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(SmartAsset) - As housing, grocery, transportation and other essential costs pressure household budgets, earning a six-figure salary no longer guarantees financial comfort in much of the U.S. A single adult now needs at least $80,000 a year to live comfortably in every state, whi...
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KEENE, N.Y. ( WCAX /Gray News) — A 60-year-old Canadian hiker was rescued from an icy New York mountain ledge after spending seven hours standing in the exact same spot, according to state forest rangers. The rescue unfolded on Wednesday, Oct. 21, along the Mount Colden Trap Dike...
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(Gray News) – Liam Fitzgerald, an influencer with more than 1 million followers , died from injuries suffered in a motorcycle crash, his girlfriend said in a post on social media. “It is with the heaviest heart that I share the devastating news that Liam passed away following a m...
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(Gray News) – President Donald Trump arrived at Mar-a-Lago late Saturday for his jungle-themed Halloween party dressed as a very recognizable person – himself. “I came as Donald Trump,” the commander in chief told reporters, wearing his traditional navy suit and red tie. “I didn’...
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(Gray News/AP) – Model and television host Heidi Klum has gone all out with her costume on Halloween year after year, and 2026 did not disappoint. Klum revealed her masterpiece on social media late Saturday after much anticipation, having given clues throughout the day. The super...
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - FIRST ALERT 7 Forecast for Sunday, November 1st, 2026: It is shaping up to be a slightly warmer and breezy day on your Sunday with a slight chance of storms for some. SUNDAY It is shaping up to be a slightly warmer and breezy day on your Sunday, with most a...
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MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - After dropping its last two games, the UTPB Falcons bounce back in a big way with a 20-10 win over Angelo State. The former Monahans Lobo Cheno Navarrette scored both of the Falcons touchdowns, while tallying 139 total yards on 18 total touches. The d...
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TOPEKA, Kan. ( WIBW /Gray News) - Ron Hubbard never expected fiction to become reality. “I was thinking about a scenario I seen on TV where a delivery guy did the same when the police was chasing a guy who stole a car,” Hubbard said. Hubbard said he was hanging with a friend We...
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JONESVILLE, Fla. ( WCJB /Gray News) — A 1-year-old boy was hit and killed on a Florida roadway, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash happened in the Jonesville area Friday afternoon. Investigators said a car was headed west on Newberry Road when the boy entered the ...
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CLEVELAND, Ohio ( WOIO /Gray News) — An ambulance driver is accused of abandoning a patient he was transporting to the hospital earlier this week in Ohio. The incident happened Wednesday evening in Cleveland. The patient was being transported to the Cleveland Clinic with chest pa...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The “I Voted” sticker given to people who cast ballots began with one woman, Janet Boudreau, who designed it after seeing a local county hand out a different sticker on Election Day. Boudreau said she has long supported voting, which she described as the ri...
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AUTAUGA COUNTY, Ala. ( WSFA /Gray News) - An Alabama woman says she just had two and a half weeks with her husband before he was taken away from her in a motorcycle crash. “I’m waiting for him to walk through the doors,” newlywed bride Chloe Greiner-Davis said. Greiner-Davis’s hu...
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ARLINGTON, Va. — Law enforcement in all four federal judicial districts in Texas took part in Operation Trick or Treat 4, a nationwide operation that targets non-compliant and fugitive sex offenders during the Halloween season. According to a release issued Saturday by the U.S Ma...
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LAKE OSWEGO, Ore. ( KPTV /Gray News) - A Portland man has been arrested after police say he stole packages while posing as an Amazon delivery driver. According to the Lake Oswego Police Department, 51-year-old Ramiro Despaigne Rodriguez was arrested on Oct. 21 after packages were...
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AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) - The Texas Panhandle Sports Network will livestream the Amarillo ISD Middle School volleyball championships. The finals will be played at Amarillo High School this Saturday, October 31st. Here is the schedule of matches: 9:00 a.m. 7th grade Silver Champion...
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. ( WBTV /Gray News) - A Democratic candidate running for North Carolina’s Congressional District 14 was served with a felony warrant at a campaign event earlier this month. According to the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, deputies served 49-year-old Lakesha Womack wi...
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(Gray News) — After a long night of trick-or-treating or partying, be prepared to get an extra hour of sleep. Daylight saving time will end on Nov. 1 at 2 a.m., also known as “fall back.” The United States will be back on standard time with more daylight in the morning and less i...
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BUTLER, Ind. ( WPTA /Gray News) - An Indiana woman who operated an animal rescue is facing criminal charges. Butler authorities say Kayla Dillenburg, 30, strangled a dog she pulled from an Indianapolis shelter, profited from donor pledges meant for its care, and admitted to the k...
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BEND, Ore. ( KPTV /Gray News) - A teacher who fought with the gunman during a deadly school shooting earlier this month in Oregon has released her first statement since that tragic day. On Friday, Bend-La Pine Schools released a statement from Cassidy Schutz, who is a certified l...
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FAIRFIELD, Calif. (AP) - A targeted shooting inside a Spirit Halloween store in Northern California left a pregnant woman dead and six other people wounded, police said. Gunfire rang out at about 8:30 p.m. Friday inside the store, which sells Halloween costumes and decor, at the ...
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VAN HORN, Texas (KOSA) -After two difficult district games against Wink and McCamey, Iraan comes out on top with a big 56-6 win over Van Horn. The Braves maintain their fourth-place spot in the district, sharing the same district record as Eldorado (1-2). Conveniently, that is wh...
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STANTON, Texas (KOSA) - In dominant fashion, the Stanton Buffaloes beat Crane 48-6. This adds to their now 4-0 record in the district. The Buffaloes travel to face off against Coahoma next week, who is also 4-0 in their district schedule...
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BIG SPRING, Texas (KOSA) - Big Spring, on their home turf, was able to get things done against Fort Stockton with a 25-14 final score. The win now shakes up the standings in 4A-2 District 2, as Fort Stockton and Big Spring are now 1-3 in the district. A win next week against Snyd...
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MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - The Midland Christian Mustangs celebrated their seniors ahead of their final game on Gordon Awtry Field. With the momentum of either what’s being celebrated or that it was their regular-season finale, the Mustangs came to battle. In Senior Night fashion, s...
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KEENE, N.Y. ( WCAX /Gray News) — A 60-year-old Canadian man was rescued from the Adirondacks after he stood in the same spot for seven hours, forest rangers said. The rescue happened Oct. 21 on the Mount Colden Trap Dike. Satellite beacon sent after loss of crampons Forest ranger...
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RANKIN, Texas (KOSA) - The Red Devils spoiled the perfect Wildcat campaign in blowout fashion. Matthew Ramos kicked off the scoring for Rankin. His long touchdown run put his squad in front first. It didn’t take long for Grady to recover. Back-to-back scores from Wyatt Creech gav...
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PLAINVIEW, Texas (KOSA) - The Rangers maintained their perfect district record against the Bulldogs. Greenwood got on the board first against Plainview. Audas Jackson capped off a drive in the endzone, putting the Rangers in front. It’s an advantage they would control for most of...
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MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - The Rebels defended their home turf on senior night. Midland Lee honored its graduating players ahead of kickoff. The maroon & white got the scoring going right away. Hayes Hamm rushed in a 37-yard touchdown on the first play of the game. It was followed u...
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St. Mary's Central Catholic School in Odessa celebrated All Saints' Day with a wax museum and its sixth annual reverse parade on Friday, October 30.
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(Gray News) - Kyle Chrisley, son of reality television star Todd Chrisley, has pleaded guilty to resisting arrest in an incident from December 2025. Chrisley was arrested on charges including assault on a police officer, disorderly conduct, domestic assault, public intoxication a...
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BIG SPRING, Texas (KOSA) - Skillpoint Alliance and Howard College celebrated a significant milestone in workforce development Friday, Oct. 30, as the first class completed the new electrical pre-apprenticeship training program. The inaugural class completed a free, four-week, ful...
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(Gray News) - The United States Army is now practicing mass battlefield graves, a practice not done since the Korean War. The Army reported that soldiers in North Carolina completed a “test-of-concept” exercise for large-scale battlefield temporary interment. “This exercise allow...
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - FIRST ALERT 7 Forecast for Friday, October 30th: The threat of heavy rain and flash flooding is coming to an end across West Texas and southeast New Mexico this afternoon. However, light rain and areas of drizzle linger into Saturday morning! PAST 24-HOURS:...
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Alley Cats Rescue, founded by Gabby Pessin, provides trap-neuter-return services to help West Texas residents manage local stray cat populations.
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Affordability remains the main talking point ahead of the 2026 midterms, and food accessibility is one issue voters may consider when heading to the polls. It’s estimated around 53 million Americans live in what’s called a “food desert,” lower-income areas ...
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ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - Installation of precast concrete components has begun on the new Ector County Courthouse parking garage. The components are fabricated and staged in San Antonio. They are then transported to Odessa in groups of about 20 truckloads at a time, delivered and i...
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NEW YORK CITY (Gray Media) - With millions of ballots already cast ahead of Election Day, conversations surrounding voter turnout are intensifying. Rather than looking solely at party affiliation, political insiders are closely watching three specific demographic groups that coul...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - As midterm candidates begin to make their final pitches to voters, experts are speaking out about the impact of artificial intelligence on this election cycle. Chris Borick, a political science professor at Lehigh University, said AI has become a major issu...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - President Donald Trump will make final campaign stops in Iowa and Kansas on Sunday, two days before Tuesday’s midterm elections. Trump won Iowa three times and Kansas twice. He is hoping to give Republicans a final boost in both states. He originally scrapp...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - More than 42 million Americans have cast midterm ballots, and interesting demographic data shows who is voting. According to the University of Florida Election Lab , early midterm turnout is similar to the 2018 “blue wave.” The lab said enthusiasm appears t...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The U.S.-led war against Iran, which began February 28, has affected every part of America. Now it may play a critical role in the upcoming midterm elections. President Donald Trump launched the war with one major objective: preventing Iran from obtaining a...
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MIDLAND, Texas (KOSA) - National Petroleum Day and the Cargile Charitable Foundation presented a check for $130,000 to the Midland Fire Department on Friday, Oct. 30, at Central Fire Station. The presentation was rescheduled from Oct. 15 because severe weather and flooding kept M...
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LUBBOCK, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - No. 13 Texas Tech returns home looking to rebound from its loss to Cincinnati as the Red Raiders prepare to face No. 22 Arizona in a pivotal Big 12 matchup. Head coach Joey McGuire said the team must respond quickly as the conference race tightens, wi...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - The number of Americans who identify with Christian nationalism is slightly declining, but religion remains a large part of politics for both candidates and voters ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. “We see where Americans fall on this spectrum of Christi...
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MIDLAND, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - National Petroleum Day® (NPD) and the Cargile Charitable Foundation presented a check for $130,000 to the Midland Fire Department Friday morning at Central Fire Station, 1500 W. Wall St. According to NPD, the funds were raised in about 12 minutes at t...
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MIDLAND-ODESSA, Texas (KOSA) - You can watch week 10 of Friday Night Blitz LIVE here on Friday, Oct 30. You can watch the live show at 10:15 p.m. in the video player below or online here . Check out the latest Blitz videos in the playlist below later tonight. To check out this we...
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CRANE, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) - The Crane Golden Cranes have been lighting up the scoreboard this season, averaging 33 points per game. The Golden Cranes have put up at least 40 points four times against Kermit, Lamesa, Brownfield, and Grape Creek. The team said it's about using their...
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FRISCO, Texas (KMID/KPEJ) – The Dallas Cowboys are looking to build on their momentum after picking up a 38-21 win over the Philadelphia Eagles in Week 7. Now, Dallas returns home for the first time in three weeks as the Cowboys prepare to host the Arizona Cardinals in Week 8. Si...
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BOSSIER PARISH, La. ( KSLA /Gray News) - A former high school band director facing dozens of sex offense charges is in critical condition after shooting himself during an arrest Thursday, authorities said. Bossier Parish Sheriff’s deputies were serving an arrest warrant for 56-ye...
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ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. (Gray News) - A woman admitted to killing her best friend’s 6-week-old son and injuring his twin brother while babysitting in Pennsylvania, prosecutors said. Nicole Virzi, 32, pleaded guilty Wednesday to third-degree murder and other charges, avoiding a pote...
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( InvestigateTV ) — For millions living in the shadow of an airport, the danger isn’t hypothetical. For one mother, it cost her everything. Plus, not every danger comes from above, sometimes it’s sitting right outside your window. Danger Zone When a UPS plane crashed just seconds...
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( Aging Untold ) — On this episode of Aging Untold, we address how aging and illness can impact intimacy, sharing practical ways for couples to talk openly and safely navigate sex after a diagnosis. Then, we discuss clinical trials, why older adults are frequently underrepresente...
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VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (Gray News) - A 21-year-old woman was arrested after allegedly posting a photo of herself with a caption that she was going to shoot President Trump. “We are not going to tolerate threats to assassinate the president,” the Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood...
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SHELBURNE, Vt. ( Aging Untold ) — Flo Meiler began competing in track and field at age 60. She is now 91 and holds two world records, in the pole vault and triple jump. Medals fill Meiler’s home in Shelburne. Most are gold, and a few are silver. How she started Meiler began compe...
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - A woman in Ohio is proving you can do anything, at any age. At 103-years-old she jumped out of a plane and set the record for the oldest person to ever go skydiving in Ohio....
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WASHINGTON (Gray DC) - Most 4-year-olds are still learning the alphabet, but we found one who’s mastering Mozart - a piano prodigy who’s already played Carnegie Hall. His name is Michael Girgis - and he put on a show for our Good Side cameras....
