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Actors, directors and musicians at the 2024 Oscars wore the red pins to support a group called Artists4Ceasefire, which is calling for an immediate and permanent cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war.

"Major League Baseball fundamentally supports voting rights for all Americans and opposes restrictions to the ballot box," said Commissioner Rob Manfred. A new host city for the game was not named.

Broward Schools chief Vickie Cartwright's job was on the line during a tense, hours-long meeting on Tuesday. But the school board decided to spare her — and give her 90 days to show improvement.

The term "hair loss" has been googled a lot during this pandemic. What's going on?

Florida's heat is about much more than high temperatures. In Part 1 of this two-part series, AccuWeather explains what heat is actually doing to your body—and why some of the earliest warning signs are often the easiest to miss.

The measure is a response to local government efforts to side-step state law.

Whether you're an elephant, a donkey or the animal of your choice: you won't miss a beat with national convention coverage from NPR News.

NPR's Scott Simon remembers Apollo 11 astronaut Michael Collins, who appeared on this program two years ago.

How do we open ourselves to the connections that can unite us even across racial, political or religious differences? Iranian-born writer Azar Nafisi finds the answer in a classic of American literature.

For Cecilia Munoz, a childhood memory of anger has inspired a career in activism. She believes that early outrage fuels her work on behalf Hispanic immigrants for the National Council of La Raza.

The former English teacher may never have become a singer-songwriter if her identity hadn't been taken. "I was just ready for a brand new start," she says. And soon she was on the road to Nashville.

It's week seven of my fitness challenge, so it's on to the Wild Card Boxing Club. I got a huge adrenaline rush from the pace and speed of sparring. Boxing was definitely the most exciting sport I've tried so far in my six-month program to get fit.

High school was tough for Tierra Jackson. She shared a single room in a Chicago homeless shelter with six other family members, and her mom was in and out of prison. But today, the college junior says school is her ticket out.

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

Monday marks the fourth straight day the number of new positive coronavirus tests exceeded 10,000 in Florida.According to the Florida Department of…

Wednesday’s report from the Florida Department of Health showed an increase of 4,115 people testing positive for the coronavirus in the 24 hours since…

The Florida Department of Health reported Thursday 53,285 people have tested positive for the coronavirus; an increase of 651 cases since Wednesday.The…

Strict abortion bans in nearby states are contributing to a significant increase in the number of out-of-state residents coming to Florida for the procedure in recent years.

Molly McCully Brown, who has cerebral palsy, says that if she'd been born in a different era, she might have been sent to the "Virginia State Colony," an early landmark of the U.S. eugenics movement.

Pavel, a Twitch streamer based in Ukraine who goes by Bobi, used skills he honed playing a video game to escape the war.

UPDATE AT 10:25 A.M.: Federal officials, along with local law enforcement, continue investigating a single-engine plane crash in Clearwater that killed an…

The death toll statewide Saturday was 27. That’s the lowest numbers reported since Nov. 8.

As COVID-19 surges, so does demand for oxygen. And oxygen manufacturing plants simply can't keep up. That's bad news not only for severely ill patients but others in need, including newborns.

Oil prices were surging, but a dramatic meeting of many of the world's crude producers has thrown things into a bit of turmoil.

Daily Beast editor Tina Brown joins Morning Edition host Steve Inskeep to recommend some of the best things she has read lately. This month, she focuses on stories of change, choice and the limits of control.