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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it is warning against events such as "conferences, festivals, parades, concerts, sporting events, weddings, and other types of assemblies."

The severity of the enormous reduction in bee numbers over the past decade is at the heart of a new book by conservation biologist Thor Hanson, whose appreciation for the pollinators shines through.

The new Fireside Grown-Up Guide series is a throwback to the brightly-colored life lessons of your childhood. They're dark and dry and surprisingly funny, a pleasant tonic for your grown-up cares.

A survey by Florida Blue shows the main reason people give for not enrolling in a health plan in Florida is the perceived high cost of insurance.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Dan Ives, tech analyst at Wedbush Securities, about fees social media platform Reddit imposed on third-party app developers. Protests blacked out parts of the site.

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Megan Greene, a senior fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, about the stock market ups and downs in the year since the coronavirus was declared a pandemic.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed a new nearly $115 billion state budget into law.

Imagine being a singer and never being sure when you open your mouth whether you will have your voice. For years, Linda Thompson's vocal disorder, hysteric dysphonia, made her stop singing completely. It took three years to complete her new CD, Versatile Heart.

With such large swaths of the American labor force leaving their jobs, the scales of power are tipping in the direction of workers. Here's how employers can entice and keep them.

Quyen Tran is the WUSF Stephen Noble Digital/Social News intern for fall 2024.

In fashion's first hackathon, developers had just 24 hours to build an app for the industry — the finalists will be presented on the runway at New York's Fashion Week. "Right now the industry could really use some innovation," says Decoded Fashion founder Liz Bacelar.

Employers from Macy's to United Airlines are having to adjust after skyrocketing omicron COVID cases have led large numbers of workers to call out sick.

The program's confusing requirements led to crowds of frustrated borrowers being denied debt relief. The department is expected to make immediate, retroactive fixes and to simplify the overall rules.

The wail of bagpipes playing “Amazing Grace.” The sharp crack of three rifle volleys being fired. The playing of “Taps.” All the traditional Memorial Days…

Canada is nearing its goal to integrate 25,000 refugees by the end of the month. More than 20,000 have been welcomed since mid-December. Private citizens are helping to carry the load.

A winter rainstorm has again washed out a section of California's coastal Highway 1. The stunningly beautiful drive has a history of closures that affect both residents and tourists.

We asked, you answered: fencing, small science projects and seeing national parks were among the top hobbies that NPR readers and listeners told us they were really into this year.

Parents struggle with the balance of being a friend versus being a taskmaster. Their job, says Dr. Leonard Sax, is to "keep your child safe" and "give kids choices in some domains but not in others."

Cities are struggling to figure out how to deal with a cut of about $1 billion over the past two years in federal community development block grants. Critics say a complicated funding formula has hit some cities especially hard, with cuts of more than 40 percent from last year.

The federal budget deficit is falling sharply, but you wouldn't know it from some of the rhetoric in Washington. But Republicans caution that the downward trend line will reverse itself soon enough.

Strawberry growers are so worried about the farmworker shortage that they're testing a strawberry-picking robot. But while picking strawberries is easy for humans, machines struggle with the task.

Sailor Geek has been creating and wearing cosplays for more than 20 years. This Saturday, they’re hosting the cosplay competition at Tampa Bay Comic Con. Here’s how to get tickets.

The pioneering baseball player's daughter, Sharon Robinson, has written Child of the Dream, a chronicle of 1963 — a critical year for the Civil Rights movement, and also when she turned 13.

Queen Elizabeth II died at her Balmoral estate in Scotland at age 96 on Thursday. She was the longest-serving monarch in British history, reigning for 70 years.

That's what Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of the World Health Organization and others ask in the wake of the outpouring of money to help Ukrainian victims of the war amid record levels of global hunger.