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PHOENIX (AP) — Phoenix Mercury forward Alyssa Thomas said she has received death threats and been called racial slurs in the aftermath of her one-game suspension after she made contact with her fist to Caitlin Clark’s throat in last week's matchup against Indiana. Thomas also cri...
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The World Cup is in the lose-and-go-home stage of the tournament and the pressure keeps rising with every minute of every match. The biggest pressure cooker of them all: the penalty kick shootout. Exhausted players and goalkeepers face off in a tense one-on-one confrontation that...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Starr County Sheriff's Office is working to identify a body found on the Starr/Hidalgo County line on Tuesday. According to a news release from the Starr County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a body found West of the Starr/Hidalgo Count...
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Sister Letty Ugboaja is seen in this undated photo. (Courtesy photo) As questions remain unanswered about how a nun on her way to Mass in McAllen ended up detained by immigration officials, Bishop Daniel E. Flores said Monday that the Department of Homeland Security’s enforcement...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Rancho Viejo Police Department has ruled out foul play in the death investigation of a man found unresponsive in his driveway, according to an update from the police department. The unidentified man was found at approximately 7:30 a.m. on Mo...
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The National Weather Service Brownsville/Rio Grande Valley office has released its three-month outlook for July through September. To no one’s surprise, it predicts a hotter-than-average weather pattern for the three-month period, with heat risk expected to be moderate-to-major f...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The weather across the Rio Grande Valley is settling into a pretty typical early July groove, with plenty of heat, some haze, and a steady breeze off the Gulf. High temperatures through the week will climb into the upper 90s, and a few spots co...
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SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. team spent Monday like millions of other interested followers of the World Cup, watching thrilling games from other venues that included a major upset with Germany falling to Paraguay, three games that went down to the wire and two nervy shootouts...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A very special guest stopped by our studio on Tuesday. The four-legged, furry friend goes by the name Darwin and comes courtesy of the Brownsville Animal Regulation and Care Center, or BARCC. They kicked off an all-new segment for the NBC 23 m...
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McALLEN — With the FIFA World Cup about halfway over, I’ve been trying to watch as many games as possible and learn about all the different cultures and nations competing. While it sucks that I didn’t get a chance to go to any game in person, for this South Texas Flavor, I tried...
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MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) — Those watching the World Cup on television may have noticed large patches of fans wearing Mexico's jersey in Monterrey, even though El Tri doesn’t play in the city. Located in the state of Nuevo León, Monterrey is the only Mexican host city not to feature...
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CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — The year is at the halfway point. The PGA Tour season is not. Two months, and only one major, are all that remain for the PGA Tour in 2026 to find some definition. There have been good tournaments, great finishes, redemptions and breakthroughs, and Scottie ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Hidalgo County Sheriff's Office on Tuesday identified the decomposed body that was found in a cornfield in rural La Villa last week. The body has been identified as 52-year-old Jesus Garcia. According to an update, the investigation regardin...
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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Erling Haaland scored the deciding goal in the 86th minute and Norway won a knockout game at the World Cup for the first time, advancing to the round of 16 with a 2-1 victory over Ivory Coast on Tuesday. Three defenders converged on Patrick Berg as he move...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Hidalgo County WIC Program announced it will permanently close a Mission clinic and launch a new online benefit issuance service on Wednesday. The Mission I WIC Clinic is located at 211 South Schuerbach Road in Mission will permanently close...
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Belgium is one of the smallest and most densely populated nations in Europe. It is snugged between France, the Netherlands and Germany with the North Sea forming its northern border. Belgium’s population is educated, intelligent, refined and ostensibly neutral. But, in 1914 its c...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The City of McAllen is continuing its La Cancha Watch Party series at the McAllen Convention Center on Tuesday. Fans can watch the Mexico vs. Ecuador match at 8 p.m. at Oval Park. Gates open at 6 p.m., and admission is free. "Wear your green jer...
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McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Former Hidalgo County District Clerk Omar Guerrero sat in a jury box at the federal courthouse in McAllen and yawned. After 13 years running from the law, Guerrero had nowhere to go — and nothing to do but wait. “We’re not asking for bond. He does...
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The Hidalgo County WIC program is launching a new online benefit issuance service that the agency says will continue modernizing and enhancing access to services in the area. Beginning Wednesday participants will have access to the new services which is expected to help reduce th...
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TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The Iranian national team left North America on Tuesday, departing from its World Cup home in Mexico following a tournament marked by repeated disagreements with U.S. officials, flashes of athletic brilliance and, ultimately, disappointment over barely miss...
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ICE detains Texas-based religious sister on her way t...
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LONDON (AP) — Ben Shelton wasted a match point in the fifth-set tiebreaker against qualifier Otto Virtanen at Wimbledon in what the fourth-seeded American called “one of the toughest losses of my career.” Shelton was eliminated 6-4, 3-6, 6-7 (8), 6-2, 7-6 (9) on Tuesday, losing i...
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The Florida Panthers traded for their second goaltender in as many days, acquiring Jacob Markstrom in a deal with the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday that all but certainly signals the end of Sergei Bobrovsky's storied run in South Florida. The Panthers sent Evan Rodrigues, Jesper B...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Las Vegas star Aja Wilson has been ruled out of the Commissioner Cup final against New York on Tuesday night because of a right leg injury. The four-time MVP rolled her ankle in the fourth quarter of the Aces' win over the Chicago Sky on Sunday. She came back into...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Center Kristaps Porzingis has reached agreement on a two-year, $40 million contract to remain with the Golden State Warriors, according to a person with direct knowledge of the negotiations. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity T...
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Omar Guerrero is pictured Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2004. (Joel Martinez | jmartinez@themonitor.com) McALLEN — Former Hidalgo County District Clerk Omar Guerrero made his initial appearance in federal court Tuesday morning following his arrest in Mexico last week. Guerrero appeared bef...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Catholic Diocese of Brownsville has released a statement after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained a nun while she was walking to Mass on Sunday, with Bishop Daniel E. Flores calling the actions "wildly disturbing." On Sunday, ...
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LeBron James will not be back with the Los Angeles Lakers and plans to play a record-extending 24th NBA season elsewhere, a person with knowledge of those plans confirmed Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because James had not revealed th...
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Eight bars along Pablo Kisel Boulevard in Brownsville were shut down Wednesday, June 24, for not complying with health and safety rules, according to City Attorney Will Treviño. The owners have since filed a temporary restraining order against the city. While some business owners...
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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark asked the IOC to recognize its territories Greenland and the Faroe Islands as independent Olympic teams, the national parliament said Tuesday. The parliament published a letter urging the International Olympic Committee to recognize the semi-aut...
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LONDON (AP) — Serena Williams is set to return to Wimbledon's Centre Court on Tuesday for her first singles match in nearly four years as she plays Maya Joint in the first round of the grass-court Grand Slam tournament. Defending women's champion Iga Swiatek opened play on the ma...
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The Supreme Court shut the door on President Trump’s birthright citizenship restrictions on Tuesday, ruling that his banner immigration policy is unconstitutional. Chief Justice John Roberts, joined by all three liberal justices and Justice Amy Coney Barrett, wrote that the 14th ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The thickest portions of the Saharan dust plume has pushed northward, so while we will still have some of it in the skies, the haze should improve a bit through the day. Computer models hint at another thicker plume on Thursday before clearing o...
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The Supreme Court ruled states can bar transgender girls from competing on girls’ and women’s school sports teams, upholding bans in Idaho and West Virginia on Tuesday in a 6-3 decision along ideological lines that is set to impact similar laws passed in more than half the countr...
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LONDON (AP) — Coco Gauff said she was brought to tears by a “pushy” anti-doping tester. Serena Williams called the system “ grueling.” Protocols designed to protect tennis from doping are in the spotlight as players open up about their experiences navigating the system in the aft...
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Another World Cup, another early exit. Germany should be getting used to disappointment, but it doesn’t make it any less painful for a traditional soccer heavyweight that had been tentatively hoping for a fifth World Cup title to restore lost pride. Germany did manage to survive ...
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Russian skaters can return to world championships and Grand Prix events next season as neutral athletes for the first time since the full military invasion of Ukraine. The International Skating Union said Tuesday it was lifting a ban since February 20...
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Getting to the knockout rounds of the World Cup is nothing new for the United States. But that's usually where the American make a quick exit. Wednesday's match against Bosnia-Herzegovina in Santa Clara, California, marks the eighth time the U.S. has played in an elimination roun...
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GUADALUPE, Mexico (AP) — Ismael Saibari scored the decisive goal in a penalty shootout, and Morocco sent the Netherlands to its earliest World Cup exit, eliminating the Dutch 3-2 after a 1-1 draw on Monday night. With the shootout tied at 2-all after four rounds, Morocco goalkeep...
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MCALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Creating a historic district and developing a new public park are just some of the recommendations being considered for the future of downtown McAllen. The city of McAllen and Mend Collaborative, an urban planning firm, held an interactive open h...
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BOSTON (AP) — Boston Red Sox first baseman Willson Contreras knows the people back home in his native Venezuela are hurting as they try to deal with the fallout from a pair of massive earthquakes that left hundreds dead. The pull to return home to help is real. That isn't an opti...
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STARBASE, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- At the beginning of fire testing for Ship 40, the ship's static fire stand was brought to Mega Bay 2 for ship transfer and rollout to the Massey Outpost. When the door was reopened, we could see that Ship 40 was on the static fire stand. The shi...
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An Edinburg woman was arrested Thursday following a traffic stop after she admitted to using her apartment as a stash house for people illegally in the country. Ana Gabriela Gonzalez, born in 1992, was charged with conspiracy to conceal, harbor and shield from detection people il...
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HARLINGEN — For the second time in nearly 35 years, Harlingen has won the All-America City Award. On Sunday night, the National Civic League bestowed the national recognition honor based on Harlingen’s work in strengthening the community, including giving residents a bigger voice...
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The Rancho Viejo Police Department is currently investigating the death of a man found lying in his driveway. At about 7:30 a.m. Monday morning, officers responded to a residence in the 700 block of Zapata Avenue regarding a man lying in his driveway, according to an agency news ...
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As a way of using water resources more efficiently in the face of growing water scarcity, the Brownsville Public Utilities Board is embarking on what’s been dubbed the “Indirect Potable Water Reuse Project.” BPUB says it’s a key initiative that will recycle treated wastewater eff...
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HARLINGEN — Everybody’s talking about it. And there’s a lot to talk about. They’re talking about Lauren Elliot taking home three championships from the 2026 National Speech and Debate Tournament in Richmond. They’re talking about Jocely Coto and her partner Alisha Dorado from Har...
