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• What to know about hantavirus, the illness linked to a cruise ship outbreak

  May 11, 2026 4:05 PM

  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — An outbreak aboard a cruise ship of a rare rodent-borne illness called hantavirus has left three passengers dead and sickened others, but global health officials say the risk to the general public remains low because the germ does not easily spread between people. "This is... more »

• Texas launches cryptocurrency reserve with $5 million investment

  December 8, 2025 4:06 PM

  Texas has launched its new cryptocurrency reserve with a $5 million purchase of Bitcoin as the state continues to embrace the volatile and controversial digital currency. The Texas Comptroller’s Office confirmed the purchase was made last month as a “placeholder investment” while the office works to contract with a... more »

• Pentagon says it's investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for video urging troops to defy 'illegal orders'

  November 24, 2025 12:26 PM

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon says it is investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona for possible breaches of military law after Kelly joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for U.S. troops to refuse unlawful orders. The Pentagon's statement, which was posted on social... more »

• Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP food aid payments

  November 7, 2025 11:53 AM

  BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received the funds. A judge had given the Republican administration... more »

• Progressive groups launch $1.4 million campaign to win back Latino voters from Trump

  October 21, 2025 11:39 AM

  FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Progressive groups looking to reconnect with Latino voters are emphasizing economic hardship and highlighting President Donald Trump's mass deportation agenda in an effort to regain support in places where the Republican leader made inroads. The $1.4 million digital ad and field campaign is led... more »

• Black pastors say Charlie Kirk is not a martyr, while decrying racism and political violence

  September 24, 2025 11:19 AM

  How Charlie Kirk is being memorialized — with many conservatives and white Christians, particularly evangelicals, emphasizing his faith and labeling him a martyr — has sparked debate among Black clergy, who are trying to square a heroic view of the 31-year-old with insulting statements about people of color that were... more »

• Trump and his MAGA movement will honor Charlie Kirk at an Arizona memorial service

  September 21, 2025 11:21 AM

  GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump and prominent members of his "Make America Great Again" movement will pay tribute Sunday to conservative activist Charlie Kirk, whose slaying has marked a signal moment in America's fraught political atmosphere. Watch the memorial service live below: The memorial service... more »

• Michigan judge tosses case against 15 accused fake electors for President Donald Trump in 2020

  September 9, 2025 10:04 AM

  LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge dismissed criminal charges Tuesday against a group of people who were accused of attempting to falsely certify President Donald Trump as the winner of the 2020 election in the battleground state, a major blow to prosecutors as similar cases in four other states... more »

• Republican push for proof of citizenship to vote proves a tough sell in the states

  June 3, 2025 11:23 AM

  AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans have made it a priority this year to require people to prove citizenship before they can register to vote. Turning that aspiration into reality has proved difficult. Trump's executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for federal elections has... more »

• Juez falla a favor de migrantes contra Patrulla Fronteriza

  February 19, 2020 4:11 PM

  Por ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Un juez federal de Arizona falló a favor de los migrantes que se han quejado desde hace tiempo sobre condiciones inhumanas e insalubres en algunas de las instalaciones de la Patrulla Fronteriza en el estado. El fallo se produjo... more »

• Inicia juicio a Patrulla Fronteriza por centros de detención

  January 13, 2020 4:37 PM

  Por ASTRID GALVAN TUCSON, Arizona, EE.UU. (AP) — El juicio por una demanda legal que cataloga como inhumanas e inseguras las condiciones de detención en varias estaciones de la Patrulla Fronteriza en Arizona dio inicio el lunes en Tucson. La demanda presentada en 2015 aplica a ocho... more »

• EEUU envía a México a solicitantes de asilo desde Arizona

  January 2, 2020 5:05 PM

  Por ASTRID GALVAN y CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — El gobierno de Estados Unidos comenzó el jueves a enviar a los solicitantes de asilo de regreso a la ciudad mexicana de Nogales, donde aguardarán ser convocados a audiencias a casi 563 kilómetros (350 millas) de... more »

• Buscan colocar más carpas en ciudades fronterizas Play Video

  July 2, 2019 9:21 AM

  WESLACO - El gobierno federal busca colocar más carpas en ciudades fronterizas. Buscan construir carpas como centros temporales que funcionarían como cortes virtuales. Oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza revelaron la propuesta de tres sitios para estos centros en Yuma, Arizona, y aquí en el Valle en... more »

• UTRGV Baseball Drops WAC Tournament Opener

  May 23, 2019 9:06 PM

  MESA, Ariz. – Second-seeded The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley baseball team dropped its Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Tournament opener to fourth-seeded Grand Canyon University (GCU) 5-0 on Thursday at Hohokam Stadium, the spring training home of the Oakland A’s. UTRGV (34-20) will face third-seeded Sacramento State... more »

• Planean Reemplazar Barreras en Frontera Sur Play Video

  May 15, 2019 9:51 AM

  WESLACO - El Departamento de Seguridad Nacional prescindió de más leyes ambientales para poder construir barreras a lo largo de la frontera sur. El gobierno planea reemplazar barreras a lo largo de cien millas en California y Arizona. El financiamiento para estas barreras viene del Departamento de Defensa... more »

• About 1,800 Migrants Hopeful to Seek Asylum in Eagle Pass Play Video

  February 6, 2019 4:46 PM

  EAGLE PASS – About 1,800 migrants are waiting across the border from Eagle Pass in hopes to begin the asylum process. Approximately 16 cases are processed per day. The Del Rio Chief Patrol agent says nearly 100 people who tried crossing the border illegally have been arrested. ... more »

• Deputies on Standby to Help Officers with Caravan near Eagle Pass Play Video

  February 5, 2019 5:58 PM

  EAGLE PASS – A caravan has arrived in the Mexican border city of Piedras Negras across from Eagle Pass. An improvised shelter has been set up at an unused maquiladora factory. Coahuila State Governor Miguel Angel Riquelme says they arrived on Sunday using 49 buses. Sheriff Tom... more »