BIG SPRING West Texas Centers will host a free Suicide Awareness Glow Walk/Run on Saturday, September 26, at 100 Whipkey Dr. in Big Spring. The community event is designed to bring people together to promote suicide awareness, encourage conversations about mental health, connect individuals and f...
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MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Polo will rapidly intensify in the Pacific Ocean and become a major hurricane later this week, forecasters said Monday. Polo could bring heavy rain, rough surf and tropical-storm-force winds to parts of Mexico late Tuesday into early Wednesday, the Miami-ba...
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BOSTON (AP) — A lawyer for Lindsay Clancy is asking a judge to investigate the conduct of the lone juror who wanted to convict the Massachusetts mother of murder in the deaths of her three young children. In a motion filed Friday but made public Monday, Clancy's lawyer asked the ...
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The Odessa City Council took another step toward increasing the property tax rate for FY’26-‘27 by 4.26% during a special meeting Wednesday night while also voting 5-1 to increase utility rates by 3% across the board. A final vote on both is scheduled for Tuesday night. If approv...
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Venezuelan man shot by a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer was in custody Monday at an ICE detention center in Texas after he was released from a hospital with a bullet still lodged in his back, the man's attorney said. Speaking by phone duri...
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The Odessa High football team will make its second trip to Central Texas this season. This time, it’ll be a neutral site game. This week, the Bronchos (2-1) face the San Benito Greyhounds (2-2) at Rattler Stadium in San Marcos at 7 p.m. Friday. Odessa High will make the five-hour...
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Burlington, Vt. (AP) — A jury on Monday convicted a Vermont man of attempted murder in the shootings of three Palestinian college students who were walking near his home, rejecting an insanity defense rooted in his claims that he was acting on orders from U.S. and Israeli intelli...
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AUSTIN Texas Oil & Gas Association (TXOGA) President Todd Staples issued the following statement Monday in response to calls to issue a diesel export ban. “Banning exports of diesel would cripple domestic jobs, lead to fuel shortages here at home and put power in the hands of Chi...
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Austin City Council members spoke out against ICE after an agent shot a man on Sept. 20.
business
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK Wall Street climbed to the edge of its all-time high on Monday, and stocks rallied worldwide after oil prices and yields in the bond market surrendered their market-rattling gains from last week . The S&P 500 jumped 1.5% and pulled within ...
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AUSTIN During National Forensic Science Week , the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is proud to recognize the hardworking men and women of the Crime Laboratory Division . “Texas is a leader in forensic science because of the incredible men and women working in DPS Crime La...
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By SCHUYLER DIXON AP Pro Football Writer FRISCO, Texas Dak Prescott has one major career club record left to get as quarterback of the Dallas Cowboys. There’s no question he considers it the most important, because it has everything to do with the legacy of the Super Bowl winners...
