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How Floridians see ourselves and how the rest of the world sees us are often very different.

Prominent Black writer Zora Neale Hurston was the first person to report on the trial of Ruby McCollum outside of Florida. Her coverage led to national and international attention to the story.

Residents of Florida's west coast Monday scrambled to board up windows, fill up on gas, and get up to speed on flood zones and evacuation orders.

Heat doesn't just make you sweat—it can affect your brain, your sleep, your decision-making, and even become deadly long before many people realize they're in trouble. Here are five more hidden heat dangers every Floridian should know.

Carolyn Pawlenty told the judge Derek Chauvin's character has been twisted by the media. He was convicted of second degree-murder in George Floyd's death, a killing that reverberated around the world.

"For an entire year, I had to relive George being tortured to death every hour of the day," Philonise Floyd said during his victim impact statement in court.

According to "The Daily Telegraph," the miners "have apparently reached an agreement to share the profits made from recounting their ordeal."

A journalist based in Afghanistan's capital said Tuesday is better than the day before, with some signs of normalcy, even as the future of the country and many of its citizens is in limbo.

Arizona and Georgia will be the first two states to introduce the new feature, which will allow users to add a license or state ID to their Apple devices.

Fields, who took gold in BMX racing at the 2016 Olympic Games, came down wrong from a jump and suffered a horrific crash. A Team USA doctor says Fields is stable and awaiting further evaluation.

"It hurts to even say it," the popular cable news anchor told listeners of his SiriusXM show on Wednesday. Cuomo has been suspended by CNN indefinitely, pending an evaluation by the network.

John said that he's fully vaccinated and boosted, experiencing only mild symptoms, and expects to be able to perform at his scheduled show this weekend in Arkansas.

During an event in New Hampshire Wednesday morning, former Vice President Pence said he'd consider an invitation from the House January 6 committee to testify.

Recorded with Liz Harris' voice, a piano and not much else, Ruins achieves striking intimacy, its emotional heft commanding attention throughout.

The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady Wednesday. Members of the central bank's rate-setting committee also telegraphed their plans for possible rate cuts later this year.

Afghanistan faces a humanitarian crisis. It had been relying on foreign aid, much of which has been cut since the Taliban took over in August. There are now shortages of money, food and health care.

The Trump administration says it is ending its immigration enforcement surge in Minnesota that sparked weeks of protests, led to thousands of arrests and the fatal shooting of two U.S. citizens.

The group was affiliated with the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, which is close to the Taliban. Earlier today, amid a terrorism warning in Europe, French authorities arrested a dozen suspects.

An historian of Russian and Soviet espionage says that the sort of deep-cover espionage allegedly practiced by eleven suspects is "almost unprecedented."

Pink Martini's debut album, Sympathique, has been selling steadily, racking up a respectable 600,000 sales in the five years since its release. NPR's Ari Shapiro reports on the pressures on the band and its charismatic leader Thomas Lauderdale to avoid the sophomore curse of a second release that doesn't live up to the first.

American and Brazilian musicians have been finding common ground ever since jazz artists turned to bossa nova 50 years ago. But the result has never quite sounded like Nation Beat's mash-up of Southern country and northeast Brazilian maracatu.

Two studies that have not yet been peer reviewed indicate increased protection against the infectious omicron variant.

In Ghana, the '70s was a time of political repression, high inflation, and funky pop music. A young British emigre named John Collins formed the Bokoor Band with locals in 1971. The Bokoor Beats retrospective captures a band full of pride and confidence from Ghana's then-recent independence.

Cellist Matt Haimovitz was raised on a strict diet of classical music. Somewhere along the way his tastes broadened considerably. Hear an eclectic mix of music — from Nina Simone to Mstislav Rostropovich — as the adventurous cellist spins his favorites in the studio.

A new compilation of contemporary African music, mostly hip-hop, focuses largely on immigration. The songs describe the allure of life abroad in Europe or America, but also touch on many of the pitfalls.