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Women’s City Club to host Catarina Ball for Dia de los Muertos
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Women’s City Club is hosting the Catarina Ball, an event celebrating the spirit of Día de los Muertos with dinner, dancing and other activities, according to club members Ruby Dominguez and Laura McCoy. The event is the organization’s last of the year, M...
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Laredo Chamber sets January date for VISION 2027 business event
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - The Laredo Chamber of Commerce has set the date for VISION 2027 : State of the Business Community. The event will bring together business and community leaders to discuss issues shaping Laredo’s future. This year’s featured speaker is Nile Lundgren, a real e...
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Father and son keep guitar-making legacy going together
HOLLANDTOWN, Wis. ( Aging Untold ) — Bruce Petros has been building stringed instruments for 52 years, turning a small woodworking shop into the business Petros Guitars. “We’re trying to have lasting, lasting beauty in the instrument,” Petros said. From a $15 kit to a career Petr...
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New moms school offers postpartum support
GREENVILLE, S.C. ( Aging Untold ) — A new program in South Carolina is offering support to women during the postpartum period, connecting them with experts and other mothers navigating early motherhood. Nicole Parmelee, who has two children, started the New Moms School after her ...
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Reverse mentoring: How generations can beat workplace ageism together
( Aging Untold ) — Ageism at work isn’t always obvious. It can hide in quiet assumptions — about who understands technology, who communicates well or who has something valuable to contribute. The Aging Untold hosts are digging into reverse mentoring, a strategy that flips the tra...
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‘Small price to pay’: Trump says Iran can ‘take out’ LA or San Diego during political rally
(Gray News) – President Donald Trump is facing backlash after making a statement Monday night during a political rally suggesting that Iran could take out two cities in the United States. “It’s a small price to pay for keeping the world safe, keeping our country safe. They can ta...
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InvestigateTV+: Companies ask for Clean Air Act exemptions
( InvestigateTV ) — InvestigateTV+ uncovers an effort by industrial plants to get let off the hook from Clean Air Act regulations. Plus, one man’s half-century-long quest to trace his ancestry highlights the challenges many Black Americans face. Then, meet the cheerleading team w...
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Deaf cheer team competes in its first hearing competition
FARIBAULT, Minn. ( InvestigateTV ) – Minnesota’s only all-deaf high school cheerleading team became the first in its school history to perform in a hearing competition. In January, the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf (MSAD) Trojan cheer team competed in their first cheerlead...
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Quiet weather
LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - Plenty of sunshine this afternoon with highs in the low 90s. Low rain chances (10-20%) through the end of the week. Tonight mostly clear with lows in the low 70s. High chance of tropical development in the Bay of Campeche this week with coastal flooding and ...
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This teen turned a bus into a mobile clothing store
BATON ROUGE, La. ( InvestigateTV ) - A New Orleans teenager has converted a used bus into a traveling clothing boutique, taking his business on the road across the Gulf South. Valen Purvis, a student at Rummel High School in New Orleans, operates a mobile clothing store called Tr...
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This database is helping Black families find their enslaved ancestors
KANSAS CITY, Mo. ( InvestigateTV ) - Knowing where we come from expands our sense of who we are, according to a 2023 study published in the medical journal “Genealogy.” That study found that learning family history is linked to developing a healthy relationship with one’s identit...
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77-year-old woman kills man who attacked her in parking lot, authorities say
BAKER COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) - A 77-year-old woman shot and killed a man who attacked her Monday in Florida, according to authorities. Baker County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to the parking lot of Macclenny Veterinary Hospital around 4:30 a.m. Monday after the woman ca...