- The father of a Mongolian model whose murder touched off a scandal in the highest levels of Malaysia\'s recently ousted ruling party said Tuesday he will ask new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to reopen the investigation into his daughter\'s death.
- The royal family is continuing to grow. Queen Elizabeth\'s granddaughter, Zara Tindall, just welcomed her second child — a baby girl — on Monday, the Buckingham Palace confirmed in a statement online Tuesday.
- The theft of American flags from veterans\' grave sites was by woodchucks, according to Massachusetts police.
- Two veteran firefighters in Akron, Ohio, have been suspended after allegedly making pornographic videos together at a fire station.
- “At last, summer break has come along”
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sat down with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, the third visit between the two neighboring countries and a week after the despot met with President Trump in a historic Singapore summit.
- United CEO Oscar Munoz says the airline is ramping up its efforts to improve customer service — but in doing so, he revealed just how backwards the company’s priorities used to be.
- Asia Argento is getting back to work on Italy’s “X Factor” in the wake of boyfriend Anthony Bourdain‘s suicide death.
- Two firefighters in Ohio have been suspended for allegedly making pornographic videos at a firehouse.
- Executives from across Silicon Valley have weighed in on the border policy of separating children from their parents, with some calling it \"heartless\" and \"cruel.\"
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La Joya-Area Farmer Wins First Cotton Bale Contest
The prize for delivering the first harvested bale of cotton in the U.S. this year goes to Wesley Vanderpool. The bale weighed in at 2,040 pounds and was delivered to the Willacy Co-op in Sebastian at 3:30 last Wednesday afternoon. The cotton was grown on and picked from a field about 3 miles west of […]
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Border Separations Ripple Through Midterm Campaigns
(AP) – The searing images of children detained at the southern border are roiling politics ahead of November’s midterm elections. Democrats are newly emboldened on immigration while Republicans are chafing under the pressure. President Donald Trump is standing by his administration’s decision to split children from parents trying to enter the country. But Democrats and […]
WORLD
OPEC Oil Ministers Gather To Discuss Production Level
(AP) – The oil ministers of the OPEC cartel are arriving in Vienna to discuss this week whether to increase production of crude oil and help ease the price of global energy. The officials were gathering Tuesday ahead of the official meeting Friday, when they will also confer with Russia, a non-OPEC country that has […]
