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Pinellas County’s sheriff has tested positive for the coronavirus, the agency announced on Saturday.Sheriff Bob Gualtieri’s symptoms were mild and began…

Authorities say a section of Interstate 75 known as Alligator Alley has reopened after four brush fires that eventually merged in southwest Florida caused…

A taxi driver in Las Vegas first thought the brown bag on the backseat contained chocolate. As it turned out, it was filled with something even sweeter. Six thick bundles of $100 bills. The driver handed the bag in to his office which tracked down the passenger, a well-known poker player.

NPR's Lynn Neary reports: The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution heard from supporters and opponents of the latest version of a proposed constitutional amendment. Although the measure does NOT contain specific language about school prayer, many on both sides of the issue believe it would allow some kind of prayer in the public schools, as well as religious expression in other publically-funded organizations. GOP sponsors want the U-S Constitution amended to address what they see as anti-religious bias.

NPR's Howard Berkes visits the chemical weapons stockpile near Tooele, Utah, where a factory has been set up to begin burning old nerve agent and mustard gas. There's enough chemical weaponry there to kill billions of people, some of it in leaking containers and munitions. The Army says it's time to get rid of it, but people living downwind of the plant are worried about what will blow their way.

Music reviewer Tom Manoff listens to a new recording of the eighth symphony by Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich by Andrew Litton and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. He says that this symphony expresses some of the darkest mo ments in Russia's experience in World War II. (3:30) ((STEREO)) (STATIONS: The CD is "Shostakovich Symphony No.8" by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton, Conductor. It is available on Delos Records. The company can be contacted on the World Wide Web at http://www.delosmu

Robert reads from listeners' letters concerning pieces we've aired on George Washington's Farewell Address, simulated space-camp, methamphetamine use, and Susan Stamberg's remembrance of F. Scott Fitzgerald. To contact All Things Considered, write to All Things Considered Letters, 635 Massachusetts Avenue Northwest, Washington DC, 20001. To reach us via the Internet, the address is A-T-C at N-P-R dot ORG.

More than a year after letters containing anthrax spores were sent to Capitol Hill, the postal facility that processed those letters is still contaminated. But a cleanup is under way. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports.

NPR's Scott Horsley reports on the nomination of John Snow as the next treasury secretary. Snow has been chief executive officer of CSX Corporation since 1989 and board chairman since 1991. CSX is a large transportation company, based in Richmond, Va., specializing in the railway and container freight businesses. Snow's critics complain that CSX has reported no federal tax liability in three of the last four years.

The Energy Bill passed by the House Thursday includes a controversial provision that would exempt an increasingly popular drilling technique called hydraulic fracturing from regulation under the Clean Drinking Water Act. Opponents of the exemption say the technique has been known to contaminate drinking water.

With clean-up efforts underway, relief workers in southern India concentrate on removing corpses and finding potable water. Emergency workers are also trying to get drinking water to tens of thousands of survivors. Health workers worry contaminated drinking water may result in more deaths then the 7,000 the tsunami caused. Laura Womak reports.

January is National Mentoring Month, and Slate contributor Eric Liu brings listeners the first part of a four-part series on mentors. He talks with acting coach Ivana Chubbuck, who has coached Halle Berry and Charlize Theron. (Warning: This segment contains language about movie violence that may be offensive to some listeners.)

Folk musician John Palmes plays everything from Bach to James Brown. What is unusual is his instrument, the mouthbow. Marika Partridge reviews his new CD, Mouthbow: Small Voices.

Scientists with the World Health Organization release a new study that suggests that the SARS virus can live outside a person's body for several days. The study finds that the virus stayed alive on a piece of plastic for 24 to 48 hours, indicating the disease may be contracted by touching a contaminated surface. Hear NPR's Eric Niiler.

A year ago, health officials shut down the Brentwood postal facility in Washington, D.C. It had been contamined with anthrax spores sent through the mail. Two workers died of inhalation anthrax. The building remains closed, and its former workers are still struggling with their anger and fear. NPR's Richard Harris reports for Morning Edition.

Have your student loans put you in a serious financial burden? WUSF wants to hear from you.

A group of 24 alleged al Qaeda members went on trial Friday in Madrid. Three of them are accused of having helped prepare the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States. The trial is the biggest so far of alleged Islamist militants in Europe.

Rapper and actor Ice-T, one of the pioneers of the "gangsta rap" genre, now has a regular role as an undercover cop on the NBC crime drama Law and Order. Born Tracy Marrow, the rapper got his big acting break in the film New Jack City. He talks about his acting career and the film's 15th-anniversary release. Note: Segment contains language some may find offensive.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin says businesses in some parts of the city will reopen this weekend, and residents of the Algiers neighborhood will be welcomed back next week. Announcing the gradual return, officials also warned of remaining health threats.

The House version of the budget bill contains language that would stop food stamps for potentially hundreds of thousands of people. We look at how the cuts would affect people who depend on them.

The stinging criticism of Congress contained in the Sept. 11 Commission report received mixed reviews on Capitol Hill today, where some called for approval of the commission's recommendations but others were non-committal. House Republican leaders said the government was already doing what it should to stop terrorism. NPR's David Welna reports from the Capitol.

The Senate Intelligence Committee unveils a blistering 500-page report that blames the CIA and outgoing director George Tenet for numerous intelligence failures as the Bush administration made the decision to go to war in Iraq. Among the more than 100 conclusions contained in the report: the CIA overstated the threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and ignored evidence to the contrary. Hear NPR's Mike Shuster and NPR's Madeleine Brand.

IRS investigators are cracking down on wealthy people who put their money into elaborately designed tax shelters. U.S. officials say tax avoidance schemes marketed to wealthy corporations and individuals exploded in the 1990s. NPR's Jim Zarroli reports.

David George Hannon, of Sarasota, received three years' probation and was fined $7,000 fine.

For the first time, David Kaczynski has written about the man he grew up with, admired and ultimately alerted authorities to. His essay is part of a new collection, Brothers: 26 Stories of Love and Rivalry.