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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently told constituents under 65 not to take the new COVID-19 vaccines, despite CDC and FDA recommendations that everyone older than 6 months get the shots. DeSantis's statement is not based on science or data.

What does it mean to taste a place?

Miami-Dade County school officials are facing backlash over its so-called permission slip policy. But teaching African American history is required by state statute and Miami-Dade schools comply with that throughout the year, the district’s chief academic officer said.

Debby came ashore near Steinhatchee. It's expected to bring life-threatening storm surge and major flooding as it moves through northern Florida before stalling over Georgia and in the Carolinas.

The forecast shows the storm making landfall late Wednesday or early Thursday near Tampa Bay. Meantime, Gov. Ron DeSantis assures evacuating residents that there is plenty of fuel available.

Democrats have said they expected higher than usual turnout by women from both parties due to the abortion amendment.

Tampa Bay will host Washington in the playoffs this Sunday night after beating New Orleans, 27-19, with the final play of the game going to Mike Evans to tie Jerry Rice's consecutive 1,000-yard reception record.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks to Republican Tennessee Rep. Jody Barrett about his vote to expel two Democratic colleagues over leading a gun control protest on the House floor.

In little more than a week, the Trump administration has fired people who prosecuted the president and reassigned other career officials.

Memorial Day is on May 26. From free admission to Florida State Parks on Monday to ceremonies, there are plenty of options on what to do this holiday weekend.

Cutting Medicaid can seem like an easy way to slash the budget. But, the costs can spread to all of us.

At the University of Florida, students and staff are running through Turlington Plaza, the Plaza of the Americas, Reitz Union and other locations on campus, not looking for a class, but for cash as part of a cash giveaway sponsored by an anonymous donor.

We remember Trump's 2017 inaugural address for "American carnage." What will his 2025 address be remembered for?

Vanderbilt, which is making only its 11th postseason appearance ever, will play Iowa in the ReliaQuest Bowl, while Memphis and N.C. State are slated for the Gasparilla Bowl.

Gus Van Sant's police thriller Dead Man's Wire is a true-crime dramatization of a 1977 hostage incident in Indianapolis.

Orlando commissioners oppose the idea of an immigration detention center but say federal law hinders their ability to actually stop one.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with Maine Secretary of State Democrat Shenna Bellows about the decision to disqualify President Trump from Maine's 2024 Republican presidential primary ballot.

University of Chicago Law Professor Aziz Huq says that the Supreme Court has no good options in the case concerning Donald Trump's appearance on the Colorado ballot.

Saachi, 12, is a head-strong, confident 6th grader when the book opens, but soon she finds herself increasingly frustrated as the social dynamics of elementary school seem to unravel before her eyes.

J. Edgar Hoover, former FBI director. History has cast him as powerful, paranoid, a man not afraid to use the power of the FBI to intimidate and investigate his critics. But that's how he's seen now. What about then?

We spoke with MIT's David Autor, one of the top labor economists in the world, about how AI could revolutionize the job market.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration released its annual "State of the Climate" assessment. Deke Arndt, an editor of the report, discusses warming temperatures and other climate trends from 2012. Plus, Sol Hsiang, who studies climate and violence, discusses his research connecting rising temperatures to increases in human conflict.

Raised on EDM and SoundCloud rap, shaped by online gaming and Discord chats, a young generation is tearing the blown-out experimental pop of the 2010s into new shapes.

"I just didn't think it would take this long," one veteran head of diversity, who's been job-hunting since last summer, tells NPR.

The U.S. public health system has been starved for decades and lacks the resources to confront the worst health crisis in a century.Marshaled against a…