Oklahoma educators are spending their summer preparing to implement sweeping new reading requirements under the Strong Readers Act, including third-grade retention for struggling readers starting in 2027-28. Teachers and reading specialists are raising urgent questions about whether one year is enough time to build the foundation Mississippi took a decade to create.

On the Scene w/Brett Fieldcamp, May 28, 2026

With federal funds rescinded, NPR and public radio service radio stations - including KGOU - shift methods to boost funding and community-centered content.

The federal government will no longer pay for the thousands of test strips the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health sends by mail and agency officials are evaluating what's next.

Colombian-American photographer and filmmaker Juan Arredondo turns his lens on the people of the world who do not have birth and death certificates — and how these vital records are created.

A Russian drone that was part of an overnight attack on Ukraine crashed into an apartment building in eastern Romania, injuring two people, Romanian authorities said Friday.

The head of the World Health Organization arrived in Congo's capital, Kinshasa, to witness efforts against an outbreak of a rare type of Ebola virus.

This week, the pope took aim at AI, a fancy carmaker dipped a toe in the EV market and a first lady made a surprising comment.

The overall number of U.S. beef and dairy cattle has shrunk to its lowest level since 1951. Drought, rising operating costs and increased consolidation are among the causes.

America's voting systems are getting old. But unless Congress makes a massive financial commitment, a new report finds it could take decades before voting machines are widely replaced.