LONDON (AP) — England soccer great Harry Kane’s long-held hope of being a kicker in the NFL took clearer shape Wednesday, when he floated the idea of combining the goal with also joining a Major League Soccer club. The 33-year-old Kane is currently happy and setting records at Bayern Munich comin...
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By: Dr. Jose E. Igoa, Psychiatrist and Medical Director of DHR Health Behavioral Hospital 5510 Raphael Drive Edinburg, TX 78539 If you or someone is experiencing a mental health crisis, call (956) 362-4357 (HELP) for support. September is National Suicide Prevention Month. Suicid...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. left Atlanta's game against Cincinnati in the third inning after fouling a ball off his left leg Tuesday night. Acuña was listed as day-to-day with a contusion after X-rays and a CT scan showed no serious damage. He was able to wa...
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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 in the playoffs, though. The Dodgers are once again amo...
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NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — The easy part for Fariba Hashimi was winning a silver medal in the women's cycling road race at the Asian Games. The nearly impossible part for the female cyclist from Afghanistan was trying to train in her country. To do that, she dressed as a man in a place...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Crews are clearing the scene after a trailer hauling paint rolled over on southbound US 77 just north of the Sarita checkpoint. Workers with the Texas Department of Transportation and fire crews are clearing debris and water-based paint from the...
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MEDINAH, Ill. (AP) — Adam Scott was a fresh face at age 23 and getting feisty under the darkening sky in South Africa. The Presidents Cup was tied. Ernie Els and Tiger Woods were in a tense playoff when the captains agreed to a tie, meaning the Americans would keep the cup as def...
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M ISSION — The council here unanimously adopted its new property tax rate. Mission’s no-new-revenue tax rate will be $0.5653 per $100 valuation in the upcoming fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1 — a less than a cent increase from the previous year of $0.5580 per $100 valuation. Als...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — State prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for two of the four men accused in a Peñitas capital murder case. Court records indicate Hidalgo County prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for 24-year-old Pedro Ismael Garcia and 38-year-old...
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — CJ Bailey figured he had a choice in how he responded to making the mistake that turned N.C. State's road win into one of the most improbable losses in college football in years. The quarterback could brood over that devastating moment. Or he could focus on m...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein, the disgraced movie mogul, was sentenced in Manhattan to 15 years in prison Wednesday for a felony sex crime in another #MeToo reckoning. Weinstein’s sentencing for sexually assaulting one-time TV production assistant Miriam Haley followed a lega...
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GENEVA (AP) — European soccer leader Aleksander Ceferin said Wednesday it is “our work” to repair the unity and trust broken by FIFA President Gianni Infantino’s failed World Cup sell-off plan. The UEFA president, in rare public comments two months into the divisive global rift i...
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart is expected to have season-ending surgery on his left knee, according to a person with knowledge of the details of the injury. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the team has...
