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A person shared video of "the mother of all tumbleweeds" on social media this week. That got us thinking about where tumbleweeds come from and their propensity for taking over roads and neighborhoods.

NPR's Scott Simon considers the plight of the average American's over-notified life, with cellphones beeping and chiming around 70 times a day.

"Stay and Play" is offered to Tampa teenagers looking for a place to spend time in a safe environment.

The South Carolina Republican, a prominent figure in Congress, dropped his own bid for president in November. Now Scott is throwing his support behind former President Donald Trump.

Born Chad George Ha'aheo Rowan in Hawaii, Akebono moved to Tokyo in the 1980s, won his first grand championship in 1993, the first of 11 such titles, and retired in 2001. He died of heart failure.

Alabama's 2nd Congressional District was reshaped to give Black voters more political power, and followed a lengthy legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.

The series opens in Sunrise on Sunday. Game 2 is Tuesday, and the series comes to Amalie Arena for Games 3 and 4 starting Thursday.

The icon behind two pioneering bands, Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, has a new project called The Julie Ruin. It comes after years of being sidelined from sickness and some deep thought about her own long career.

The Baltimore County Police Department confirmed the identity of the sixth victim, 37-year-old José Mynor López, after salvage teams located his body Tuesday.

The former Kate Middleton said she was in the early stages of chemotherapy treatment in a video announcement Friday. Her health has been subject to public speculation in recent months.

As Al Gore's running mate in 2000, Lieberman became the first Jewish candidate on a presidential ticket of one of the two major parties. He later became an independent and was a leader of No Labels.

The announcement came after Ecuadorian police officers forcibly broke into the Mexican embassy in Quito, detaining former Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas, who was seeking political asylum there.

Tessie Prevost was one of the young Black girls who integrated New Orleans public schools in the 1960s after federal courts forced the system to abide by the Brown vs. the Board of Education ruling.

The poll conducted by the University of North Florida shows constitutional measures on recreational marijuana and abortion rights appear to have the 60% threshold needed to pass.

The four-time Gold Glove-winning center fielder played nine years with the Rays before joining the Blue Jays.

The retail giant says shoppers will soon have to start scanning their membership cards at the entrances to Costco warehouses rather than just presenting them to a store employee.

Although Helene could potentially bring up to 8 feet of storm surge for Tampa Bay, the storm's quick pace may actually limit the amount of rainfall. There could be up to 15 feet of storm surge for the Panhandle.

The operation comes after a speeding car crashed on the Howard Frankland Bridge on June 12.

Cal Fire Chief Joe Tyler said the agency and its partners are equipped with with fire trucks, bulldozers, and newly introduced Blackhawk helicopters that can fly at night.

Israel had its day in the International Court of Justice, defending against genocide charges, calling the case a "deliberately curated, decontextualized and manipulative description of hostilities."

Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, who garnered heavy criticism from his fellow Republican opponents, announced he is dropping out of the presidential race.

The Biden administration is requesting emergency supplemental funding that can help families across America and particularly in Florida.

Emergency officials in Nepal say at least 76 people have died in Tuesday's earthquake, which hit as the small country is still coping with a prior quake that killed more than 8,000.

Christmas has come and gone but your tree is probably still up. Here are some tips to dispose of your tree or give it new life.

The indictment says the senator connected one of his co-defendants with a member of the Qatari royal family who invested in the businessman's multimillion-dollar real estate project.