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Students at Nimitz Middle School in Odessa line up to enter their next class on Sept. 13, 2023. Credit: Eli Hartman/The Texas Tribune By Megan Menchaca, The Texas Tribune Texas public schools couldn’t sponsor H-1B visas to hire foreign workers under a ban Gov. Greg Abbott propose...
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ANDREWS Compass Academy volleyball ended up splitting against Big Spring and Andrews Tuesday on the road. The Lady Cougars defeated Big Spring 3-0 before losing to Andrews 3-1. Compass Academy now sits at 7-2 for the season. The Lady Cougars will next compete at a tournament in S...
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Adinvita Private School is having a car show and raffle to help raise money for the school. The event is scheduled for Nov. 7 at a location to be determined. Founder and Principal Linda Subia said people can enter their cars, classic cars, trucks, muscle cars, classic low-riders ...
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The owner of an Odessa auto business was arrested and another man is wanted after police alleged they used customers' vehicles to commit a series of auto burglaries....
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - An Odessa auto repair shop owner has been arrested after police say he used vehicles left at his shop to pull off a string of local burglaries. According to the Odessa Police Department, they arrested 22-year-old Jesus Munoz, the owner of Doughboyz Fab & Au...
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By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK Target reported its second straight quarter of comparable sales gains on Wednesday, saying that a merchandising overhaul under the retailer’s new CEO is attracting more customers and boosting sales throughout its stores. The retail...
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McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — The judge who presided over Texas teenager Karmelo Anthony's murder conviction was removed from the case Wednesday ahead of a key hearing to decide whether to grant a new trial in the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet. The ...
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By JOHN HANNA The Associated Press Adoptions are on hold for thousands of dogs and cats in Texas, potentially putting the animals at risk of being euthanized, because of efforts to stop the spread of the New World screwworm, an insect that has crossed the border from Mexico into ...
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By JAMIE STENGLE The Associated Press DALLAS The judge in the case of a Texas teenager convicted of fatally stabbing a 17-year-old athlete at a high school track meet was ordered removed Wednesday, as the defendant seeks a new trial in a case that drew national attention. Karmelo...
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By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER The Associated Press BERLIN A Ukrainian man wanted in Germany in connection with the 2022 undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines was arrested on a European warrant in Croatia on Wednesday, Germany’s federal prosecutor said. The German...
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AUSTIN Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., on Wednesday shared that the Amarillo community, Texans across the state, and people around the country sent over 2,000 cards to U.S. Army and World War II Veteran Mr. Wiley Tow at the ...
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ECISD trustees voted Tuesday night to interview the four Odessans who have applied for an open seat on the board. The board also retroactively approved new principals for Burnet Elementary and Bonham Middle School during the August board meeting on the 18th. The board also heard ...
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The budget of the federal government is the largest of any organization in human history. It’s larger than the entire economy of every foreign country except China. And it mostly grows automatically, without regular input from elected officials. In the past, huge surges in the na...
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By Toni King Toni: During last year’s Medicare Open Enrollment time, my husband, John, and I qualified for a Medicare Supplement Plan G over the phone from a telemarketing call. The supplement has never paid a dime! We still must use the same doctor and get referrals from the Med...
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BERLIN (AP) — A Ukrainian man was arrested Wednesday in Croatia in relation to undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022, Germany’s federal prosecutor said. Ukrainian national Vladimir Z., whose last name was not given in li...
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LONDON (AP) — In 2012, a smiling Jason Arday was photographed by the British press carrying the Olympic flame in the torch relay preceding the London Games. He was back in the news in 2023 when Cambridge University hailed him as the youngest Black professor in the institution’s h...
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) -- After allegedly drinking 15 alcoholic beverages, including 14 beers, an 18-year-old man told officers he didn't remember the crash that claimed the life of a 33-year-old man and injured another passenger in Central El Paso, according to court documents ob...
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - An Argentine couple and pilot duo, famous for flying around the world in a small, single-engine airplane, have decided to descend on and visit Odessa during their round-the-world journey. For Claudio Robetto and Betina Raimondi, traveling the world is much ...
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Crews were working to restore power to thousands of Hawaii residents Tuesday after the outer bands of Lala battered the archipelago over the weekend, causing destructive flooding and killing one person, before weakening from a hurricane to a tropical storm. Crews on the Big Islan...
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An Odessa man was arrested Aug. 14 after a woman told authorities he tried to run her off the roadway and pointed a gun at her. According to an Odessa Police Department report, a 25-year-old woman called 9-1-1 at 2:45 a.m. Aug. 14 to say Trevor Lewis, 27, was following her in a v...
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By JESSICA HILL The Associated Press LAS VEGAS Some members of Tupac Shakur’s family stepped out of the courtroom Tuesday before prosecutors showed photos from his autopsy at the Las Vegas trial of the man charged in the killing of the rap giant. Others remained in the courtroom ...
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Last year, UTPB may have went 3-10-3 overall but considering that the Falcons had a new coaching staff and a lot of new players as well as a number of close games, there were still plenty of promises from last fall. Now, the Falcons are looking to be even better as head coach Gar...
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BANGUI, Central African Republic (AP) — A gold mining site collapsed Tuesday in the western part of Central African Republic, killing at least 30 miners and leaving others trapped, authorities and residents said. The low-tech, artisanal mine collapsed Tuesday morning in the Abba ...
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK Wall Street pulled further from its all-time high on Tuesday as AI stocks got back to sinking. The S&P 500 fell 0.7% for a third straight modest loss since setting its all-time high on Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 116 ...
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By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK Frank Beard, the drummer for the Texas boogie-rock trio ZZ Top who kept the tempo for the band’s biggest hits like “Sharp Dressed Man,” “Legs” and “Gimme All Your Lovin,’” has died. He was 77. Beard was in hospice care when he died...
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PECOS On Monday, the Pecos-Barstow-Toyah Independent School District Board of Trustees named longtime district leader Chris Henson as the lone finalist for superintendent of schools. Henson has been in education for 33 years and served PBTISD for 20 years, beginning his career wi...
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Crude Oil: 84.94 (+0.44). Nymex MTD AVG: 81.0550. Natural Gas: 2.776 (+0.086). Gasoline: 3.3017 (+0.0316). Spreads: September/October (+0.88) October/November (+1.34). Plains WTI Posting: 81.42 (+0.44). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: August 18, 2026 appeared first on Odessa American ....
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GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Hayden Panettiere's on-and-off boyfriend Brian Hickerson and his brother Zach Hickerson were at the South Carolina apartment where the actor died over the weekend, according to a police report released Tuesday. A Greenville police officer who responded to ...
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON Two decades ago, DeMeco Ryans and Gary and Klint Kubiak spent a lot of time together on the Houston Texans practice fields when Ryans was the team’s star linebacker and Klint’s dad coached the team. On Tuesday, the three were all back on...
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By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK Flight attendants and pilots are at the highest risk of dying from radiation-related cancers — even more than people who work with radioactive materials, according to a new study. Cosmic radiation comes from space. Only a small amount rea...
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By ERIC OLSON AP College Football Writer Texas leads all teams with four players named to the preseason Associated Press All-America team announced Tuesday and the Southeastern Conference has 14 of the 27 first-team selections on the eve of the college football season. The Big Te...
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AUSTIN RRC commissioners on Tuesday unanimously elected Commissioner Christi Craddick to serve as Chairman of the three-member commission, reaffirming her leadership of the state’s oldest regulatory agency and one of the nation’s most influential energy regulators. “I am deeply h...
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By MARC LEVY The Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. More governors are shifting their stances or taking more steps to squeeze data centers as the midterm elections near and public opinion sours on the energy-hungry behemoths tech giants are building to fuel artificial intelligence ...
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By MARK VANCLEAVE and RUSS BYNUM The Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. Minnesota’s attorney general sued the governor of Texas on Tuesday, seeking to compel the extradition of an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent charged with wounding a man and then lying to justify the sh...
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A ranger guides a tour group through Cliff Palace, the largest of the cliff dwellings, in Mesa Verde National Park near Cortez, Colorado, on Saturday, May 25, 2003. Credit: Bryan Oller/Colorado Springs Gazette/KRT via ZUMA Press Wire via REUTERS By Eva-Marie Ayala, The Texas Trib...
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO OpenAI is launching a version of ChatGPT designed for teenagers — the first generation to grow up with artificial intelligence — who are already using it for schoolwork, questions about daily life and even companionship. The S...
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The UTPB football team is ranked No. 18 in the AFCA Division II preseason poll, which was released Tuesday. The Falcons are coming off an 11-3 record from last year, the best showing in the program’s ten-year history. UTPB enters the season under the direction of Chris Softley wh...
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The Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross State University has been selected for a grant totaling $412,997 from the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) to expand and strengthen educational programming serving the Big Bend region. The three-year project, “Developing and E...
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Voters wait in line to cast their ballots in the 2024 presidential election at the Esperanza Acosta Memorial Library in El Paso on Nov. 5, 2024. Credit: Justin Hamel for The Texas Tribune By Ayden Runnels, The Texas Tribune El Paso County and Harris County on Monday sued the Depa...
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By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas Arch Manning’s name is still on the back of the No. 16 jersey. Texas is still on the front. Stitched permanently into both are the questions of whether player and program can deliver on super-sized potential and expectations of a nati...
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By BRYAN VOLTAGGIO The Associated Press I’ve never been to Maine for a lobster roll, but the ones I’ve had in other places have been so good that I knew I needed to make one myself. This version is from my cookbook “ Home ” and is made with perfectly cooked lobster meat that is p...
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MIDLAND Midland College has officially joined the National Junior College Athletic Association Esports (NJCAAE) , the nation’s largest collegiate esports association for two-year institutions, marking a significant milestone in the growth of the college’s esports program. Midland...
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced Monday he has sent letters to more than 100 Texas cities telling them they can’t raise ad valorem taxes above the no-new revenue tax rate due to Senate Bill 1851. The 2025 law bars cities from raising property taxes above the no-new-rev...
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Voters in Alabama, Florida and Wyoming are deciding Tuesday which candidates to advance to the general election in key races for governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House, as California holds a special election to decide who will serve out the rest of U.S. Rep. Eric Swalwell's term. S...
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The Odessa Police Department will hold a wreath-laying ceremony to pay tribute to Corporal G.T. Toal, who died in a motorcycle crash, on Saturday, August 19, at sunrise (approximately 7:17 a.m.). The public is invited to attend the wreath-laying ceremony. The wreath will be on di...
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By Rin Reczek THE CONVERSATION Luna, 26, no longer speaks to her father. There was no single betrayal, no dramatic rupture. What ended the relationship was his insistence on obedience and dominance. “In his head it’s like, ‘I’m the father, you’re the daughters, we do things my wa...
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Online utility bill payments will be temporarily unavailable this weekend as the city will perform scheduled system maintenance from 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 21, until 11:59 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23, a City of Odessa news release said. The city requests residents pay online before 6 p.m. ...
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After posting its best season in over a decade, the Permian football team looks to make an even bigger run this year as the Panthers return a good chunk of last fall’s district championship-winning team. The Panthers return seven starters on offense and six on defense and look to...
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An Odessa man was arrested Friday days after a 13-year-old girl told authorities he exposed himself to her and showed her sex toys. According to an Odessa Police Department report, the girl told forensic interviewers she was at Joshua Silva’s house on Aug. 2 for the afterno...
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An Odessa man was arrested Friday on a warrant issued following a home burglary in June. According to an Odessa Police Department report, a Coronado Avenue resident called 9-1-1 around 2:30 p.m. June 29 to report she saw a man drive up to a home, push in a window air conditioner ...
