A portion of an interstate highway bridge in Washington state collapsed
Thursday night, sending cars and people into the water, authorities
said....
The Boy Scouts of America today voted to lift its longtime national ban
on admitting openly gay Scouts but will continue to exclude openly gay
adults from leadership roles....
When a devastating tornado touched down in Moore, Oklahoma on May 20, locals had 16 minutes to get to safety before the mile-wide EF4 hit.
Even that seemingly short warning system is enough to save...
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. -Trey
Masek threw his third complete game of the season and freshman Eric
Gutierrez homered for the fourth consecutive game, but it wasn't
enough as No. 15 Kansas State 4-3...
Wall Street may be in for a wild ride today after a sharp retreat for
stocks in Japan. US stock futures dropped after the Nikkei index in
Tokyo plunged 7.3 percent overnight, its worst one-day a...
A mystery illness has sickened seven people in southeastern Alabama,
killing two of them, according to the state Health Department, but it's
not clear whether the patients - or their symptoms -...
WASHINGTON -- New census estimates show most of the nation's largest
cities have further enhanced their allure -- including several in Texas....
ARGLINGTON, Texas -- Long before the sun came up Thursday, Richard Kent
was among the first to ride the Texas SkyScreamer at Six Flags Over
Texas....
House Bill 950, by state Rep. Senfronia Thompson, D-Houston, a measure designed to prevent pay discrimination against women, narrowly passed the upper chamber with a vote of 17-14 on...
Texas public universities awarded more than 50,000 bachelor's degrees in
spring 2013, an increase of more than 5,000 from 2012, according to
preliminary data from the Texas Higher Education...
