NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — The Olympic Council of Asia is attempting to quell complaints about lodging for athletes and officials at the Asian Games, which includes the use of converted wooden containers. The OCA said Friday that all “17,000-plus athletes and officials” that registered by the entry dea...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Cooper Rush will make his second straight start at quarterback for the Atlanta Falcons in Sunday's home opener against the NFC South rival Carolina Panthers, coach Kevin Stefanski announced Friday. Rush threw two interceptions, including T.J. Watt’s pick-6 in the f...
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U TRGV announced that all operations and classes on the Edinburg campus are canceled for the remainder of the day due to an AEP power line serving the campus going down in the morning. The restoration efforts continue and the cancellation applies only to the Edinburg campus. No o...
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U.S. Open finalist Ben Shelton struggled to dominate with his serve and was beaten 6-4, 6-4 by 24th-ranked Jiri Lehecka on Friday as the Czech Republic drew level 1-1 with the United States in the last qualifying round for the Davis Cup Final 8. Lehecka broke Shelton’s serve earl...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Every week, CBS Rio Grande Valley works to find a forever home for a Rio Grande Valley foster child as part of our Forever Family partnership with the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Meet a remarkable group of four talented a...
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — An immigration officer pleaded not guilty Friday to federal charges that he lied to the FBI about being attacked before he shot and wounded a Venezuelan man during the immigration crackdown in Minneapolis early this year. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Rio Grande City High School student is in custody Friday morning after he allegedly told a teacher he had a gun in his backpack, according to Hugo Garcia, chief of police at Rio Grande City Grulla ISD. Officials found no weapon when they searc...
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(Courtesy: City of McAllen) F ollowing popular demand, Metro McAllen launched a brand new one-way bus route from downtown to the Hidalgo-Reynosa International Bridge late last month. According to city management, the route is already one of the most used, even after only a few sh...
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GENEVA (AP) — FIFA’s member federations should each get an extra $10 million from its swelling cash reserves after a successful World Cup, the soccer body’s vice presidents from Europe and North America said in a letter Friday to its president Gianni Infantino as they stepped up ...
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MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Public education advocates held a rally at the Cine El Rey Theater in McAllen in support of the public school system. They were also there to support Thomas Ray Garcia, the Democratic candidate for the Second District, who is seeking election to t...
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H ARLINGEN — The red and the white and the green fill the streets of the cities on both sides of the border in this joyous month of remembrance and celebration. They are the colors of the Mexican flag but they adorn the colors of the dresses and the papel picado and the bright li...
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R URAL HIDALGO COUNTY — On a particularly humid Thursday morning, Ana Carolina “Caly” Fernandez drove a U-Haul truck full of provisions down the street of a colonia, where she would be delivering food to one of the most impoverished areas in the Rio Grande Valley. With the curren...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — As we wrap up another work/school week, many of us will be focused on tonight's high school football games. Our Game of the Week is in Weslaco between the Panthers and the PSJA North Raiders. We are expecting partly cloudy skies and a temperatur...
