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New Hampshire electors Dudley Dudley, seated from left, Terri Norelli, Bev Hollingworth and Carol Shea-Porter gather before casting votes for president at the State House in Concord on Monday.
In this July 13, 2013 file photo, abortion rights advocates, left, protest in the State Capitol as anti-abortion rights supporters pass them in Austin, Texas. A coalition of national advocacy groups sued Texas on Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, seeking to block Texas' soon-to-be-implemented rules mandating the burial or cremation of fetal remains.
This is a miscarriage of justice the likes of which we haven't seen since it was insinuated that San Antonio has better breakfast tacos than Austin . According to a blind taste-test from a group of Republican senators Wednesday in Washington, D.C., Arkansas' cheese dip is better than Texas' queso.
Austin is poised to be Texas' first so-called sanctuary city, and the christening couldn't come at a more difficult time. With a president-elect and state legislature vowing to slash funding for sanctuary cities, unity is being challenged in unprecedented ways.
The Central Texas Food Bank serves more than 40,000 people in a week, but it was one person Monday who reportedly took issue with the charity's insistence on providing "these poor folks in need" with sustenance. The food bank received a "disturbing" letter Monday in response to a Thanksgiving direct-mail campaign asking supporters to donate any food they had.
Americans wondering what life with liquefied natural gas exports will bring can look to eastern Australia for a worst-case scenario. As Australia is set to overtake Qatar as the world's largest exporter of LNG, its domestic market is showing growing vulnerability to price spikes.
Early voting starts this Monday and Austin city leaders are pushing people to get out and vote. And what better way to do it, than in true Austin style with live music.
State Rep. Elliott Naishtat and U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse hosted a discussion on climate change at the State Capitol on Monday involving UT researchers Kerry Cook, a professor from the Jackson School of Geosciences, and Charles Jackson, a researcher with the UT Institute for Geophysics. Cook pointed out the danger climate change denial poses for the developing world and brought up the difference in damage between regions affected by Hurricane Matthew.
US president Barack Obama and actor Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up on the White House South Lawn to sound a call for urgent action to combat climate change. Obama told a crowd gathered for the South by South Lawn festival of technology and music that the world is in "a race against time" to combat climate change.
Texas has a long and complex history with the issue of abortion and reproductive rights. Click through to see more about how it has played out over the last four decades.
Voters check in at a polling station on Super Tuesday in Austin, Texas on March 1. A federal appeals court in July ruled Texas strict voter ID law, passed in 2011, discriminates against minorities. A study confirms that in-person voter fraud, what voter ID is designed to prevent, just doesn't happen much at all.
The man now accused in a series of rapes and assaults of women in Austin, Texas, was free on the streets after the U.S. Attorney's Office in San Antonio declined to prosecute him for illegal re-entry after his fourth deportation. Breitbart Texas learned on Friday that The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas was asked by agents in Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement Removal Operations to prosecute Nicondemo Coria-Gonzales for illegal re-entry to the U.S. after having previously deported four times.
This file photo taken on August 22, 2016 shows Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gestures following his speach during a campaign rally in Austin, Texas. This file photo taken on August 22, 2016 shows Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump gestures following his speach during a campaign rally in Austin, Texas.
Donald Trump tweeted Saturday that tragedies like the death of NBA star Dwyane Wade's cousin are one of the reasons African-Americans will vote for the Republican nominee. "Dwayne Wade's cousin was just shot and killed walking her baby in Chicago.
Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, is en route to Texas today for fundraisers in Fort Worth and Austin , as well as a rally and a town hall in the latter. The rally in Austin has puzzled the local community, since the state's most famously blue bubble is hardly a hotbed of radical Trumpism.
AUSTIN, Texas >> Texas agreed Wednesday to weaken its voter ID law as courts across the U.S., with only months before the November election, are blocking Republican-controlled states from imposing polling place restrictions that critics say target minorities and the poor. The changes must still be approved by a federal judge.
A black Cincinnati police officer is under investigation over a Facebook post that mentioned that white officers "are looking for a reason to kill a black man." A black Cincinnati police officer is under investigation over a Facebook post that mentioned that white officers "are looking for a reason to kill a black man."
Joggers, cyclists and sun-seekers are back on Nice's famed Riviera coast, a further sig... Patrol car video publicly released Thursday shows a white Austin, Texas, police officer violently throwing a black woman to the ground during a traffic stop, followed by another white officer telling her black... Patrol car video publicly released Thursday shows a white Austin, Texas, police officer violently throwing a black woman to the ground during a traffic stop, followed by another white officer telling her black people have... Cleveland has breathed a sigh of relief as the Republican convention concluded with about two dozen arrests over four days thanks to a massive police presence and protesters' own concerns for their safety.
Sonic Foundry, Inc. , the trusted global leader for video creation and management solutions , today announced that Dr. Paul S. Peercy will retire from its Board of Directors, effective immediately due to personal reasons. The board was unanimous in its praise of Dr. Peercy, who has served as a Director since 2004.
In the minds of many Texans, the Lone Star State's two flagship universities are polar opposites: The University of Texas at Austin is perceived as diverse, urban and liberal. Texas A&M University is viewed as white, rural and conservative.