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The firing of FBI Director James Comey has raised many questions about whether he will testify before Congress and what role Attorney General Jeff Sessions will play in the hiring of the new director.

The victim is 16. One of the accused murderers is 14. And the two witnesses are 15 and 16. A local prosecutor in Pennsylvania wants to make sure the witnesses are safe and will show up to testify. So he's locked them up.

Florida lawmakers will again be asked to consider a bill that would provide menstrual products to students at schools. Activists say it's a basic necessity and key to removing the stigma of periods.

Alvin Carter has been a school bus driver at Elizabeth Meyer School since 1994. He has become a beloved figure in his community and helped spread joy to countless students.

The 4.37 mile long hopscotch course exceeds a Guinness World Record of 4.1 miles set by Georgia Tech students.

House Speaker Richard Corcoran says changes to the Senate’s plan to buy land south of Lake Okeechobee make the proposal better, but he’s refusing to...

There are thousands of videos on YouTube with young people trying something called the "cinnamon challenge." People try to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon…

A piece of hardware that was expected to burn up during entry impacted a Naples home last month.

Prominent Orlando attorney John Morgan continues to put his money behind a proposed constitutional amendment that would gradually raise Florida’s minimum…

Walk through the PFAS drinking water testing process and learn what the first round of results mean.

Tuesday will be sunny with highs around the mid-50s. Expect strong gusts up to 20 mph at times. This wind will be subsiding by the evening.

Federal oil and gas drilling lease sales on public land resumed in June — the first since President Biden took office. His administration had paused quarterly sales because of environmental concerns.

Republican Nikki Haley is running for president. She previously served as governor of South Carolina, where she had to reckon with the Confederate flag and issues of race.

President Trump is calling the special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation a "witch hunt" after reports that Mueller is looking into whether Trump tried to obstruct justice.

The British intervened three times in Afghanistan in the 80 years up to 1919. It was the western frontier of their empire, the gateway to their most precious possession, India. They wanted to keep the Russians out. The new exhibition at the National Army Museum in London has relevance today.

Though Colorado is often held up as the model of a healthy lifestyle, the state isn't immune to the obesity crisis. One in four children is either overweight or obese. "This is a major problem," says one state health official. "We are far from setting the model of where we want to be."

This week the Obama administration announced it would send weapons to the Syrian rebels, because of credible evidence Syrian government forces had indeed used chemical weapons. Weekend Edition Saturday Host Scott Simon talks with NPR's Deborah Amos about how Syrians are reacting to the news.

Among the big winners in the 2014-15 state budget signed by Gov. Rick Scott on Monday is the University of South Florida, which picked up funding for a…

The state on Wednesday reported a decline of 48 people in Florida hospitals with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19.

In his new book Prisoner, Jason Rezaian of The Washington Post recounts his time in Iran's notorious Evin prison. He talks with NPR's Rachel Martin about his ordeal.

In a new book, writer Alison Mariella Désir shares her journey into long distance running, reveals the hidden contributions of Black runners and calls for the sport to become more inclusive.

The mine has been the scene of a tense standoff between police and miners since authorities launched an operation to force the miners out by cutting off food and water from the surface.

A photographer has crossed the United States to explore the American dream on roads named Paradise.

The president and Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari discussed trade and security issues — and Trump spoke of a possible meeting with North Korea's Kim Jong-un.

Samira Ahmed's new novel bounces between two timelines, following a Muslim American art student in Paris, and the mysterious harem woman she believes inspired work by Lord Byron and his circle.