Posted: 11:55 AM After more than a century, the Census Bureau is dropping its use of the word "Negro" to describe black Americans in surveys.

Updated: 2:37 PM Police in Brockton, Mass., have asked state child welfare officials to investigate possible child abuse or neglect in the case of a 9-year-old who appears in sexually suggestive rap videos.

Posted: 11:42 AM The Onion is apologizing for calling the 9-year-old star of "Beasts of the Southern Wild" a vulgar and offensive name on Twitter.

Posted: 10:23 AM Forget glamour girls Jessica Chastain versus Jennifer Lawrence. By the end of a long Oscars telecast, the only person who could have stolen the fashion conversation was first lady Michelle Obama — and she did.

Posted: 10:16 AM High-tech leaders including the former heads of AOL and Mozilla are organizing a ‘‘virtual march for immigration reform’’ aimed at pressuring lawmakers to enact sweeping changes to the nation’s immigration laws.

Updated: 10:26 AM Swedish furniture giant Ikea was drawn into Europe's widening food labeling scandal Monday as authorities said they had detected horse meat in frozen meatballs labeled as beef and pork and sold in 13 countries across the continent.

Posted: 10:06 AM Tennnnnn-hut, ladies! The next time Uncle Sam comes calling, he's probably going to want you, too.

Posted: 10:01 AM Iran's state TV dismissed the Oscar-winning film "Argo" on Monday as an "advertisement for the CIA" and some Iranians called the award a political statement by America for its unflattering portrayal of the aftermath of the 1979 Islamic Revolution.

Posted: 9:57 AM A Nepalese woman mountaineer has been recognized by Guinness World Records for climbing Mount Everest twice in the same climbing season.

Posted: 9:55 AM Cardinal Keith O'Brien, Britain's highest-ranking Catholic leader, says he is resigning as archbishop in the wake of misconduct allegations and will be skipping the conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI.

Posted: 9:52 AM One of the longest and most scientific tests of a Mediterranean diet suggests this style of eating can cut the chance of suffering heart-related problems, especially strokes, in older people at high risk of them.

Posted: 9:48 AM The author of the children's classic "Sarah, Plain and Tall" is teaming up with an acclaimed illustrator for a tribute to the victims of the Sandy Hook school shootings.

Posted: 10:31 AM A husband hacked his wife with a meat cleaver on a bustling Chinatown street before firefighters tackled him, police said Monday.

Updated: 9:34 AM Many people take calorie intake into consideration when trying to lose weight. People will go to great lengths to avoid high calorie foods.

Updated: 9:43 AM Johnson has the speed and experience at the end to win his second Daytona 500. Dale Earnhardt Jr. is second. Danica Patrick is eighth, a strong showing, but her inexperience shows at the finish.

Updated: 10:54 AM It's just another week of uncomfortable and exciting moments!

Posted: 9:17 AM A powerful winter storm — the second in just a few days — is slamming into the Great Plains on Monday.

Updated: 9:36 AM Argo won the Academy Award for Best Picture on Sunday, marking the first time since 1990 that a film has snagged the top Oscar when its director wasn't also nominated.

Updated: 9:33 AM Renovating Kyle Field has been a rumor for quite some time, but it never became a reality until we joined the SEC. With a new coach and new conference, who wouldn’t want a new $400 million plus football field? I’m thrilled to have the opportunity to be apart of this life-changing decision.

Updated: 1:36 PM Texas A&M football coach Kevin Sumlin became an honorary heavyweight champion Sunday.

Updated: 3:11 PM A state park destroyed by a wildfire is getting some much needed help. For the past two weekends, hundreds of Aggies have taken it upon themselves to help replant the Bastrop State Park.

Updated: 8:44 PM The former Texas A&M employee arrested in connection with a bomb threat on campus is still in the Brazos County jail, and KBTX has learned this isn’t his first visit.

Posted: 3:22 PM A New York City police officer accused of plotting to kill and eat women wants to convince a jury that it was all fantas

Posted: 3:10 PM The murder case involving Olympic star Oscar Pistorius took another unexpected turn Sunday with the news that his older brother, Carl, is himself facing charges for the death of a woman in a traffic accident.

Posted: 3:03 PM Huawei, a Chinese company that recently became the world's third-largest maker of smartphones, calls its new flagship product "the fastest smartphone in the world" and wants to use it to expand global awareness of its brand.