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Gerald R. Ford, the 38th president of the United States and the only one to assume the office without being elected president or vice president, has died. He was 93. Former first lady Betty Ford announced his death Tuesday in a brief statement. "His life was filled with love of God, his family and his country," she said.

In the 1950s, the poultry industry began dunking birds in antibiotic baths. It was supposed to keep meat fresher and healthier. That's not what happened, as Maryn McKenna recounts in her new book.

Their proposal comes amid continued interest in expanding oil production within the Big Cypress National Preserve, an Everglades wilderness they consider sacred.

Ratcatching isn’t the lucrative industry it once was in King’s Landing.

President-elect Trump's first stint in the White House included policies and positions that broke with tradition, like threatening to pull out of NATO. What can we expect in his second term?

Scientists are driving around in white Chevys, releasing thousands of specially engineered mosquitoes from tubes — part of a pioneering project to reduce the spread of dengue, a terrible disease.

How law enforcement struggles to rein in illegal “adult arcades,” told through the saga of Spin Fun Arcade.

The building burned for hours on Monday, with smoke billowing into the sky. The cause of the cathedral's blaze was not immediately known, but the initial investigation points to an accident.

An Israeli air strike killed three children and their father weeks before they were due to emigrate to the U.S.

Republican and Democrat lawmakers on Capitol Hill are calling for a halt to a deal that hands over operations at six U.S. ports to a company owned by Dubai. President Bush threatened to veto any legislation seeking to delay the $6.8 billion takeover. A look at why the transaction is so controversial.

WUSF will be providing the latest news and information on coronavirus in Tampa Bay and across the state. Here are the latest developments:Total positive…

Days after the Feb. 6 earthquake in Turkey and Syria, hopes of finding people alive is waning. One U.S.-based team uses search-and-rescue dogs to try to find people still trapped days after the quake.

Here's what you need to know, including where to park and how to navigate downtown Tampa during both the children's parade and pirate invasion.

More than a week of the U.S. and Israel's war against Iran has dragged in global powers, upended the world's energy and transport sectors, and brought chaos to usually peaceful areas of the region.

Nearly 291,000 people took coronavirus tests in Florida over the two days leading up to Thanksgiving.

Areas across the Treasure Coast and South Florida particularly vulnerable to flooding because of the wet conditions so far this fall season.

The Florida Department of Health reported Tuesday that 9,068 people tested positive for the coronavirus statewide, including 1,818 in the greater Tampa Bay region.

The former president also doubled down on his support of participants in the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, saying that the "real insurrection" happened on Election Day.

The positivity rate for new cases was nearly four times as high as rates from last month as new cases surge and the pace of vaccination stalls.

Unhealthy air quality grips the East Coast reaching as far south as North and South Carolina.

The court temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deporting some 6,000 Syrians and 350,000 Haitians who were granted Temporary Protected Status.

With Tampa Bay area temperatures expected to drop into the low 30s tonight with wind chills even lower, cold weather shelters will open all over the Bay…

The number of people hospitalized in Florida with a primary diagnosis of COVID-19 continues falling, dropping 144 Saturday to 4,681. That's the lowest level since Dec. 12.

Florida saw the lowest number of new coronavirus cases reported since Nov. 16, 2020.

After weeks of deaths in the single digits, there were 34 deaths reported Friday in Manatee.