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Editor’s note: To help readers learn more about the candidates running for statewide seats, The Texas Tribune is sharing information about the Republican, Democratic and third-party candidates. For more information on midterms and the voting process, check out our election resour...
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The long-anticipated influx of GOP money to boost U.S. Senate nominee Ken Paxton has tilted the battle for airtime in Republicans’ favor less than three weeks before early voting begins in Texas. But in an election where both parties are desperate to win over Latino voters, littl...
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Jack Pearadin is the first to admit that his diamond-hunting hobby hasn't paid off, despite sifting rocks for more than a dozen years. But earlier this year, the Navy reservist and his friend shoveled a six-carat diamond from a field in Arkansas where he's found over 300 gems so ...
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The FlyDubai co-pilot who stabbed a plane's captain in an apparent attempt to crash a flight with 182 people on board was barred from flying in his native Oman over security concerns, a source told the AP on Saturday. Meanwhile, a Palestinian citizen of Israel who was running in ...
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Manchester City has lodged a “comprehensive” appeal, the club confirmed Friday, following the publication of a report by an independent commission detailing large-scale financial rule-breaking by the Premier League giant in one of English soccer's biggest scandals. “The club’s fi...
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Spain's progressive government was dealt a costly legislative defeat on Friday when lawmakers rejected a package of emergency measures aimed at tackling the nation’s housing affordability crisis, as protesters gathered outside Parliament demanding help for renters. The setback sp...
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Congo's Ebola outbreak has killed more than 4,000 people, authorities said, as they struggle to contain what has become the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak in history . The latest figures released by the Health Ministry on Thursday showed that 4,018 people have died among 8,300 ca...
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The Indian airline captain who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a FlyDubai flight described Friday how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent. Capt. Smit Machchhar, recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, to...
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Not-so-outlandish, prognosticators say: The Nobel Peace Prize this year could go galactic, with an award to the International Space Station. But terrestrial contenders loom too, including U.S. President Donald Trump, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada, emergency teams in Sudan,...
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U.S. stocks climbed near their all-time high on Friday after the latest update on the U.S. job market cooled worries that a potentially hot U.S economy could make inflation much worse. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% and pulled within 1% of its record set in August . The Dow Jones Industri...
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The woman who accused members of a Cornell University fraternity of gang rape was “failed” by people obligated to protect her, including campus police and the county prosecutor, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Friday. Hochul said at a news conference that she decided to appoint A...
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Israel has some of the world’s most stringent air travel security measures. The United Arab Emirates proudly adheres to international aviation safety standards. Yet those safeguards failed to prevent a flight between the countries from taking a dangerous plunge during an alleged ...
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Quavo has spent much of his career setting trends. These days, he’s more focused on what will last. The Grammy-nominated rapper is moving forward with fatherhood, healing and a sense of purpose. Now a father to a daughter, he says that growth is at the heart of his new album "QRÖ...
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In the mountains of Nepal's Mustang region , just hours from the homeland he had never seen, Tenzin Rigzin Phurpatsang struggled to breathe the air his Tibetan ancestors had adapted to over generations. The thin air felt heavy. The 37-year-old, first-time actor was in Mustang to ...
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Iowa’s governor signed a bill Friday to increase the ceiling on state tax incentives in an effort to secure a $15 billion steel plant project announced at the White House earlier in the week. The bill clears the way for Mesabi Metallics, the Minnesota company owned by the India-b...
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John Evich, a commercial fisherman in Washington and Alaska, has voted for President Donald Trump three times, viewing him as someone who would fight for his industry. But these days, Evich is weary of the high cost of doing business at sea, with fuel prices rising and trade host...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is launching an office of religious affairs, the latest of his faith-related reforms at the Pentagon. He announced in a speech Wednesday that the office will help offer “first-class religious support” and will report directly to him. “Our department...
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Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Donald Trump returned to office such as canceling new clean energy projects, according to modeling released Friday by a nonparti...
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With early voting already underway, a question worrying some voters is what role — if any — immigration enforcement officers might have at polling places through Election Day. Department of Homeland Security officials say they don't plan to send immigration enforcement officers e...
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Deshaun Watson and the Cleveland Browns are developing a knack for coming up big in the fourth quarter. Watson led a go-ahead drive in the fourth quarter for the third straight week as he moved the Browns into position for Andre Szmyt's career-long 56-yard field goal with 10 seco...
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A'ja Wilson made sure her basketball spoke for itself Thursday night. The four-time WNBA MVP, who had a verbal encounter with a Fever fan in Indiana two nights earlier, scored 36 points and grabbed 10 rebounds to lead the defending champion Las Vegas Aces to a 94-83 victory in th...
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City Council approved to rename the lingering Splashtown Drive name on Thursday to honor an East Side NFL player five years after the waterpark shuttered. District 2 City Councilmember Jalen McKee-Rodriguez filed a request to rename Splashtown Drive after NFL legend Willie Mitche...
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The San Antonio Spurs announced its 2026-27 regular-season theme night schedule, which features Military, Halloween and Fiesta nights. The theme nights will feature exclusive ticket packages and giveaways. Promotional ticket packages include a Harry Potter Jersey on Dec. 3, a Hel...
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FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS OVERNIGHT: New storms possible FRIDAY: Intermittent rain, street flooding possible FLASH FLOOD WATCH: For Bexar, Atascosa, and Wilson Counties until 7pm Friday MAIN CONCERN: Low water crossings POTENTIAL IMPACT TO: Afternoon commute & after-school activities W...
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Southwest High School’s new Dragons baseball coach, Nick Mendez, is bringing more than 25 years of coaching experience to a role he says is about more than wins and losses. Mendez is featured in the KSAT 12 sports team’s Hispanic Heritage Month series in a two-part sit-down with ...
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Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and opposition candidate Flávio Bolsonaro snubbed a planned debate ahead of the first round of the presidential election, depriving 158 million voters from watching them face off. A debate organized by TV Globo, the country’s most popu...
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KSAT was there the moment a man was rescued after nearly being swept away by floodwaters on the East Side. First responders rescued the man around 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Interstate 35 and Seguin Road near Salado Creek, where the man’s truck became submerged in high water. Storms t...
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Igor Shesterkin shot the puck down the ice toward the empty net like he has done so many times before. Then his view was blocked by players standing in the way. “I didn’t see the puck land,” Shesterkin said, “so I didn’t know can I celebrate or not.” It landed perfectly and bounc...
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Freddie Freeman and Emmet Sheehan yawned. Manager Dave Roberts wore shorts to batting practice. The Los Angeles Dodgers are playing it cool as they head into the postseason with history at stake. They're trying to become the first team since the New York Yankees from 1998-2000 to...
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The Austin man shot by an ICE officer earlier this month underwent surgery Thursday morning and is now in recovery, according to U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro and a statement from the man’s legal team. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan national working as a food delivery driver...
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People living along one Northwest Side street that has flooded multiple times in recent years are hoping for the best but preparing for the worst ahead of an oncoming storm. Forecasts called for a large amount of rain and potential flooding across the area, beginning Thursday aft...
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Newly released body camera footage shows the moments before a San Antonio police officer shot an 18-year-old man on the West Side last month. On Thursday, the San Antonio Police Department released footage showing the Sept. 1 shooting near Old Highway 90 and West Commerce Street ...
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Plans for the development at Camden Street and West Jones Avenue include an art-focused retail district between Pearl and the Museum of Art. Here’s how McCombs plans to build new River North retail site with a ‘subzone’ for some major public improvements was first posted on Octob...
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A Department of Energy electrical engineer has been arrested on charges of providing support to the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels , including by buying materials for homemade explosives and drones and traveling to Yemen, the Justice Department said Thursday. Ashton Hamed Ellaboudy...
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A Massachusetts man was arrested Thursday in a federal case alleging he cyberstalked conservative podcaster and former Trump administration official Katie Miller, targeting her dozens of times with menacing phone calls and messages, according to court papers. Authorities say the ...
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Christa Pike was scheduled to be executed. But after two injections, she kept breathing. She made snoring sounds, she talked, she said her arm was hurting. Pike, sentenced to die for torturing and killing 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer in 1995, said as her scheduled lethal injection...
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Jürgen Klopp savored his first win as Germany coach and Portugal did just fine without Cristiano Ronaldo in the Nations League on Thursday. Florian Wirtz starred as Germany defeated Serbia 2-0 in Munich for Klopp’s first win at the third attempt — staving off an unwanted record. ...
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Sean Feucht, a Christian worship leader who attained rock star status after his large rallies in defiance of pandemic-era regulations, is facing allegations of fraud from a Southern California donor. In an amended federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, Steve Bray, an Orange County busi...
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Despite regulations requiring it, an air traffic controller failed to tell the pilots of an Amazon cargo plane about the potential for strong tail winds as they landed in Miami, careening off the runway and killing five people last month, according to a preliminary report Thursda...
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The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case on Thursday refused to declare her not guilty, turning down a defense motion that had argued there wasn't enough evidence to prove she was responsible for killing her three children. During Clancy's first trial, which ended Sept. 4 with...
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President Vladimir Putin on Thursday reiterated Moscow's long-held position that Russia is not planning to attack European countries but will respond to aggression with “all weapons" in its arsenal. In remarks at a foreign policy forum, Putin accused the West and Europe of escala...
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This story was originally published by the Fort Worth Report. You may read the original version here . Eight hours into a Saturday workshop, Fort Worth ISD’s Texas-appointed board members arrived at the question they had heard from parents for weeks : Would they rein in scripted ...
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After hitting into two double plays during the Atlanta Braves' loss to the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday, Michael Harris II was eager for an opportunity to make amends. He didn't have to wait long. Harris hit a three-run homer in the first inning, Chris Sale came out of the ...
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The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to consider whether a religious institution has a right to build a shrine to the Virgin Mary on residential property next to its Kentucky church. The church's owner — a nonprofit formed by Roman Catholic priests — claims the Kentucky Supreme C...
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The U.S. military is dispatching roughly 9,000 troops aboard a group of ships to the Middle East, a U.S. official said Thursday. The bolstering of the American military presence comes as President Donald Trump warned anew that new strikes against Iran could be on the horizon. The...
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been ordered not to engage in high-speed car chases and to make vehicle stops only if they have completed specific training, under new internal guidance issued after several drivers were shot in encounters with ICE. A memo se...
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New York’s governor appointed a special prosecutor Thursday to oversee an investigation into a woman’s allegations that she was gang raped at a Cornell University fraternity house, saying she had lost faith in the local district attorney’s ability to handle the case. Gov. Kathy H...
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Protesters against Ireland playing its Nations League games against Israel interrupted the team's 2-2 draw with Austria on Thursday by throwing tennis balls onto the field. Referee Allard Lindhout sent the players for a hydration break as soon as the balls bearing Palestinian fla...
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Wall Street has a busy week ahead with a mix of economic updates and details about the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates at its most recent meeting. The updates include fresh data on the health of the services sector, unemployment and consumer sentiment. Those re...
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A white Dallas police officer convicted of killing a Black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own was granted parole Thursday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence. The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole, which is appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, rejected Ambe...
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U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a time of discontent over the high cost of living and the state of the economy. H...
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UPDATE: An AMBER Alert issued for a 16-year-old boy last seen on the South Side was discontinued Thursday afternoon. Brennan Cervantes was found, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. A spokesperson for Texas A&M University-San Antonio told KSAT Cervantes is safe an...
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Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach early Thursday and charged with battery related to a domestic violence accusation, authorities said. Ross, whose legal name is William Roberts II, faces a felony charge of battery by strangulation, as well as a misdemeanor battery char...
