A Silver Alert has been issued for a missing elderly Weslaco man.  73-year-old Alejandro Avila apparently walked away from his home in the 3600 block of Jade Street at around 10 a.m. Saturday, and hasn’t been seen since. Avila was wearing a square print button shirt, khaki pants, sandals, and a camo cap.  Avila is […]

A South African girl born with the AIDS virus has kept her infection suppressed for more than eight years after stopping anti-HIV medicines. Doctors say this is more evidence that early treatment can occasionally cause a long remission that, if it lasts, would be a form of cure. Drugs can keep HIV under control but […]

(AP) – The Taliban have claimed responsibility for a horrific attack in the Afghan capital that killed 24 people and wounded 42. A statement released to the media by the Taliban says they carried out the suicide car bombing. The early morning attack targeted a bus carrying employees of the mines and petroleum ministry. The […]