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El Periodico USA Community News November 11, 2024

Jury convicts felon for possessing firearms and pipe bombs

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas A federal jury has convicted a 35-year-old Corpus Christi resident for felon in
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El Periodico USA Community News November 11, 2024

Siblings sent to prison for roles in human smuggling scheme

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas Two individuals have been sentenced for their roles in a Laredo human smuggling
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El Periodico USA Community News November 9, 2024

Help End The Streak Of Daily Deaths On Texas Roadways

Every day for the past 24 years someone has died on a Texas roadway. Every. Single. Day. On the anniversary
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El Periodico USA Community News November 9, 2024

Post-Election Audit for November 5 Election

Largest post-election audit conducted in state history  Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson announced post-election audits for the November 5 election.
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El Periodico USA Community News November 9, 2024

Volleyball Leans on Bench in Sweep of New Orleans

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros volleyball team leaned on its bench Thursday to capture a 3-0
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El Periodico USA Community News November 9, 2024

Business owner admits to scheme to bribe Pharr Customs & Border Patrol official

U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Texas | Press Release A 49-year-old man has pleaded guilty for his role in
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El Periodico USA Community News November 9, 2024

UTRGV School of Podiatric Medicine welcomes Class of 2028

23 students make up third cohort of future foot-and-ankle doctors By Karen Villarreal While some middle-schoolers get braces to straighten
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El Periodico USA Community News November 9, 2024

Women’s Tennis Heads To Rice Invitational

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Vaqueros women’s tennis team is closing its fall season this weekend at
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El Periodico USA Community News November 9, 2024

Meet UT Health RGV’s first oncology nurse

Ostos-Germain brings compassionate care to new Cancer and Surgery Center UT Health RGV’s first oncology nurse, Magdalena Ostos-Germain, describes her
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El Periodico USA Community News November 8, 2024

These Texans could join or influence a second Trump administration

By Matthew Choi, Robert Downen, Eleanor Klibanoff, James Barragán and Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune “These Texans could join or
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