In 2022, three fishermen were thrown into the Gulf of Mexico when their boat took on water, leaving them clinging to coolers while rescuers searched for them. A new book reconstructs the ordeal and ...

With 17 constitutional amendments on the ballot next week, state officials are reminding Texans what to expect at the polls. From language assistance to last-minute research, Alicia Pierce, ...

In 2004, Pablo Castro was killed during a robbery at a convenience store in Corpus Christi where he worked. John Henry Ramirez, a former Marine, was convicted of the crime, and sentenced to death.

Last week saw the culmination of a crisis within the Roman Catholic Church that some historians have called the biggest schism in over 150 years. The Vatican issued a decree last Thursday against the ...

In the late 1950s, Lamar Hunt, the son of a Texas oil tycoon, was determined to make his mark in professional football. After years of unsuccessfully trying to buy or start a new NFL team, Hunt ...

For sports fans who are blind or have other disabilities, new technology provides a better way to watch the Winter Olympics from home – or the Super Bowl, if you’re lucky enough to have a ticket.

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. President Donald Trump on Tuesday issued a second executive ...

Here’s what’s coming up on Texas Standard for Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. Check back later today for updated story links and audio. Texas braces for first major winter storm of the year State officials ...

From the American Homefront Project: Orders were issued. Soldiers were told to pack up and get mission ready. They were mobilized to the U.S.-Mexico border. For all of them, their lives and ...

A couple of weeks a ago, I proposed a Texas phonetic alphabet to be our own version of the NATO phonetic alphabet, which is used by the military and police forces. The NATO version uses “Alpha” for A, ...

On Jan. 26, 1945, 19-year-old East Texan Audie Murphy almost single-handedly held off a German counteroffensive in occupied France. Murphy manned the machine gun of a burning tank destroyer, alone, in ...

The teams for all three North American host countries have been eliminated from the World Cup. Canada fell to Morocco, then Mexico’s hopeful chant of “y si sí” was silenced on Sunday against England.