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Provisional ballots in Texas: What voters should know if they’re not on a poll’s registration list
Election workers sort provisional ballots and forms from polling centers at the Tarrant County Election Administration building in Fort Worth on Nov. 8, 2022. Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune By Natalia Contreras, The Texas Tribune This coverage is made possible throug...
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MISD junior high theatre students earn national recognition
Twelve theatre students from Abell Junior High and Alamo Junior High Schools represented Midland ISD at the Texas Thespians Junior Festival in Forney, Texas, on Saturday, October 17, 2026. (Courtesy Photo) MIDLAND Twelve theatre students from Abell Junior High and Alamo Junior Hi...
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OUR VIEW: There is no expectation of privacy in public
The hottest debate topic in the nationwide right now, besides a potential blue wave, is automated license plate readers. ALPRs, such as those sold by Flock Safety, record passing license plates and enter them into a mappable database that officers can search while looking for mis...
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TONI SAYS: Is your Medicare Advantage Plan terminating coverage effective December 31?
By Toni King Hello Toni: On Oct. 5, I received a termination letter from the Medicare Advantage HMO which I have been enrolled in for 5 years. The letter stated that the termination is taking place on Thursday, Dec. 31, 2026. Currently, I am having cancer treatment in my right lu...
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Alberta rejects a move toward independence from Canada in a victory for Carney
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Voters in oil-rich Alberta province overwhelmingly backed remaining in Canada, with early referendum results Tuesday delivering a boost to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s push for national unity amid U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war and annexation thr...
safety
Curfews bring calm to Paris as France cracks down on weekend rioters
PARIS (AP) — Paris returned to calm on Tuesday after its first quiet night since a weekend marred by France's most destructive rioting in years, as authorities imposed curfews in several cities in an effort to prevent another round of rioting and looting. At least 2,400 people we...
parks
Mountain bike park up in the air
Odessa City Manager Aaron Smith is confident the city will be able to come to a mutually beneficial arrangement with the Permian Basin Bicycle Association if the city should decide to develop the current site of the 93-acre Odessa Mountain Bike Park . The question of whether the ...
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South Korea to withdraw some embassy staff from Ukraine as row over POW transfer deepens
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea said Tuesday it will withdraw some staff from its embassy in Kyiv, deepening a diplomatic row over Ukraine's announcement last month of a transfer of two North Korean prisoners of war that Seoul says was meant to be secret. The diplomatic dis...
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Florida is set to carry out 18th execution this year and moving closer to tying record
MIAMI (AP) — Florida is set Tuesday to carry out its 18th execution of the year under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis ’ aggressive use of the death penalty in his final term. William Reaves, 77, was sentenced to death after being convicted of first-degree murder for the 1986 shootin...
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President Trump to visit Lubbock in latest trip to Texas
The above video shows the top local headlines for the morning of October 19, 2026. LUBBOCK, Texas -- In the midst of early voting across the state, President Trump is reported to make a return trip to Texas next week. One of these stops in the Lone Star State is none other than L...
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Hegseth makes unannounced trip and other Mideast news
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is in the Middle East. Meanwhile, Israeli police have arrested 10 suspects in a wave of settler violence that targeted a U.S. journalist and European diplomats in the occupied West Bank, and Iran-backed Houthi rebels announced attacks in Yemen ...