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Biden's pick to be the Fed's top bank regulator has withdrawn her nomination. She attracted Republican opposition after calling on bank regulators to monitor the financial risks from climate change.

We explore the case of 94-year-old Siegfried Meinstein. The Internal Revenue Service thinks the Ohio man is dead. They blame the error on the Social Security Administration, but the agency pushes the blame back on the IRS.

In the aftermath of the riots that spread through England, judges are handing out stiff sentences to those who took part. In one case, a man was given a four-year sentence just for drunkenly posting an invitation to riot on a Facebook page. There's no evidence anyone, other than the police, acted on his post.

Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg's beloved young adult comic returns with a collection of old and new stories — and this time, our art-loving heroines are a little more grown up.

West Virginia University plans to cut its language department and drop all language requirements as it faces a budget deficit. It's the state's largest university.

2023 began on a tough note for Russian President Putin, with his war in Ukraine stagnating and criticism from the head of the Wagner group. Now, that man is dead and Ukraine may be running out of aid.

Senate President Wilton Simpson says it will prove "probably the single largest tax break for small businesses."

Norovirus is that awful ailment that can make you barf and suffer from diarrhea. A new study tries to figure out the best way to stop it.

All three of the flu outbreaks that have been reported in Florida so far this season occurred in Hillsborough County, according to the state.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to author Anne Applebaum about how the U.S. may be headed toward authoritarianism.

Trump to unveil a new immigration plan. Tension rises between the U.S. and Iran. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau says the Education Department blocks efforts to police student loan industry.

Steve Harvey is a sitcom star, an accomplished comedian and a best-selling author. But that doesn't mean there aren't plenty of people who have never heard of him.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author writes about his relationship with his father, as well as his own experiences as the parent of four, in Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces.

On "Florida Matters Live & Local," learn how a Fort Myers man was jailed after an AI tool used by police misidentified him as a culprit in a crime he did not commit. Now, he's suing.

In the cold antiseptic environment of a hospital room, the police officer delivered the tragic news: “Um, there’s only one way to tell you this. She did…

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Sanaa Seif, sister of imprisoned Egyptian political activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, about her brother who has not been heard from in over a week.

Written by 22 authors, originally released as an audio book, and now available in hardcover, Watchlist is a thriller that takes wild twists and stylistic departures each time a new author takes control of the narrative.

Schulz, who died in 2000, spoke in 1990 about his iconic Peanuts comic strip. Plus, jazz critic Kevin Whitehead talks about pianist Vince Guaraldi, who created the music for A Charlie Brown Christmas.

Forensic anthropologists are working to find the unmarked graves of the 81 boys known to have died at a notorious reform school in the Florida Panhandle. The school was known for the rough treatments juvenile delinquents received there — including severe bearings and other abuse.

The Minneapolis Police Department is short-staffed, even as violent crime has surged. The city and its residents are improvising as they argue over what the future of policing should look like.

Julianne Moore plays a seeing woman in a sightless world in Blindness, the film adaptation of Jose Saramago's apocalyptic novel. She describes working with director Fernando Meirelles on the eerie film about an epidemic of "White Sickness."

With the stroke of a pen Monday, Gov. Rick Scott positioned Florida to attract more veterans - beyond the estimated 1.5 million already living here - to…

The economy grew by an annual rate of 1.5 percent in the second quarter. A weakening job market caused consumers to curb spending just as recession in Europe worsens and China's growth rate levels off.

Jarrett J. Krosoczka was raised by his grandparents. The author and illustrator says he got a lot of practice telling stories as a kid — "making up excuses for where my biological parents were."

NPR's Scott Detrow talks with Ebon Moss-Bachrach, who plays the brash Richie Jerimovich on FX's The Bear, about what he'll miss most as the show winds down.