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Gov. Ron DeSantis issued 13 pages of budget vetoes. Here's the list and a walkthrough.

A Peruvian farmer is going head to head with German energy giant in a climate law test case.

The ferry between St. Petersburg and Tampa shut down in April after the previous operator wanted to replace its boat with a slower, more expensive one.

New zoning rules in Norfolk, Va., require developers to include flood prevention measures. Some builders opposed the move and say it will raise costs for homebuyers.

When Amazon accidentally released copies of Margaret Atwood's sequel to The Handmaid's Tale on the same day the novel, The Testaments, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, critics protested.

A vote in the House expected on Wednesday could end what is now the longest shutdown on record. Democrats are decrying the plan, saying it fails to address expiring health care subsidies.

Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon talks with Wall Street Journal reporter Greg Bensinger about Amazon's acquisition of the reader reviews site, Goodreads, and the implications for readers, authors and publishers.

Staff Sergeant Gordon Black is on trial in Russia. He was stationed in South Korea and was about to return to the U.S. when he decided without authorization to enter Russia to see his girlfriend.

Researchers looked at a group of students and checked how much fluoride they drank from birth through high school. They then compared this to how the students did on math, reading and vocabulary tests.

Five states will vote on ballot measures to amend their constitutions to eradicate slavery under any terms. Some sheriffs in Oregon are worried such measures would make prison work programs illegal.

If you are flying out of Tampa Bay for Thanksgiving, airport officials have advice for smooth travels.

U.S. Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick is facing charges of conspiring to steal $5 million in federal disaster funds meant to combat COVID-19 in 2021. The Florida Democrat is accused of stealing funds mistakenly overpaid to her family's health care company.

Colorado's largest utility company has agreed to pay about $640 million to settle a lawsuit over liability for the state's most destructive wildfire, the Marshall fire in 2021.

President Trump wants to squeeze Iran's economy by reducing its crude oil exports to zero. But Iran's economy has already been in freefall for months.

The Senate and White House worked through an agreement on a $2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package early Wednesday morning. The agreement means Congress could be close to passing a deal.

A man accused of a stabbing a stranger in a possible terror attack has appeared in court in London. The attack on the city's subway system has sparked a campaign of support for Muslims in the United Kingdom.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Clyde Francks, a geneticist in the Netherlands, about the latest research into what makes people left or right-handed.

"Let's be clear, in Virginia and New Jersey, the GOP would have had a much better chance of winning if the Hispanic vote would have stuck with the GOP," Salazar said in her widely viewed social media post

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to sociology professor Crystal Fleming of Stony Brook University about the protests in France following the deadly police shooting of a 17-year-old during a traffic stop.

A New York Supreme Court judge has ruled that former President Donald Trump and his children Ivanka and Donald Jr. must appear for a deposition about alleged fraud at the Trump Organization.

California Sen. Alex Padilla was forcibly removed from the press conference after entering the room and trying to speak with the Secretary of Homeland Security.

Palestinian citizens of Israel are protesting because what they claim is police neglect has left their communities plagued by violent crime.

One in three convicted women are held in jail rather than prison, compared to about 1 in 10 of all convicted people. But compared to prisons, jails tend to have fewer resources and support systems.

Exxon, which usually avoids writing down assets, has announced its largest-ever impairment after canceling plans for natural gas projects in the Americas.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut about regulating artificial intelligence.