For the first time, as of 2011, more than half of the children under age 1 in the U.S. were minorities, the newest benchmark illustrating the widening age gap between mostly white, older Americans and fast-growing, younger minority populations, particularly Hispanics.

AUSTIN City seeks input for I-35 improvement program Residents are invited to participate in an open house to discuss improvements to mobility, safety and quality of life along the Interstate 35 corridor.

YEMEN FBI condemns media leaks on failed plot WASHINGTON - FBI director Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee that authorities were investigating how information about a thwarted plot by al Qaeda's Yemen affiliate to carry out a suicide bombing on a U.S.-bound airliner was leaked to the media.

MILITARY Assault ship collides with refueling tanker SAN DIEGO - An 844-foot-long Navy assault ship collided with a refueling tanker in the Pacific Ocean, causing damage to both ships, but there were no injuries or fuel spills, military officials said.

A 4-year-old boy was killed Wednesday night when he was hit by a truck in a Southeast Austin neighborhood.

In the early 1980s, Austin was swarming with punk bands, but the most intense of the lot was unquestionably the Offenders, who were such a swirling menace of hard-core brothers that all four assumed the surname of Offender.

As Greek political leaders assembled a caretaker government Wednesday to usher in new elections next month, bankers across Athens were monitoring a worrisome development: the continued flight of billions of euros from the country amid renewed concern over Greece's fate within the euro currency union.

Two Mexican army generals, including a former assistant defense secretary, were detained by anti-drug prosecutors and are being questioned for alleged links to drug traffickers, authorities said Wednesday.

In his first interview since December, Syrian President Bashar Assad said Tuesday his government is fighting back against foreign mercenaries who want to overthrow him, not innocent Syrians aspiring for democracy in a yearlong uprising.

U.S. nuclear power regulators have quietly overhauled community emergency planning for the first time in more than three decades, requiring fewer exercises for major accidents and recommending that fewer people be evacuated right away.

After years of waffling research on coffee and health, even some fear that java might raise the risk of heart disease, a big study finds that coffee drinkers are a little more likely to live longer.

After months of silence, former President George W. Bush finally weighed in on the presidential race with four short words.