WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is expected to stand pat on interest rates Wednesday even though inflation has accelerated in the past couple of months as the Iran war has caused spikes in oil and gas prices. The Fed's latest policy meeting concludes less than a week before the midterm elec...
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Anxious Israelis watched as election results took shape on Wednesday after many voters delivered a rebuke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ’s far-right government, with the highest turnout in over a quarter-century. Exit polls suggested there was no clear win...
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Milwaukee was three outs from its first World Series title when Junior Camerino started the bottom of the 12th inning with a grounder to third. Thousands of Brewers fans who trekked to Tropicana Field to witness the long-awaited moment started to cheer...
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JERUSALEM (AP) — Israeli voters delivered a rebuke to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu 's far-right and religious governing coalition, but exit polls Wednesday suggested the election had no clear winner and indicated that the long-serving Israeli leader was far from defeated aft...
safety
A 26-year-old Odessa accused of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl told police she claimed she was 19. According to a partially redacted Odessa Police Department report, officers were looking for the runaway girl around 2 a.m. Monday when other officers went to talk to Nathan...
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A 21-year-old Odessa man was arrested Sunday morning after being accused of hitting another man in the head with a beer bottle. According to an Odessa Police Department report, officers were dispatched to a home on East 35th Street for a fight call shortly after 7 p.m. Officers s...
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An Odessa man was arrested last week on a warrant issued after he was accused of pistol-whipping another man repeatedly. According to an Odessa Police Department report, officers were dispatched to a home on Drury Lane around 9:30 p.m. Sept. 29. When officers arrived, a 55-year-o...
schools
The Compass Academy volleyball team wants more. The Lady Cougars dominated their district. They went undefeated in District 3-3A, winning all but one game in a three-sets. Now, they have bigger goals in mind as the Lady Cougars begin postseason play. Compass Academy will begin th...
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For the first time in 16 years, the Odessa High volleyball team can say it has made the playoffs. Now, the Lady Bronchos will look to make the most of it. For the first time since 2010, Odessa High will be playing playoff volleyball as the Lady Bronchos face El Paso Franklin in t...
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After a short hiatus, the Permian volleyball team is finally back in the postseason. The Lady Panthers will be playing in the playoffs for the first time since 2023 after finishing the regular season 23-9 overall and 3-5 in District 2-6A. “We’re just excited to practice another d...
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Kate Lincoln-Goldfinch, an immigration attorney representing Wilber Rafael Garcés Pérez, who was shot by federal immigration agents on Sept. 20, holds a news conference following his federal bail hearing at the federal courthouse in Austin on Sept. 30, 2026. Credit: Eli Hartman f...
