South Padre Island has landed on a list of the top 50 summer hot spots in the country. Trip Advisor ranks South Padre Island number 44 in this year’s Summer Vacation Value Report. The ranking is based on the greatest amount of interest in seasonal hotel bookings, and the average airfare and hotel costs of […]

(AP) – A private jet once owned by Elvis Presley has been auctioned after sitting on a runway in New Mexico for 35 years. GWS Auctions Inc. says the plane sold for $430,000 on Saturday at a California event featuring celebrity memorabilia. The auction house says Elvis designed the interior that has gold-tone woodwork, red […]

(AP) – The Latest on developments in Egypt (all times local): 1:50 p.m. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for an attack on Coptic Christians traveling to a remote desert monastery south of Cairo that killed 29. The group’s news agency, Aamaq, said on Saturday that an IS unit targeted the bus the previous […]