City of Austin responds to council resolution on flood insurance, education
After Austin City Council passed a resolution in May directing the city manager to make it easier for Austin residents to get ...
Austin ISD begins Travis Early College High School modernization project
Austin ISD held a groundbreaking celebration Friday morning to mark the beginning of the Travis Early College High School ...
San Marcos art league honors veterans in annual ‘Red, White and Blue’ showcase
The San Marcos Art League announced a month-long art exhibition dedicated to honoring veterans and active military members through creative expression.
At an art festival in Dakar, artists from both sides of the Atlantic examine the legacy of slavery
A whirlwind of color and art at the opening of this year’s Dakar Biennale of Contemporary African Art in the Senegalese ...
The US election was largely trouble-free, but a flood of misinformation raises future concerns
A relatively trouble-free presidential election was good news for those working to restore faith in the system. Less ...
Aaron Boone to return for eighth season as Yankees manager after New York exercises 2025 option
Aaron Boone will return for an eighth season as New York Yankees manager after the team exercised his 2025 option on Friday. Boone has led the Yankees to a 603-429 record, three AL ...
India’s ban on Salman Rushdie ‘The Satanic Verses’ may end — thanks to missing paperwork
The decadeslong ban of Salman Rushdie’s “The Satanic Verses” in his native India is now in doubt — not because of a change of ...
Texas Democratic Party chair steps down after dismal election performance
Gilberto Hinojosa’s resignation ends a 12-year run leading the state party, dating back to his election at the 2012 Texas Democratic Convention.
Dallas Wings hire Curt Miller as GM and executive vice president of basketball operations
The Dallas Wings hired Curt Miller as their general manager and executive vice president of basketball operations on Friday.
A research boat will scan the seabed to help search for those missing in Spain’s floods
A Spanish research vessel that investigates marine ecosystems has been abruptly diverted from its usual task to take on a new ...
Elwood Edwards, the man behind the voice of AOL’s ‘You’ve got mail’ greeting, dies at 74
Elwood Edwards, who voiced America Online’s ever-present “You’ve got mail” greeting, has died. He was 74. He died Tuesday at his home in New Bern, North Carolina, said his daughter Heather ...
Majority Black Louisiana elementary school to shut down amid lawsuits over toxic air exposure
A southeast Louisiana school board voted on Thursday to shut down a predominantly Black elementary school adjacent to a petrochemical facility embroiled in multiple lawsuits ...