Texas lawmakers consider five-day school week mandate over concerns of academic drop off
"I find it a little sad and disturbing that we're talking about Mississippi being ahead of Texas," State Senator José Menéndez said.
"I find it a little sad and disturbing that we're talking about Mississippi being ahead of Texas," State Senator José Menéndez said.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting secretary of the U.S. Army said Tuesday that the man convicted of killing 13 people in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, will be executed by firing squad on Dec. 3. In a post on social media, acting Secretary Adam Telle said the execution...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10 in seven brilliant innings, Kiké Hernández hit a two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1 on Tuesday night to take a 2-1 lead in their NL Division Series. Yamamoto dominated the much-anticipated matchup ...
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Padres closer Mason Miller went on the postseason paternity list Tuesday night with San Diego facing elimination in the NL Division Series. The intimidating All-Star reliever will miss at least one game, the Padres announced about 45 minutes before the first pitc...
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TORONTO (AP) — No. 1 draft pick Gavin McKenna scored his first NHL goal with the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday night. McKenna scored on Nashville Predators goaltender Juuse Saros in the second period of his fourth professional game. The 18-year-old took a pass from Auston Matthe...
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina is girding itself for the once-unimaginable prospect of a national team without soccer great Lionel Messi. On Tuesday, the 39-year-old Messi is set to bid farewell to international soccer after 21 years, 125 goals, two Copa América titles ...
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San Benito Mayor Pedro “Pete” Galvan S AN BENITO — Mayor Pete Galvan’s seat on the city’s Economic Development Corporation’s board of directors might be teetering. After a five-hour closed-session meeting Monday, the EDC’s board members held off on considering amending the agency...
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San Benito police Lt. Milton Resendez B ROWNSVILLE — Jurors on Tuesday morning watched a heart-wrenching body cam video as San Benito police officers pulled one of their own out of his patrol unit, placed him into the bed of a Border Patrol truck and rushed the dying man to Valle...
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Jorge Luis Ramos A 45-year-old Edinburg man was sentenced for assaulting his pregnant girlfriend by hitting her over the head with beer bottles, burning her with lit cigarettes, hitting her with his hands and feet, branding her with a stainless steel pan and even attempting to se...
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H ARLINGEN — When I see or hear the word mesquite, I think flavor. But for some reason, that thought has not registered the many times that I have driven past Mesquite Valley Smokehouse at 105 W. Tyler Ave. Perhaps it is the location that has caused Mesquite Valley to pass virtua...
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M cALLEN — For years the Rio Grande Valley has been medically underserved with many healthcare advances arriving in the area years after they’ve been introduced elsewhere. Now things are beginning to change for the better — a change that Dr. Roberto Solis and Dr. Pompeyo Quesada ...
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In this undated photo, Brownsville ultra runner Art Hurtado shows the belt buckle for the Cowboy 200. (Courtesy: Art Hurtado) B rownsville ultra runner Art Hurtado finished eighth in the Cowboy 200 , running halfway across the state of Nebraska in 54:18.23 the weekend of Sept. 25...
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E DINBURG — The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded UTRGV a $5 million grant to strengthen manufacturing in the Rio Grande Valley through the university’s Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (IAM). IAM will provide hands-on training and technical assistance to small...
