SAN ANTONIO – Comanche Lookout Park is home to a new public art installation that honors the indigenous ancestors of San Antonio and South Texas. At the peak of Comanche Hill, the fourth-highest point in Bexar County with an elevation…
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Virus collides with politics as German election year starts
BERLIN – The coronavirus pandemic is colliding with politics as Germany embarks on its vaccination drive and one of the most unpredictable election years in the country’s post-World War II history. After months of relatively harmonious pandemic management, fingers are…
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Pandemic haunts new year as virus growth outpaces vaccines
LONDON – Despite growing vaccine access, January is looking grim around the globe as the coronavirus resurges and reshapes itself from Britain to Japan to California, filling hospitals and threatening livelihoods anew as governments lock down businesses and race to…
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Slack starts the year with a global outage
Slack, the messaging services used by millions of people for work and school, suffered a global outage on Monday, the first day back for most people returning from the New Year’s holiday. “Our team is currently investigating and we’re sorry…
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Washington braces for intense opening to a pivotal year
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. – The tumult of 2020 isn’t over yet. The opening week of the new year will be dominated by a collision of events that will test America’s commitment to democracy, shape President-elect Joe Biden’s incoming administration and…
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Texas Eats Season 2, Episode 12: New Year, New Food
KSAT’s David Elder has embarked on a new adventure called “Texas Eats,” an hour-long show that airs on Saturdays at 10 a.m. on KSAT 12, KSAT.com and our streaming app. In the twelfth episode, David Elder is kicking off the…
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Bomb-sniffing dogs? Check. Times Square crowd? Not this year
NEW YORK – New York City police turned to familiar tactics ahead of Thursday’s New Year’s Eve celebrations, deploying bomb-sniffing dogs and sand-filled sanitation trucks intended to guard against explosions. But the department’s playbook this year includes an unusual mandate:…
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The New Year began in New Zealand
Although the New Year in Pakistan starts on December 31 at 11:59:59 PM, in many countries of the world the New Year starts only 9 hours earlier. The world’s first 2020 began in the Central Atlantic Islands of Tonga and…
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Photos show an emotional 2020 as San Antonio withstood a year like no other
SAN ANTONIO – This was a year unlike any other. Find more stories wrapping up 2020 here. It’s been said a hundred times before, and it’ll be said a thousand times more: 2020 was a wild year, filled with emotion,…
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Announcing the New Year as the World Year of Fruits and Vegetables
New Year 2021 has been declared as the World Year of Fruits and Vegetables. According to international media, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has called for improving the production of healthy and sustainable foods through…
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