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For the week ending Thursday, the Florida Department of Health reported 110,477 people tested positive for the coronavirus — an almost sevenfold increase from just four weeks ago.

Scientists say the area of little-to-no oxygen is about the size of Lake Ontario and Lake Erie put together.

Short, unlit towers are used to prospect for new wind farms. But the structures pose a threat to crop-duster pilots. Transportation officials are urging better markings and other safety improvements.

Hospitals in the greater Tampa Bay region are seeing spikes in COVID-19 cases, largely due to the fast-spreading delta variant.

The lawyers have been busy with court hearings, filings and talks with prosecutors. Some have had to deal with nasty emails, late-night phone calls and even death threats.

The Biden administration says it will defend its rule requiring some 84 million workers to get vaccinated or undergo weekly testing. More than two dozen states have sued to stop it.

The rate fell to 4.4%, meaning 466,000 Floridians now qualify as jobless. Gov. DeSantis says it shows economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Derek Jeter has gone out in storybook fashion in his final game at Yankee Stadium. His single in the ninth inning propelled the Yankees over Baltimore 6-5 Thursday night.

The troop proposed including pet supplies as part of work toward what is known as a “Silver Award.”

Thousands of people are believed to died in Pakistan after a 7.6 earthquake hit the country Saturday. The quake also killed hundreds in neighboring India. Steve Inskeep talks to Alex Perry, Time magazine bureau chief in Kashmir, about rescue and recovery efforts.

Federal forecasters expect more hurricanes than usual this year. Climate change is driving larger, more destructive storms. This is the seventh year in a row with an above-average forecast.

A new look at some fossilized footprints shows that more than one species of human was walking upright around 3.6 million years ago. (This story originally aired on ATC on Dec. 2, 2021.)

U.S. Ambassador to Afghanistan Ronald Neumann talks about this weekend's historic parliamentary and provincial elections. Despite the killing of six candidates and incidents of intimidation preparations for the election have been largely successful.

Siding with R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., the court said plaintiffs must show that smokers relied on misleading information from cigarette makers to prevail on the claims.

The Senate voted to pass the measure. Debate has centered on changes involving certified nursing assistants, who provide much of the hands-on care to nursing-home residents.

After Tuesday's speech, the president saw a significant jump with Democrats and independents, as he may be seeing a rally-around-the-Ukrainian-flag moment.

At the Call Center de Solidaritate, volunteers answer calls as they come in. On the other end of the line is a Ukrainian refugee in search of assistance.

From headlines worth an honorable mention, the birth of a buzzword, news of Dear Abby backing the right to same-sex marriage, and the story of a six-year-old who tried to drive to Applebee's.

Weekends on All Things Considered host Guy Raz checks-in with Three-Minute Fiction judge Luis Alberto Urrea to hear how the reading process is going and to hear some of his favorite stories thus far.

The government report on U.S. economic growth due Friday morning is expected to show a bounce-back in growth during April, May and June, after a sluggish start to the year.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke testified before the House Committee on Financial Services Wednesday, saying that when and how the Fed winds down its stimulus program will depend on economic conditions.

Authorities in Cleveland are providing new details on the conclusion of a decadelong kidnapping case. Three women who went missing between 2000 and 2003 were discovered alive in a home last night, and three brothers have been arrested. Steve Inskeep talks with Brian Bull from member station WCPN in Cleveland.

Medyka is the busiest border crossing between Poland and Ukraine. Aid workers flocked there to set up tents offering assistance when the war started. But these days, the flow of refugees has shifted.

Duane Owen was sentenced to death for the Palm Beach County rape and fatal stabbing of Karen Slattery, 14, and for the rape and deadly hammer attack two months later on Georgianna Worden, 38.

One day after a major earthquake hit the island, killing at least 10 people and leaving dozens missing, another sizable temblor rattled rescue workers who were seeking survivors in amid the rubble.