By REBECCA SANTANA The Associated Press BLAINE, Wash. The Trump administration’s top border official defended plans to build a wall and other infrastructure in Texas’ Big Bend region despite mounting opposition against the project and a court-ordered pause on construction, saying his goal of for...
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Odessa police is asking the public to help identify a man who is accused of stealing from H-E-B. According to police, a man stole around $214 worth of merchandise from the HEB located at 2501 W. University. If you have any information about who this is, cal...
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MIAMI (AP) — Vance became a hurricane Friday and the National Hurricane Center said it would strengthen rapidly as it nears Mexico's Pacific Coast. Vance was a Category 1 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph) as it churned about 440 miles (710 kilometers) sou...
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By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON A first-of-its-kind cancer vaccine is significantly reducing the chances that melanoma patients’ tumors come back, according to results of a major study released Thursday by drugmakers Moderna and Merck. The vaccine was custom-brew...
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PARIS (AP) — A gunman firing from a vehicle in a Paris suburb Friday killed one person and wounded several others, including a 12-year-old girl, in what French authorities suspect may have been a racially motivated attack. France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s office took...
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BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A drone hit and sank a cargo vessel in the Black Sea on Friday, killing one crew member and leaving three missing, officials said, in the latest attack on commercial shipping in the region that has raised fears of an escalation in Russia's war against Uk...
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By ALI SWENSON and MELISSA GOLDIN The Associated Press NEW YORK The reports erupt on social media every election year: Voters say they tapped a candidate’s name on a touchscreen voting machine, only for the wrong person to light up as their selection. With some trial and error, a...
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AUSTIN U.S. Senators John Cornyn (R-TX) and Jon Ossoff (D-GA) and Representative August Pfluger (TX-11) released statements after their Mystic Alerts Act, which will allow wireless emergency alerts (WEAs) to be delivered via satellite communications technologies when other pathwa...
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VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV will miss a planned trip to Assisi next week after doctors advised against the helicopter journey to the Italian town as he recovers from lung cancer surgery, the Vatican said Friday. The pope had been due to attend a gathering on Tuesday marking ...
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By John Stossel I shouldn’t get so angry. It isn’t healthy. Last week, New York state summoned me to jury duty. I went, of course. It’s the law, and my duty. A jury may protect the innocent from government abuse. Ordinary citizens, not officials, decide if you are guilty. But doi...
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Speaking to a crowd of nearly 200 in rural West Texas, State Representative Gina Hinjosa (D-Austin) touted her plans to improve the economy and reform Texas public education as part of her bid for Texas Governor....
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BEIJING (AP) — A magnitude 7 earthquake hit China's Tibet region on Thursday evening, killing at least 16 people, injuring 54 and collapsing hundreds of homes in the northern regional city of Nagqu, official media said. Search and rescue efforts continued following the collapse o...
