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 unapologetically pr...
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Midland District Judge Terry Johnson reached a settlement to avoid removal from office and will resign effective December 16, 2026.
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Federal authorities charged an Oklahoma man with sending hundreds of letters containing nonhazardous white powder to public officials ahead of the 2024 and 2026 elections. The powders turned out to be yeast or flour, though not all letters have been fully tested, the FBI said in ...
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Since a quantum leap forward four years ago, the United States has been joined by France, Germany, China and other nations in the development of nuclear fusion as a transformational source of energy. The commercial application is still some distance into the future and nobody exp...
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By JIM VERTUNO AP Sports Writer Madison Booker and Texas earned a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for the third consecutive year, and made it to the Final Four twice in a row after 20 years away. Then the Longhorns watched three key players walk out the door. That’s life in the...
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ILULISSAT, Greenland (AP) — Greenlandic lawmakers on Tuesday voted to approve an agreement between the Arctic island, Denmark and the United States to strengthen security in the Arctic and North Atlantic after months of pressure by U.S. President Donald Trump seeking to control t...
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By DORANY PINEDA The Associated Press As a child, Rebeca Quiñonez-Piñón wondered where monarch butterflies stop for a meal and a night’s rest on their long migrations across North America. Now she and other scientists are attaching tiny tracking devices to hundreds of butterflies...
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Midland College will welcome families and friends to campus for its annual Holiday Evening on Thursday, Dec. 3, from 4-8 p.m. at the Allison Fine Arts Building. For more than 30 years, the free, family-friendly celebration has brought the community together to enjoy holiday tradi...
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Although Perla Ábrego is an associate professor of Spanish at University of Texas Permian Basin, she’s still learning from her students. Ábrego teaches in the bachelor’s and master’s Spanish programs at UTPB where she has just wrapped up 13 years. She’s also a recipient of the Re...
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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON U.S. employers ramped up their job postings in September as stronger economic growth may be encouraging more hiring. Yet voters are headed to the polls Tuesday largely gloomy over an economy beset by higher prices . U.S. job o...
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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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By MICHELLE L. PRICE, SAMY MAGDY and ELENA BECATOROS The Associated Press The United States launched strikes on Iranian targets, a U.S. official said, in what appeared to be a limited operation on the eve of Tuesday’s crucial midterm elections. Iranian state media reported explos...
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By ALI SWENSON The Associated Press WASHINGTON 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 th...
