Valley Air Care crew killed in crash while on rescue
Rio Grande Valley mourns three air ambulance crew members Carlos De La Fuente Sr Anthony Martinez and Brenda Leinweber who died doing their jobs after their helicopter crashed en route to a truck wreck in Brooks County. NTSB investigates cause. Memorial services pending.
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Jum Hogg
National Transportation Safety Board
Bill Aston
Harlingen Community Emergency Care Foundation Inc
Valley AirCare Development
Shannon Wilks
Valley Baptist Medical Center
Bill Elliott
Leinweber
South Padre Island
Brownsville Ems
Harlingen Ems
Wilks
de la Fuente
San Benito
Brian Gates
Harlingen
Cameron County
Oscar de la Fuente
Valley Baptist
Carlos
Elliott
Martinez
Tex-Air Helicopters
McAllen
Valley Air Care
California
Mexico
Brooks County
Valley AirCare
Odessa area blotter reports multiple drug and assault charges
A list from local sheriffs and police shows several arrests in Odessa. Individuals include a 17 year old in jail on aggravated assault of a peace officer, a 38 year old woman on the same charge, and a 41 year old man released on a felony driving while intoxicated charge. Also noted are multiple cocaine possession cases with bonds ranging from 4 000 to 4 500, and a 27 year old officer treated for a concussion after an assault at East Murphy Street.
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Odessa
Ector County
Marlin R. Insante
Texas Ave
Medical Center Hospital
East Murphy Street
Renee Lynn Rousey
N. Andrews Highway
Ricky Edward Simpson
63Rd St
Eugene Castillo Nanez
E. Second St
Oscar Delores Ornelas
May Street
Anthony Wade Cour
South Hasty Road
Family sues over cardboard box burial in Houston case
The family of Pasadena man John T. Mitchum, who died of cancer, alleges a Budget Funeral Home and Rosewood Funeral Home buried him in a soggy cardboard box and exhumed him later for a proper burial. The suit seeks accountability while the remains stay in the container until the case, set for June 22, is resolved.
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Houston
Pasadena
John T. Mitchum
Mitchum
Laurine Udiz
The
Houston Chronicle
Rosewood Memorial Park
Humble
Budget Funeral Home
Rosewood Funeral Home
Budget
Jess Fields
U.S
Jack Fields
Rosewood
Tad Halback
Fields
Rob Purgatorio
Purgatorio
Stanley Hardware
Jim Mitchum
Liberty County
Funeral Home
Striking French pilots offer World Cup flights
Air France pilots in a second week of a crippling strike proposed voluntary flights for World Cup ticket holders to France even if accepted. The move comes as Air France warns service could take days to normalize and management grows exasperated. Pilot union spokesman Christian Paris suggested free flights to ensure fans reach the championship, while airline officials study the idea amid stalled talks.
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Air France
France
Pierre-Henri Gourgeon
Rene Monory
Senate
General Labor Confederation
Army critics push to shut down School of the Americas
Critics accuse the School of the Americas of aiding leftist suppression and human rights abuses. The Army defends the institution as training for democracies, noting reforms since 2001 and human rights education while acknowledging some graduates committed crimes. Capt. Kevin McIver defends the school as peaceful, professional training at Fort Benning.
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America
Maryknolls
Kevin McIver
Fort Benning
Panama
United States
Army
Department of Defense
el Salvador
School of the Americas
U.S
Jennifer Harbury
Noriega
Florida
Outcome School of America
Yvonne Dilling
Coalition
School of the Americas Watch
McIver
Mclver
Company charter schools spread across states and sectors
The piece surveys corporate and charter schools linked to employers. It notes programs at Miami Dade sites with satellite centers including Miami International Airport and Mt. Sinai Hospital, plus HP in Santa Rosa. Describes Downtown School in Des Moines serving 144 pupils from 19 sponsors, Mill City Montessori for Target in Minneapolis, and Houston’s Medical Center Charter School serving Texas Medical Center staff. Florida and Arizona charter-law changes target employee-based access. the trend spans health, industry, and tech employers.
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Dade County
Miami International Airport
Mt. Sinai Hospital
Miami Beach
Florida Power & Light Co
Florida City
Hewlett- Packard
Santa Rosa
Calif
Des Moines
Iowa
The
Business Education Alliance
Dallas
Mill City Montessori
Target Store
Minneapolis
Houston
Medical Center
Texas Medical
Margot T. Heard
James L. McKey
Florida
Arizona
Teachers face pressure over grades critics say students at fault
Manning argues 1B students work hard to meet standards and teachers are blamed unfairly. Lansdale says officials pressure teachers as the only influence they can affect, and students fail due to lack of effort. Both call grading pressures insulting and defend teachers against grade changes.
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Manning
Lansdale
UT offers by race shift as applications rise students enroll rise
College 314 shows overall enrollment up 15 percent to 15,558 with 14 percent more white applications, 7 percent more African American, and 21 percent more Hispanic offers. Asian offers declined slightly from 1,715 to 1,705 while American Indian offers rose from 45 to 48.
Coyote’s plan backfires on desert tale
In a North American folktale, Hare tricks Coyote into ringing a bell for native hares. Coyote shakes the tree to prove the job done but triggers a hornets nest. Hornets attack, chasing Coyote away as Hare escapes, vowing to outwit him again.
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Coyote
Hare
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