The W Hotel reopened its doors Saturday morning after glass panels fell from the building’s windows which forced the hotel to shut down for several days. Hotel officials removed all glass...

LOS ANGELES — Eighteen-year-old Alejandro Rojas is tired of outsiders viewing his neighborhood of Boyle Heights as a hub of gang violence and housing projects. So he and 13 other local teenagers...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Anchorage police say a city van used to pick up drunken people was taken on a joyride by a man suspected of drunken driving. The Anchorage Daily News reports that 35-year-old...

SAO PAULO — An 11-year-old boy in Brazil’s northeastern city of Mossoro is drawing attention with his purportedly magnet-like qualities. The Globo TV network has broadcast images of...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — As the miles melted between Atlantis and the International Space Station, the emotions grew — in orbit and on the ground. At Mission Control on Sunday, lead flight...

JUBA, South Sudan — A day after the jubilation of South Sudan’s independence proclamation, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. warned Sunday of a “real risk” that the north-south...

A women’s rights group is working with Planned Parenthood to fight new health care legislation they call anti-women and insensitive. On Saturday, the feminist organization The Lonely Ladies...

Editor’s note: One in a continuing series about the controversy concerning research at UT. The debate on higher education and research could impact faculty hiring, retention and fundraising...

University administrators have appointed an official to help mediate staff conflicts on campus for the first time. Staff Ombuds Officer Jennifer Sims will start July 20. Her office will serve as...

TOKYO — A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit Japan's northeastern coast on Sunday, prompting a tsunami warning for the area still recovering from a devastating quake and killer...

Massive American and Spanish flags framed Austin band Asleep at the Wheel as they opened the Davis Cup's draw ceremony and belted “Happy Trails” with a country twang Thursday. This...

The city of Austin unveiled road improvements Thursday morning along South Congress Avenue between Oltorf Street and Riverside Drive. The city added approximately 60 back-in and parallel parking...