A fter much delay, the U.S. House of Representatives soon should debate whether military veterans receiving disability benefits should receive full retirement benefits as well. On Tuesday a 218th House member signed a petition to force a reluctant Speaker Mike Johnson to place on the calendar the...
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T here will be acronyms. Rio Grande Valley Linking Economic and Academic Development (RGV LEAD) are teaming up with the Rio Grande Valley Builders Association (RGVBA) with a memorandum of agreement to establish the RGV LEAD Architecture and Construction Workforce Pipeline Initiat...
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Caitlin Clark doesn't have much longer to wait for her first signature shoe to come out. They will be available starting Oct. 1 in the U.S. and a week earlier in China. “I’m just super excited,” she told The Associated Press in Germany last week. “I look down at my feet and I’m, ...
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Hidalgo Port of Entry is seen in this undated photo. (Courtesy: CBP) A call to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children Cyber Tipline led to the arrest of a man who had more than 600 videos of child sexual abuse material at the Hidalgo port of entry on Tuesday. Jose...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A federal immigration officer charged with shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in January and lying about the circumstances to investigators made a brief initial appearance Thursday before a Minnesota judge after state authorities arrested him ahead of a sep...
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Real Betis continued its flying start to the Spanish league season with a 1-0 victory over Getafe on Thursday. Abde Ezzalzouli scored at the end of the first half after a video review confirmed he didn’t handle the ball in the build-up. He connected on a low shot from the center ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Knicks said Thursday they are pausing ticket sales after a mistake caused them to be listed for amounts that were too high. The NBA champions put individual game tickets for the 2026-27 season on sale this week. The get-in price for the Oct. 20 season...
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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina defensive coordinator Steve Belichick, the son of head coach Bill Belichick, has resigned from his position as the school concludes a probe into its football program. The school released a statement Thursday morning saying Steve Belichick's...
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MIAMI (AP) — Lionel Messi pointed his finger at MLS commissioner Don Garber on multiple occasions while speaking with him after Inter Miami’s game with Cruz Azul on Wednesday. Postgame video showed Messi pointing at Garber and speaking to him before walking away. He then appears ...
business
T exas and its metropolitan statistical areas and metropolitan divisions are projected to see notable economic expansion from 2025 to 2030 despite national and global uncertainties and significant headwinds. The pace will be uneven and likely backloaded to the later segments of t...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Christian Pulisic is out and 16-year-old Cavan Sullivan is in. Mauricio Pochettino picked 13 newcomers Thursday for the first roster of his second term as U.S. coach, dropping the team's top star and picking a forward who could become the youngest American nationa...
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By Berenice Garcia | The Texas Tribune P HARR — Kimberly Trujillo became a card-carrying member of La Unión del Pueblo Entero only two months ago. But already, she’s stepped into a leadership position for one of the organization’s most important events. The 24-year-old Brownsvill...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — SpaceX pushed back the target date for its next launch by several days and is now eyeing Monday, Sept. 28, for its Starship 14 test flight. The flight is still pending regulatory approval. SpaceX previously announced that it expected to launch i...
