Gas prices are up nearly 60% since the Iran war began, and tariffs on Mexican produce are adding to the grocery bill in McAllen and Edinburg. Here's what's driving costs higher across the Valley.

Fuel and grocery costs are up sharply in Alice, Beeville, and Rockport since February — and with no transit alternatives and a 25% tariff on border produce, South Texas families are absorbing it from every direction.

There's a quiet kind of trust behind every family dinner. When we set out a bowl of salad or slice up fresh fruit for our kids, we're trusting that someone, somewhere, has been watching over that food long before it reached our table. This summer, across dozens of states, that trust has been broken — and families are paying for it with their health. A parasitic illness called cyclosporiasis is spreading through communities right now, bringing days of severe stomach cramping,

Dynamic pricing, a resale market critics call rigged, and war-driven airfares are pricing regular fans out of the World Cup — while FIFA eyes a record $13 billion.

The aviation industry is in the middle of one of its sharpest cost crises in years — and passengers are already paying for it. Jet fuel prices surged so rapidly after the disruption of the Strait of Hormuz that the cost of filling a single Boeing 737-800 jumped from roughly $17,000 to over $27,000 in less than a week. Airlines have responded swiftly and directly. Delta slashed its 2026 profit forecast to potentially a loss and raised checked baggage fees by $10 on the first a

The Trump administration has canceled a contract with the Archdiocese of Miami that sheltered unaccompanied migrant children — abruptly ending a partnership that stretches back to the Cuban exodus of 1960. In December 1960, a young Irish priest named Father Bryan Walsh stood at Miami International Airport and met the first planeload of unaccompanied Cuban children — boys and girls whose parents had sent them alone across the Florida Straits to escape Fidel Castro's revolution

Archbishop Timothy Broglio, President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and Archbishop for the Military Services, has raised serious concerns about the U.S. military’s recent drone strikes on suspected drug-carrying vessels in the Caribbean.

Pope Francis’s voice stood out as a call to return to the simple but radical power of goodness.

Bradley Bartell and Camila Muñoz had a classic small-town love story—until immigration policies tore them apart.

Be a better angel this Christmas by dedicating your family’s time to uplifting your community through kindness, generosity, and meaningful a

U.S. job growth soared in September while unemployment and inflation rates dropped.

U.S. economy added 206K jobs in June, beating forecasts. Average hourly earnings grew by 0.3%. Labor force participation rose to 62.6%.

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