Featuring new work by polymath James Cobb, Things Into Thoughts — on display at The Contemporary at Blue Star through early October — explores systems, form and color with the syncopation of a jazz solo. This suite of new work is one of four exhibitions by San Antonio-based artists that opened at...
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A new Texas Hill Country Flood Relief Fund will support emergency assistance and long-term recovery as catastrophic flooding continues across the region.Texas Hill Country Flood Relief Fund launches as catastrophic flooding devastates region was first posted on July 16, 2026 at 4:24 pm.©2021...
More than 1,300 first responders were deployed and at least 75 people were rescued amid devastating floods in South Central Texas, according to Gov. Greg Abbott.People located in Kerr, Kendall, Gillespie, Blanco and Uvalde counties should remain aware of warning and evacuation calls. Officials ar...
This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published.Dallas-area Democrats are demanding that Republican Texas Attorney Gener...
Giannis Antetokounmpo was watching Lionel Messi play in the World Cup semifinals this week, and a realization struck him.Messi, to him, is greatness. And Antetokounmpo wants to follow Messi's path.Antetokounmpo got his welcome-to-Miami ceremony Thursday at the team's arena, with a few fans chanti...
Netflix said Thursday its second-quarter profit grew thanks to new membership signups and price increases, which “had gone well and as expected.” But the company's shares declined sharply in after-hours trading as the video streaming company's forecast for the current quarter fell below Wall Stre...
Phyllis Sentiva Ochoa, the woman behind the San Antonio-themed song “Where We Roll,” which went viral on social media, is out of prison after being released Wednesday from the Hilltop Unit in Gatesville, MySA reports. Ochoa, whose YouTube song became an Alamo City anthem, was sentenced to 16 year...
Featuring new work by polymath James Cobb, Things Into Thoughts — on display at The Contemporary at Blue Star through early October — explores systems, form and color with the syncopation of a jazz solo. This suite of new work is one of four exhibitions by San Antonio-based artists that opened at...
There were no “I’m so bad at golf” exclamations from Rory McIlroy this time.The puzzled looks, shakes of the head and sagging shoulders said it all.McIlroy was just 10 holes into his bid to win the British Open for the first time since 2014 and he was veering dangerously close to playing himself ...
WASHINGTON — Attorney General Ken Paxton’s campaign said he would debate state Rep. James Talarico in Texas’ U.S. Senate race after Talarico challenged him to do so Thursday morning. Talarico, the Democratic nominee, said he had accepted invitations from three Texas media groups for televised deb...
San Antonio-area livestock sanctuary Winding Branch Ranch has been left with significant damages after Wednesday’s devastating floods. “Let’s just say I was in complete disbelief,” ranch Executive Director Matthew Aversa posted in the caption of an online video showing the floodwaters overtaking ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to change its rules for permits issued to so-called minor air polluters by handing states greater power to decide how much notice and public input residents receive before such permits are approved or denied. For Texans, the rule change could ...
Republicans on the House Budget Committee advanced a $95 billion package Thursday for the Iran war, farm aid and President Donald Trump's push for strict new voter ID requirements, moving forward on a party-line vote despite trouble in the full House — and the Senate.Budget Committee Chairman Jod...
FORECAST HIGHLIGHTSFLASH FLOOD EMERGENCIES: Along Guadalupe and Pedernales Rivers, & in Uvalde CountyOTHER FLOODING RIVERS/CREEKS: Nueces, Frio, Sabinal, Leona, Medina, CiboloEXTREME RAINFALL: 8″ to 12″ over past 24 hours, Up to 18″to 29″ since Monday nightSAN ANTONIO FORECAST: Spotty afternoon r...
A San Antonio police officer is accused of assaulting his 12-year-old daughter, which caused temporary blindness in one of her eyes, according to an arrest affidavit. Bless Achor, 38, turned himself in to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday after authorities issued a warrant for his ar...
President Donald Trump's media company is planning to charge for special high-speed access to Truth Social posts, including possibly his own affecting national security and financial markets.The move announced Thursday would allow Wall Street trading firms and other institutions to get news from ...
Fighting between the U.S. and Iran has intensified over control of the Strait of Hormuz, but hopes for a possible diplomatic solution have shown stubborn signs of life.Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry on Thursday rejected suggestions that Islamabad had abandoned efforts to bring Washington and Tehran ...
Major League Baseball is set to have its earliest opening day next year except for international games, starting on March 24 — if there is an opening day.MLB said Thursday its 2027 season will start with a single game to be televised that night by Netflix. The teams have not been chosen.Opening m...
Yet another new eatery is in the works at the Pearl — and it has a familiar face behind the reins. Mixtli chef and co-owner Rico Torres has joined forces with Gabe Erales and André Natera to form a new hospitality group dubbed La Unión Hospitality, according to details unveiled Thursday by the pa...
The remains of several geese were found on a New York City sightseeing helicopter that crashed into the Hudson River last year and killed 6 people, investigators said Thursday, strong suggestions that multiple bird strikes contributed to the tragedy.Reports from the National Transportation Safety...
President Donald Trump’s teleprompter operator is on unpaid leave after reports that he used his inside knowledge to make bets about the president’s speeches on the online prediction market Kalshi, the White House said Thursday.The firm’s enforcement chief said Kalshi contacted federal regulators...
Camp La Jita, a Girl Scouts camp in Uvalde County, evacuated their camp earlier this week. Others say they are monitoring the weather and preparing to enact safety plans.
A ghost gun company has been ordered to pay more than $100 million in the death of a Kentucky teenager who had purchased the company's pistol-building kit online. The verdict — believed to be the largest-ever against a gun dealer — was awarded by a jury Wednesday following a trial focused on whet...
President Donald Trump's administration has worked to stop offshore wind development on the grounds that it's a national security risk since late last year.It halted work on major projects, and it's buying back leases, citing national security concerns. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum says a class...
The state of Florida is set to execute two death row inmates on the same day for the first time in more than 60 years, now that a stay has been lifted for a former police officer who had been scheduled to die earlier this year for killing an 11-year-old girl in 1987.James Aren Duckett, 68, is sch...
Mayor wants to increase San Antonio's involvement in VA sponsored psychedelic clinical trials to treat PTSD in veterans.Mayor Gina Ortiz Jones wants San Antonio to get psychedelic drug clinical trials to help treat veterans was first posted on July 16, 2026 at 1:00 pm.©2021 "San Antonio Repo...
Federal safety investigators looking into a runaway Tesla that killed a grandmother in her home say the driver had pressed the accelerator to full speed, suggesting the vehicle's self-driving software was not to blame.The driver had told police that he had the self-driving software turned on, but...
The University of Texas at San Antonio and the Oasis student housing complex are working with the Red Cross to assist at least 10 students displaced by the tornado that touched down in the area, San Antonio Fire Department officials told the Current. Depending on availability, affected resident...
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche was expected to meet Thursday with accusers of Jeffrey Epstein after a key Republican senator said it was necessary to earn his support for Blanche’s nomination to lead the Justice Department.Sen. Thom Tillis had indicated during Blanche’s confirmation hearing...
Speaking on the House floor Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-San Antonio, said “Israel does not need — or quite honestly deserve — more American money for weapons.” Castro was one of 103 House Democrats who voted Wednesday to cut the $3.3 billion in military aid the U.S. supplies to Israel ...
Jordan Walker rooted for Chipper Jones as a young Braves fan raised in suburban Atlanta and used to beg his family to take him to baseball games at Turner Field.Walker’s parents -- “Jordan’s Dad” and “Jordan’s Mom,” as known by their customized jerseys this week at the Home Run Derby — often obli...
The FBI sought a search warrant to seize plastic bags with “crystal-like substances” inside the van of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was fatally shot by an immigration agent last week. The FBI said it suspects methamphetamine, but the lawyer representing Salgao Araujo’s brother on Thursday said it ...
Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Thursday convened leaders from more than 60 countries to take part in the Trump administration's latest effort to quell what it calls “left wing” political terrorism, a marquee issue for Republicans heading into the midterm elections. This focus comes even as stu...
Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday that officials were working to confirm additional details on the victim.
Brazil has described the latest U.S. tariffs on certain Brazilian imports as unjustifiable and politically motivated and threatened on Thursday to impose reciprocal tariffs against U.S. products. The country's top diplomat criticized U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for the move.The U.S. said ...
Despite a “wider footprint” compared to last year’s Hill Country floods, Kendall County officials reported no significant injuries connected to this week’s flooding. Kendall County Judge Shane Stolarczyk and Kendall County Emergency Management Coordinator Brian Constantine provided an update on t...
Belgian rider Tim Merlier earned another stage win at the Tour de France while several riders fell as they sprinted to the line Thursday.Defending champion Tadej Pogacar avoided the crash and kept his significant overall lead over second-place Jonas Vingegaard after 12 stages.It was Merlier’s thi...
The Trump administration is reviving a rule that could deny green cards to immigrants who use public benefits that could include food stamps, Medicaid, housing vouchers and others. The policy, known as “public charge,” appeared on Thursday in the Federal Register. It will be formally published on...
Subscribe to The Y’all — a weekly dispatch about the people, places and policies defining Texas, produced by Texas Tribune journalists living in communities across the state.BOCA CHICA BEACH — As a child, Christopher Basaldu, a lifelong resident of Brownsville, would take family trips to Boca Chi...
Severe flash flooding has hit parts of the Hill Country along the Guadalupe and Pedernales rivers, prompting the National Weather Service to issue multiple flash flood emergencies. The NWS reserves this type of warning for "exceedingly rare," life-threatening flood situations.
The conflict between Iran and the United States has intensified in recent days and an interim deal to end the fighting has collapsed less than a month after it was signed.The Memorandum of Understanding was supposed to halt all military operations and reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial waterw...
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