loved ones to fentan...
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In a city as large as San Antonio, neighbors can live just steps away from each other without ever having the chance to connect. The city’s annual Neighbors Together event is designed to change that. Dozens of residents gathered across the city Tuesday evening. Pickwell Park in D...
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The San Antonio mayor requested to meet with President Donald Trump ahead of his scheduled visit to the East Side this week, saying she wants to discuss an “affordability crisis” facing the city. During KSAT’s weekly Q&A, Gina Ortiz Jones said she had not heard from the president...
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10 in seven brilliant innings, Kiké Hernández hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Tuesday night to take a 2-1 lead in their NL Division Series. Yamamoto dominated the much-anticipated matchup with Atlanta ac...
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Mason Miller will probably want to come up with something a little better than cigars for his San Diego Padres teammates when he returns to the club as a first-time father. Not only did the Padres cover splendidly for their top reliever in their gritty playoff victory Tuesday nig...
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One senior community in Cibolo kicked off National Night Out with a National Day Out on Tuesday. Before the block parties planned for at least 13 Cibolo neighborhoods in the evening, the Cibolo Police Department Chief Thedrick Andres arrived at El Sereno Senior Living to start th...
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The St. Mary’s University Alumni Association announced on Tuesday that big changes are ahead for next year’s Fiesta Oyster Bake The two-day event will rebrand to the Fiesta Oyster Bake Music Fest and is continuing to be held at the university’s campus next year from April 16-17. ...
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Undefeated Smithson Valley will take on Austin Anderson in KSAT 12’s Game of the Week on Friday night. The Rangers are 5-0 on the season and 1-0 in District 13-5A-DI. They are averaging 70.0 points per game this season and allowing just 9.0 points per contest. Led by quarterback ...
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A family is still waiting for answers and arrests one year after the ambush-style murder of a Northwest Side woman. Kianna Mayberry, 32, was shot and killed Oct. 5, 2025, while sitting in her car in her own driveway. To mark the one-year date, family and friends gathered at a hom...
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A cyberattack on Arizona’s court system stole personal information for more than a million people and is believed to have started when a court employee clicked a malicious link in an email. The Arizona Supreme Court said the information was copied for 1.3 million people with unpa...
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VIA approved a $767.2 million budget that adds 150 bus shelters, a new VIA Link zone ahead of the Rapid Green Line launch.
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Most people will see the agents, the barriers, and the motorcade when President Donald Trump arrives in San Antonio on Wednesday for a midterm campaign rally at Freeman Coliseum. But according to a 23-year Secret Service veteran, that’s actually the easy part. Paul Eckloff, a for...
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The president's primary purpose in San Antonio is to get out the vote for Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton and down-ballot candidates. Protesters plan to greet Trump at San Antonio rally. GOP says it will fill Freeman Coliseum. was first posted on October 6, 2026 at 4:29 pm. ...
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Manager Dave Roberts juggled the Los Angeles Dodgers' lineup for Tuesday night's crucial Game 3 of the NL Division Series against the Atlanta Braves, moving designated hitter Shohei Ohtani to the No. 5 spot. Roberts said the move was a one-game adjustment to give the Dodgers a di...
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President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he has a call scheduled with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible case of plague at a Siberian research institute. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Trump said he would be talking with Putin about the case “very soo...
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Spain preserved its 2½-year unbeaten streak by rallying to beat Croatia thanks to a clutch second-half double from super-sub Mikel Merino, while Harry Kane scored two more goals on another record-setting match for the England captain. The marathon batch of Nations League matches ...
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Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her , is awake and speaking as she receives treatment at a hospital, her attorneys said Tuesday. Pike’s attorneys said her prognosis is still unclear and said she faces “a long recovery.” “Against all od...
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Location 180 miles NE of Nashville Tennessee Wind 25 mph Heading ENE at 22 mph Pressure 29.83 Coordinates 84.0W, 37.5N Discussion At 1100 AM EDT (1500 UTC), the center of Post-Tropical Cyclone Isaias was located near latitude 37.5 North, longitude 84.0 West. The post-tropical cyc...
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Philadelphia Eagles All-Pro offensive lineman Lane Johnson has announced his retirement from the NFL after 14 seasons. “I have given it my all for 14 years,” Johnson said Tuesday in a statement, “season after season pushing my body to the max and tirelessly working my craft to no...
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Top-ranked Texas and Oklahoma square off this week in their annual rivalry, bringing two elite defenses to the Cotton Bowl. They will need them. Offensively, the Longhorns (4-0, 1-0 Southeastern Conference) and Sooners (2-2, 0-1) have struggled and sputtered through long stretche...
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Pop culture fans are heading downtown this weekend for the annual Big Texas Comicon. The event runs from Friday, Oct. 9, through Sunday, Oct. 11, at the Henry B. Convention Center. Multiple movie and television celebrities will attend for autographs and photos, including Ian Some...
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Freeman Coliseum holds nearly 12,000 at capacity, but security arrangements are likely to reduce space if necessary.
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McDonald’s is facing a federal lawsuit that alleges its AI-enhanced pricing tool violates antitrust laws because it shares nonpublic data with franchisees who might be competing in the same market. The lawsuit, which was filed Friday in Illinois, said McDonald’s pricing tool uses...
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The first image ever taken of a human being standing atop Mount Everest was of Tenzing Norgay. When he and Edmund Hillary reached the summit of the world’s highest mountain on May 29, 1953 , one of the first things Hillary did was take out his camera and aim it at his fellow clim...
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A former senior CIA official pleaded guilty on Tuesday in Virginia to a charge that he abused his position and government funds to enrich himself by acquiring Florida real estate and hundreds of gold bars worth tens of millions of dollars, according to court records. David J. Rus...
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A day after President Donald Trump said he would start paying for controversial taxpayer-funded ads with a campaign account, there's no sign he plans to refund the millions of federal dollars already spent on them. Nearly $12 million worth of ads have already aired, according to ...
