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Jim Bryson and his daughter Kelsey of Canada grew the record-setting, 1,818-pound pumpkin over the summer. They brought it to the New York Botanical Garden this past weekend, where it was carved up. One of the seeds recently sold at auction for $1,500.

Days after Category 4 Hurricane Ian came ashore near the tony seaside community, residents are taking stock and trying to put their lives back together.

PolitiFact and WLRN found no Florida law, new or otherwise, requiring fathers to complete DNA testing to be on their children's birth certificates.

Some people say your 20s and 30s are the prime of your life. But actress and producer Rita Wilson says 50 is a great age. She's the editor-at-large of the Huff/Post50 website. She joins host Michel Martin to talk about how she's been able to follow her dreams after 50, and help others do the same.

Volunteers in Minnesota are collecting pine needles to help researchers determine how PFAS -- the substances commonly called forever chemicals -- find their way into water, soil and air.

Peruvians go to the polls Sunday to elect their next president amid a conservative shift in Latin America. The daughter of a former dictator, a far-right senator, could win.

NPR's Kia Miakka Natisse describes how and why roller skating allows skaters, young and old, to push their bodies to the limit.

On this episode of Florida Matters, we explore the impact of our immigration system on the Sunshine State.

This week, President Trump continued to threaten tariffs as DOGE continued its cuts of the federal workforce. It was another consequential and news-packed week in Trump's presidency.

NPR's Scott Simon talks to Donna Angelini, whose firefighter husband, Joe, died saving others at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. This piece includes tape that could be disturbing to some.

Because North Carolina didn't expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, many low-income people who could otherwise benefit from the law don't. But there are often ways to bump up their incomes just enough to help them qualify for subsidized coverage.

Some Jacksonville Housing Authority residents are concerned they wouldn't have enough time.

Chinese consumers have less and less confidence to splurge, which spells trouble for government efforts to jump-start consumer spending to offset deflation and mitigate the trade war with the U.S.

Iranians coming across the border into Turkey are less hopeful than they were at the beginning of the war.

Without a paycheck, many federal employees affected by the partial government shutdown have had to resort to emergency measures to support themselves and their families.

Airports, hospitals, banks, and government agencies are recovering from a failed software update delivered by the cybersecurity company CrowdStrike to Microsoft’s Windows systems.

A professor who studies the effects of solar radiation on climate composed a string quartet piece using climate data converted to sound in a process called "sonification."

The contract dispute between BayCare Health System and UnitedHealthcare forced 74-year-old Mike Dellmore to choose between his doctors and his insurance…

Dallas singer 4batz rose from obscurity to a breathlessly awaited debut in barely a year — but his arrival is part of a tense exchange between hip-hop and R&B more than a decade in the making.

Right now, only kids 12 and older can get a COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. Studies underway at multiple sites are gathering data to see if the vaccine can be given to children as young as six months.

Ahead of the Supreme Court's decision on access to mifepristone, an anti-abortion advocate contends that the most commonly used abortion method is not safe for women.

SNL cast member Bowen Yang joins Rachel Martin for a game of Wild Card.

A new documentary explores Armstrong's experience as a Black American musician coming of age right along with the 20th century.

Pop singer Remi Wolf says the single "Cinderella" describes mood swings and a transient lifestyle at the time she wrote it. NPR's Leila Fadel asks Wolf about her sophomore album “Big Ideas.”

Craig's List, the community-oriented classifieds site, remains one of the most popular places on the Web to search for an apartment, a bicycle, or a kitchen table. Experts estimate there are tens of thousands of sites on the Web for job seekers, house hunters, and every other kind of seeker.