While school segregation may be a thing of the past in the United States, students in other countries are still subject to educational systems based on separation of ethnicity. There is no legal segregation...

Austin City Council will most likely approve the next phase of construction on the Lance Armstrong Bikeway, connecting East and West Austin for cyclists with dedicated riding paths for the first time. The...

[Updated at 9:56 p.m., corrected misspelling] To work as a teaching assistant, most international graduate students have to pass an English assessment, but language still creates a disconnect in UT classrooms. Graduate...

ATLANTA — Republican candidate Newt Gingrich is decrying media coverage of the sexual harassment claims against rival Herman Cain and says that Cain’s tax plans deserve more attention. Gingrich...

DHAKA, Bangladesh — A government official says Bangladesh and Russia have signed a cooperation deal to build a nuclear power plant in the energy-starved South Asian nation. Bangladesh’s junior...

MEXICO CITY — One of the world’s most secretive movements is taking aim at a just as clandestine mafia, right out in the open. Bloggers and tweeters claiming to belong to the hacker movement...

[Updated at 11:07 a.m., minor copy edit] Editor’s Note: To suggest a topic for next week’s list, leave a comment on our Facebook page. Daily Texan staffers compiled several locations offering...

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday defended his decision to expand construction in east Jerusalem, saying it was Israel’s “right” and “duty”...

WASHINGTON — Thousands of Japanese-Americans who fought in the fiercest battles of World War II and became some of the most decorated soldiers in the nation’s history were given an overdue...

First-year students concerned about the infamous “freshman 15” can rest a little easier, according to a study by Ohio State University. The 7,418 young people in the study showed an average...

This December, Zilker Park’s Trail of Lights will remain dark for the second year in a row because of a lack of funding. This year’s Trail of Lights was cancelled after organizers did not...

A Texas senator said talk of UT collaborating with the Seton Family of Hospitals corporation to build a new medical campus is possibly one of the biggest ideas to come to Austin since UT was built. Texas...