UT students may need more than just a degree to be successful in the workplace, according to a recently published book by a UT professor. Beauty Pays, released on Monday and authored by economics professor...

A 20-year-old Sumatran orangutan has died at an Ohio zoo after battling a respiratory disease for years. The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium said Wednesday that the orangutan named Willie had periodic infections...

PINOLE, Calif. — An armored truck robbery Wednesday morning outside a Northern California bank ended in gunplay, leaving a suspect dead and several others wounded. Shortly after a Wells Fargo Bank...

From the first UT yell to the school’s choice of burnt orange, the Big Yell on Wednesday offered insight into school traditions and separated fact from UT myth. Each fall the Texas Exes Spirit and...

BOISE, Idaho — A college professor who alternately referred to himself as a “psychopathic killer” and “the beast” committed suicide after killing a graduate student he had...

The UT System Board of Regents convened Wednesday to develop ways to generate more revenue by utilizing technology and research through entrepreneurial outreach. The plan was discussed during the board’s...

DETROIT — Medical marijuana cannot be sold through private shops, the Michigan appeals court said Wednesday in a major decision that strikes at businesses trying to cash in on pot and cuts off a...

HOUSTON — Houston has become the latest U.S. city to turn off its red-light traffic cameras, less than a month after Los Angeles did the same. Groups opposed to such cameras say the Houston City...

AUSTIN — The manager of the state’s power grid is again urging Texans to conserve electricity as extreme heat pushes demand near record levels. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas initiated...

MOSCOW — North Korean leader Kim Jong Il says his country is ready to impose a nuclear test and production moratorium if international talks on its atomic program resume, in Pyongyang’s latest...

WASHINGTON — After months of unrelieved gloom and discord, Congress and President Barack Obama are starting to make a dent in the federal budget deficit. It’s projected to shrink slightly to...

A privately owned student-housing firm is working on a plan to bring another high-rise dormitory to West Campus. The housing firm, American Campus Communities, has scheduled completion of the Callaway...