MIAMI (AP) — Trudy intensified into a Category 1 hurricane as it approached the Pacific coast of Mexico, authorities said Thursday. Trudy was located about 300 miles (480 kilometers) southwest of Acapulco, Mexico, with maximum sustained winds of 75 mph (120 kph), according to the U.S. National Hu...
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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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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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MIDLAND Skillpoint Alliance welcomed community members and workforce partners to the Midland College Technology Center Annex on Tuesday for an event highlighting the organization’s growth across the Permian Basin and the impact of its tuition-free workforce training programs. The...
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For a few days, it seemed that I’d caught lightning in a bottle — the kind rarely seen on life’s highway — particularly in the slow lane. It was as if bolts from the heavens were barely moving, like senior adults who can’t — or won’t — speed up, even if cited by traffic officers ...
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Medical Center Hospital is hosting an Infant & Pregnancy Loss Memorial Service in honor of National Infant & Pregnancy Loss Month. The 4th Annual Wave of Light will take place on Thursday, October 15, at 7 p.m. at the fountain in front of the MCH Center for Women & Infants on the...
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Dr. Vivienne Malone-Mayes, the iconic civil rights activist and pioneering Baylor mathematics professor, was an early mentor and later a dear friend. She taught me many things about mathematics – and life. One of her most frequent lessons was that, when you face a particularly ch...
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A 17-year-old Big Spring resident was arrested last Friday after authorities said they found evidence he was in a sexual relationship with a 13-year-old Odessa girl. According to an Odessa Police Department report, the girl’s mom contacted OPD on Sept. 7 after she said she locate...
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By John Stossel Imagine getting a bill from your local government for $900,000 because they see a greenhouse on your property and just assume you’re growing marijuana without a permit. Imagine government demanding $400,000 because you didn’t know to fill out a single-page form. O...
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Back in 1983, the Supreme Court declared that “a person traveling in an automobile on public thoroughfares has no reasonable expectation of privacy in his movements from one place to another.” That increasingly doubtful proposition underpins a nationwide network of more than 144,...
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NEW YORK (AP) — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife return Thursday to a New York courtroom to face a rewritten indictment accusing them of leading a state-sponsored campaign of repression that tortured scores of victims, including three Americans. Maduro and ...
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea performed its first underwater-launched missile tests in nearly three years on Wednesday, likely from an as-yet-deployed submarine that it says is designed to launch nuclear weapons. The high-profile tests come as North Korea is dialing up we...
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An Odessa man was arrested recently after a 12-year-old girl told a forensic interviewer he has been touching her inappropriately. According to an Ector County Sheriff’s Office report released Wednesday, the girl’s mother contacted deputies on Sept. 29 to say her daughter told he...
