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Why panic buying toilet paper won’t help during the port strike
Read full article: Why panic buying toilet paper won’t help during the port strikeThe ongoing port strike has prompted some shoppers to start stockpiling toilet paper again. But the strike at the ports has zero impact on the U.S. toilet paper supply, as it's mostly produced domestically or imported by rail or truck from Mexico and Canada.
San Antonio produce distributor hopes port strike is short-lived
Read full article: San Antonio produce distributor hopes port strike is short-livedThe ongoing port strike happening at our nation’s East and Gulf coast ports is something many companies and grocery stores are paying close attention to, even though at this time, they are not concerned.
Facing a possible strike at US ports, Biden administration urges operators to negotiate with unions
Read full article: Facing a possible strike at US ports, Biden administration urges operators to negotiate with unionsTop Biden administration officials met with port operators ahead of a possible strike at East and Gulf coast ports, with a union contract set to expire late Monday.
San Antonio Flying J travel center destroyed by fire rises from the ashes
Read full article: San Antonio Flying J travel center destroyed by fire rises from the ashesThe travel center and truck stop, located near Interstate 10 and Foster Road, burned to the ground in December 2022. Now, it's back in business.
East, Southeast Asia had record methamphetamine seizures last year. Profits remain in the billions
Read full article: East, Southeast Asia had record methamphetamine seizures last year. Profits remain in the billionsA new United Nations report says East and Southeast Asia are awash in record amounts of methamphetamine and other synthetic drugs.
The NBA play-in games are set. It'll be Heat-76ers, Hawks-Bulls, Lakers-Pelicans and Warriors-Kings
Read full article: The NBA play-in games are set. It'll be Heat-76ers, Hawks-Bulls, Lakers-Pelicans and Warriors-KingsLeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers are staying in New Orleans for a couple more days.
5 countries in East and southern Africa have anthrax outbreaks, WHO says, with 20 deaths reported
Read full article: 5 countries in East and southern Africa have anthrax outbreaks, WHO says, with 20 deaths reportedThe World Health Organization says five countries in East and southern Africa are in the middle of outbreaks of the anthrax disease with more than 1,100 suspected cases and 20 deaths this year.
Tornado touches down near Chicago's O'Hare airport, disrupting hundreds of flights
Read full article: Tornado touches down near Chicago's O'Hare airport, disrupting hundreds of flightsThe National Weather Service says a tornado touched down near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport prompting passengers to take shelter and disrupting hundreds of flights.
A year after Buffalo supermarket massacre, city's Black youth still shaken
Read full article: A year after Buffalo supermarket massacre, city's Black youth still shakenAs Buffalo, New York, marks one year since a racist massacre at a supermarket, many young Black people in the city are grappling with a shaken sense of personal security and complicated feelings about how their community was targeted.
I-10 closure from big rig rollover crash on city’s far East side could last for hours
Read full article: I-10 closure from big rig rollover crash on city’s far East side could last for hoursFuel and oil that leaked from an overturned 18-wheeler could keep the eastbound lanes of I-10 near Loop 1604 on the city's far East Side shut down until Friday afternoon.
Spoelstra, Udoka have Heat and Celtics ready for East finals
Read full article: Spoelstra, Udoka have Heat and Celtics ready for East finalsBoston Celtics coach Ime Udoka and Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra have enormous respect for each other and a bond that stems from their shared history in the sport.
Close East race adds to Bucks' urgency coming out of break
Read full article: Close East race adds to Bucks' urgency coming out of breakGiannis Antetokounmpo and the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks are coming out of the All-Star break knowing they've got work ahead just to earn home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
Stand Up SA to begin first gun violence prevention efforts inside Texas hospitals
Read full article: Stand Up SA to begin first gun violence prevention efforts inside Texas hospitalsA community lead crime prevention effort is leading the way in the Lone Start state in it's approach to tackling gun crime.
Police trying to find out who caused injuries to woman found at bloody East Side home
Read full article: Police trying to find out who caused injuries to woman found at bloody East Side homeSan Antonio police say a woman who was found with puncture wounds in her body won't tell them who caused her injuries. Her children led police to their blood-soaked home.
Groups ask France to probe 2013 Syria chemical attacks
Read full article: Groups ask France to probe 2013 Syria chemical attacksFILE - This Aug. 25, 2013 file photo shows black columns of smoke rising from heavy shelling in the Jobar neighborhood in East of Damascus, Syria. A group of Syrian chemical attack survivors and Syrian rights groups said Tuesday they have filed a criminal complaint in France over two August 2013 attacks outside Damascus, pointing to the alleged responsibility of the Syrian government in what would constitute war crimes and crimes against humanity. The suit concerns 2013 attacks in Douma and the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta. It is the second such effort in Europe in recent months seeking accountability in chemical attacks. She did not specify how many survivors of the attacks live in France.
Police: Witnesses, victim uncooperative after double shooting
Read full article: Police: Witnesses, victim uncooperative after double shootingSAN ANTONIO San Antonio may have to rely on their own investigative skills to solve a double shooting on the citys East side. A 36-year-old woman was shot dead and another woman was critically wounded by gunfire early Wednesday. SAPD: Woman dead, another in critical condition after East Side shootingA preliminary report says they found one woman dead at the scene. The 31-year-old woman was in critical condition when she was rushed to a hospital. At the scene, officers said they saw several people walking away as they arrived, but they all denied seeing anything.
Woman wounded in drive-by shooting outside East side home
Read full article: Woman wounded in drive-by shooting outside East side homeSAN ANTONIO San Antonio police are trying to track down the person who opened fired at a group of people outside an East side home, hitting one woman in her belly. Officers found that woman outside the home in the 600 block of Potomac Street late Wednesday night. They say witnesses told them she was among a group of people gathered outside the home when someone in a tan Buick pulled up and began shooting shortly after 11 p.m.Police say the woman was stable as she was loaded into an ambulance. The shooter got away.
Firefighters: Flames burned ‘basketball sized’ hole in floor of vacant home
Read full article: Firefighters: Flames burned ‘basketball sized’ hole in floor of vacant home(KSAT 12 News)The fire burned right through the floor on the second level, they said. “I’m gonna say a hole about the size of a basketball burned through it, with charring around it into the wood,” said Battalion Chief Connie Hall with SAFD. Hall said the house was vacant, although it appeared someone had been taking steps to make it livable again. “But nobody is living there.”An arson investigators take photos around the outside of the home. “That’s something that arson will determine.”Hall mentioned that firefighters did notice that the door to the home was wide open when they arrived.
Tornado confirmed in Texas, damage from another suspected in Louisiana
Read full article: Tornado confirmed in Texas, damage from another suspected in LouisianaAt least one tornado was confirmed early Sunday in central Texas, the National Weather Service reported, and the mayor of Monroe, Louisiana, said his town was damaged by suspected tornadoes Sunday. Tornadoes touch down in Texas and LouisianaThe Texas tornado early Sunday was confirmed south of Marble Falls, about 50 miles west of Austin, the weather service said. The National Weather Service in Shreveport, Louisiana, issued the highest level of tornado alert, a tornado emergency, for Monroe. Mayor Jamie Mayo said there was suspected tornado damage in various parts of Monroe, a city in north-central Louisiana of about 50,000 people, according to a post on the city's Instagram page. "The images and reports of major tornado damage in the Monroe area are heartbreaking, and my prayers are with the people there.