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China and the United States hope to reach an agreement on lowering import taxes soon, a Chinese government spokesperson said Thursday, fueling expectations that an announcement could come when the leaders of the two countries meet in two weeks . Negotiators are striving to implem...
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FORECAST HIGHLIGHTS 30% CHANCE OF RAIN FRIDAY: Brief, afternoon downpours HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Slight chance of rain or lightning affecting games EL NINO STRENGTHENS: ‘Very strong’ El Nino still on track for winter FORECAST We’re still playing the “rain lottery” on Friday with r...
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A Japanese military transport ship docked on the island of Borneo on Thursday as part of a disaster relief mission to help fight wildfires in Indonesia that are causing a toxic haze impacting people’s health in other countries. Japan deployed 300 crew members, landing ship JS Kun...
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An Israeli strike killed at least four people in northern Gaza, including two children, hospital officials said Thursday. The Israeli military said the attack killed a militant. Separately, Iranian-backed Houthi rebels seized Yemen's strategic Red Sea port city of Mokha, accordin...
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A Hong Kong court on Thursday found the publisher of The Wall Street Journal guilty of trying to prevent one of its reporters from taking a leadership role in a local press union, but acquitted the company of a charge that it fired her because of her union activities. Former WSJ ...
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Apple's latest iPhones, unveiled this week, come with new features, better cameras and hefty price tags — including a folding model with a starting price of $1,999. If you're planning to splurge on a new iPhone 18, you will want to take care of it to make it last as long as possi...
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Karen Matthews was getting her 3-year-old daughter ready for preschool in her Manhattan apartment on Sept. 11, 2001, when she heard a loud boom, unlike anything she’d ever heard before. Holding her child, she went outside. Around her, people stared up at a gash in the north tower...
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Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark’ s interactions are a subplot of the women’s FIBA World Cup, the WNBA season and if you spend enough time on social media, a divided country. Clark and Reese have shown their relationship on the court is thriving. Both players are intense and animate...
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A Florida man convicted in one of a series of suspected killings that became known as the “Hog Trail Murders” in the 1990s was put to death Thursday, becoming the state’s 15th person executed this year . Daniel Owen Conahan Jr., 72, was pronounced dead at 6:12 p.m. after receivin...
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Oil prices keep climbing as the war with Iran keeps clogging the global flow of crude, and they leaped Thursday to their highest levels since before the summer. That worsened worries about inflation and cranked up pressure within the bond market , helping to send stocks lower aga...
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Families in the Remuda Ranch neighborhood on the far West Side say cut-through traffic has grown so severe that they’ve seen road rage incidents and are worried about emergency vehicles getting through. Johnny and Jessica Rivera, who bought their home in the neighborhood in 2018,...
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Sam Darnold left the game injured, the offense was stagnant and sloppy mistakes put Seattle in a hole through three quarters. Then the Dark Side defense took over, Drew Lock made a few big plays and the Seahawks capped a Super Bowl banner-raising night with another win against th...
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President Donald Trump pledged Wednesday to send every American adult $5,000 if Republicans retain control of the House and Senate in the midterm elections, an extraordinary gambit to reverse his party's sagging fortunes in November. The dubious promise would most likely cost mor...
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A recent stabbing involving a man experiencing homelessness is highlighting the safety challenges people living unsheltered can face in San Antonio. The San Antonio Police Department said the 35-year-old man was stabbed multiple times Wednesday near Jackson Keller Road and Vance ...
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The Ralph Lauren womenswear brand is a love letter to the designer’s wife of more than 60 years. Ricky Lauren, his lifelong muse, is present in each of the designer’s collections. At the designer’s New York Fashion Week show, Ricky Lauren sat front row along with other members of...
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Earth cooked to its hottest month on record in August, blowing far past a key climate threshold, due to the dangerous double whammy of human-caused climate change and a supersized El Nino, according to the European climate service Copernicus . August's sizzle also helped push the...
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As pro and college sports ramp back up, Texas fans may want to make a wager — and they will be able to, using predictive markets that are operating in Texas. But some people are surprised that the platforms and apps are available in the Lone Star State considering Penal Code 47 m...
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Rescuers struggled on Thursday to get into a passenger ferry that had caught fire and burned overnight off the western Philippines , leaving five people dead and 86 missing, officials said. By nightfall, search and rescue operations were halted but were to resume in the morning. ...
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Barry Melrose, a hockey player-turned-coach who led the Los Angeles Kings to the 1993 Stanley Cup Final before going on to a long career in broadcasting the sport, has died. He was 70. ESPN announced Melrose’s death Wednesday after his wife informed the network. “From the flowing...
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Seahawks quarterback Sam Darnold suffered a hip injury that knocked him out of Seattle's season opener against the New England Patriots on Wednesday night, a potentially significant blow to the Super Bowl champions' title defense. Coach Mike Macdonald said Darnold didn't break an...
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Shohei Ohtani is headed to the 15-day injured list with right arm discomfort, leaving the streaking Los Angeles Dodgers without the four-time MVP as they close in on their 13th NL West title in 14 years. Manager Dave Roberts announced the move late Wednesday, saying that, “in tal...
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The Southeastern Conference is no longer expected to vote on whether to expel LSU from the league on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said Wednesday evening. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because Thursday's meeting — to be held by v...
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Democratic Sen. John Fetterman spoke to the Republican midterm convention via video Wednesday, further escalating the growing rupture between the Pennsylvanian and his party. Fetterman spoke for just over one minute in a recorded video introducing his fellow Pennsylvania senator,...
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The school year may have just started, but parents hoping to qualify for higher Texas Education Freedom Accounts funding for a child with special needs next year may need to act soon. The state’s new TEFA offers students about $10,000 for non-public school education and services....
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Alexander Zverev's rocky road to start the U.S. Open turned into smooth sailing to the semifinals. The No. 1 seed beat Botic van de Zandschulp 6-2, 7-5, 6-1 on Wednesday night, putting him into the final four of every Grand Slam tournament this season. The French Open champion an...
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The request could make low-interest federal loans available to qualifying residents and businesses.
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Houston Astros second baseman Jose Altuve doubled in the third inning against Philadelphia on Wednesday night for his 2,500th career hit. The 36-year-old Altuve reached the milestone with a hit to center field against Phillies starter Cristopher Sanchez, becoming the second playe...
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For nearly two minutes, one of the pilots of the Amazon cargo plane that careened off a Miami runway and killed five people repeatedly warned his counterpart they were going too fast as they approached for landing and after touchdown, according to flight information released Wedn...
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AAA says the summer-to-fall weather transition lowers gas prices a couple of ways.
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Tree roots have pushed sidewalk panels four to six inches out of the ground. Slabs are cracked. Corners are raised so high that one elderly resident can no longer safely walk to the mailbox. This is Rolling Ridge Club, a neighborhood on San Antonio’s Northwest Side — and its home...
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Sponsored by: As families settle into a new school year, fall is the perfect time for kids to get moving, try something new, and build friendships along the way. At the YMCA of Greater San Antonio, youth sports give children the opportunity to develop athletic skills while also l...
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District 5 Councilwoman Teri Castillo filed a Council Consideration Request calling for San Antonio to ban their operation within city limits.
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U.S. Marshals and partner agencies located or recovered 45 missing and endangered children during a multiagency operation.
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Three robots are rolling through Universal City’s sidewalks this week, scanning for potential problems that could affect people with disabilities as part of the city’s ADA compliance efforts. The robots, known as Daxbots, use sensors to track sidewalk width, slope, cracks and oth...
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One of the organizers who said she was sexually abused by Latino labor leader César Chavez decades ago has sued nonprofits tied to him. The complaint filed last week in Southern California is the first legal action since the explosive allegations surrounding Chavez were first rep...
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Two men were arrested last week in connection with a 2025 fatal shooting that resulted in the death of a teenage girl, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office said in a Facebook post. Alianna Nicole Ujueta , 17, was shot and killed by Deshawn Suggs on Sept. 28, 2025, at a house party i...
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A recent series of grass fires in Castle Hills appears to be the work of one or more arsonists, according to the city’s fire chief. Chief Jim Ladewig said there have been four fires along a stretch near Loop 410 and West Avenue in the past month. Two of them happened within an ho...
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DALLAS — Democratic U.S. Senate nominee James Talarico on Wednesday said he opposed transgender student-athletes competing in girls’ sports “if it endangers safety or fairness,” reversing course on previous positions he took while in the Texas House opposing restrictions on trans...
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A recall of imported ready-to-eat pork jowl includes products shipped to distributors and food service locations in Texas, federal food safety officials said Sunday. Prime Line Distributors Inc., of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Ferrarini USA Inc., of Hoboken, New Jersey, are rec...
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President Donald Trump had been eagerly awaiting his trip to Texas for his Republican Party's midterm convention. But he was briefly delayed by the deployment of an inflatable emergency slide on the new Air Force One plane that was a gift from Qatar. Trump arrived at Joint Base A...
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Texas Comptroller Don Huffines has requested legislators double the money behind the state’s private school voucher program to $2 billion. More than 100,000 students sit on the waitlist, but critics argue there is little evidence vouchers are delivering on their promises to justi...
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Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico statewide "Love Thy Neighbor" food drive is aimed at to help Texans and highlight high food prices.
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Planning a wedding or milestone event is no small feat. It takes vision, patience, timing, teamwork—and a whole lot of love for the details. From the first slice of cake to the final song of the night, these talented local businesses and professionals help turn big dreams into un...
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Five actors who live and work in London come to San Antonio every summer to spark the joy of acting, and Shakespeare
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San Antonio knows how to take care of its own—and this year’s SA Picks Services winners prove it. From the people who keep our homes cool, clean and comfortable to the pros who care for our health, our pets and everything in between, these local businesses and professionals are h...
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The San Antonio Missions are set to move into a new downtown stadium in 2029.
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Gov. Greg Abbott faces an underfunded but energetic challenge from Democratic state Rep. Gina Hinojosa (D-Austin). Meet the candidates for Texas governor on the Nov. 3 ballot was first posted on September 23, 2026 at 6:47 pm. ©2021 " San Antonio Report ". Use of this feed is...
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It's not just Republicans descending on Dallas for the midterm convention — Democrats are there too as they try to convince voters that the reality of Donald Trump's second presidency doesn't match the spectacle of his made-for-TV event. “This bizarre Republican midterm conventio...
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Spain's national intelligence agency issued multiple warnings before the Ceuta border crisis about a potential mass crossing of migrants from Morocco into the Spanish exclave in late July, according to declassified documents released by the government on Wednesday. The trove of 4...
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In an effort to keep the Austin school district independent, Mayor Kirk Watson is pushing to close two chronically-failing middle schools that triggered the state’s takeover law. He’ll need parents’ help to do it. Watson’s plan, released in his newsletter Wednesday morning, cites...
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An Anthropic researcher said he is resigning from the company over concerns the artificial intelligence firm and its competitors are not acting responsibly in AI development, echoing concerns raised inside and outside of the industry about the technology's potential to elude huma...
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Five members of a crew killed when an Amazon cargo jet smashed into their van were wrapping up their eight-hour shift cleaning planes at the Miami airport when the crash happened, lawyers for one of the victims said on Wednesday. Two other workers in the van were in the hospital ...
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President Donald Trump said Wednesday that oil prices that have surged because of the Iran war likely won’t come down until after U.S. midterm elections. Oil prices on Wednesday jumped more than 3% , pushing international Brent crude past the $100 threshold for the first time sin...
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Elena Rybakina is headed to the U.S. Open semifinals and to the top of the women's tennis rankings. Rybakina edged Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday, guaranteeing she will become No. 1 in the WTA rankings. The Australian Open champion will face No. 4 Coco Gauff or No. 5 Mir...
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Today @ 10:30 a.m., Brushfire Farms brings game day bites. With the NFL season opening tonight, the founder and CEO of Brushfire Farms brought a full spread of South Texas-inspired game day food to the studio. The lineup included dove Lizzies (what the rest of the country calls p...
