TECHNOLOGYApple sells 35 million iPhones in 2nd quarterNEW YORK — Apple, the world's most valuable company, is trumping skeptics once again by reporting blow-out iPhone sales.Apple says it sold 35 million iPhones in its most recent quarter, almost twic... »
In what seasoned investigators have called an unusually violent case, arson and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges have been filed against a woman accused of setting her husband on fire at their North Austin apartment and then locking him ... »
A day after his shooting death shocked and saddened the region, funeral arrangements were set Saturday for Austin senior police officer Jaime Padron, the Police Department's first officer to be killed in the line of duty in more than seven years, and t... »
Former New York Police Department officer Vincent Henry can recite every detail of fellow officer Phil Cardillo's death — the call, the address, the details of the fatal shooting, the political fallout — as clearly as if it happened yesterday. "It's st... »
‘It is a tragedy on Good Friday to lose an officer like this, but it is part of what these men and women do.'Art Acevedo, Austin police chief, on the shooting death of officer Jaime Padron at a North Austin Wal-Mart‘Something has got to change. I am fu... »
P.T. Vineburgh has a sense of how much things should cost, and on a recent trip to the Boston jeweler Shreve, Crump & Low, he was not afraid to say so."I know these things are significantly marked up," Vineburgh, 33, said about Chelsea clocks priced at... »
FOOD SERVICE ‘Pink slime' maker stops work at Texas plant LUBBOCK — The company that makes "pink slime" suspended operations Monday at three of four plants where the beef ingredient is made, saying officials would work to address recent public concern ... »
Akins FFA Alumni Annual Plant Sale. 5 to 7 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends, through April 15. Plants, herbs, vegetables and more for $1; benefits the Akins High School Future Farmers of America. Akins High School Greenhouse, 10701 S. First St.... »
And now we return to normal life in Austin, when the hour-plus wait in line is for a barbecue trailer, a "special guest" is the competitive beard your neighbor is growing out, and the Boss wants you to get back to work. But we are not quite done with S... »
Patients, doctors and researchers will gather in Austin this weekend for their annual conference on a mysterious disorder characterized by fibers protruding from the skin, fatigue and various neurological symptoms.The fifth annual Morgellons conference... »
The late 19th century farmhouse in eastern Pflugerville isn't a beauty compared to the more decorative Victorian-style houses popular in the day. But a group of locals thinks the oldest building in Pflugerville is no less worthy of the time and effort ... »
Day four of South by Southwest Music, and the music stars were still out. And they drew crowds of people hoping to hear their music in more intimate venues on Friday night.At 9 p.m., the line for an 11 p.m. set by wildly popular dubstep producer Skrill... »
It was a mundane end to an electrifying week on the stock market.Stock indexes wavered indecisively between small gains and losses Friday before closing mixed. Earlier in the week, the Standard & Poor's 500 and the Nasdaq composite index were on a tear... »
Akins FFA Alumni Annual Plant Sale. 5 to 7 p.m. weekdays, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekends through April 15. Plants, herbs, vegetables and flowers for $1; benefits the Akins High School Future Farmers of America. Akins High School Greenhouse, 10701 S. First S... »
Since the release of his first Warner Bros. EP last summer, blues-rock guitar hero Gary Clark Jr. has been seemingly everywhere, from the Austin City Limits Festival to the White House to "Late Night With Jimmy Fallon," and it seems as if not an hour g... »
