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High school students leave their mark at San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo with new murals
3+ hour ago (577+ words) SAN ANTONIO " The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo is known for its livestock competitions, rodeo events and star-studded concerts. This year, it is also turning heads with something new: student-created murals now lining the fairgrounds. For the first time, high…...
States sue Trump administration over changes to childhood vaccine recommendations
13+ hour, 6+ min ago (192+ words) SACRAMENTO, Calif. " More than a dozen states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its rollback of vaccine recommendations for children, calling the move an illegal threat to public health. The new vaccine recommendations ignore long-standing medical guidance and will make…...
Penguins in party hats? Birthday cards cheer families of babies treated for botulism
18+ hour ago (533+ words) The California program that provides the world's only medical treatment for potentially deadly infant botulism also offers traumatized families hope of a different sort " silly cards on their babies' first birthdays. Every year, staff at the state's Infant Botulism Treatment…...
30 students disciplined at East Central High School after anti-ICE walkout
5+ day, 6+ hour ago (390+ words) SAN ANTONIO " Around 30 East Central High School students walked out of class on Feb. 13 in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations happening in Bexar County. One student, who did not want to be named, said the school threatened…...
New Mexico’s promise of free child care comes with a fiscal escape hatch
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (842+ words) Morgan Lee And Savannah Peters SANTA FE, N.M. " An ambitious universal child care program aimed at fully footing the bill for working families across New Mexico is being enshrined into law, with state legislators making good on promises by Democratic Gov....
College, high school students protest immigration policies in downtown San Antonio
1+ week, 1+ day ago (283+ words) SAN ANTONIO " Local students took to the streets of downtown San Antonio on Monday afternoon to publicly use their voices to oppose the Trump administration's immigration policies. The call to demonstrate drew both college and high school students to downtown…...
3 killed, including suspect, in shooting during Rhode Island youth hockey game
1+ week, 1+ day ago (189+ words) PAWTUCKET, R.I. " Three people, including the suspect, were fatally shot during a Rhode Island youth hockey game Monday, authorities said. Pawtucket Police Chief Tina Goncalves told reporters that three other victims are hospitalized in critical condition. "It appears that this was…...
Officials deny seeking quick end to asylum claims for the Minneapolis family of 5-year-old
2+ week, 1+ day ago (329+ words) Liam Conejo Ramos, 5, is detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers after arriving home from preschool, Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026, in a Minneapolis suburb. (Ali Daniels via AP) MINNEAPOLIS " Federal authorities have denied attempting to expedite an end to asylum claims by…...
Plastic surgeons group calls for delaying gender-affirming surgery until age 19
2+ week, 6+ day ago (613+ words) The nation's largest professional organization for plastic surgeons recommended that gender-affirming surgeries be delayed until patients turn 19, changing the group's stance on the politically charged issue and diverging from several other major medical organizations' guidance. The statement is not a…...
Any Baby Can of Southwest Texas expands Spanish services, encourages other do the same
2+ week, 6+ day ago (312+ words) SAN ANTONIO " Any Baby Can of Southwest Texas, a nonprofit that helps families navigate the challenges and medical care that come with an autism or intellectual and developmental diagnosis, has expanded nearly all of its services to Spanish. Last year,…...