By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK U.S. stocks rose Tuesday and trimmed their losses in what had been a rocky June. The S&P 500 gained 0.8%, though it still fell to its first losing month following two fabulous ones. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 136 points, or 0.3%, to its record...
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Attorney General Ken Paxton, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Texas, walks on stage at Republicans’ midterm convention in Dallas on Sept. 9, 2026. Credit: Eddie Gaspar/The Texas Tribune By Gabby Birenbaum, The Texas Tribune WASHINGTON At the beginning of September, Democ...
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Crude Oil: 92.87 (+2.45). Nymex MTD AVG: 92.8700. Natural Gas: 2.967 (-0.059). Gasoline: 3.4026 (+0.0142). Spreads: November/December (+2.03) December/January (+2.08). Plains WTI Posting: 89.35 (+2.45). The post DAILY OIL PRICE: October 1, 2026 appeared first on Odessa American ....
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Americans are deeply frustrated with President Donald Trump’s handling of the economy and rising prices. A new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that only 17% of U.S. adults approve of his handling of the cost of living. Just 26% approve...
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U.S. President Donald Trump says it's “possible” he may ramp up bombing of Iran after the Nov. 3 midterm elections and that he rejected Iran's latest peace offer because it's not good enough. Fighting between Houthi rebels and government forces overnight stirred fears that the Ir...
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By KRISTIE RIEKEN AP Sports Writer HOUSTON After a second straight 0-3 start to the season, any win would be huge for the Houston Texans. But getting that elusive first win against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday would certainly mean a little something extra. “We know how big this g...
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By RYAN J. FOLEY The Associated Press U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been ordered not to engage in high-speed car chases and to make vehicle stops only if they have completed specific training, under new internal guidance issued after several drivers were ...
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LONDON (AP) — Police on Thursday arrested a dual U.K.-Iranian national on suspicion of plotting a terror attack following a security incident at a U.S.-run military air base in England that British authorities have linked to Tehran. The 27-year-old man was arrested in central Lon...
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The Texas Oil & Gas and Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners associations adamantly oppose President Trump’s threatened ban on the exports of American diesel fuel to other nations. TXOGA President Todd Staples says banning diesel exports would cripple domestic jobs, lead ...
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Another storm strengthened into a Category 2 cyclone off Mexico's Pacific coast on Thursday morning at the same time northern Mexico and parts of the U.S. Southwest were reeling from flooding and damage from the remnants of Hurricane Polo earlier this week. Hur...
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By BIANCA VÁZQUEZ TONESS AP Education Writer Nearly all schoolchildren in at least 30 states can apply for a new federal scholarship next year to help pay for private school , homeschooling and other educational expenses, according to regulations proposed Thursday by the Trump ad...
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By JIM VERTUNO The Associated Press The former white Dallas police officer convicted of killing a Black man in his apartment that she mistook for her own was granted parole Thursday after serving seven years of her 10-year sentence. The Texas Board of Pardons and Parole, which is...
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Cranes rise above one of the Google data center buildings under construction in south Haskell County on Aug. 19, 2026. Credit: Ronald W. Erdrich for The Texas Tribune By Jayme Lozano Carver, The Texas Tribune LUBBOCK A new water tower in Turkey: $3 million. Upgrades for a museum ...
