Feb. 23 (UPI) — On this date in history: In 1836, soldiers under the command of Mexican President General Antonio López de Santa Anna began their assault on the Alamo Mission near present-day San Antonio, Texas. Eleven days later, the Alamo’s small group of Texian (Texan) defenders were defeated by the 1500-plus Mexican Army. In…
Although San Antonio’s biggest health care system is in the midst of the largest expansion in its 30-year history, it’s still not enough – even its newest hospital already is operating at full capacity. Methodist Healthcare is rapidly expanding to meet the increasing demand for patient care across South Texas. Since 2019, the health system…
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious, The Associated Press has found. The predictive intelligence program has resulted in people being stopped, searched and in some cases arrested. A network of cameras scans and records vehicle license plate…
If heat-trapping pollution from burning coal, oil and gas continues unchecked, thousands of hazardous sites across the United States risk being flooded from sea level rise by the turn of the century, posing serious health risks to nearby communities, according to a new study. What You Need To Know Researchers identified 5,500 sites that store,…
A grand jury in Texas has indicted the man accused of killing “King of the Hill” voice actor Jonathan Joss on a murder charge. But it is unclear whether Joss’ killing will be considered a hate crime. Police in San Antonio did not immediately return an email seeking comment Wednesday on whether its investigation had determined that…
TEXAS — Illegal entries into the United States from Mexico are at a historic low. The presence of U.S. Border Patrol agents along the southern border has decreased with the lull in migrant crossings. Recently, those agents have been reassigned. What You Need To Know This week, for the first time in President Donald Trump’s…
EL PASO, Texas — A federal court in El Paso ruled on Tuesday that Texas cannot use the new congressional maps redrawn this summer. A three-judge panel enjoined the state from using the updated maps and said that Texas should instead use the previous maps created in 2021. The ruling was a blow to President…
TEXAS — The holiday all about giving thanks is reportedly best celebrated in San Antonio, Texas. WalletHub ranked the best cities to trot to for Thanksgiving, and San Antonio took the cake (or pumkin pie) for No. 1. Dallas also ranked in the top 10 at No. 4. To determine which cities are deemed the…
TEXAS — Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans living in the U.S. are losing a layer of legal protection as the country’s designation under a federal program expired last week. What You Need To Know Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a program that allows people from countries dealing with humanitarian crises or natural disasters to live and…
Three employees were fatally shot Saturday at a landscape supply business in northeast San Antonio, officials said, and the suspect was later found dead. The shooting occurred in the morning hours at a business on the northeast side of the city. San Antonio Police Chief William McManus told reporters in a briefing Saturday morning that…