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Man aimed to massacre deputies — then gun jammed, Texas sheriff says

HUMBLE, Texas — A man with a rifle and plenty of ammunition waited in the woods to shoot deputies, but his planned ambush fell apart when his gun jammed, Texas…

John McCarthy September 24, 2025

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70-year-old elementary school teacher accused of sexually assaulting students

SPLENDORA, Texas (KTRK) -- A 70-year-old man who has worked for more than a decade as an educator is now charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child, according to officials.…

John McCarthy September 15, 2025

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Trump blames Biden in Nicaraguan worker’s beheading of boss

DALLAS — President Trump has blamed his “incompetent” predecessor, former President Joe Biden, for allowing an “evil” illegal migrant to be in the country when he allegedly beheaded his boss…

John McCarthy September 15, 2025

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Man takes East End property, swindles 2 women out of $7,450, gets probation

KINGSHILL — A St. Croix man swindled two women out of $7,450, took the deed of a property on the East End, fled the territory and was sentenced to probation…

John McCarthy September 13, 2025

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Love triangle ends with man shooting romantic rival over 12 times

SAN ANTONIO — A man shot his romantic rival more than 12 times, killing him in cold blood, Texas authorities say. Mason Ray Rodriguez, 21, is now charged with murder,…

John McCarthy September 10, 2025

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10-year-old gunned down after playing ding-dong ditch prank on home

HOUSTON — A 10-year-old Texas boy was shot while playing ding-dong ditch with friends, police told news outlets. According to Houston police, the boy and a group of friends went…

John McCarthy September 1, 2025

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U.S. confirms nation’s first travel-associated human screwworm case connected to Central American outbreak

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Sunday reported the first human case in the United States of travel-associated New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite,…

John McCarthy August 25, 2025

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Texas teacher took abortion pill ‘Plan B’ to avoid getting pregnant by 17-year-old student

LEANDER, Texas — A Texas high school student teacher who admitted to having sex with a teen boy she taught told cops she saw him “as a little brother,” authorities…

John McCarthy August 22, 2025

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In Texas cattle country, ranchers brace for flesh-eating screwworms

LIVE OAK COUNTY, TEXAS (Reuters)— He was only eight years old in 1973, but fifth-generation Texas rancher Kip Dove remembers spending countless days trotting up to sick and dying cattle…

John McCarthy August 15, 2025

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Former Texas teacher arrested, accused of sexual relationship with a student

GRAPEVINE – The Grapevine Police Department announced Monday that it arrested a former Lewisville ISD teacher accused of sexual assault of a child and having an improper relationship with a student.…

John McCarthy August 4, 2025