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Woman accusing Vince McMahon of sexual abuse asks WWE to waive confidentiality agreements
Read full article: Woman accusing Vince McMahon of sexual abuse asks WWE to waive confidentiality agreementsA woman who accused former WWE chief Vince McMahon of sexual battery and trafficking in a lawsuit is now asking him and the wrestling company to waive nondisclosure agreements with other current and former employees and contractors.
$6.25 million DOJ grant to help fund 50 new police officers in San Antonio
Read full article: $6.25 million DOJ grant to help fund 50 new police officers in San AntonioThe City of San Antonio will be able to hire 50 new police officers, funded by the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services through the Department of Justice.
Back to Woodstock, with Wi-Fi: Women return after 55 years to glamp and relive the famous festival
Read full article: Back to Woodstock, with Wi-Fi: Women return after 55 years to glamp and relive the famous festivalBeverly Grant hitchhiked to the Woodstock festival in August 1969 without a ticket and slept on straw.
Hugh Grant says he took 'enormous sum' to settle suit alleging illegal snooping by The Sun tabloid
Read full article: Hugh Grant says he took 'enormous sum' to settle suit alleging illegal snooping by The Sun tabloidHugh Grant says he accepted “an enormous sum of money” to settle a lawsuit accusing the publisher of The Sun tabloid of unlawfully tapping his phone, bugging his car and breaking into his home to snoop on him.
A veteran with dementia got lost going shopping. He died months after an officer body-slammed him
Read full article: A veteran with dementia got lost going shopping. He died months after an officer body-slammed himWhen Carl Grant awoke from emergency surgery and couldn’t move, he apologized to family gathered around his hospital bed.
Westwood Square leader is hopeful grant awarded to SAPD will help improve community relations
Read full article: Westwood Square leader is hopeful grant awarded to SAPD will help improve community relationsThe feds are awarding the San Antonio Police Department a multimillion-dollar grant to add officers and improve community policing efforts.
$2 million grant places 58 Student Success Coaches in local schools to offer kids extra support
Read full article: $2 million grant places 58 Student Success Coaches in local schools to offer kids extra supportU.S. Reps. Joaquin Castro and Greg Casar recently announced their offices have secured $2,065,575 in AmeriCorps funding for the nonprofit City Year, a nationwide organization that focuses on bridging gaps in education.
Nonprofit helping hard-of-hearing kids gets $140K grant to redo playground, outdoor space
Read full article: Nonprofit helping hard-of-hearing kids gets $140K grant to redo playground, outdoor spaceAid the Silent was one of 100 groups across the country to be selected for Lowe's Hometowns program. Aid the Silent will receive $140,000 to build a deaf-accessible playground, renovate sidewalks and create an outdoor stage for community events.
San Antonio women react to Gov. Greg Abbott signing CROWN Act into law
Read full article: San Antonio women react to Gov. Greg Abbott signing CROWN Act into lawAs we prepare to commemorate Juneteenth on Monday, women in San Antonio are reflecting on how the CROWN Act law will prohibit discrimination based on hair texture.
Federal COVID-19 grant can help recipients pay past due mortgage, taxes & utilities
Read full article: Federal COVID-19 grant can help recipients pay past due mortgage, taxes & utilitiesMany people in Bexar County are still living with the financial consequences of COVID-19 on top of any lingering physical effects.
City of San Antonio will pay music venues to keep noise down
Read full article: City of San Antonio will pay music venues to keep noise downThe City of San Antonio is launching a new program to help music venues, bars and restaurants make renovations that could lower the noise threshold for their residential neighbors.
New local study on jaw pain may help replace opioids with safer pain medication
Read full article: New local study on jaw pain may help replace opioids with safer pain medicationMany pain conditions and traumas force the need for opioid painkillers, so the government is funding five studies across the nation to create non-opioid medicines for specific types of joint and muscle pain.
San Antonio International Airport receives $12.5 million in grants from FAA
Read full article: San Antonio International Airport receives $12.5 million in grants from FAAThe San Antonio International Airport received $10 million in grant funding and was awarded an additional $2.5 million as a part of the Airport Improvement Program by the Federal Aviation Administration Tuesday.
High-stakes year begins for kids still learning to read
Read full article: High-stakes year begins for kids still learning to readMounting evidence from around the country shows that students who spent more time learning remotely during the 2020-2021 school year, many of them Black and Latino, lost about half of an academic year of learning.
AP source: Jerami Grant to be traded to Portland by Detroit
Read full article: AP source: Jerami Grant to be traded to Portland by DetroitA person with knowledge of the situation said the Detroit Pistons have agreed to trade Olympic gold medalist Jerami Grant to the Portland Trail Blazers, with the biggest part of the return being a first-round pick in the 2025 draft.
AP source: Grant accepts Olympic bid, pushes US roster to 12
Read full article: AP source: Grant accepts Olympic bid, pushes US roster to 12USA Basketball now has a full 12-man roster for the Tokyo Games, after Chicago’s Zach LaVine and Detroit’s Jerami Grant accepted invitations Wednesday to join the team that will try to win the program’s fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal.
Court declares Texas man innocent after DNA cleared him
Read full article: Court declares Texas man innocent after DNA cleared himA Houston man who had been convicted in a 2010 fatal stabbing but was later eliminated as the killer by DNA evidence has been declared innocent by Texas’ highest criminal court.
San Antonio organizations partner together, create programs to end youth homelessness
Read full article: San Antonio organizations partner together, create programs to end youth homelessnessSAN ANTONIO – Several organizations across Bexar County are teaming up in hopes of ending youth homelessness. “Although youth homelessness may not be as visible, it’s still a huge issue in our community,” said Katie Vela, executive director of the South Alamo Regional Alliance for the Homeless, also known as SARAH. “The funding is to create a local system that prevents and ends homelessness,” Vela said. SARAH has teamed up with five local community partners to launch the Youth Homelessness Demonstration Program with the grant money it received. “Many of the programs are permanent housing programs, where there’s a case manager assigned to help youth and young adults stabilize in their housing, connects them to employment and education opportunities,” Vela said.
Small business grant will help more than 50 businesses in Bexar County
Read full article: Small business grant will help more than 50 businesses in Bexar CountySAN ANTONIO – Small business are struggling as the coronavirus pandemic continues to sweep across the state and the nation. But a new grant could help more than 50 businesses in Bexar County stay afloat. The Maestro Entrepreneur Center is currently accepting applications for the “Building Resilient Small Businesses Grant, which can provide businesses in Bexar County up to $15,000. The Bexar County Strong Initiative is funding the nearly $1 million grant. RELATED: Bexar County approves $4 million bar and restaurant grant program
Witte Museum unearths $250,000 grant to help collect, maintain fossils
Read full article: Witte Museum unearths $250,000 grant to help collect, maintain fossilsWitte Museum unearths $250,000 grant to help collect, maintain fossilsPublished: August 31, 2020, 12:49 pmThere are excavations going on throughout the year, and now, thanks to a new grant, the Witte Museum will be able to find so much more.
Witte Museum receives $250,000 grant for conservation, preservation of fossils
Read full article: Witte Museum receives $250,000 grant for conservation, preservation of fossilsWitte Museum receives $250,000 grant for conservation, preservation of fossilsPublished: August 31, 2020, 12:25 pmThere are excavations going on throughout the year, and now, thanks to a new grant, the Witte Museum will be able to find so much more.
Grant Imahara of Mythbusters, BattleBots dies at 49
Read full article: Grant Imahara of Mythbusters, BattleBots dies at 49Mythbusters alumnus Grant Imahara has passed away suddenly, according to Discovery. The television network confirmed the news on Tuesday, saying the BattleBots champion and current BattleBots judge was an important part of our Discovery family and a really wonderful man.We are heartbroken to hear this sad news about Grant, Discovery said in a statement. Ive been part of two big families with Grant Imahara over the last 22 years. Ive been part of two big families with Grant Imahara over the last 22 years. Grant was a truly brilliant engineer, artist and performer, but also just such a generous, easygoing, and gentle PERSON.
Amy Grant Shares Photos After Open Heart Surgery
Read full article: Amy Grant Shares Photos After Open Heart SurgeryAmy Grant has shared gripping photos taken after she underwent open heart surgery, noting something supernatural pulled her through the experience. Amy.Grant revealed she had a heart condition in February, and that she had been asymptomatic despite having the condition since birth. She added that she would be spending the summer swapping concerts and camping trips for taking care of her heart. Since February is heart health awareness month, I want to send a shout out to my doctor, John Bright Cage. RELATED CONTENT:Amy Grant Undergoes Heart Surgery to Correct Rare ConditionEXCLUSIVE: Amy Grant Talks Comeback AlbumMick Jagger Gives Update on His Health in First Interview Post-Heart Surgery
Amy Grant has open heart surgery to fix heart condition
Read full article: Amy Grant has open heart surgery to fix heart conditionNASHVILLE, Tenn. A publicist for Amy Grant says the contemporary Christian singer had open heart surgery on Wednesday to fix a heart condition she has had since birth. Doctors discovered Grant had a heart condition called partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) during a routine checkup. Grant, who is married to country singer Vince Gill, is six-time Grammy winner with well known crossover pop hits like Baby, Baby, Every Heartbeat and That's What Love is For."