Undergraduate students will now be allowed to drop a single class past the deadline to withdraw once during their college career without suffering academic penalty, according to a document provided by...

The year was 1994, and Penn State had just beaten arch-rival Michigan, en route to its perfect football season. I was 3 years old as my dad hoisted me on his shoulder so I could see the team returning...

Editor’s Note: Some portions of interviews were translated from Spanish. In the spring, international relations junior Leslie Wise participated in a class unlike any offered at UT. Once a week at...

ROCHESTER, Mich. — Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry says he would eliminate three federal agencies. Just don’t ask him to name them. “Commerce, Education and the — what’s...

A UT senior research scientist will be spending the next eight days exploring the Mediterranean waters from offshore Haifa to offshore Gaza Strip. Senior research scientist James Austin Jr. from the Institute...

Sometimes on-campus dining doesn’t cut it at 2 a.m., and UT students are forced to find food beyond Jester City Limits or the Texas Union. This week’s Texan Top 10 lists a variety of restaurants...

MEXICO — Police say the naked bodies of six men and a woman have been found on an outdoor basketball court in northern Mexico. Police say the bodies, which bore signs of violence, were found in...

BANGKOK — Every year when the moon is full and the rainy season draws to an end, Thailand’s waterways fill with millions of floating lotus-shaped lanterns — a symbolic, centuries-old...

KULA, Hawaii — A rodeo bull in Hawaii has been freed from a giant tire that was stuck on his head for about 20 hours. The bull, named Skywalker, couldn’t eat or drink after he got his head...

The American public is not likely to oppose public officials’ judgement in utilizing nuclear weapons according to research conducted by professors at Dartmouth and Stanford universities. Benjamin...

WACO — An AWOL soldier planned to detonate bombs in a restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops and then shoot those who survived, federal authorities said in a new six-count indictment returned against...

Tuesday marked day two of volunteers fanning out across the community to survey and identify the city’s most medically vulnerable homeless as part of Austin Registry Week. Austin’s 100 Homes...