Austin (Texas)

Openly gay members of the Austin Police Department have recorded a video for the It Gets Better campaign. Openly gay members of the Austin Police Department have recorded a video for the It Gets Better campaign. The It Gets Better Project encourages bullied LGBT teens considering suicide to hang in there, because life eventually gets better. The 7-minute video opens with the following message: ?Before we put on our uniform, before we go to work protecting the citizens of Austin, we are a part of Texas, and we are gay.? One by one, the officers and other department employees discuss coming out. ?I didn't want to call myself gay because gay meant you're broken,? a male officer says. A female employee says she was rejected by her family when she came out lesbian on her birthday. Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo says his immigration story allows him to identify with gay people, then adds: ?My name is Art Acevedo. I'm the chief of police here in Austin, Texas. And believe me, it gets better.

Google on Wednesday released research showing that lives in the United States have gone multi-screen, with people bouncing between smartphones, tablets, computers and televisions.

The proud fans of Lance Armstrong in his Texas hometown Austin stood by their cycling hero Friday despite a decision by the US anti-doping agency to strip him of his Tour de France titles.

Cyclist Lance Armstrong plotted his career strategy Saturday after the US anti-doping agency banned him from the sport for life and stripped him of the record seven Tour de France titles.

The US anti-doping agency banned Lance Armstrong for life on Friday, stripping him of the record seven Tour de France titles that helped him become an inspirational icon of US sports.

An American freelance journalist has been missing in Syria for more than a week, his most recent employers said Thursday, expressing concern for his safety amid fierce fighting there.

A federal judge Monday dismissed Lance Armstrong's lawsuit against the US Anti-Doping Agency, opening the way for the agency's drug case against the seven-time Tour de France winner to proceed.

USA Cycling sided against the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in its fight against seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong in a letter written to a US federal judge about their dispute.

A Muslim US soldier turned conscientious objector was jailed for life on Friday after being convicted of plotting to kill troops and their families from a military base.

US President Barack Obama jetted into the Republican bastion of Texas to raise funds and burnish his nationwide appeal as opponents called his American identity into question.

US President Barack Obama jetted into the Republican bastion of Texas to raise funds and burnish his nationwide appeal as opponents called his American identity into question.

US President Barack Obama travels to Texas on Tuesday, hoping his supporters in the Republican bastion can help him close the funding gap with rival Mitt Romney ahead of November elections.

A US lawmaker urged the Office of National Drug Control Policy to investigate the US Anti-Doping Agency in the wake of its charges against seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.

A US lawmaker wants the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to investigate the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) in the wake of its charges against seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong.

The US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) has given Lance Armstrong a 30-day extension to contest the doping conspiracy charges against him while he pursues a lawsuit against USADA.

Lance Armstrong refiled a federal lawsuit against the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), hours after the group issued life bans against three of his former cycling associates.

Lance Armstrong refiled a federal lawsuit Tuesday against the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), hours after the group issued life bans against three of his former cycling associates.

Pressure mounted on seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong on Tuesday as three former close associates were banned for life from sport, the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced.

Texas Governor Rick Perry has suggested that legalizing gay marriage will impact the economy negatively. Texas Governor Rick Perry has suggested that legalizing gay marriage will impact the economy negatively. Perry, who dropped his bid to become the GOP nominee for president in January, appeared last month on Uncommon Knowledge with Peter Robinson, a production of the conservative think tank Hoover Institute. The 62-year-old Perry answered questions from host Peter Robinson in front of a live audience at The Stephen F. Austin International Hotel in Austin, Texas. When Robinson asked, ?On social issues, is Texas a special case or once again a model and an example for the nation itself?? Perry defended his positions on ?traditional marriage? and abortion. ?Those are values, and actually they're values that from my perspective they can't be equivocated. I mean you're either for traditional marriage or you're not. You're either for protecting innocent life or you're not.? ?The issue of tr

Michael Phelps, swimming his last warm-up meet before the US Olympic trials, won the 400 meter medley as club-mate Allison Schmitt stole the show at the Longhorn Elite Invitational.