By SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Cooling from air conditioning saves lives — more than 5,000 a year in the United States alone — but it also heats up the planet and taxes our electrical grid, scientists say. As the world warms, heat waves strike nearly every continent and United Nations offic...
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MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Trudy strengthened as it approached the Pacific coast of Mexico, authorities said Thursday. Trudy was located about 230 miles (370 kilometers) southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 105 mph (168.98 kph), according to the U.S. Nationa...
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TEXAS (KETK) - The Texas Attorney General's Office has sent letters to data center across the state of Texas, demanding that they provide their latest water usage information to the state. On Thursday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's Office announced that they've sent letters...
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The latest episode of Border Report Live features efforts by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to expand detention facilities, and how some states and cities are pushing back. As well as border security operations, and the malfunctioning of an Army Chinook CH-47 helicopter...
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HARLINGEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The FBI says a man accused of defrauding hundreds of victims in the San Antonio area may be hiding in Mexico. Imer Gomez, 29, was recently added to the newly created FBI's Most Wanted Fraudsters list after being indicted by a federal grand jury ...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro insisted in court on Thursday that newly unsealed torture allegations against him and his wife were “false accusations.” Maduro and Cilia Flores, both shackled at the ankles, were brought to court to face a rewritten indi...
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By ANNA WILDER The Associated Press/Report for America AUSTIN, Texas A massive backlog of voter registration applications in Texas that frustrated counties and raised concerns among Democrats nationally has been cleared days before early voting begins, state election officials sa...
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I want Odessa residents to understand that Governor Abbott visited earlier this week, yet neither his staff nor Representative Landgraf invited our distinguished Mayor, Cal Hendrick VII, to their event or informed him of their arrival. I consider this quite discourteous, and I be...
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MIDLAND Get ready for a spooktacular night of music as the West Texas Symphony presents Haunting Halloween Harmonies on Saturday, October 24, at 7:30 p.m. at the Wagner Noël Performing Arts Center. Led by Maestro Gary Lewis, this family-friendly concert will bring the spirit of H...
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A 22-year-old Odessa woman was arrested early Tuesday morning after admitting she threw several heavy and sharp glass items at a 47-year-old woman. According to an Odessa Police Department report, dispatchers received a 9-1-1 call at 2:45 a.m. Tuesday from a woman on Cibola Court...
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By KEN MAGUIRE AP Sports Writer LONDON Plenty of attention will be on Marvin Harrison Jr. when the receiver makes his Houston Texans debut on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars in London. There’s an unheralded Jacksonville receiver, though, whose been making big plays at key...
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK U.S. stock indexes muscled higher Thursday, led by companies delivering bigger profits. They pulled closer to their records even as stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry kept swinging on worries about how much longer their boom wi...
