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San Antonio, Texas
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Here is a look at protesters gathered in Downtown San Antonio to march against Texas' abortion ban.
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A fourth grader who survived the shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde described how it ended. "The cop said: 'Yell if you need help!' And one of the persons in my class said 'help.' The guy overheard and he came and shot her. Then the cops barged in."
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Despite long lines at crossings in South Texas, the border didn’t see a "major influx" of migrants after Title 42 expired Thursday night, according to a federal official. (Via @TexasTribune)
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RIP: Bryce Wisdom died of kidney cancer Sunday night. He was 17. Wisdom played football at Judson, and inspired not just his school, but the entire San Antonio community. His family posted a picture of "one last smile" from earlier in the day.
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An East Texas woman caught on video mysteriously ringing a stranger's doorbell has been identified as a domestic violence victim who's been safely returned to her family.
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"TEXAS WILL REMAIN TEXAS".Ted Cruz (R) is projected to beat Colin Allred (D) to clinch his third term in the U.S. Senate, CBS projects. As of 10:45 p.m. he was ahead by about 10 percentage points.
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Appointed to the nation’s highest court in 1993 by former President Bill Clinton, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the oldest sitting member on the court. She died Friday of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87.
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#TEXASDEBATE"He's dishonest. It's why the president called him Lyin' Ted, and it's why the nickname stuck, because it's true." - @BetoOrourke about Ted Cruz.
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Rather than propose a ban on weapons, Ted Cruz proposed such policies as requiring schools to have only one entrance, and staffing armed police or military veterans on guard at school entrances.
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BREAKING NEWS 🚨 Pete Arredondo is resigning from the Uvalde city council following calls for him to step down amid questions about how he responded to the Robb Elementary shooting.
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BREAKING NEWS: The Spurs have landed the top pick in the 2023 NBA Draft, priming them to bring generational talent Victor Wembanyama to San Antonio.
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Here is the latest from weather authorities on how cold we can expect it to be in San Antonio and across south Texas Monday morning (Via @NWSSanAntonio). The latest on our Winter Weather Watch:
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Wearing a cowboy hat and his uniform, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar appeared on stage at the DNC and gave a firsthand account of the immigration issue, suggesting Kamala Harris has done more to secure the border than Donald Trump.
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Actor Ben Savage, who starred as a child in the ABC teen sitcom “Boy Meets World,” is running for a U.S. House seat in California.
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Kino Jimenez, 30, was arrested on Thursday and charged with theft after a video shot at Whataburger went viral. STORY:
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In an interview after a Sunday rally in Austin, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke told The Texas Tribune he would work to repeal Texas’ abortion ban and expand access to reproductive health care if he is elected.
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Before Uvalde CISD voted to fire Pete Arredondo, a young Uvalde girl demanded that law enforcement who responded at Robb "turn in your badge and step down."
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Here you go, @SheaSerrano: “Mysterious Internet Guerrilla Philanthropy Group Donates $100,000 To Food Bank Because A Picture Made Author Sad”. The San Antonio native put the call out for donations to @safoodbank. More than $100,000 has been raised! 👏👏👏
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Flooding on Broadway! This is video from a KENS 5 viewer at Broadway Street in front of Cappy’s Restaurant. Send us your pictures and video through the KENS 5 app. Follow updates here:
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Drone footage captured the fireworks across the city of San Antonio for New Year's Eve 2025. 🎆.🎥: Martin Olivares | Photojournalist
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Patricio Manuel insisted on no special treatment before or during Saturday’s fight. He requested that ringside commentators not mention that he was once a woman. Then he went out and won.
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A new Texas law will ban transgender athletes from competing on college teams that match the gender they identify with. "It's a bill that is really just a direct attack on our LGBTQ+ community," said an official with Pride Center San Antonio.
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The first episode of COPS filmed here in San Antonio with the Bexar County Sheriff's Office airs on June 18th! Will you be watching?
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BREAKING: Associated Press projects Joaquin Castro as the winner in the U.S. House District 20 race.
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HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🎆 Check out the fireworks going off across San Antonio as 2022 began.
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Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean's body was recovered on Sunday and the body of her 8-year-old son, Gideon McKean, was found on Wednesday around 1:30 p.m. McKean and her son are the granddaughter and great-grandson of Robert F. Kennedy.
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Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich spoke to the New York Times about race, NFL kneeling, and President Trump. He said team brass told him that fans were angrily canceling season tickets over his criticism of Trump, and he told them that he didn't care.
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May 2, 2022, is now known as Megan Thee Stallion Day in Houston. Mayor Sylvester Turner issued the proclamation to the rapper along with a key to the city.
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The United States Supreme Court ruled that flag burning is protected under the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
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A conservative-backed group is calling for Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) to resign – and they're using billboards to do it. This billboard was spotted here in San Antonio at Loop 410 between Ingram Road and Culebra. Read more:
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Governor Abbott said law enforcement will arrest Democratic lawmakers when they return to Texas in a procedure unanimously outlined and agreed to by House members. They would return to the capitol, effectively forced to maintain quorum.
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RIP Sammy Teusch 💔🙏 His parents said they contacted their son's school 20 times about bullying.
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The 10-hour procedure was challenging because the virus had left her lungs full of holes and almost fused to the chest wall, said Dr. Ankit Bharat, who performed the operation.
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Six people were shot and killed in six separate shootings this weekend across San Antonio, from residential areas, to a soccer field, to the North Star Mall. Most of the victims were younger than 20.
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.@RealPaigeWWE says she's mere months from returning to @WWE TV and just needs to be cleared by company doctors.
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School shootings have become so prevalent that a campus in Oklahoma has installed bulletproof shelters for students and teachers in case they ever need it.
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SXSW kicks off this Friday. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex will be a keynote speaker on the festival's opening day as a part of a star-studded panel.
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Forget Trump. The Lincoln Project is now targeting Texas Sen. Ted Cruz
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CHAMPION! . Becky Hammon has led the Las Vegas Aces (formerly the San Antonio Stars) to the WNBA title in her first season as head coach.
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Sources tell KENS 5 that Kliff Kingsbury is OUT as head coach of the Red Raiders. Texas Tech finished the season on a five-game losing skid.
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While TIME has selected a Person of the Year for the past 92 years, this is the first time the outlet has named a Kid of the Year. Meet Gitanjali Rao.
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Only in Texas: Show hail stone size w/ a common item, like a @Whataburger spicy ketchup cup.
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ERCOT is once again asking Texans to conserve electricity this weekend after six power generation facilities went offline this afternoon.
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Here it is, San Antonio, the 2019 Fiesta poster. What do you think?
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"There are generations of Latinos that don’t speak Spanish as a result of this deep history of language suppression," said one history professor at UTSA. Here's that story, told by the people who lived it.
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Join us in wishing a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Jared Padalecki, who is 41 years old today. Born in San Antonio, he graduated from Madison High School before heading to Hollywood and starring in Gilmore Girls and Supernatural. 🥳🎂.
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Drunk drivers who kill parents will be forced to pay child support under a new Texas law.
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“His legacy that he’s going to leave here, it’ll never go away,” said Bryce Wisdom's coach. “That means he did something positive with his life in that short amount of time.” #BryceStrong #LiveLikeBryce
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MASCOT OF THE YEAR 👏👏👏 Give it up for the Spurs Coyote, who was recognized as the NBA's best mascot this year #GoSpursGo . MORE:
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Take a look at this high water on the northeast side! A KENS 5 viewer sent us this video from along I-35 near Thousand Oaks. Be careful on the roads out there!
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Today, we remember and honor the Queen of Tejano, Selena Quintanilla, who we lost 26 years ago.
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ELECTION UPDATE | Greg Abbott will win a third term as Texas governor over Beto O'Rourke, CBS News projects. Find more results at
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Masks will be required at Spurs games despite Abbott lifting statewide mandate
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Spurs guard Lonnie Walker IV and his dog Zola joined protesters marching through downtown San Antonio for a fifth straight day. Watch here:
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Border Patrol agent under investigation after fatally shooting immigrant
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UPDATE: Escaped convict Gonzalo Lopez was killed in a shootout with law enforcement in Atascosa County, just south of San Antonio, after a vehicle chase through the area, according to authorities.
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A kid opened a hot dog stand to help him pay for school clothes. When someone complained, the city didn't shut him down. They helped him get a permit and got him more business.
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KEEP ON THE LOOKOUT!. 8-month-old King Jay Davila is missing after being taken along with his father's car in west San Antonio tonight, police say. The car was found nearby, but it was empty.
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Did you take any photos of the eclipse? We want to see them! Share with us in the comments or using our KENS 5 App.
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We're counting down the hours to the #TexasDebate here at @KENS5. Here's how to watch. wherever you are:
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While the rest of the country is celebrating the.New Year, 750 Fort Bragg Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne.Division are deploying to Iraq. Let's all keep these brave.servicemen and women in our prayers. 🙏 Thank you for your.service.
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Here’s a friendly reminder to always look around bluebonnets before you take pictures. Jimmy Martin caught two rattlesnakes popping out of a field of Texas bluebonnets.
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Marcus Martin pushed his fiancée Marissa Blair out of the way as a car, driven by Alex Fields, plowed through a crowd of counter-protesters on August 12.
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Congressman Joaquin Castro says he is not confident DPS can conduct a fair investigation and says two troopers were among the 19 officers who waited in a hallway.
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Kamala Harris becomes the first Black woman elected as Vice President, according to AP News.
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JUST IN, PLEASE SHARE: Lina Khil's father shared this photo with KENS 5, saying this is the dress she was wearing the day she went missing. | THE LATEST:
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J-HOPE COMING TO SA 🎼 "Hope on the Stage" includes back-to-back nights at the Frost Bank Center on Wednesday, March 26 and Thursday, March 27.
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After a Northside ISD board meeting, the district will require that all students and staff wear masks.
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TRAFFIC ALERT: This is how it looked heading into San Antonio from Boerne on I-10 tonight. Spots of ice were on the roadway and overpasses, with several wrecks and spinouts. Cars were driving about 25 mph. Be careful out there! Current road conditions:
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BREAKING: All students, staff and visitors at Bexar County’s schools are required to have a mask, effective immediately and regardless of their vaccination status, according to a new Metro Health director.
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Jalen McKee-Rodriguez is the first openly gay Black man elected to any office in Texas after winning his San Antonio City Council election. "I hope this opens doors for a lot of people," the 26-year-old math teacher said.
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BREAKING: San Antonio ISD will require teachers, staff to get COVID-19 vaccine
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Join us in wishing a HAPPY BIRTHDAY to Spurs legend Tim Duncan, as he celebrates his 48th birthday. 🥳🎂
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According to authorities, the Del Rio Sector of the U.S.-Mexico border has seen a 721% increase in confiscated drugs.
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MASK REQUIREMENT: Judge Nelson Wolff issues an executive order today that says businesses must create a safety plan to prevent coronavirus and that plan must include a requirement that customers and staff wear masks. Read more:
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She would have turned 22 today 🙏 . Read more about the "I am Vanessa Guillen" Act:
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BREAKING: A Bexar County district court judge has issued a temporary restraining order against Gov. Abbott, clearing the way for local schools to issue mask mandates.
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POPOVICH ENDORSES BIDEN: . In a new ad, Spurs Head Coach Gregg Popovich says that a vote for President Trump is "a vote against the very ideals upon which our democracy was founded."
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Victor Wembanyama's league in France just announced their awards for the season and he got:.✅League MVP.✅Scoring Champion.✅Blocked Shots Champion.✅Best Young Player Award.✅Top five players team.✅Defensive Player of the Year. Future Spur 😳.
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SAN ANTONIO ELECTION RESULTS: Ron Nirenberg has been re-elected to a fourth term as San Antonio's mayor, holding off a field of eight challengers. FULL STORY:
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How has this San Antonio teen been passing the time? By recreating his school, in its entirety, on Minecraft. His classmates approve.
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Happy Birthday to the King of Country, George Strait! 🥳🎂 The country music legend was born in Poteet and grew up on a 2,000 acre cattle ranch near Big Wells, Texas. He is 71 years old today.
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Once again, San Antonians welcomed in the New Year with a spectacular show of fireworks. 🎆🎊🎇. Did you get any video? Share with us by using the KENS 5 App or share down in the comments.
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The Spurs announced today that assistant coach Becky Hammon has been promoted to the front of the bench as the top assistant to Gregg Popovich.
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BREAKING: The AP has officially called Georgia in the 2020 presidential election for Joe Biden, who flipped a state that Donald Trump won in 2016 following the confirmation of local ballot recounts by hand.
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🖍CHECK THIS OUT!🖍. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the artist of San Antonio's newest mural, Crayon Pillars on 111 Brooklyn Avenue, will be putting the finishing touches on the project as back-to-school festivities start to wind up.
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San Antonio Mayor Ron Nirenberg released a short statement in response to the ban on a mask mandate from the Texas Supreme Court:
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BREAKING: Chief William McManus said a man was withdrawing money from an ATM when two other men tried to rob him. That's when the victim of the robbery pulled out a gun and shot the two alleged robbers.
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The Spurs and Lakers joined hands at center court before Thursday's game in a show of solidarity following the previous day's attack at the U.S. Capitol (📸: Associated Press)
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