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This Jan. 10, 2014 file photo shows Laura Jane Grace, formerly known as Tom Gabel, of the band Against Me!, in New York.

Randy Browning watched from behind the glass as Kimberly McCarthy slipped quietly into unconsciousness, snored briefly, then finally stopped breathing.

The Onion Creek substation was badly flooded with heavy storms last fall. It is one of the many "critical infrastructure assets" whose vulnerability to climate change will be studied by Austin.

The Aztex's defense of their USL PDL national championship came to an end Sunday at the hands of the Ocala Stampede with a 2-0 loss at House Park.

In April, the White House announced an ambitious plan to combat sexual assault on college campuses.

Startup Weekend Education was a three day event at Capital Factory Austin, providing an opportunity for anyone with an idea to build a startup with advice from coaches and mentors.

Car- and ride-sharing services make it easy for consumers with mobile devices to get a set of wheels.

When Austin City Council members approved $35.5 million in bonds to buy out 142 homes in the Onion Creek floodplain a few weeks ago, they planned to use drainage fees to finance the deal instead of putting it on the ballot.

About 10 solar cars from colleges around the world are competing in the eight-day, 1,700-mile American Solar Challenge.

On Wednesday at 5 p.m., over 300 UT students and Austin residents gathered before the Texas Capitol building.

Family members and the Austin cycling community gathered Saturday morning to remember a man killed while riding his bike earlier this year.

For the 12th summer in a row, the Long Center has been hosting its Concerts in the Park , presented by the Austin Symphony Hartman Foundation and taking place in the Harman Concert Park in front of the Center.

Occasionally snarky, sometimes drunk, and always amusing, the guys behind Austin Beer Guide want you to drink good beer.

There, along the part of East Koenig Lane that runs between Link Avenue and Avenue F: Giant tentacles of all colors and sizes, caught in twisted mid-writhe on a tall wooden fence stretching from one end of the block and halfway to the other.

When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, Lucy Coffey had left the farm in Martinsville, Indiana, spent time in Chicago and finally settled in Dallas, where she worked at an A&P supermarket.

The University of Texas System Board of Regents has scheduled a meeting for Tuesday, when they are expected to name the sole finalist to be the system's next chancellor.

Palestinians walk through the rubble of damaged houses minutes after they were hit in an Israeli strike, in Gaza City, Wednesday, July 23, 2014.

There is a day allocated for everthing it seems these days, and dancing has not escaped this fad.

President Obama is expected to meet with the presidents of El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras today to discuss the humanitarian crisis along the border.

An accident report from the Lufkin Police Department revealed that a temporary stop sign was down at the intersection where an 18-year-old Austin woman on her way to freshman orientation at Stephen F. Austin State University was killed in a horrific two-vehicle accident Wednesday night.