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This is a sweet time of year for Muslims. Literally. Eid ul-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, a month of sunrise-to-sunset fasting. In Pakistan, it is called the "festival of sweets." Shomial Ahmad shares some of her favorite Eid treats.

The Girl Scouts have launched a major makeover to revitalize their brand and boost their membership, especially among minorities. The group hopes to debunk the image of girl scouting as making crafts, camping and baking cookies.

Lee Myung-bak looks likely to be South Korea's next president after exit polls show he has won a landslide victory, as voters overlook fraud allegations hoping he can revive the economy.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks to foreign policy expert Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about how Colin Powell's work will be remembered.

Over a year later since Hurricane Milton's landfall, the damaged building still sits in limbo.

The news of Kristi Reeves' finalized divorce hit her hard, so she grabbed her shoes and headed for the mountains. On the trail, she encountered a couple.

In a recent video, the Olympic skier credits her surgeon with saving her leg from potential amputation.

Israeli Jews are celebrating Purim and drawing parallels with the war in Iran and the ancient biblical story.

No “plan B” is available if Congress does not add citrus funding to the latest disaster relief package, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said…

Tropical Storm Gordon is strengthening and should hit the central U.S. Gulf Coast as a hurricane late Tuesday before moving over the lower Mississippi…

Miami residents rallied outside Sen. Marco Rubio’s office in Doral Wednesday to oppose the GOP tax bill. In the spirit of the season, they were decked...

Florida agriculture leaders say the latest projected decline in citrus production underscores a dire need for federal disaster relief after Hurricane…

A new report from Florida’s school superintendents warns that despite a nearly $100 million increase in funding, there may not be enough money to post...

After past deals have collapsed amid infighting among Florida's gambling interests, the Republican-controlled Legislature is trying yet again to pass a…

DREAMERS and activists with the Florida Immigrant Coalition gathered outside Senator Bill Nelson’s office in Coral Gables on Thursday demanding him to...

It’s a rather remarkable number: In 2017, over 130,000 calls were made to Poison Control centers in Florida. In honor of this year’s National Poison…

Addressing community concerns with its initial plan, Sarasota’s Selby Gardens has announced its amended expansion proposal.The initial plan was rejected…

A tornado touched down in Pinellas Park on Thursday night, downing trees, billboards and power lines while ripping roofs off houses.Construction cranes…

New research from USF is finding that a commonly-used fungicide may be toxic to aquatic life.The chemical is chlorothalonil, the most commonly used…

Florida's top Republican legislative leaders said Wednesday that they finally reached a deal on a new budget that should clear the way for them to end…

There has been a lot of attention on the issue of sexual assault on college campuses in recent years. There was an alleged case of rape on the...

Among the $410 million worth of projects struck from the new state budget by Governor Rick Scott's veto pen are a number of items with ties to the Tampa…

As he eyes a run for the U.S. Senate, Gov. Rick Scott on Wednesday unveiled the first piece of his pending election-year budget proposal: a $30 million...

Gov. Rick Scott signed measures Wednesday that will impose minimum mandatory sentences on people who traffic in the dangerous drug fentanyl and require...

An anthropologist pursuing his Ph.D. at Brown University spent the past few months researching the H-2A guest worker program in Florida’s citrus...