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A federal appeals court Thursday rejected a constitutional challenge to a Palm Beach County School Board policy requiring substitute-teacher applicants...

Gov. Rick Scott distributed $29.5 million from the state’s Job Growth Grant Fund to projects in Pasco, Orange, Escambia and Gadsden counties. The money…

Grief can be amplified this time of year, whether you celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah. Honoring the memory of late family members helps many NPR listeners and readers process their heartache.

Despite gridlock in Washington, D.C., more than 1,500 military personnel and volunteers at a Colorado Air Force base will be hard at work Christmas Eve, tracking Santa and answering children's calls.

Lawmakers planned to extend the law, but it expired on Friday. Payment requests from VAWA-funded programs will be delayed until the law is reauthorized, but grants already given will not be affected.

About 40 percent of the Food and Drug Administration employees will go on unpaid leave starting Wednesday. The remaining staffers will respond to emergencies and continue work funded by user fees.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday fell 2.9 percent to 21,792.20 — its worst Christmas Eve performance. It Broke the 1918 record. U.S. stocks are on track for their worst year since 2008.

President Trump, holed up in the White House, issued a series of angry tweets blaming Democrats for the impasse, which will affect some 800,000 federal employees.

A look back at the extraordinary creative souls we lost in 2018, from producer Richard Swift and opera singer Montserrat Caballé to rapper Mac Miller and Aretha Franklin.

Education is an enormous piece of the state budget. Hundreds of thousands of people work in the industry, and millions of Florida families send their...

Senator Bill Nelson’s more than three-decades-long political career has come to an end. After a contentious election and chaotic recount, Governor Rick…

As lawmakers return to the Capitol in early January for committee meetings, a Senate panel will look at a newly approved constitutional amendment designed…

Defending a 2017 law that set regulations for the state’s medical-marijuana industry, Florida Department of Health attorneys have asked an appeals court...

In the 1940s, the U.S. government used census data to locate and wrongfully incarcerate Japanese-Americans. Some are now speaking out against plans to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census.

A second professional football league is supposed to come to Tampa in 2020. But one local sports marketing expert says its likelihood of success isn’t…

Faith leaders from across Pinellas and Pasco counties are urging State Attorney Bernie McCabe to stop seeking the death penalty in murder cases.Among the…

Florida law doesn't just ban local governments from regulating guns, it threatens to fine and remove from office any local officials who do so.

Scientists have long been fascinated with whether dramatically restricting the amount of food we eat can help us live longer. New research suggests it might, but the question is, is it worth it?

Florida homeowners beware: one big gator has been found splashing in a backyard swimming pool and it took a trapper to drag it away.The Sarasota County…

Gov. Rick Scott’s long-standing priority to eliminate Florida’s certificate of need program for Florida hospitals came to a halt Monday, after a member...

About three years ago, Kristin Steffen was in a car being driven by her husband when he suffered a seizure and drove off the road.“He stopped breathing in…

A Florida middle school teacher accused of promoting racist views has resigned.The educator first came under fire after it was revealed she was the host…

SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST Mallory Lykes Dimmitt, Carlton Ward, Jr., and Joe Guthrie are getting ready to set off once again into the wilds of Florida as…

Trulieve, Florida’s largest medical marijuana business, is asking a Tallahassee judge to strike down a state law that limits the number of dispensaries...

When she was a young physician, Dr. Martha Gulati noticed that many of her mentors were prescribing vitamin E and folic acid to patients. Preliminary...