A construction crew broke a gas line near 39th Street and Jefferson Street on Friday causing the Austin Fire Department to take precautionary measures by evacuating 12 residences, said fire department...
From readings of Alamo letters to dancing by a folklorico troupe, families celebrated Texas Independence this weekend at the state Capitol and other locations around the state.
The non-profit corporation...
After prominent usage of the word “retarded” in the popular movie “Tropic Thunder,” the disabled community has strongly increased its efforts to end use of the word, Jim Patton,...
Explore UT, known as “The Biggest Open House in Texas,” gives prospective UT students a chance to explore the behind the scenes of campus organizations.
Thousands of prospective students,...
Hundreds of colorful, ornate kites covered the skies of Zilker Park Sunday for Austin’s 84th annual charity kite festival.
The Zilker Park Kite Festival, the nation’s oldest kite festival,...
LONDON — Iceland's former prime minister faces trial Monday as the first world leader criminally charged over the 2008 financial crisis that left the world teetering on the edge of financial...
MOSCOW — Vladimir Putin swept Sunday’s presidential election to return to the Kremlin and extend his hold over Russia for six more years, incomplete returns showed. His eyes brimming with tears,...
NEW YORK — BP's multibillion-dollar settlement with people and businesses harmed by its 2010 oil spill removes some uncertainty about the potential financial damages it faces. It also may help...
SCOTTSBURG, Ind. — Officials in Indiana have lowered the state’s death toll from Friday’s tornado outbreak to 12 people from the previous 14 and are now concentrating on cleanup work.
State...
SZCZECHOCINY, Poland — Two trains running on the same track collided head-on in southern Poland in a shower of sparks, killing 16 people and injuring 58 in the country’s worst train disaster...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Intensifying debate over conservative social values — and Republican icon Rush Limbaugh — overshadowed the nation’s economic concerns Sunday as the Republican presidential...
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivian authorities say at least 30 people have been injured in a fight between two communities over land for growing quinoa, the Andean “supergrain” whose popularity...
