Fatal Fire Ant Bites Ignite Adrenaline Debate

Middle-school footballer’s death changes law on access to the drug.

Ford Returns to UT with Focus on Graduation

Former NBA player T.J. Ford is making good on a promise to himself.

The Smell of the Greasepaint, the Roar of the Hellraisers

Hellraisers make it their mission to attend almost all UT athletic events.

People, Pets and Coyotes Collide

Austin City Council’s meeting Thursday will consider adopting a management plan for coyotes.

Travis County Agencies Take Advantage of Weapons Program

Law enforcement agencies receive about $4 million worth of surplus military weapons and vehicles.

Carjackings in Mexico Trigger Armored Car Sales in Texas

The cars are outfitted with bulletproof windows and cabins and electrified door handles.

Austin Council Race Could Hinge on Student Vote

Candidates for District 9 seat court UT voters and hope they turn out.

EoT: Foot Fetish and Foot in Mouth

From the Greeks to American gaystapo.

UT Professor’s Super Gel Makes Him a Top Tech Innovator

Guihua Yu was named as one of MIT Technology Review’s “35 Innovators Under 35.”

La Belle Makes Final Voyage from Mud to Museum

byWes Martin

Seventeenth-century French warship goes on display in Austin.

EoT: ‘Duck Dynasty’ and Prurient Politics

A puppy on quarantine and racy politics.

EoT: Ebola: Strippers and Neiman Marcus

A college and two male strippers panic about Ebola.

Texas Ebola Expert: ‘There Was a Breakdown in Communication’

Reporting Texas interviews infectious disease specialist Dr. Scott Lea.

EoT: ISIS Edition

ISIS on the Texas-Mexico border and Twitter

Billionaires Moving in Different Orbits on Texas Space Projects

SpaceX is setting up a $100 million spaceport on a South Texas beach.

EoT: Ebola and Terrorism: No Need to Panic

Lice, same sex marriage and much more.

EoT: Pizza Parlor Panic and Cliché Cornucopia

A pizza worker gets personal with a pie.

EoT: Glenn Beck’s Ebola Fantasy and Texas Textbook ‘Doozies’

Glenn Beck claims ebola is going airborne.

EoT: L’Etat Ce N’Est Pas Moi, Y’all, and Romancing the Cadres

A roundup of news, columns and features about the state, from media around the world. Gov. Rick Perry’s lawyers argued this week that he is neither a Roman emperor nor French King Louis XIV. In a motion to dismiss his indictment for abuse of power, the lawyers argued he “was operating within the constraints on […]

Texas Shies Away from Alcohol at Gun Shows

Uproar prompts state regulators to reconsider the proposal.