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June 23, 2023

Texas Christian University offers 'Queer Art of Drag' course requiring students to create a 'drag persona'

Texas Christian University offered a course titled 'The Queer Art of Drag' that required students to read articles purporting the 'gender binary is a tool of white supremacy'

June 23, 2023

Oklahoma death row inmate rejects chance for clemency, takes parting shot at Republican governor

Despite maintaining his innocence for the 1996 murder of a University of Oklahoma student, Anthony Sanchez said he is not planning on pursuing a clemency hearing.

June 23, 2023

Gov. Abbott weighs in on potential Mark Zuckerberg-Elon Musk cage match: 'Biggest fight'

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott joined the chorus of people commenting on a potential bout between Twitter owner Elon Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

June 23, 2023

Arizona officials identify body found in remote bonfire pit as missing 18-year-old

The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office have identified the remains of a body found near the Apache Junction in Arizona as a teen who went missing earlier in the month.

June 22, 2023

Texas DPS to resume law enforcement partnership with Austin police in July

The Texas Department of Public Safety will resume helping the Austin Police Department to combat crime and shorten response times, after stepping away in May to enforce the border.

June 22, 2023

Migrant children abandoned by alleged smuggler rescued by Texas DPS amid triple-digit heat

The Texas Department of Public Safety's Brush Team safely recovered 10 migrant children from Honduras that the agency said had been left near the Rio Grande by a smuggler.

June 22, 2023

Lawsuit protesting Arizona governor’s refusal to execute prisoner dismissed

A lawsuit challenging Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs' refusal to execute a prisoner earlier this year has been voluntarily dismissed by both sides of the case.

June 22, 2023

New Mexico Supreme Court upholds convictions of man serving life sentences for quadruple murder

The New Mexico Supreme Court upheld the murder convictions of a man who is currently serving four consecutive life prison sentences for the fatal shooting of three family members.

June 22, 2023

Texas woman sentenced for involvement in 2018 murder-for-hire plot to kill Austin jewelers

A Travis County, Texas judge sentenced a woman to 10 years of probation for conspiracy to commit murder, in a murder-for-hire plot targeting her husband's parents in 2018.

June 22, 2023

Severe storms in west Texas unleash tornadoes, wind, hail leaving 4 dead

A rare and powerful weather event struck west Texas as a line of severe storms wreaked havoc, causing multiple tornadoes, hurricane-force winds, and hail the size of softballs.