Ruiz jury took about an hour to find him guilty and sentence him to life, one...
Kelsey Malone was juror number 2 in the abuse death trial of Mercedes Losoya. He reflected on the impact of five days of grisly testimony and tear-filled remembrances on the 12 people who decided Jose...
View ArticleThe ultimate green burial? Human composting lets you replenish the earth...
Only seven states have legalized human composting as a burial practice. That's why 29 percent of the bodies brought to Recompose, a composting facility in Seattle, come from out of state.
View ArticleSAPD criticized over participation in Dubai SWAT competition with human...
SAPD’s SWAT team participated in the UAE SWAT Challenge for the first time this year, and human rights and police reform advocates say the decision was a major mistake.
View ArticleSan Antonio's Cesar Chavez March includes workers demanding VIA recognize union
The transit agency was a co-sponsor of the march. It said in a statement that it is reviewing and considering conditions laid out by the transit workers union.
View ArticleMeta is limiting how much political content users see. Here's how to opt out...
Meta is now limiting the amount of political content it recommends to Instagram and Threads users. Here's why it made the change — and how to opt out of it.
View ArticleThe IRS has 940,000 unclaimed tax refunds from 2020 that are about to expire
The average median refund is $932 for 2020. Texas (93,400), California (88,200), Florida (53,200) and New York (51,400) have the largest amount of people potentially eligible for these refunds.
View ArticleShe reads the newspaper on TikTok — and her videos are going viral
Newspapers are losing the battle against smartphones as the place to learn the news, but one woman has found a way to bridge the divide and bring the print to the people.
View ArticleTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton cuts deal to have fraud charges dropped,...
Paxton, a Republican who was charged with felony securities fraud in 2015, has reached a deal with prosecutors that will let him avoid facing a jury next month. He did not have to admit guilt in...
View ArticleCounty commissioners approve incentive negotiations with UK-based equipment...
UK-based JCB manufacturing plans to build a nearly $266 million plant on San Antonio's South Side.
View ArticleNew federal funding available to keep San Antonio’s Migrant Resource Center...
Mayor Ron Nirenberg said there is no guarantee that the city will get all the money it needs to run the MRC from the federal government and that they expected to learn more in the coming weeks.
View ArticleMaking life-or-death decisions for $10.60 an hour: Texas group homes suffer...
Thousands of Texans with intellectual disabilities live in group homes. The group home system is struggling to retain workers under the low base wage the state legislature set last year.
View ArticleAlamo Colleges lowers tuition for students who live outside Bexar County
Starting this fall, students who live in neighboring counties will pay $180 per credit hour instead of $225. The cost per credit hour for Bexar County residents will remain $109.
View ArticleEclipsenomics: Solar eclipse expected to generate hundreds of millions of...
One economist is calling it “the most profitable 22 minutes in Texas history.”
View ArticleOnce the Texas GOP’s 'weak link,' Attorney General Ken Paxton is growing more...
With his impeachment and securities fraud case behind him, Paxton’s political stock is on the rise.
View ArticleLike ‘some invisible force is taking a bite out of the sun’: What to expect...
Get ready for April 8 with this guide on totality timing, changes in weather and animal behavior, and more.
View ArticleFrom the words of women, the crushing reality post-Roe v. Wade
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said maternal mortality — the death of a woman while pregnant or within 42 days of termination of pregnancy — is a crucial health concern.
View ArticleEclipse watchers hope for clear skies but view ahead remains cloudy
Long-range forecasts beyond 8 to 10 days are considered wild guesses. But as more information comes in, TPR will continue to update this forecast between now and April 8.
View ArticleTPR wins Gracie Award for 'Planes, Trains, and Automobiles: Evading the Texas...
The Alliance for Women in Media honored Texas Public Radio's David Martin Davies and Kayla Padilla for their audio documentary.
View ArticleMarfa’s Judd Foundation sues Kim Kardashian over allegedly fake Judd tables
The lawsuit accuses the reality TV star of falsely claiming in a YouTube video that tables at her skincare company’s office were designed by the late minimalist artist Donald Judd.
View ArticleUrologist refuses to come to San Antonio for annual conference because of...
The doctor tweeted that she will not be attending the conference because of the state's restrictive reproductive healthcare laws.
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