Thanks to a local news app — newsbreak.com — it’s easier to keep track of local crime stories without having to check each RGV news outlet on a regular basis or wait to see if every law enforcement agency is sending out their press releases.Launched in 2015 by Jeff Zheng, a former Yahoo engineering executive, NewsBreak has ranked No. 1 among all free iPhone news apps on the U.S. App Store several times since 2019.In 2020, NewsBreak announced its new board chairman, Harry Shum, who is the former president of Microsoft’s AI and Research Group.To add even more “cred” to ...