Trial postponed for man charged in 2022 stabbing of author Salman Rushdie due to forthcoming memoir

MAYVILLE, N.Y. – The New Jersey man charged with stabbing “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie is allowed to seek material related to Rushdie’s upcoming memoir about the attack before standing trial, a judge ruled Wednesday. Jury selection in Hadi Matar’s attempted murder and assault trial was originally scheduled to start Jan. 8. Instead, the … Read more

BCSO van involved in crash on far West Side ran red light, witnesses say

SAN ANTONIO – A crash involving a Bexar County Sheriff’s Office van sent two people, including a prisoner, to the hospital Wednesday morning. The crash occurred just after 10:30 a.m. at the Highway 90 and Loop 1604 intersection. According to a BCSO spokesperson, a BCSO van was transporting a prisoner traveling westbound when it collided … Read more

Records: SAPD fires officer after drunken night that included groping woman, damaging home in New Braunfels

NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas – A San Antonio police officer was fired late last year, months after records showed he groped a woman and damaged a home in New Braunfels while intoxicated. Officer Jeremias Duque Jr., a four-year veteran of SAPD, was handed an indefinite suspension on Nov. 30. Duque, while at a home in New … Read more

Grizzlies’ Morant says his dunk on Victor Wembanyama was a ‘late Christmas gift’

SAN ANTONIO — During Tuesday night’s San Antonio Spurs game versus the Memphis Grizzlies, Ja Morant took the ball to the rim in the fourth period with just one defender near him: 7-5 rookie Victor Wembanyama. As Morant shook Wemby on the court and leaped into the air, the Grizzlies All-Star dunked on the Spurs … Read more