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El Niño's storm-killer winds and climate's warming waters in fight over future of Hurricane Isaias
A supersized El Niño’s decapitating winds and the Gulf of Mexico’s toasty, storm-fueling waters are battling over the future strength of Hurricane Isaias. And the storm’s tilt and eye show who’s winning. All Atlantic hurricane season there has been “this battle between shear and ...
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New US indictment charges Maduro with overseeing machine of repression, torture of Americans
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors unveiled sweeping new criminal charges against former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Thursday, accusing him and his wife of heading a state-sponsored system of repression responsible for beating, asphyxiating, and delivering electric shock...
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Controversy stirs over 'gender' of Snyder ISD mascot
SNYDER, Texas (KTAB/KRBC) - The district approached the girl wearing the mascot costume and her mother about changing the mascot’s appearance from a girl to a boy. "I'm disappointed. I don't understand really why this was an issue," Stephanie Vantine, Boston's mom, said. Cheerlea...
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One man carries on his mother's legacy at the State Fair of Texas
The fajitas are cooked by Garza's great-great-granddaughter, Gabby Garza.
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Average gas price falls across Texas despite rise in oil prices
TYLER, Texas (KETK) -- AAA Texas is reporting a seven cent drop in the state's average gas price since last week, even as global oil prices rise amid the continued war with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz. According to AAA Texas, the statewide average gas price is $3.87 a gallon for...
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Border Report Live: Global threats from Mexican cartel and where not to travel
n this episode of Border Report Live, Tomás Michael Carvallo of Global Guardian breaks down the countries with the most threats and where it's safe to travel. He also talks about how Mexican cartel have made the Mexican state of Sinaloa the most dangerous and why....
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Odessa District 3 race heads to November election
District 3 runs west of N. Grandview Ave., and was previously represented by Councilmember Gilbert Vasquez, who resigned effective June 30 following family tragedy....
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Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN The Associated Press WASHINGTON The Pentagon says the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan will be livestreamed after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the execution would be “public.” Hegseth, speaking to the conservative TV outle...
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From Big Spring to a littoral combat ship squadron
By Chief Yeoman Vicki Sonnenberg Navy Office of Community Outreach SAN DIEGO Senior Chief Petty Officer Daniel Pike, a native of Big Spring, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron (LCSRON) 1 operating out of Naval Base San Diego. Pike graduated from Big Sp...
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lone Star Conference capsules
Eastern New Mexico at Western New Mexico >> Time, Date, Place: 3 p.m. Saturday, Silver City, N.M. >> Records: Eastern New Mexico 0-5 overall, 0-3 in Lone Star Conference; Western New Mexico 1-4, 0-3. >> Last Week: Sul Ross State 56, Eastern New Mexico 43; Western New Mexico did n...
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2026 Odessa Texas Newcomers/Visitors Guide
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