“Sinners” is nominated for a record 16 Academy Awards. But long before Michael B. Jordan took on the dual role fighting racist vampires in the South, there was another story of Black resistance filmed ...

In a time when technology has made it easier than ever for anyone to reimagine a piece of music, a book, or a film, and many artists battle to protect their copyrighted work from the algorithmic meat ...

This Friday marks the 25 th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, which cost nearly 3,000 lives. The victims included several individuals with ties to the Houston area — among them, ...

Sen. Ted Cruz is not up for reelection until 2030. But Texas’ junior senator nonetheless appears to be hitting the campaign trail, according to a report from the Wall Street Journal. Cruz recently ...

For nearly 40 years, The Alliance ushered people from across the world into Houston. The nonprofit welcomed refugees with food, clothing, furniture, rent money, job training, language classes and ...

When the Guadalupe River overtopped its banks last July 4, Texas Monthly senior editor Aaron Parsley found himself a part of the biggest breaking news story in the state. His harrowing and deeply ...

For the first time, scientists believe they may have detected a dark matter particle. Researchers have studied dark matter for most of the last century, but a recent breakthrough provides the ...

Here are the stories on Texas Standard for Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2026. Check back later today for updated story links and audio. Deaths at El Paso detention center raise alarms one year into Trump’s ...

Republican state Rep. Jason Villalba had some harsh words, via Twitter for Democratic presidential contender Bernie Sanders. He said that Sanders is a democratic socialist – and that the Nazi’s were ...

Here are the stories on Texas Standard for Thursday, Sept. 10, 2026. Ken Paxton’s campaign ad creates an AI James Talarico Attorney General Ken Paxton’s campaign uses AI imagery to claim his ...

Shelly joined Texas Standard in 2017 as the show’s web editor. She is now a producer/reporter, covering technology, science, transportation, disability issues and the arts, along with the usual ...

Whether TikTok is a harmless time waster or a sneaky surveillance mechanism depends on who you ask – and it’s a question that members of Congress are currently wrestling over. Last week, TikTok CEO ...