A Weslaco woman has been sentenced to 32 years in prison in the death of her newborn son. A judge Wednesday handed down the punishment the jury had recommended against Sandy Hernandez Perez — 32 years for injury to a child and 20 years for manslaughter. The judge ordered the sentences to run concurrently. Hernandez’ […]

(AP) – U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio is asking for an investigation into the safety of the rock jetty off South Beach where a weekend boat crash killed Miami Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez and two others.  In a letter Wednesday, the Florida Republican asked the Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers to closely examine the […]

(AP) – The U.S. State Department says it backs the findings of the interim report of the Joint Investigation Team on the 2014 downing of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17.  The team found that MH17 was shot down on July 17, 2014, by a Buk surface-to-air missile fired from Russian-backed, separatist-controlled territory in eastern Ukraine. It […]