From the onset, one of the initial motives of the Longhorn Network was to increase Texas’ national clout. At the two month-mark, it appears instead that the Texas football program has become...

ERCIS, Turkey — After 48 hours, a miracle emerged from the rubble: a 2-week-old baby girl brought out half-naked but alive from the wreckage of an apartment building toppled by Turkey’s devastating...

GRAY COURT, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry proposed dramatic tax and spending changes Tuesday, saying he would let Americans choose between a 20 percent flat tax and the current...

The plant kingdom has been a source of inspiration for the management of the human population, said Lesley Stern, a professor at the University of California in San Diego. Stern spoke to the Department...

AMARILLO — A Texas death row inmate just weeks from execution asked a federal court Monday to keep his civil rights lawsuit alive while his attorneys try to get knives and other evidence turned over...

China is an architectural powerhouse with new projects constantly underway, said Qingyun Ma, dean of architecture at the University of Southern California. Ma presented a multitude of projects currently...

NEW YORK — Forget style, quality and customer service. This holiday season, all that matters is price. A week before Halloween and two full months before Christmas, stores are desperately trying...

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A 15-year-old student was shot in the neck with what appeared to be a small-caliber bullet during a lunch period outside a North Carolina high school Monday, and police have...

UT alumnus and ConocoPhillips CEO James Mulva said attending the University and the small habit of never wanting to lose is what got him to the top of his business. To start off the year’s first...

Months of meetings with Austin residents, business owners and city officials led to an open forum Monday night seeking the public’s final input on plastic bag prohibition. City officials began discussing...

A new addition to West Campus is scheduled to open in the fall semester of 2013. 2400 Nueces, the new student and faculty housing, will consist of 304 units that will provide 622 beds ranging from studios...

LONDON — An animal shelter has been inundated with offers of help after it requested a home for a pair of Great Danes — one of which is blind and totally dependent on the other. Louise Campbell,...