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DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Center for SafeSport more than doubled the number of new visitors to its online Centralized Disciplinary Database in the month after it started making public announcements about people placed on its banned list. The center said Thursday that 6,300 new visit...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — South Texas Health System and Prominence Health will hold a Senior Living Seminar on Friday to help raise awareness about malnutrition and healthy aging. The free educational seminar "Living with Malnutrition" will take place from 10 a.m. to noo...
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U.S. striker Folarin Balogun pulled out of a deal to join Everton in the final minutes of European soccer’s summer transfer window because he felt uncomfortable that the English club raised doubts about his health in a medical check, Monaco’s sporting director has revealed. In an...
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Federal authorities have warned that the beads within them could cause a child to choke or experience an intestinal obstruction.
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MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid defender Raúl Asencio was acquitted on Thursday of charges he revealed a sex video without consent. The court decision came hours after coach José Mourinho said the club opened a disciplinary proceeding against Asencio following a DUI conviction. He was ...
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Soccer teams across Argentina will pay tribute to Lionel Messi with a mid-game minute of applause during their next match following his decision to retire from international duty. Referees will pause play at the 10-minute mark of every match in the ...
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DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The smallest team in the Bundesliga may be the most exciting. From a town of just 13,000 people and operating on a shoestring budget, Elversberg made a big statement in its first-ever top-division game last week, stunning former champion Bayer Leverkus...
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BERLIN (AP) — The U.S. has dominated the women's FIBA World Cup for nearly two decades, winning the last four titles. A young American roster led by the trio of Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers and Angel Reese now complement U.S. stalwart Breanna Stewart as the team looks to win its...
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By TIM SULLIVAN , MARK VANCLEAVE , HALLIE GOLDEN and SAFIYAH RIDDLE | Associated Press M INNEAPOLIS (AP) — Gunfire could be heard throughout a downtown Minneapolis apartment building as police responded to an active shooting Wednesday that left three people dead, including the su...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Jacob Misiorowski's worst start of the season was just a minor inconvenience for the rolling Milwaukee Brewers. Misiorowski struggled in hot and humid conditions on Wednesday night, surrendering five runs and five hits in four innings against the Chicago Cubs. But ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — After an exciting week one of high school football, the Rio Grande Valley has voted for its first team of the week of the 2026 season. The Raymondville Bearkats took home the title with 1,050 total votes, or 46% of the vote. McAllen Memorial cam...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Emotions ran high Wednesday as Harlingen residents confronted city commissioners over a proposed artificial intelligence data center planned near the city. New York-based Fluidstack is planning the data center on roughly 1,800 acres between Harl...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) —A strong (and still strengthening) El Niño is firing up tropical activity in the eastern Pacific. We’ve got three systems at once, Hurricanes Lowell and Karina, plus Marie, which is expected to reach hurricane strength soon. Seeing multiple tropi...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (Valley Central) — Before an exciting week two of high school football unfolds, Valley Sports Central still has to pick the athlete of the week from week one. Hassan Woolery of the Harlingen Cardinals is our first athlete of the week for the 2026 season following...
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CINCINNATI (AP) — The NCAA has cleared the University of Cincinnati of any wrongdoing in its investigation of former quarterback Brendan Sorsby. Sorsby played the 2024 and '25 seasons for the Bearcats before transferring to Texas Tech. He was ruled permanently ineligible by the N...
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The Los Angeles Rams and the San Francisco 49ers will meet at the famed Melbourne Cricket Ground next week in what the NFL intends to be the first of many regular-season games in front of its growing Australian fan base. The league also is determined to play those games at Austra...
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Good Good Golf CEO Matt Kendrick and president Joe Flannery have left the company in the wake of an outcry over an advertisement for a new Callaway driver that showed a man shoving a woman to the ground and telling her not to touch the club, according to multiple reports. Good Go...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — During a special meeting on Tuesday, the Donna Independent School District Board of Trustees accepted the resignation of Superintendent Angela Dominguez and named Rebecca Castañeda as the Acting Superintendent. The board voted after returning fr...
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By TIM SULLIVAN and MARK VANCLEAVE | Associated Press M INNEAPOLIS (AP) — Two people were killed and the suspect is dead after a shooting in a downtown Minneapolis apartment building Wednesday afternoon, according to police. Three Minneapolis police officers were also injured, po...
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C ounty Judge Richard F. Cortez said that the county is anxious to get the Hidalgo County Courthouse reopened as soon as possible, but officials are taking every precaution to ensure that the building is safe before resuming operations. The county courthouse has been closed since...
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L a Joya ISD Superintendent Marcey Sorensen received a contract extension until 2031 and it included an increase of annual salary up to $355,865. Sorensen’s new contract salary jumped about $10,000 from her previous contract that included a base salary of $345,000 from another ex...
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Edinburg Mayor Omar Ochoa L ast Friday, the Edinburg Human Resources Department sent a city-wide email to its staff containing quotes for insurance premium rates with “massive increases.” However, city leadership said the quotes were incorrect and new ones are currently being pre...
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S AN BENITO — While passing a new $20 million general fund budget’s coming with a $20.9 million fund balance, the new city commission voted against a proposed 1-cent property tax cut. As City Hall works to close the 2025-2026 fiscal year, officials had built a $1.5 million surplu...
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T he National Weather Service Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley office has released its latest three-month outlook, which indicates that summer isn’t done despite what most of us might wish. The NWS noted a “slight lean” in the forecast toward hotter-than-normal conditions for Septem...
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Rebecca Castañeda T he Donna ISD School Board named Rebecca Castañeda, the district’s deputy superintendent to be the acting superintendent at a meeting on Tuesday. In a Facebook post , the district stated that Castañeda has more than 30 years of experience across every sector of...
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Teclo Garcia T he Mission Economic Development Corporation will be bidding farewell to its CEO next week. Teclo Garcia, the EDC’s CEO and the executive director of the Mission Redevelopment Authority, announced Monday that he will be retiring from his position effective Sept. 11....
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B ROWNSVILLE — City commissioners here voted Tuesday to move forward with the process of establishing a moratorium on the new applications for rezoning or permits for data centers in the city. Commissioners approved a resolution directing the city manager to initiate the process ...
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T he county judges for Hidalgo and Bexar counties are placing a “friendly wager” ahead of a college football showdown this Saturday. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros and the University of Texas at San Antonio Roadrunners are facing off this Saturday at the Alamo...
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A lthough San Perlita ISD schools temporarily closed last week due to the “rapid spread” of COVID-19 cases, local health officials reassure the slight uptick is not a concern and is, in fact, common for this time of year. Dr. Juan Castillo, Cameron County’s health authority, expl...
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A library is a special place, and September is a special month for that very reason. September is Library Card Sign-up Month at the McAllen Public Library, and it is rewarding young readers who receive their card with a special surprise and a world of discovery. Kate Horan, libra...
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T he Cameron County Sheriff’s Office has arrested two people accused of smuggling marijuana into the Cameron County Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center. Victor Manuel Castillo, 27, and Alejandra Maria Guevara, 23, are charged with prohibited substance in a correctional facility, a...
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By TIM SULLIVAN and MARK VANCLEAVE | Associated Press M INNEAPOLIS (AP) — At least one person was killed and six others were injured in a shooting at an apartment building in downtown Minneapolis on Wednesday, according to officials. The Minneapolis Police Department said two of ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory for most of the Rio Grande Valley from 11 a.m to 6 p.m. The heat index is expected to reach as high as 115 in some areas during the hottest part of the day. While the "feels like" temperatu...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts saw a physically compromised Shohei Ohtani at the plate Wednesday night when the four-time MVP was 0 for 4 with four strikeouts. He plans to have a conversation with the training staff and Ohtani on Thursday to “really t...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz was already in the final by the time he dropped a set last year in the U.S. Open. When it happened in his second match this year, Alcaraz tried to look at the positives. After missing four months with a right wrist injury, the extra work might help....
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NEW YORK (AP) — Aryna Sabalenka came to the U.S. Open struggling and in danger of losing the No. 1 ranking. She heads to the third round looking every bit ready for a three-peat. The top-seeded Sabalenka overwhelmed Polina Iatcenko 6-1, 6-1 in 53 minutes on Wednesday night, putti...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The stakes are on for the highly anticipated matchup between the Vaqueros and the Roadrunners this Saturday. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley will take on the University of Texas at San Antonio at the Alamodome at 2:30 p.m. Ahead of kic...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The NBA imposed a sweeping punishment against the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday for violating salary cap circumvention rules, suspending owner Steve Ballmer for one year, fining the team $30 million and forcing it to forfeit five first-round draft picks. Al...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Nestled in McAllen's Mercado District, the Mexican restaurant Momole is now on the same culinary distinction as restaurants in cities like Berlin, Sydney and Singapore. The Mexican Consulate on Wednesday presented Momole USA with the Sello M Gas...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Better Business Bureau in the Rio Grande Valley is warning about a letter targeting veterans. People will send a fraudulent check, then later, a fraudulent letter claiming the veteran was overpaid in VA benefits and owes money to the U.S. De...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Compudot, a local nonprofit, and Spectrum teamed up on Wednesday to distribute 50 laptops to Valley students in need. The giveaway follows Spectrum's $17,500 donation through its Spectrum Digital Education grant, a company initiative that suppor...
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By Terri Langford | The Texas Tribune T exas Gov. Greg Abbott is doubling down on the state’s fight to recover nearly $10 billion in Medicaid funding that the Trump administration is withholding from Texas hospitals. “Texas is working with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Se...
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — No NFL team receives more hype on a regular basis than the Dallas Cowboys, at least in relation to their lack of success over the past three decades. So it's not a shock there is some preseason commentary that the Cowboys could be in line for a strong season. Lon...
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STUART, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods pleaded no contest to a reckless driving charge and his driver's license was suspended for five years Wednesday following a March rollover crash in Florida, where he initially was accused of driving under the influence. Woods, still one of golf's m...
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College football's coaching carousel was a doozy last winter, spinning wildly and putting some new faces in new places. That ride included Lane Kiffin’s closely watched move from Ole Miss to LSU. A slew of schools were desperate to find the right man to help them win games and ge...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Daniil Medvedev thought the chair umpire's call was for the birds. Medvedev protested a decision Wednesday during his second-round victory at the U.S. Open after the umpire ordered a point to be replayed because two birds sat on top of the net during multiple shot...
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STAFF REPORT Check out the latest RGVSports.com Sub-5A Top 5 poll after the first week of action. Others receiving votes: Lyford The post RGVSports.com Sub-5A Top 5 Poll (09/02/26) appeared first on MyRGV.com ....
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STAFF REPORT Check out the latest RGVSports.com 5A/6A Top 10 poll after the first week of action. Others receiving votes: Roma The post RGVSports.com 5A/6A Top 10 Poll (09/02/26) appeared first on MyRGV.com ....
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Denny Hamlin has never won a Cup Series championship. This may be the 45-year-old's best chance based on his overall body of work this season. Hamlin enters NASCAR's modified 10-race playoff format known as “The Chase” with a 25-point cushion over second-pl...
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The Pac-12, the self-dubbed “Conference of Champions” with athletic excellence going back more than a century, turned into the conference of ashes. A mass exodus of 10 schools in 15 months left the Pac-12 in tatters, dimming the future of a conference that was once the proud home...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Hidalgo County Clerk's Office is processing marriage licenses at its Edinburg office as the courthouse remains closed to the public, according to a news release. Marriage license services will be available from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday at ...
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers got instructions for how to prepare for the longest road trip in NFL history as they get set to depart the Bay Area for Melbourne, Australia, late Wednesday night for the season opener against the Los Angeles Rams next week. They...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Five men were arrested on solicitation of prostitution charges, the McAllen Police Department announced Wednesday. Officers with the McAllen PD conducted a law enforcement initiative that resulted in the arrest of three men on Aug. 26, one man o...
