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A once-in-a-'Blue Moon' Broadway breakup

Before there was Rodgers and Hammerstein, there was Rodgers and Hart. Richard Linklater's new film meets lyricist Lorenz Hart on the night he's watching his partnership with composer Richard Rodgers fade away.

In the Tennessee Capitol, state Rep. Matthew Hill took heat from abortion-rights proponents last month who had gathered to protest a bill he favored that would ban abortions after about six weeks' pregnancy. That legislation was eventually thwarted in the Tennessee Senate, however, when some of his fellow Republicans voted it down, fearing the high cost of court challenges.

Republican State Lawmakers Split Over Anti-Abortion Strategy

Ohio is the latest Republican-led state to pass a ban on abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. But Tennessee this week backed off a similar bill, fearing costly legal battles. What now?

Capitol Insider: Bipartisan Budget Deal Likely Dead

A budget package that would fill the state’s $215 million budget shortfall and provide raises to teachers and some state employees was held up in a House…

Are 'failure to protect' laws failing mothers?

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with Mother Jones reporter Samantha Michaels about an investigation into "failure to protect" laws and how abuse survivors can end up serving more time than their abusers.

Tulsa Public Schools Superintendent Ebony Johnson delivers a progress presentation to the State Board of Education at the December 2023 meeting.

The road ahead for Tulsa Public Schools: five months into Walters’ mandated improvement plan

No district in Oklahoma is under the State Board of Education’s microscope quite like Tulsa Public Schools. StateImpact’s Beth Wallis and OPMX’s Max Bryan have this update on how TPS’ state-mandated improvement plan is going so far and the work that lies ahead.

Seth Manusson rides his bike to Will Rogers Elementary School in Edmond. On Fridays, he rides alongside his classmates in a "bike bus," a parent-led initiative helping kids bike to school.

Edmond ‘bike bus’ puts a healthy spin on kids’ school commute

Keeping kids active and healthy can be an uphill battle, especially in the age of smartphones, video games and other distractions. A new volunteer initiative in Edmond is getting kids’ hearts pumping — and their wheels turning.

How the fall of Assad's regime changes the geopolitics of the Middle East

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with professor Joshua Landis, who directs the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Oklahoma, about how the fall of the Assad regime could change global dynamics.

Ashley Caudle, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, wraps her arms around her son, Elliot, next to her garden in Stilwell, Oklahoma, on May 1, 2026. Multiple generations of her family have struggled with substance abuse, and she has looked to her culture as a way to heal. "Addiction is not linear, and it doesn't affect just the addict," Caudle said. "It affects the daughters and the brothers and the support."

The opioid epidemic threatened Cherokee culture. Now, it's being used to fight back

The first tribal nation in the U.S. to sue opioid manufacturers, Cherokee Nation is using settlement money to build a culturally competent healthcare system for people struggling with addiction, including a new treatment center opening next year.

Outgoing OU Museum Director Says Technology Will Define Art’s Next Generation

The departing director of the University of Oklahoma’s Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art says 21st Century art will be shaped by music, video, and other mixed…

Groundlings comedy troupe founder Gary Austin has died at 75. Here he attends a January 2016 Groundlings event with actress Victoria Carrol-Bell in West Hollywood, Calif.

Gary Austin, Founder of the Groundlings Improv Group, Dies

Austin, relatively unknown outside of entertainment circles, taught and inspired many big names in comedy.

The National Weather Service calls for snow, ice or a "wintery mix" across much of the nation.

Get Ready For Yet Another Winter Storm

"Titan" heads east after causing flash-flooding in drought-parched California on Saturday. Forecasters predict several inches of snow in much of the country's mid-section.

Caleb Williams, the top NFL draft pick, traces success to an interception at age 9

Caleb Williams was taken No. 1 by the Chicago Bears in Thursday's NFL Draft. Williams, who played quarterback at Southern California and Oklahoma, faced challenges at a young age.

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