El Banco de Alimentos de New Braunfels ha lanzado su campaña “Holiday Hope Drive” para recolectar alimentos y ayudar a las familias a disfrutar de una comida de Acción de Gracias este año.

¿Alguna vez has intentado cancelar una suscripción y terminaste más frustrado que cuando te inscribiste? Eso está a punto de cambiar gracias a una nueva regla aprobada por la Comisión Federal de Comercio de Estados Unidos.

Consumer Reports ha seleccionado algunas de las mejores ofertas de noviembre para que puedas comenzar la temporada de compras.

Contra todo pronóstico, Henry sobrevivió gracias al trabajo y la dedicación de su equipo médico. Su madre, Neri, comparte su historia para inspirar a otros y crear conciencia en la Caminata del Corazón el próximo 27 de octubre a las 8 a.m. en Morgan's Wonderland Sports Complex.

Contra todo pronóstico, Henry sobrevivió gracias al trabajo y la dedicación de su equipo médico. Su madre, Neri, comparte su historia para inspirar a otros y crear conciencia en la Caminata del Corazón el próximo 27 de octubre a las 8 a.m. en Morgan's Wonderland Sports Complex.

Uno de los errores más peligrosos es sumergir el pavo antes de que esté completamente descongelado. Hacerlo rápidamente crea una peligrosa bola de fuego.

Con las fiestas a la vuelta de la esquina, es posible que necesites dinero extra para comprar regalos o planear viajes. Si estás pensando en pedir un préstamo, asegúrate de que un préstamo de día de pago no sea tu primera opción.

A partir de 2025, los propietarios de vehículos no comerciales en Texas ya no tendrán que realizar inspecciones de seguridad, según el Departamento de Seguridad Pública de Texas (DPS).

KSAT transmitirá un especial de dos horas el 30 de Oct.

Honra y celebra a tus seres queridos que han fallecido durante el 12 anual festival del Día de los Muertos, también conocido como Muertos Fest, en Hemisfair.

Un curso en la Universidad de Texas en San Antonio explora mucho más que la música de Selena. Creado por la profesora Sonya Alemán, el curso utiliza la vida y el legado de la superestrella tejana para involucrar a los estudiantes en conversaciones sobre identidad, raza y género.

Here’s a recap of the game from the KSAT en Español team.

On Oct. 12, the Alamodome hosted the historic first-ever Clásico Regio in San Antonio.

On Oct. 12, the Alamodome hosted the historic first-ever Clásico Regio in San Antonio.

On Oct. 12, the Alamodome hosted the historic first-ever Clásico Regio in San Antonio.

On Oct. 12, the Alamodome hosted the historic first-ever Clásico Regio in San Antonio.

On Oct. 12, the Alamodome hosted the historic first-ever Clásico Regio in San Antonio.

On Oct. 12, the Alamodome hosted the historic first-ever Clásico Regio in San Antonio.

On Oct. 12, the Alamodome hosted the historic first-ever Clásico Regio in San Antonio.

El “doomscrolling”, o desplazamiento negativo, puede afectar la salud mental de tu familia. Descubre consejos prácticos para reducir este hábito y fomentar un ambiente digital más saludable para todos en casa.

El Día de los Muertos es una celebración de nuestros antepasados, y los estudiantes del distrito escolar Edgewood están explorando sus raíces.

Los alebrijes de México tienen una historia tan colorida como el arte mismo. Todo comenzó en 1936 con el artista Pedro Linares. A los 30 años, Linares se enfermó gravemente y comenzó a tener alucinaciones.

Una ofrenda es una parte central de las celebraciones del Día de los Muertos, que da la bienvenida a los seres queridos del más allá el 1 de noviembre.

Los cementerios pueden ser lugares tristes y serios, pero en todo México son espacios de consuelo y cultura.

Soccer fans can enter for a chance to win a signed and framed Tigres jersey.

The KSAT En Español team traveled to Monterrey, Mexico to witness firsthand how soccer fans remain passionate about the sport.

The KSAT En Español team traveled to Monterrey, Mexico to witness firsthand one of the regular season matches between Rayados and Juarez.

The Rayados stadium in Monterrey, Mexico will be one of the host cities and facilities for matches during the 2026 World Cup.

The KSAT En Español team experienced “tacos mananeros” (Monterrey-style morning tacos) and learned firsthand what it means to “fill the tank” prior to a soccer game!

The rich and vast flavor of Mexico’s cuisine led the KSAT En Español team to the iconic and historic restaurant La Divina to learn about the treats that Mexico soccer fans enjoy during games, especially big rival matches like the Clásico Regio.

Coach “Pauno” shared with KSAT his experience since his arrival to the City of Monterrey as the Tigres’ head coach. Check out the interview and his thoughts about making history in the Alamo City.

Mexican pro soccer player and Mexico national team player Javier Aquino is preparing to play the iconic Clásico Regio between the Tigres and Rayados.

As the KSAT En Español team traveled to Monterrey, Mexico to witness the Tigres and Rayados prep for the upcoming Clásico Regio in San Antonio, our very own Alejandra Becerra also experienced rich Mexican cuisine flavors at the historic restaurant La Anacua.

One of the Tigres’ youngest and newest team players Marcelo Flores spoke with the KSAT En Espanol team to share his experience playing in Mexico’s U23 national team.

The KSAT En Espanol team spoke with Tigres’ Juan Brunetta about his first Clásico Regio match in San Antonio.

Contests and sweepstakes offered by KSAT.

La detección temprana de la diabetes es muy importante para salvar la vida de algún niño no diagnosticado. Aquí los síntomas que podrían activar las alertas en los padres.

La aplicación de clima de KSAT te trae las condiciones climáticas más recientes en cualquier parte del mundo y los pronósticos más precisos para planificar tu día o semana.

¿Cuál es la manera más eficiente y efectiva de enfriar rápidamente un coche caliente? Aqui hay unos consejos.

Asegúrate de estar registrado para votar antes de la fecha límite del 7 de octubre para votar en las elecciones del 5 de noviembre en Texas.

Cientos de miles de tejanos han presentado una solicitud de desempleo desde que la pandemia llegó a Texas en marzo de 2020. En esta entrevista la Comisión de la Fuerza Laboral de Texas respondió las preguntas más frecuentes.

Escuche al Dr. Ivan Meléndez disipar la desinformación que corre entre la población de habla hispana.

But deaths and disappearances on sea routes remain alarmingly high with only a small fraction of bodies recovered and victims identified. Arrivals in the Canaries, considered part of the Schengen area, increased by 750% last year. The International Organization for Migration’s Missing Migrants Project has confirmed the death or disappearances of nearly 2,300 people last year. This number is higher than in 2019 when 2,095 victims were recorded and slightly lower than in 2018 which had 2,344. The Associated Press has most recently come across an example of uncounted deaths after interviewing two survivors who reached the Canary Islands last November.

Spain resumed the use of the AstraZeneca vaccine on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)BRUSSELS – The European Union moved Wednesday toward stricter export controls for coronavirus vaccines, seeking to make sure its 27 nations have more COVID-19 shots to boost the bloc's flagging vaccine campaign amid a surge in new infections. Ad“I mention specifically the U.K.,” said EU Commission Vice President Valdis Dombrovskis. That was heading to Australia, which has a very limited coronavirus outbreak compared to the third surge of infections now facing many EU nations. The EU has been feuding with AstraZeneca for months over exactly how many vaccine doses would be delivered by certain dates.

In this photo provided by the Spanish National police on Friday March 12, 2021, a homemade semi submersible submarine sits outside a warehouse in Malaga, Spain. Spanish police say they have seized a homemade narco-submarine able to carry up to 2 metric tons (2.2 tons) of cargo. Police came across the 9-meter-long (30-feet-long) craft being built in Mlaga, on southern Spains Costa del Sol, during a broader international drug operation. (Police Nacional via AP)MADRID – Spanish police announced Friday that they seized a homemade narco-submarine able to carry up to 2 metric tons (2.2 tons) of cargo. Spanish police said in a statement that police in Colombia, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Portugal also were involved in the operation.

AdShe said it would help given that some may find it more difficult than others to access the information. Garcia Rocha said she had a similar problem trying to access the translation for University Health’s website on her iPhone. A spokeswoman for University Health said it’s working on a website in both English and Spanish that would not require translation services. AdIn addition to its bilingual operators who assist with vaccine reservations, WellMed also has a Spanish-language website. RELATED: How to register for the COVID-19 vaccine in San Antonio when appointments are available

(AP Photo/Marianne Armshaw, File)PORTLAND, Ore. – Luis Palau, an evangelical pastor who was born in Argentina and went on to work with Billy Graham before establishing his own powerhouse international ministry, died Thursday. The Luis Palau Association said he died at his home in Portland, Oregon. “This is hard news, but Luis is experiencing the beauty of the Lord face to face.”Born to an affluent family in Buenos Aires, Palau rose from obscurity to become one of the most well-known international Christian evangelists. How many people we’ve reached with the Gospel.”His radio programs, including the international Spanish-language “Luis Palau Responde,” are broadcast on 3,500 stations in 48 countries, and his Portland-based Luis Palau Association organizes dozens of events each year on five continents. “Luis Palau was the Apostle Paul to the Spanish-speaking world.

Delivery riders protest outside the Spanish parliament in Madrid, Wednesday March 3, 2021.The Spanish government announced on Thursday March 11, 2021, legislation that classifies food delivery riders as employees of the digital platforms they work for, not self-employed. (AP Photo/Paul White)MADRID – The Spanish government on Thursday announced legislation that classifies food delivery riders as employees of the digital platforms they work for, not self-employed, in a legal change that could have far-reaching consequences for Spanish businesses. She described the rule on disclosing how the digital systems work as “epic,” saying it “neutralizes algorithmic punishments.”AdThe legal changes are the latest affecting companies and workers in the gig economy. The Spanish government agreed on the new law with the country’s main business groups and trade union confederations. AdThe legislation was drawn up after Spain’s Supreme Court ruled last September that food delivery riders are employees, not self-employed workers, in a case brought by a former rider for Glovo.

Member of European Parliament Carles Puigdemont prepares for an interview at the European Parliament in Brussels, Tuesday, March 9, 2021. In the decision on Puigdemont, 400 legislators voted for the waiver of immunity, 248 were against and 45 abstained. The measures to lift the immunity of his associates — former Catalan Health Minister Toni Comín and former regional Education Minister Clara Ponsatí — were by largely similar margins. Ad“We have lost our immunity, but the European Parliament has lost more than that. In 2019, Puigdemont and his two associates won seats in the European Parliament and were afforded protection as members of the EU assembly.

FILE - In this Monday Jan. 13, 2020 file photo, Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont reacts during a press conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. On Monday March 8, 2021, Puigdemont, along with cohorts Toni Comn and Clara Ponsat, face a vote by the European Parliament to lift their immunity as lawmakers as has been recommended by the parliaments Legal Affairs Committee. In 2019, he, former Catalan health minister Toni Comin and former regional education minister Clara Ponsati won seats in the European Parliament and were afforded protection in their positions as members of the EU assembly. The process is common — around 60 such demands to lift the immunity of various lawmakers were made during the 2014-2019 parliamentary term. AdThe independence vote in favor of Catalonia breaking away won by a landslide in 2017.

The effort showed how social media and other technology can be leveraged to spread misinformation so quickly that those trying to stop it cannot keep up. Straka said via email that nothing from the #WalkAway Campaign ”encourages people not to vote.” He declined further comment. Democrats blame misinformation efforts for helping Trump win larger-than-expected shares of Latino support in normally reliably blue areas. AdNow researchers will be watching to see if misinformation — especially that meant to discredit COVID-19 vaccines — spreads among congressional districts. So far, Congress isn't investigating Spanish-language misinformation to see if its origins spread beyond Latin America.

Spanish Flamenco dancer Anabel Moreno dances outside the Villa Rosa Tablao flamenco venue as a woman comes to give her a rose during a protest in Madrid, Spain, Thursday March 4, 2021. The National Association of Tablaos protested outside the mythical Villa Rosa Tablao which has been forced to close permanently due to the covid pandemic. (AP Photo/Paul White)MADRID – Artists at one of Madrid’s best-known flamenco bars put on a final outdoor show Thursday, marking its closure after 140 years because of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions that have shuttered entertainment venues. A female flamenco dancer dressed in black performed in the street outside Villa-Rosa, while others threw flamenco costumes from balconies into the street and male singer Juañarito performed a flamenco song. “The situation is now unsustainable, with so many overheads for a year with the bar closed without any (financial) assistance," the flamenco show’s director, Rebeca Garcia, said.

SAN ANTONIO – As New Spain was developing the area we now know as Texas, explorers started developing the land around the missions into ranchos, which is Spanish for ranches. “When those first expeditions come along, those men came with supplies, horses and cattle,” TexasTejano.com historian Rudi Rodriguez said. One of those ranches is “Rancho de Las Cabras” in Wilson County which was the ranching outpost for Mission Espada. Another key development Tejanos brought to ranching is bringing in and breeding longhorns from Spain. All this is important as it shows the first key roles Tejanos played in developing the ranching industry and Texas.

The free program will cater to young people of color and Spanish speakers in the queer community. Salcido stayed true to himself, eventually becoming the executive director of the Pride Center of San Antonio. However, the second pilot counseling group, which is for adults 18 and older who speak Spanish, still has spots available. AdThe Pride Center will use research done during these eight-week counseling sessions to mold more group counseling programs for the future. To sign up for the Spanish speaking group, head to the Pride Center website’s group therapy page.

The sisters of Spanish King Felipe VI have acknowledged on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, that they were administered COVID-19 vaccines during a visit to the United Arab Emirates. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza, File)MADRID – Two untimely coronavirus jabs have dealt another blow to the reputation of Spain's royals. The vaccination by the king’s sisters was widely criticized across Spain. The sisters of Spain’s King Felipe VI are no longer part of the official royal household, which said that the 53-year-old Felipe, Queen Letizia and their two daughters have not yet been vaccinated. Health Minister Carolina Darias, from the senior, Socialist partner of the governing coalition, made a distinction between Felipe and his sisters.

Spanish police detained several people after raiding Barcelona's stadium in a search and seize operation related to an investigation into club officials. The operation was related to last year’s “Barçagate,” in which club officials were accused of launching a smear campaign against current and former players who were critical of the club and then-president Josep Maria Bartomeu. They were taken to a police station for interrogation, Spanish media said, and police also went to Bartomeu’s house searching for evidence. Court officials said a judge ordered the search and seize operation but the detentions had been made at the discretion of the police agents involved. Barcelona had denied accusations that it hired — and overpaid — a company to make negative comments about its own players and opponents on social media in order to boost the image of senior club officials.

A man throws a bouquet of flowers against a national police station during a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo Hasel in Barcelona, Spain, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)BARCELONA – The imprisonment of a rap artist for his music and tweets praising terrorist violence and insulting the Spanish monarchy has set off a powder keg of pent-up rage this week in the southern European country. The arrest of Pablo Hasél has brought thousands to the streets for different reasons. Under the banner of freedom of expression, many Spaniards strongly object to putting an artist behind bars for his lyrics and social media remarks. AdAs well as shouting its support for Hasél, a crowd that gathered in Madrid on Saturday chanted “Where is the change?

(Guardia Civil via AP)MADRID – Something seemed wrong to the guard inspecting sealed bags of toxic ash in the port of Melilla, one of Spain’s two small territories in North Africa. The disturbing scene from a video released Monday by Spain’s Civil Guard highlighted the great lengths and risks that migrants and asylum seekers take in their desperate attempts to reach Europe. This year alone, the Civil Guard said it has identified 1,781 migrants trespassing in Melilla port’s security perimeter; last year, the number was 11,700. “We’ll never get used to it,” said Juan Antonio Martín, a spokesman with the Civil Guard in Melilla. Because the border between Spain’s North African territories and Morocco has been closed since the pandemic began in March, it is more difficult for migrants to slip in.

Protests in support of a jailed rapper turned violent for a sixth consecutive night in Barcelona on Sunday with clashes between police and groups of mostly angry youths in the center of the Spanish city. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)BARCELONA – Protests in support of a jailed rapper turned violent for a sixth consecutive night in Barcelona on Sunday with clashes between police and groups of mostly angry youths in the center of the Spanish city. But as night fell, the tension increased as protesters mostly dressed in dark clothes marched through the city center to the National Police headquarters. Shops of Barcelona’s city center were again targeted by vandals who broke windows. Other protests across Spain, including the capital Madrid, remained mostly peaceful.

A demonstrator smashes a shop window during a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo Hasl in Barcelona, Spain, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. A fifth night of peaceful protests to denounce the imprisonment of a Spanish rap artist once more devolved into clashes between police and fringe group members who set up street barricades and smashed storefront windows in Barcelona. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)BARCELONA – A fifth night of peaceful protests to denounce the imprisonment of a Spanish rap artist once more devolved into clashes between police and the members of fringe groups who set up street barricades and smashed storefront windows Saturday night in downtown Barcelona. AdCatalonia’s regional police force said there also was defiance in the city of Tarragona, where groups threw glass bottles at police lines and smashed store windows. Most were peaceful, but Pamplona in the central north saw clashes between police and people throwing bottles.

Rap singer Pablo Hasl is detained by police officers at the University of Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)MADRID – Riots broke out in many Spanish cities this week during freedom of speech protests over the jailing of a little-known rapper for insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorism. Up to a few weeks ago, Hasél, 32, was not quite a household name in Spain. Besides his tweets and lyrics, he has also been charged for assault, obstructing justice and breaking and entry. The law has been used against other rappers and tweeters — even puppeteers.

A man sits on a chair in front of a burning barricade as protesters collect objects during a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo Hasl in Barcelona, Spain, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. Violent street protests over the imprisonment of a rapper have erupted for a fourth straight night in Spain. Police in the northeastern region of Catalonia said some protesters pelted officers with bottles, stones, fireworks and paint on Friday. Other protesters set fire to large street trash containers and used them to block streets. Ad___Associated Press journalist Hernán Muñoz reported this story in Barcelona and AP writer Barry Hatton reported from Lisbon, Portugal.

A demonstrator throws a stone against police during clashes following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo Hasl in Barcelona, Spain, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Protests over the imprisonment of a rapper convicted for insulting the Spanish monarchy and praising terrorist violence have morphed for the third night in a row into rioting. Pablo Hasl began this week to serve a 9-month sentence in a northeastern prison. AdLike the two previous nights, the protests began Thursday with large gatherings in several cities that were, at first, mostly peaceful. In Catalonia's regional capital, Barcelona, hundreds sang songs, rapped and shouted “Pablo Hasél, freedom!"

FILE - Kate del Castillo attends the NBC 2019/20 Upfront in New York on May 13, 2019. The Miami-set Armas de Mujer is in production on eight episodes for the Peacock streaming service, with a premiere date yet to be announced. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES – Sisterhood and survival are the themes of a dark comedy coming to Peacock, a first step into Spanish-language fare created for the streaming service. The Miami-set “Armas de Mujer,” which translates in English as “Women's Weapons,” also is a switch for its stars, including Kate del Castillo of “La Reina del Sur” drama series fame. “I’m very happy to be doing this amazing genre that I’m not familiar with as an actress,” del Castillo said Wednesday.

A police officer shoots rubber bullets at protesters during clashes following a protest condemning the arrest of rap singer Pablo Hasel in Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Police fired rubber bullets and baton-charged protesters as clashes erupted for a second night in a row Wednesday at demonstrations over the arrest of Spanish rap artist Pablo Hasel. Many protesters threw objects at police and used rubbish containers and overturned motorbikes to block streets in both Madrid and Barcelona. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)MADRID – Spanish police fired rubber bullets and baton-charged protesters as clashes erupted for a second night in a row Wednesday at demonstrations against the arrest of rap artist Pablo Hasél. Eighteen people were arrested Tuesday after violence broke out in the first protests of the rapper's arrest, principally in Barcelona and other cities in the northeastern Catalonia region.

Rap singer Pablo Hasl is detained by police officers at the University of Lleida, Spain, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. A 24-hour standoff between police and Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél ended Tuesday when anti-riot officers arrested the artist shortly after dawn and escorted him out of Lleida University’s rectorate building. He and more than 50 supporters locked themselves inside the university in Spain’s northeastern Catalonia region at midday on Monday. Hasél was sent to prison, where he's set to serve a 9-month sentence for insulting the monarchy and glorifying terrorism. The rapper had refused last week to voluntarily respond to a summons to show up for prison.

In 2017, those same parties won 70 seats of the 135-seat chamber, just two above the majority. The Socialist party led by former health minister Salvador Illa was poised to take 33 seats with over 625,000 votes. The pro-secession Republican Left of Catalonia was also set to claim 33 seats, but with 580,000 votes. The results shifted the power within the pro-secession camp to the leftist Republican Left of Catalonia party, whose 33 seats edged out the center-right Together for Catalonia, set to win 32 seats. Adrià Hoguet, a 29-year-old who works in banking, switched his vote from Together for Catalonia to the Republican Left of Catalonia.

Heir to the Spanish throne, 15-year-old Princess Leonor will study a two-year course at UWC Atlantic College, in southern Wales, the Spanish royal household announced Wednesday Feb. 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez, FILE)MADRID – The heir to the Spanish throne, 15-year-old Princess Leonor, is going to study in Wales, the Spanish royal household said Wednesday in an announcement that caused a commotion over the state broadcaster's reporting. The Spanish royal family has been at the center of a controversy in recent years over the conduct of former monarch Juan Carlos, Leonor's grandfather, whose financial affairs are under investigation by magistrates. Princess Leonor obtained admission to the school anonymously, taking several tests before being accepted, the royal household said. The royal household statement noted the school's “open and critical approach.”

SAN ANTONIO – Editor’s note: Some of the original quotations were said in Spanish and have been translated for clarity. Gloria Tovar, who says she saw the wreck outside of a Southside piñata and novelty shop where she works, said that she was not surprised by the crash. Street racers from San Antonio keep New Braunfels police busy over the weekendTovar said her main concern is speed. Community members in the area say that they want changes, perhaps more patrols and even speed bumps. AdRelated: One man dead, two others hospitalized after racing-related crash on city’s South Side, San Antonio police say

Former Popular Party treasurer Luis Barcenas, sits in the National Court in San Fernando de Henares, just outside of Madrid, Spain, Monday Feb. 8, 2021. A court in Spain has begun a high-stakes trial that has brought back the attention on the illegal funding scheme that has been hunting Spain's Popular Party, in a case that casts a long shadow on the country's polarized politics. (Ballesteros, Pool Photo via AP)MADRID – A high-stakes trial beginning Monday is bringing back a spotlight on the illegal kickbacks scheme that for years has haunted Spain's Popular Party, casting a long shadow on the country's main conservative party despite its pledges of regeneration. The case is the latest in a legal saga that began when allegations of the party's decades-long shadowy accounting first emerged in 2013. The Popular Party, or PP, which has been a dominating presence during Spain's past four decades of democracy, has already paid a high political price for corruption scandals by its members or elected officials.

— New Zealand’s medical regulator has approved its first coronavirus vaccine, and officials hope to begin giving shots to border workers by the end of March. Tate Reeves says he’s skeptical about a new federal effort to reduce racial disparities in coronavirus vaccination rates. ___BEIRUT — Lebanon has broken its single-day record of coronavirus deaths with 81 as the country continued its nationwide lockdown for the third week. ___LAS VEGAS — Nevada has recorded its deadliest month of the coronavirus pandemic in January after reporting eight additional coronavirus deaths over the weekend. Mike DeWine and his wife received the first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday in a procedure streamed live.

BARCELONA – Amid another COVID-19 surge, Spanish health authorities are running out of vaccines and have been forced to postpone giving shots to health workers and nursing home residents due to delays in deliveries by pharmaceutical companies. Madrid regional vice president Igancio Aguado said that Spain’s capital is stopping new vaccinations in order to use what it has in stock to ensure that those waiting a second dose don’t go without it. Spain has administered 76% of the 1.7 million vaccines it has received as part of the EU plan, according to the health ministry. Spain reported more than 40,000 new confirmed infections in the previous 24 hours on Wednesday, taking its total count to 2,629,817. The accumulated cases rate over 14 days per 100,000 inhabitants continued to rise and reached 999.

(AP Photo/Bob Edme, File)BRUSSELS – The European Union's executive body proposed Monday that the bloc's 27 nations impose more travel restrictions to counter the worrying spread of new coronavirus variants but make sure to keep goods and workers moving across EU borders. More than 400,000 EU citizens have already died from the virus since the pandemic first hit Europe last year. “The start of the EU vaccination campaign kicked off the beginning of the end of the pandemic," EU Justice commissioner Didier Reynders said. “At the same time, new, more transmissible variants of the virus have surfaced. Since the discovery of the new virus variants, several EU countries have already reinforced their lockdown measures.

SAN ANTONIO – Before the Spanish, French or Mexicans explored the area we now know as Texas, others were already here -- Native Americans. Tejanos would become the direct descendants of the first Spanish, Mexican and Native Texan tribes. As those cultures blended the Native Americans in Texas become a part of the legacy and heritage of Tejano history. “The Native Americans, once again, I believe, has given us a window into the past and their history,” Rodriguez said. “Our history begins with them.”Read more about Tejano History:

Police officers cordon off Toledo Street following an explosion in downtown Madrid, Spain, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. A loud explosion has partially destroyed a small building flanked by a school and a nursing home in the center of Spain's capital. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)MADRID – A powerful gas explosion tore through a residential building in central Madrid on Wednesday, killing four people and ripping the facade off the structure. At least 11 people were injured in the explosion, one seriously, the Madrid emergency service said in a tweet. We were terrified when we saw the amount of smoke coming out of the church’s building,” the 20-year-old Madrid resident told The Associated Press.

Barcelona's Lionel Messi during the Spanish Supercopa final soccer match between FC Barcelona and Athletic Bilbao at La Cartuja stadium in Seville, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Miguel Morenatti)Lionel Messi avoided a tougher sanction and was suspended for only two matches on Tuesday after hitting an opponent in an incident away from the ball in the Spanish Super Cup final. The Spanish soccer federation’s competition committee did not deem the incident to be too serious and applied a less severe penalty. Referee Gil Manzano said in his match report that Messi hit his opponent with “excessive force” while the ball was not near him. Messi will miss Barcelona's matches against third-division club Cornellà in the Copa del Rey and against Elche in the Spanish league.

FILE - In this Oct. 8, 2015 file photo, the skeletons of sacrificed Spaniards are displyed inside a glass case at the museum of the Zultepec-Tecoaque archeological site in Tlaxcala state, Mexico. “Women and children who were sheltering inside rooms were mutilated, as evidenced by the discovery of hacked bones on the floors. The heads of the captive Spanish women were strung up on skull racks alongside those of men. Little by little, the town sacrificed and apparently ate the horses, men and women. But pigs brought by the Spaniards for food were apparently viewed with such suspicion that they were killed whole and left uneaten.

A man is helped off a rescue ship in the port of Arguineguin, Gran Canaria island, Spain, Saturday Jan. 16, 2021. The Spanish rescue ship rescued a boat 160 kilometres south of Gran Canaria with 11 men, 20 women and 3 children on board in very poor condition. (AP Photo/Javier Bauluz)GRAN CANARIA – Spanish rescuers reached a boat carrying over 30 migrants and brought them safely to the Canary Islands, but not in time to save one child who reportedly died at sea. Rescuers said the small boat was discovered late Friday some 160 kilometers (99 miles) south of Gran Canaria island. Some 23,000 migrants arrived in the Canary Islands in 2020, up from some 3,000 in 2019, according to Spain's Interior Ministry.

Much of La Cañada Real had already been without electricity for months before Storm Filomena arrived. “It’s very cold, and we have no light,” resident Yolanda Martín Herrera said this week after temperatures dropped to as low as minus 16 degrees Celsius (3 F) in the greater Madrid area. La Cañada has few basic services with just one mobile medical unit visiting each day and a bus that takes children to nearby schools. However, La Cañada Real recently resurfaced in people’s awareness with the news that two of its poorest areas had been without electricity since October. “With the situation that there is with the pandemic, I am not going to a shelter,” La Cañada resident Gemma San José Herraez said.

People walk along Paseo Castellana covered with the snow in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. The Spanish capital is trying to get back on its feet after a 50-year record snowfall that paralyzed large parts of central Spain over the weekend. After delays over New Year's, health authorities in Spain were hoping to speed up vaccination nationwide this week. Just over 50% of the nearly 750,000 doses received by Spain had been given out by Monday, according to the Health Ministry. Health care workers got vaccine shots in Madrid on Monday despite the massive snow cleanup.

A plough clears snow in downtown Madrid, Spain, Sunday, Jan. 10, 2021. A large part of central Spain including the capital of Madrid are slowly clearing snow after the country's worst snowstorm in recent memory. Authorities said all trips by car should be postponed and tire chains were obligatory for journeys that couldn't be avoided. If Madrid's airport is not ready in time, Grande-Marlaska said that a smaller airport in northern Spain could be an alternative to receive the shipment. Spain has seen more than 51,800 confirmed virus deaths in the pandemic.

Neighbours have drinks in the middle of the street during a heavy snowfall in Bustarviejo, outskirts of Madrid, Spain, Saturday, Jan. 9, 2021. More than 50 centimeters (20 inches) of snow fell in the Spanish capital, according to the weather agency AEMET. The Interior Ministry said a 54-year-old man was also found dead in Madrid under a big pile of snow. “Snow can be very beautiful but spending the night trapped in a car because of it is no fun,” she added. More than 100 roads were still impassable almost 24 hours after the storm began dumping snow on the central swathe of the country.

Farmers digging in a citrus grove on New Year's Day found the six-foot tall statue of a female figure who may represent an elite woman rather than a goddess, or some mixture of the two, experts said Friday, Jan. 8, 2021. The National Institute of Anthropology and History said it was the first such statue found in a region known as the Huasteca. While the site where it was found is nearer to the pre-Hispanic ruin site of El Tajín, the statue shows some influences of the Aztecs. Farmers digging in the grove found it on New Year's Day and quickly reported it to authorities. But it has never been firmly established that the woman, whose tomb dates from between 600 and 700 A.D., was a ruler of Palenque.

And so it is critical that we do not leave these folks behind,” Rocha Garcia said. Many people who live in District 4 only speak Spanish, so Rocha Garcia is making sure the Spanish speaking community is informed by leaning on the local media outlets. “We reached out to one of our Spanish stations and held a vaccine information session with them,” Rocha Garcia said. Rocha Garcia and her team are scouting different locations for possible vaccine distribution sites when the supply becomes available. Rocha Garcia said many people don’t have access to internet in her district.

Italy has allowed a Spanish-flagged charity ship with 265 rescued migrants aboard to anchor off Sicily on Monday. But migration from outside the EU requires the bloc’s members to stand together, and “solidarity cannot be voluntary,” the statement said. Finding consensus for a common EU policy on migration has eluded the bloc for years. Portugal also wants to reach a comprehensive migration agreement with countries along the Mediterranean Sea’s southern rim, from where many migrants cross to the EU. Legal migration can help some EU countries find answers to low birth rates and aging populations, it said.

Migrants from Eritrea, Egypt, Syria and Sudan, rest on board the Spanish NGO Open Arms vessel after having been rescued in the Mediterranean sea, about 110 miles north of Libya, on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)ROME – Italy allowed a Spanish-flagged charity ship with 265 rescued migrants aboard to anchor off Sicily on Monday. The Open Arms vessel had brought the migrants safely aboard in separate rescues last week in the central Mediterranean. Open Arms said 96 of those rescued had been adrift two days in a wooden boat without life vests in international waters. In an earlier, separate operation, Open Arms had taken aboard 169 migrants, who had departed Libyan shores, where many human traffickers are based.

Backdropped by the Gibraltar rock, people walk along the stalls of a weekly market at the Spanish city of La Linea on Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Fears of disruptions following Britain's departure from the European Union were replaced by coronavirus-related restrictions on border traffic between Spain and Gibraltar on Monday, the first working day at the United Kingdom's only land border with the European mainland. In remarks over the weekend, Gibraltar’s chief minister, Fabian Picardo, said that the first batch of 5,000 vaccines would arrive in Gibraltar on Jan. 9. At least 200,000 people across the border in Spain, in the so-called Campo de Gibraltar subregion, are also under similar levels of restrictions. A major hurdle in the negotiations is whether the EU’s police force, Frontex, could be stationed in the British territory.

Migrants from Eritrea, Egypt, Syria and Sudan, are assisted by aid workers of the Spanish NGO Open Arms, after fleeing Libya on board a precarious wooden boat in the Mediterranean sea, about 110 miles north of Libya, on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Joan Mateu)ROME – A Spanish-flagged humanitarian ship on Sunday was seeking a port of safety for 265 migrants its crew rescued from the Mediterranean Sea in the last few days. The Open Arms charity tweeted that its vessel on Saturday had safely brought aboard 96 migrants who had been adrift in a wooden boat with without life vests in international waters. In a separate operation two days before that rescue, Open Arms took aboard 169 migrants, who had departed Libyan shores, where many human traffickers are based. The traffickers launch vessels, many of them flimsy rubber dinghies or rickety fishing boats, crowded with migrants who hope to reach European shores to seek asylum.

Dozens of British residents in Spain were refused travel because airlines refused to take in as proof of residency documents used until the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union at midnight on Dec. 31, 2020. Airlines refused documents that before Brexit had been valid proof of the Britons' status as residents in Spain, Italy and Germany, although Spanish authorities claimed that the issue had been resolved by mid-Sunday. Around 300,000 British citizens are registered as permanent residents in Spain, although before Brexit, many more had been living full or part-time in the country without officially registering. Spain has been rolling out a new system to register permanent foreign residents called TIE but it’s suffering a backlog due to the high number of requests. “This should not be happening,” said the U.K. embassy in Spain said in a Facebook post.

Five centuries later, the pandemic looms as a Spanish navy tall ship sails to commemorate the feat. Magellan’s expedition for Spanish trade and imperialism opened a westward route from Europe to the Spice Islands, the Maluku archipelago in today's Indonesia. Magellan's interpreter, an enslaved ethnic Malay called Enrique by the Spanish, has been commemorated in parts of Southeast Asia. Some speculate that the interpreter may have been the first person to travel around the world, in separate stages. Some accounts from the time say the interpreter betrayed Magellan's expedition after his death, though that narrative has been questioned.

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The deadline for Gibraltar remains Jan. 1, when a transitionary period regulating the short frontier between Gibraltar and Spain expires. Political will is needed.”Throughout the Brexit talks, Spain has insisted it wants a say on the future of Gibraltar. The Rock was ceded to Britain in 1713, but Spain has never dropped its claim to sovereignty over it. More than 15,000 people live in Spain and work in Gibraltar, making up about 50% of Gibraltar’s labor force. The territory still remembers how, in 1969, Spanish dictator Gen. Francisco Franco slammed shut the border in an attempt to wreck Gibraltar’s economy.

“I am going to wait until the end of the season (to decide),” the 33-year-old Messi told private Spanish station La Sexta. The club said no, and Messi backed down saying that he could not take his club to court. “Let the best candidate win,” Messi said. The interview with Spanish journalist Jordi Évole was recorded recently and aired hours after Barcelona announced that Messi would miss Tuesday's Spanish league game against Eibar due to an unspecified ankle injury. Messi has helped Barcelona win four Champions League and 10 Spanish league titles since his debut in 2004.

Tunisian authorities say 20 African migrants have been found dead after their boat, which was trying to reach Europe, sank in the Mediterranean Sea. Five survivors were rescued Thursday, Dec. 24, 2020 and authorities are searching for up to 20 others believed missing. (AP Photo/Santi Palacios, File)TUNIS – About 20 African migrants were found dead Thursday after their smuggling boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe, Tunisian authorities said. Five survivors were rescued and the Tunisian navy is searching for up to 20 others still believed missing. According to survivors, the migrant smuggling boat was carrying about 40 or 50 people heading toward Italy, Ben Zekri said.

Among those getting help are hard-hit businesses, schools, health care providers and renters facing eviction. ___Follow AP’s coverage at https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic, https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-vaccine and https://apnews.com/UnderstandingtheOutbreak___HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:OLYMPIA, Wash. — Washington state Gov. ___DENVER — Colorado’s legislature will go into recess soon after convening in January as lawmakers wait for COVID-19 cases to subside. About 7,000 Kentucky residents, the vast majority of them health care workers in hospitals, have been vaccinated since. ___CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia set another weekly record for positive coronavirus cases and deaths as it awaits an influx of vaccines from Moderna.

People protest against a law to legalize euthanasia in front of the Spanish Parliament in Madrid, Spain, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The Spanish Parliament debates on votes on a bill to legalize euthanasia for those people suffering "unbearably" from a chronic or incurable disease. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)MADRID – Spain’s parliament voted Thursday to approve a bill that will allow physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia for long-suffering patients of incurable diseases or unbearable permanent conditions. The bill, which was backed by Spain’s left-wing coalition government and several other parties, passed in a 198-138 vote. Spain is following the footsteps of Iberian Peninsula neighbor Portugal, whose parliament approved similar bills to legalize physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in February.

MADRID – The law firm representing Juan Carlos I said Wednesday that Spain’s former monarch has paid tax authorities nearly 680,000 euros ($821,000) following a voluntary declaration of previously undisclosed income. The former king now lives in Abu Dhabi, where he moved in August amid a deepening financial scandal. His lawyer in Madrid, Javier Sánchez-Junco, said in an e-mailed statement that Juan Carlos I filed a self-declaration of undeclared past income and had paid by Wednesday the ensuing debt of 678,393.72 euros. The former king moved to the United Arab Emirates after it emerged that he had become the target of official investigations by prosecutors in Spain and Switzerland for possible financial wrongdoing. “Spain’s parliamentary monarchy is not in danger,” Sánchez said.

MADRID – A Spanish government official said Monday that Juan Carlos I deserves no special treatment by the legal system, amid reports the former monarch is preparing to admit alleged undeclared income. Under Spanish law, confessing to undeclared income and paying the outstanding taxes allows offenders to avoid being charged with a crime. After he left Spain, Juan Carlos went to stay in the United Arab Emirates, but it is not clear whether he is still there. Since then, prosecutors have opened several corruption investigations involving Juan Carlos. The investigations have caused unease in the Socialist-led coalition government and royal household and given ammunition to those who want the monarchy abolished.

SAN ANTONIO – Between 1688 and 1836 Texas had many Spanish and Mexican governors who were the first Tejano leaders of the state. Around this time the Spanish Governor’s Palace which is still standing in downtown San Antonio was being built. San Antonio would eventually become the capital of Texas and Governor Juan Maria Vicencio was the first to live there. From this point until 1836 many Spanish or Mexican governors would be of some significance to the development of the state and Tejano history. The last new Spain governor was Antonio Maria Martinez in 1821 and the last Mexican Governor was Ramo Musquiz in 1835.

A security guard walks in the empty Isabel Zendal new hospital during the official opening in Madrid, Spain, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Spain has officially logged 1.6 million infections and over 45,000 deaths confirmed for COVID-19 since the beginning of the year. Health workers’ unions criticized the project, saying the investment should have gone instead to shoring up an existing public health system run down by years of spending cuts. Madrid's regional president, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, said the hospital is the first of its kind in Europe and that it will help alleviate pressure in other public hospitals by focusing on COVID-19 patients. They were kept on standby, and the Nightingale hospital in Manchester recently began admitting patients again.