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EF-1 tornado confirmed in San Antonio Wednesday, cleanup continues; State, local officials urge vigilance amid severe weather; Community leaders unveil new online tool
EF-1 tornado confirmed in San Antonio Wednesday, cleanup continues; State, local officials urge vigilance amid severe weather; Community leaders unveil new online tool
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WATCH LIVE COVERAGE ABOVEFORECAST HIGHLIGHTSKerr County Flash Flood Emergency along Guadalupe RiverKendall County Flash Flood Emergency along Guadalupe RiverUvalde County Flash Flood Emergency Extreme rainfall totals ranging from 8″ to 12″ over past 24 hoursIN SAN ANTONIO: Only light-to-moderate ...
Shoppers slowed their spending in June from May amid continuing economic uncertainty and fading benefits from generous government tax refunds. Retail sales rose 0.2% in June, after being up a revised 1% in May, according to the Commerce Department's report released on Thursday. Excluding business...
Filings for unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level in 10 weeks as U.S. layoffs remain historically low.The number of Americans applying for jobless aid in the week ending July 11 dropped by 8,000 to 208,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That's well below the 219,000 n...
President Donald Trump is set to address the nation Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on topics he said will include elections and voting machines, suggesting he could revisit long-debunked conspiracy theories about his 2020 defeat to Democrat Joe Biden. The speech comes as he’s escalated his calls for Repub...
Flash Flood Emergencies are in effect until 9 a.m. in parts of Kerr County and until 10 a.m. in parts of Uvalde County after heavy overnight rain triggered life-threatening flooding.
Dangerous flooding in Texas has intensified after days of pounding rain, sending emergency crews scrambling to rescue people from the rising waters before sunrise Thursday and setting off urgent warnings from forecasters: “Move to higher ground now!”The National Weather Service in San Antonio sai...
Portions of U.S. Highway 90 in Uvalde County are closed Thursday morning due to flooding.In Sabinal, Mayor Erik Gomez posted on social media that both directions are closed.The highway is also closed west of the City of Uvalde.Due to ongoing heavy rain, there’s flooding along the Highway 90 corri...
KSAT has crews in the Hill Country and Bexar County as severe weather continues to affect South Central Texas. At the moment, Flash Flood Emergencies are in effect for Kerr and Uvalde counties. >> Flash Flood Emergencies and heavy rain targeting saturated areasRiver levels are rising quickly as h...
EF-1 tornado confirmed in San Antonio Wednesday, cleanup continues; State, local officials urge vigilance amid severe weather; Community leaders unveil new online tool
San Antonio police officers shot and killed a man early Thursday morning on the East Side, SAPD acting chief Jesse Salame said. The shooting happened around 2:25 a.m. in the 800 block of Hammond Avenue, which is located near Rigsby Avenue. A probationary officer and a field training officer notic...
Today @ 10:30 a.m., a local, family-owned hot dog cart grows into something much bigger, a magician gets us ready for an exciting week at the Magic Saloon & myth-busting summer pregnancy questions.Hot Diggity Dog - we’re celebrating National Hot Dog month with Home Team Hot Dogs. It started out a...
Ask Claude to make a pamphlet critical of President Donald Trump or Britain's King Charles III, and Anthropic's chatbot would oblige. Prompted to do the same for Thailand's king, Saudi Arabia's crown prince or China's leader, and the artificial intelligence model declined.It is a key finding from...
AdviseMe2010.org provides an advising road map for for sixth, seventh, and eight graders who are on the cusp of selecting a career pathway. Free online tool helps middle school students explore college, career options was first posted on July 16, 2026 at 5:00 am.©2021 "San Antonio Report". U...
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.TEXARKANA — More than a dozen East Texas counties are working to create a groundwater conservation district that would prev...
Watch live radar aboveHeavy rainfall on Thursday morning has caused dangerous flooding in the Hunt area, prompting rescues, evacuations and leaving some residents stranded as rising water cut off road access, sources told KSAT.One source told KSAT that runoff flooding has caused the Guadalupe Riv...
An ACLU report looks at widespread use of force in immigration enforcement in the first year of President Trump's return to office. Recent fatal shootings in Texas and Maine have renewed scrutiny on the agency's tactics.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shook up his wartime government, drawing hundreds of Ukrainians into the streets Thursday to protest the ouster of his youthful defense minister — seen as an innovator of the country’s successful drone technology but who clashed with the traditional military establis...
The British government on Thursday urged FIFA to investigate Argentina's team after players posed with a banner claiming sovereignty over the contested Falkland Islands.Argentina beat England 2-1 in a World Cup semifinal on Wednesday in Atlanta.During post-match celebrations, Argentine players he...
Japanese communications company Fujitsu is leading a major push in artificial intelligence using Nvidia’s technology, bringing together what it said was the best in Japan’s manufacturing prowess in robotics with AI.The technology area known as “physical AI” refers to smart, futuristic robots that...
Major Taiwan computer chipmaker TSMC said Thursday it plans to spend another $100 billion on expanding its manufacturing capacity in the United States. The latest commitment appears to bring the company’s total pledges for investment in U.S. chipmaking to $265 billion. It also raised its annual r...
The technology sector was dragging markets on Wall Street and around the world mostly lower Thursday and oil prices fell despite a flurry of military strikes between the U.S. and Iran.Futures for the S&P 500 fell 0.2%, while futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 0.2%. Futures for the ...
An Italian court on Thursday convicted the former CEO of Italian highway operator Autostrade per l’Italian in the deadly collapse of Genoa’s highway bridge that killed 43 people nearly eight years ago.The former chief executive, Giovanni Castellucci, received a 12-year sentence after four years o...
More than 500 people are feared dead after reports that two boats carrying members of Myanmar’s persecuted Rohingya minority have capsized in the Bay of Bengal, officials said Thursday.According to preliminary information, the two boats left Myanmar’s western state of Rakhine in late June carryin...
Actor Sam Neill died from pneumonia and will be honored at a private family memorial at his New Zealand farm later, his agent told The Associated Press on Thursday. Neill's family had earlier announced the actor known for “Jurassic Park,” “The Piano” and other films died Monday in Sydney.His agen...
In the weeks after Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden in 2020, the people that Trump appointed to run the Department of Justice, cybersecurity agencies and intelligence departments all said the same thing — the election was fair, legitimate and free of major fraud or foreign interference.In his secon...
President Donald Trump is set to address the nation on Thursday night on topics he said will include elections and voting machines, suggesting he is likely to revisit some of the unproven claims he has previously made about Republican losses, particularly his own in 2020.Trump’s fixation on his l...
When major disasters strike, Americans are routinely waiting weeks — or even months — to receive presidential approval for aid. And if they live in a state that didn't support President Donald Trump, chances are greater that aid will be denied.Since taking office last year, Trump has approved abo...
The protest camp came to life as student demonstrators rolled up their bedding after another night under the open sky. At the heart of the camp, activist Sonam Wangchuk lay inside a tent, his weakened frame showing the toll of weeks on hunger strike.“If not fasting, what? Riots in the streets? Th...
An EF-1 tornado touched down Wednesday morning in northwest Bexar County near The Rim shopping center, the National Weather Service confirmed.Peak winds up to 100 mph were estimated in some spots.Multiple businesses were wrecked by the tornado including the Palladium, Bass Pro Shops, Marshals.WAT...
When Markwayne Mullin took over as Homeland Security secretary from fired Kristi Noem, he pledged to get the department responsible for carrying out the Trump administration's mass deportations policy out of the headlines. But just months into Mullin's time in office, the department is squarely i...
It's an idea whose time, as it were, may have come — again. The twice-yearly changing of the clocks in the United States could be a thing of the past if legislation currently in Congress that calls for permanent daylight time makes it through. But even as annoying as some find the back-and-forth ...
The rain eased Wednesday evening, but residents near Calaveras Lake and outside Kicaster said they were not ready to let their guard down after spending hours under tornado warnings.The warnings were issued between 6 p.m. and 7 p.m. as severe storms moved across parts of Bexar County. Although th...
The United States intensified its strikes on Iran early Thursday, hitting targets farther north and firing into a ship the U.S. accused of trying to break its naval blockade on the Islamic Republic. Iran retaliated by launching missiles and drones at U.S. allies in the region, and warned its atta...
The United States is imposing 25% tariffs on imports from Brazil after finding a range of what it deemed unfair trade practices by the world’s 10th-biggest economy.The tariffs, which were first proposed last month, will take effect July 22.The order exempts some goods that are not produced in the...
The National Weather Service's preliminary damage survey found the tornado reached EF-1 strength with peak winds of 100 mph and traveled about 4 miles through northwest San Antonio.
San Antonio Spurs first-round pick Jayden Quaintance underwent successful surgery on his right knee to repair meniscus damage, the team announced Wednesday through a news release.There is no immediate timeframe for his return. According to the Spurs, it is likely the 6-foot-10 forward will miss a...
The City of Schertz is under a Disaster Declaration following severe flooding and weather, according to the social media post from the police department.Flooding in Cibolo Creek caused the city to issue mandatory evacuations for all residents in the Pecan Grove RV Park, according to the news rele...
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WATCH LIVE RADAR ABOVEFORECAST HIGHLIGHTSFLOODING: Remains a major concern, especially around creeks and riversCIBOLO CREEK: Crests overnight ... 21 ft at Selma by 2am ... Pecan Grove trailer park in nearby Schertz could be flooded tonightMORE ROUNDS OF HEAVY RAINFALL: We continue to monitor Auth...
Cleanup efforts are underway after a tornado and severe weather caused significant damage across northwest San Antonio on Wednesday, the city said in a news release.The storm impacted areas near the University of Texas at San Antonio, the Rim, Camp Bullis, Crown Ridge and the Dominion, the city s...
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