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 began. Compass A...
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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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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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PANAMA CITY (AP) — A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck Panama on Friday morning, shaking buildings in the capital and prompting evacuations. The quake, which was felt as far away as neighboring Colombia, was centered about 10 kilometers (6 miles) southwest of the remote co...
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GULF BREEZE, Fla. (AP) — Homeowners gassed up generators, filled bathtubs with water and bought last-minute supplies along the U.S. Gulf Coast on Friday while Hurricane Isaias gained strength as it charged toward the beaches of Alabama and the Florida Panhandle. The Category 3 st...
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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 ....
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE and COLLIN BINKLEY The Associated Press WASHINGTON President Donald Trump said that he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration officers opened fire on a Dominican man in New York because he drove his car into their vehicles as they attempted to arrest him and they believed their lives were in danger, a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday. ...
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JERUSALEM (AP) — The axe-wielding co-pilot who attacked the captain of a FlyDubai flight to Tel Aviv last month intended to seize control of the airplane and fly it into the passenger terminal at Israel’s main international airport, authorities in the United Arab Emirates said Fr...
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State Sen. Mayes Middleton, Republican candidate for Texas attorney general, walks on stage at the 2026 Texas State Republican Convention in Houston onJune 12, 2026. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune When a group of parents sued earlie...
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State Sen. Nathan Johnson, the Democratic nominee for Texas attorney general, sits for an interview at the Texas Democratic Convention in Corpus Christi on June 27, 2026. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune By Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune To learn more about Republican...
