UT-Austin’s presidency goes vacant amid growing challenges for Texas public university leaders

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Many were shocked Tuesday when University of Texas at Austin President Jay Hartzell announced he’d be leaving the 53,000-student public school to lead Southern Methodist Unive

Her body was 126 degrees after she died; Bexar County Medical Examiner blames drugs

Originally published by Deceleration, a nonprofit online journal producing original news and analysis responding to our shared ecological, political, and cultural crises. Last summer, Jessica Witzel collapsed, convulsed, and died in the unshaded driveway of a San Antonio gas station during one of th

Dweezil Zappa keeping his father’s groundbreaking music alive with show at Empire Theatre

When your first name is “Dweezil,” you probably don’t need a last name. But if you have a last name, it may as well be Zappa, making you the heir to one of the deepest and most unconventional catalogs in American music: that of the late and legendary Frank Zappa.

Top 10 of 2024: Here’s a rundown of the best movies the Current's Kiko Martinez saw last year

After watching 237 feature films at theaters and on streaming platforms in 2024, here are my 10 favorites plus a few honorable mentions. 1.