UT student entrepreneurs presented the results of their eight-week-long summer business-building program at the Austin Technology Incubator on Tuesday. The Student Entrepreneurship Acceleration...

Record-high temperatures this summer have paved the way for record-high power usage in Austin with a new electricity demand record of 66,867 megawatts between 4 and 5 p.m. on Monday. This peak demand...

A production company will cast 3-D lights on the UT tower Tuesday and Wednesday nights, then film the results for a series of University service messages set to debut Aug. 26. The Longhorn Network,...

WASHINGTON — The Senate emphatically passed emergency legislation Tuesday to avoid a first-ever government default, rushing the legislation to President Barack Obama for his signature just hours...

High school football fans now have somewhere to explore the state’s fascination with Friday nights after the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum opened an exhibit about Texas high school football...

After clearing the House with a 269-191 vote, the Senate will vote Tuesday on the legislation to raise the nation’s current $14.3 trillion debt ceiling and cut funding for government programs...

The National Science Foundation is seeking applications for a grant program that will push research into practical applications through commercialization. Through the Innovation Corps program, the...

MEXICO CITY — A former police officer who allegedly admits ordering 1,500 killings during a campaign of terror as a drug gang chieftain along the U.S. border has been captured in northern Mexico,...

WASHINGTON — Ending a perilous stalemate, President Barack Obama and congressional leaders announced historic agreement Sunday night on emergency legislation to avert the nation’s first-ever...

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — Thousands of Gaza children sent a sea of colorful kites soaring into the sky Thursday in an attempt to break a world record. Christopher Gunness, a spokesman for the...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a bill to move California’s presidential primary from February to June next year in a money-saving move for the state. Brown signed AB80...

BEIRUT — Syrian security forces backed by tanks and snipers launched a ferocious assault Sunday on defiant cities and towns, killing at least 70 people and possibly many more as the regime raced...