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O LMITO — A man accused of killing four people over the weekend was given no bond during an arraignment Monday afternoon. Christian Joel Maldonado Pacheco, 25, stood before state District Court Judge Janet Leal at the Cameron County Carrizales-Rucker Detention Center and received...
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L OS FRESNOS — Cameron County broke ground Monday on a $31 million expansion of Old Alice Road that will span from the Brownsville Sports Park to State Highway 100. The project will take the 4.9-mile stretch of road from two to four lanes with an additional left-turn lane in the ...
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By Milla Surjadi | The Dallas Morning News (TNS) A greater percentage of Texas professors want to leave the state this year than last year, citing its political climate and concerns about censorship, according to a recent survey conducted by the American Association of University...
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McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A bookie who collected nearly $3.8 million from high-rollers in South Texas pleaded guilty to a federal conspiracy charge on Monday. Marco Antonio Cardenas, 48, of Mission — and other people who participated in the conspiracy — received nearly $3....
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Jaime Ayala J aime Ayala is going back to North Texas. The Edinburg police chief announced his retirement Monday, which will be effective Oct. 30. “Serving as Police Chief in the city where I grew up has been the absolute honor of my career,” Ayala said in a news release. “I am d...
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R URAL HIDALGO COUNTY — A group of 19 women sat side by side, laughing and telling stories as they waited to start their Strengthening Families class — a faith based course lasting 12 weeks that’s designed to help parents in colonias heal from trauma, strengthen core parenting ca...
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E dinburg has revised the health insurance premiums that alarmed city employees, dramatically reducing increases after the city found a way to shoulder a projected hike in healthcare costs. Mayor Omar Ochoa addressed the changes in a mayoral address posted to Facebook last Thursd...
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Joe Salazar T he Mission Economic Development Corporation has named its financial officer as acting chief executive officer Thursday. Joe Salazar’s appointment was effective Wednesday, just two days before former CEO Teclo Garcia’s last day with the organization. Garcia announced...
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T hey weren’t just veggies apparently. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than $25 million worth of methamphetamine inside a shipment of cabbage, tomatillo and cilantro at the Pharr International Bridge last Tuesday, Sept. 8. A tractor trailer was attempting ...
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OLMITO, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Two deadly family shootings in the Rio Grande Valley this year have raised questions about a rare but devastating form of violence: familicide. Familicide, sometimes referred to as family annihilation, occurs when a person kills multiple members of...
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EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kyler Murray began the week in the NFL concussion protocol, continuing his recovery from an illegal hit to the head that forced him out of his first game with the team in the first quarter. Murray arrived on Monday at Vikings head...
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DALLAS — Senate Leadership Fund, the super PAC affiliated with Senate Majority Leader John Thune, is coming off the sidelines in Texas’ U.S. Senate race, placing its first ad buy of the general election in support of Ken Paxton. Texas PAC, a new group connected to SLF, on Friday ...
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Lane Kiffin figures that if the attention of the college football world is going to be primarily on him this week, he might as well use that to his advantage. Emotions are bound to run as high as ever in Mississippi's Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on Saturday e...
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Due to Network changes, the Saturday September 26th showing of Earth Odyssey B airing at 8:30am has been rescheduled for September 19th at 6am and Mutual of Omaha airing at 9am has been rescheduled for September 19th at 6:30am....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Edinburg Police Chief Jaime Ayala is set to retire next month, ending more than five years of service as chief with the Edinburg Police Department. The city of Edinburg on Monday announced Ayala's intention to retire, citing that Ayala will ret...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A judge denied bond for a Honduran man accused of shooting and killing a family of four near San Benito early Sunday morning. Joel Christian Pacheco Maldonado is facing charges of capital murder of multiple persons and three counts of abandoning...
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An advertising campaign featuring American actor Sydney Sweeney has sparked widespread backlash from female athletes who say it is sexualizing women in sports. In the ad for the sports prediction market platform Novig, Sweeney appears with little or no clothing, covering parts of...
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas has seen the view from No. 1 and the Longhorns know the fall from the college football summit can be hard. The goal now is to make sure they get more than a fleeting glimpse from the top. Texas (2-0) jumped to No. 1 after a wild 24-23 victory over [...]...
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s National Antitrust Commission (CNA) announced on Monday that it has launched an investigation into potential monopolistic practices in domestic soccer, prompted by fan complaints over anti-competitive behavior. The probe centers on the absence of a pro...
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — After spending time during training camp trying to manage Myles Garrett's knee injury, it was the Los Angeles Rams' dismal season-opening loss to the San Francisco 49ers that made it evident to everyone that the star defensive end needed surgery. Garrett did no...
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Louisville coach Pat Kelsey added another fifth-year player to the roster Monday with forward LJ Wells now available this season for the Cardinals. Kelsey said he is friends with Northern Kentucky coach Darrin Horn, who gushes about Wells' character, work e...
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EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Valley Sports Central has nominated three local high school football teams to claim the title of Team of the Week. In week three, the nominees are Edinburg Vela, Mission Veterans, and Weslaco East. Here are some recent highlights of our nominees....
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L et’s start with a situation of which almost every one of us has personal knowledge. You have overspent your income, probably without intending to, but stuff happens. You are running behind on your bills and think, “I just need enough money to get by for the next month, then I c...
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CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) — Joe Sakic will remain in the role of general manager for the Colorado Avalanche indefinitely with no search scheduled, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. Already the president of hockey operations, Sakic added t...
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White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday said there are no plans in place for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to "sweep polling locations" in the November midterm elections....
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - The Valley can not seem to shake the higher-than-normal temperatures. On Monday, those high temperatures will be combining with humidity to bring the heat index to 111-115 in some areas, especially in Willacy and Cameron Counties. Consequently, ...
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TV stars are set to descend upon Los Angeles for the 78th Primetime Emmys on Monday.
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MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Even as his winless drought stretched on for more than a year and Hendrick Motorsports’ Chevrolets lagged behind his competitors’ Toyotas, Kyle Larson never lost faith in his abilities or trust in his team. After a timely win in NASCAR’s Chase, Larson is only...
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DUESSELDORF, Germany (AP) — The NHL is hosting its first regular-season games in Germany in 15 years, but the German league isn't happy. German Ice Hockey League managing director Gernot Tripcke has voiced frustration, saying the NHL scheduled its games without discussing the dat...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Bacteria that cause potentially fatal Legionnaires' disease were found in a Yankee Stadium cooling tower — one of 10 such towers in the Bronx that tested positive amid several reported cases of the illness including one death, New York City health officials said. ...
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New businesses draw opposition T his is a rebuttal to Justin Katusak’s recent commentary on the glossy photos and billion‑dollar headlines surrounding SpaceX, Rio Grande LNG and Port Alpha (July 28). The advertising spin hides what the Rio Grande Valley cannot afford to ignore: T...
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MADRID (AP) — By now, even Kimi Antonelli's closest rival is conceding that the race for the Formula 1 title is pretty much over. Antonelli won his eighth race of the season — and second in a row — at Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix, extending his championship lead to 81 points with ...
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Clinching season has begun, with the Tampa Bay Rays and Milwaukee Brewers becoming the first teams to wrap up spots in the postseason. Here's a quick rundown of baseball's remaining unresolved races: In the American League The New York Yankees and Boston are almost certain to joi...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Alexander Zverev won two Grand Slam titles and reached another final this year. He was the best player in the biggest events. He's not ready to call himself the best player in tennis though. Ben Shelton seemed willing to at least consider it after Zverev beat him ...
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BERLIN (AP) — The names may change, but the results are the same for the U.S. women's basketball team — another FIBA World Cup title. The Americans' fifth championship in a row came Sunday in a 97-79 victory over France. It wasn't as easy as the previous four, with the U.S. showi...
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George W. Bush was president. The Euro currency had just gone into circulation. Tom Brady was coming off the first of his seven Super Bowl titles. And Ronaldo had just led Brazil to the World Cup trophy. It’s been nearly a quarter century since no member of the Big Three — Roger ...
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The athlete who perhaps best summed up the meaning of track’s new experiment, the Ultimate Championship, isn’t an ultimate champion herself. British long jumper Jazmin Sawyers took second in her event over the weekend, so she did not get a medal (nobody d...
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INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer won't fight the NBA's salary cap circumvention punishment in a reversal of the team's initial defiance and vow to fight against what it called “a heavily biased investigation.” In his first public comments since th...
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Several months before coaching his first game for the New York Giants, John Harbaugh told fans he wanted to build a team that could beat the Dallas Cowboys. It took one game to accomplish that feat. Jaxson Dart connected with Isaiah Likely for two tou...
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Top tennis players who have been protesting for a larger share of revenues from the biggest tournaments in the sport say they will no longer go public with their demands now that a Grand Slam Player Advisory Council has been formed. “The players will now work directly with the Gr...
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings had to hit the reset button at quarterback again, forced into another switch in the first quarter of the season opener when newcomer Kyler Murray took a scary hit to the head. Carson Wentz filled in after Murray was ruled out for the rest ...
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MADISON, Ill. (AP) — Kyle Larson ended a 51-race winless streak Sunday, edging Hendrick Motorsports teammate Alex Bowman in overtime of a crash-filled NASCAR Cup Series race at World Wide Technology Raceway that shook up the playoff standings. Larson, the defending series champio...
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UTRGV’s Natalie Singleton, left, with a header against Concordia’s Sari Hernandez, right, during the 1st half of an NCAA women’s soccer game at UTRGV Soccer and Track & Field Complex Sunday Sept. 13, 2026 in Edinburg. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) UTRGV’s Isabella Burtin...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Chicago Bears coach Ben Johnson said last month that winning the Super Bowl isn't enough for him. He wants to have the highest-scoring offense in NFL history. If the Bears can put together more weeks like their opener, that goal will be within reach. Chicag...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Pharr International Bridge discovered more than $25 million worth of methamphetamine hidden in a shipment of vegetables. On Tuesday, Sept. 8, a tractor trailer traveling from Reynosa to Pharr wa...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Alexander Zverev knew what he was up against, playing a U.S. Open final in a stadium full of people desperate to at last see another American champion. He tuned out the screams for Ben Shelton for so long that he didn't even realize when he won, not hearing the ch...
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A suspect is in custody Sunday as the Cameron County Sheriff’s Office investigates a quadruple homicide in the outskirts of San Benito. Sheriff Manuel Treviño confirmed Joel Christian Pacheco Maldonado as the suspect, with jail records reflecting he’s been charged with capital mu...
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Melissa Jefferson-Wooden put it best when she crossed the finish line and looked over at the clock: “Wow!” Her shock came after she saw those winning numbers — “21.47” — shining back at her after the 200-meter run Sunday at track's Ultimate Championship. ...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Ben Johnson said he slept well Saturday night at the Bears' team hotel, sensing that quarterback Caleb Williams was more than ready for the season opener. Chicago's coach had good instincts. Williams, the No. 1 pick in the 2024 NFL draft, looked like a leag...
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DETROIT (AP) — The Detroit Lions felt fortunate to escape with a 31-30 victory in overtime over New Orleans on Sunday for at least a few reasons. The Lions had to defend a 2-point conversion to hold on for the victory. They blew a three-touchdown lead in the third quarter. And, a...
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HOUSTON (AP) — Josh Allen didn’t wait for the question he knew was coming on Sunday after finally leading the Buffalo Bills to a road win over the Houston Texans in a season-opening thriller. “We do like Reliant Stadium,” he said with a big smile. “Woo.” Allen threw a 34-yard tou...
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BERLIN (AP) — Breanna Stewart had an American flag draped around her body as she soaked in the moment. The U.S. captain delivered again and the Americans continued their domination of international play, winning a fifth straight women's FIBA World Cup title with a 97-79 victory o...
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Trevor Lawrence threw for 245 yards and four touchdowns, opening the season much like he closed last year, and the Jacksonville Jaguars dominated rebuilding Cleveland 34-10 on Sunday to spoil the debut of new Browns coach Todd Monken. The Jaguars scored ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Trinity Rodman made it from the soccer pitch to the tennis court in time to watch boyfriend Ben Shelton in the U.S. Open final. Shelton had to begin his first attempt to win a Grand Slam title without Rodman in the stands. She was busy with her own career, playing...
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MANCHESTER, England (AP) — The governing body of Premier League referees admitted an “error of judgment” after Erling Haaland’s hotly contested goal settled the 199th Manchester derby on Sunday. That will be of little comfort to Manchester United after a 1-0 defeat to 10-man Manc...
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Lamine Yamal produced another double and Barcelona also got a goal from another 19-year-old product of its famed youth academy in a 4-2 win at Levante on Sunday. Elsewhere in Europe, the Bundesliga’s biggest club needed a second-half winner from Harry Kane to beat the league's sm...
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MADRID (AP) — This time, Kimi Antonelli didn't have to work too hard for his Formula 1 victory. A week after having to come from the back of the grid for an epic win in front of his home fans at Monza, Antonelli was virtually gifted the victory at the Spanish Grand Prix on Sunday...
