The United States remained the world’s largest crude oil producer in 2025, continuing a trend that began in 2018 and reflects a remarkable turnaround from past decades. With a record high 13.6 million barrels per day (bpd), the U.S. led Russia (9.9 million bpd), Saudi Arabia (9.6 million bpd), an...
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Odessa police are asking the public’s help in identifying a man who stole $1,849 worth of property. An unknown man forced entry into Level Up Smoke & Gift, located at 2826 N. County Road W. The suspect stole around $1,849 worth of property according to poli...
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Belgian-born scientist Francis Halzen won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for his efforts to demystify a rare group of neutrinos, tiny cosmic particles that researchers believe offer clues to how the universe evolved. Halzen said he had been told he was among ...
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Crude Oil: 89.44 (+0.01). Nymex MTD AVG: 90.8450. Natural Gas: 3.114 (+0.048). Gasoline: 3.2732 (+0.0270). Spreads: November/December (+1.01) December/January (+1.01). Plains WTI Posting: 85.92 (+0.01). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: October 6, 2026 appeared first on Odessa American ....
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SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria's prime minister said that two commercial vessels were struck by drones on Tuesday in the first attack on shipping in the NATO member’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea. Bulgarian authorities said that the origin of the drones was under inv...
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A 13-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with a terroristic threat indicating that a shooting would occur at IDEA Yukon. According to an OPD news release, on Monday, a terroristic threat was reported to the Odessa Police Department involving a social media post made on T...
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At long last, the Permian football team will finally begin District 2-6A action this week. What better way to start than by facing rivals Midland Lee? Permian will look to defend its district crown this year when the Panthers face the Rebels at 7 p.m. Friday at Astound Broadband ...
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The Border Archives Bazaar, a free, fun, educational event that brings visitors face-to-face with fascinating historical materials from across the Borderland, is this Saturday, Oct. 10, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., at Sul Ross State University’s Espino Conference Center in Alpine. Org...
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The Sul Ross State University College of Education will welcome Leon Smith, the 2026 National Teacher of the Year, to the Alpine campus for a special visit focused on celebrating and supporting educators, on Monday, Nov. 9, at 4:30 p.m. in the Espino Conference Center. Smith is a...
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By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has built a national following by channeling the energy of Americans who are worried about the influence of corporations, including makers of vaccines, drugs, processed foods and pesticides . Bu...
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON When David Montgomery’s mother first put him in Cub Scouts to keep him out of trouble, he was a bit embarrassed because he didn’t think it was for people like him. But the Houston Texans running back soon fell in love with scouting and i...
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This undated photo released in 2019 by the Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East, shows the institute workers in a lab. (The Irkutsk Anti-Plague Research Institute of Siberia and Far East via AP) ADDITION: adding photo was released in 2019 By JAMEY KEATEN...
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By RYAN J. FOLEY The Associated Press The shock gloves immigration agents could soon use to control detainees and protesters worked so powerfully during a military exercise that participants felt intense pain, stopped fighting immediately and feared additional exposures, accordin...
