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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Jakob Ingebrigtsen showed plenty of kick on his comeback from injury by winning his fourth consecutive 5,000-meters title at the European championships Monday. The two-time Olympic champion from Norway hadn’t raced since having surgery early this year t...
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SNATA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers star running back Christian McCaffrey was held out of practice on Monday with what the team described as general tightness. The 30-year-old McCaffrey had participated in every practice so far this summer for the 49ers as the team alt...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Tim Anderson, a two-time All-Star shortstop who won the 2019 AL batting title with the Chicago White Sox, has decided to retire after spending 10 years in the major leagues. Anderson, 33, made the announcement on Monday. “I fought for the last two, three years. You...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Big East named Tim Brosnan as the sixth commissioner in conference history on Monday. Brosnan succeeds Val Ackerman, who announced her retirement in April after serving as commissioner for 13 years. Brosnan brings years of experience in media, sports and busin...
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McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Prosecutors dropped a drunken driving charge against a former police officer last week after he completed a “Drug & Alcohol Awareness Class.” The Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office dropped the case against Joseph James Granchelli, 37, of Ne...
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BOSTON (AP) — One of Patriots quarterback Drake Maye’s favorite offensive targets isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. Tight end Hunter Henry confirmed Monday that he signed a two-year extension to remain in New England through the 2027 season. ESPN and the NFL Network reported tha...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Cameron County Sheriff's Office arrested a man Friday following the execution of a search warrant where investigators found THC vape pens, THC-infused gummies, marijuana and money inside a Brownsville home. Leonardo Villegas, 19, from Browns...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The surging New York Liberty will face Indiana on Tuesday night in a marquee WNBA matchup that will see the Fever at full strength after the league rescinded a technical foul against Caitlin Clark that would have kept her out. Clark picked up her eighth technical ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Los Fresnos man pleaded guilty to the murder of Clemente Medina, according to Cameron County court records. On Aug. 3, Miguel Monrreal entered a guilty plea for murder, a first-degree felony, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a seco...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The creators of the South Texas Comic Con held their second annual All-Star Card Show over the weekend at the McAllen Convention Center. The event is one of the largest card shows in the Rio Grande Valley, where attendees got to meet voice actor...
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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting about military families, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, Aug. 3, 2026, in Washington. (Alex Brandon/AP Photo) W hile our poorly equipped secretary of defense, Little Peter Hegs...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russia’s track and field federation filed a new claim with the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday to challenge sanctions imposed by World Athletics. World Athletics excluded all athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus from its international ev...
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ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City Chiefs offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy returned to the team Monday for his first training camp practice since his wife was shot at their Virginia home and the couple's 27-year-old son was arrested in the shooting. Bieniemy was greeted by a h...
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NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Erik Jones knew the reality of his situation heading into the NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway. Jones came into the weekend 18th in the standings, 44 points behind 16th-place Austin Cindric for the final spot in The Chase that determines the series cham...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — After a weekend that included a few isolated showers, we head into a work week that won't include more than a rogue shower today. We are looking for mostly sunny skies and high temperatures really close to our seasonal norms for the day. Winds w...
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Dangerous CBP denial A fter flooding in mid-June in our communities and along the Rio Grande, flooding isn’t theoretical — it’s personal. Our homes, our municipal water‑intake systems and our neighborhoods sit in the path of whatever the river becomes during a major storm. That’s...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indianapolis Colts quarterback Anthony Richardson finds himself in the same position he wanted to shed earlier this year. He's still on the roster, still battling Riley Leonard for the backup job to Daniel Jones. No, this is not what Richardson or the Colts en...
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The full-blown tank is no longer trending in Major League Baseball. After a handful of infamous team performances in recent seasons — like the Colorado Rockies losing 119 games last season and the Chicago White Sox dropping an MLB-record 121 games in 2024 — the worst teams have b...
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PHOENIX (AP) — Hezly Rivera was, by her own admission, the “underdog” two years ago. Way back then, she was the youngest and by far the most anonymous member of the U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team that stormed to gold in Paris. Those days are over. Long over. The wide-eyed n...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A woman driver crashed into a restaurant as she attempted to park, according to the Mission Police Department. At approximately 2:48 p.m., authorities responded to a crash at a parking lot located at the 2300 block of East Expressway. According ...
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NEWTON, Iowa (AP) — Ty Gibbs used late pit strategy and held off teammate Christopher Bell over the final 20 laps to win the NASCAR Cup Series race Sunday at Iowa Speedway. Gibbs — the 23-year-old grandson of former NFL coaching great and NASCAR team owner Joe Gibbs — won by 0.25...
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Michael Brennan had another Sunday opportunity and delivered in a big way. He made five straight birdies to pull away from Beau Hossler and close with a 6-under 64 to win the Wyndham Championship and reach the PGA Tour's lucrative postseason. Brennan came ...
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OOTELAH, Tenn. (AP) — California teenager Asterisk Talley picked up her biggest win yet Sunday when she surged past Anna Iwanaga of Japan for an 8-and-6 victory to win the U.S. Women's Amateur. The 17-year-old Talley earned her second USGA title before even leaving high school. S...
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BOSTON (AP) — Jacob Wilson’s father will be very proud. All that work on the Little League fields on up has paid off. Wilson set an MLB record for his position, playing his 111th consecutive errorless game at shortstop for the Athletics and surpassing the Baltimore Orioles’ Mike ...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Lynx guard Kayla McBride set the WNBA single-game record by making 10 3-pointers Sunday in a 103-90 victory over the Dallas Wings. McBride made 10 of 14 shots from behind the arc and finished with a career-high 43 points. The previous record of nine 3...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — All the usual suspects of summer weather in Deep South Texas will spring back to life this week with tons of sun, gusty southeast winds, and temperatures past 100 degrees. High pressure is sliding back into position where it will crush down on t...
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ALLEN PARK, Mich. (AP) — Veteran quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has stepped away from football. “His biggest worry was letting us down, that’s the type of guy he is," Detroit Lions coach Dan Campbell said Sunday, when Bridgewater was placed on the reserve/retired list. The 33-year...
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E DINBURG — The community gathered here for the Inter-Parish Sports Fest 2026, a four-day celebration of faith, fellowship and competition as athletes from various parishes competed in 16 events throughout the weekend. Hosted by Edinburg’s Divine Mercy Syro Malabar Catholic Churc...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Without A'ja Wilson, Chelsea Gray and Jackie Young, the Las Vegas Aces were no match for the New York Liberty, losing 111-71 on Sunday. Coach Becky Hammon rested her top three players because the Aces were playing the second half of a difficult back-to-back after ...
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PHOENIX (AP) — The CEO and founder of Frederick Flips is a busy man. So busy it's easy to wonder sometimes how interested Fred Richard is in keeping the main thing the main thing. The underlying tone of the social media content the 22-year-old gymnast and the rest of his five-man...
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Fortunate Son, known as the longest-running Creedence Clearwater Revival tribute act, will perform live in concert on Saturday, Sept. 5, at the Cameron County Amphitheater in South Padre Island. (Courtesy photo) C ameron County will have the nostalgic tunes of the legendary rock ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Atlanta Braves ace Chris Sale was ejected by umpire Dan Merzel before a pitch was thrown in Sunday’s game against the New York Yankees, a day after being called for a balk that scored a run. As umpires took the field and walked by the Braves' dugout on the third b...
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A s the superintendent of Gunter Independent School District, I witness the extraordinary dedication of our teachers, administrators and staff. Every day, public schools across Texas open with a promise to educate, inspire and prepare the next generation of citizens. However, we ...
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I n an era of high prices for fuel, food and housing, an extra $4,000 could make a life-saving difference for many families. But instead, that’s what the average household had to shell out for the Pentagon last year. That’s right: The average U.S. taxpayer in 2025 had more than $...
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NICE, France (AP) — Dutch rider Demi Vollering won the Women’s Tour de France for the second time and in style by winning Sunday’s ninth and final stage to extend her overall margin of victory. The 2023 champion raised her bike in the air moments after crossing the finish line in...
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By REBECCA SANTANA , VALERIE GONZALEZ , CYBELE MAYES-OSTERMAN and RYAN J. FOLEY | Associated Press C HICAGO (AP) — The Trump administration has awarded a $150 million contract to give legal representation to migrant children traveling alone to the U.S. to a small Texas law firm w...
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A 12-foot rocket built in Brownsville by a team from the South Texas Astronomical Society launched Saturday morning to a height of 10,032 feet from a launchpad near College Station. The successful launch marked the culmination of idea born about three years ago and an initiative ...
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A view of the DHR Health Hospital in Brownsville. (Miguel Roberts/The Brownsville Heald) B ROWNSVILLE — The clogging of the arteries, the veins and the capillaries is a serious health issue that can cause major life changes and surgeries in many parts of the body. Collectively th...
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Olympic silver medalist Matt Hudson-Smith says he has “a memory like a fish” and doesn't know if he's been paid what he's owed by Grand Slam Track, the league that filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection late last year. Hudson-Smith spoke Sunday at a...
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PHOENIX (AP) — Dave Roberts didn't look like a manager whose team had just won a Major League Baseball game on Saturday night, wearing a tired, slightly-concerned look on his face while contemplating the 3 1/2 hours of baseball he had just witnessed. He knows his two-time defendi...
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Bryan Ramos | Staff Writer EDINBURG — The UTRGV Vaqueros have wrapped up Week 2 of fall camp as the countdown to Year 2 of college football in the Rio Grande Valley continues. Three weeks from today, UTRGV will kick off the 2026 season against UT Permian Basin at 7 p.m. Saturday,...
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PHOENIX (AP) — Shohei Ohtani brought home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning on an infield single and the Los Angeles Dodgers snapped a seven-game losing streak by beating the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-1 on Saturday night. The Dodgers won despite Edwin Diaz blowing his second conse...
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — Buffalo Bills first-year coach Joe Brady used the team’s first practice in its new $2.1 billion stadium to enjoy a brief father-son moment on Saturday night. With fans beginning to file in, and rock music blaring over the state-of-the-art sound system, B...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Max Scherzer moved into 10th place all-time in strikeouts, passing Hall of Famer Walter Johnson in the Blue Jays’ 7-5 win over the Philadelphia Phillies on Saturday night. The 42-year-old Scherzer, making his ninth start of the s...
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PHOENIX (AP) — Frederick Richard won his first U.S. men's gymnastics all-around title Saturday night, flashing the form he believes can make him a contender at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. The 22-year-old Richard, a key member of the men's team that earned bronze at the Paris G...
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LONDON (AP) — FIFA has issued a statement defending its president, Gianni Infantino, against what it calls a “concerted and ongoing effort” to undermine his leadership of the organization. The statement was released Saturday, a day after a report by British newspaper The Daily Te...
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GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Beau Hossler handled a half-dozen tough par putts and two rain delays Saturday for a 4-under 66 that gave him a share of the lead with Michael Brennan going into the final round of the Wyndham Championship with postseason berths at stake. Hossler is No. 12...
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BOSTON (AP) — The way the things have gone for the Boston Red Sox since early July, it wouldn’t have been surprising if they pulled off another comeback. Instead, they loaded the bases against Athletics reliever Hogan Harris after scoring a run, but Ian White lined out solidly to...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Lynx had seen a double-digit lead cut to four points in the final two minutes of the third quarter of their game against the Las Vegas Aces on Saturday. That's when their two biggest stars went to work. Rookie point guard Olivia Miles — the No. 2 ...
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CHICAGO (AP) — The WNBA quickly rescinded a technical foul assessed to Caitlin Clark during the Indiana Fever's win over the Chicago Sky on Saturday. The technical would have been Clark's eighth of the season, triggering a one-game suspension for the Fever star. She would have ha...
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BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox failed in their bid for a second winning streak of 10 or more games in the same season, losing to the Athletics 7-3 on Saturday. Boston recorded a franchise record-tying 15-game winning stretch, matching a mark from 1946, before it was stopped on ...
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan said Saturday he is nearly fully recovered from the car crash that has limited him this summer and is ready to coach the team's first exhibition game on Thursday night. Shanahan has been working his way back to fu...
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CHICAGO (AP) — DiJonai Carrington of the Chicago Sky was ejected Saturday after being called for a Flagrant 2 foul on Sophie Cunningham of the Indiana Fever. Minutes later, Carrington posted on social media the words “WHITE PRIVILEGE” and tagged the Fever. Cunningham, who is whit...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An Edinburg man was sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison for possession with intent to distribute meth and being a felon in possession of a firearm, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas. On April 27, 4...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Laredo man was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for trying to meet a minor on a Kik chatroom, according to a news release from the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of Texas. On March 6, 41 year old Robert Steven Lanier pleaded ...
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CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Drew Brees stood on stage next to his bronze bust, in front of Who Dat Nation, and took his place in the Pro Football Hall of Fame. Getting benched three times in the NFL helped him get there. “Marty Schottenheimer, one of the greatest coaches and motivators t...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Mariano Rivera was back on the field at the Yankees’ annual Old-Timer’s Day on Saturday after tearing an Achilles tendon playing the outfield at the event last year. With former teammate Jorge Posada catching him, Rivera threw 11 pitches to four batters. The 56-ye...
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CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Roger Craig revealed during his induction speech into the Pro Football Hall of Fame that he has vascular dementia. The former San Francisco 49ers star running back spoke in a prerecorded video message while he sat on stage wearing his gold jacket at Tom Benson...
