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Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson talks to NPR about his plans for the department. He also clarified his earlier remarks about poverty being a "state of mind."

Some major issues will be decided by Florida's voters, including whether to overturn the state's recent ban on abortions after six weeks and legalizing recreational marijuana.

Alex Jones, who spread lies about the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, has dropped efforts to declare bankruptcy and avoid paying $1.5 billion in damages he owes the victims' families.

School districts in the Tampa Bay area are continuing to regulate cellphone use. New policies in Pasco and Pinellas schools will largely bar students from using their phones during class.

For the first time, there is an admission fee for open practices at the team's training facility across from Raymond James Stadium. Practices start at 8:30 a.m.

In the Tampa-St.Petersburg-Clearwater metro area, inflation is only slightly cooler than the national rate. Unemployment is lower, too.

"Florida DOGE" is focused on auditing local governments. The first two to be audited are among the most Democratic-leaning municipalities in the state.

Pennywise, weighing 302 pounds, was deemed healthy and strong enough to return to the wild Wednesday after being treated by Loggerhead Marinelife Center’s veterinary team over the past few months.

Florida House Bill 7031 was signed on June 30 and eliminates state sales tax on hurricane kit essentials. The law takes effect Aug. 1.

The watch is in effect as flooding could be caused by excessive rainfall, the NWS said. This is from Invest 93-L — an area of disturbed weather off Florida's east coast.

According to a criminal complaint, Lawrence Brunn began targeting TGH's John Couris as early as 2023 and that the online harassment grew increasingly aggressive over time.

This week on "The Florida Roundup," we talked about President Trump’s new tax and spending plan and what it means for Social Security benefits with PolitiFact’s Louis Jacobson and more.

David Gergen worked in the administrations of Presidents Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton as a speechwriter, communications director and counselor to the president, among other roles.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world.

Anthony Branca was just 19 when he was struck and killed by a commercial van. That driver didn't even realize he'd run over the youth and his motorcycle.

Tyre Sampson, 14, died in 2022 after falling 70 feet from Icon Park's Orlando Free Fall ride.

Grimmway Farms recalled an array of its organic whole and baby carrots over concerns of an E. coli outbreak. Recalled carrots were sold at retailers such as Walmart, Whole Foods and Trader Joe's.

The powerful storm will make landfall in the Big Bend area, but it's huge. That means Central Florida will get more than its share of rain, wind and flooding.

Dangerous Milton continues to cross Florida bringing damaging winds, flash flooding and severe weather.

The plan would expand a pilot program that pays growers to provide excess dairy, beef and eggs to food banks.

President Biden said the court's decision puts "virtually no limits on what a president can do" and used it to argue against former President Donald Trump's reelection bid.

The SBA’s disaster loan program has run out of money, it announced on Tuesday. The agency expects to receive new funding from Congress, and will continue to accept applications in the meantime.

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President Biden says Congress needs to shore up a small business disaster loans fund, and fast. Meanwhile, the response to Hurricane Helene has become a presidential election issue.