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A confident Mitt Romney is shifting toward the general election as his grasp on the Republican presidential nomination tightens with a win in Illinois, saying Tuesday that he would work with Democrats to solve the nation’s problems — or “die trying.”

A new discipline-based internship will be offered by the National Campus Kitchens Project in Washington, D.C., this summer, giving a Baylor sociology major the opportunity to participate in undergraduate research.

Acoustic Cafe will be held from 8 to 10 p.m. Wednesday in the Bill Daniel Student Center Den. This event…

Baylor’s efforts to explore building a new on-campus football stadium were bolstered last week when the university announced the largest capital gift in school history to help fund the project.

Storms are expected to sweep through the middle of the country over the next several days, bringing heavy rain and the threat of hail and tornadoes.

As a fierce thunderstorm that came out of nowhere closed in, hot-air balloon pilot Edward Ristaino spotted an open field and warned the five skydivers aboard the craft to jump before it was too late.

Investors who lost billions in a massive Ponzi scheme orchestrated by convicted former Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford won a legal victory Monday as a federal appeals court decided to let their class action lawsuits go forward against individuals and companies they allege aided the financier’s fraud.

Global Business Forum will host the film “Awakening: Empowering Women Through Microloans” from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. today on the…

The Student Senate approved a controversial bill Thursday encouraging the Baylor administration to publicly advocate for providing certain classes of illegal immigrants a pathway to citizenship.

Gov. Rick Perry defended a state-run fund designed to attract high-tech researchers, businesses and jobs to Texas, saying last Thursday that the government should play a role in enticing key research talent to the state — even if it makes some people nervous.

Baylor baseball will play Texas Tech from 1:05 to 4:05 p.m. March 18 at Baylor Ballpark. Tickets can be purchased…

The Baylor Lariat has set up a new sports Twitter feed @BULariatSports. Follow us for live updates on this week’s…

When a man from another country comes to study at Baylor, he does not always come alone. Sometimes he brings his wife and children with him to live in Waco as a family.

The daughter of a Kansas commune leader charged in the 2003 death of a group member says her father could not have hurt the woman, even for money, because she had done so much for him and become “a part of him.”