New proposal to update Nutrition Facts Label
WASHINGTON (AP) - Those "Nutrition Facts" labels on nearly every food package in grocery stores could get a new look. The Food and Drug Administration today will propose larger, bolder type for...
View ArticleNew trial date for in Colorado movie attack
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (AP) - A judge is preparing to set a new trial date - the third - for the man accused of killing 12 people at a movie theater near Denver in 2012. Prosecutors are seeking the death...
View ArticleTexas officers suspended for homeless sign contest
MIDLAND, Texas (AP) - Two police officers in an oil-rich West Texas city spent weeks competing to see who could take the most cardboard signs away from homeless people. Panhandling doesn't violate...
View ArticleSAPD: Drug suspect had gun in his lap
SAN ANTONIO -- A routine traffic stop led to a scary situation for San Antonio police officers on the Northeast side.Officers pulled a car over near Austin Highway and Perrin Beitel at about 3a.m....
View ArticleSpain revises Q4 growth downward to 0.2 percent
MADRID (AP) - Spain's National Statistics Institute says the economy grew a smaller-than-expected 0.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2013 compared with the previous three-month period. The...
View ArticleNASA discovers 715 new planets
WASHINGTON (AP) - Our galaxy is looking far more crowded. NASA has confirmed a bonanza of 715 newly discovered planets outside our solar system. Scientists using the planet-hunting Kepler telescope...
View ArticleSA Voice - Hands off Alamo Plaza!
by Randy BeamerNews 4 San Antonio REMEMBER THE ALAMO... WHEN THE CAMPAIGN IS OVERSAN ANTONIO -- It's funny what comes up during campaigns. Especially the last days of campaigns. Like the idea that...
View ArticleWoman pushed in front of moving train
SAO PAULO, Brazil (CNN) -- A woman had her arm amputated after she was pushed in front of a moving train Tuesday morning.Witnesses at the train station in Sao Paulo told police a man pushed her and...
View ArticleSan Antonio shelter gets influx of exotic animals
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - San Antonio's animal shelter has seen a recent influx of exotic animals, including a llama, a potbellied pig, horses, chickens, rabbits and quail. Lisa Norwood, spokeswoman for...
View ArticleBus driver attack caught on camera
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) - A surveillance camera captured a beating that injured a bus driver in Olympia, Wash. Intercity Transit spokeswoman Kris Fransen says the driver suffered cuts, bruises and a...
View ArticleMan dies after re-entering burning home to get cell phone
PLANO, Texas (AP) - A man has died after re-entering a burning home in suburban Dallas to get his cell phone. Plano fire officials say the three adults who lived at the home safely escaped the fire...
View ArticleMonth-long delays expected for I-35 southbound commuters
By: Jessica HeadleyI-35's southbound George Beach Avenue ramp will close Friday for several months. A temporary ramp will be in place approximately a quarter mile further down on I-35. Texas...
View ArticleMistrial declared in sexual abuse trial when defendant found dead
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - A judge has ordered a mistrial in a continuous sexual abuse trial in San Antonio after the defendant was found dead in his home. The San Antonio Express-News reports that the...
View ArticlePolice arrest bank robbery suspects
SAN ANTONIO -- Police arrested three suspects after a bank robbery early Thursday morning.The robbery happened at the Compass Bank in the 1000 block of Goliad Road.Following the robbery, a police...
View Article'Homeless Jesus' statue stirs controversy
(WCNC) - A sculpture of Jesus as a homeless man installed outside a church in Davidson, North Carolian has neighbors and church leaders debating its message and appropriateness.From a distance,...
View Article'Dr. Frankenstein' helps identify drug war murder victims
SAN ANTONIO -- In the shadows of Mexico's drug war stand hundreds of families wondering what became of their loved ones.At the peak of the violence, the El Paso border city of Juarez recorded more...
View ArticleBexar County Sheriff's Office sergeant fired
SAN ANTONIO -- A sergeant with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office has been fired for insubordination and conduct unbecoming a deputy sheriff.The Bexar County Sheriff's Office confirmed Thursday Sergeant...
View ArticleOfficial: Teen didn't know she was pregnant
HOUSTON (AP) - A Child Protective Services caseworker has testified that a 16-year-old girl accused of putting her newborn in a Houston trash bin this week didn't know she was pregnant and thought the...
View ArticleSan Antonio police officer charged with DWI
SAN MARCOS -- Deputies in Hays County arrested a San Antonio police officer last night. Officials say Officer James Ferguson was charged with DWI in San Marcos.Ferguson has been with the San Antonio...
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