In touch with the world ... at home on the High Plains

Donate

Play Live Radio

Next Up:

0:00

0:00 0:00

Available On Air Stations

96.3 FM in Liberal is off air due to antenna damage, please tune into KANZ 91.1 FM to keep up with your favorite news, music , and entertainment.

Parent volunteers help other parents through a pediatric cancer diagnosis

By Jeanette Woods,

Jason Fuller

Published December 19, 2025 at 3:53 PM CST

When a child receives a diagnosis of cancer, parents can feel overwhelmed. A new program helps connect them with volunteers who have cared for children who survived cancer.

Tags

All Things Considered

Jeanette Woods

Jason Fuller

TikTok signs a deal to spin off its U.S. operation

John Ruwitch

According to an internal company memo obtained by NPR, the Chinese-owned company has signed a deal to form a new joint venture to run the app in the U.S.
Detained migrant children aren't being reunited with family, government sources say

Mark Betancourt

Employees in the government agency that deals with unaccompanied minors who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border say an order has been given not to release those children to their relatives here in the U.S.
Justice Department begins releasing Epstein files... What's next?

Alejandra Marquez Janse, John Ketchum, Mary Louise Kelly

The Justice Department has begun releasing some the Epstein files. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Congressman Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who co-sponsored the legislation.
Central Casting has turned extras into stars for 100 years

Mandalit del Barco

For 100 years, Hollywood has relied on Central Casting. It's the real company behind movie extras — and where stars like Gary Cooper, Hattie McDaniel, and Brad Pitt got their start.
VA will cut 25,000 positions it has been unable to fill

Quil Lawrence

The VA secretary says the department will trim at least 25,000 vacant positions from the rolls. That's after about that same number have already left the VA this year.