Hidalgo County reported on Tuesday 31 more people died due to complications related to the coronavirus. The newly reported deaths bring the county’s total to 183. “I am deeply saddened today knowing that we continue to lose more and more of our neighbors to this terrible virus,” said Hidalgo Judge Richard F. Cortez. “The continued…

ISSAM AHMED, AFP 15 JULY 2020 The US biotech firm Moderna said Tuesday it would enter the final stage of human trials for its COVID-19 vaccine on July 27, after promising early results were published in an influential journal. The Phase 3 trial will recruit 30,000 participants in the US, with half to receive the…

Stocks in Asia shed earlier gains and traded mixed on Wednesday as concerns over U.S.-China tensions weighed on investor sentiment.Mainland Chinese stocks led losses regionally among the region's major markets, with the Shanghai composite down 1.39% by the afternoon while the Shenzhen component shed 1.604%. Hong Kong's Hang Seng index also declined 0.55%.In Japan, the Nikkei 225 gained…

Miami Herald senior editor for investigations and enterprise Casey Frank told "The Story" Tuesday that Ghislaine Maxwell's bail hearing may serve as a preview of her trial on charges that she recruited and trafficked minors for convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein."The attorneys for Ms. Maxwell pointed out that she should be indemnified by the [2007] non-prosecution agreement ... the…

Donald Trump, in an interview aired Tuesday, pivoted when asked a question about the police killing of George Floyd, a Black American, which has sparked major national protests, to point out that whi…