American Airlines shifts focus from Austin, cuts 21 routes from airport
The cuts signal American Airlines’ shift from Austin.
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School districts working to meet state requirement to get armed officers on every public campus
SAN ANTONIO – Many school districts across San Antonio are scrambling to hire certified officers, with Texas House Bill 3 now in effect. The bill requires armed security officers on all campuses during regular school hours. Southwest ISD swore in 13 new officers on Tuesday morning to meet the state requirement. “This is a really … Read more
Record deaths in Texas as Supreme Court decides whether some domestic violence perpetrators can have guns
SAN ANTONIO – The numbers are in, and they’re not good. In 2022, 216 Texans were killed by intimate partners — 12 of whom were in Bexar County. The overall statistic is the second-worst number since the Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV) began collecting data. In the last decade, the number of homicides involving a gun … Read more
Do at-home LED face masks really work?
They may look like something out of a sci-fi movie, but light-therapy face masks are a booming beauty tool many people are using to get a healthy glow. “LED therapy will work interacting with the skin at different levels — stimulating the metabolism, the production of collagen and elastic fibers, and also, in case of … Read more
Man accused in triple murder allegedly shot victims while wife, kids waited in nearby van
SAN ANTONIO – New details behind the gruesome murder of three men in 2016 were revealed on the first day of trial. Jacob Brownson is charged with capital murder for allegedly fatally shooting Pedro Garcia, Matthew Martinez and Anthony Rodrigues at their North Side apartment. The three men were discovered with several gunshot wounds on … Read more
Hungary has fired the national museum director over LGBTQ+ content in World Press Photo exhibition
BUDAPEST – Hungary’s cultural minister on Monday fired the director of the Hungarian National Museum in Budapest, accusing him of failing to comply with a contentious law that bans the display of LGBTQ+ content to minors. The dismissal of Laszlo L. Simon, who became director of the museum for a five-year term in 2021, came … Read more
FBI crime report shows violence in Texas border towns is lower than the national average
Back in October, the FBI released detailed data on over 11 million criminal offenses across the United States. SAN ANTONIO — Crime numbers from last year show that violence in some South Texas border cities continues to be below the national average. The numbers come from the FBI’s Uniform Crime report from 2022. Back in … Read more