By ANNA WILDER and JESSE BEDAYN The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was in custody Monday at an ICE detention center in Texas after he was released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back, the man’s attorney...
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - La Fiesta Bakery in Odessa celebrated its 62nd anniversary this week. Family recipes passed down The bakery first opened in 1964. Since then, its recipes have been passed down through generations. Owner Jesse Arredondo is the grandson of the original owner....
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WINKLER COUNTY, Texas (KOSA) - A man with an active felony warrant was arrested in Winkler County, Thursday, Nov. 5, after he refused commands from deputies inside an RV. According to the Winkler County Sheriff’s Office the arrest took place in the area of Van Street. A sheriff’s...
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President Donald Trump seems more concerned with his Washington beautification projects than his party’s midterm election wipeout. Trump signed a proclamation on Thursday that he said will prevent future changes to the Oval Office and Cabinet Room, both of which he redesigned. It...
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By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer INGLEWOOD, Calif. The Houston Texans and Los Angeles Chargers began the season with legitimate playoff and Super Bowl expectations. After stumbling through the first half, they’re in salvage mode as two of the biggest disappointments in the NFL. Th...
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Florida was set Thursday to carry out a record-tying 19th execution of the year in an unusual instance of three states administering the death penalty on the same day. Indiana had earlier executed a man for killing two children in a house fire in 2010, and in Alabama, a man was s...
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By Annie Spilman Before there was a business plan, there was a promise to serve. For a veteran preparing to open a shop or a military spouse turning an idea into a livelihood, entrepreneurship can become another way to put that promise into practice. The setting changes, but the ...
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK A brutal sell-off swept through Wall Street Thursday, led by stocks tied to the buildout of AI data centers. The wipeout more than erased the U.S. stock market’s gain from the day before , which was its best in three months. The S&P 500 fe...
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FORT WORTH Texas Game Wardens spend plenty of time on the road, often in some of the state’s most remote places. Now they have a new way to deal with trash while they’re out in the field, thanks to YOGI Bins, an Austin-based, company with a particular interest in keeping the outd...
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AUSTIN The RRC issued a total of 816 original drilling permits in October 2026. The total includes 742 to drill new oil or gas wells, 12 to re-enter plugged wellbores, 60 for recompletion and 2 reclass. The breakdown of well types for total original drilling permits in October 20...
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Crude Oil: 90.52 (+2.40). Nymex MTD AVG: 95.0620. Natural Gas: 2.947 (-0.012). Gasoline: 2.7634 (+0.0348). Spreads: December/January (+1.32) January/February (+1.81). Plains WTI Posting: 87.00 (+2.40). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: November 5, 2026 appeared first on Odessa American ....
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nithya Raman, a little-known Los Angeles City Council member backed by the Democratic Socialists of America, has defeated Mayor Karen Bass, an upset that will alter the trajectory of the nation’s second-largest city. The India-born Raman's upstart campaign mark...
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A soft, silvery alkali metal crucial in the manufacture of rechargeable batteries, lithium is likely to remain an important strategic resource for decades even as the energy industry evolves. That’s according to Waco economist Ray Perryman and Odessa oilman Kirk Edwards, who say ...
