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For the first time, CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google will appear together before a House panel Wednesday to answer lawmakers about whether they're using their power to squash competition.

As artificial intelligence becomes more widely available, bad actors are turning to computer-generated faces in their attempts to manipulate social media networks.

The residential real estate listing website Trulia is riding the recovery in the housing market. Trulia's initial public stock offering is the first real test of the market's appetite for technology start-ups since Facebook's rocky debut.

Fred the Tree delights people in the Florida Keys from his home atop an old bridge. Now he's about to have a role in the Jake Gyllenhaal remake of 1980s cult classic film "Road House" ... and become a "celebri-tree."

We check in on how the Rays are doing at this point in their 25th season.

The NCAA's move was the latest in a string of dramatic cancellations across the U.S. sports landscape.

It's Michigan vs. Alabama and Washington vs. Texas for the final season of the four-team college football playoff format, before the tournament grows to a field of 12 next year.

The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected legislative maps three times. With weeks to go until the primary, voters don't know who their candidates are and candidates don't know where their districts are.

Of the 100 largest metro areas rated by Lending Tree, two other Florida cities made the top 10: Jacksonville was No. 5 and North Port was No. 6.

Hurricane Irma is having an impact on the entire Tampa Bay area. WUSF has reporters spread out across the region. This county-by-county breakdown will be…

The cherry blossoms are finally in bloom in Washington, D.C., and what better way to celebrate these beautiful Japanese gifts than with a haiku? We celebrate the delicate pink petals with poetry submitted by our listeners.

Two years after the Missouri Supreme Court struck down a similar measure, the state's Republican-led lawmakers passed a bill that would require residents to have photo identification to cast a ballot.

The slang term means "behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms." It was the landslide pick in a public vote.

The 50-feet-long whale was beached on a sandbar about 50 yards out in Venice. Weather prevented a rescue and the whale died between 3 and 4 a.m. Monday.

The time a person has to decide whether to have an abortion in Florida and other states with six-week abortion bans is at most two weeks. Why? It's has to do with how we date early pregnancy.

Ukraine is celebrating 31 years of independence from the Soviet Union on Wednesday. It is also six months to the day since President Putin sent troops to try to bring Ukraine back into Russia's orbit.

Turning the page on decades of distance, Syria's President Ahmad al-Sharaa addressed the U.N. General Assembly, marking the first time any president from his country has done so in almost 60 years.

After 146 years as the "Greatest Show on Earth," the owners of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus have decided to take the tent down.This week…

In 2016, Black voters were the top target of foreign disinformation campaigns. In 2020, there are both foreign and domestic efforts to dissuade Black and Latino voters from casting ballots.

For fans of the Iditarod, there's a way to get up close to the sled dog race without ever going outside: fantasy mushing. It's a collaboration between coder David Hunt and musher Danny Seavey.

Since charging into office some five years ago, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has routinely had an awkward relationship with the Republican-controlled Florida…

How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity might be the year's first essential new book. NPR's Renita Jablonski picks up the book, and her cat, to see if he has what it takes to be a star on the Web.

The New York attorney general's office said it reviewed thousands of pages of documents and social media content to study how the suspect used online platforms to plan and publicize the mass shooting.

Out of all 50 states, Florida ranked first in damages with $116 billion attributed to the state alone.

The bill's sponsor, Republican Rep. Tyler Sirois, says social media companies are "taking advantage of kids growing up. That's their business model."