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ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Daizen Maeda gave Japan the lead and Anthony Elanga took it away six minutes later, giving Sweden a 1-1 draw Thursday night that sent both teams to the knockout round of the World Cup. Japan is advancing out of the group stage for the third consecutive Wor...
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CHASKA, Minn. (AP) — Ina Yoon matched the best score in the history of the Women's PGA Championship with a 9-under 63 to take a two-stroke lead over Karis Davidson on Thursday in the third major of the season. Yoon, a 23-year-old South Korean seeking her first LPGA Tour victory, ...
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Brazos Island Harbor Channel Improvement Project is officially complete, meaning the Port of Brownsville can welcome bigger ships with bigger cargo loads. Leaders gathered Thursday morning for a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the project's co...
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Migrant advocacy groups condemned the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling Thursday to uphold a previous government immigration policy that had turned back asylum-seekers at U.S. ports of entry before they enter U.S. soil....
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BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Several bar owners in north Brownsville say they were forced to shut down just minutes before opening Wednesday evening after the city of Brownsville revoked their certificates of occupancy, leaving them with thousands of dollars in losses and...
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STARBASE, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Moving on to the week's testing-related activities, on Monday, SpaceX utilized a rolling road closure to relocate the booster cryogenic proofing and puck-shucking stand from the build site to the Massey outpost. That evening, the Pad 2 deluge sy...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Memorial Early College High School pianist recently performed at the Teatro Colón in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Francisco Rocafuerte, a distinguished Mexican artist who resides in McAllen, told ValleyCentral he h...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — DHR Health is raising awareness and providing fire safety tips ahead of the Fourth of July. Healthcare leaders advise practicing precautions before setting off fireworks and getting the grill ready for the annual celebration. "Our goal is preven...
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CROMWELL, Conn. (AP) — Eric Cole returned to the TPC River Highlands in much better shape than he left last year, pitching in for eagle from 65 yards on the par-5 13th and posting a 7-under 63 to take a one-shot lead over Scottie Scheffler and five others Thursday in the Traveler...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An emotional support dog at a Weslaco funeral home who was reported missing earlier this week has been reunited with her owners. Salinas Funeral Home shared the news about its missing Goldendoodle, Misty, on Monday. Misty, who has helped bring c...
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Gonzalo Plata poked the ball past Manuel Neuer in the 77th minute, and Ecuador advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup by rallying for a 2-1 win over Germany on Thursday. Germany, which clinched first place in Group E with victories in its fir...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences has released the identities of the two men who were found dead in the back of a van that was purchased in the Rio Grande Valley. The bodies of Jose Andres Joaquin Modesto, 29, and Omar Silbino San...
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Serena Williams keeps on commenting half-jokingly about how “it’s summer” and “the kids aren’t in school” as the reasoning for her tennis comeback at age 44. Turns out family might really be the biggest factor behind Williams’ decision to return to the pro game after nearly four ...
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CAMERON COUNTY, Texas (ValleyCentral) – At an undisclosed location in Cameron County, a small but highly trained group of deputies prepares for some of the most dangerous calls in law enforcement. The Cameron County Sheriff's Office SWAT team may be limited in size – about nine o...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Before basketball became such a big part of AJ Dybantsa's life, he was like any other kid — growing up as a fan of a fictional superhero. When he was about five, his father bought him a Spider-Man basketball hoop that went on the back of his door. “I loved Spide...
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Pope Leo XIV has received a special gift from former Chicago White Sox catcher A.J. Pierzynski. The pontiff has been given the baseball from the final out of Game 1 of the 2005 World Series. It was unclear when exactly the exchange occurred, but Pierzynski posted pictures on soci...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A tractor-trailer driver charged in connection with an Alamo crash that injured multiple people initially stayed on the expressway after the collision, but then later left the scene, according to an affidavit obtained by ValleyCentral. Jose Fide...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The WNBA has suspended Phoenix's Alyssa Thomas for one game after she made contact with her fist to Caitlin Clark's throat in Wednesday night's matchup against Indiana. It happened with 6:52 left in the second quarter and was deemed to be a non-basketball act. The...
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Major League Baseball proposed limiting most free agent contracts to five years and 15% of a team's salary cap and to eliminate deferred compensation, fleshing out additional details of a salary cap plan likely to spark a confrontation with the players' association. During a barg...
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MONTREAL (AP) — Montreal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin revealed Thursday she played through a torn ACL and a torn meniscus in her right knee to help the team capture the PWHL championship and is expected to be out indefinitely after surgery set for late July. Poulin, 35, w...
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Tennis Hall of Famer Chris Evert said Thursday her ovarian cancer has returned and treatment will prevent her from attending Wimbledon this year. Evert, 71, was first diagnosed with ovarian cancer in December 2021. In December 2023 she revealed her cancer had returned. She announ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — An affidavit obtained by ValleyCentral reveals why a former Edinburg High School coach is accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a student. Christian Roxburgh, 38, of Edinburg, was charged with having an inappropriate relationship ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The Chicago Cubs have patched a hole in their depleted rotation by acquiring struggling left-hander David Peterson in a trade with the New York Mets, according to a person with direct knowledge of the deal. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of ...
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The X Games is out to show there are riskier moves in action sports than flying upside down above a halfpipe. The name that put action sports on the map, then turned it into big business that eventually landed in the Olympics with its risk-taking, counterculture vibe, will debut ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — If you're looking further beyond the weekend for a pattern shift in our weather, you'll have to keep looking. We stay locked in with this hot, breezy, sunny and dry weather pattern all thanks to high pressure through the end of next week! This ...
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SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) — Formula 1 drivers will carry extra cooling gear for this week’s Austrian Grand Prix after “heat hazard” rules were activated as hot weather causes disruption across Europe. It's the first time F1's heat rules, introduced last year, have been used for a r...
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PARIS (AP) — A 21-year-old French soccer player with a second-division club has died after drowning during the heat wave that has gripped France. Kenzo Kies, who played for the Guingamp reserve team, died after being pulled from the Rhone River this week. Both Guingamp and Saint-...
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NEW YORK (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs and Oklahoma City Thunder were thinking big. Darius Acuff Jr. and Mikel Brown Jr. might be a matchup to watch among smalls. And the one-and-done era is far from done. Those were some of the things that stood out from the two-day NBA draft in ...
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — It's halftime at the World Cup. Take a break, everyone. Wednesday marked the midpoint of the 104-match tournament — technically, just past the midpoint, with 54 matches now in the books and 50 remaining before a World Cup champion is crowned in East Rut...
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TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Detroit Lions player Terrion Arnold has been arrested in connection to a kidnapping and robbery in Florida and faces felony charges, officials said Wednesday. Arnold is accused of being the “primary conspirator” before three men in their late teens were held at...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Thanks to a historic doubleheader performance Wednesday, Dansby Swanson has the best four-game series in Chicago Cubs history — with a game to spare. Swanson had a go-ahead RBI triple and four RBIs to cap the monster doubleheader and lead the Cubs to a sweep of th...
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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Brazil star Vinícius Júnior knew what his critics were saying coming into this World Cup, that he just can't score on soccer's biggest stage the way he can at Real Madrid. He clearly didn't listen. Vinicius has four goals now in this tournament — only L...
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IVAN PALACIOS | STAFF WRITER The Rio Grande Valley will once again have a strong presence at the Texas State 7-on-7 Tournament, with five teams earning bids to compete in College Station beginning Thursday. The three-day event features some of the top 7-on-7 programs in Texas acr...
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Fans at Mexico’s final World Cup group stage match on Wednesday chanted a slur that has previously led to fines and other sanctions against the country’s soccer federation. The slur, which literally means male prostitute in Spanish, could be heard at the Azteca...
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mateo Chávez and Julián Quiñones scored goals in a six-minute span early in the second half, and Mexico beat the Czech Republic 3-0 on Wednesday night to win all three of its World Cup group-stage matches for the first time. The 22-year-old Chávez, in his first...
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GUADALUPE, Mexico (AP) — South Africa advanced to the knockout phase of the World Cup for the first time with a 1-0 victory over South Korea on Wednesday night. Thapelo Maseko scored in the 63rd minute off a precise cross from Tshepang Moremi and South Africa finished in second p...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Caitlin Clark left the Indiana Fever's 111-109 loss to Phoenix with a back injury in the third quarter Wednesday night. The All-Star guard has been dealing with a back issue this season and left with 5:15 remaining in the third quarter. She went back to the lo...
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EDINBURG, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Of the 13 new transfers brought in by new head coach Brandon Chambers, a trio of juco transfers is standing out as an example of the culture the team as a whole is building. Chris Uwayo, Caden Bell and Josiah Hill are all making the move from Tyl...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees named Timothy E. Cuff as the lone finalist for its superintendent position. The announcement was made on Wednesday during a regular board meeting. Brownsville ISD officially began it...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Rio Grande Valley settles into a classic early-summer stretch as strong high pressure takes control across South Texas. Beginning Wednesday, daytime highs will climb into the low to mid-90s, with a few afternoons pushing closer to the mid-9...
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An Israeli-based company wants to pair up with a U.S. company to build a $1 billion desalination plant on South Padre Island, on the South Texas border, to ease the growing water woes in the Rio Grande Valley that has been caused, in part, from a lack of water owed to the region ...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- A former Edinburg High School coach turned himself in to authorities on Wednesday following allegations of a student-teacher relationship, according to the Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District said. Christian Roxburgh was arraigned...
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An Indiana man was charged Wednesday on accusations he stalked WNBA player Sophie Cunningham and sent her threatening and explicit messages on social media. Kevin Singh, 48, faces felony charges for stalking and intimidation, as well as a misdemeanor harassment charge. He was arr...
