WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve just raised the cost of money — bad news for borrowers, good news for savers. The Fed increased its benchmark interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point, the first rate hike since the summer of 2023. The hike will likely make it even costlier to borrow for ho...
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK U.S. stocks slipped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve hiked its main interest rate for the first time in three years and suggested more may be ahead as it tries to get the nation’s high inflation under control. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% afte...
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By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON The House approved a resolution Wednesday holding billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress, referring the matter to the Department of Justice after he defied the Oversight Committee’s subpoenas in its investigation i...
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MIDLAND The organizers behind the popular Pages and Tumbleweeds event are bringing a new fall book festival to Midland. Pages & Fall Leaves will take place Saturday, Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mission Square. The free, family-friendly event will feature more than 50 auth...
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MIDLAND Out West is bringing a full line-up of live entertainment to Midland County Horseshoe this September, beginning with Pat Green this Saturday, September 19, followed by Randy Rogers Band on Friday, September 25, and XKO Fight Night on Saturday, September 26. The three-even...
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Western New Mexico at Midwestern State >> Time, Date, Place: 6 p.m. Saturday, Wichita Falls >> Records: Western New Mexico 1-2, 0-1; Midwestern State 1-1 >> Last Week: UTPB 69, Western New Mexico 14; Midwestern State did not play >> Last Season: Midwestern State 70, Western New M...
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The Trump administration has ordered caregivers for migrant children to stop reporting human trafficking concerns directly to the office created to help victims, a change that critics say could make some vulnerable minors easier to deport. The directive, in a Sept. 10 memo review...
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell stubbornly-high inflation , a move that could spur a sharp response from the White House. The quarter-point i...
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By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON The Federal Reserve just raised the cost of money — bad news for borrowers, good news for savers. The Fed increased its benchmark interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point, the first rate hike since the summer of 2023. The hike will...
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By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Scientists have discovered a crater on the moon that’s bigger than the Roman Colosseum and is the result of a powerful impact two years ago that initially went undetected. The steep-sided hole — about 728 feet across and up ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Annie Dillard, the Pulitzer-Prize winning author and essayist renowned for her poetic explorations of nature, love, spirituality and the art of writing in the “Pilgrim at Tinker Creek,” “The Maytrees” and numerous other works, has died. She was 81. Her literary ag...
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That was more like it. After an opening-season lost to UTRGV, the UTPB football team looked more like the Falcons that fans remembered from the past three years in Saturday’s 69-14 blowout win against Western New Mexico. Much credit will be given to UTPB’s offense (and rightfully...
