DALLAS GasBuddy, North America’s trusted fuel savings platform for more than 25 years, on Tuesday released its annual Labor Day gas price forecast, predicting that average gas prices on the last summer holiday weekend of 2026 will be $4.03 per gallon, 87 cents higher than in 2025, and the highest...
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A 16-year-old opened fire at an elementary school in Bend, Oregon, on Thursday, killing three children and a teacher before he was shot by a person at the scene who pursued him into the school, according to the chief of police. The three children killed were aged 5, 8 and 11. Ano...
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BEND, Ore. (AP) — The man who stopped a deadly elementary school attack in Oregon by chasing down the teenage gunman and shooting him inside the building is the father of two girls who go to the school, his mother said Friday. In a statement read to reporters, Kenda Freeman said ...
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CHICAGO (AP) — Tesla has unveiled its new Roadster sports car, which can thrust itself in the air, among other engineering bells and whistles. But drivers shouldn't expect to take it for a spin anytime soon. Elon Musk's electric car company rolled out its second-generation Roadst...
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The rig count in the Permian Basin was down two this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 272 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 251 rigs were active in the region. Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is unchanged from last week at 603 rigs. A year ago,...
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Crude Oil: 101.41 (+3.44). Nymex MTD AVG: 93.6422. Natural Gas: 3.116 (-0.120). Gasoline: 3.2354 (+0.0552). Spreads: November/December (+2.39) December/January (+1.58). Plains WTI Posting: 97.89 (+3.44). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: October 16, 2026 appeared first on Odessa American...
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By LEKAN OYEKANMI, JACK BROOK and VALERIE GONZALEZ The Associated Press HOUSTON A federal immigration vehicle slammed into a Houston construction worker and broke his leg while pursuing a man who apparently died years ago, his family said Friday, raising questions about why the o...
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From left: Nate Sheets and Clayton Tucker, the Republican and Democratic nominees for Texas Agriculture Commissioner. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune By Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK Nate Sheets and Clayton Tucker share little common ground beyond the Texa...
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Firefighters from several local departments extinguished a multiple-RV fire in northwestern Midland County, Texas, on Friday.
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MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - Firefighters from Greenwood Volunteer Fire Department responded to a multiple RV fire in northwestern Midland County. Greenwood VFD helped the Midland Fire Department and Northeast Volunteer Fire Department at the scene. The fire is out. All crews are safe...
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AUSTIN The Texas Department of Public Safety is seeking information about the 1995 murder of Celia Loya, 30, on El Paso’s east side . The reward for information leading to the arrest of those responsible for her death is now increased to $6,000 if the tip is received before the n...
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By JENNIFER McDERMOTT The Associated Press The United States is making an unprecedented attempt to revive three shuttered nuclear plants to meet rising energy demand, including from large-scale data centers. No commercial nuclear reactor is known to have resumed generating electr...
