The pub that is adjacent to Wrexham’s Racecourse stadium and a regular feature in the award-winning “Welcome to Wrexham” series has been bought by the club’s celebrity co-owners. The acquisition of The Turf was described by Wrexham’s ownership — fronted by Hollywood stars Ryan Reynolds and Rob Ma...
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Major League Baseball's postseason is rapidly approaching, with the Los Angeles Dodgers seeking a third-straight World Series title. It remains to be seen how much some of the game's biggest stars will be able to participate come October, though. The Dodgers are once again among ...
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By ANNA WILDER and JESSE BEDAYN | Associated Press A USTIN (AP) — A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was in custody Monday at an ICE detention center in Texas after he was released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back, ac...
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M otorists will no longer be able to use a road in Rio Grande City. The Texas Department of Transportation on Monday permanently closed access to Fairgrounds Road at the intersection of SL 195. TxDOT said the new State Loop 195 divided highway project will create T-intersections ...
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A 77-year-old San Benito woman died in a fatal Harlingen crash on Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (Courtesy: DPS) A 30-year-old man has pleaded guilty to causing a fatal two-vehicle crash in Harlingen that killed a 77-year-old San Benito woman in 2024. Jose De La Cruz pleaded guilty on Se...
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Cleofas Alberto Martinez-Gutierrez A high-ranking Gulf Cartel member who had been sought by federal authorities for a decade has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for his role in a scheme that saw nearly seven tons of marijuana smuggled. Cleofas Alberto Martinez-Gutierrez, als...
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EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kyler Murray has been cleared from the NFL concussion protocol and will return to action this week at Tampa Bay. Vikings coach Kevin O'Connell confirmed Monday that Murray will be back in the starting lineup for the game against t...
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Doc Rivers turned down an offer to become an NBA analyst for NBC after retiring as a player in 1996 because he couldn't promise then-NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol that he wouldn't become a coach. With Rivers now insisting that his Hall of Fame coaching career is over, the time...
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I n the past three months the House of Representative has been in session exactly 12 days. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson has now canceled the last two weeks of the session scheduled for the last of September and all of October. The House will not be in session again until aft...
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McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A businessman from McAllen pleaded not guilty to a conspiracy charge on Thursday after federal prosecutors linked him to a major drug shipment. Prosecutors linked Jose Luis Garcia Gonzalez Jr., 46, of McAllen to a couple from Bay City, Texas, that...
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If Ryan Blaney’s analysis of the NASCAR Chase is accurate, then his championship bid is already over after only three of 10 races in the run to the title. “I just don’t see that you can finish outside the top 30 multiple times and have a shot,” Blaney said last week. “It’s just g...
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Laura Escamilla T he former executive director of the Stars Scholarship Fund has been charged with theft of property by the Texas Rangers, according to a news release and jail records. Laura Escamilla was booked into the Hidalgo County Adult Detention Center last Friday on a char...
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E DINBURG — A 38-year-old Alamo man was sentenced to life in prison on Monday for the fatal shooting of a McAllen Masonic lodge member in 2023. Julio Diaz was found guilty of murder and two counts of arson on Aug. 6 following a jury trial. The jury deliberated less than an hour b...
