© 2026 KASU
Your Connection to Music, News, Arts and Views for Over 65 Years
Donate
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
A customer pumps gas into his car at a Chevron station on May 4 in Los Angeles, Calif. Gas prices have surged to a 4-year high, as tensions in the Middle East continue. Gasoline in California is over $6 a gallon.
Justin Sullivan
/
Getty Images North America
Business & Economy
Drive slower, go electric, don't drive at all? The best options for saving gas
Camila Domonoske, Stephan Bisaha
The national average for a gallon of gasoline is $4.55, as America heads into one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. What can you do to cut your costs?
A view of the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on May 21, 2026.
Drew Angerer
/
AFP via Getty Images
Policy and Politics
GOP senators delay immigration funding. And, what to expect this hurricane season
Brittney Melton
FILE - Copies of the People's Daily newspaper with a front page photo and headline which reads "Xi Jinping holds talks with US President Trump", are displayed at a news stand in Beijing on May 15, 2026. Trump said he had made "fantastic trade deals" with China's Xi Jinping, as the pair met on May 15 at final talks of a superpower summit that according to the US leader has also reaped a Chinese offer to help open the Strait of Hormuz.
GREG BAKER
/
AFP via Getty Images
The aftermath of Trump-Xi summit: comparing U.S. and China announcements
Jennifer Pak

KASU News On-Demand

We Want Your Feedback! Help Shape the News You Hear on KASU
Thank you for being a valued listener of KASU Public Radio! Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts about our content and how we can improve.
Take the Survey Now!

Connecting You Locally & Regionally

Fisher
Richard Carvell
In this episode, Rich Carvell discusses Fisher in Poinsett County.
Fifty-Six
Richard Carvell
Ferndale
Richard Carvell
Talk Business & Politics on KASU
The Story of Arkansas Cities and Towns Podcast
More Local & Regional Content

Connecting You Nationally & Abroad

From left: Dara, Sam Altman, Heidi Montag
Tobias Schwarz/AFP via Getty Images; Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images; David Becker/Getty Images
What is the 'tarps off' trend that men are engaging in? Find out in the quiz
Holly J. Morris
Plus: The L.A. mayoral race, AI court battles, extinct animals and Eurovision!
Pat Gentile smiles today. In 2010, while she was undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, a stranger in a convenience store told her she looked "fabulous" and helped her feel normal and seen.
Pat Gentile
Education and Community Culture
A stranger's compliment helped her feel confident after chemo
Laura Kwerel
An abortion-rights activist holds a box of mifepristone pills as demonstrators from both anti-abortion and abortion-rights groups rally outside the Supreme Court on March 26, 2024.
Amanda Andrade-Rhoades
/
AP
Policy and Politics
As voters prioritize cost of living, focus on abortion evolves in midterm elections
Elena Moore

Live NPR Newscasts & Special Coverage


Featured Shows & Podcasts

Shows Podcasts
Headlines This Morning
Headlines This Afternoon
More Content from Our Partners

Connecting You To What You Like

Agriculture
  1. The "Garden Variety" podcast offers tips and tricks for plant parents of all levels
  2. Forget flowers: These ancient plants attract pollinators by getting hot
  3. The strange-but-true origin story of the humble potato
Business & Economy
  1. Are bank accounts still safe in this era of rapidly advanced AI?
  2. Commencement speakers are talking about AI. Graduating students don't want to hear it
  3. AI is watching for wildfires across the drought-stricken West
Education & Community Culture
  1. Colbert initially avoided discussing politics on 'Late Night.' Then he leaned in
  2. Laurie Anderson: Tiny Desk Concert
  3. 'Widow's Bay' is cursed -- but manages to be both funny and frightening
Health & Sports
Debra Pierce holds up a picture of Stanley Sears, her brother, while standing in the yard of the mobile home he was renovating before his death in 2024. Pierce believes North Carolina's Martin County needs higher-level emergency services and a hospital.
  1. 'We'll never know if he could have been saved.' The gaps in Trump's rural health fund
  2. Eli Lilly says its next gen obesity drug is more powerful than Zepbound and Wegovy
  3. NASCAR superstar Kyle Busch dies at 41 after hospitalization with 'severe illness'
Policy & Politics
  1. Takeaways from the DNC's 'autopsy' of the 2024 presidential election
  2. Trump's interest in Cuba is political — and personal
  3. UN gravely concerned by an Afghan Taliban law that has provisions on child marriage
Public Safety & Social Justice
  1. Supreme Court dismisses Alabama effort to execute convict
  2. Police officers who defended the Capitol on Jan. 6 sue over Trump settlement fund
  3. Amid allegations of abuse on Epstein's 'Zorro Ranch,' New Mexico opens new probes
Environment & Infrastructure
  1. Forecasters predict fewer storms than average this hurricane season
  2. Why a decades-old forest planting practice from Japan is gaining traction in the U.S.
  3. Forecasters expect slightly fewer hurricanes than usual this year, but the risk of destructive storms is still high