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Man accused of ties to bin Laden and tortured after 9/11 has 20-year Guantanamo detention reviewed
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) — A man initially accused of being a high-profile al-Qaida figure and who was tortured in CIA custody appeared Thursday at a hearing to review his detention at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where he has been held for 20 years without charg...
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DAILY OIL PRICE: September 17, 2026
Crude Oil: 101.91 (-0.52). Nymex MTD AVG: 96.5718. Natural Gas: 2.901 (+0.010). Gasoline: 3.5073 (+0.0223). Spreads: October/November (+4.68) November/December (+4.62). Plains WTI Posting: 98.39 (-0.52). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: September 17, 2026 appeared first on Odessa Americ...
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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: District 2-6A capsules
San Angelo Central at El Paso Montwood >> Time, Date, Place: 6 p.m., Friday, SAC Stadium >> Records: Central 1-2; Montwood 0-3 >> Last Week: Abilene Cooper 28, Central 21; El Paso Americas 35, Montwood 21 >> Last Season: Did not play. >> Notes: After defeating Abilene High to sta...
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Prenatal appointments and no place to pump: Navigating pregnancy and postpartum needs at work
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ The Associated Press NEW YORK The ambulance dispatch station where Heydi Fernandez waited for calls as an emergency medical technician didn’t have a private place to pump breast milk when she returned to work three months after giving birth to her son. So she e...
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lone Star Conference standings
Team Overall Conference UTPB 1-1, 1-0 Western Oregon 2-0, 0-0 Midwestern State 1-1,0-0 Sul Ross State 1-1, 0-0 Western New Mexico 1-2, 0-1 Angelo State 0-2, 0-0 Central Washington 0-2, 0-0 Eastern New Mexico 0-2, 0-0 Texas A&M-Kingsville 0-2, 0-0 West Texas A&M 0-2, 0-0 Saturday ...
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$12 billion in Medicaid funds restored to Texas hospitals, ending impasse with the feds
A demonstrator stands among battery powered candles in paper bags during a vigil in protest against potential cuts to Medicaid in Washington, D.C. on July 23, 2025. Credit: REUTERS/Umit Bektas By Terri Langford, The Texas Tribune Nearly $12 billion in Medicaid funding to Texas ho...
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Bail set for ICE officer accused of lying and assault in non-fatal shooting in Minneapolis
By TIM SULLIVAN and RUSS BYNUM The Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS A federal immigration officer charged with shooting and wounding a Venezuelan man in January and lying about the circumstances to investigators made a brief initial appearance Thursday before a Minnesota judge after ...
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Back to No. 1 and back to the field for Arch Manning and Texas Longhorns against UTSA
By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer AUSTIN, Texas The excitement around Texas rising to No. 1 after beating Ohio State had barely reached its peak before landing with a thud barely 48 hours later. Arch Manning’s joking comments at a news conference about a fake video of coach Steve S...
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Texas A&M’s Elko’s ‘uber paranoid’ playbook shuffle meets a familiar face in Kentucky’s Jay Bateman
Texas A&M head coach Mike Elko calls in a play against Arizona State during the fourth quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Sept. 12, 2026, in College Station, Texas. (AP Photo/Sam Craft) By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer COLLEGE STATION, Texas Texas A&M coach Mike...
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Pecos River forum on treated produced water to be held Oct. 2
IRAAN The Friends of the Pecos River and Texas Produced Water Consortium will host an educational forum, “Town Hall” conversation about the beneficial reuse of treated produced water on Friday, October 2, from 9:30 a.m. – noon at the Iraan Civic Center. This event will give lando...
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September sales tax up nearly 20%
The City of Odessa received its September sales tax check, in the amount of, $6,582,640.22. This amount includes the Economic Development sales tax of one quarter cent. According to a City of Odessa news release, the city will receive $5,266,112.18 and the Odessa Development Corp...
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WOMEN’S COLLEGE SOCCER: UTPB falls to UT-Tyler
TYLER The UTPB women’s soccer team was dealt a 5-0 loss to UT-Tyler Wednesday on the road. The Falcons fell to 3-3-0 overall, 0-3-0 in Lone Star Conference. The Patriots improved to 2-1-1, 1-0-0. UT-Tyler took a 3-0 lead at halftime and then added two goals in the second half. UT...
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ELAM: Rates rise
This column has been anticipating higher interest rates for several years. That is now happening. The benchmark ten-year Treasury note has climbed to a 5% yield. Let’s reexamine how this happened. Interest rates bottomed in 1942. Rates would rise in a 39-year cycle. Then the ten-...
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TTUHSC awarded $24.5 million five-year grant
The principal investigators for a $24.5 million five-year grant awarded to the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center are Julie St. John, Ph.D., DrPH, professor in the TTUHSC School of Health Professions; Lance R. McMahon, Ph.D., TTUHSC executive vice president for research...
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Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire has weird feel about Friday home game on `holy ground’ for Texas preps
By STEPHEN HAWKINS AP Sports Writer Joey McGuire has often roamed a sideline during games in Texas on Friday nights in the fall. This time will feel much different for the Texas Tech coach. The 13th-ranked Red Raiders, the defending Big 12 champions , play their conference opener...
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TEXAS VIEW: Hispanics can express spirit of independence by voting in November
On Sept. 16, Mexicans on both sides of the Rio Grande celebrated the country’s independence from Spain. Many joined Mexico’s president’s tradition of repeating the Grito de Dolores, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla’s call for revolution in 1810. The event coincided with similar i...
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Entertain with ease using fresh fall flavors
Feature Impact When seasonal celebrations start to fill up your calendar as you host friends and family, an appetizer that is delicious, yet simple, quickly moves from a new addition at the table to a tried-and-true shareable that guests look forward to year after year. This Bake...
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WT Orchestra to open season with patriotic celebration
Courtesy Photo CANYON The West Texas A&M University Symphony Orchestra will continue the country’s semiquincentennial celebrations with its first concert of the 2026-2027 academic year. “Happy Birthday, America! The USA Turns 250” is set for 7:30 p.m. Sept. 24 in Mary Moody North...
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Beef for Breakfast: 3 savory recipes for protein-packed mornings
Feature Impact People often think of beef as a dinner staple, but it deserves a spot at the breakfast table, too. Endlessly versatile and packed with protein, beef can turn everything from breakfast burritos to sandwiches into hearty, satisfying fuel for the day. Breakfast is imp...
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The fight over congressional maps put nearly 35 million people into new House districts, report says
By MATT BROWN The Associated Press WASHINGTON The unprecedented spate of mid-decade redistricting for the U.S. House has changed the congressional districts for one-tenth of Americans and significantly altered the makeup of at least one-fifth of districts, according to a new stud...
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Bracing for blackouts? How Americans prepare for power outages
Talker News | Talker Two-thirds of American homeowners have already experienced a power outage in 2026 — and nearly three-quarters of those affected are worried they’ll experience another within the next year. That’s according to a new survey of 2,000 American homeowners, which f...
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Struggling US home buyers, and market, face new hurdles as mortgage rates near 7%
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Home shoppers holding out for relief from rising mortgage rates may be in for a long wait. The weekly average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate home loan has been rising for months and reached its highest level in over 14 months last week at 6.76%, acc...
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OpenAI flags concerning new AI behavior and vows to track it more closely
By CHAN HO-HIM AP Business Writer OpenAI has disclosed six reports of “unexpected or concerning” behavior in artificial-intelligence models as the debate on AI safety becomes increasingly heated. The AI company also said Wednesday it was introducing a new framework for tracking, ...
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PBSHRM to host 2026 Annual Conference and Expo at the Bush Convention Center
MIDLAND The Permian Basin Society for Human Resource Management (PBSHRM) will host its 2026 Annual Conference and Expo on Friday, September 25, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Bush Convention Center, 105 N. Main St. in downtown Midland. This year’s theme is “Preparing Today’s Workfo...
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Abbott announces approval of Medicaid funding by the federal government
AUSTIN Governor Greg Abbott on Thursday announced that Texas has secured nearly $12 billion in critical Medicaid funding after months of negotiation with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “This funding is a major victory for Texas patients,” said Abbott. “It aut...
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A border surge reshaped America. Now, data shows who 4.5 million migrants were and where they went
By WILL JARRETT, AARON KESSLER, HUMERA LODHI and ELLIOT SPAGAT The Associated Press An unprecedented surge in border crossings over the past decade reshaped America : Millions of people from more than 150 countries arrived, bringing the U.S. immigrant population to its highest le...
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ECISD earns Outstanding STEM honor from MASBA
Ector County ISD district leaders accept the award for Outstanding STEM Initiative during MASBA’s annual conference held September 10-11. (Courtesy Photo) Ector County ISD announced Thursday the district has received the award for Outstanding STEM Initiative from the Mexican Amer...
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Trinidad Police Department disbanded for failing to meet state standards
TRINIDAD, Texas (KETK) - The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement has revoked all licenses for the Trinidad Police Department, meaning the agency has effectively been disbanded this week. According to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement (TCOLE), investigators from the commissi...
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2 indicted in separate homicides
Luke Johnson Ector County grand jurors this week handed down two separate murder indictments. On Wednesday, Luke Johnson, 52, was indicted on a first-degree murder charge in the June 12 shooting death of his mother, Brenda Warne. According to an Ector County Sheriff’s Office repo...
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Body found in Grand Canyon was missing hiker, wife says, bringing flood death toll to 3
The Associated Press GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. Human remains found in the Grand Canyon this week were those of the last remaining person missing after the deadly flash flooding in late August, the victim’s wife said Thursday. The discovery of Timothy Allen Smith brought t...
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Texas puts to death a man in killing of 3 during home robbery, the state’s fifth execution this year
By MICHAEL GRACZYK, KATE BRUMBACK and JAMIE STENGLE The Associated Press HUNTSVILLE, Texas A man has been put to death for the 2005 fatal shooting of three people during an attempted robbery at his neighbor’s home in rural Texas, the state’s fifth execution this year. In Georgia,...
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Literacy Coalition honors Dolly Parton’s literacy legacy
MIDLAND The Literacy Coalition of the Permian Basin (LCPB) invites the public to join a special reading of the City of Midland’s proclamation recognizing September 25, 2026, as Dolly Parton Day. The proclamation reading will take place from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. September 25 at Midla...
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Federal prosecutors hit Gulf Cartel ‘sicario’ with terrorism charges
McALLEN, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Before he crossed the border, Jose Flores Flores deleted a video from his phone. The video showed Flores cutting the arms off a corpse, according to an indictment against him. It was all business for Flores, who allegedly worked for the Gulf Carte...
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Former San Angelo TLCA athletic director indicted on 8 felony charges involving student injury, endangerment
A Tom Green County grand jury has indicted former San Angelo TLCA athletic director Kent Lee Sherrill on eight felony charges related to alleged injuries sustained by four students during a February athletic workout....
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Stabbing suspect released from jail week before incident
According to the Odessa Police Department, an Odessa woman released from jail on Aug. 3 was arrested Sunday in connection with an Aug. 9 stabbing that was captured on a home surveillance camera. Odessa officers were dispatched to the 1400 block of East 35th Street about a stabbin...
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Driver arrested in a bus collision that happened before a deadly news helicopter crash in LA
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A motorist was arrested on murder charges after authorities say she slammed her SUV into a city bus in Los Angeles, killing at least two people and injuring six others in a prelude to a second deadly tragedy: the fiery crash of a TV news helicopter that was cov...
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Pfluger’s Mystic Alerts Act advances through Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation
WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman August Pfluger’s (TX-11) bipartisan and bicameral legislation, the Mystic Alerts Act, advanced through the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on Wednesday. This is a major step forward for emergency preparedness nationwide,...
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House passes Pfluger’s Combating Illicit Xylazine Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. Congressman August Pfluger’s (TX-11) bipartisan and bicameral legislation to combat illicit xylazine passed through the U.S. House of Representatives. The Combating Illicit Xylazine Act would crack down on the deadly fentanyl additive xylazine by listing it as a ...
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WTC fall enrollment climbs 10.7%, reaches three-year high
SNYDER Western Texas College welcomed 1,601 students for fall 2026, marking a 10.7% increase over fall 2025 and the College’s highest fall enrollment in three years, according to official census data. The increase represents 155 additional students to fall 2026 enrollment at West...
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Scenes from a colonial resurrection: First-person interpretations of history draw America 250 crowds
By CLAUDIA LAUER The Associated Press PHILADELPHIA Betsy Ross is a dynamo with a T-shirt cannon. America’s 250th birthday has been a banner year for the actors of Historic Philadelphia, Inc. who immerse visitors in Colonial history via first-person interpretations and true storie...
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US stocks slip after the Fed hikes interest rates and hints more increases may be on the way
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK U.S. stocks slipped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve hiked its main interest rate for the first time in three years and suggested more may be ahead as it tries to get the nation’s high inflation under control. The S&P 500 fell 0.4% afte...
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House holds billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress over Epstein investigation
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON The House approved a resolution Wednesday holding billionaire Leon Black in contempt of Congress, referring the matter to the Department of Justice after he defied the Oversight Committee’s subpoenas in its investigation i...
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Pages & Fall Leaves book festival comes to Midland Sept. 26
MIDLAND The organizers behind the popular Pages and Tumbleweeds event are bringing a new fall book festival to Midland. Pages & Fall Leaves will take place Saturday, Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Mission Square. The free, family-friendly event will feature more than 50 auth...
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DAILY OIL PRICE: September 16, 2026
Crude Oil: 102.43 (-3.40). Nymex MTD AVG: 96.2381. Natural Gas: 2.891 (-0.028). Gasoline: 3.4850 (+0.0198). Spreads: October/November (+4.92) November/December (+4.72). Plains WTI Posting: 98.91 (-3.40). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: September 16, 2026 appeared first on Odessa Americ...
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Out West September line-up: Pat Green, Randy Rogers Band & XKO Fight Night
MIDLAND Out West is bringing a full line-up of live entertainment to Midland County Horseshoe this September, beginning with Pat Green this Saturday, September 19, followed by Randy Rogers Band on Friday, September 25, and XKO Fight Night on Saturday, September 26. The three-even...
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL: Lone Star Conference capsules
Western New Mexico at Midwestern State >> Time, Date, Place: 6 p.m. Saturday, Wichita Falls >> Records: Western New Mexico 1-2, 0-1; Midwestern State 1-1 >> Last Week: UTPB 69, Western New Mexico 14; Midwestern State did not play >> Last Season: Midwestern State 70, Western New M...
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AP exclusive: Change in human trafficking policy could make some minors easier to deport
The Trump administration has ordered caregivers for migrant children to stop reporting human trafficking concerns directly to the office created to help victims, a change that critics say could make some vulnerable minors easier to deport. The directive, in a Sept. 10 memo review...
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Saudis seek allies' help as missile defenses run low in fight with Houthis, officials say
CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia is running low on missile interceptors and has turned to regional and Western allies for assistance as its standoff with Houthi rebels in Yemen drags on, two regional officials said Wednesday. The officials said the Saudis have asked France, Britain, Pak...
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Fed rate hike likely means more expensive credit cards and mortgages, but savers may rejoice
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve just raised the cost of money — bad news for borrowers, good news for savers. The Fed increased its benchmark interest rate Wednesday by a quarter-point, the first rate hike since the summer of 2023. The hike will likely make it even costlier...
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Sudan gold mine collapse kills at least 82 people with many more missing
SHENDI, Sudan (AP) — The death toll from the collapse of an informal gold mine in a remote area of Sudan has risen to 82, according to local officials and activists, as rescuers struggled on Wednesday to search for the missing with limited equipment. It's the latest tragedy in a ...