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Mortgage rates held steady this week, keeping the average long-term U.S. home loan rate at its highest level in nearly three years. The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was unchanged from last week at 7.40%, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average...
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Eligible voters have until Oct. 23 to apply to vote by mail in the upcoming midterms.
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One plays the bull, the other the bullfighter, as a pair practices a dance of death in a sport that's prohibited in the Mexican capital city.
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Federal authorities are investigating letters with “suspicious substances” that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide and are urging recipients to treat the mailings as “potentially hazardous.” The investigation by the FBI, U.S. Postal Inspection Servi...
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Cold and flu season is here. Before someone in your household gets hit, make sure you have these essential meds and comfort items in your medicine cabinet....
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Some key voters in Georgia say deep frustration and disappointment with President Trump are motivating their election plans just weeks before Election Day....
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Defense Secretary Hegseth's announcement of a livestreamed execution elicited reactions of disgust and condemnation from some faith leaders and politicians. But within his church, it's not an outlier....
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The remains of a man who was shot in the head and stuffed into a rusted barrel found on the shore of Lake Mead after the water level dropped were identified Thursday as an Arkansas man whose decades-old killing remains unsolved. Edward Lelburian Jackson was in his mid- to late 50...
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At least six explosions struck Thursday near the palace used by Yemen's internationally recognized government in the port city of Aden, witnesses said. An official said at least two people were killed, and Iran-backed Houthi rebels based in northern Yemen quickly claimed responsi...
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Emery and Hail the Sun rounded out a Wednesday night bill packed with emo angst and crackling energy. The post Everything we saw as Chiodos brought its maximalist hardcore to San Antonio’s Espee appeared first on San Antonio Current ....
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President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Pentagon will no longer livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice President JD Vance said he wouldn’t watch it . Trump said on social media...
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Gianni Infantino apologized to FIFA's ruling council on Thursday for “mistakes” in his secretive investment plan for the World Cup but didn’t give details sought by his toughest critics who want to oust him as the president of soccer’s governing body. Soccer officials came to the...
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Open enrollment for Medicare plans begins Thursday and enrollees will face a slew of changes that go into effect in 2027. During the enrollment period, which ends Dec. 7, people will have the opportunity to choose between traditional Medicare and privately run Medicare Advantage ...
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The comment is a break with a faction of Democrats, including ones in Texas, who have called for overhauling or abolishing ICE. As recently as February, Talarico had said he wanted to “tear down this secret police force.”...
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The Democratic National Committee said Thursday that it raised more than $10 million from grassroots donors in September, a late surge of money for the cash-strapped party with the midterm elections weeks away. Democratic officials said that total outpaces what they raised in the...
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Federal authorities are investigating letters with “suspicious substances” that have been mailed to congressional and election offices nationwide and are urging recipients to treat the letters as “potentially hazardous.” Senators were informed by the Senate Sergeant at Arms in a ...
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Pope Leo XIV met with a top aide on Thursday and resumed working from the hospital, as doctors reported his lung had recovered well from surgery to remove a cancerous nodule . Leo’s post-operative tests remained within normal levels and his physiotherapy session Thursday involved...
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Wholesale inflation rose more than expected last month on a big jump in fuel costs as rising prices become a bigger economic challenge for millions of Americans, and a growing political problem for Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections. The Labor Department’s producer pri...
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U.S. applications for unemployment benefits inched up last week as layoffs remain historically low and most American workers enjoy job security . Initial jobless claims for the week ending October 10 ticked up by 1,000 to 199,000 from the week before, the Labor Department said Th...
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Shoppers showed their willingness to spend in September even after a better-than-expected splurge in August. But a big chunk of their purchases last month went toward paying the bills at the gas pump, according to the Commerce Department's latest snapshot on retail sales released...
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A 19-year-old has been arrested in connection with the death of a 17-year-old who was the subject of an Amber Alert last month, according to jail records. Angel Leonel Estrada Ramirez is charged with capital murder, according to Bexar County jail records. He’s accused in the deat...
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WASHINGTON — James Talarico raised $64 million in the third quarter, his campaign announced — the largest fundraising haul on record for a U.S. Senate candidate in any state for this period. Talarico, an Austin state representative, has been a prolific fundraiser throughout the r...
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A substitute teacher at a Northside Independent School District middle school was suspended for allegedly threatening to call immigration officials and police on students, according to the district. Barry Perez, a NISD spokesperson, told KSAT the district is investigating the cla...
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African economies have managed to weather the energy crisis brought on by the Iran war , but a decline in aid has left the continent vulnerable to future shocks, the head of the International Monetary Fund’s Africa department said Thursday. The IMF forecasts growth in Africa at 4...
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The Saudi -led coalition fighting the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen said it thwarted a missile attack on the holy city of Medina in Saudi Arabia. Meanwhile, the Houthis claimed an attack in the port city of Aden at a site used by the Saudi-backed and internationally recog...
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No commercial goods have entered the Gaza Strip for two days, Israeli authorities said Thursday, blaming the suspension on merchants angered by taxes imposed by Hamas — a claim that Palestinian importers deny. The halt to commercial shipments, including fruit and winter clothing,...
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The ethics body of the French soccer federation is urging fans to stay neutral amid the nationwide student protests that are drawing international attention. The muscular police response to the largely peaceful protests has drawn criticism, and soccer fans in stadiums have expres...
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Jeffrey Donaldson, the former leader of Northern Ireland’s largest unionist party, was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison for the rape and sex abuse of two girls decades ago. The judge said that Donaldson, 63, had expressed no “regret, apology or shame” for crimes that h...
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A strong majority of voters believe that President Donald Trump is falling short at home and abroad, and they want major change in the upcoming midterm elections , according to a new AP-NORC poll that raises serious warning signs for the Republican Party at a critical moment. The...
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is exploring potential investments in Texas to expand its chip production in the United States, the advanced chipmaker said after posting another record profit on strong artificial intelligence demand. TSMC said during an earnings conference...
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Every Thursday, a group of Boerne community members forms an assembly line to help make sure local students have enough to eat when school is out. The volunteers pack hundreds of bags of food for students in the Boerne Independent School District who are on the free or reduced-pr...
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Hurricane Trudy strengthened as it approached the Pacific coast of Mexico, authorities said Thursday. Trudy was located about 230 miles (370 kilometers) southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (168.98 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane C...
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Ukraine attacked a Russian oil refinery Thursday, abandoning a brief truce involving energy-related targets that it said Moscow did not heed, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he felt betrayed by U.S. President Donald Trump. The drone strike started a fire at the re...
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Jake Bauers' new lease on life allows him to worry less and give more. Two seasons after he nearly quit baseball, Bauers has become a big hitter in the middle of the Milwaukee Brewers' lineup — and he put his renewed focus on display in Game 3 of the National League Championship ...
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A heavy downpour has shut down Istanbul, flooded homes and roads and killed at least three people, officials said Thursday, as rescuers worked overnight to save hundreds of people stranded at their workplaces. The downpour Wednesday night flooded homes and businesses and inundate...
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The roof of a private school collapsed in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Thursday, killing at least 34 children and a teacher and injuring more than 50 other people in the deadliest building collapse ever in the country, authorities and a hospital official said. T...
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A new study finds that climate change and El Niño combined to rev up last month's explosively intensifying Hurricane Polo, which was the longest-lasting Category 5 storm ever to churn in the Pacific. Global warming caused by the burning of coal, oil and gas was the bigger of the ...
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Prince Harry and his wife Meghan appeared together in a trio of charity visits Thursday, their first joint public appearance since moving back to England , as they seek to rebuild their brand in Britain after walking away from royal duties six years ago. The couple started their ...
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When Pope Leo XIV was elected after the pained finale of Pope Francis’ pontificate, there was hope that a younger, healthier pope would be able to guide the Catholic Church for quite some time before age and ailments slowed him. Leo’s lung cancer diagnosis announced Tuesday has t...
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Several brush fires were burning in Southern California on Thursday evening, stoked by hot, windy weather that caused utility companies to shut off electricity for tens of thousands of people around the state. A rapidly spreading blaze in Malibu, a coastal town west of Los Angele...
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The legacy of the Black Panther Party lives on six decades after its founding, in the work of a Seattle medical center started to address systemic health disparities in the African American community, particularly among Black children. Originally known as the Sidney Miller Free M...
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In the midterm elections , meat is on the menu. As Democrats and Republicans argue over high prices and the Iran war , they also are having a food fight over who is the most red-blooded carnivore. The latest example came this week in Mississippi, where Democratic U.S. Senate cand...
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The doorbell chimed “The Star Spangled Banner” as retired Col. Lou Christensen stepped inside the large house on the northeastern edge of Colorado Springs. The registered Republican and 28-year Air Force veteran was doing something he never expected to do — attending a party for ...
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Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro insisted in court on Thursday that newly unsealed torture allegations against him and his wife were “false accusations.” Maduro and Cilia Flores, both shackled at the ankles, were brought to court to face a rewritten indictment that expa...
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A new bridge linking China and North Korea opened Thursday after more than a decade of delay, signaling deeper ties between the two countries. Officials from the two countries attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the launch of the New Yalu River Bridge, with trucks adorned with...
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As San Antonio prepares to add more guardrails for where data centers can go in the Alamo City, the question now is how exactly the regulations will work. At a Wednesday council meeting, staff briefed council members on two options, which boiled down to having a defined set of re...
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The Milwaukee Brewers hit the second-fewest home runs in baseball during the regular season, even as they topped the majors with 103 wins. Maybe they were saving their biggest swings for the Los Angeles Dodgers. Jake Bauers and Garrett Mitchell launched back-to-back homers off Bl...
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After a woman was run over by an SUV last month on the Northwest Side, the Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office has ruled her death a homicide. On Wednesday, the woman was identified as Grace Nichole Rodriguez, 37. The medical examiner’s office said she died of blunt force inju...
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China's new airfield in Laos is a work in progress, with satellite imagery showing many areas where construction appeared to be ongoing even as it was officially opened at a September ceremony. The airport jointly run with Laos is China's first military facility abroad focused on...
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UTSA Athletics has officially opened its Basketball & Volleyball Training Center, providing the Roadrunners’ men’s basketball, women’s basketball and volleyball programs with a dedicated practice facility for the first time. For years, coaches used the planned building as a key r...
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In this SA Live original special, host and producer Jen Tobias Struski explores why generations of Mexican American and Latino families in Texas grew up disconnected from the Spanish language. Through personal stories, historical context and conversations with educators and exper...
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U.S. stock indexes muscled higher Thursday, led by companies delivering bigger profits. They pulled closer to their records even as stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry kept swinging on worries about how much longer their boom will last. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% after eras...
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A new poll released by the University of Texas/Texas Politics Project shows Democrats holding slim leads in the U.S. Senate race and most statewide races. All of the polls are within the 3% margin of error. The poll , conducted between Sept. 25 and Oct. 5, shows state Rep. James ...
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Brazil’s Senate approved a constitutional amendment Wednesday to reduce the country's maximum workweek from 44 to 40 hours without a salary cut, a move backed by President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who hopes it will boost his standing against Flávio Bolsonaro in the Oct. 25 pres...
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Nearly a decade after Karlton Walker was killed in a crash in San Antonio, a new jury is hearing the case against the man accused of causing his death. James Kearns is charged with intoxication manslaughter in Walker’s March 14, 2017 death. Prosecutors say Walker, 50, was walking...
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A proposed $442 million bond package includes $330 million for streets, $50 million for housing and $92 million for parks and facilities. City council moves closer to considering proposed $442M bond package was first posted on October 14, 2026 at 7:06 pm. ©2021 " San Antonio...
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FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS TOMORROW: Warm, Near 90° COLD FRONT FRIDAY MORNING: Arrives just before sunrise with gusty winds, falling temperatures, and a stray shower VAL VERDE COUNTY: Heavy rain likely late Thursday into Friday morning, flash flooding possible WEEKEND: Cool mornings, be...
