By KRISTIN M. HALL The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old...
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PANAMA CITY (AP) — Two powerful 7.7 and 6.6 magnitude earthquakes and a series of aftershocks roiled southern Panama Friday afternoon, collapsing buildings near the epicenter and prompting evacuations across the country. The earlier quake, felt as far away as neighboring Colombia...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Homeland Security officials said Friday that immigration officers feared for their lives when they shot a man driving with his young son in New York, wounding him and sparking protests in the city. Local police released surveillance camera and body camera f...
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GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) — Intensifying winds whipped palm trees and thundering waves crashed along the beaches of the Florida Panhandle and Alabama on Friday as Hurricane Isaias swirled just offshore, picking up speed as it charged toward the U.S. Gulf Coast. The Category 3 storm ...
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HEBRON, Ky. (AP) — Vice President JD Vance cast doubt Friday on whether the Pentagon will livestream the execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan in December but told reporters that if it is livestreamed, “I’m not going to be watching it.” The Republican vice president sa...
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By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER The Associated Press WASHINGTON The Justice Department moved Friday to allow more people to purchase firearm suppressors — known as silencers — short-barreled rifles and certain other guns without registering them with the federal government following a co...
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Immigration courts in various parts of the country are employing various methods to try to reduce the massive case backlog that sometimes add years to the process without good reason. Those efforts have had varying degrees of success, but at least the courts are working to addres...
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK The U.S. stock market finished its record-setting week with gains on Friday, even as other financial markets remained indecisive . The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% for its first gain since setting its all-time high three days earlier. The Dow Jone...
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The Compass Academy volleyball team will face Brownfield in a District 3-3A game at 11 a.m. Saturday in Brownfield. The Lady Cougars (31-4 overall, 5-0 in district) remain in first place in the district standings. It is the second meeting between the two teams since district play...
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By ED WHITE and CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press Any effort to challenge the Trump administration’s plan to livestream the firing-squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan might rest solely with the man sentenced to death for killing 13 people at the Texas military...
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The rig count in the Permian Basin was up four this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 274 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 250 rigs were active in the region. Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is up five from last week at 603 rigs. A year ago, 54...
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Crude Oil: 91.85 (+0.36). Nymex MTD AVG: 90.9445. Natural Gas: 3.220 (+0.052). Gasoline: 3.2952 (-0.0208). Spreads: November/December (+0.84) December/January (+1.01). Plains WTI Posting: 88.33 (+0.36). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: October 9, 2026 appeared first on Odessa American ....
