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November 14, 2023

Ex-comptroller gets 2 years for embezzling nearly $700K from Arizona tribe

Savannah Sandoval, 36, of Camp Verde, Arizona, has been sentenced to two years in prison for embezzling over $670,000 from a tribal organization.

November 14, 2023

Good Samaritan helps drag wounded Houston cop out of highway gunfight

A good Samaritan helped drag a wounded police officer out of a gunfight on Highway 59 in Houston, Texas, after a police chase turned into a shootout.

November 14, 2023

TX school district votes to reverse decision to ban transgender student from musical role

A Texas school board has unanimously voted to reverse its decision to remove a transgender student from a part in the "Oklahoma!" musical after facing criticism.

November 14, 2023

Arizona man faces life behind bars after fatally shooting US deputy marshal

An Arizona man is facing life in prison after fatally shooting a deputy US marshal who was trying to serve a felony arrest warrant in November 2018.

November 14, 2023

GOP Sen Mullin, union boss almost come to blows in Senate hearing: 'Stand your butt up'

GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin almost came to blows with the Teamsters President Sean O'Brien on Tuesday amid a heated argument that was broken up by Sen. Bernie Sanders.

November 14, 2023

Texas plane crashes into car after overshooting runway

A collision between a small plane and a car that happened after the aircraft overshot a runway at an airport outside of Dallas has left one injured, authorities say.

November 13, 2023

Texas former high school girls soccer coach found guilty of sexually assaulting children

A Texas High School English teacher and girls' soccer team assistant coach was found guilty and sentenced to prison for three counts of sexually assaulting a child in 2009.

November 13, 2023

Cancer survivor dealt new blow after Texas police destroyed her house, but lawyers say city still has to pay

An appeals court reversed a woman's landmark court win forcing a Texas city to pay up after a SWAT team wrecked her house. But her lawyers say she'll still get paid.

November 13, 2023

Body of missing Texas woman found at home; man arrested for allegedly tampering with evidence

The body of a missing Texas woman was found Sunday inside a home where a man was also arrested for tampering with evidence, police said this weekend.

November 13, 2023

Pets from a California humane society may have been fed to reptiles, officials say

Approximately 250 small animals that were moved from a California humane society to Arizona may have ended up being fed to reptiles there, officials say.