Corrections facility changes lives
For residents at the Lubbock County Community Corrections Facility, time there is not just about serving probation — it’s about changing lives.Valerie Monteilh, director for the Court Resident...
View ArticleGoogle cameras map Grand Canyon trails
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — Google and its street-view cameras already have taken users to narrow cobblestone alleys in Spain using a tricycle, inside the Smithsonian with a push cart and to...
View ArticleOwner of plane that crashed, killed Jenni Rivera investigated by DEA
PHOENIX — The company that owns a luxury jet that crashed and killed Mexican pop superstar Jenni Rivera is under investigation by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, and the agency seized two of...
View ArticleBright streeak of light reported over California
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Hours after a meteor exploded over Russia and injured more than 1,000 people and an asteroid passed relatively close to Earth, residents in California reported seeing an unusual...
View ArticleHelmet water leak aborts spacewalk; astronaut OK
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In one of the most harrowing spacewalks in decades, an astronaut had to rush back into the International Space Station on Tuesday after a mysterious water leak inside his helmet...
View ArticleRobots revolutionizing farming, helping ease labor woes
SALINAS, Calif. — On a windy morning in California’s Salinas Valley, a tractor pulled a wheeled, metal contraption over rows of budding iceberg lettuce plants. Engineers from Silicon Valley tinkered...
View ArticleVenezuela's government seizes US-owned oil rigs
CARACAS, Venezuela — Venezuela has quietly seized control of two oil rigs owned by a unit of Houston-based Superior Energy Services after the company shut them down because the state oil monopoly was...
View Article11 hurt in explosion at Los Angeles-area building
LA HABRA, Calif. (AP) — An explosion and fire possibly caused by a dust buildup at a Southern California metal-polishing shop injured 11 people Tuesday, including two men who were critically burned,...
View ArticleTurkish miner who survived says company to blame
SAVASTEPE, Turkey — Miner Erdal Bicak believes he knows why so many of his colleagues died in Turkey’s worst mining disaster: company negligence.And he knows one other thing — he’s never going back...
View ArticleNM biofuel plant catches fire
ANTHONY, N.M. — A New Mexico biofuel facility caught fire Tuesday, sending a giant column of black smoke into the air and prompting authorities to briefly evacuate an area that includes about 350...
View ArticleNew health chief revamps HealthCare.gov
WASHINGTON — Moving to prevent more insurance chaos this fall, the nation’s new health care chief on Friday revamped the management of HealthCare.gov.Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell...
View ArticleExperts: Mystery fireball was Russian satellite
CHEYENNE, Wyo.— People from New Mexico to Montana saw the bright object break apart as it moved slowly northward across the night sky. Witnesses described it as three "rocks" with glowing red and...
View ArticleOne town has its hand in 1000s of pumpkin pies
MORTON, Ill. — Every year between August and early November, Steve Beuttel eats a lot of pumpkin pie.“I try to make it every day, and I’m usually pretty good at it” — it being what he calls quality...
View ArticleNBA to release 'last 2 minutes' reports on crunch-time calls
NEW YORK — The NBA will begin revealing whether it determined referees’ crunch-time calls to be right or wrong.Starting Monday and continuing throughout the playoffs, the league will release...
View ArticleQuick Opinion: Wildlife in Lubbock neighborhoods can be dangerous to pets.
Lubbock has more wildlife within the city limits than many people would expect. There are foxes, skunks, opossums , raccoons and even coyotes, said Daniel Andrews, operations manager of the South...
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