A lawsuit alleges a 3-year-old migrant child was sexually assaulted while in federal custody at a foster care center in the Rio Grande Valley, the Associated Press reports. According to the report, the toddler was taken into federal custody shortly after she and her mother illegally crossed the border near El Paso in September. The […]
An ill-fated run for Congress in Texas’ 31st District cost long-shot candidate Offer Vince Shlomi — better known as the “ShamWow Guy” — more than $300,000 of his own money. What’s worse, for all the cash he poured in, the former TV pitchman landed just 3,000 votes. Not only did Shlomi end his Republican primary […]
Years before his affair with Regina Santos-Aviles, a married staffer who later committed suicide by lighting herself on fire, U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales inundated a campaign aide with text messages requesting nude photos and sex, the Express-News reports. The previously unreported texts are among hundreds the daily said it obtained showing the Republican congressman tried […]
The pioneering thrash-metal acts brought crushing riffs to SA’s Aztec Theatre on Sunday. The post Everything we saw as Testament, Overkill and Destruction thrashed the hell outta San Antonio appeared first on San Antonio Current.
We spoke to Thu about how she got started in San Antonio’s restaurant business and why it made sense to learn it from the ground up before jumping into ownership. The post Sumi Thu knows San Antonio’s Wild Goji Revolving Sushi & Bar inside and out appeared first on San Antonio Current.
State services should build community—and acceptance—for teens otherwise vulnerable to exploitation, homelessness, and isolation. The post Opinion: Foster care repeats rejection for LGBTQ+ Texans appeared first on San Antonio Current.
Despite a disappointing season marked by a 25-game suspension of Paul George for violating the NBA’s anti-drug policy and the questionable trade of sharpshooter Jared McCain to Oklahoma City, the Philadelphia 76ers are still in the mix for the league’s Play-In Tournament. And the Spurs now face the team Monday at the Frost Bank Center. […]
Both the empanadas and arepas proved top-notch, and so did the Venezuelan variations on hamburgers and hot dogs. The post San Antonio’s Leiah Venezuelan Food delivers on homey, straightforward fare that scores big on flavor appeared first on San Antonio Current.
The exhibition is on display through Sunday, April 26, at San Antonio’s Playhouse Gallery. The post Visual artist Karen Mahaffy’s ‘Deluge’ examines last summer’s tragic Texas floods appeared first on San Antonio Current.
‘This idea that you can invoke a national security exemption when there is no threat to national security is not only brand new, it’s ridiculous.’ The post Why Trump’s ‘God Squad’ is not like the God Squads before it appeared first on San Antonio Current.