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PANAMA CITY (AP) — A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck Panama on Friday morning, shaking buildings as far away as the capital and prompting evacuations, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The quake was centered about 10 kilometers (6 miles) southwest of the remote co...
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HEBRON, Ky. (AP) — Vice President JD Vance cast doubt on Friday 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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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...
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Fiendishly complicated before the war in Iran uncorked in late February, Mideast politics have become even more gnarled as the world awaits the war’s end. Waco economist Ray Perryman and Odessa oilman Kirk Edwards say some of the factors that prolonged it have been dealt with, bu...
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON Bolstered by steady gains in the stock market , families headed by someone aged 75 or older are now America’s wealthiest, while the youngest families saw their wealth decline in the past three years, a government report releas...
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MIDLAND Skillpoint Alliance invites members of the media, community leaders, employers and the public to attend a special community engagement event on Tuesday, October 13, at 10:30 a.m. at the Midland College Technology Center Annex Room 108, located at 3600 N. Garfield Street i...
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The decision to award this year's Nobel Peace Prize to veteran jurist Navi Pillay has exposed the vast gulf between Israel and global institutions charged with upholding international law, a rift that has widened over the war in Gaza. Over a decades-long career, Pillay served at ...
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The 358th District Court of Ector County entered an $11,300,611 default judgment Oct. 8 in favor of Wallace Dunn in his defamation lawsuit against Matthew Coday and Oil & Gas Workers Association Inc. (OGWA). Dunn, a member of the Ector County Hospital District Board, filed the la...
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ATLANTA (AP) — Not long ago, Georgia gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson eagerly compared himself to his fellow billionaire in the Oval Office. He promised to be Donald Trump “with a Southern tone.” And sharing a summer rally stage, Jackson pointed at the president and declared, “...
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PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) — Residents along the U.S. Gulf Coast boarded up windows and picked up last-minute supplies on Friday as Isaias strengthened into a major hurricane and carved a path toward the Alabama-Florida line. The Category 3 hurricane — the first of an unusually quiet A...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal immigration officers opened fire on a Dominican man in New York because he drove his car into officers' vehicles and they believed their lives were in danger, a senior Immigration and Customs Enforcement official said Friday. The 28-year-old man, whom Ne...
