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It applies to Collier, Glades, Highlands, Indian River, Manatee, Orange, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota and St. Lucie counties and comes after a similar order giving flexibility to supervisors in 10 counties affected by Helene. Thursday’s order also will allow early voting to continue through Election Day at supervisors’ offices in hard-hit Pinellas and Taylor counties.

Many states, like crucial Nevada, allow mail ballots that are postmarked on or before Election Day to be counted — even if they arrive after Election Day. Republicans say this violates federal law.

Archaeologists unearthed 35 bottles of cherries from the cellar of George Washington's Mount Vernon. The 250-year-old fruits, many still intact, can shed new light on those who lived and worked there.

If you dread getting on a scale to calculate your body mass index, there’s a good reason to ignore the measure. Body composition tests are an increasingly popular way to gauge health. Here’s why they're better than BMI.

Former and current U.S. air traffic controllers say Trump administration's plan to overhaul the nation's air traffic system does little to fix the bigger problem: a nationwide staffing shortage.

The Department of Education said in a brief message last month it is reviewing fiscal year 2025 funding "given the change in administrations."

Bob Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changin'" came out in 1963 as the country was entering a tumultuous time. Both the civil rights and antiwar movements embraced it as an anthem of protest.

Ana Kasparian, host for The Young Turks network, and John Phillips of The Orange County Register, CNN, and KABC discuss the end of cost-sharing reduction subsidies by the government.

As a member of the hit K-pop girl group BLACKPINK, Rosé has earned worldwide fame. Now, she's got the spotlight all to herself with her first solo album, rosie.

Director Barry Jenkins is best known for films like Moonlight and If Beale Street Could Talk. On NPR's Wild Card, he opens up about where he felt the safest as a kid.

President Trump announced that he wants the U.S. to take over the Gaza Strip. And, some DEI experts say Trump's attacks on diversity-in-business programs may be the wakeup call big companies need.

A man who was arrested with over 100 dogs and equipment at his Georgia home got the maximum sentence last week. Prosecutors hope it sheds light on the prevalence of dogfighting, a felony in the U.S.

College students often use posters to help spruce up their dorm. At the University of Chicago, they get a chance to borrow works by prominent artists for a year.

Several large U.S. companies deleted some or all DEI references from their most recent annual reports to investors, an NPR analysis finds. And, unusual trends are driving winter respiratory viruses.

Richard Couto, founder and president of Animal Recovery Mission, estimates tens of thousands of slaughters happen each year because of the high demand for the illegal meat.

The move, which is in line with an executive order from President Trump to slash the federal workforce, raises concerns about staffing at the agency that delivers crucial benefits to Americans.

For the past two weeks, thousands of Afghans have arrived in the U.S. Many have passed through a huge makeshift processing center in Virginia. NPR reporters got an exclusive look inside the facility.

President Trump is heading to Pittsburgh today to celebrate U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel's partnership. And, what's next for DOGE after Elon Musk's exit.

Melissa Block speaks with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and Apple chairman Art Levinson about the multimillion-dollar prize they've created with other Silicon Valley illuminati to award advancements in research aimed at curing intractable diseases and extending human life. Eleven scientists have been named winners of the Breakthrough Prize this year.

When 3,000 average citizens were asked to forecast global events, some consistently made predictions that turned out to be more accurate than those made with classified intelligence.

Russia launched a deadly strike on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv. Trump says he wants peace quickly. And, NPR looks inside Sudan's capital city of Khartoum after two years of war.

The Afghan-born former diplomat served as U.S. ambassador in Kabul under President George W. Bush. In Afghanistan, views of Khalilzad are mixed, with some blaming him for many of the country's woes.

More than 10,000 federal employees who had yet to complete their probationary periods have been fired by the Trump administration, including those who work to protect American agriculture.

Budget reconciliation may not be catchy, but it's been a vital tool for many presidents, including Ronald Reagan, whose first federal budget was a watershed in the history of federal fiscal policy.

A whistleblower who works at NLRB says that DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data. And, the Trump administration froze over $2 billion for Harvard after it rejected demands.