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LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) — J'Koby Williams and Cameron Dickey ran for second-half touchdowns and defending Big 12 champion No. 13 Texas Tech held on for a 28-26 victory Friday night when Houston quarterback Conner Weigman came up just short of a 2-point conversion in the final minute....
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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — It was well into the third quarter, and Darian Mensah was a perfect passer off to a record-setting night while having fifth-ranked Miami’s offense humming yet again. In the fourth quarter, the Hurricanes' defense had to take the lead. Mensah connected o...
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HOUSTON (AP) — The Atlanta Braves held a subdued celebration when they clinched a playoff berth Friday night after missing out last season. The first-place Braves beat the Houston Astros 6-2 to punch their ticket to the postseason for the eighth time in nine years. They secured a...
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McAllen Memorial’s Oscar Jasso, right, is tackled by McAllen High’s Eli Schwarz, left, during a 16-5A D1 game at McAllen Veterans Memorial Stadium Friday Sept.18, 2026 in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) McAllen Memorial’s Rene Solis, left, stretches to reach McAll...
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TORONTO (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell walked into a postgame celebration without realizing she was the guest of honor. Mitchell scored 33 points to set a WNBA season scoring record Friday night in a 103-85 victory over the Toronto Tempo. With a 3-pointer in the third quarter, Mitchell e...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — After Friday’s limited showers, the weekend brings only a slight chance for a stray shower or two. Nothing significant is expected, but a few areas could still see a brief sprinkle. Otherwise, conditions will remain mostly dry across the Valley....
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MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Leaders with the Mission Consolidated Independent School District are looking ahead to continued enrollment declines and the potential financial impact on the district, including possible changes to campuses and staffing. Mission CISD recently pre...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Valley Sports Team has chosen to highlight the PSJA North Raiders and the Weslaco High School Panthers for the Week 4 segment of Game Changers. Game Changers features our Valley Sports Team where they select two players that they think will...
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TORONTO (AP) — Kelsey Mitchell scored 33 points to set a WNBA season scoring record, Caitlin Clark had 28 points and matched a season high with 14 assists and the Indiana Fever beat the Toronto Tempo 103-85 on Friday night for their eighth win in 10 games. With a 3-pointer in the...
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PHOENIX (AP) — Three-time AL MVP Aaron Judge is headed back on the injured list — this time with a right calf strain — and New York Yankees manager Aaron Boone isn't sure whether the slugger will be able to return for the postseason. New York said it will make the roster move on ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The City of Brownsville celebrated the unveiling of its two new micro-pantries. Micro-pantries are a new initiative by the city's Parks and Recreation Department to provide the community with access to food and supplies, no questions asked. The...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The smile on Aaron Donald's face said it all, well before he verbalized his expectation that he will play for the Los Angeles Rams in their home opener against the New York Giants on Monday night. “That is the plan,” Donald said Friday. ”I think that's all of o...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In this edition of Mic'd Up, Photojournalist Diego Tijerina follows Rio Hondo Head Football Coach Rocky James as the Bobcats take on St. Joseph's Academy in their homecoming game at their newly renovated stadium. The Bobcats started off with two...
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MIAMI (AP) — Los Angeles Dodgers owner Mark Walter and multiple insurance companies he owns have been sued, alleging they failed to disclose an ongoing federal probe to customers while directing policyholders' money into Walter's other companies. The lawsuit lists Walter, Delawar...
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LONDON (AP) — Brentford climbed to third in the Premier League after a crushing 3-0 win over west London rival Chelsea on Friday. It was a puzzling display by Xabi Alonso's Chelsea side, which has now gone three league games without a win. Jaidon Anthony, Igor Thiago and Fabio Ca...
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DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions knew they had a lot of things to fix after Sunday's 31-30 overtime win over the New Orleans Saints. They also knew they didn't have time to fix them before playing on Thursday against the Buffalo Bills — a game they lost 41-31. Now, Dan Campbell i...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Carson Wentz will start at quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings on Sunday, with Kyler Murray still in the NFL concussion protocol and ruled out for the game at Chicago. Murray was a limited participant in practice all week and simply ran out of time to make mo...
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Following a difficult defensive performance against the New York Giants, the Dallas Cowboys will face the Washington Commanders this Sunday while managing several key injuries....
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has awarded a long-awaited $7.5 billion to Texas as reimbursement for the money the state spent on border security during Joe Biden’s presidency. The Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Management Administration approved...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A new free online course aims to help parents and caregivers protect children against online grooming, sextortion and AI-enabled exploitation. Ricardo A. Barrera, a Harlingen attorney and the developer of ProtectTexasChildren.org's Digital Safeg...
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MISSION, TX – Get ready for a day of heroism, inspiration, and community spirit at the 17th Annual Mission Pink Walk Run for Breast Cancer Awareness & Treatment. On Saturday morning, October 10, at 7 a.m., Mission Regional Medical Center will transform into a vibrant hub of love ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A brush fire that ignited in Starr County has been fully contained, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. Approximately 590 acres burned along Las Brisas Road, located northeast of Rio Grande City. The Starr County Precinct 4 San Isidro Fir...
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When Pavel Dorofeyev led the Vegas Golden Knights with 37 goals last season and scored 12 more on their run to the Stanley Cup Final, he did so as part of a stacked lineup featuring Mitch Marner, Jack Eichel and Mark Stone. Traded to the New York Rangers, who signed him to a seve...
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NEW YORK (AP) — They're off and running at the new Belmont Park, as horse racing returned Friday following a three-year absence for a $550 million reconstruction project that modernized the historic track. Fans in the sellout crowd of 6,000 cheered before a field of 10 left the s...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Compudopt, a nonprofit organization that addresses the digital divide —the gap between those who have access to technology and those who do not —is hosting a device drive in the Rio Grande Valley. Compudopt Vice President of Strategic Initiative...
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OXFORD, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi will assemble the state's largest law enforcement presence ever for a college football game this weekend, highlighting the heightened security in place around the stadium and off campus for the much-anticipated game Saturday night against LSU and ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The North Main Drain Project in Cameron County is nearing its final phase. Crews are regrading the North Main Drain Channel, a 17-mile-long channel that starts in Primera and flows to the Arroyo in Rio Hondo. The project launched in 2025. Phase ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A registered sex offender was sentenced to prison after officers discovered child pornography on his phone during an inspection at the Brownsville & Matamoros International Bridge. According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Souther...
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The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) suspended issuing approvals for Flock’s automated license plate reader (ALPR) cameras amid growing security and privacy concerns surrounding the technology. “TxDOT’s role is to review permits to ensure license plate readers are insta...
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VIRGINIA WATER, England (AP) — Ryan Gerard finished eagle-birdie to shoot a 7-under 65 on Friday and take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the BMW PGA Championship, which will not feature Patrick Reed, Tommy Fleetwood or Jon Rahm over the weekend. The No. 21-ranked Ger...
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B ROWNSVILLE — Outside the Dancy Building, Graciela Salinas points out a deep crack in the terracotta that runs across three bricks on the building’s facade. On the four faces of the 1912 courthouse, wooden windowsills are showing signs of warping from rain. “Obviously, that’s ma...
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Still image shows the ICE detainment of one of two 17-year-old boys in Alamo on Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. (Still image from Jessica Yellin’s Instagram page) By FRANCISCO E. JIMENEZ and MICHAEL RODRIGUEZ | Staff Writers Y et another case of American citizens being rounded up and d...
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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...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley announced Friday that it canceled all Edinburg campus operations, including classes, due to a power outage. According to Melissa Vasquez, the UTRGV Director of External Communications and Media Relations...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Mets first baseman Jared Young was carted off the field in the sixth inning of Thursday night’s 3-0 loss to Philadelphia after he was knocked out when struck on the head by pitcher Nolan McLean's knee as the two converged on Justin Crawford’s slow grounder. New Yo...
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Leah Pruett, in contention for her first NHRA Top Fuel championship, will step away from the drag-racing series at the end of this season to focus on having a second child with husband Tony Stewart. Pruett was a spectator in 2024 and 2025 while they started a family. She gave bir...
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Andrés Cantor and his iconic “¡GOOOOL!” call will be part of Netflix’s coverage of next year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup in Brazil. The streaming giant has added Cantor to its broadcast team for its Spanish and English broadcasts in the United States and Canada. “I’ve been doing the...
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Saddiq Bey has agreed to a three-year contract extension with the New Orleans Pelicans that will pay the veteran power forward $55.5 million. Bey's agents with Excel Sports Management announced the extension, which was first reported by ESPN on Thursday night. ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has struggled to pass major legislation this year, putting off debates on annual spending, defense, cryptocurrency and artificial intelligence. But in its final weeks in session as the midterm elections approach, the Senate can agree on doing one thing ...
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LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Cristiano Ronaldo was included in Portugal’s squad by new coach Jorge Jesus for its upcoming Nations League games on Friday. The 41-year-old Ronaldo said that this summer’s World Cup was his last, but the global star has yet to say when he plans to retire ...
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Forget the official name of the Buffalo Bills' new stadium. It’s Josh Allen’s house. The quarterback quickly put his stamp on Highmark Stadium by throwing three touchdown passes and running for two more scores in a 41-31 victory over the Detroit Lions on...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Macklin Celebrini and the San Jose Sharks are entering a new phase after a tear down and rebuild led to seven straight seasons without a playoff berth. With one of the game's top young stars leading the way, the anticipation for this season is high and Cel...
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NAGOYA, Japan (AP) — South Korean field hockey players were perplexed Friday when the national anthem of North Korea was played — instead of their own — before a men’s field hockey match against Bangladesh at the Asian Games. South Korean players looked on, unsure of how to respo...
