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COLLEGE PARK, Ga. (AP) — Angel Reese broke a WNBA record with her 29th double-double this season, Allisha Gray made six 3-pointers and finished with 23 points and 11 rebounds, and the Atlanta Dream beat the league-leading Minnesota Lynx 89-81 on Sunday in their last game before t...
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NORTON, Mass. (AP) — Ruoning Yin won the FM Championship on Sunday at the TPC Boston for her sixth career LPGA Tour victory, outlasting Hyo Joo Kim. Yin ran in a 25-foot birdie putt on the par-5 12th for a share of the lead with playing partner Kim. The 23-year-old Chinese player...
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Denver Broncos linebacker Jonathon Cooper, who's facing a felony strangulation charge, will start the season on the commissioner's exempt list. The NFL's decision Sunday means Cooper will continue to get paid for the time being and is allowed at the team's training facilities but...
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Green Bay Packers running back Josh Jacobs has been placed on the NFL commissioner's exempt list while two misdemeanor charges against him are pending, a move that prevents him from practicing or attending games. Players continue to get paid while on the commissioner's exempt lis...
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“R ed alert! Shields up! Fire phasers! The USS Enterprise is picking up massive gravitational fluctuations! The gravitational field is too high! We need more power to the shields! Impact in three minutes!” Intense scenes like this one attract Trekkies or Trekkers (loyal Star Trek...
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Trailing — again — to a promoted team, Manchester United was facing further embarrassment early in this season's Premier League. Then Bruno Fernandes intervened. With a clinically taken hat trick, the Portugal playmaker inspired United’s comeback in a 5-2 win over Ipswich at Old ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — During a Saturday special meeting, the city of Brownsville approved a $220 million Memorandum of Understanding for water and wastewater infrastructure projects while the City Commission approved a final reading of an ordinance to disannex approx...
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Jude Bellingham starred as Real Madrid made it three wins in three games under José Mourinho in the Spanish league on Sunday while former coach Xabi Alonso, now at Chelsea, also enjoyed another victory. Bellingham scored one goal and created another, and Kylian Mbappé and substit...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts wide receiver Keenan Allen was arrested Sunday on drunken driving charges. Allen, 34, is facing preliminary misdemeanor charges of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated — endangering a pe...
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E DINBURG — Year 2 of Division I college football in the Rio Grande Valley is off and running, and the UTRGV Vaqueros picked up right where they left off in their inaugural season. UTRGV opened its 2026 college football campaign with a 44-0 non-conference beatdown of Division II’...
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Joe Dean, a former grocery delivery driver ranked No. 292, captured his first European tour title by shooting 9-under 63 to win the British Masters with his wife on the bag on Sunday. The 32-year-old Englishman started the final round seven strokes off ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Cameron County District Attorney Luis V. Saenz is asking the community's help by providing information that could assist law enforcement with unsolved cases and locate wanted fugitive defendants. In a release, Saenz asks community members to...
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B ROWNSVILLE — City commissioners voted unanimously late Saturday night to voluntarily disannex more than 444 acres of land at the request of SpaceX after a tense, six-hour special meeting. At stake was a $220 million agreement with the trillion-dollar aerospace company that city...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — We’ve served the Rio Grande Valley for more than 70 years. Bringing you the news, weather, and sports you can trust. Stories and events from Valley communities that impact you. Beginning Tuesday, we’re now giving you more choices to entertain yo...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — We’ve served the Rio Grande Valley for more than 70 years. Bringing you the news, weather, and sports you can trust. Stories and events from Valley communities that impact you. Beginning Tuesday, we’re now giving you more choices to entertain yo...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Jackson Chourio has reached another milestone as he moves closer to his favorite time of year. Chourio hit his 20th homer of the season in a 5-3 victory over the Texas Rangers on Saturday night. He’s the 17th player to put together th...
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E DINBURG — UTRGV head coach Travis Bush was mum on the Vaqueros’ starting quarterback entering the 2026 season. Junior quarterback Aidan Jakobsohn started the game Saturday night for the Vaqueros against UT Permian Basin, but transfer quarterback Garret Rangel split time with Ja...
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University of Texas Rio Grande Valley defensive lineman Nathan Huerta (42) a change possession in a season opener – non-conference game against UT Permian Basin at Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2026, in Edinburg. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com) ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley football program won its first home game of the 2026 season, beating UT Permian Basin 44 to 0 Saturday night at the Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium in Edinburg. The Vaqueros started off strong, 17-0, aft...
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Known for two violent wrecks at Daytona International Speedway, Ryan Preece experienced a much different ride at NASCAR's hometown track Saturday night: a trip to victory lane. Preece won the Cup Series regular-season finale at Daytona in overtime to se...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley football program won its first home game of the 2026 season, beating UT Permian Basin 44 - 0 Saturday night at the Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium in Edinburg. The Vaqueros started off strong, 17-0, afte...
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MIAMI (AP) — Lionel Messi scored three times in the second half to finish off his first four-goal effort in MLS play while adding an assist, and Inter Miami scored six unaswered goals in a 7-1 romp over CF Montreal on Saturday night. Messi snapped a 1-1 tie in the 40th minute whe...
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NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) — Roger Federer was brought to tears numerous times during his induction speech at the International Tennis Hall of Fame on Saturday. As sunset crept in at Newport’s grass horseshoe court at the entrance of the Hall, the 45-year-old Federer, dressed in a tan su...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Scottie Scheffler was signing for another bogey-free round when he was curious enough about the par-3 ninth hole at 270 yards. The numbers surprised him and validated his thinking about how hard it was to separate at East Lake for the Tour Championship. The 87 play...
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The Seattle Seahawks on Saturday officially signed cornerback Terrion Arnold, who is facing felony charges in Florida and will be placed on the commissioner's exempt list while the case plays out. Arnold, 23, is facing eight felony charges stemming from allegations he orchestrate...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Viktor Hovland finally got a little separation Saturday at the Tour Championship, and all he had to do was finish with six consecutive putts of 7 feet or longer for a 5-under 65. All that got him was a one-shot lead in a season finale very much up for grabs. Four o...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Jayden Maiava passed for 286 yards and two touchdowns and ran for another score, and No. 14 Southern California opened a season of high expectations with a 42-26 victory over San Jose State on Saturday. Trent Mosley caught seven passes for 118 yards and a touch...
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Carsynn Meyer had played in Lamade Stadium before. The lights weren’t quite as bright then. Now, Meyer and the rest of her Nevada teammates have a chance to make more history on the world’s biggest Little League stage. Meyer, the first girl to play ...
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LONDON (AP) — Filip Hrgovic absorbed blow after blow before stopping Moses Itauma in the ninth round to hand the 21-year-old British boxer his first loss and take the vacant IBF heavyweight world title on Saturday. Itauma's corner threw in the towel as he was being pummelled agai...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A brush fire that spread across more than 2,000 miles in Kenedy County over the weekend is fully contained, according to a Monday evening update from the Texas A&M Forest Service. The weekend blaze destroyed approximately 2,003 acres. The fire s...
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William Jewell College junior running back MicahJo Barnett died after experiencing a medical emergency on the sideline — and shortly after scoring a touchdown — during the Missouri-based Division II school’s season opener against Fort Lewis College on Saturday, police and school ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — McAllen city staff and first responders attended a two-day training course on how to prepare for disaster recovery. The Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service and the Federal Emergency Management Agency's MGT-482 Disaster Recovery Public Assist...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Sports Director Megan Murray, Brett Homes and Noah Gulley bring you Overtime, a new 30-minute show that dives into extended highlights and exclusive interviews with players and coaches. In this first edition of Overtime, the Valley Sports Centra...
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A doe at Falcon Lake looks to quench its thirst on Wednesday, July 24, 2024. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) T he Falcon Reservoir is 23.2% full as of Friday after experiencing a steady decline the last 30 days. One month ago, the Falcon International Reservoir, one of the...
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DUBLIN (AP) — New North Carolina quarterback Billy Edwards Jr. threw for 232 yards, Aeron Burrell kicked two field goals and the Tar Heels opened coach Bill Belichick’s second season with a 15-10 win over TCU on a rainy Saturday in Ireland for the Aer Lingus Classic. TCU didn’t s...
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SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. (AP) — Jaymiëll Martina sat in Lamade Stadium’s postgame media room on Saturday with his right shoulder wrapped in ice and a towel around his shoulders. His pitching duties in the Little League Baseball World Series had just come to an end. Although Little...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Pete Crow-Armstrong turned two pregame conversations with Sammy Sosa into one of the best days of his career. Crow-Armstrong homered three times and drove in six runs on Saturday, adding to his case for NL MVP and powering the Chicago Cubs to a runaway 17-5 victory...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — On this week’s edition of ValleyCentral Weekend Report, Anchor Alejandra Yanez breaks down all the news of the week. Starting with the biggest stories of the week, in case you missed them. The Edinburg pastor accused of indecency with a child is...
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DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tom Cruise stood up from his chair in front of 40 race-car drivers, jumped over a row of potted plants and directly onto a stage. It was his first of many stunts to come at Daytona International Speedway. The 64-year-old Cruise announced Saturday he wil...
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered all state agencies this week to halt funding for Flock cameras amid growing concerns nationwide about the misuse of the roadside camera network. The decision, which was communicated to state agencies on Thursday evening, came as The Texas Tribun...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — After a two-day district-wide shutdown due to a surge in COVID-19 cases and other illnesses, the San Perlita Independent School District is urging parents to keep their sick children home. In a letter sent Friday, San Perlita ISD said children w...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Natasha Cloud didn't want to waste time and energy talking about Enes Kanter Freedom on Saturday as she prepared for the Chicago Sky's game against the New York Liberty. To Cloud, he is unimportant. “I won’t be talking about anything that happened with an irreleva...
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XERACO, Spain (AP) — Five-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar was sent hurdling head-over-handlebars in a frightening crash that forced him to pull out of the Spanish Vuelta on Saturday. The Slovenian suffered a concussion and broke two bones, one of which will require sur...
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The number of denaturalization lawsuits filed by the Trump administration surged in July, according to new data.
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Paris Saint-Germain forward Bradley Barcola is heading to Liverpool in one of the big-money signings of the summer transfer window. The clubs have agreed to a deal worth 123 million pounds ($166 million) for Barcola, two people with knowledge of the transaction confirmed to The A...
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Tottenham's remarkable $400 million summer spending spree isn’t translating to any on-field success so far in the Premier League. Two games. Zero points. Indeed, big-spending Spurs are still searching for their first goal of the campaign after being beaten 2-0 at home by Newcastl...
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NYON, Switzerland (AP) — Record 15-time European champion Real Madrid will start the league phase of the Champions League on Sept. 8 when it hosts Inter Milan. Match dates for each of the 36 teams' eight-game schedules were published Saturday by UEFA, two days after the draw in M...
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A 3-year-old child from Mission survived an attack from a local business owner’s pet mountain lion 31 years ago. Emilio Flores was in stable condition in the days that followed the attack on Aug. 26, 1995. The mountain lion’s owner, James Thatcher, hoped the incident wouldn’t cau...
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T he Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District recently announced a $15 million shortfall for the next budget year. District officials probably can find some places where they can — and perhaps should — trim the fat. But the reality is more complicated, and with the next ...
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LONDON (AP) — Defending world champion Lando Norris has extended his contract with McLaren until at least the end of 2030, the F1 team said Saturday. McLaren said the new deal features “a multi-year option to commit beyond that date.” Financial terms were not announced. The Press...
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NEW YORK (AP) — More than 8,000 fans packed the Grandstand at the U.S. Open last year to witness Alex Eala rally from down 5-1 in the third set to upset 14th-ranked Clara Tauson. The crowd went crazy, waving Filipino flags to celebrate the comeback. Eala is now up to a career-bes...
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M cALLEN — The 2026 Texas high school football season is off and running, and so are the McAllen Memorial Mustangs. Senior running backs Braxton Speights and Oscar Jasso followed their blocks and let their speed do the rest, as the duo combined to score seven rushing touchdowns i...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — ValleyCentral is bringing you the players to watch on Football Fridays with Gridiron Game Changers. The Game Changer for Weslaco Eastis senior dl Jaden Garza. He has 77 total tackles, 4 TFL and 2 sacks. The Game Changer from Weslaco is senior db...
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W ESLACO — Weslaco High may have won the Tinaco Bowl over cross-town rivals Weslaco East 30-0 in the RGVSports.com Game of the Week, but the real winner on Friday night was the City of Weslaco. The atmosphere at Bobby Lackey Stadium was electric. The community was in full force t...
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IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER HARLINGEN — A year ago, Harlingen High was searching for answers after an 0-3 start to its season. Its first victory didn’t come until Week 4, when the Cardinals escaped Laredo United South by a single point. Friday, there was no waiting. Four minutes...
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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Green Bay Packers coach Matt LaFleur says there are no plans for the team to release running back Josh Jacobs, who faces two misdemeanor charges stemming from what police have described as a physical confrontation with his girlfriend. “I fully anticipate hi...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In week one of Texas high school football here in the Rio Grande Valley, our Valley Sports Central Team covered games in Weslaco, Mission and more. Megan, Noah and Brent have the latest from the following matchups in the video above: Weslaco Eas...
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Weslaco High’s Malachi Rodriguez (4) carries the ball against Weslaco East in a season opener at Bobby Lackey Stadium on Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, in Weslaco. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com) Weslaco High’s Lupe Granados (1) carries the ball against Weslaco East in a seaso...
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Electric shock gloves will be given to ICE agents at a great cost to taxpayers. I can only hope these agents suffer from itchy noses while wearing these gloves. Mary Hogan Mission Help stop wildfires Turns out illegal campfire users, teenage fireworks pranksters, lightning strike...
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pinch-hitter Edmundo Sosa hit his first career grand slam with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Philadelphia Phillies roared back for a 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. Sosa connected just two batters after Wade Meckler reached ...
