Although the state had the option of opening the toll road at a lower speed – 80 or 70 miles per hour – the Texas Department of Transportation took advantage of a $100 million payment the private toll road company promised in exchange for an 85 mph speed limit.
For the past 11 years, Katy Sepeda has made her way to the duck pond on the outskirts of Austin's Arboretum several days per week to feed to ducks a combination of cracked and whole corn.
As Austin continues efforts to address what city has recognized as a "public health and safety crisis" regarding homelessness, community groups are focusing in on how to help the youngest...
A company wants to alter farm animals by adding and subtracting genetic traits in a lab. It sounds like science fiction, but Recombinetics sees opportunity for its technology in the livestock...
A man who couldn't resist a month-old meerkat was fined Wednesday for snatching the baby animal from a zoo in Australia. The unnamed meerkat went missing in September, the day before he was due to...
Keith Urban won Entertainer of the Year at the 2018 Country Music Association Awards. He appeared to be genuinely shocked and brought to tears by the honor. This the second time he has won the big...
A 4-year-old spends hours alone in a minivan in a Milwaukee impound lot after police and a tow truck driver failed to spot her inside the vehicle during a traffic stop that resulted in the driver's...
Michael Avenatti, who skyrocketed to fame as a critic of President Donald Trump and the lawyer for porn actress Stormy Daniels, was arrested Wednesday and booked on a felony domestic violence...
