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On Wednesday, City Council discussed a familiar-looking, multi-year proposal from the San Antonio Water System to raise water rates at the beginning of the new year. Councilmembers reviewed a revised proposal, which is a similar, delayed version of the one they considered three m...
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The Venezuelan man shot in the back by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer in Austin is scheduled for a preliminary detention hearing Wednesday. Wilber Rafael Garces Perez , 28, was charged Tuesday with one count of assaulting, resisting and impeding a federal officer,...
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Carnegie Mellon University announced Wednesday that hedge fund CEO Ken Griffin is donating $3 billion, with the bulk of the money for a new campus in Miami focused on societal challenges. The Pittsburgh-based private research university said the gift is the largest ever single gi...
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Russia pressed its missile and drone barrage of Ukraine, killing seven people, including a child, while mainly targeting the power grid, officials said Wednesday. Moscow’s steep escalation of its aerial campaign since the end of August is putting pressure on Ukraine as it braces ...
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Muertos Fest organizers revealed the festival’s full lineup Wednesday ahead of the free, three-day celebration at Hemisfair, set for Oct. 23-25. This year, the festival will feature two processions and five stages with more than 50 performances. Muertos Fest opens Friday, Oct. 23...
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A copilot stabbed a captain in an apparent attempt to crash a jetliner as it was flying 174 people to Israel on Wednesday. But passengers burst into the cockpit and wrestled with the attacker even as the plane descended sharply, witnesses and Israel’s government said. The plane m...
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The U.S. military announced Wednesday that it completed the withdrawal of all American troops from Iraq, ending a 12-year mission to fight the Islamic State group and prompting President Donald Trump to hail the conclusion of "a very expensive excursion into Hell.” The last U.S. ...
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China’s factory activity expanded in September for the first time in three months, striking a more positive tone as Chinese officials look to bolster economic growth. The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index, or PMI, climbed to 50.1 from 49.8 in August , China’s Nati...
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Five weeks before Election Day , Democratic enthusiasm is reaching a fever pitch. With Republicans struggling to overcome President Donald Trump's low standing, Democrats are on the offensive in Republican strongholds like Texas and Florida, and even eyeing contests in deeper-red...
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Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown's court hearing where he was expected to accept a plea deal and avoid prison time in an attempted murder case was postponed Wednesday. Brown arrived in a Miami courtroom Wednesday morning and was ready to plead no contest to aggravated ...
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Tennessee officials were unable to put Christa Gail Pike to death Wednesday for a 1995 murder after administering two doses of a lethal drug. A death penalty expert said it was an unprecedented failure, and Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee halted the one remaining execution for the rest o...
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The Right Livelihood Award was awarded Wednesday to two women and two women-led organizations challenging authoritarian rule, violence and discrimination against women, and the harms caused by artificial intelligence, the Stockholm-based foundation said. The recipients of the int...
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Sonny Gray will have to save Boston's season on the mound where his big league career derailed. With the Red Sox trailing after losing the opener of the best-of-three Wild Card Series against the Yankees 9-0 , Gray will face a fan base on Wednesday night that gave him the Bronx b...
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A San Antonio homeowner is still repairing damage from last month’s powerful thunderstorm as another round of heavy rain threatens the area. Maria Salazar, who lives on the city’s West Side, said the storm left her neighborhood looking like “a war zone” after trees were uprooted ...
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Back in Boston, they're the two that got away. Cam Schlittler pitched another playoff gem against the Red Sox, and Ben Rice also burned their hometown team with a late grand slam and six RBIs as the New York Yankees opened this Wild Card Series rematch by romping to a 9-0 victory...
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Children in San Antonio are learning about nutrition, exercise and other healthy habits through a free eight-week program that ends with a reward: a bicycle they build themselves. Earn-a-Bike serves children ages 7 to 12 and is offered at four locations, through six programs, acr...
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A Converse woman said her home has been changing around her, and she wants to know whether a major construction project across the street has anything to do with it. Kimberley Winn said she first started noticing problems within the last year. Her home was built in 2021. The floo...
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Most of the U.S. stock market fell Wednesday as Wall Street contended with the downside of a U.S. economy that keeps powering through its many challenges. The S&P 500 slipped 0.3% to close out its third losing month in the last four. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 443 p...
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The New York Liberty are peaking at the right time and were able to complete a historic sweep of the Minnesota Lynx to advance to the semifinals of the WNBA playoffs. Jonquel Jones had 21 points and 13 rebounds and the No. 8 seed Liberty beat the top-seeded Lynx 87-71 in Game 2 o...
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San Antonio leaders are looking at whether data centers should be required to use recycled water instead of drinking water as concerns grow about the potential impact of future artificial intelligence facilities. San Antonio’s District 6 Councilman Ric Galvan filed a council cons...
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A federal judge on Tuesday ended federal monitoring of the Oakland Police Department after 23 years, capping the longest-running oversight of a police department in U.S. history. “I'm particularly grateful to the men and women of the Oakland Police Department ... for achieving su...
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Colson Montgomery hit a solo homer and Sam Antonacci drove in two runs to lead the Chicago White Sox over the Houston Astros 6-3 in Game 1 of an AL Wild Card Series on Tuesday. The White Sox, in the postseason for the first time since 2021, made a remarkable turnaround this year ...
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The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday rejected South Korean findings that North Korea planted land mines that injured three South Korean soldiers last week and threatened to retaliate if the South fires on North Korean troops fortifying the border. T...
schools
UIL high school football is now in Week 6, and the marquee matchup this week will send the Kerrville Tivy Antlers (4-0, 1-0) to face the Davenport Wolves (3-1, 1-0). Both teams won their District 13-4A-I openers last week. Tivy crushed LBJ Austin 70-14. Davenport topped Canyon La...
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School districts across South Texas are watching the forecast before deciding whether this week’s athletic events go on as scheduled. With scattered activity expected Thursday and Friday, the decision affects not only athletes, but everyone who turns out for a game. “We’ve got st...
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Conservation Society members, angered over plans to pause the Fiesta event, requested a special meeting to get answers. In bid to save NIOSA, furious members deliver petition to conservation society was first posted on September 29, 2026 at 6:03 pm. ©2021 " San Antonio Repor...
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SA Startup + Tech Week is shining a spotlight on small business success stories this week, and few are as compelling as Sandra Velasquez’s. Velasquez is the founder and CEO of Nopalera, a modern Mexican beauty and lifestyle brand built around the nopal cactus. She says the brand ...
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SPONSORED: New spaces across A&M-San Antonio are helping build a campus where students learn, connect and succeed. Becoming a destination campus: Creating spaces that matter was first posted on September 29, 2026 at 6:00 pm. ©2021 " San Antonio Report ". Use of this feed is ...
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New video released by the San Antonio Police Department on Tuesday shows a person of interest in connection with a downtown shooting that left a man dead. Officers responded to the shooting just before 5 a.m. Aug. 30 in the 600 block of Hemisfair Plaza Way. When they arrived, pol...
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The case included controversial roadside surveillance cameras.
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Texas will see rain and flooding between Wednesday and Friday as the remnants of Hurricane Polo interact with a cold front pushing east. Rain ‘bullseyes’ possible in Texas this week, along and west of I-35 was first posted on September 29, 2026 at 5:33 pm. ©2021 " San Antoni...
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The Chicago White Sox received a letter from Pope Leo XIV on the same day of their playoff opener against the Houston Astros. The Sept. 9 letter was addressed to White Sox owner Jerry Reinsdorf, and the team said it arrived at Chicago's Rate Field on Tuesday ahead of Game 1 of it...
