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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The Justice Department on Wednesday sought to block a Texas law that for decades has given college ...

The ConocoPhillips West Texas Invitational swim meet has been around so long that it dates back to the Truman Administration. City of Midland Aquatics will host the 80th annual West Texas Invitational ...

Teachers will see retention- and merit-based raises under a record-breaking school spending bill Gov. Greg Abbott signed into ...

Kansas State football coach Chris Klieman has his high school quarterback for the 2026 recruiting class in Miles Teodecki ...

Eugenics, or the pseudoscience of human breeding, reached the height of its notoriety in the early 1900s but never truly ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Former Austin City Council Member and environmental leader Jackie Goodman has died. According to KVUE’s media ...

Shade provided by trees in the Austin area is especially important with rising temperatures. The Shade Map, developed by American Forests and the UCLA Luskin Center of Innovation says that while ...

Actor Zachary Levi is doubling down on his public call for “non-woke movies” by launching a $100 million film studio campus ...

Austin Riley and Jonathan Aranda are on teams that have seen middling success so far this season, but these two stats show why they're both in great spots.

President Donald Trump is nominating Vice Adm. Brad Cooper to take over as the top U.S. military commander in the Middle East ...

Patrick and Janis Gammill died Monday morning as a result of the fire, according to the Austin Police Department.