Protests

The hammer throw competitor turned away from the flag during the national anthem on Saturday after she said she was told it wouldn't play when she was on the U.S. Olympic trials podium.

Senate Bill 912, filed by state Sen. Dawn Buckingham (R-Lakeway), would increase the penalty for damage caused by riot participation from a Class B misdemeanor to a state jail felony.

District Attorney José Garza will bring a case against Daniel Perry to a Travis County grand jury soon. Perry drove into a Black Lives Matter protest and fatally shot Foster last July.

The top U.S. prosecutor for the District of Columbia cited a "disconnect" after federal prosecutors in Arizona said there was "strong evidence" that pro-Trump rioters intended to kill officials.

The agency said it was closing the grounds "out of an abundance of caution" from Saturday through Inauguration Day on Wednesday.

A scholar of politics tells Texas Standard how political theater has consequences, and that the electoral college is “on the chopping block.”

The City of Austin has agreed to pay a New York City-based consultant up to $1.3 million to investigate racism and bigotry in the Austin Police…

The Austin Police Department is facing yet another lawsuit over its use of less-lethal rounds during protests this summer.A complaint filed on behalf of…

A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday argues an Austin police officer used excessive force when the officer shot a protester with a "less lethal" round in May,…

Austin Police Chief Brian Manley says his department has a plan to keep demonstrators safe should protests break out in response to the election…