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Former VP nominee Sen. Kaine in RGV to talk fentanyl interdiction

U.S. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) held an information news conference Thursday across the street from Gateway International Bridge to discuss interdiction efforts by U.S. authorities to stem the flow of fentanyl from Mexico.

Man kidnapped, beaten after agreeing on dating app to meet in Brownsville

Brownsville police have arrested two people for ambushing a man who believed he was meeting up with someone he met on a dating app.

Delay of Texas death row inmate’s execution has not been the norm for Supreme...

Texas inmate Ruben Gutierrez had spent some of the hours leading up to his scheduled execution Tuesday evening talking with his wife and attorney before being eventually transferred to a holding cell at the state prison in Huntsville to await his lethal injection.

Texas AG’s Office accuses Catholic Charities RGV of ‘possible criminal violations’

EDINBURG — Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley is fighting against efforts by the Texas Attorney General’s Office to investigate the religious nonprofit over claims that it may be participating in human trafficking.

McAllen Rep. De La Cruz at RNC: Biden, Harris use immigrants for political gain

U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz on Wednesday night at the Republican National Convention said she was proud of being the granddaughter of Mexican farmworkers, using the national platform to tell a familiar Valley story while attacking President Joe Biden over immigration and border policies.

Supreme Court stays Ruben Gutierrez’s execution

Minutes before 47-year-old Ruben Gutierrez was scheduled to be executed for the 1998 murder of an 85-year-old woman in Brownsville, the Supreme Court stayed his execution.

Elon Musk says he’s moving SpaceX headquarters from California to Boca Chica

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Billionaire Elon Musk says he's moving the headquarters of SpaceX and social media company X to Texas from California.

Harlingen’s Pacific Island offers flavors from the Far East

HARLINGEN — The smells of a familiar place of faint remembrance great me and the playful Tagalog conversations warm my heart and my imagination.

Historic dry dock at Port of Brownsville retired

A well-traveled floating dry dock built in the 1940s to service Navy vessels and relocated to the Port of Brownsville in the 1990s has been retired.

4 charged in plot to steal phone with ‘proof’ of infidelity from Brownsville man

A plot by one woman to hire two men to steal a phone that had “proof of her infidelities” has resulted in four arrests.