By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK Shoppers showed their willingness to spend in September even after a better-than-expected splurge in August. But a big chunk of their purchases last month went toward paying the bills at the gas pump, according to the Commerce Department’s latest s...
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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK U.S. stock indexes muscled higher Thursday, led by companies delivering bigger profits. They pulled closer to their records even as stocks in the artificial-intelligence industry kept swinging on worries about how much longer their boom wi...
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BIG SPRING, Texas (KOSA) - West Texas VA Health Care System received additional funding for nonrecurring maintenance projects after receiving funds earlier in the year. The funding is part of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize, repair and improve health ...
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Thursday that the Pentagon will no longer livestream the firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nidal Malik Hasan, after the announcement faced bipartisan criticism and Vice President JD Vance said he wouldn’t watch it. Trump sai...
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For only the second time this season, the UTPB football team will be at home. The No. 20 Falcons return to Astound Broadband Stadium in Midland this week when the team faces Western Oregon at 6 p.m. Saturday. UTPB wrapped up a four-game stretch of being on the road, beginning wit...
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ABILENE Four Texas State Technical College employees, representing two West Texas campuses, were presented with the Chancellor’s Cornerstone Award on Wednesday, Oct. 14. Recipients from Sweetwater were Joni Coons, the senior coordinator of residence life, Ty Liedtke, an Automotiv...
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MIDLAND The Midland College Foundation and Midland Memorial Foundation will host the 2026 Estate Planning Seminar on Thursday, Nov. 12, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Carrasco Room of the Scharbauer Student Center at Midland College. Sponsored by the Midland Odessa Business and Est...
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BIG SPRING West Texas VA Health Care System received funding for non-recurring maintenance projects in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2026, after receiving funds earlier in the year. The funding is the culmination of a record $4.8 billion in nationwide VA spending to modernize...
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Crude Oil: 97.97 (+2.88). Nymex MTD AVG: 92.0887. Natural Gas: 3.236 (+0.038). Gasoline: 3.1802 (-0.0793). Spreads: November/December (+1.47) December/January (+1.61). Plains WTI Posting: 94.45 (+2.88). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: October 15, 2026 appeared first on Odessa American ...
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Ector County Commissioners will hold a public hearing at 10 a.m. Tuesday and also go through a lengthy agenda. A Public Hearing & Public Nuisance Abatement Order will be held. County Judge Dustin Fawcett said the abatement order is actually why the regulations were instituted. “A...
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LAMESA, Texas (KOSA) - The Dawson County Sheriff’s Office arrested a Lamesa ISD bus driver after receiving a complaint about an incident involving him and a 13-year-old girl. The sheriff’s office received the complaint on Wednesday, Oct. 14, regarding an incident that may have ha...
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By ERIC TUCKER The Associated Press WASHINGTON FBI employees fired for their roles in the investigation of President Donald Trump’s retention of classified documents at his Florida estate sued on Thursday to get their jobs back, calling their terminations unlawful acts of “politi...
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Sports Writer Victor Wembanyama’s ejection in the playoffs might have shifted public opinion a bit for the San Antonio superstar, and that was before the Spurs’ stunning Game 4 collapse in the NBA Finals set the stage for the feel-good story that was the New ...
