A brushfire that destroyed 10 homes broke out in South Austin on Sunday. Palmer Buck, Austin Fire Department battalion chief, said the fire began at approximately 1:32 p.m. About 50 percent of the...

A fire broke out in the back lot of Breed’s Hardware Company on 29th Street Friday evening. Austin firefighters responded to a call at 7:26 p.m. and found heavy flames had engulfed a storage shed...

A provocative paper authored by a special research assistant to the University of Texas regents contains about two dozen errors, including quotes attributed to the wrong people, inaccurate citations...

Austin is growing more diverse, and more students are migrating to the University area, said a city demographer. Ryan Robinson, a city demographer, analyzed the 2010 census figures and presented...

Egypt has the chance to install a true democracy if it conducts its elections effectively, a Harvard University professor said Thursday. Former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, who resigned in...

It’s Friday night, and Alex Ramirez sits in the gallery of the Texas House, overlooking the 150 members who debate back and forth across two podiums in the center of the chamber. As a Texas...

UT has a “work hard, party hard” ethos, but the University no longer holds the Playboy Magazine No. 1 party school title. Playboy’s editors, who considered feedback from readers,...

In the middle of the Lamar Boulevard pedestrian bridge over Lady Bird Lake lives a single piano — its keys painted a deep blue and its body covered in stickers, colorful illustrations and paintings....

While Texas House members moved forward Thursday tentatively approving changes to education, Gov. Rick Perry reiterated his plan to increase college affordability. The House’s proposed budget,...

UT System Board of Regents officials may have made the controversial hire of a special adviser without the necessary recommendation from the chancellor, according to emails obtained by the Houston Chronicle. In...

The University required students studying abroad in Japan to return and also restricted Japanese international students from visiting Japan in the aftermath of a March earthquake and tsunami. Although...

People remember certain odors and sights from settings where they do drugs, including alcohol, and will remember the experience if they come into contact with similar settings, according to a new study...