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Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Bourbon Balls, Somebody Somewhere, The Amazing Race and Tim Curry's performance of A Christmas Carol.

Big companies are snapping up land along the I-75 corridor, bringing a type of boomtown to Charlotte, Lee and Collier counties. Local leaders believe higher-paying jobs are coming to the area, easing the past dependence on tourism to drive the economy.

If President-elect Donald Trump wants to thwart China's canal influence, he needs to offer the isthmus partnership instead of petulance — and a more serious ambassador pick.

The Houston-based company has pulled off the first successful commercial landing on the lunar surface. It's America's first soft landing in decades.

Hillsborough County's homeless and community services director said that's putting a strain on volunteers who are coming back every night while managing their own lives.

A seven-day break in the fighting had allowed a significant increase in the delivery of badly needed food, fuel and medical supplies. But the flow of aid was halted by the resumption of airstrikes.

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off over the economy, abortion, foreign policy and immigration.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Genevieve Judge, a spokesperson for Sarasota County, about what the municipality is seeing the day after Hurricane Milton plowed through overnight.

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to David Wessel, who directs the Hutchins Center at the Brookings Institution, about where the administration is going on the economic policy front.

President Donald Trump signed a memorandum that instructs the Pentagon and HHS to prepare 30,000 beds at Guantanamo to house criminal migrants.

Este tema preocupa a muchos, ya que la administración de Trump considera eliminar la agencia.

There's a bill filed that would ban fluoridation statewide. On "The Florida Roundup," Melbourne's mayor and a pediatric dentist give differing views on whether the practice should continue.

Conservative opposition leader Friedrich Merz won a lackluster victory in a national election Sunday, while the far-right Alternative for Germany doubled its support, projections showed.

Parents learned of one student with the disease on Tuesday. School district and state health officials say they are continuing to monitor for any potential outbreak.

The city manager gave detailed answers to resident questions at Tuesday’s city commission meeting.

Joe Molloy, a former Yankees executive, tells the Tampa Bay Times he is leading one of the efforts to buy the team while The Athletic reports Eddie DeBartolo Jr. is part of the group.

The IRS says some Americans who have not filed their 2021 tax returns could be eligible for a pandemic-era relief payment, as long as they do so by April 15. Here's what to know as Tax Day approaches.

We reflect on an interview with president-elect Donald Trump's former White House strategist Steve Bannon, who is poised to clash with others in Trump's inner circle, notably Elon Musk.

Arkansas was the first state to start sending letters home flagging students' Body Mass Index. Twenty years later, they do not appear to have had any effect on childhood obesity.

Any contact with law enforcement can now have major consequences for immigrants caught up in the Trump administration's crackdown. This has been especially tough for foreign students.

President Trump's idea to impose a tariff on films made outside the U.S. has been a hot topic all week in Hollywood. It's also put a spotlight on efforts to bring production back to California.

NPR Music's Stephen Thompson welcomes Celia Gregory of Nashville public radio station WNXP to discuss the week's new releases.

Although Hurricane Helene hit in September of 2024, Cedar Island resident Jody Griffis still doesn't have a permanent home.

The incident, which took place at a Filipino street festival, was unlikely to be a terrorist attack, police said. The suspect, a 30-year-old man, was known to police from prior mental health calls.

On June 28, 1914, the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand sparked World War I. NPR's Ari Shapiro takes a tour of the city and learns the improbable story behind that shot heard round the world.