Average gasoline prices in Texas declined for a second consecutive week, with drivers paying an average of $3.72 per gallon for regular unleaded fuel as the summer travel season begins, according to AAA Texas.
Hotels, restaurants and tourism-related businesses in San Antonio are reporting increased demand as the NBA Finals between the San Antonio Spurs and the New York Knicks draw visitors to the city.
Two zoo employees were hospitalized after wolves attacked them inside an enclosure at Washington Park Zoo on June 3, authorities said.
More than 130 Texas cities must freeze their property tax rates after the Texas Attorney General’s Office determined they failed to meet state audit requirements, enforcing a new law that bars municipalities from increasing property tax collections if they are behind on annual financial audits.
Growing concern over missing children in Kenya has prompted renewed scrutiny of the country’s child protection systems after families, child welfare groups, public figures and authorities cited reports of disappearances, abductions, trafficking and abandonment across the country, according to official data and public statements released this year.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is on a three-day state visit to Russia, where she met with President Vladimir Putin and sought to strengthen trade, investment, and diplomatic ties between the two countries.
Sen. Erwin Tulfo has invited 18 alleged former Marines who claimed to have served as “bagmen” for former congressman Zaldy Co to attend a Senate Blue Ribbon Committee hearing on the flood control controversy scheduled for June 8.
Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano said on Thursday that he would preside over the impeachment trial of Vice President Sara Duterte, maintaining that he remains the Senate president despite a leadership reorganization in the chamber.
The Sandiganbayan Second Division entered a not guilty plea for Sen. Jinggoy Estrada on Thursday after he declined to enter a plea during his arraignment on a graft charge stemming from an alleged infrastructure fund scheme.
Turkey has raised concerns over a Kanye West concert held in Istanbul over the weekend that drew an estimated 120,000 attendees, with officials saying parts of the performance offended the country’s religious and cultural sensitivities.