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Pro-Trump extremists halted lawmakers as they counted the Electoral College ballots for President-elect Joe Biden.

The number of new cases reported Saturday in the greater Tampa Bay region – 957 – also was the first time since Aug. 15 that the total of new cases in the area surpassed 900.

State health figures show coronavirus is on the rise since the governor moved Florida into the final phase of reopening on Sept. 25.

Antigen tests are less accurate than PCR tests, but federal health officials say their ability to produce results within minutes makes them important tools for curbing the spread of the virus.

Forty deaths from complications related to COVID-19 were recorded in the greater Tampa Bay region, including 15 in Hillsborough County, bringing the county's death toll to more than 1,000 people.

The deaths of 39 people in the greater Tampa Bay area from complications related to COVID-19 were recorded on Monday. That's the largest daily death toll since Oct. 15.

Stocks surged after Pfizer said its experimental vaccine was more than 90% effective and after former Vice President Joe Biden was elected president.

Wednesday's report from the Department of Health shows the percentage of positive coronavirus tests rose above 5% for the first time since Oct. 5.

The state reported 4,865 news positive tests since Saturday on more than 123,000 tests, with a positivity rate of 4.32%.

State health officials said more than 11,000 people tested positive for the coronavirus since Saturday's report, which also recorded the deaths of 135 people.

The inauguration of President-elect Biden will look different from the past — with no crowds and troops guarding the Capitol. But the oath of office remains the same.

Two FBI agents were killed and at least three others were wounded in south Florida while serving an arrest warrant for a man suspected of child pornography possession.

A heat wave has much of the U.S. in its grips, including in Washington D.C. But some residents have found ways to cope.

Things are a little bit different this year due to the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s where parents can — and cannot — send their children this summer.

One commissioner said the well is a better option than having millions more gallons of wastewater dumped into Tampa Bay.

Testimony began Tuesday in the historic trial of Spain's Princess Cristina. She's the first Spanish royal ever to sit in the defendant's dock and faces eight years in prison if convicted of tax fraud.

A viral TikTok makes vaccine science understandable and pretty funny (it's a horror film parody). NPR caught up with creator and star Vick Krishna — tech expert by day, videographer by night.

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the measure live on Fox News. It's the latest Republican-led effort to alter state voting rules following record-breaking turnout during the 2020 election.

It's an effort to "keep them here for generations to come," St. Petersburg City Council chair Ed Montanari said.

Robbin Hardy was a pastor and the founder of the Girls Enrichment Mentorship Services in Baton Rouge, La. She died from COVID-19 at the age 56 in April of 2020.

While 89 more people have died due to complications from the virus, the positivity rate remained below 5% for the second consecutive day.

NPR's Scott Simon shares the story of two Liberty University students who met on a bus and, while making small talk, discovered they had met many years ago and many miles away.

The company said in late March that clinical trials showed the vaccine elicits "100% efficacy and robust antibody responses" in adolescents.

With strict social distancing measures, many communities look for safe ways to come together and be entertained. A Washington, D.C., neighborhood threw its first Lawrence Street COVID-19 talent show.

Cellphone users from the U.S. border with Canada south to the border with Mexico should receive a mobile alert from the early warning system when an earthquake is detected.