Here's the latest local and regional news from the Little Rock Public Radio Newsroom for Friday, December 19, 2025. - Man held in Benton County Jail pronounced dead after being found unresponsive ...

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.

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.

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.

President Trump won re-election in 2024 on a promise to upend Washington. He pitched a presidency where he alone could solve America's problems. Where does the current reality of these promises stand?

The leading food security organization says there is no longer famine in Gaza, but the situation remains fragile.

MAGA infighting was underway as Turning Point USA opened its first national conference since the death of Charlie Kirk.

Here & Now ’s Indira Lakshmanan talks with criminology professor and former FBI special agent Bryanna Fox about the overnight developments in the investigation into the shooting at Brown University ...

The Islamic State lost its territorial stronghold in the Middle East years ago, but its influence didn't disappear. NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Aaron Zelin about how ISIS looks now.

Khalil Le'Moor, an Arab resident of the Negev, recounts the threat facing his community of demolitions and expulsion by the Israeli government.

The Justice Department has begun publishing the Epstein files, releasing documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein's criminal charges and his death by suicide in federal custody.

President Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to downgrade marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III, opening the door to expanded medical research, and easing banking and tax restrictions.