The Compass Academy volleyball team will face Stanton in an 11 a.m. District 3-3A game Saturday at home. The Lady Cougars come in at 29-4 overall, 3-0 in District 3-3A. Compass Academy is coming off a 3-0 win over Coahoma Tuesday at home. The post HIGH SCHOOL VOLLEYBALL: Compass Academy to face S...
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa lawmakers passed a bill Friday to increase the ceiling on state tax incentives in an effort to secure a $15 billion steel plant project announced at the White House earlier in the week. The bill clears the way for Mesabi Metallics, the Minnesota compa...
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A woman who says she was gang-raped at a Cornell University fraternity told the school's investigators last year that she “felt like bait” as the attackers were “like lions around me,” according to records from the school’s disciplinary investigation. The documents, reviewed Frid...
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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) — President Donald Trump is continuing his midterm campaign swing with a rally in deep red Alabama Friday, returning to the place where he drew his first mega crowd. Trump is stumping for Republican candidates, including Sen. Tommy Tuberville, who is running aga...
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PRESIDIO COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - One person died following a car crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck in Presidio County. According to the Presidio County Sheriff’s Office, deputies from Marfa and Presidio responded to the crash on US 67 near the Elephant Rock landmark....
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By REBECCA SANTANA The Associated Press WASHINGTON A federal court in Texas on Friday issued a ruling temporarily blocking the Trump administration from building a border wall and other infrastructure across the state’s Big Bend region. The news marks a major win for landowners, ...
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Federal authorities investigating the deaths of two University of Mississippi students have charged a store clerk and his son with selling an illegal kratom product, prosecutors announced Friday. A drug task force in Mississippi had previously urged people to avoid kratom, an her...
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Depending on the source, diesel fuel prices have risen 70-125% since the start of the Iran war. Prior to the Iran War, the Mideast exported about 19% of the world’s diesel fuel. North America was next with a 15% share and Russia trailed with 11%. Due to the contraction of Hormuz ...
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The Midland Victims Coalition hosted its 11th annual Walk for Domestic Violence Awareness event on Friday to support survivors and promote local resources....
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK U.S. stocks climbed near their all-time high on Friday after the latest update on the U.S. job market cooled worries that a potentially hot U.S economy could make inflation much worse. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% and pulled within 1% of its reco...
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As the ongoing debate over automated license plate readers rages on, Ector County Sheriff Mike Griffis remains a stalwart fan of the law enforcement tool. ALPRs, such as those sold by Flock Safety, record passing license plates and enter them into a mappable database that officer...
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The rig count in the Permian Basin was unchanged this week, the latest count Friday by Baker Hughes shows, with 270 rigs active in the region. A year ago, 251 rigs were active in the region. Nationally, the oil and gas rig count is down one from last week at 598 rigs. A year ago,...
