At least three cities in Illinois are offering to pay people thousands of dollars to move there. Under certain conditions, of course.

The CDC launched a tracking dashboard as bird flu outbreaks spread rapidly, but should you worried about infection?

The State Department renewed aglobal security warningFriday for Americans overseas, adding to it that LGBTQ people and events in particular face an increased potential for foreign terrorist organization-inspired violence."

The pandas at Zoo Atlanta are the last remaining pandas in the U.S., as the bears at other zoos across the nation including ones in Memphis, Tenn., and Washington, D.C. returned their pandas back to China recently.

An internal investigation into the Round Rock Independent School District Police Department describes the agency as toxic and very divided.

The study showed that a big population does not always correspond with the most shows.

Texas law requires counties to establish a medical examiner's office when the population hits 2.5 million, but a county commissioners courtmay create one at any time.

Round Rock ISD Chief of Police Dennis Weiner said in a letter to the district's superintendent that he was leaving due to "delayed" investigations, including an alleged student sexual assault that happened last month.

AUSTIN (KXAN) - You can't close out a regular season much better than Texas did over Kansas. The Longhorns finished off a sweep of the Jayhawks, holding off the visitors for a 9-7 win Saturday. The first two wins of the series were walk offs by Jalin Flores of Texas. No walk off was needed [...]

Travis County Judge Andy Brown and Bexar County Judge Peter Sakai are spearheading new conversations with state transportation and rail leaders to expand passenger rail services in Texas.

AUSTIN (KXAN) The Austin Police Department hosted its latest recruiting event at its training center in South Austin Saturday in an effort to fill some of its vacancies.

AUSTIN (Nexstar) -- Texas Democrats urged Gov. Greg Abbott to call lawmakers back for a special legislative session Monday, citing "the urgent need to address school finance and improve funding for all of our school districts." Some of Texas' largest school districts face significant budget deficits, forcing some to cut teachers and staff for next [...]

AUSTIN (KXAN) - Upsets can happen in the postseason of any sport, but the top-ranked Texas softball team looks pretty tough to beat at the moment. The Longhorns rolled past Northwestern Saturday afternoon by a tune of 14-2 to advance to the final day of the Austin regional unbeaten. A game dominated by pitching in [...]

Mailbox Improvement Week runs from May 19-25, and the U.S. Postal Service is asking Texas homeowners to inspect and repair their mailboxes.

The alligator that stole Adam Sandler's golf ball in Happy Gilmore won't be on set because he retired long ago, after an incident on the set of a popular '90s sitcom.

Brendan Paul, who was accused of running drugs for music mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs, has agreed to a plea deal to avoid prison.

The Williamson County Sheriff's Office is investigating a homicide after a deadly shooting happened in an "unincorporated area" of Austin on Friday, the agency said in a news release Saturday.

While many people would agree that the quality of the food makes a restaurant good, it's the ambiance, looks, and views that make a restaurant great.

Bed bug cities: you're more likely to encounter these bloodsuckers in some areas than others.

As the Houston area works to clean up andrestore power to thousandsafter deadly storms that left at least seven people dead, it will do so Saturday under a smog warning.

Many of Canadas wildfires never actually died. They just went underground.

McDonald's is being deliberately vague about the ingredients of its new Grandma McFlurry, but the internet already has theories.

Grocery prices fell on the whole in April for the first time in 12 months, according to data released Wednesday by the Labor Department.

While many people would agree that the quality of the food makes a restaurant good, it's the ambiance, looks, and views that make a restaurant great.

On Friday, former Manor ISD student turned Dallas Cowboys football player Tyler Guyton hosted a pep rallyfor the district.