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Receding floodwaters leave a sea of mud and shattered homes in the US Southwest
PAGOSA SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Skies began to clear Tuesday, but while floodwaters from almost two weeks of on-and-off heavy rain still inundated parts of the U.S. Southwest, other areas left mud-caked by receding torrents presented homeowners and businessowners with the filthy wor...
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Election Day unfolds with relatively few problems. Some voters disrupted by weather, machine issues
WASHINGTON (AP) — The final day of voting in this year’s midterm elections arrived Tuesday against a backdrop of uncertainty after a year in which President Donald Trump has tried to interfere in how states run their elections and sown doubts about the outcome should Republicans ...
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Young voters move away from GOP, many voters driven by opposition to Trump: Early election takeaways
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has repeatedly encouraged voters to pretend he’s on the ballot this Election Day. They appear to be taking his advice — and that’s not a good thing for the Republican president or his party. Voters are in the mood for change, according to ...
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Roommate of 4 students killed in Idaho says harassment forced her to move repeatedly
One of the roommates of the four University of Idaho students killed in their home in 2022 says she's endured years of harassment, threats and unfounded accusations and wants to ensure her face is blurred in an upcoming release of investigative video recordings, according to cour...
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Man charged with mailing hundreds of letters containing powder to officials ahead of the election
Federal authorities charged an Oklahoma City man with sending hundreds of letters containing white powder and ominous warnings about treason to public officials ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. The powders turned out to be nonhazardous — yeast or flour — though not all lette...
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Escaped Tennessee inmate caught after 10 days on the run when his truck gets stuck in the mud
By JOSH KELETY The Associated Press An escaped Tennessee prison er convicted of murder was recaptured Tuesday near Kansas City, Missouri, when his truck got stuck in the mud after troopers used roadside cameras and a helicopter to track him down, ending more than a week on the ru...
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Spain's transport minister steps down 6 days after fatal high-speed rail crash
MADRID (AP) — Spain’s Transport Minister Óscar Puente announced Tuesday that he is stepping down, six days after a high-speed train collision south of Madrid killed 69 people. He made the announcement at the end of an hourslong appearance before lawmakers about the crash — the se...
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Nvidia and other Big Tech stocks lift the US market despite drops for Apple and much of Wall Street
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK A rebound for some influential Big Tech stocks lifted the U.S. market on Tuesday despite a drop for Apple and mixed trading elsewhere on Wall Street. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, even though most of the stocks within the index fell. The Dow Jone...
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New psychiatry chief in place at TTUHSC
Dr. Rodrigo Machado-Vieira Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center has a new chair and professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences — Dr. Rodrigo Machado-Vieira — and he’s getting up to speed quickly. Now housed at the Permian Basin Behavioral Health Center, TTUHSC’s psyc...
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Progressive Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers duel for key Michigan Senate seat
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrat Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers are testing two sharply different theories for winning one of the nation’s premier swing states Tuesday in a white-knuckle contest that may determine control of the Senate. El-Sayed is aiming to prove that an un...
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DAILY OIL PRICE: November 3, 2026
Crude Oil: 96.09 (-0.37). Nymex MTD AVG: 98.8900. Natural Gas: 2.895 (+0.039). Gasoline: 2.9355 (+0.0354). Spreads: December/January (+1.32) January/February (+1.77). Plains WTI Posting: 92.57 (-0.37). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: November 3, 2026 appeared first on Odessa American ....
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Midterms may bring in wave of historic firsts for some states and the country
By TERRY TANG The Associated Press Featuring one of the most diverse slates of both Democratic and Republican candidates in recent years, this midterm election has set up a possible wave of historic leadership firsts across the country. Voters on Tuesday could propel into office ...