Here are the stories on Texas Standard for Wednesday, July 22, 2026. Check back later today for updated story links and audio. Trump moves to reopen trade talks with Canada and Mexico President Donald ...

About a decade ago, one of the signature residents of the Fort Worth Nature Center and Refuge, the black-tailed prairie dog, disappeared when the refuge’s entire colony suddenly died out. Now, after ...

Seven percent of the Earth’s population, nearly 1.8 billion people, watched the World Cup final yesterday. The championship-winning goal for Spain came in the 106th minute. A final gesture from the ...

El Paso ISD may be headed toward drastic cost-cutting measures after district officials revealed a far larger budget crisis than previously understood. Consultants are now recommending the district ...

From AI to cybersecurity, web pages to mobile apps, a new book offers tools for including people with all kinds of disabilities. Most people can agree that accessible technology is a good thing — even ...

On May 17, 1929, bandleader and saxophonist Isidro López was born in Bishop, Texas, in Nueces County. Commonly known as “El Indio,” a nod to his father’s Mescalero Apache ancestry, López was a major ...

Remnants of a lion-sized armadillo dating back to the Ice Age have been discovered resting on the riverbed of a half-submerged cave 40 feet below the surface of Comal County. It’s a sight straight out ...

The United States’ war with Iran has entered a new phase, with President Donald Trump ordering a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. The decision will have major ripple effects for the energy industry, ...

NASA is hiring new talent to rebuild its core competencies and meet the agency’s aggressive moon deadlines. But this push to staff up comes just two months after thousands of civil servants received ...

Three Texas Democrats are running for a chance to snatch the state’s lieutenant governor seat from Republican rule. If successful, it would be the first time Democrats held the influential position ...

The Big Bend — an expansive, quiet and undeveloped area that’s preserved as both state and federal parkland — provides a sense of isolation and freedom from the noisy buzz of city life. But that may ...

Starlink, the satellite-based internet service offered by SpaceX, will provide broadband to 64,000 Texas locations, covered by the Broadband Equity Access and Deployment program, also known as BEAD.