BAYREUTH – Thorleifur Örn Arnarsson’s phone rang in his Icelandic highlands cabin back in January 2022. Katharina Wagner, the Bayreuth festival director and great-granddaughter of composer Richard Wagner, wanted to get in touch. She invited Arnarsson to create a new production of “Tristan und Isolde” to open the 2024 festival. He listened to Carlos Kleiber’s … Read more
JOURDANTON, Texas – A Jourdanton daycare was cited for multiple deficiencies by state investigators this summer after a 4-year-old boy was ordered to stand on his tiptoes while squatting for up to 30 minutes as punishment, Texas Health and Human Services records show. Shining Stars Daycare Center in the 1600 block of Simmons Avenue was … Read more
Hundreds of dead fish have been found floating in the lake southeast of San Antonio. SAN ANTONIO — Hundreds of dead fish have been found floating in Calaveras Lake, which is just southeast of San Antonio. We are working to gather more information on what may have caused this to happen. This is a developing … Read more
Utah’s Jordan Clarkson predicts Wemby will accomplish something unprecedented in the NBA. SAN ANTONIO — The 2024 Olympics are over, and San Antonio Spurs‘ Victor Wembanyama and Team France won the silver medal after losing to Team USA in the gold medal round. But the fun did not stop at the sound of the final … Read more
Utah’s Jordan Clarkson predicts Wemby will accomplish something unprecedented in the NBA. SAN ANTONIO — The 2024 Olympics are over, and San Antonio Spurs‘ Victor Wembanyama and Team France won the silver medal after losing to Team USA in the gold medal round. But the fun did not stop at the sound of the final … Read more
Jonquetta Winbush is still in the ICU three weeks after driving off the road and into a body of water in July. WEST ORANGE, Texas — Newly released body camera video shows the moments a 12-year-old boy flagged down a West Orange police officer to save his mother from drowning. Jonquetta Winbush is still in … Read more
NEW YORK – Alyssa Milano hopes to charm audiences when she makes her Broadway debut this fall in the musical “Chicago,” adding her celebrity to a show that skewers celebrity culture. “The beauty of theater is that you get to try new things every night,” she tells The Associated Press. “That’s what I used to … Read more