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Eric Vasquez gets 25 years for San Antonio road-rage killing
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (430+ words) Jurors convicted Eric Vasquez, 48, on Friday for the death of Jay Whitemountain Morales, 41, a father of two who was shot dead on Jan. 21, 2025. A jury sentenced Eric Vasquez to 25 years in prison Friday for the road-rage killing of Jay Whitemountain…...
Man gets 25 years in fatal road rage shooting
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (163+ words) SAN ANTONIO — A Bexar County jury found Eric Vasquez guilty of murder Friday in the 2025 shooting death of Jay Whitemountain Morales following a road rage incident. RELATED | Eric Vasquez on trial for murder after deadly road rage shooting Around 6:10 p.m....
San Antonio Town Hall Exposes Gaps Between Domestic Violence Courts
10+ hour, 12+ min ago (335+ words) A San Antonio town hall put a spotlight on what happens after a domestic violence victim asks for help — and how often the systems meant to protect them fail to talk to each other. State Sen. Jose Menéndez hosted the…...
Man sentenced to 8 years in prison for 2024 stabbing of brother in Wilson County
10+ hour, 3+ min ago (159+ words) WILSON COUNTY, Texas – A man was sentenced to eight years in prison for stabbing his brother in Wilson County in 2024, according to the 81st Judicial District Attorney. Dagoberto Rivera-Martinez pleaded no contest to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on Oct....
San Antonio Dealership Settles EEOC Sex Bias, Retaliation Claims
13+ hour, 9+ min ago (82+ words) Bloomberg Law News A Texas car dealership operator will pay $430,000 and provide additional relief to settle sex discrimination and retaliation allegations brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The settlement comes after a federal district court denied Benson Enterprises…...
San Antonio’s Benson auto dealership group settles federal sex discrimination claim
11+ hour, 36+ min ago (307+ words) Benson Enterprises Inc., which owns three San Antonio car dealerships, will pay $430,000 to settle a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit, federal officials said Friday. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sued Benson in 2021, alleging that a male manager at Ingram Park…...
Suspect convicted of brutal stabbing sentenced to eight years in prison
14+ hour, 6+ min ago (200+ words) FLORESVILLE, Texas - As a Wilson County jury panel waited for jury selection Monday, Dagoberto Rivera-Martinez pleaded no contest to aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and agreed to an eight-year prison sentence, according to a Facebook post from Audrey Gossett…...
Media attorneys ask court for help in preventing White House ban until legal case is resolved
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (745+ words) Michael Kunzelman, Jocelyn Noveck And Rebecca Boone WASHINGTON – An attorney for three news organizations told a federal judge Thursday that the Trump administration must be prevented from barring their reporters from the White House, saying the ban is a classic…...
Curtis Flowers, a Black man whose death sentence was tossed by Supreme Court, dies in Mississippi
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (635+ words) Curtis Flowers, a Black man who spent more than 22 years in prison and was on death row in Mississippi before the U.S. Supreme Court threw out his conviction and death sentence, has died. He was 56. No cause of death was given,…...
Failed executions troubled other states before Christa Pike. Here's what happened
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (602+ words) Josh Kelety And Anna Wilder Tennessee's bungled attempt to execute Christa Pike was not the first time a state has failed to carry out a lethal injection over problems in the death chamber. Pike, 50, has regained consciousness and is speaking…...