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San Antonio Area Hit With Severe Thunderstorms, More Expected Monday Night

This post was updated on Monday, May 25, at 1:30 p.m. A line of severe thunderstorms pushed across South Central Texas Sunday night, spawning possible tornadoes, high winds, flash flooding and hail.

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COVID-19 Live Blog: San Antonio Sees 'Slight Uptick' In Hospital Numbers Since Texas Began To Reopen

An active shooter at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi has been "neutralized" after one security force member was injured Thursday, May 21, 2020. The incident prompted the base and nearby Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi to go on lockdown.
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FBI Identifies Suspect Slain In Terrorism-Related Shooting At Texas Navy Base

Plan For A Wet Memorial Day Across North Texas After A Stormy Sunday

Thunderstorms across North Texas are expected to build into a near-continuous line of storms, producing flooding, hail and damaging wind gusts, especially west of Interstate 35.

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San Antonio Area Hit With Severe Thunderstorms, More Expected Monday Night

By TPR News Staff • 18 minutes ago
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This post was updated on Monday, May 25, at 1:30 p.m.

A line of severe thunderstorms pushed across South Central Texas Sunday night, spawning possible tornadoes, high winds, flash flooding and hail.

COVID-19 Live Blog: San Antonio Sees 'Slight Uptick' In Hospital Numbers Since Texas Began To Reopen

By TPR STAFF • 8 hours ago
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Texas Public Radio is updating the latest information on COVID-19 in the San Antonio area, along with how local businesses are adjusting, how you can help those in need and what you can do to stay entertained at home. TPR is also providing live updates on the Rio Grande Valley.

White House Restricts Travel From Brazil, Where Coronavirus Cases Near 350,000

By • 15 hours ago

President Trump is barring the entry of most non-U.S. citizens who have been in Brazil within the past 14 days, the White House announced on Sunday, citing concerns over Brazil's rapidly worsening coronavirus crisis.

"Today's action will help ensure foreign nationals who have been in Brazil do not become a source of additional infections in our country," White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said in a statement.

May 24: San Antonio's Unemployment Rate Tripled From March To April

By TPR STAFF • 19 hours ago
San Antonio mayor Ron Nirenberg banned gatherings of more than 50 people, but the order doesn’t apply to restaurants and bars.
Dominic Anthony | Texas Public Radio

Texas Public Radio is updating the latest information on COVID-19 in the San Antonio area, along with how local businesses are adjusting, how you can help those in need and what you can do to stay entertained at home. TPR is also providing live updates on the Rio Grande Valley.

Plan For A Wet Memorial Day Across North Texas After A Stormy Sunday

By editor • 21 hours ago

Thunderstorms across North Texas are expected to build into a near-continuous line of storms, producing flooding, hail and damaging wind gusts, especially west of Interstate 35.

Texas Doctors Struggle To Keep Their Practices Afloat During The Pandemic

By • May 24, 2020

Physician practices in Texas are facing serious financial pressures as fewer patients come in to seek care during the coronavirus pandemic.

Texas Was Inflating Its Coronavirus Testing Numbers By About 6%

By & • May 24, 2020

Texas is changing the way it publishes its accounting of coronavirus tests after the practice of conflating two types of tests was disclosed last week.

Officials Condemn Bexar GOP Chair's Claims That COVID-19 Is Democratic Hoax To Hurt Trump

By • May 23, 2020
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San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg said Saturday that COVID-19 protocols had nothing to do with partisan politics and were intended to protect public health.

He was responding to comments made by Bexar County Republican Party Chair Cynthia Brehm at a Friday news conference, who claimed Democrats were using the COVID-19 crisis to undermine President Donald Trump.

Texas Governor Suspends Visits at County And Municipal Jails

By & Jerry Clayton • May 23, 2020
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott issued the executive order regarding in-person visits on Friday.

The restriction does not apply to visits by an attorneys meeting with clients or visits by religious leaders.

May 23: Governor Suspends Jail Visits; San Antonio's Unemployment Rate At 13.7%

By TPR STAFF • May 23, 2020
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San Antonio Art Contest Reveals How Young People Around The World 'See' Music

By • May 22, 2020
MCNAY ART MUSEUM’S PICK – Elena Cortez – Tortoises – Pre-K
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The San Antonio Symphony holds dozens of free concerts yearly for upwards of 40,000 area students. This year with COVID-19, there was a hitch. The symphony's Jeremy Brimhall explained.


San Antonio Musem Of Art Will Reopen Next Week

By • May 21, 2020
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One of San Antonio's largest museums has scheduled its reopening. Emily Sano, interim co-director of the San Antonio Museum of Art, said their 87,000-square-foot size makes reopening a little more practical than some other museums.

How To Beat Coronavirus Cabin Fever: Rewrite History With SAMA And Artpace's Virtual Edit-A-Thon

By • May 19, 2020
Attendees of the edit-a-thon used various academic search engines in addition to about a dozen books Tesfai provided. Wikipedia uses a “notability test” to determine the validity and relevance of entries on the site.
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Updated Tuesday, May 19, at 4:16 p.m. This post will be updated regularly. Share your ideas with us at letters@tpr.org.

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