By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas George Pickens didn’t get many chances while fellow receiving star CeeDee Lamb was posting career highs in targets and catches and scoring the winning touchdown for the Dallas Cowboys against Houston. The impact of Pickens’ only two reception...
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Home should be the safest place a person has. For too many people in Ector County, it is not. October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and the Ector County District Attorney’s Office is using this month to make two things clear: Family violence is a crime and no one...
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BOSTON (AP) — A federal appeals court heard opposing arguments Monday over whether a judge had the authority to restore billions of dollars in funding that the Trump administration cut from Harvard University. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs ruled last year that the cuts am...
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BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Sen. Flavio Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump, has pulled off a strong showing in Brazil's first round of presidential elections, giving him momentum in the weeks before an Oct. 25 runoff against incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Bolsona...
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ITHACA, New York (AP) — Cornell's main administration building was splashed with graffiti and a glass door was broken overnight as student groups planned a protest Monday over the university's handling of the alleged 2024 fraternity-house gang rape that has ignited a firestorm of...
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The Associated Press “Disclosure Day” and a new album from Pitbull are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time this week, as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: “Oa...
Local
Average gasoline prices in Midland-Odessa have risen 14.1 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $4.00/g Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 156 stations in Midland-Odessa. Prices in Midland-Odessa are 19.9 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand $1.25/g hi...
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The recent crackdown on immigration has affected our entire country, but probably the areas most affected are those along the border such as the Rio Grande Valley, where immigrants comprise a larger percentage of the population. Local officials, advocates and observers note that ...
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An additional 406,000 Americans said they had jobs in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ September household survey , bring employment to 163.15 million. On the payroll side of the equation, employers (excluding the self-employed) reported a record 159.04 million persons employ...
government
As predictions of a blue wave swell, it’s worthwhile to remember that polls are sometimes wrong, that surveys have tended to undercount Trump voters (though they have been better in midterms), that professional prognosticators can err, and that Allan Lichtman is only right when h...
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By KOSTYA MANENKOV, LAURAN NEERGAARD and ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN The Associated Press STOCKHOLM The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists whose work led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. Dr. Karl Deisseroth , Peter Hegemann and Ge...
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By STEPHANIE LIECHTENSTEIN and RYAN MANZUK The Associated Press VIENNA Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made headlines recently by confirming the United States has deployed weapons in space. He did not, however, detail what the weapons were, how they work or if they were targeting ...
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By KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers Years after the risks of social media for kids first became apparent, U.S. states this summer reached an accord hailed as a turning point for child safety. Meanwhile, a new generation of children has begun engaging with...
