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A bill opening the door to allow survivors of the infamous Dozier School for Boys to be later compensated unanimously passed its first committee Monday....

As a legal battle continues over a constitutional amendment that restored voting rights to felons in Florida, a federal appellate court Friday ended a…

Hurricane Irma continues to challenge Florida’s citrus industry.Two growing seasons separated from the September 2017 storm that flooded groves and…

Republican Gov. Rick Scott accused the elections supervisors in Broward and Palm Beach counties of "rampant fraud" and announced Thursday his campaign...

NPR's Ailsa Chang talks with Flint, Mich., resident Jeneyah McDonald about her reaction to former Gov. Rick Snyder's criminal charges in connection with the Flint water crisis.

Gov. Ron DeSantis is touting his plan to distribute vaccines to people 65 and older ahead of much of the country. But the rollout has had logistical problems, and there are still nursing homes and health care workers waiting to get the vaccine.

Supporters of President Trump, echoing his false claims that the election was stolen, breached the U.S. Capitol in an unprecedented attack. Amid the assault, a woman was killed.

With millions of votes already cast in the November general election, Secretary of State Laurel Lee late Tuesday asked the Florida Supreme Court to reject a last-minute attempt to kill a proposed constitutional amendment that would overhaul the state’s primary-election system.

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meet on Tuesday to vote on who will get the first doses of a COVID-19 vaccine. We explore the issues involved.

The justice's demise gives Republicans the chance to tighten their grip on the court. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will be at the center of that battle.

Ahead of soon-to-be former President Trump's Senate trial, constitutional scholars disagree on whether the Founders intended for a president no longer in office to be tried by the Senate.

For the first time, the American Academy of Pediatrics has weighed in on what teens and young adults (and their doctors and parents) need to know about safely getting piercings and tattoos.

Many Americans who live in rental properties can't keep up with the cost of higher and higher rents, according to a new study by Harvard's Joint Center for Housing Studies. The report finds that half of U.S. renters spend more than 30 percent of their income on rent. David Greene speaks with Chris Herbert, one of the report's authors, about why there isn't more affordable housing.

The Tampa Bay quarterback won his record seventh Super Bowl in his first season with the Buccaneers. Brady set a number of records including being the oldest ever to play in the championship.

No one knows exactly when Gramma was born. But if the estimated birth year of 1884 is accurate, Chester Arthur occupied the Oval Office and there were only 39 states at the time.

Propel makes a free app for people on food stamps. Now it's giving some of them $50 each, as some private companies, nonprofits, and individuals scramble to help.

The website MyMilitia makes it easier than ever for people to find armed, far-right paramilitary groups to join. Efforts to take down the site have sputtered.

President Trump plans to seal off the U.S-Mexico border to migrants under a law intended to protect the country from communicable disease. The border with Canada is closed to non-essential travel.

Some see "Forever Marilyn," the 26-foot statue of the Hollywood icon, as sexist. Others see it as tacky. City officials see it as a major tourist draw.

Last June, a veto-proof majority of the Minneapolis City Council pledged to defund and dismantle the police department. They have since softened their tone.

Search and rescue teams are picking through the rubble of the collapsed condominium in Surfside, Fla. It's dangerous and difficult work but the crews keep at it because they hope to find people alive.

A bipartisan $1.2 trillion infrastructure deal is back on track after President Biden walked back an apparent veto threat.

Small businesses are struggling to find enough workers to keep pace with booming demand even as data showed 850,000 jobs created in June.

The news is a blow to UNC, which had its reputation damaged by its trustees' initial reluctance to grant tenure to Hannah-Jones. Howard also announced writer Ta-Nehisi Coates will join its faculty.

U.S. employers added 850,000 jobs in June, and the unemployment rate was largely the same as in May. Many sectors, including restaurants and factories, have struggled to find enough workers.