For over 100 years, travelers have checked into US motel rooms and found the Gideon Bible
By LUIS ANDRES HENAO The Associated Press SALISBURY, Md. “Rocky Raccoon checked into his room, only to find Gideon’s Bible.” Paul McCartney …
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YANDELL: Miracles are all around us
By Van Yandell John 10:38 “But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me…
Pakistan will award nurse for saving the sole newborn survivor of a hospital nursery fire
ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani nurse who rescued the sole surviving newborn from a hospital nursery fire that killed 14 other infants will rec…
Guinea-Bissau votes in a referendum to grant expanded presidential powers ahead of election
BISSAU, Guinea-Bissau (AP) — Guinea-Bissau is voting Sunday in a referendum to decide on granting new presidential powers ahead of December'…
COLLEGE FOOTBALL: UTPB loses to UTRGV in season opener
EDINBURG The UTPB football team lost its opening game of the season with a 44-0 loss to NCAA Division I UTRGV Saturday at Robert and Janet V…
Lawyers, judge determine jury instructions for Tupac murder trial deliberations
Friday was the tenth day of the trial of Duane 'Keffe D' Davis, accused of orchestrating the murder of rapper Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas in 1…
DOJ ramps up denaturalization lawsuits against immigrants
The number of denaturalization lawsuits filed by the Trump administration surged in July, according to new data.
Abbott bars Texas agencies from funding Flock cameras
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) ordered all state agencies this week to halt funding for Flock cameras amid growing concerns nationwide about the…
Special Olympics of Texas hosts 4th annual BOCCE Competition
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THE IDLE AMERICAN: Life on Reed Road
Allen Saunders, an obscure Canadian cartoonist, is cited for an inscription in his 1956 “Mary Worth” comic strip. No doubt it had local impa…
Far-right British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported after his immigration arrest in US
British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported to the United Kingdom after his arrest by American immigration authorities, U.S…
THE ECONOMIST: Affordability
Over the past few years, costs of living have increased significantly faster than wages, thus creating a major affordability problem for mil…