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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.

Austin burgers run the gamut from gargantuan to gourmet to classic, and that doesn't even include the endless veggie options.

He hangs hundreds of feet off the ground, rapidly scaling bluffs that make my legs quiver just standing on the ground.

Let's face it, Austin is growing and there's no sign of stopping. But with the city's tremendous growth, niche interests have become abundant and the city limits are teeming with experts.

One of Austin's best Sichuan restaurants will open a second branch in South Austin.

A Texas judge has sentenced a former state geologist to 60 years in prison for promotion and possession of child pornography.

Outside an abandoned Austin shopping mall is a little-known visual phenomenon to rival the bat flights from the downtown Congress Avenue bridge.

The Texas Civil Rights Project filed more than 30 lawsuits across the state, including ones against Uber, Lyft and Yellow Cab.

According to Forbes.com , since 2001 tech firms like Apple, Google, and Facebook have expanded employment by 41 percent.

Thursday marks one week since 298 people died when a Malaysia Airlines jet crashed after a missile shot it down over Eastern Ukraine.

Austin is no longer the top U.S. city for job growth , but the future still looks bright.

Austin-based Twin Liquors has reached a settlement with the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission that will allow the liquor giant to keep open all of its retail operations.

"Citizen involvement is key to what we do," said APD Commander Nick Wright. "The work of APD's District Representatives is the root of all we do, and without that combination, we don't function."

This July 21, 2014, file photo shows Gov. Rick Perry as he speaks during a news conference in the Governor's press room, in Austin, Texas.

On Fourth, two blocks east of the highway, I encountered "no parking" signs lining the chain-link fence as I trolled for parking two Saturday nights ago.

After a successful initial launch, Print Austin -- a city-wide round-up celebration of fine-art printmaking -- will be back in 2015, organizers have announced.

Though it may be your favorite TV show, you may not know that July is Parks & Recreation Month.