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The world will see mass migration, destabilized countries and starving people in the next 12 to 18 months without billions of dollars more funding, the U.N. World Food Program chief warned.

Rinsing foods doesn't always prevent foodborne illness and can sometimes make the risks worse. Here's what the science says about which foods you should run water over and why.

The state of Florida has awarded the first $2.5 million to help small business owners get back up and running after the devastation of Hurricane Ian — including in Hillsborough, Manatee and Sarasota counties.

NPR's Domenico Montanaro speaks with attorney and former DOJ official Harry Litman about how the Supreme Court's immunity ruling could affect the pending cases facing former President Trump.

Russian President Vladimir Putin holds marathon Q&A session. The Supreme Court will hear a case about access to abortion pills. The prosecution rests in the Trump civil fraud trial.

In the new season, Thurston continues to explore parts of the U.S. that might be familiar to some viewers. But he experiences them in his own unique way.

Journalist Mei Fong tells Fresh Air that China's one-child policy drastically reshaped the country's demographic make-up. "China has 30 million more men than women," she says. Her book is One Child.

This month, we acknowledge that love actually is all around, with three romances that range from Victorian London to modern-day Mumbai — to the clash and clamor of an American football stadium.

NPR's Rachel Martin talks to actress Sharon Gless — of Cagney & Lacey fame — about her new memoir: Apparently There Were Complaints.

Protests are a staple of American democracy, but some journalism experts are worried about a recent story out of New Orleans, where a handful of paid…

Thunderstorms capable of producing wind damage, hail, or even a tornado are possible across the Florida Panhandle late Wednesday night, then most of...

Green iguanas are invasive exotics and in South Florida, their numbers have exploded. They eat vegetation and sometimes bird eggs. And they dig into the...

With the help of her son Lawrence Blume, Judy Blume has adapted her 1981 novel into a film. The widely beloved coming-of-age author speaks with NPR's Audie Cornish about turning the book into a movie, and how the themes in Tiger Eyes echo her own life.

Florida's Republican governor on Friday asked the state's high court to rule on whether convicted felons must pay all fines and fees before getting their…

Geoff Babb — a stroke survivor — found that most wheelchairs couldn't take him where he wanted to go. So, he invented a new way to hike with friends and family: an all-terrain wheelchair.

NPR's Michel Martin discusses the most recent Bachelorcontroversy with Brandy Monk-Payton, a scholar of media and Black cultural studies at Fordham University.

Shamir's new album, 'Heterosexuality,' confronts how the public viewed him back in 2014, when his debut single nearly made him a pop star at the age of 19.

Facing with an uncertain financial landscape for rural hospitals, the hospital board voted to hear competing presentations from Tampa General Hospital, AdventHealth and NorthStar.

Danny Sullivan, editor of SearchEngineWatch.com, discusses what kind of information search engines keep about users' searches.

Pope Leo XIV's time as bishop in a small Peruvian city offers the clearest glimpse into his views on immigration.

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with David Wilcox, with the Peterson Institute for International Economics, about what investors and economists are hoping to hear from the Fed chair's speech Friday.

Florida Matters looks back at some of the best conversations we had with newsmakers from our region.

The federal government’s Vaccine Injury Compensation Program was supposed to help patients with their medical bills while protecting vaccine supply. But allies of the HHS secretary routinely transfer cases to launch lawsuits against drugmakers.

A U.S. Supreme Court decision expected this summer could quickly change how Floridians with insurance through HealthCare.gov pay for coverage. Arguments...

The Canadian government has agreed to pay more than $30 billion to compensate Indigenous children who were taken away from their families and put into the child welfare system.