U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, a Democrat based in Laredo and serving Texas’ 28th District, discussed the impact of people detained in Dilley who are later sent to the Laredo Holding Institute, a prominent shelter in the city.

Families of the astronauts lost in the space shuttle Challenger accident are marking that tragic day 40 years ago.

The Trump administration has been releasing people charged with being in the country illegally to nongovernmental shelters along the U.S. border with Mexico after telling those organizations that providing migrants with temporary housing and other aid may violate a law used to prosecute smugglers.

The Pentagon has restored some webpages highlighting the wartime contributions of Navajo Code Talkers and other Native American veterans.

DeMar DeRozan scored 23 points, Domantas Sabonis had 22 points and 16 rebounds and the Sacramento Kings rolled to a 140-113 victory over San Antonio, handing the Spurs their second straight loss without Victor Wembanyama.

Crime may be down 3% overall in San Antonio, but it is not across the board.

A volunteer-heavy effort to restore some of Louisiana’s eroding coast with recycled oyster shells was part of the scenic backdrop for a visit from the head of AmeriCorps, the federal agency that deploys volunteers to serve communities around the nation.

An apartment complex on the East Side will be the testing ground for the next phase of the City of San Antonio’s plan to tackle violent crime.

A person with knowledge of the situation says Denver Nuggets forward Aaron Gordon needed 21 stitches after suffering lacerations to his face and right hand while being bitten by a family dog on Christmas.

President Joe Biden will head to Los Angeles next week for a big-dollar event that will be his first since strikes by writers and actors effectively ground his fundraising to a halt in the heart of the entertainment industry.

The violent crime reduction plan created by a team of UTSA criminologists consists of multiple strategies, though only the short-term “hot spot policing” has been put into place. But the UTSA professor overseeing the plan says data from January through June appear to show it paying off.

President Joe Biden’s reelection campaign is getting some fundraising help from Broadway's biggest names.

The number of violent street crimes such as murder, robbery, non-family aggravated assault, and deadly conduct with a victim fell citywide in the first four months of 2023, but some of the worst areas for those crimes saw even bigger drops.

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said he plans to protest a two-point loss to Golden State after a confusing sequence led to an uncontested basket for the Warriors.

SAPD Chief William McManus and the UTSA criminologists who produced the plan did their best to draw a distinction between their approach and that of the Memphis Police unit involved in Tyre Nichols' death.

A pair of UTSA criminology professors are working with SAPD to come up with an evidence-based crime prevention plan to reduce crime citywide.

It was a 1-2 punch to the gut for Atlanta’s sports fans.

A Helotes woman has filed a police report accusing a San Antonio-area contractor of theft, nearly a year after he accepted full payment for work without replacing pipes underneath her home.

The chief executive of a Christian youth home in rural Alabama says the community is working toward healing after eight of its children were killed in a fiery crash during the rains of Tropical Storm Claudette.

Eight children in a van from a youth ranch for abused or neglected children were killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash on a wet interstate over the weekend — the most devastating blow from a tropical depression that claimed a total of 13 lives in Alabama.

Children ages 12 and older can now get COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S., offering parents and schools a chance to relax their pandemic precautions.

A study of San Antonio police calls for service found some lower priority call types, such as disturbances or barking dogs, might be able to be handled by something other than the typical dispatch of a sworn SAPD officer.

Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Quinn stands with Atlanta Falcons Owner Arthur Blank before the first half of an NFL football game between the Atlanta Falcons and the Carolina Panthers, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2020, in Atlanta. Quinn was hired by the Falcons in 2015 after a highly successful run as Seattle’s defensive coordinator, highlighted by two straight trips to the Super Bowl. After going 8-8 his first season, Quinn guided the Falcons to one of the greatest years in team history. The Falcons made the playoffs again the following year, losing to eventual Super Bowl champion Philadelphia, but never seemed to fully shake their Super Bowl debacle. Dimitroff kept his job when Smith was fired at the end of the 2014 season after two straight losing campaigns.

(Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)ATLANTA Mayors in Atlanta and other Georgia cities deepened their defiance of Gov. He went so far as to say local governments couldn't order masks on their own property, which would include Atlanta's airport. Kemp's stance not only shying away from a statewide order but trying to bar local governments from instituting their own leaves him standing virtually alone. In the South, Republican governors in Tennessee, South Carolina and Florida have resisted calls for a statewide mask mandate but allow local jurisdictions to implement them. Republican governors in Alabama and Texas and Democrats in Kentucky, Louisiana and North Carolina have issued statewide mask requirements.