BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Known affectionately as “Demi” to his teammates, few of Spain’s casual soccer fans had heard of Jesús de Miguel until the country was shocked by his death on Tuesday, a day after he was critically injured in a brutal in-game collision. Yet De Miguel’s career was like that...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester United staged a stunning comeback to recover from its worst-ever start to a European home game by beating Roma 3-2 in the Champions League on Tuesday. Paris Saint-Germain set a new record as the quickest team to score four goals in European s...
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H ARLINGEN — After months of public protest, officials here are reviewing a WaterWorks agreement to determine if the city has grounds to challenge the contract residents argue could sell off drinking water to a data center for as long as 50 years. A year after WaterWorks’ board o...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — One local race many voters are watching closely is the District 34 congressional matchup between Republican Eric Flores, a former Assistant U.S. attorney, and incumbent Democratic Congressman Vicente Gonzalez. United States House Speaker Mike Jo...
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NEW YORK (AP) — A young Pennsylvania woman running the New York City Marathon for the first time to raise money for charity collapsed in Central Park, just over two miles from the finish line, and later died. Rachel Apa, 24, of Lewisberry, Pennsylvania, was approaching the 24-mil...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball proposed delaying the start of a salary cap until 2028, saying teams have too many commitments for next season that wouldn't allow them to reduce spending quickly enough. A day after the start of free agent negotiations for the 2026-27 offsea...
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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Spire Motorsports has suspended NASCAR driver Carson Hocevar for Sunday's season finale at Homestead-Miami Speedway, saying “racing at the Cup level is a privilege, and it comes with an expected level of professionalism.” Hocevar was accused of intentionally ...
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It’s all over but the crying — and we can expect plenty of that. As we go to press, polls are still open and votes haven’t been counted. We do not know if expectations of voter repudiation of the current administration’s policies and Republican Party candi...
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Two great myths are being foisted on America by the current administration: the criminal immigrant story, and the election fraud story. Immigrants to American shores are said to largely be composed of the criminal refuse emptied out from other countries. Many unbiased studies hav...
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On Election Day, the Laredo offices of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Texas, were evacuated, the congressman told Border Report.
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CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — There's a subplot to No. 1 Miami vs. No. 4 Notre Dame this weekend. It's Malachi Toney vs. Leonard Moore. And that matchup might be just as noteworthy to college football fans as the Hurricanes and Fighting Irish squaring off with huge College Football P...
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MONACO (AP) — U.S. striker Folarin Balogun has been added to Monaco's squad for the Conference League, having originally been left out amid uncertainty over his future. In the squad list displayed on UEFA's website on Tuesday, Balogun's name now appears among the forwards. Ansu F...
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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...
