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Arrest Made In Gun Sale Shooting

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A 19-year old man has been arrested on capital murder charges in San Antonio in a shooting connected to a gun sale. Police accuse David Rebelo-Garcia of shooting 36-year old Steven Gagne last month. According to the arrest report, Rebelo…

Human Error Allowed Gun Onto Campus

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Dallas ISD Police say it was human error that allowed a gun to slip through security on a high school campus earlier this month. Seventeen-year old Ja’Kerian Rhodes-Ewing is accused of shooting another student in the leg at Wilmer Hutchins…

OSHA To Investigate Wind Farm Death Of Weslaco Man

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Federal workplace safety officials will be investigating how a worker from the Valley fell to his death inside of a wind turbine at a wind farm northwest of Dallas. 31-year-old Marco Anthony Portillo of Weslaco died in the accidental fall…

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Walmart To Close Its 51 Health Centers And Virtual Care Service

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(AP)–Walmart is closing its health centers and virtual care service after struggling to find success with the offerings, the U.S. retailer said Tuesday. The Bentonville, Arkansas-based company said that after managing the clinics it…

FEMA Administrator Surveys Oklahoma Tornado Damage With The State’s Governor And US Senator

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(AP)–A Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator said Tuesday that “our heart aches for the loss of life” in tornadoes that left four dead and about 100 injured in Oklahoma. FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell joined Gov. Kevin…

Columbia University Threatens To Expel Student Protesters Occupying An Administration Building

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(AP) — Dozens of protesters took over a building at Columbia University in New York Tuesday, barricading entrances and unfurling a Palestinian flag from a window in the latest escalation of demonstrations against the Israel-Hamas war on…

US Drug Control Agency Will Move To Reclassify Marijuana In A Historic Shift, AP Sources Say

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(AP) — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration will move to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug, The Associated Press has learned, a historic shift to generations of American drug policy that could have wide ripple effects…

Repo Man Run Over, Suspect Charged With Vehicular Assault

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Story by TIM SULLIVAN An Alamo man is jailed on multiple charges after apparently running over a man who’d been sent to repossess his vehicle. Alamo police had been called to an area near Cesar Chavez Road and FM 495 a little after 8 a.m.…

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Former Progreso Mayor To Stand Trial In July On Federal Drug Charges

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Story by TIM SULLIVAN A tentative trial date has been set for former Progreso mayor Gerardo Alanis on the drug trafficking conspiracy charges he’s under indictment for. ValleyCentral.com with word that a Brownsville federal judge Tuesday…

Willacy County Joins In Declaring Drought Disaster

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Story by TIM SULLIVAN Three of the four counties in the Rio Grande Valley have now declared a drought disaster. Willacy County has joined Hidalgo and Cameron in issuing a disaster declaration due to water levels at the Falcon and Amistad…

Four People Are Dead From Suspected Overdoses In Travis County

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At least four people are dead following a massive surge of opioid-related emergency calls in Travis County on Monday. Authorities say there were more than 30 “suspected overdoses” reported at residences and businesses with four resulting…

Protest At UT Austin Leads to Dozens Of Arrests

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In a second round of pro-Palestinian protests at the University of Texas at Austin on Monday, campus police were assisted by a large contingent of state DPS officers. At least 79 people were arrested for disorderly conduct and trespassing…

Mandatory Evacuations Are In Place In Polk County

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A mandatory evacuation order remains in place for some Polk County residents who live along the Trinity River and near the Lake Livingston Dam. A local judge ordered the evacuations on Monday due to the eleven inches of rain that fell…

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SCOTUS Keeps Porn Law In Place

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A Texas law designed to prevent kids from accessing pornography will remain in place. Several adult entertainment websites sued, saying the age-verification legislation was unconstitutional. The U-S Supreme Court, today, denied the effort…

Police Review Neighborhood Surveillance Video After Boy On Bike Is Killed

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Story by TIM SULLIVAN Pharr police say it was an 8-year-old boy who was struck by a truck and killed as he rode his bike near his home last weekend. Police also say that after reviewing video from neighborhood surveillance cameras, the boy…

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FCC Fines Mobile Carriers $200 Million

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The nation’s leading mobile carriers are being hit with hefty fines by the FCC for illegally sharing access to customers’ location data without consent. In a news release on Monday, the Federal Communications Commission said T-Mobile is…

U.S. And Mexico Will Boost Deportation Flights And Enforcement To Crack Down On Illegal Migration

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(AP) — President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador are moving swiftly on new steps to crack down on illegal migration that include tougher enforcement on railways, buses and in airports as well as increased…

Mammograms Should Start At 40 To Address Rising Breast Cancer Rates At Younger Ages, Panel Says

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(AP)–Regular mammograms to screen for breast cancer should start younger, at age 40, according to an influential U.S. task force. Women ages 40 to 74 should get screened every other year, the group said. Previously, the task force had said…

A Massive Powerball Win Draws Attention To A Little-Known Immigrant Culture In The US

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(AP) — Cheng “Charlie” Saephan wore a broad smile and a bright blue sash emblazoned with the words “Iu-Mien USA” as he hoisted an oversized check for $1.3 billion above his head. The 46-year-old immigrant’s luck in winning an enormous…

Sword-Wielding Man Attacks Passersby In London, Killing A14-Year-Old Boy And Injuring 4 Others

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(AP) — A man wielding a sword attacked members of the public and police officers in a east London suburb Tuesday, killing a 14-year-old boy and injuring four others, British authorities said. A 36-year-old man was arrested in a residential…

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Shootout That Killed 4 Law Officers Began As Task Force Tried To Serve A Warrant, Police Say

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(AP) — A shootout that killed four law enforcement officers and wounded four others in North Carolina began as officers approached a home to serve a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm, police said. Some of the officers who…

Judge Finds Trump Violated Gag Order In Hush Money Trial 9 Times, Fines Him $9K

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(AP) — Donald Trump’s hush money trial resumed Tuesday with Judge Juan M. Merchan first ruling on prosecutors’ prior request to hold the former president in contempt of court over alleged violations of a gag order that bars him from…

Border Patrol Holding Job Fair In Rio Grande City On Saturday

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The Border Patrol is holding a job fair in Starr County this weekend. The recruitment event will be held at Workforce Solutions in Rio Grande City on Saturday. The agency is offering a 20 to 30-thousand-dollar recruitment incentive to…

Man Arrested For Human Smuggling In South Texas

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A man is facing federal charges after South Texas Border Patrol agents found 59 people hiding in a tractor-trailer last weekend. Javier Gonzalez was arrested last Saturday at the Falfurrias Border Patrol checkpoint in Brooks County. A…

Accused Cattle Thief Forfeits Bond After Missing Hidalgo County Court Date

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An Edinburg man accused of stealing cattle in South Texas has forfeited his bond after missing his arraignment hearing. Forty-year-old Phillip Drake failed to appear yesterday in state district court in Hidalgo County. Drake allegedly…

Two Killed In Helicopter Crash

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State and federal officials are investigating a helicopter crash in Spring Branch that killed two people on Monday afternoon. The Comal County Sheriff’s Office says the Hummingbird 260 went down around 3:15 p.m. on the neighborhood street…

NWS Confirms EF1 Tornado In Trinity County

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The National Weather Service is confirming that a tornado touched down Sunday night in Trinity County. The weather agency says an EF1 struck the Rock Creek subdivision on FM 356. The twister formed at 7:35 p.m. and lasted about a minute.…

Texas, Four Other GOP States Sue Biden Administration Over Title-9 Overhaul

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Texas is one of five Republican-led states that are challenging the Biden administration’s overhaul of Title-Nine in court. Louisiana, Mississippi, Idaho, Montana, are also suing to block the new changes. The administration earlier this…

Early Voting Concludes Today For May 4th Election

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Early voting for the May 4th election in Texas ends today. Different cities and counties will have different ballots based on what local issues are being decided. More than 200 bond elections are up for a vote statewide for school…

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4 Law Officers Serving Warrant Are Killed, 4 Wounded In Shootout At North Carolina Home, Police Say

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By ERIK VERDUZCO and PETER SMITH Associated Press CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Four law officers serving a warrant for a felon wanted for possessing a firearm were killed and four other officers were wounded in a shootout Monday at a North…