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Insurer for Texas Teen Suffering From ‘Affluenza’ to Pay Victim $2M

The family of a Texas teenager who killed four people in a drunken-driving wreck has agreed to pay more than $2 million to the family of a boy who was paralyzed in the accident, according to court documents detailing the …

Texas Girl Who Survived Skydiving Accident Back in School

A 16-year-old North Texas girl who survived plummeting more than 3,000 feet to the ground in an Oklahoma skydiving accident has returned to school. WFAA-TV reports Makenzie Wethington returned to Joshua High School on Monday more than two months after …

Civil Suit Against Texas Teen Suffering From ‘Affluenza’ Continues

A 13-year-old boy says he’s still trying to make sense of a deadly wreck caused by a 16-year-old drunken driver whose defense infamously argued he suffered from “affluenza.” Lucas McConnell spoke briefly Wednesday at a news conference organized by his …

Teen in Skydiving Mishap Says She Blacked Out

A 16-year-old North Texas girl who plummeted more than 3,000 feet to the ground in a skydiving accident in Oklahoma says she panicked then blacked out after her parachute malfunctioned and doesn’t remember striking the ground. Makenzie Wethington of Joshua …