On the final day of its term last week, the Supreme Court struck down the president’s day-one order — which would have required a baby born on U.S. soil to have at least one parent with citizenship or permanent legal status to receive automatic citizenship.
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GAVARNIE-GEDRE, France (AP) — Tadej Pogacar produced a tremendous solo ride on the iconic Col du Tourmalet on Thursday to earn a 23rd Tour de France stage victory, reclaim control of the race and sap his rivals' morale after just six days of racing. Pogacar, who first wore the yellow jersey after...
LONDON (AP) — Karolina Muchova ended Coco Gauff’s run at Wimbledon in a drama-filled tiebreaker to reach the final on Thursday. Muchova won 6-2, 1-6, 7-6 (10) to become the fourth Czech woman in the last six years to reach the championship match of the grass-court Grand Slam. “It was such a big f...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Temperature-wise, through the weekend, the Valley stays near summertime normals. Highs will reach the mid to upper 90s during the afternoons with feels-like temps ranging between 100-110° each day. The heat risk remains moderate, a level two out of four, so it i...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A Brownsville chef participating in the Next Favorite Chef competition is asking for the Rio Grande Valley's support to make it to the next round. Our team spoke with Chef Travis Hartwell, who said each vote he receives is through donations and supports the Jame...
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The boy is still experiencing symptoms from the traumatic brain injury, including loss of hearing, according to the complaint.
How about Texas quarterback Arch Manning paired with Ohio State receiver Jeremiah Smith on the same college football roster. While at it, add Michigan tailback Jordan Marshall, too. No transfer portal needed, either. Just some savvy drafting by a college fantasy football team owner. Yahoo Sports ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The World Cup quarterfinals get underway on Thursday as Africa's last remaining team takes on one of the pre-tournament favorites. Morocco will take on France at Boston Stadium at 4 p.m. Eastern in a rematch from the last World Cup. But in the four years since the two sid...
On the final day of its term last week, the Supreme Court struck down the president’s day-one order — which would have required a baby born on U.S. soil to have at least one parent with citizenship or permanent legal status to receive automatic citizenship.
LONDON (AP) — There's also an American angle to the French-born British player who grew up five minutes from the All England Club and has reached the semifinals as a wild card at Wimbledon. Arthur Fery honed his game by playing three years of college tennis for Stanford University, where he was a...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — In a battle between two Rio Grande Valley teams in the South Texas Conference semifinals, RGV Red Crowns prevailed over BTX Soccer Club, 2-0. "It was bound to happen. It was written in the stars, I believe." RGV Red Crowns Captain Vicente Alvarez Both 956 squads...
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Los Angeles Angels slugger Mike Trout homered after being activated from the injured list earlier Wednesday. Trout, reinstated just in time for the All-Star Game next week in his beloved Philadelphia, missed 17 games with a strained right hamstring suffered while running t...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Elected officials in Cameron County are speaking out against the proposal to rename Boca Chica Beach to Cyber Beach. State Rep. Erin Gamez of House District 38 addressed her concerns and opposition to the name change Wednesday evening in a social media post. Va...
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Dylan Cease knew he had a no-hitter going and was willing to throw an unusual number of pitches to finish it off. Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider was happy to let him try. “Dylan came in after the sixth (inning) and said, ‘I’ve got 120.’ I said, ‘OK.’ And then [...]
State Rep. Erin Elizabeth Gámez A federal committee will consider renaming Boca Chica Beach, which is sometimes referred to as the People’s Beach, to Cyber Beach. State Representative Erin Gamez on Wednesday sent a letter to the U.S. Board on Geographic Names’ Domestic Names opposing the proposal...
Rosalba De Hoyos The Edcouch-Elsa ISD school board voted five to one to name Rosalba De Hoyos as the lone finalist for superintendent of schools at a meeting on Monday. De Hoyos is currently the associate superintendent for instruction at McAllen ISD and served as interim superintendent for the d...
The city of McAllen announced a new historic low in crime rate in four decades marking significant drops in crimes against persons and property. According to a press release, the latest Texas Department of Public Safety Uniform Crime Reporting data showed a 20.4% drop in crime volume and 21% in c...
Governor Greg Abbott during a fireside chat at the McAllen Convention Center ballroom on Tuesday Sept. 24, 2024, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | dlopez@themonitor.com) Gov. Greg Abbott is calling for an immediate investigation of Mission Regional Medical Center by the Texas Health and Human Services ...
HARLINGEN — On a warm but breezy Friday summer night in the Valley, it’s not unusual to see a flock of red-crowned parrots but in Harlingen, the ubiquitous bird is gaining a different meaning through a local soccer team called the Rio Grande Valley Red Crowns which is built for and by the communi...
LA FERIA — When floodwaters rush across the dipping landscape surrounding the Tio Cano Lake area, thousands of homes stand open to widespread flooding, often remaining under water for weeks — even months. Now, Cameron County Drainage District No. 6 has landed a $11.3 million loan from the North A...
Hospitals can feel cold and lonely and frightening. You lay there yearning for the familiar and the friendships that support you, and now you’re in a sterile place and thinking of the reasons for being there. Some cancer patients recently had a reprieve from the painful time when Bert Ogden Subar...
LONDON (AP) — If he keeps playing like this, Arthur Fery might just become Wimbledon royalty. Fery grew up five minutes from the All England Club and now the 114th-ranked player is a semifinalist at the grass-court Grand Slam. The 23-year-old British player, who needed a wild-card invitation to e...
DETROIT (AP) — Justin Verlander plans to call it a career later this year. The three-time Cy Young Award winner, two-time World Series champion and 2011 AL MVP will retire after this season with the Detroit Tigers. Verlander made the announcement on Wednesday, shortly after he was added as a Lege...
The NCAA wants to know what the University of Cincinnati knew about former quarterback Brendan Sorsby and his gambling issues during his two seasons with the program. According to reports by multiple media outlets, the NCAA has sent an official letter of inquiry to the school regarding Sorsby, wh...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- The Colorado State University hurricane season forecast update is out and the news is good. The 2026 Atlantic hurricane season forecast has been lowered to well below normal, largely due to strengthening El Niño conditions expected to peak during the height of ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Palmview Fire Department received $250,000 in community project funding to support its efforts. U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) announced the funding for the Palmview Fire Department on Wednesday at Palmview City Hall. The money will be used to suppor...
The Brownsville shrimp fleet received a double dose of prayer Wednesday courtesy of Chaplain Andreas Lewis, head of the Port of Brownsville’s International Seafarer Center, and Father Joel Flores, rector of Immaculate Conception Cathedral in downtown Brownsville. Not a bad idea, considering the T...
LONDON (AP) — As Marta Kostyuk played on Centre Court at Wimbledon on Wednesday, her compatriots in Ukraine were dealing with another deadly attack by Russia on Kyiv. It's been the same for much of Kostyuk’s run to the semifinals. On Monday, after Russian missiles struck residential buildings clo...
Boston’s Willson Contreras and Kansas City’s Jac Caglianone are the latest sluggers to commit to participating in the Home Run Derby on Monday in Philadelphia. The 34-year-old Contreras has 20 homers in 306 at-bats, which stands just a few shy of the career best of 24 he had for the Chicago Cubs ...
HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The Edcouch-Elsa Independent School District Board of Trustees named Rosalba De Hoyos as the lone finalist for its superintendent position. The school board voted to name De Hoyos as the lone finalist on Monday during a regular board meeting. "I am honored by th...
RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas (ValleyCentral) -- Although there are no confirmed cases of the New World screwworm in Starr County or anywhere in the Rio Grande Valley, Rio Grande City officials are taking proactive steps as the pest has been detected farther north in Jim Hogg County. "Starr County nor o...
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard will miss the start of the season after he had surgery on his left shoulder on Wednesday. Team physician Michael Terry said Bedard is expected "to make a full recovery in an approximate timeline of four months.” The NHL hasn't announced its r...
President Trump on Wednesday kindled a significant thaw in relations with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky when the two met on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Turkey, as Ukraine seizes the initiative in its more than four-year war against Russia. Trump announced the U.S. would buy Ukrai...
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — After 48 years of service, Dr. Romeo Montalvo Jr. is retiring from his practice of pediatrics in Brownsville. To recognize Dr. Montalvo for his service to South Texas children and their families, Congressman Vicente Gonzalez (TX-34) is presenting him with a co...
MIAMI (AP) — Tim Hardaway Jr. would always follow the same routine in his 15 visits to Miami as an opponent. Walk into the arena, take a look into the rafters, gaze at one specific banner. “Hardaway 10” sways, commemorating his father's time with the Heat and the jersey they retired in Tim Hardaw...
In this episode of Border Report Live, South Texas correspondent Sandra Sanchez and host Rudy Mireles talk about the new funds, which were provided through the Department of Transportation's Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) grant program.
MISSION, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The City of Mission hosted its State of the City address this afternoon. Mayor Norie Gonzalez Garza highlighted the city's accomplishments over the past year and celebrated the partnerships the city has made to strengthen the community. The city's presentation fea...
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — More World Cup teams. Same World Cup story. This edition started with 48 teams; it’s now down to eight, with six of those from Europe. And unless Morocco pulls off a series of surprising outcomes over the final two weeks, the champion will come from Europe or South Amer...
ATLANTA (AP) — Game balls for World Cup matches have become stars in their own right during the tournament. The ball has made headlines with its embedded technology and raised questions among fans, including: Why is everyone expected to promptly toss the ball back onto the pitch? It's a question ...
LONDON (AP) — Britain's Queen Camilla made her customary visit to Wimbledon on Wednesday and was joined in the Royal Box by an actor who once portrayed her husband. It is the fourth year in a row that the queen, the wife of King Charles III, has visited the All England Club on Day 10 [...]
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