Capitalizing on the WNBA’s inability (or unwillingness) to define what a woman is, several ex-NBA players have declared for the WNBA draft. I like that; it takes balls. Could men in the WNBA be the final frontier of diversity, equity and inclusion? In a development that has left the nation’s most...
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By ADITHI RAMAKRISHNAN, STEFANIE DAZIO and KOSTYA MANENKOV The Associated Press STOCKHOLM Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos , tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clu...
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By LINDSAY WHITEHURST The Associated Press WASHINGTON Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito says the escalating volume of emergency appeals before the court isn’t a good thing, but he adds there’s little the court can do to change the trajectory. The number of petitions asking the j...
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By MING-NA WEN Wontons hold a special place in my heart. Sitting around our kitchen table making wontons is something I loved doing with my mother as a child. Time was scarce, so the chance to make wontons with her became special mother-daughter moments for us. She always had all...
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By TERRY TANG The Associated Press Just like her mother, Ming-Na Wen will show you she cares through the love language of food. “Whenever anyone comes to the house, it’s always, ‘Have you eaten yet?’” Wen told The Associated Press. “So that was how I came up with the title, becau...
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved. “It was a great surprise, and I obviously ...
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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said two commercial vessels were struck by drones on Tuesday in the first attack on shipping in the NATO member’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea. “This is an unacceptable attack in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic...
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ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) — Cornell students thronged a campus plaza to protest the university's response to allegations of sexual assault at a fraternity house, and the school's main administration building was splashed with graffiti and damaged overnight. At a demonstration that overfl...
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EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Chihuahua state police rescued 12 migrants and arrested three suspected human smugglers after intercepting two vehicles Sept. 30 near Doctor Porfirio Parra, in the municipality of Juarez, state security officials said on Monday, Oct. 5. Officers e...
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The Odessa Police Department is investigating after two youths were found deceased by officers responding to a medical call Sunday. According to OPD spokesman Corporal Steve LeSueur, the youths were found dead in the 4800 block of Oakwood Drive. “An autopsy is pending and the inv...
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The good news for the Odessa High football team is that the Bronchos get a chance to start over as the team prepares for the long-awaited start of district play this week. The Bronchos did not close out nondistrict play the way they were hoping as the team was dealt a 31-27 loss ...
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A 66-year-old Roma resident was killed in a three-vehicle crash Saturday night on U.S. 385. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, Mario Elier Garza Garza was driving a Ford F-150 south on Highway 385 when he struck some debris that had fallen from an unsecured load ...
