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Community organizers are worried the two housing bills — HB 1417 and HB 133— will harm renters.

Federal law guarantees students with disabilities access to an appropriate public education but it often falls to a family to make sure a child gets the most effective schooling.

Sex and relationship experts share wise words of wisdom on love's thorniest topics, including what to do if a partner cheats and how to talk to your partner about your sex life.

The number of courses being taught by teachers who aren’t certified in their assigned subject area has risen by 16% over the last three years.

Photographer Dee Dwyer talked to people at the Rally 4 Reparations in Washington, D.C. to hear what reparations mean to them.

Art Lien, a courtroom artist who normally covers the Supreme Court, has been sketching the Senate proceedings. "I'm looking for color," he says — such as sleeping senators and fidget spinners.

Lasik surgery practices are seeing a big increase in clients. People have grown tired of having their glasses fog up every time they put on a mask.

The building that will house University of South Florida St. Petersburg's College of Business will bear the name of a woman who worked her way up in a…

Contrary to what some Americans believe, Hanukkah traditionally isn't one of the most important holidays in the Jewish calendar. Host Michel Martin speaks with Dianne Ashton, author of the book Hanukkah in America, about how and why the holiday has gained more importance in this country over the decades.

Alabama voters are again selecting candidates for four Congressional districts after the state changed the district map to favor Republicans. The redistricting is causing confusion among voters.

The residents of Thulasendrapuram in southern India are rooting for Kamala Harris, whose maternal grandfather lived in the village a century ago. They've organized prayers for her in the local temple.

Three hurricane landfalls in the Big Bend region this season have put Floridians in a perpetual state of preparedness and recovery.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Steven Dunn founder and CEO of Munchkin a U.S.-based company selling lifestyle products for mothers, babies and children. Dunn has written an open letter to President Trump and Congress about how tariffs could harm his business and American families.

The U.S. men's soccer team didn't make its debut in the 2006 World Cup as much as it endured it. In losing 3-0 to the Czech Republic, the Americans looked overmatched and outplayed. The Czechs, ranked No. 2 in the world ratings, moved the ball quickly through the American defense, scoring after just five minutes.

The Dartmouth men's basketball team voted 13-2 to join SEIU Local 560, making it the first unionized college sports team in the country. Dartmouth believes the election should not have gone forward.

Local curfews were in place throughout the state, much of the Florida Keys remained closed and millions of people continued to lack electricity as cleanup…

Dr. Joseph Ladapo, the state's top medical officer, upset legislators from both parties after refusing to wear a mask when speaking to a state senator with breast cancer and state regulators approve FPL rate increase.

Alabama banned yoga back in 1993. The ban is now revoked — but English names must be used for all poses and exercises. And meditation is not allowed.

The federal government released a new five-star rating system for home health agencies, hoping to bring clarity to a fast-growing but fragmented corner...

NPR's Jaclyn Diaz got the rare chance to step outside the COVID quarantine bubble of the 2022 Beijing Winter Games. She and a few others got to visit the famed Great Wall.

The federal tax rate for U.S. corporations is nearly 40 percent, the second-highest among industrialized nations. Critics say the best way to create jobs would be to lower it. But others say various tax breaks, exemptions and deductions have some paying far lower taxes.

A consulting firm hired by the Republican National Committee to register voters in five battleground states has been let go after one of its workers apparently submitted over 100 questionable registration forms in Florida's Palm Beach County.

This past week, a teenager in Texas sued MySpace.com -- the most popular online community for social networking. She filed the suit after someone she met through the Web site allegedly assaulted her sexually. Larry Schooler of member station KUT reports.

NPR correspondent Brian Mann is reporting near Pokrovsk, one of the fiercest areas of fighting in eastern Ukraine where Russian soldiers are trying to capture a key transportation and coal-mining hub.

The singer-songwriter and producer has had one of the more distinguished and multifaceted careers in modern music. He talks about following an unconventional path from Tony! Toni! Toné! to Sinners.