Sen. Cornyn apprehensive about $118 billion legislation on border security and foreign aid

The bill would give the federal government expulsion authority to deport migrants if a certain threshold of crossings is reached in a week. SAN ANTONIO — U.S. Sen. John Cornyn and fellow Republicans are concerned yet open to what’s entailed in a new bill drafted in Washington that aims to tackle border security while leveraging … Read more

UTSA graduate research assistant helps to enhance images from NASA’s space telescope

SAN ANTONIO – For months, a UTSA professor of astrophysics and his students have been analyzing images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope and have made important discoveries, using a technique to enhance the image quality. A UTSA graduate research assistant, Mason Leist, is a U.S. Army veteran and recently led a study published in … Read more

Big rig filled with ‘condemned vegetables’ breaks open on I-35, causing major delays

The trailer being towed was carrying vegetables that had been condemned and quarantined by Homeland Security. SAN ANTONIO — A crash involving a big rig carrying “condemned vegetables” near I-35 and Space Center happened early Tuesday morning, causing major delays. Officials say a tractor-trailer struck a signal truck that was at the end of a … Read more