Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz said on social media Monday that his office will prosecute a former La Feria High School coach following a mistrial on charges of accident involving death and tampering with evidence. Jaime Carlos Guerra, 59, went to trial on Oct. 27 and state Distri...
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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish police have opened an investigation into possible involuntary manslaughter after a soccer player died following an on-field collision with the opposing team's goalkeeper in a second-division match. Tenerife forward Jesús de Miguel died after he suf...
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DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — Hockey powers Sweden, Finland and the Czech Republic will refuse to play against Russia at next year's world championship, as a growing boycott movement across Europe now includes six of the 16 nations in the men's tournament. The rift in the sport dee...
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A longtime Rio Grande Valley educator has filed a federal First Amendment lawsuit against the Rio Hondo Independent School District, its superintendent and board president, claiming that coerced prayer at mandatory staff meetings violated his religious freedoms under the Constitu...
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AP No. 1 Miami is undefeated and hard to deny as a team that deserves top seeding when the College Football Playoff selection committee releases its first set of rankings for the season Tuesday night. After that, who knows? Will the 13 people on the panel take a harder look at th...
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This is the night America finds out. Who controls the balance of power in the House and Senate? Of course. But also, who the winners and losers are in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season. Whether it's a brilliant ESPN attempt at counterprogramming is up for ...
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McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson made a last-minute pitch to Rio Grande Valley voters on Tuesday, warning that Republicans can’t keep control of Congress without them. Johnson stopped at the Country Omelette, a breakfast spot in McAllen, minutes af...
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With their club in turmoil, Le Havre fan groups are calling for the American owners to leave. Le Havre, founded in 1872 and considered the oldest club in French professional soccer, has plunged into a deep and unprecedented sporting crisis. Languishing at the bottom of Ligue 1, a...
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Harlingen, Texas (Valleycentral)DPS confirmed to Valleycentral it is working a deadly motorcycle crash at 10th and Chapin in McAllen. Drivers beware of slowdowns in the area and find an alternate route if possible. Details are limited but DPS plans to provide more information as ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Liberty have fired coach Chris DeMarco after only one season, the franchise announced Tuesday. DeMarco came to New York in December after serving for more than a decade as an assistant with the Golden State Warriors. He had no prior WNBA experience be...
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York Yankees closer David Bednar, Chicago Cubs outfielder Seiya Suzuki and Seattle outfielder Randy Arozarena were among eight players who received $23.15 million qualifying offers from their teams Monday. Milwaukee first baseman/outfielder Jake Bauers and Bal...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The 2027 Asian Cup soccer tournament has been delayed almost a year in the wake of recent deadly attacks on host country Saudi Arabia, becoming the biggest sports event to be postponed amid the conflict in the Middle East. The Asian Football Confederatio...
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ROME (AP) — It turns out that winning 22 Grand Slam titles and a record 14 French Open trophies doesn’t make putting the kids to bed any easier. Rafael Nadal made that clear when he showed up slightly after the appointed time near 9 p.m. on a Monday night for a video interview fr...
