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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Flooding on the Rio Grande pushed floating buoys into the base of the World Trade Bridge Sunday, July 19, prompting a temporary suspension to commercial traffic and a series of r
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(InvestigateTV) — A new WalletHub survey finds high gas prices are reshaping summer travel for a majority of Americans, with 59 percent saying transportation costs have affected their plans and 51 percent planning to spend less than last year.John Kiernan, managing editor at WalletHub, said the t...
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LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A water pipe break that flooded Webb County’s main administration building is continuing to disrupt county services, including pushing back the deadline for a housing assistance program.The pipe burst on July 5 on the third floor of the Webb County Billy Hall Building, damag...
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NEW YORK (Gray News) - A person was taken into custody after allegedly throwing a makeshift incendiary device at a federal building, according to law enforcement.Authorities said the man was carrying an incendiary device, a pellet gun and a sign reading “ICE Off Our Streets,” authorities said.The...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) -The World Trade Bridge reopened after dozens of large buoys broke free upstream over the weekend and traveled down the Rio Grande, forcing a temporary closure.Mayor Victor Treviño said the river has dropped significantly and is now sitting at just over five feet.Federal crews...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Webb County leaders announced a public town hall to address the New World screwworm, one day before the parasite was confirmed in Starr County.The meeting is scheduled for Aug. 18 at the Laredo ISD Performing Arts Center on San Bernardo Avenue. Doors open at 10 a.m., and pre...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo ISD is hosting a back-to-school fair and style show Tuesday, July 21, at 3 p.m. at the LISD Performing Arts Complex.The event is open to all LISD families and will feature free school supplies, LISD backpacks for students who are present, immunizations, vaccines and v...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The City of Laredo is asking residents to weigh in on the future of Laredo International Airport at a public workshop.The airport is hosting its first public workshop on Tuesday, July 21, for its long-range master plan, a roadmap intended to guide future improvements and exp...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo College is hosting its third annual Flamenco Fest from Tuesday, July 28, through Friday, July 31, with a culminating performance on Saturday, Aug. 1. The event includes workshops open to the public and free participation for LC students.The four-day workshop series of...
WASHINGTON (Gray News/AP) — President Donald Trump shared a photo of Vice President JD Vance’s new baby.Trump shared a photo on Truth Social of the newborn, Alec Neel Vance, taken at the hospital with two older siblings.“Congratulations! A perfect baby boy for the wonderful Vance family,” Trump w...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) -The City of Laredo will resume normal commercial operations at the World Trade Bridge on Monday, July 20, 2026, following the removal of a floating debris hazard from the Rio Grande.Mayor Dr. Victor D. Treviño lifted the temporary emergency suspension after the debris was suc...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Halloween festivities come early this year with Teen Summerween Week at the Laredo Public Library. The event runs from Monday, July 20, through Thursday, July 23, featuring a different activity each day for students in grades fifth through 12. Activities will include Game Da...
ATLANTA (Atlanta News First/Gray News) — Fairlife has stopped producing milk in the United States after it was hit by a ransomware attack, Coca-Cola announced Thursday.Fairlife identified “unauthorized access by a third party to a portion of its systems, including its production-related systems, ...
(Gray News) - The Food and Drug Administration said that a sample of Taylor Farms lettuce that tested positive for cyclospora was a false positive.The FDA said Sunday that laboratory experts re-reviewed the sample results and determined it should be considered a false positive.As of Sunday, the F...
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Aging Untold) — A retired physician diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease more than 20 years ago was turned away from gym after gym when he wanted to try rock climbing — until one said yes. That single yes led to the creation of Up Ending Parkinson’s, a nonprofit that connects peopl...
BALTIMORE (Aging Untold) — A man diagnosed with ALS more than a decade ago is participating in a clinical trial at Johns Hopkins Medicine testing a brain-computer interface, or BCI, that allows patients to control smart-home devices using only their brain signals. Tim Evans and his wife, Dee, rec...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Seasonably hot conditions with a moderate to major risk of heat-related impacts through the week. Peak heat indices will range between 100-110 deg F. Tropical depression Two formed Sunday morning in the northeastern Gulf. Monitoring for impacts along the Middle Texas Coast (...
FINDLAY, Ohio (WTVG/Gray News) - For one Ohio woman’s 105th birthday, her family surprised her with a motorcycle procession.At 105 years old, Eunice Minard has already lived a lifetime of memories, but her latest birthday surprise came with a little more horsepower.As family and friends gathered ...
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (KY3/Gray News) - A Missouri mother is facing multiple felony charges after police say she left three young children, including a 4-month-old baby, home alone for nearly 24 hours.Courtney Lynn Box was charged July 8 with three counts of first-degree endangering the welfare of a c...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) -Commercial operations at the World Trade Bridge will resume Monday after crews removed floating debris from the Rio Grande.The City of Laredo lifted a temporary emergency suspension Sunday after the debris hazard was cleared, allowing normal bridge operations to resume July 2...
HONOLULU (WLOX/Gray News) - A pair of Mississippi band members on a patriotic trip halfway across the world became real-life heroes when they pulled a drowning man from the ocean.Griffin Johnson and Mason Crawford traveled with the Mississippi Lions All-State Band to Hawaii, where they performed ...
CINCINNATI (WXIX/Gray News) - A man is accused of strangling, punching and robbing a woman while on a date in Ohio in May.The attack happened in the Winton Woods Apartments parking lot on May 30.According to the affidavit, 29-year-old Troy Gover was on a date with a woman when her phone got a not...
CORINTH, Maine (WABI/Gray News) - A person died after a tree came down on their car in Maine during a thunderstorm on Thursday. Penobscot County Sheriff Troy Morton said it happened about 1:30 p.m. on Main Street. A branch broke off and went through the windshield, fatally striking the driver, au...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Laredo police responded to a call outside St. John Neumann Church Sunday, July 19.Officers said the incident involved a man in crisis outside the church. Police detained the man, and no weapons were found.Authorities stressed that everything occurred outside the building and...
ZAPATA COUNTY, Tex. (KGNS) - A pedestrian died on the evening of Saturday, July 18, after being struck by a vehicle on U.S. Highway 83, near North Siesta Lane, according to Zapata County deputies.Deputies said three people were attempting to cross the highway when one was hit by a car in a stretc...
CRAIGHEAD COUNTY, Ark. (KAIT/Gray News) - Deputies found the body of a juvenile Sunday, ending a three-day search, authorities said.Craighead County Chief Deputy Jason Allen said a call came in about 6:25 p.m. Friday about a juvenile boy who went under at an access point off Highway 69 between La...
(AP) - Madonna, Justin Bieber, BTS and Shakira each brought a bit of one of their hits to the World Cup’s first halftime show in a whirlwind performance Sunday that also squeezed in Burna Boy, Ted Lasso and many Muppets.The show at what’s otherwise known as MetLife Stadium, outside New York, was ...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — This is how good Spain was at the World Cup: Not even Lionel Messi had any answers.And when it was over, Spain walked off with the trophy. Messi simply walked off in tears.Spain is back atop the soccer world for a second time, after Ferran Torres’ first goal of this y...
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Kylian Mbappé kept the Golden Boot award and Spain wouldn’t let Lionel Messi get anything else.Shortly after winning the World Cup title Sunday, the Spaniards claimed all three individual player awards, keeping Messi from leaving with any more personal hardware.Rodri ...
STARR COUNTY, Tex. (KGNS) - On Sunday, July 19, Starr County officials confirmed the county’s first case of New World screwworm, according to emergency management.The larvae were found in a baby calf, officials said.County leaders said they are working with the Texas Animal Health Commission and ...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Congressman Henry Cuellar said the temporary suspension of the World Trade Bridge is already costing Laredo business, after federal buoys broke free from the Rio Grande’s riverbed during flooding and drifted downstream to the bridge.On Sunday, July 19, around 11:30 a.m., Cue...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - On Sunday, July 19, floodwaters along the Rio Grande started slowly receding, but a National Weather Service flood warning remains in effect through Monday evening.River levels at key crossingsAs of 2 p.m. Sunday, the Rio Grande near International Bridge 2 peaked at 18 feet,...
(Gray News) - Nolan Wells’ mom says she’s receiving hate mail after the death of her 18-year-old son in Mississippi.Almost two weeks after Wells’ death, his mother, Christine Wonsley, has responded to mail from an anonymous sender.“Whoever sent this to my home, may the good Lord have mercy on you...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Officials in Nuevo Laredo temporarily shut down the city’s Central and North water plants on Sunday, July 19, as the Rio Grande rises and carries heavy debris downstream, including trash, mud and other material.Authorities said the shutdown is intended to protect intake equi...
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A hot dry airmass remains parked above our area for now. Dry air just above our shallow layer of gulf air mixes in each afternoon with low afternoon humidity. A tropical depression in the eastern gulf may become a tropical storm early this week. It will track westward. If it...
ZAPATA COUNTY, Tex. (KGNS) - A surge of water and debris moving down the Rio Grande has prompted warnings and around-the-clock monitoring in Zapata County and border communities.El Cenizo monitoringLeaders in El Cenizo said they are continuing to closely monitor the rising river and staying in co...
The World Trade Bridge in Laredo, Texas, the busiest inland commercial port on the Southwest border, was temporarily shut down this weekend as giant cylindrical federal buoys piled up under the bridge’s pylons. The state’s circular border buoy string in Eagle Pass, however, remained in position a...
TUCSON, Ariz. (KOLD/Gray News) - Authorities in Arizona say a confrontation between two groups of people ended with a mass shooting in which several people were injured.Authorities said the shooting happened early Sunday at Empire Pizza in Tucson.Police say when officers arrived around 2 a.m., th...
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