Story by TIM SULLIVAN An Edinburg native wanted on a sexual assault warrant out of Tampa Florida has been arraigned on separate charges related to his arrest in Edinburg last week. 35-year-old Carlos Perez was before a local judge Tuesday…
(AP) — Thousands of people at a religious gathering in India rushed to leave a makeshift tent, setting off a stampede Tuesday that killed more than 100 and left scores injured, officials said. It was not immediately clear what triggered…
(AP) — The Hamdan family — around a dozen people from three generations — fled their home in the middle of the night after the Israeli military ordered an evacuation from the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis. They found refuge with…
(AP) — The White House announced Tuesday that President Joe Biden will meet with Democratic lawmakers and governors, sit for a network TV interview and hold a press conference in the coming days as he pushes back against growing pressure…
Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth is reporting a significant spike in cases of so-called “walking pneumonia.” Last week, 80 of almost 400 patients tested positive for mycoplasma pneumonia which is caused by a bacterial infection…
A 69-year-old Austin man is dead after he collapsed while hiking on a trail in the Grand Canyon this past weekend. National Park Service officials say the man, identified as Scott Sims, an adjunct real estate professor from Austin…
(AP) — A House Democratic lawmaker has become the first in the party to publicly call for President Joe Biden to step down as the party’s nominee for president, citing Biden’s debate performance against Donald Trump failing to “effectively…
(AP)–Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case has been postponed until at least September after the judge agreed Tuesday to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity. Trump…
Story by TIM SULLIVAN A man is facing a murder charge in the shooting death of another man in Mission last night. Police got calls about the shooting a little after 8:30 at a residence on Dinastia Dorado Street in west Mission. Police say…
(AP) — A Texas judge ruled against the state attorney general on Tuesday in his effort to shut down a migrant shelter in El Paso that he claimed encourages illegal migration. Judge Francisco X. Dominguez in El Paso ruled that Attorney…
Former President Trump is seeing a bump in the polls following last week’s debate. The USA Today-Suffolk University poll shows Trump with 41-percent of support from voters compared to 38-percent for President Biden. That’s a slight…
(AP) — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm heading toward Jamaica after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least four people. A hurricane warning was in effect…
(AP)–Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday they would not oppose Donald Trump’s request to delay the sentencing in his hush money trial as he seeks to have the conviction overturned following a Supreme Court ruling that granted broad immunity…
(AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that the U.S. will soon announce an additional $2.3 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, to include anti-tank weapons, interceptors and munitions for Patriot and other air defense…
(AP) — Venezuela’s government plans to resume negotiations with the U.S. government this week, President Nicolás Maduro announced Monday, less than a month before a highly anticipated election in which he and his party are facing their…
(AP) — The Supreme Court ended its term by ruling for the first time that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution, a decision that almost certainly means Donald Trump won’t stand trial before the November election. That…
(AP) — North Korea said Tuesday it had test-fired a new tactical ballistic missile capable of carrying “a super-large warhead,” a claim quickly disputed by South Korean officials and experts who speculate the North likely fabricated a…
(AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have asked the New York judge who presided over his hush money trial to set aside his conviction and delay his sentencing, scheduled for next week. The letter to Judge Juan M. Merchan cited…
(AP) — Hurricane Beryl roared through open waters on Tuesday as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path that would take it near Jamaica and the Cayman Islands after earlier making landfall in the southeast Caribbean, killing at least four…
(AP) — At least 60 people are dead and scores are injured after a stampede at a religious gathering of thousands of people in northern India, officials said Tuesday. More than 150 people were admitted to hospitals after the crush in a…
President Biden says President Trump’s partial victory in the Supreme Court over immunity sets a ”dangerous precedent.” In an address from the White House Monday, Biden said that SCOTUS’ 6-3 decision means there are “virtually no limits”…
Two Tarrant County corrections officers are out on bond following their arrests for killing a jail inmate. A grand jury indicted Joel Garcia and Rafael Moreno last week for the murder of 31-year-old Anthony Johnson. The Tarrant County…
Texas officials plan to double a state fund earmarked for expanding the power grid. Gov. Greg Abbott and Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Monday that the state aims to increase the Texas Energy Fund from five-billion to ten-billion-dollars.…
Gov. Greg Abbott is naming a new chief of staff. Robert Black will take over the day-to-day operations of the governor’s office on July 22nd, replacing Gardner Pate in the position. Black most recently served as vice president of public…
The University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley is now officially a member of the Southland Conference. Coaches and athletic department staffers gathered inside the UTRGV Fieldhouse Monday to unveil new conference logos on the university’s…
Edinburg is using a federal grant to buy smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to give away to eligible residents. The grant of just over 23-thousand dollars from the Federal Emergency Management Agency was combined with another 12-hundred…
Police in Mission say a suspect is in custody following a deadly shooting Monday night. The shooting happened in the area of the 28-hundred block of Dinastia Dorado around 8:35 p.m. A police spokesman says a man was killed in the shooting…
(AP) — Hurricane Beryl strengthened to Category 5 status late Monday after it ripped doors, windows and roofs off homes across the southeastern Caribbean with devastating winds and storm surge fueled by the Atlantic’s record warmth. Beryl…
Story by TIM SULLIVAN Local law enforcers are promising a tough crackdown on drunk driving this Fourth of July holiday. Once again, the Rio Grande Valley District Attorneys Coalition has announced it will be a No Refusal period. That means…
Story by TIM SULLIVAN 21 months in federal prison – the punishment for a one-time Starr County justice of the peace who played a role in a major long-running narcotics trafficking ring. The sentence against former JP Roel Valadez comes…