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May 1, 2023

High schoolers allegedly gang up on assistant principal, 'pummel' her so hard she's rushed to hospital

An assistant principal at Westfield High School in Texas was rushed to a hospital after students allegedly attacked her while she was trying to break up a fight.

May 1, 2023

Bees swarm Arizona family during photo shoot, sting mother more than 75 times as she protects kids

Fire officials praised a mother's heroic actions to protect her two kids when a swarm of bees attacked the family in Buckeye, Arizona, on Sunday afternoon.

May 1, 2023

Cleveland, Texas, shooting suspect remains at large; $80K reward offered for illegal immigrant turned fugitive

The manhunt for Francisco Oropesa, an illegal immigrant wanted in the Cleveland, Texas, deadly shooting of five people, entered the second day Monday.

May 1, 2023

Trans cyclist picks up overall victory in Tour of the Gila

Austin Killips, a transgender woman, took home the overall victory at the Tour of the Gila cycling event on Sunday after winning the final stage but also took flak on social media.

May 1, 2023

Mayra Flores: Mayorkas is not enforcing the laws, needs to be held accountable

Former Rep. Mayra Flores, R-Texas, on DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas facing scrutiny over relationship with Border Patrol, and how the border crisis concerns families of border patrol agents

May 1, 2023

College baseball player wounded by stray bullet during game: 'Incredibly bad luck, bad place'

A college baseball player was wounded by a stray bullet during a game between Texas A&M University-Texarkana and Houston-Victoria on Saturday evening.

May 1, 2023

I’m a doctor who survived stage IV cancer. Euthanizing children isn’t medical care

The Netherlands announced that it will broaden its regulations on euthanasia so that doctors can end the lives of terminally ill children. This is not medical care; it’s barbaric.

May 1, 2023

Texas city holds week-long nuclear training exercise led by FBI, involving military

FBI Houston said a weeklong multi-agency nuclear incident training exercise will include military personnel and aircraft but will not pose a risk to residents of the Texas city.

May 1, 2023

Lori Lightfoot pleads with Gov. Abbott to stop sending migrants to Chicago: 'Dangerous and inhumane'

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot sent a letter to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott urging him to stop sending busloads of migrants to her city, which she says slacks adequate resources.

April 30, 2023

Texas fugitive accused of killing 5 was illegally in US; deported 5 times

Francisco Oropesa, suspected of killing five people in Texas after they complained about him shooting his AR-15 late at night, had been deported five times, according to ICE source.