Google has been investing in clean energy for years, and today, the company announced that it has made a $200 million equity investment in a wind farm in west Texas, which the company says generates enough energy to power over …

Austin, Texas residents famously want to “keep Austin weird.” It looks like many of them also want to keep Austin a part of the United States. I’m sure you’ve been following the saga that is the secessionist agenda playing out …

A church pastor was beaten to death with an electric guitar Monday after his attacker crashed a car into the wall of a North Texas church. According to an Associated Press report, the suspect crashed a car in to the …

This week a federal appeals court turned down an appeal by Planned Parenthood of a decision that allows Texas to cut off funding to the organization. According to a Reuters report, Texas Governor Rick Perry has said the state will …

A federal appeals court this week lifted an injunction on a Texas law cutting off state funding for Planned Parenthood. According to an Associated Press (AP) report, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the temporary injunction be …

Walmart customer Todd Canady was shopping at a Dallas, Texas location when he sauntered up to the check-out line to pay for his purchases. Instead of pulling out his wallet when the total was revealed, Canady grabbed the Springfield .40-caliber …

Town renamed Bikinis: Doug Guller, the man responsible for creating the bar/restaurant combo Bikinis, recently purchased a ghost town from Craigslist in hopes of transforming the once-abandoned location into a popular tourist destination. In order to lure potential vacationers to …

A deal to bring Apple’s center of American operations to Austin, Texas is “in peril,” according to an official in Austin’s Chamber of Commerce. The project would bring 3,600 jobs to the city, but the county continues to try to …

Were you ever fooled by those stupid X-ray glasses as a kid? You know the kind, the glasses with the hypnoswirl lenses that promised you would be able to see through anything. That kind of stuff never went anywhere, but …

It sounds like something conjured up for a disaster movie, but it’s true: four feet of hail was dumped on Amarillo, Texas on Wednesday when a slow-moving storm came through and the ice mixed with floodwaters. The hail piled up …

The tornados that spun through Texas on Tuesday weren’t all massive in size, but they didn’t have to be. The storm system that left thousands without power and hundreds of people sleeping in a Red Cross shelter swept through several …

A huge storm system ripped through Texas on Tuesday afternoon, spawning tornadoes which did massive damage to Dallas and Fort Worth. The area has been declared by the National Weather Service as under a “tornado emergency” as buildings were decimated …

Remember Lamar Smith? He’s the guy who brought you both SOPA and H.R. 1981, a bill that would require ISPs to save customers’ IP addresses and other identifying information for over a year. In other words, he’s not exactly a …

Apple is messing with Texas, in a good way. Today, the State of Texas is announcing that Apple plans to expand their campus in Austin with a $304 million investment in a new campus. This will reportedly generate over 3,600 …

In Austin, TX, a new city policy passed in January would enforce for more stringent sound ordinances for venues hosting the South By Southwest Music and Media Conference. According to Austin’s Impact News, venues must submit for sound permits 21 …

Verizon is literally gearing-up for the annual South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival in Austin, Texas. Anticipating huge crowds for the media and film conference, Verizon has increased coverage and capacity to handle the massive surge of traffic. Both 3G and …

It’s a good day when patent trolls get what’s coming to them – a slap in the face by a federal jury. Eolas Technologies may be the biggest patent troll the Internet has ever seen. The company, alongside the University …

Anonymous, the world’s most famous hacktivist coalition, has attacked Texas law enforcement, specifically the higher-ups at the Texas Police Chiefs Association. Dubbed operation “Texas Takedown Thursday,” the group defaced the texaspolicechiefs.org and exposed the slew of private email communications between …

Move over Rick Perry, there’s a new controversial leader in Texas and she’s a giant Justin Bieber fan. The small town of Forney, Texas recently held a Facebook contest to elect one child, aged 8 to 13, “Mayor for a …

Conservative organization Empower Texans found their Twitter account suspended along with those of their staff yesterday. There was no warning or explanation given. Sounds like Twitter has something else in common with Facebook, in terms of taking action without warning. …

The debate regarding the way Amazon.com does its online business has been going on for some time now. The major point of contention has been the fact that for years, Amazon has been able to sell and ship goods across …