A 23-year-old Guatemalan woman in immigration detention, who has been denied surgery for a painful ovarian cyst for four months, was released earlier this week, her lawyers said. Andrea Pedro Francisco crossed the U.S.-Mexico border in 2019 with her mother seeking asylum and had been living in Minnesota ever since. In February, days before doctors […]
Apparently, making an ass of yourself during the NBA Finals now comes with complimentary food. Buffalo Wild Wings is offering the fan who interrupted Game 1 of the Spurs-Knicks series free wings and a place to watch the rest of the Finals. But the chain’s publicity ploy is leaving plenty of hoops fans with a […]
This article was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive its biggest stories as soon as they’re published. The piece is co-published with the Texas Observer as part of an initiative to report on state and federal efforts to restrict local control. No state has taken over as many […]
A longtime Alamo Heights landmark soon will be no more. The recently shuttered Barn Door Restaurant and Meat Market, which has stood at the corner of North New Braunfels and Crownhill avenues since 1953, will be razed next month to make way for the relocation of Mexican eatery Soluna, according to the San Antonio Report. “We’re […]
Canadian donuts-and-coffee chain Tim Horton’s isn’t wasting any time staking out territory in San Antonio. Just three months after revealing plans to open its first Alamo City location at 2919 N. Loop 1604 East inside Redland Plaza, the company has informed Texas regulators of plans to build a second north of the Windcrest area. Work on […]
San Antonio Spurs star Victor Wembanyama has sent recent signals about his progressive political views, even if he’s shared some of them in a subtle way. In a move some might see as subtle act of resistance, he entered Game 1 of the finals in a sharp look while carrying a paperback copy of lifelong […]
State Rep. James Talarico, the Democratic candidate for Texas’ contested U.S. Senate seat, landed two major endorsements this week as his campaign against Republican rival Ken Paxton heats up. On Thursday, Talarico garnered the endorsement of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights and political advocacy organization. The group’s PAC endorsement of […]
The prospect of a thrilling seven-game battle between the Spurs and the New York Knicks is expected to bring plenty of San Antonio residents out on the town to enjoy the game with other fans. At the same time, the team’s first trip to the NBA Finals in a dozen years may provide a needed […]
Students, immigrant-rights advocates and Austin Community College are asking the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday to let them defend the Texas Dream Act that has helped thousands of undocumented students afford college. The law allowed certain students who attended and graduated from high school in Texas to pay in-state tuition, even if […]
McALLEN — The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday confirmed the country’s first case of New World screwworm — the parasitic fly poised to harm the state’s $15 billion cattle industry — in South Texas. The USDA tested a sample from La Pryor in Zavala County at the USDA’s National Veterinary Services Laboratories in Ames, […]