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December 14, 2023

Trans athlete wins girls' U14 dance competition, sparking both fury, praise; Riley Gaines weighs in

A firestorm has erupted online after a biological boy won a girls' under-14 Irish dance tournament in Texas recently, with Riley Gaines advocating for one of two competing petitions.

December 14, 2023

CFO resigns, other reforms announced as University of Arizona tackles financial woes

The University of Arizona on Wednesday announced its extensive recovery plan in hopes of successfully remedying its $240 million budget shortfall.

December 14, 2023

College campus fears possible serial predator after 3 attacks on women

Three female University of Arizona students were followed by a man in a car and groped, and one was nearly abducted in the last week within a mile of each other.

December 14, 2023

Oklahoma governor signs executive order banning DEI bureaucracy in state institutions

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt is calling on state agencies and higher education to review their Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies.

December 14, 2023

Texas woman found guilty in fatal stabbing of woman on vacation in Dallas

Lisa Dykes, a Texas woman who fled the country after cutting off her ankle monitor, has been found guilty of the murder of 23-year-old Marisela Botello-Valadez in 2020.

December 13, 2023

Texas 'Operation Naughty List' nabs high school principal soliciting sex for $90: authorities

A Sugar Land, Texas high school principal was arrested Monday after allegedly offering to have sex with an undercover detective for $90.

December 13, 2023

Houston robbery suspect dressed like Michael Jackson sought for Subway heist

A robbery suspect dressed similar to Michael Jackson is being sought by Houston police for a June robbery at a Subway sandwich shop, authorities said Wednesday.

December 13, 2023

'Mini volcanoes' made of mounds of sand appear scattered on Texas beach

“Mini volcanoes" appeared all over a Texas beach on Sunday, covering the sand in strange scattered mounds made of sands, video from the Quintana Beach County Park shows.

December 13, 2023

Thousands of migrants wait a few hours from Eagle Pass, Texas, to catch trains headed for southern border

Video shows thousands of migrants nearly three hours from Eagle Pass, Texas, waiting to catch a freight train heading north to the southern border.

December 13, 2023

Texas middle school students hospitalized from eating candy laced with unknown substance

Police are investigating what was inside the candy that sent eight middle school students to the hospital in Granbury, TX on Tuesday afternoon.