D eath and taxes are the only certainties in life, according to Benjamin Franklin, though if he lived today he might add “and road construction.” The Texas Department of Transportation’s Brownsville Interstate 69E preventive maintenance project, which began in February, has necessitated regular e...
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts is expected to miss the rest of the season because of blood clots in his lungs, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because o...
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ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) — The NFL on Monday suspended Buffalo Bills safety C.J. Gardiner-Johnson for one game without pay for spitting in the direction of Las Vegas Raiders players on the field during a game a day earlier. Gardiner-Johnson was ejected late in the second quarter f...
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INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis Colts missed the playoffs five straight years and missed out on finding their next franchise quarterback in the 2023 NFL draft. On Monday, general manager Chris Ballard paid the price for both. Team co-owner Carlie Irsay-Gordon announced she h...
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AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Kyle Larson climbed out of his beat-up No. 5 Chevrolet with a dejected look on his face, stewing about a 34th-place finish at Phoenix Raceway after a flat front right tire caused him to hit the wall. Six weeks of excellence in NASCAR's playoffs had disappea...
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DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Duke cornerback Kimari Robinson has apologized for aggressively swatting away the hand of a member of the team’s training staff as she arrived to tend to an injured teammate on the field during the Blue Devils’ loss to rival North Carolina. Robinson posted a s...
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The communications were deemed confidential due to their "embarrassing" and "intimate" nature.
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B ROWNSVILLE — Opening arguments got underway here Monday during the sentencing phase in the trial of a 21-year-old man accused of shooting and killing a San Benito police officer during a high speed car chase three years ago. Rogelio Martinez was found guilty of capital murder i...
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LONDON (AP) — UEFA has given FIFA a Nov. 2 deadline to release documents relating to Gianni Infantino ’s aborted attempts at a secretive investment plan for the World Cup and other governance issues. The latest move in a power struggle between the two governing bodies came in the...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A male subject was taken to a local hospital Monday morning after a vehicle rolled over on him, according to Willacy County Sheriff Jose Salazar. Salazar did not specify the age of the individual, but said the male subject was working underneath...
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — Aaron Ashby believes the trust among the Milwaukee Brewers relievers enables each of them to take the mound without having too much of a weight on their shoulders. That bullpen has done much of the heavy lifting in getting the Brewers to their first World Series ...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Former NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom announced on social media that he plans to attend Game 3 of the WNBA Finals in Atlanta on Wednesday as a fan. Freedom last was at a WNBA game in late August when he went to see Chicago host Indiana. He was ejected from the game...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The state is still waiting to make a decision on whether it will seek the death penalty against an Alton man accused of killing his parents and grandmother in their home inside a gated community earlier this year, his attorney said during a pre-...
