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Man found dead inside vehicle behind Northeast Side restaurant, SAPD says
A man was found dead inside a vehicle Wednesday morning behind a Northeast Side restaurant, according to San Antonio police. Officers responded to a suspicious vehicle call around 5:20 a.m. in the 6300 block of Interstate 35 North, behind the Cracker Barrel off Rittiman Road. Whe...
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Trump's Board of Peace proposes $2.45 billion blueprint to begin Gaza reconstruction
The U.S.-backed Board of Peace is proposing a six-month, $2.45 billion plan to begin reconstruction and governance in Gaza as President Donald Trump’s ceasefire plan struggles to stay afloat. At a meeting of the group’s board in New York on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assem...
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FM 1103 widening project in Cibolo now expected to finish in 2029
Drivers along Farm-to-Market 1103 between Interstate 35 and Rodeo Way are seeing lane closures and construction cones, as the Texas Department of Transportation works to widen one of Cibolo’s busiest corridors. TxDOT is expanding FM 1103 from two lanes to four, with a center turn...
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Prince Harry warns that AI chatbots may be more dangerous than social media for young users
Prince Harry warned Wednesday at the Clinton Global Initiative that artificial intelligence chatbots designed to provide companionship are even more dangerous to young people than social media. “The technology is more persuasive, more intimate, and more powerful,” the Duke of Sus...
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Prada puts skirts center stage in Milan as hemlines stir political uproar in Italy
The Prada model grips her full, pleated skirt into a rosette at the unfinished waist, evoking feminine beauty with a subversive twist. Co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons kept the focus of their Spring-Summer 2027 collection firmly “waist down,” revisiting the subj...
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In defiant speech, Pezeshkian calls out Trump and says country will fight 'until our last breath'
Iran’s president said Wednesday that his people have been “victims of terrorism” by the United States, delivering a rare wartime speech at U.N. General Assembly a day after President Donald Trump said he may “annihilate” the Islamic Republic if a deal isn’t reached soon to end th...
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The Big Give kicks off across South Central Texas
Nearly 400 nonprofits across South Central Texas are preparing for The Big Give , a 24-hour fundraising event supporting organizations that serve communities throughout the region. The fundraiser begins at 6 p.m. Wednesday and ends at 6 p.m. Thursday. This year, 396 nonprofits ar...
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FDA panel endorses first-of-a-kind cancer blood test from Grail
Federal health advisers on Wednesday endorsed a blood test designed to spot signs of various cancers in apparently healthy people while warning that it's far from clear how well the technology works . Grail Inc.’s Galleri test doesn't diagnose cancer but instead, with a single bl...
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San Antonio needs an SAPD audit for local systemic justice
Commentary: Act 4 SA urges the San Antonio community to call for an independent audit of the city's police department. San Antonio needs an SAPD audit for local systemic justice was first posted on September 23, 2026 at 8:00 am. ©2021 " San Antonio Report ". Use of this feed...
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The Latest: Trump welcomes Xi for state visit as US-China trade truce to be extended
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington Wednesday evening, where he received a rare greeting from President Donald Trump , who met his counterpart at the base’s airport instead of waiting for him to drive to the White House. Trump’s decision to greet Xi shows how far t...
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As seen on SA Live - Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2026
Today @ 10:30 a.m., It’s the first day of fall! THE BREAD BOX FALL TREATS The first official day of fall arrived with San Antonio heat still hanging around, so the studio leaned on sugar instead of sweater weather. The Bread Box brought a spread built for the season: a made-over ...
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Takeaways: What a new AP-KFF survey reveals about rural American voters
A new poll from The Associated Press in partnership with KFF finds that about half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office, pointing to economic frustration among a key group that has backed Trump and other...
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She lived to see ‘Deb’s law’ take effect. Now she can choose how she dies
Deb Robertson counted the days, hoping she’d live long enough for a new Illinois law to go into effect that allows terminally ill people like her to use a lethal prescription to end their lives. A diagnosis of a rare, aggressive form of cancer had forced her into retirement after...
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Robert Pattinson brings 'To Catch a Predator' to life in new film 'Primetime'
When Robert Pattinson first got the script for “Primetime,” a dramatization of NBC Dateline’s “To Catch a Predator” and the controversial sting operation that would lead to its cancellation, he was amazed it hadn’t been made into a movie already. Here was a fascinating tale with ...
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How rural voters are feeling about Trump as the midterms approach, according to a new AP-KFF poll
About half of rural American voters believe the economy is worse off now than when President Donald Trump returned to office, according to a new survey that points to economic frustration among a key group that has backed him and other Republicans in recent elections. The Associa...
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Texas executes second man convicted of triple murder in rural town
The second of two men sentenced to death for killing three people in a 2005 robbery was executed Wednesday, a week after his codefendant was put to death. Ker’Sean Olajuwa Ramey, 41, was executed by lethal injection and pronounced deceased at 6:34 p.m., according to the Texas Dep...
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Iran's president delivers defiant UN speech, and other Mideast developments
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian delivered a defiant speech at the United Nations on Wednesday as his government downplayed talks with the United States. Meanwhile, another ship attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz was struck by a projectile, highlighting the dangers tha...
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Lucky few get rain today & an update on next week
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS ISOLATED PM RAIN: Like yesterday, expect a 20% chance of rain DRY THU-SAT: High pressure briefly takes control NEXT WEEK: Changes possible, but very uncertain FORECAST ISOLATED RAIN AGAIN TODAY Rinse and repeat. Today will bring a small shot at an afternoon do...
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Rome's Colosseum closes for two days after a worker plunges to his death
Rome's Colosseum , Italy's most-visited monument, was closed to the public suddenly on Wednesday to mourn a worker who fell to his death overnight while helping install a new illumination project. The 22-year-old man, Andrea Moretti, specialized in working at altitude on ropes. H...
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Ethiopian Airlines cancels flights to Tigray capital as fighters take over airport
Regional forces in Tigray in northern Ethiopia took control of the local airport on Wednesday morning, prompting the state-owned carrier to cancel flights to the troubled region. Ethiopian Airlines said it suspended flights to Tigray’s capital Mekelle and the cities of Axum and S...
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Pakistani airstrikes target Afghanistan after Islamabad accuses Kabul of drone attacks
Pakistan said it carried out airstrikes early Thursday on 10 sites in Afghanistan that it said were used to launch drone attacks against Pakistan a day earlier, a sharp escalation in fighting between the two countries that threatens international mediation efforts. The airstrikes...
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Russia pounds Kyiv with drones, killing 2 and wounding 41 before Zelenskyy’s UN address
Russia hammered Kyiv with drones in daylight attacks on Wednesday hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly . Two people were killed and 41 wounded in Ukraine’s capital as the attack stretched into Wednesday afternoon...
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A knock at the door, then gunshots: Mass shooting at a house party in South Africa kills 11
Three gunmen barged into a small house in an impoverished neighborhood in South Africa and opened fire on a group enjoying a party inside, killing at least 11 people including a pregnant woman, police and local authorities said Wednesday. Three others were wounded in the late-nig...
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Morocco votes for a new parliament after Gen Z protests and migration surge to Ceuta
Moroccans voted for a new parliament Wednesday in an election shaped by mounting frustration among young people, high unemployment despite a thriving economy and demands for better schools, hospitals and housing. Voter turnout in the election for the 395-seat House of Representat...
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Pressure from the bond market hits a new level, and US stocks slide on worries about inflation
Pressure from the U.S. bond market hit a new level on Wall Street Wednesday after a surprisingly strong report on the economy raised worries about inflation, while oil prices halted their slide. The squeeze caused U.S. stocks to sink. The S&P 500 fell 0.8% after finishing the pri...
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Dolly Parton's estate granted temporary restraining order against singer's nephew
A Tennessee judge granted Dolly Parton’s estate a temporary restraining order Wednesday against the late singer’s nephew Bryan Seaver and his private security company. She’s Alive, the entity founded to manage and protect Parton’s estate, had filed the complaint against Seaver an...
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Alvarez hits 41st homer and drives in 3 as Astros blank Mariners 7-0 to tie Rangers atop AL West
Yordan Alvarez resumed his Triple Crown push with a home run and three RBIs as the Houston Astros beat the Seattle Mariners 7-0 on Tuesday night to pull even with Texas atop the AL West. Houston snapped a three-game skid and tied the Rangers at 78-79 following their 6-3 loss to t...
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This year, with shifting political winds, Canada gets more of the spotlight on the UN's stage
For years, Canada was a trouper in the drama of international affairs. An adept and experienced contributor, it didn't often draw the spotlight when world leaders gathered at the U.N. each September. This year, the nation of 41 million has a new posture on the planet's biggest di...
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Trump says his ballroom will house a drone port. The Secret Service already has one next door
President Donald Trump's AI-fueled vision for a drone port he intends to install atop the new White House ballroom includes missile-bearing unmanned aerial vehicles and gun-toting troops, ostensibly to protect the 18-acre complex and the nation’s capital. A few hundred feet away,...
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Republicans dump cash into red states as they try to hold the line against Democrats in the midterms
Republicans are growing increasingly grim about their chances in November, with aligned groups pumping money into reliably GOP states and candidates scrambling to distance themselves from unpopular White House policies. From Texas to Ohio and Alaska to Iowa, campaigns are grappli...
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Trump welcomes China's Xi to Washington with planeside ceremony and extension of trade truce
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Washington on Wednesday, where he was met with a rare planeside greeting from President Donald Trump after their top officials agreed to extend a trade truce until January. Trump's Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the extension of...
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Harvey Weinstein is sentenced to 15 years in prison for 2006 sexual assault
Harvey Weinstein was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a TV production assistant in 2006, capping a yearslong legal odyssey that a judge said cemented the disgraced movie mogul’s reputation as “the literal face of the #MeToo movement.” The landmark...
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Hurricane Polo fuels fears of landslides in Mexico's southwest as Nolo closes in on Hawaii
Southwestern Mexico braced for heavy rain and mudslides Wednesday after Polo, a powerful Pacific cyclone, became a major hurricane . Forecasters also warned another system headed for Hawaii could cause catastrophic flooding later in the week. Hurricane Polo, an “extremely dangero...
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Texas executes man for a triple killing, days after other man convicted in case was put to death
A man was executed Wednesday evening in Texas for a triple killing committed during an attempted robbery at a rural home, one week after the other man convicted in the case was put to death . Ker’Sean Ramey , 41, was pronounced dead at 6:34 p.m. CDT following a lethal injection a...
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Worries about an AI internet takeover gain new urgency among doomsday scenarios
In a summer filled with revelations about artificial intelligence's rapid development , researchers were especially alarmed by runaway bots finding their way onto the internet and, in at least one instance, coordinating there with one another. Could a swarm of AI agents take over...
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Trump-backed Missouri congressional map returns to the Supreme Court for the third time
The fight over Missouri's congressional map returned to the U.S. Supreme Court for a third time late Tuesday, after an appeals court ordered the revival of new districts backed by President Donald Trump. The new map was drawn to help Republicans gain a U.S. House seat in the pivo...
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Rockies become the first team since the Mets from 1962-65 with 4 straight 100-loss seasons
During a mound visit in the top of the first inning with the Colorado Rockies already trailing the Arizona Diamondbacks by two runs , a lone voice of encouragement emerged from an otherwise restless and murmuring crowd at Coors Field. “Let’s go, Rockies!” a fan shouted Tuesday fr...
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6 breaks in 6 years: Clay soils make NW Side street a challenging environment for water mains, SAWS says
Six water main breaks have happened on Loy Drive since 2021, and one woman who lives there says she is tired of a problem that keeps coming back. Jovonne Gonzales said the breaks have become part of her daily routine. “Every morning I go out and look for water main breaks, that’s...
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Rays clinch 5th AL East title with 6-1 victory at Yankee Stadium in 2nd game of doubleheader
Playing in perhaps baseball's toughest division, the Tampa Bay Rays were the class of the field this season. The thrifty Rays clinched their fifth AL East title with a 6-1 victory over the New York Yankees in the second game of a day-night doubleheader Tuesday as Drew Rasmussen a...
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Drew Rasmussen takes no-hitter into 7th and Ks 11 as Rays clinch AL East with 6-1 win over Yankees
Drew Rasmussen allowed his only hit in the seventh inning and struck out 11 as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the New York Yankees 6-1 on Tuesday in the second game of a day-night doubleheader to clinch their fifth AL East title. The Rays (96-61) secured home-field advantage throughout ...
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Caitlin Clark and Kelsey Mitchell help Fever keep home-court hope alive with 96-77 win over Lynx
Caitlin Clark had 27 points, nine assists and seven rebounds, and Kelsey Mitchell added 20 points to her WNBA single-season scoring record as the Indiana Fever beat the Minnesota Lynx 96-77 on Tuesday night. Indiana kept alive its faint hopes of earning the No. 4 seed in the play...
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How the first Latina in space, Ellen Ochoa, charted her way to the stars
Her love of math and music persisted throughout her journey — even in unexpected ways.
government
KSAT Q&A: Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones discusses city budget vote, Medicaid backlog letter and more
Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones joined the KSAT Q&A on Tuesday to discuss multiple topics, including why she voted against the city budget approved last week and a letter she sent to the governor this week about the state’s Medicaid application backlog. The budget takes effect Oct. 1 and ...