BY VALERIE GONZALEZ Associated Press McALLEN, TEXAS (AP) — At least two Texas border mayors are headed to Washington on Tuesday when President Joe Biden is expected to announce an executive order that will mark his latest and most…
Palestinian health officials said Israeli strikes killed 11 people overnight into Monday, including a woman and three children, in central Gaza. A strike on a home in the built-up Bureij refugee camp late Sunday killed four people,…
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — The mayor and police chief of Akron called on witnesses to come forward with information about a mass shooting in the Ohio city that killed one person and wounded 24 others, some critically. “This was a tragic incident…
By KEVIN MCGILL Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is set to return to federal court Monday in hopes of reversing an $800,000 award to a flight attendant who said she was fired for her anti-abortion views and a judge’s…
By RANDALL CHASE, CLAUDIA LAUER, MICHAEL KUNZELMAN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Jury selection is to begin Monday in a federal gun case against President Joe Biden’s son Hunter after the collapse of a deal with…
By MARÍA VERZA and MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s projected presidential winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first woman president in the country’s 200-year history. “I will become the first woman…
(AP) — Saudi Arabia and allied oil producing countries on Sunday extended output cuts through next year, a move aimed at supporting slack prices that haven’t risen even amid turmoil in the Middle East and the start of the summer travel…
(AP) — North Korea said it will stop sending trash-carrying balloons into South Korea, claiming Sunday that its campaign left the South Koreans with “enough experience of how much unpleasant they feel.” The North’s announcement came hours…
(AP) — Parachutists jumping from World War II-era planes hurled themselves Sunday into now peaceful Normandy skies where war once raged, heralding a week of ceremonies for the fast-disappearing generation of Allied troops who fought from D…
(AP) — A Chinese spacecraft landed on the far side of the moon Sunday to collect soil and rock samples that could provide insights into differences between the less-explored region and the better-known near side. The landing module touched…
The Texas Department of Public Safety says it continues to investigate the death of a Brownsville man who was struck by a pickup truck early Sunday morning. Investigators say 31-year-old Gabriel Arenas Ibarra was hit by a Toyota Tacoma as…
Story by TIM SULLIVAN A McAllen man has been charged in the apparent drunken driving death of an Edinburg woman on the Queen Isabella Memorial Causeway early Sunday morning. 48-year-old Hugo Ernesto Lara was arraigned hours later on a…
Story by TIM SULLIVAN A Hidalgo County grand jury has declined to indict the driver of a pickup truck who struck and killed a Pharr boy riding his bike. The panel determined late last week there was not enough evidence to warrant criminal…
Story by TIM SULLIVAN A Mission-area man remains in the Hidalgo County jail on a $2 million bond after being arraigned on a charge of capital murder in the shooting death of his uncle in a dispute over some roosters. Hidalgo County…
Story by TIM SULLIVAN A third lawsuit has been filed against a mineral refinery in Brownsville over its operations that residents claim is endangering their health. The latest was brought by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality…
Story by TIM SULLIVAN The Brownsville ISD has banned five books from its school libraries that a local group of religious activists had demanded be removed. Members of the Remnant Alliance, led by Pastor Luis Cabrera of Harlingen, last…
Story by TIM SULLIVAN Ousted Edinburg City Council member David White is promising to appeal a judge’s ruling overturning the results of the November election for the council’s Placed 4 seat. Judge Manuel Banales Friday ruled that illegal…
(AP)–Scaling back treatment for three kinds of cancer can make life easier for patients without compromising outcomes, doctors reported at the world’s largest cancer conference. It’s part of a long-term trend toward studying whether doing…
(AP) — An early morning shooting on a street in Ohio killed one person and injured 24 others, some critically, police said. Police said shots were reported early Sunday just after midnight in the city of Akron, where multiple victims…
A Tarrant County deputy sheriff is filing a lawsuit against a Texas city where she used to work for alleged discrimination. Sara Straten worked for the Sansom Park Police Department where she says she experienced sex discrimination from…
Two people are injured after an 18-wheeler carrying nearly nine-thousand gallons of fuel crashed on the North Freeway Saturday night. The crash happened when a car attempted to merge in front of the truck, causing an accident that started…
Over five million Texans live in areas at risk of flooding. That’s according to the state’s first-ever flood plan from the Texas Water Development Board. Of that, a little over a million live in areas considered flood-prone. In addition,…
(AP) — Last-minute computer trouble nixed Saturday’s launch attempt for Boeing’s first astronaut flight, the latest in a string of delays over the years. Two NASA astronauts were strapped in the company’s Starliner capsule when the…
(AP)–After his historic guilty verdict in his hush money case, Donald Trump attacked the U.S. criminal justice system, making unfounded claims of a “rigged” trial that echoed remarks from the Kremlin. “If they can do this to me, they can…
(AP) — Ukraine imposed emergency power shutdowns in most of the country on Sunday, a day after Russia unleashed large-scale attacks on energy infrastructure and claimed it made gains in the eastern Donetsk province. The shutdowns were in…
(AP) — A wind-driven fire continued to scorch thousands of acres 60 miles (97 kilometers) east of San Francisco, prompting residents to flee their homes and the closure of two major freeways near the central California city of Tracy. The…
(AP) — Mexicans went to the polls Sunday to vote for who will likely be the country’s first female president, voicing concerns overwhelmingly about security, from the power of Mexico’s drug cartels down to street-level stick-ups. They were…
(AP) — A jury in Idaho unanimously agreed Saturday that convicted killer Chad Daybell deserves the death penalty for the gruesome murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children, ending a grim case that began in 2019 with a…
NEW YORK (AP) — An annual New York City parade for Israel that draws thousands of people is scheduled to hit the streets Sunday with heightened security and a focus on solidarity during the war in Gaza. The parade comes almost eight months…
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Sunday it’ll soon take “unbearable” retaliatory steps against North Korea over its launch of trash-carrying balloons across the border and other provocations. In…