News from 5/19/2025

• Brownsville Police Department warns of string of Jeep Gladiator thefts
• Combes residents continue rebuilding months after historic flood event
• Fire destroys mobile home near La Joya, family of 6 affected
• Parents express safety concerns following lockdown at Edinburg North High School
• Beach Waterpark in South Padre Island now open
• Reactions to release of Texas school ratings
• Stricter bail rules advance through Texas House, which had blocked an overhaul in previous sessions
• A Texas teen was the victim of fake AI nudes. Now a new law requires platforms to remove such content.
• Improved response to mass shooting is goal of “Uvalde Strong” bill approved by Texas Legislature
• Consumer Reports: Stick vac warning
• Pump Patrol: Monday, May 19, 2025
• Texas lawmakers are poised to ban minors from social media
• The US is reinstating records for international students. For some, it's too late
• Supreme Court allows Trump to strip legal protections from 350,000 Venezuelans who risk deportation
• Oil companies want protection as Texas considers allowing treated fracking water released into rivers
• Crew members of tall ship that collided with Brooklyn Bridge return home to Mexico
• Trump's massive import taxes haven't done much economic damage -- yet
• Trump looks to unite Republicans with visit to Capitol before key votes on tax cut bill
• Trump says Russia-Ukraine ceasefire talks will begin immediately following call with Putin
• Photographer's Perspective: Capturing important moments during police memorial ceremonies
• Body found in Donna hotel
• Bond set at $1 million for woman who confessed to killing her boyfriend in Donna
• Suspect in deadly McAllen crash remains hospitalized
• Lockdown lifted at Edinburg North High School after 'no credible threat' found following reports of a weapon on campus
• 14-year-old driver arrested following Brownsville police chase
• Lanes reopen following caliche spill on the expressway near Pharr
• Monday, May 19, 2025: Hazy, breezy and hot with highs in the 90s
• Sea Turtle Inc. expecting ‘record-breaking’ nesting season for sea turtles
• Five district attorneys sue Ken Paxton to block new rule requiring them to hand over case records
• One person detained following deadly shooting in Donna
• Biden has been diagnosed with aggressive prostate cancer
• Texas businesses feel the pinch from Trump’s tariffs, Fed survey finds
• Long-running lawsuit against Texas’ foster care system appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court
• Bill requiring air conditioning in all Texas prisons wins House approval
• Juvenile detention, imported shrimp, forever chemicals among hundreds of bills cut off by House deadline
• UTRGV eliminated from Southland Conference Tournament after loss to Houston Christian
• Sunday, May 18, 2025: Hot and breezy with highs in the 90s
• Pope Leo XIV offers message of unity for polarized Catholic Church as pontificate officially starts
• Trump's clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers
• Trump budget would cut ocean data and leave boaters, anglers and forecasters scrambling for info
• Turbulent waters may have contributed to Mexican tall ship's crash into Brooklyn Bridge
• Universities cutting sports, others adding ahead of $2.8 billion NCAA antitrust settlement
• Mexican security consultant who worked for US State Department killed in cartel ambush
• Authorities identify 25-year-old suspect in Palm Springs, California, fertility clinic bombing
• Justice Department deal ends a ban on an aftermarket trigger. Gun control advocates are alarmed
• DHS asks for 20,000 National Guard troops for immigration roundups, Pentagon reviewing request
• Texas' measles outbreak is starting to slow. The US case count climbs slightly to 1,024 cases
• Trump suspends asylum system, leaving immigrants to face an uncertain future
• Republicans forge their tax bill in Trump's image, with 'MAGA accounts' and more
• Case of brain-dead pregnant woman kept on life support in Georgia raises tricky questions