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A 21-year-old University of Central Florida student is recovering from a violent attack at the hands of her ex-boyfriend, who ran her over with his car in…

A fertilizer company says it hopes to have a massive sinkhole plugged by spring, months after contaminated water and waste began flowing into Florida's...

The first public meeting will be held in Polk County for residents to hear more about the safety of drinking water in the wake of a massive sinkhole at...

The U.S. Justice Department on Monday moved to intervene in a nearly year-old lawsuit against the Florida Department of Corrections, alleging that the...

Florida authorities are looking for a child protective investigator they say was dealing heroin and cocaine.

A former Tampa police detective faces up to 10 years in prison for her part in a tax-refund scheme.A U.S. attorney's office news release says 51-year-old…

In a Department of Defense statement released Saturday, Secretary Chuck Hagel orders most of the 400,000 furloughed civilian workers to return to work…

A former mental health technician at Bayside Center for Behavioral Health is now facing additional charges as more victims have come forward after his...

Are you among the hundreds of thousands who survived COVID-19? If so, we'd like to hear your story.

It’s a difficult time for many families right now, especially for those of COVID-19 patients needing to distance from loved ones.Are you having to isolate…

SunTrust banks will observe a moment of silence Friday to honor the five people slain when a gunman opened fire inside the Sebring branch.In a Facebook…

Climate change is impacting so much around us: heat, flooding, health, wildlife, housing, and more. Tell us how you have experienced climate change over time.

UCF officials said the student was isolated after testing positive and contact tracing measures were taken.

For thousands of years, the Psalms have been a powerful part of Jewish and Christian liturgy. In translation, they contain some of the most memorable lines ever written in English. Robert Alter has published a new translation of the Psalms.

On Wednesday's program, NPR misidentified the gigantic jigsaw puzzle. We incorrectly stated it was a work called "Wildnerness" by Adrian Chesterton, when in fact it is called "Wildlife" by Adrian Chesterman.

NPR's Brooke Gladstone reports on a new, negative evaluation of the recent television ratings system. The conservative Media Research Center claims the system has failed to adequately alert parents to programming they might not want their children to see. In fact, the group's reviewers contend that prime time programming rated for general audiences routinely contained "vulgarities" and "obscenities". The study looked at 150-hours of prime time television on ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC, UPN, and WB networks. NBC garnered some of the harshest criticism.

Several months ago, six thousand hemophiliacs agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit against the makers of a blood-clotting factor that was contaminated with the AIDS virus more than a decade ago. Under terms of the settlement, hemophiliacs or their survivors would receive 100 thousand dollars each. But as Neil Tickner of member station WHYY reports, the deal has been delayed by the government and private insurers claiming that part of the settlement should be used to pay off benefits provided to hemophiliacs over the years.

Over the past couple of months, the Pentagon has revealed that there's a possibility that some vets may have been exposed to chemical weapons when the U.S. military blew up an Iraqi weapons munition that contained chemical weaons. Danny talks with Dave Parks of the Birmingham News who has been following this issue for several years now about how the Pentagon has been handling the issue since the early '90's.

that links the toxic chemical PCB with below average test scores. The study found that children whose mothers consumed large amounts of fish containing PCB, don't do as well on I.Q. and reading tests as kids with less exposure.

- Daniel talks with Roger Johnston of the Los Alamos (New Mexico) National Laboratories Seal Vulnerability Assessment Team. Johnston and his colleagues test the reliability of the seals on all sorts of containers. If the container seals work as they are designed to work, a consumer should know if the seal has been tampered with. However, Johnston found that most containers could be opened and then re-sealed without the break in the seal being detected. They used ordinary tools that anyone can buy in a hardware store.

Large fires are burning in 14 states, mostly in the Western U.S.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Harvard Professor Robert Putnam and Bush advisor Stephen Goldsmith about a new study which looks at the causes and some solutions to community alienation. The report is being released today by the Saguaro Seminar. Goldsmith and Putnam agree the report contains ways citizens and the government can work together to create a stronger sense of community. (7:03)To read the Better Together report go to www.bettertogether.org.

The Supreme Court will hear a case that challenges a Kentucky law aimed at guaranteeing patients a broader choice of doctors and hospitals. The HMO industry says a 1994 law that requires health plans to open closed networks undercuts its ability to ensure quality and contain costs. NPR's Julie Rovner reports.

The new law bans bosses from texting employees after they sign off. If a boss does contact employees outside work hours, they could face financial penalties.

Christmas creep isn't allowed here. The family said they didn't know it was against the homeowner's association rules.