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Nearly 2,000 manatees died in the state in 2021 and 2022, a two-year record. Widespread water quality problems and seagrass losses left the sea cows starving.

On "The Florida Roundup," host Tom Hudson spoke with Rolando Aedo with the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau about potential implications of altering tourist development taxes.

The chain that laid claim to celebrations across America is now sweeping up the confetti and turning off the lights. Two bankruptcies failed to get its debt in order.

The highly anticipated text from the Senate is out — and it's already causing concern from GOP stakeholders in both chambers.

Coping with cancer and its aftermath isn't easy for anyone. But men tend to isolate more, seek less support and, alarmingly, die earlier than women. Young survivors are working to change that.

En Florida, los gobiernos locales han tomado la iniciativa de abordar sus emisiones contaminantes del clima y hacer la transición a la energía limpia.

If you haven't gotten your fill of spooky tunes yet, St. Petersburg-based band Hex Appeal is performing in its first local tour of musical showcases around the Tampa Bay region.

Tuesday night in Washington, D.C., presidential candidate Kamala Harris delivered her closing argument to the American people.

Sportswriter Jane Leavy discusses her new book, "Make Me Commissioner: I Know What's Wrong with Baseball and How to Fix It," with Morning Edition host and baseball megafan A Martinez.

Florida’s surgeon general, spiritual healers and Trump allies push their cures in a swampy outpost of anti-government absolutism and mystical belief in and just east of Venice.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he's pulling the TV ad that caused President Trump to say he was ending trade negotiations with Canada. The ad used former President Ronald Reagan's words to criticize U.S. tariffs.

Even before the shutdown put the spotlight on Congress and its fight over extending ACA tax, it had become increasingly difficult for Floridians to find affordable health care.

Author Michael Tackett speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about his book, "The Price of Power," a new biography on the personal and political life of Republican Senate leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky.

More voters are now undecided after President Biden decided not to run for reelection, according to an NPR/PBS News/Marist survey. Vice President Harris has a brief opportunity to win them over.

The University of South Florida Student Government receives approximately $13.5 million annually in student fees. But it has about $20 million in spending requests

The 2025 Atlantic hurricane season runs through the end of the November, but without any expected development, forecasters have released their seasonal summaries.

Shirley is a 23-year-old self-described "independent YouTube journalist" who made prank videos in high school before pivoting to politics. He participated in a White House roundtable in October.

NPR's Rob Schmitz talks with Daniel Roher, director of the documentary Navalny, about the poisoning of the Russian opposition leader.

This mercury-containing compound, used as a vaccine preservative, is commonly used in lower-income countries — and deemed safe. The U.S. is now demanding that Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance stop using it.

The once-hot Silicon Valley startup has seen its stock’s value decline 99% and is struggling to survive. That has put the spotlight on the genetic data it has on 15 million people.

In 2023, Gallup polling found 49% of Americans see themselves as politically independent. NPR's Michel Martin talks to political strategist Lisa D.T. Rice about how to engage independent voters.

The Toy Story squad takes on a tablet, the Minions take on Hollywood and Christopher Nolan takes on a Greek epic.

On Aug. 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous speech at the March on Washington. Part of his speech was impromptu and those words became a pillar of the civil rights movement.

Former President Donald Trump took the witness stand in his New York civil fraud suit. Meanwhile another co-defendant in the Georgia election racketeering case against Trump pleads guilty.

Washington Post op–ed writer Theodore R. Johnson discusses his new book --- "If We Are Brave, Essay from Black Americana" -- an examination of democracy, race and Black voters in the United States.