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A proposed land swap is now on hold after Siesta Key activist Lourdes Ramirez filed a legal challenge alleging violations of county development codes and improper disposal of public land.

As President Trump's term comes to an end, NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks with Maggie Haberman of The New York Times and Adam Serwer of The Atlantic about the 45th president's legacy.

Flint, Mich., aims to be a model for wiping out deep poverty during a crucial time for child development. The new benefits start during pregnancy to encourage prenatal care.

The White House Correspondents' Dinner will be headlined by a mentalist instead of a comedian. Oz Pearlman tells NPR he hopes to unify, delight and puzzle the crowd — but can't reveal how.

Districts 1-7 are unchanged, but many others are significantly altered. Here's a breakdown.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to Keri Russell and Allison Janney about their roles in season 3 of The Diplomat.

The border crisis is no longer just a border issue. Northern cities like Chicago are scrambling to accommodate busloads of migrants arriving daily, causing political backlash at the local and national level.

Harper Moyski, age 10, and Fletcher Merkel, age 8, were killed, and 18 children between the ages 6 and 15 were injured by a shooter. Middle schoolers acted heroically to protect others, a parent said.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with Kathleen Belew, the author of Bring the War Home, about potential threats from the white power and militia movements on Inauguration Day.

A 1900 hurricane that left at least 6,000 people dead has had a long-lasting impact on Galveston, Texas. Paul Burka, a Galveston native who is senior executive editor of Texas Monthly, tells Scott Simon about the storm.

An emergency meeting early Friday was called after a legal window opened for the board to go back to its Aug. 6 decision to postpone school reopening.

The game should be two complete, deep basketball teams going at each other. Fans hope that's how it turns out.

Liz Cheney won her House seat big in 2020. But splitting with Trump over election legitimacy and chairing the Jan. 6 hearings has her trailing a pro-Trump challenger by 20 points in a recent poll.

Going into the conventions for both parties, Hillary Clinton has a distinct advantage. But do the Baton Rouge police shootings, the recent terror-related incidents or these next two weeks change that?

The Labor Department reports that the nation's unemployment rate rose 6.5 percent last month. The number of jobs lost were a lot higher than expected. The report indicates that the downturn in the economy this year has been even deeper and more dramatic than most economists had expected. The jobless rate is at a 14-year high.

The reverberations from Thursday's presidential debate continue, alongside consequential Supreme Court rulings.

A new report from a left-leaning Center on Budget and Policy Priorities finds that upcoming changes to Social Security will amount to a "45-mile trip for some 6 million seniors."

The UNAIDS annual report warns that Trump-era HIV funding cuts could lead to 6 million more infections and 4 million deaths by 2029 — as low-income countries struggle to fill the gap.

The adventures of a precocious 6-year-old and his stuffed tiger debuted on November 18, 1985. NPR's Renee Montagne spoke with the comic strip's editor, Lee Salem, in 2005.

Bear hunting has long been controversial in Florida, with the last hunt held in 2015. The commission on Aug. 13 approved this year’s hunt, which is scheduled from Dec. 6 to Dec. 28.

The Florida Department of Education says the statewide graduation rate for the 2024-2025 school year was 92.2%.

Artemis II, the first crewed mission to the Moon in more than 50 years, is set to launch as early as 6:24 p.m. Wednesday.

Bloomberg investigative reporter Zeke Faux says the Trump family crypto business offers anyone seeking favor with the new administration a legal way to send money directly to the president.

In her new book, By Hands Now Known, Margaret Burnham reports on little-known cases of racial violence in the Jim Crow era, including crimes that went unreported and murderers who were never punished.

NPR religion correspondent Barbara Bradley Hagerty investigated one case from the Los Angeles Archdiocese where the Catholic church mishandled reports of abuse. She talks about the case, and how the church is handling the accusations of abuse and an alleged cover-up.