SAN ANTONIO – A Georgia man who brought his nine-year-old daughter to San Antonio over Thanksgiving to visit her mother has not seen his child for months after his ex-wife declined to return her to a child exchange location, San Antonio police and court records show. Axel Nieves, who previously relocated to Georgia for work, … Read more
The shoes were put on display at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum ahead of Holocaust Remembrance Day. DALLAS — In anticipation of its upcoming exhibition, “Walk This Way,” and ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum installed very special artifacts in its lobby Thursday. “When Jews arrived … Read more
SAN ANTONIO – Buc-ee’s, the Lone Star State-based travel center enjoyed by Texans and non-Texans alike, appears to be planning its biggest location to date. According to a report from the Houston Business Journal, the plan is for Goodyear, Arizona, a suburb west of Phoenix, to be the site of a new travel center. The … Read more
NEW YORK – The Associated Press has won a prestigious broadcast journalism award for “20 Days in Mariupol,” its documentary on the war in Ukraine produced with PBS’ “Frontline.” The documentary was among 15 winners of the 2024 duPont-Columbia Awards announced at a ceremony at Columbia University in New York on Thursday. Founded in 1942, … Read more
“I didn’t even get to hug him or anything,” the mom said. “The first thing I asked them is why he is so blue?” SAN ANTONIO — A welcome to the world was greeted with a big scare. A Del Rio baby not even a day old had to undergo heart surgery. The surgery was … Read more
SAN ANTONIO — Wastewater workers have been fighting to gain control of a spill at the region’s main treatment facility after heavy rains caused a blockage, resulting in an overflow of more than 100,000 gallons of water. It happened at the Steven M. Clouse Water Recycling Center on Valley Road in south Bexar County. The … Read more
NEW ORLEANS – Harry Connick Sr., who was New Orleans’ district attorney for three decades and later faced allegations that his staff sometimes held back evidence that could have helped defendants, died Thursday at age 97. Connick died peacefully at his home in New Orleans with his wife, Londa, and children — Suzanna and musician … Read more